Re: Seattle's "CHOP" Zone to be Dismantled

it will be interesting to see if any clean up effort on the city's behalf will have to be done. I'm curious how people feel on both side of the spectrum. Were they effective in making a message - a point? Were they successful in demonstrating their desire for a policeless state? Or did they prove th...

Re: SCOTUS Rules DACA Was Ended Improperly

This is turning into the Week from Hell for conservatives ;) Not really? Been a fairly nice week for me. :D And of course that's the fun and problem with "bifurcation". With dividing people into two camps, and/or seeing yourself as only one or the other. We fall on a spectrum, everyone. (...

Re: SCOTUS Rules DACA Was Ended Improperly

Dieuwer wrote:

This is turning into the Week from Hell for conservatives

Re: SCOTUS Rules DACA Was Ended Improperly

Interesting that Kavanaugh could be the savior for DACA when this comes around again.

Re: The culture wars reach branding

I've actually seen some folks on social media calling for a boycott of Aunt Jemima syrup claiming the company took too long to re-brand and that they showed their own internal biases by knowingly slow walking the re-branding effort over time - (evidenced by the removal of various features on the bot...

Re: SCOTUS Rules DACA Was Ended Improperly

Trump's tweet was stupid and childish. He should have echoed Justice Thomas' dissent. The fact that the majority decided to not rule on the merits of DACA, but rather the way in which DHS dismantled DACA just shows that there is no legal standing for DACA in the first place, as Thomas lays out.

Re: Trump Administration revives banned hunting techniques in Alaska which Obama had banned

I know this off topic but I was curious how many acres it takes to feed New York Metro.. if you assume one acre per person (depending on consumption rates and diet that's either slightly too high or slightly too low - America tends to eat more beef so that pushes it higher) you're in the neighborhoo...

Re: trump Administration revives banned hunting techniques in Alaska which Obama had banned

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/climate/trump-bear-hunting.html Imagine baiting bears with donuts, what sportsmen does that? I cannot help but mention donald trump jr. was awarded a permit to hunt grizzlies in Alaska. Is this coincidence or what? I forgot to mention also shooting animals while s...

Re: trump Administration revives banned hunting techniques in Alaska which Obama had banned

As a hunter and an engineer it seems I'm quite qualified to post on this matter apparently. Baiting is legal in Kansas for Deer. Not many do it because it isn't necessary. You just hunt the food source.. which in most cases happens to be a wheat field. If we didn't control the deer population we wou...

Re: Electric taxiing tug?

I'd be concerned about having to double the number of vehicles moving around on the taxi ways. Additional failure modes... Pilot tries to take off with the tug still attached.. etc. How bout using the tug to get the plane up to speed like a carrier catapult. It would save fuel :D Introduces an issu...

Re: The D Day Invasion

Brings me to my next question. What about the North African theater? No attention given there ever either. That is a distinctively American perspective. The North African theatre has always been covered in depth in this part of the world, not least because of the rivalry between Montgomery and Romm...

Re: The D Day Invasion

Here is an article written back when Spielberg's HBO series The Pacific began to air. (The Pacific was the twin to the more famous Band of Brothers - Just another instance of the European Theater getting more attention) https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/04/the-pacific-battle-remember...

Re: The D Day Invasion

The lack of details on the pacific may also be due to the lack of news coverage. The news becomes history after all.

Re: Electric taxiing tug?

I'd be concerned about having to double the number of vehicles moving around on the taxi ways. Additional failure modes... Pilot tries to take off with the tug still attached.. etc.

Re: The D Day Invasion

Looking at the war front and Nazi Germany at its largest extent, I have to wonder what would have happened with Europe if Hitler had not invaded the Soviet Union and had instead finished taking over mainland Europe (leaving the British Isles and Iceland out of the mix). When he directed Germany to ...

Re: Minneapolis To Disband Police

They still have the county sheriffs and State troopers. This will be more of a reorg. Given that the problem is systemic that statement doesn't make sense. Its saying, its ok, we have other departments just like this one to cover in the meantime. But ok, assuming the state and county offices aren't...

Re: Invest in Airbus or Boeing

BA up another 11% this morning as of this post. Airbus lagging but up as well. I have to wonder if there is a bit of local bias due to airlines within the US also seeing their stocks rise amid increased bookings and improved optimism about covid19. It remains to be seen if the increased demand withi...

Re: Q for plumbing experts:

Airstud wrote:

trpmb6 wrote:

make sure the one you have doesn't simply have extra mineral deposits or residue buildup.

Gross.

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - June 2020

Then why was Trump taking it ? Because it was being said that if taken earlier it can lessen the severity of it? That it may be more effective the earlier it was taken? I mean there is no conspiracy here. There is anecdotal evidence it may work, some evidence that hey, maybe it doesn't. Up to the p...

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - June 2020

Anyone remember how the Impeached President was taking hydroxychloroquine for the "fun" of it after many folks in the White House were exposed? It doesn't seem to help much at all. https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/03/hydroxychloroquine-does-not-prevent-covid-19-infection-in-people-who-hav...

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - June 2020

Anyone remember how the Impeached President was taking hydroxychloroquine for the "fun" of it after many folks in the White House were exposed? It doesn't seem to help much at all. https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/03/hydroxychloroquine-does-not-prevent-covid-19-infection-in-people-who-hav...

Re: COVID-19 Non Aviation Thread - June 2020

The Lancet Retraction https://www.thelancet.com/lancet/article/s0140673620313246 The Truth comes out... So they were unable to verify the dataset because they wouldn't share the data due to client consent issues. Not really something to dunk on. Our independent peer reviewers informed us that Surgi...

A Glimmer Of Hope

May's US jobs report showed an increase of 2.5 Million non-farm payrolls - it was expected May would show a drop of 8.8 million. Mostly attributed to the recall of people classified as "temporarily laid off" and primarily in the hospitality and leisure industries. https://www.cnbc.com/2020...

Re: Do you support unpaid internships or not?

Unpaid internships are great to get experience and I think making them unpaid makes it somewhat of a less risky endeavor for the employer. This can benefits both sides, as the firm may be more willing to give a young student a shot. In the end, however, I think it is about supply and demand and the...

Re: NYT publishing Cotton's op-ed

Why should we care if NYT published an opposing view? It shows who some of these Republicans are. The same ones who say we must have all guns, all the time to fight the military are now saying let's bring in the military. NYT and WaPo and MSNBC are free to have on who they wish. It does not mean we...

Re: NYT publishing Cotton's op-ed

Why should we care if NYT published an opposing view? It shows who some of these Republicans are. The same ones who say we must have all guns, all the time to fight the military are now saying let's bring in the military. NYT and WaPo and MSNBC are free to have on who they wish. It does not mean we...

Re: Do you support unpaid internships or not?

In my field, aerospace engineering, all internships are paid. Mainly because companies are using internships as a tool to recruit the best and brightest they can in an engineering field. Its just so competitive that if you're not doing this, you're losing out on the top talent. In these cases, compa...

Re: NYT publishing Cotton's op-ed

And for the record, infowars is not right wing, its a conspiracy website. It caters to a particular audience. Not saying that liberals don't fall for conspiracies, but the site isn't exactly openly dissing Trump and supporting Biden, is it? I wouldn't know. I just know Alex Jones would qualify bett...

Re: NYT publishing Cotton's op-ed

So let me preface, I haven't read the article and from a philosophical stand point I believe the insurrection act to be unconstitutional, though that's a bit nuanced and for another discussion. I don't see the issue with NYT publishing an opinion editorial. It sparked this very conversation. I belie...

Re: Invest in Airbus or Boeing

I invested in Boeing when it was at $126. I also just purchased Spirit at $19. I feel all of the risk has been priced into the share price at this point. There will be a bump once the MAX is certified again. Boeing at one point was trading north of $300. As airlines downsize temporarily due to dema...

Re: Invest in Airbus or Boeing

<shrug> if you had listened to me yesterday you'd be up 10% today.

But what do I know.

Re: Invest in Airbus or Boeing

I think Boeing is undervalued currently. Despite max cancellations they still have a huge backlog. What I think is even more interesting is that their attention is now diverted away from a likely loser in the middle market aircraft. Instead they will now be forced to move to a new single aisle aircr...

Re: Another day another police killing

What is really tragic and sad in all this is that the cities burn while suburbia just moves along. The places where alleged injustice is happening is the very place being subjugated to violence now. Who has done more damage to African Americans in the last week? Cops? Or those looting and setting fi...