Re: Yet another mass shooting in the US not in Cali

petertenthije wrote:

I am sure the people that got shot will appreciate knowing the shooter had a motive.

zakuivcustom wrote:

this is also not some random crazy idiot

Re: Mass shooting at Chinese New Year's celebration in Monterey Park (CA)

It really does tell you everything when a new topic about a US mass shooting is almost pointless.

Re: I now have home Internet service - security measures?

As above. Win7 was the best OS ever produced by Microsoft and I continued to use it well after Win10 was released. If you are concerned about security then you absolutely shouldn't be using an unsupported OS any more. Now on Win11 and I prefer it over Win10, although I wish MS would stop tampering w...

Re: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?

Dangly bits dangling with no support I find so uncomfortable and sweaty. You do realise your dangly bits are supposed to, well, dangle? Lol yep. I also have hyperhydosis so damp dangly bits don't do much for hygiene. They get their 8 hours of freedom each day when I'm sleeping. Fortunately for me, ...

Re: Men - what kind of underwear do you wear?

andymartin wrote:

I wear my wife's thong

Re: One Person Dead in Shooting at Mall of America

LabQuest wrote:

We don't spend out time thinking about other nation's gun policy.

Re: Economic Crisis Looming in Russia

I think it's more an issue of managing a country that spreads a continent, while simultaneously not having the resources to do so. Russia has a relatively small population and huge natural resources. They just decided to spread the wealth of those resources amongst a chosen few (such as Abramovich).

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

The United States of America has the greatest criminal justice system in the world. I read that comment, realised that I'd run out of Yorkshire Tea, went out and bought some, made a cuppa and then spat it out with some going up my nose. That is how ludicrous a sentence it seems to me. Your criminal...

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

How is it? It's not like the guilty are being released, they'll spend the rest of their lives in prison with no chance of parole. The bible teaches "an eye for an eye" hence the death penalty is the ultimate justice for the victims family And in the same bible, Jesus says to turn the othe...

Re: Rock N Roll Heaven - Who's in the band?

For front person I think you need look no further than Kylie Minogue.

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

seb146 wrote:

Don't his tax returns show he is like billions in debt?

Re: Shooting at Wal-Mart in Chespeake, Virginia

DIRECTFLT wrote:

And what could have prevented this shooting exactly??

Re: Trump accused of rape in lawsuit

They might go the whole hog with "Make Rape Great Again".

Nothing would surprise me.

Re: Shooting at Wal-Mart in Chespeake, Virginia

There's very rarely a good guy with a gun when you need one, which makes a mockery of 2A. The 2A wasn't created so that crime would be guaranteed not to happen. You can do better than that. :sarcastic: It's not really him that needs to do better. I don't believe that he lives in a country that has ...

Re: At the last minute, Qatar bans beer from WC matches

Can we try to stop being quite so negative on this ? Yes, the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar was corrupt, but it is what it is. The absence of beer is not a disaster and few would claim a human right to drink alcohol.... when in Rome, do as the Romans do. There were far worse abuses of human ri...

Re: Death of our Sun, life on earth

I, personally, believe that there is life on other planets, because of evolution they are not all carbon based. What is the gravitational pull of dying stars? I wonder what our orbit will be when our Sun becomes a red dwarf? Where will objects from the Kuiper Belt end up? Our Sun will likely become...

Re: Five Word Story Thread - Q4 2022

to the point of not

Re: Guns right in USA

After the election results later this week I think it's likely that you'd be charged with a felony if you didn't have at least an assault rifle, an extra large mag, a glock or two and a good set of knuckle dusters.

But don't get pregnant.

Re: 2022 US Elections

No predictions here. It’ll be a R Congress, however, not a prediction; a certainty. Fear and hate, alright. I fear the Dems will continue to reduce the value of my assets by 8+% a year and hate that they will continue to expand government powers, reducing liberty. What liberties have you lost the l...

Re: World Series!

I actually had to look up which Yankie sport the World Series was, even though I have a sweater from the Boston Red Sox ;) Anyhow, the real World Championships are around the corner. A game that is actually played all over the world: Football (or for you Yanks, succor). Although there is a small et...

Re: MAGAs mock speech difficulties

Why the age limits? We've had nutters in power from the age of 40+. Why ban my 8 year old daughter from office when, if she can garner enough votes, she wouldn't even know how to feck up the world as much as the orange one, the brown one, or the white one who did ok for a few months at the latter en...

Re: Qatar Airways lawsuit over Vaginal inspections

LTEN11 wrote:

Why is this post in Civil Aviation ? The only thing aviation related to it was that it happened at an airport.

Re: Rant on fees and taxes on car rentals, hotels

The US doesn't even display the real price of items at a convenience store so why would anyone expect them to do it for car hire or hotels?

The first time I discovered that I couldn't buy 99c worth of food for $1 in a US shop (way back in the 80s) I knew that I was in a really weird country.

Re: Do you use the phrase “Thank God”?

"Thank god for that" and "O god" have both been used by me, mostly in the past. They are just figures of speech, for me at least.

As an agnostic bordering on full atheist, I'm not addressing any kind of higher power by using those words.

Re: Fox News working hard to villainize sex & LGTBQ information

Braybuddy wrote:

See reply to Tugger above (x10)

Re: Fox News working hard to villainize sex & LGTBQ information

I'll bend over backwards for people -- when I want to Very big of you. , but put me in a position of being told to do something, then the brakes go on, big time. Clearly. I always refer to drag queens as "she", out of courtesy, when clearly it's a "he". I have no problem doing t...

Re: UPDATE: Queen Elizabeth has died

Gutted. First time I've cried in I don't know how long.

Re: Things to do in a weekend in Melbourne

As an F1 nut I'd take a short trip to Albert Park. See what remains of the circuit when not in use.

Re: Man stole a plane this morning and is threatening to crash it into a Walmart

Now disappeared from FR24.

Re: Mar-A-Lago raided by FBI.

scbriml wrote:

The BBC is reporting that a court has released a detailed inventory of what was seized by the FBI from Mar A Lago.

Re: Biden's speech on MAGA

FLYFIRSTCLASS wrote:

Neither side even tries to work with the other,

Re: FTC May regulate Car Dealers

Here we go again with government over reach! What happened to a free and unregulated market, the founding principles of our country? https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ftc-may-ban-some-car-dealer-tactics/ Do your home work, tell the dealer what you will pay and how you will pay. Draw the line in the sand...

Re: Finnish Prime-minister suspected of drug use after dancing like a normal person at a party

FGITD wrote:

What the world needs is more decent, God-fearing and proper leaders who know how to conduct themselves..

Re: When will Fox news get sued into oblivion

It also seems in this day and age of social media that people are incredibly impressionable and lack a huge amount of critical thinking. They are also very lazy so won't try and look and multiple sources before forming an opinion. Lack of education also doesn't help. Those people have always existe...

Re: Vos fires Gableman, ends Wisconsin election fraud investigation

scbriml wrote:

Out of interest, what would happen if they did decertify the 2020 result? What would change?

Re: When will Fox news get sued into oblivion

But Fox News and CNN are entertainment channels. I like to see a mix of views and so, even as a non-American, I watch portions of both Fox and CNN. One of them leans one way, The other doesn't lean, it has totally fallen over and has been that way for some time. "Extremists" is not an exa...

Re: "The Real Anthony Fauci" by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

It amazes me that some people are like this and can't think for themselves and make their own decisions. Flat earthers make very similar statements. Do you believe that everyone who has an opinion differing from yours didn't form that opinion by thinking for themselves and making their own decisions?

Re: World’s Thinnest Watch

Wish I had the money to buy one, at which point I wouldn't buy one.

Re: Boris Johnson done as Prime Minister?

readytotaxi wrote:

All this makes Trump look a little bit sensible.

Re: Boris Johnson done as Prime Minister?

He's done. The only thing keeping him in No 10 now is his stubborness.

Re: Best anti-virus option for windows now?

Built in Windows Defender should be good enough for most people now. If you're not using the web or email then even more so.

Re: What shipping carriers do you mostly ship with?

I use Kerry and Lex, but I guess you meant originating in the US?

Re: Nicola Sturgeon seeks independence vote in Oct. 2023

gkirk wrote:

Freedom is coming!
No longer will we be tied to a corrupt Westminster.

Re: January 6 Committee public presentations and hearings

From https://news.sky.com/story/us-capitol-riots-im-the-effing-president-take-me-to-the-capitol-now-aide-says-trump-raged-at-secret-service-on-january-6th-12642112 Trump is quoted as saying: "I hardly know who this person, Cassidy Hutchinson, is, other than I heard very negative things about he...

Re: Updated: US supreme court overturns abortion rights, upending Roe vs. Wade

The voting population of the US has not been a majority for the GOP in the Senate since 1998: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/gop-senators-havent-represented-a-majority-since-1996.html The GOP candidate has only won the popular vote for President once since 1988. 5 of the Supreme Court just...

Re: Mass Shooting in Norway

I ask because that's also one of the reasons people say in the US we have mass shootings. I just want to know exactly how is it possible that Norway can have them since I have been told this is an eminently an American phenomenon. The US seems to have one almost every day. To try and draw a wider c...

Re: Pilots' open letters to the public & picketing at airports

Want to talk about entitlement? Start with the attitudes shown here. I’ll never understand why aviation enthusiasts on an aviation forum love to consistently crap on airlines and their employees. ...because there are usually at least 2 sides to every story. This is an aviation enthusiasts site, not...

Re: Pilots' open letters to the public & picketing at airports

Oh poor airlines, how can they sustain a pay raise for their staff, better let them work too much, then crash planes with hundreds of people aboard, and blame the pilots... Or hire new, incompetent, undertrained pilots and let them crash planes with hundreds of people aboard, and again blame the pi...