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by casinterest
Fri Mar 24, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade
Replies: 123
Views: 6657

Re: Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade

I've heard Rumble is a video platform, I wonder if he's planning on video content. The Scott Adams podcast would be fascinatingly offensive. Adams has been on Locals for two years, and already has a weekly video cast. That's were his "Coffee" segment originated. So this move was essential...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Word Game Q1 2023
Replies: 299
Views: 10517

Re: Word Game Q1 2023

Guess

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: FAA asks airlines to voluntarily return slots at EWR/LGA/JFK and DCA
Replies: 53
Views: 6327

Re: FAA asks airlines to voluntarily return slots at EWR/LGA/JFK and DCA

It is all well and good, but in competitive markets driven by artificial slot limits, there are going to be squatters.
Since this is voluntary, I highly doubt many will comply. Especially with what looks to be a lucrative summer travel season.

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade
Replies: 123
Views: 6657

Re: Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade

https://www.newsweek.com/dilbert-new-ho ... de-1789826
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Well look here.
Scott Adams found a new site to host his precious cartoon, and he claims to be happier. You can subscribe for his content over there.

https://www.newsweek.com/dilbert-new-ho ... de-1789826

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud
Replies: 81
Views: 6867

Re: Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud

Alvin Bragg's DA office just sent a "Strongly Worded Letter" back to Jim Jordan and his false flag investigative commitee. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/manhattan-da-denies-house-republican-info-request-donald-trump-case-00088520 Dubeck countered that the newly launched GOP prob...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 109
Views: 7885

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Wow. Now Fox's own producers are suing the company. Even worse look for Murdoch and company. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/media/fox-news-producer-lawsuit/index.html? Fox News Attorneys acted as agents and at the behest of Fox News to misleadingly coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to del...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.
Replies: 771
Views: 65311

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

I am sure he and his "legal team" will use the "but everyone does it" defense and point to Pence and Biden who voluntarily gave back documents. To avoid that, I think the DoJ will focus on the false affidavit rather than just possession of the documents. That is what differentia...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 109
Views: 7885

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Just because a TV is tuned to Fox does not mean anyone is watching. I know it counts in the ratings game, but some places just have it on to have something on. No, but the same with any other channel. if it is on someone may be watching it, or wanted to watch it, and people in passing will gain a g...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:34 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.
Replies: 771
Views: 65311

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

I almost wish this would roll forward quicker than the hush money case, as it involves official actions, which are less susceptible to the GOP defense of persecution. I think this issue is going to cause problems for Trump as it would reveal that he can't be trusted with Top Secret Documents or the...

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by casinterest
Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Would Trump Have Won in 2016 if the Stormy Daniels Story Came Out BEFORE The Election?
Replies: 17
Views: 970

Re: Would Trump Have Won in 2016 if the Stormy Daniels Story Came Out BEFORE The Election?

I think it would have made a difference to see the Porn star vs email debacle that happending at the end of the 2016 election. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan could have all swapped votes with enough suburban women being upset about it. However that is not what happened. So I see no point in r...

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by casinterest
Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 109
Views: 7885

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Wow. Now Fox's own producers are suing the company. Even worse look for Murdoch and company. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/media/fox-news-producer-lawsuit/index.html? Fox News Attorneys acted as agents and at the behest of Fox News to misleadingly coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to del...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Word Game Q1 2023
Replies: 299
Views: 10517

Re: Word Game Q1 2023

Romulus

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 109
Views: 7885

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

Wow. Now Fox's own producers are suing the company. Even worse look for Murdoch and company. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/media/fox-news-producer-lawsuit/index.html? Fox News Attorneys acted as agents and at the behest of Fox News to misleadingly coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deli...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 12744
Views: 969482

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Sure they are opportunists, but they are also welcoming some blow back for this. There would have to be more solid proof of supplying the Russians directly, but the blow back from Europe and NA on this would be something the Chinese would need to consider. Yeah, but we all know that all sanctions a...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: 20 years ago; the Invasion of Iraq
Replies: 76
Views: 3040

Re: 20 years ago; the Invasion of Iraq

Insane to think that the Republican President and leadership that lied its way into a war in Iraq, while ignoring and quickly losing the war in Afghanistan, is now looked back on with rose colored glasses as 'the sane ones' of the GOP. Yes, but in a lot of ways, they paved the road for the current ...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 12744
Views: 969482

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The United States has confirmed that rounds of Chinese ammunition have been used in battlefields in Ukraine and suspects they were fired by Russian forces, government sources said Friday. Whether the ammunition was supplied by China remains unclear, the U.S. administration sources said, while addin...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Interesting Opinion piece today about whether the GOP today would find Fred Rogers too Woke. Especially considering that Fred Rogers was a Republican. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/03/20/mister-rogers-kindness-called-woke-trump-republicans/11494075002/ Consider the way Roger...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Word Game Q1 2023
Replies: 299
Views: 10517

Re: Word Game Q1 2023

Constantinople

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by casinterest
Fri Mar 17, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

It is very much a case of numbers and women in F1 and the pipeline to F1 have said that. Karting numbers in Europe are still very much boys and until more girls participate then it will still be mostly men at high level motor racing. But none of this is about wokeness. It is about rules of competit...

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by casinterest
Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 12744
Views: 969482

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/icc-judges-is...

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by casinterest
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Judge mulls banning abortion pill in US
Replies: 3
Views: 670

Re: Judge mulls banning abortion pill in US

The Supreme Court overturned Roe by saying they're not against abortion but there is no right to it. If now they ban a perfectly safe drug that makes abortion safer in fact than other means, they clearly show they are in fact against abortion and violating their supposed impartiality. We will see i...

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by casinterest
Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

It really is simply a case of numbers, pretty certain if they were dedicated to developing, attracting girls/women in more numbers at a early age we would certainly be seeing more on the grid. It is very much a case of numbers and women in F1 and the pipeline to F1 have said that. Karting numbers i...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Raleigh / Durham Aviation - 2023
Replies: 134
Views: 21517

Re: Raleigh / Durham Aviation - 2023

Today (March 7) the only parking lots at RDU with space are the remote lots. The terminal building is full - that's 10,000 spaces. With the projected traffic this summer, it should get interesting. I would hope people start using Uber/Lyft more. I parked in Feb at the terminal for 5 day vacation. P...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: American Airlines Network - 2023
Replies: 934
Views: 190104

Re: American Airlines Network - 2023

With AA's size in RDU, is there possibility of starting a second TATL route? Probably RDU-MAD to leverage IB/OW across the pond? RDU-LHR runs in part (or did) due to some guarantees and commitments from corporations dually located in the Triangle and in the UK, and then also picks up some traffic f...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Wow! They had the freedom to move?!?!?!? They were forced to move. So "my way or highway" fight for freedom, right? Thank you for proving everything that's wrong with wokeness. Quit attributing to wokeness soemthing that is only real to peopel that don't pay attention to the articles. &qu...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 12744
Views: 969482

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

The Oligarcs are getting their necks stepped on a bit more. Wonder how much more of this they will take, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-urges-russias-billionaires-invest-face-sanctions-war-2023-03-16/ In the clearest sign of rising demands on big business, the government - faced with a w...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

How is anyone else's freedom restricted? THe freedome to abuse people? The freedom to hate people? A good example of "people living on their own terms" with zero consequences: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/one-year-after-looting-rampages-in-chicago-few-defendants-are-getting-jail-...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Proposed law requiring bloggers to register
Replies: 13
Views: 1396

Re: Proposed law requiring bloggers to register

Isn't this an attack on free speech outlined in the First Amendment? Did that stop Florida from passing the "Stop woke" act? So far the fascist wanna be canddiante is losing badly in Flordia legal cases. https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/federal-appeals-court-blocks-enforcement-of-florida-s...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: March Madness Picks?
Replies: 15
Views: 778

Re: March Madness Picks?

Wow the ending of that Furman - Virginia game was crazy, not sure what that Virginia player was thinking especially considering they had a timeout! Already a 3 vs 14 upset! But anyways, Roll Tide! Brandon Miller and Jahvon Quinerly are going to lead Alabama to at least the Final Four. Well, at leas...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Judge mulls banning abortion pill in US
Replies: 3
Views: 670

Re: Judge mulls banning abortion pill in US

It will be a long battle . The GOP judge shopped for a partisan hack, and he will most likely not do the correct thing judicially, so this will be appealed to the 5th and Supreme Court, because none of these people actually beleive in the law they are supposed to uphold. I may be wrong, and 22 years...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Progressives want people to live life on their own terms, not by government demands. That is what progressives are "shoving down your throat." I respectfully disagree. They want themselves to live on their own terms enjoying their own freedoms while anybody else's freedom is the least of ...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Labelling everybody "socialists / commie" taht showed any solidarity and/or asked questions on collateral damages of capitalism worked for decades. So e.g. naming everybody saying we have a big environmental problem "woke" might work as well. Everything introducing fear for the ...

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by casinterest
Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:22 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: March Madness Picks?
Replies: 15
Views: 778

Re: March Madness Picks?

I have houston in the Championship Match, but due to a quirk of my pick system, I have them losing to Duke.
I know..... a number 5 seed getting that far is out there. But hey if it works out, I will be great.

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by casinterest
Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

A significant percent of liberal and progressives have moderately conservative views on any number of issues. And a significant number of Conservatives have liberal views on things that they claim to be against..... You have democrats who support policies that are tough on crime, tough on the borde...

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by casinterest
Wed Mar 15, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"
Replies: 119
Views: 6951

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

But here is what they cannot hde from. This impending Dominion lawsuit is going to cost them, and their advertisers a lot of money and negative press. There will be no good way to spin that. For the folks that still want to beleive, they will find themselves more and more ostracized from family and...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

[ Woke just means being aware of social injustices. You talk about Top gun being non woke, but if you were to have made that movie in 1986, women would not have been in the pilot seat, or running the bar that all the pilots were at drinking together instead of objectifying a woman not in the group....

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Most annoying car features
Replies: 100
Views: 4124

Re: Most annoying car features

Oh I forgot one... Keys that require you to take out a loan to replace. After having the key to my BMW fall out of my backpack somewhere on a recent trip I went to the local BMW dealer to see how much it will cost to replace it. $937 for the key and the blade, and 4 hours labour to program it at $2...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Fentanyl Crisis
Replies: 98
Views: 3641

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

My goal (of the US invading Mexico) is not to weed out all of the graft, bribery, extortion, and corruption in all of Mexico. My goal of invading Mexico, is to stop the flow of fentanyl precursors sneaking their way into Mexican ports from China. I think that is an attainable goal. And it wouldn't ...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Fentanyl Crisis
Replies: 98
Views: 3641

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

To protect American lives, yes funding a war is easy. We're already spending Billions and billions on an undeclared "war" to protect the people and the borders of Ukrainians. It's not abuse of sovereignty. The Mexican Govt., by it's inaction, is facilitating death to Americans. That's an ...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Most annoying car features
Replies: 100
Views: 4124

Re: Most annoying car features

Adaptive Cruise Control as the default setting is horrible
A seatbelt chime that doesn't turn off when the dog jumps in the front seat.

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Overall, 39% say instead that the word reflects what has become the GOP political definition, "to be overly politically correct and police others' words." That's the view of 56% of Republicans. The above is a study conducted by USAToday/IPsos for the general public. It is interesting amon...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: The Fentanyl Crisis
Replies: 98
Views: 3641

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

To protect American lives, yes funding a war is easy. We're already spending Billions and billions on an undeclared "war" to protect the people and the borders of Ukrainians. It's not abuse of sovereignty. The Mexican Govt., by it's inaction, is facilitating death to Americans. That's an ...

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by casinterest
Tue Mar 14, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Unless I'm missing something, all the survey did was ask people their definition of "woke". That has nothing at all to do with the title of this post. The definitions themselves hint at a person's personal bias on the view of woke. It portends badly for the GOP that the majority don't vie...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

frmrCapCadet wrote:
A significant percent of liberal and progressives have moderately conservative views on any number of issues.


And a significant number of Conservatives have liberal views on things that they claim to be against.....

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Texas, the (un) friendly state
Replies: 8
Views: 852

Re: Texas, the (un) friendly state

This should be a fun trial to watch. Putting those Anti Abortion folks firmly on the side of a man that is now divorced from a woman that feared him..

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
Replies: 101
Views: 6026

Re: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

Poor, non-existent, interest rate risk mgt. Failed to hedge US Treasuries when rates started up. https://assets.jpmprivatebank.com/content/dam/jpm-wm-aem/global/pb/en/insights/eye-on-the-market/silicon-valley-bank-failure.pdf To my understanding (I do have decent knowledge of this), this is correct...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

These dead ends are going to be the end of right conservative parties. Eventually they will come back to sensible but boring policy and the interesting characters will probably be left out of the party. Even in my country the previous conservative government (hugely voted out) has totally toned dow...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

Two problems with DeSantis (and all other Republicans who decide to run) is they will make wild claims and insane promises, then swing back to more moderate positions claiming they never said anything like that. The biggest problem for DeSantis is he actually has a record. Anyone who runs against h...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?
Replies: 88
Views: 4437

Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2023-03/USAT%20Ipsos%20Woke%20Topline%20FINAL%203.7.23%20PDF.pdf https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/08/gop-war-woke-most-americans-see-term-positive-ipsos-poll/11417394002/ Fifty-six percent of those surveyed say the term ...

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by casinterest
Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit
Replies: 109
Views: 7885

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

The Guardian: Tucker Carlson firestorm over Trump texts threatens to engulf Fox News says: Tucker Carlson was once seen as untouchable. Now the most popular TV host on American cable news is at the center of a firestorm threatening to engulf Fox News and also anger Donald Trump, whose conspiracy th...

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