Re: Jetstar 787 badly damaged by lightning

The effects of lightning can be very random. On this aircraft, the lightning protection system worked, as the goal is to protect the aircraft systems. There is damage to the outer skin, probably due to heating of the conductive and outermost layers. The heat is what causes the holes to develop. It ...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

So the logical thing is to do nothing? We can't expand background checks because it won't work? A lot of expense for very little efficacy. The logical thing is to aggressively dismantle organized crime, the illegal gun trade, and the illicit drug trade that fuels it all. But America's an illogical ...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

W wasn't a bad president, IMO. In fact, he was one of my favorites. The Iraq war was a blunder, but that was caused IMO by faulty intelligence....I can't necessarily blame the POTUS if he was given bad info and was acting in good faith. W's actions in the aftermath of 9/11 and his unifying of the c...

Re: 'Good Riddance' to WC-135

This was my favorite quote...wow.

Moses said it forced everyone on board to bring their A game, and each flight became a challenge to “find new ways to fly an unsafe flight safely back to base.”

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

How many books are we up to from Trump hires that have now told us what a dumb, insane crackpot he is? Seems like every month there's a new cabinet member hocking a tell all. The best people. Even though we've known that for decades but gotta sell those books... :roll: His WH generated hardly any r...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

I read from you directly without citing sources when you were 'speculating' on a certain ailment 45 had based on his speech and his manners when he was in the WH. Without no proof just supposition and speculation. Now you are telling me to be emphatic about someone's 'condition'. I was sharing conc...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

I read from you directly without citing sources when you were 'speculating' on a certain ailment 45 had based on his speech and his manners when he was in the WH. Without no proof just supposition and speculation. Now you are telling me to be emphatic about someone's 'condition'. I was sharing conc...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

Interesting, I did not know you were an expert in speech impediment. If you are, saying Putin can make a 'minor incursion' into Ukraine and probably nothing happens, that sounds to me and to anyone as a gaffe and a slip. A lot of words in that quotation. But this administration apologists are getti...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

We need to reverse course, and establish Mental Institutions to house and treat these miscreants. We did have those - but people didn't like paying for them, so they went private. Now there aren't enough. So now what? Who'll pay for that? There are likely tens of millions who would qualify for trea...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

Nice straw man, never said anything about stutter. Its about all of his gaffes once he is out of the teleprompter. My citation shows exactly what I am talking about, that was a huge slip, that has cost lives. Elon Musk was even making fun of that. Not a straw man - those slips are part of the speec...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

Of the century? Teleprompter Joe has become the laughingstock of this country. His slips are so common, no one even mentions them. One of the most damaging was: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/20/1074466148/biden-russia-ukraine-minor-incursion Days later, Putin invaded Ukraine. Hope your kids never end...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

Of the century? Teleprompter Joe has become the laughingstock of this country. His slips are so common, no one even mentions them. One of the most damaging was: "I think what you're going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does. It's one thi...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

George Bush live in person saying: “ The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” https://twitter.com/i/status/1527092111195226114 I still think that George Bush has done more damage to the US than has Donald Trump (so far). And his paintin...

Re: The Freudian slip of the century

George Bush live in person saying: “ The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” https://twitter.com/i/status/1527092111195226114 I still think that George Bush has done more damage to the US than has Donald Trump (so far). Well that expla...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

Where was the good guy with a gun in El Paso? Aurora? Orlando? Sandy Hook? Parkland? Buffalo? Pittsburgh? Charleston? Law of probability. Also, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Pittsburgh and Charleston happened in "no gun" zones where concealed carry is illegal. More guns = more deaths. Ad...

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

Same tired song and dance from Republicans: but... but.. but... CHICAGO!!! Maybe if we gave people bootstraps to pull themselves up by instead of taking away those bootstraps because they only want free stuff from the government, this might not happen as much? Maybe we try pouring money into educat...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

So the logical thing is to do nothing? We can't expand background checks because it won't work? A lot of expense for very little efficacy. The logical thing is to aggressively dismantle organized crime, the illegal gun trade, and the illicit drug trade that fuels it all. But America's an illogical ...

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I find it interesting that the SCMP ran the story so quickly. I agree that maybe the Chinese want this floated in the press to see what the reaction is. Just my 2 Cents The SCMP is a Hong-Kong outlet owned by Alibaba. They have more freedom than much of the Chinese press. The comments have numerous...

Re: Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

Avatar2go wrote:

I think Musk is a new phenomenon, essentially by exploiting social media within the business world, similar to how Trump was a new phenomenon by exploiting social media in the political world. We don't really have rules for that yet.

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

I just shared crime stats of India in another thread viz-a-vis the U.S. even though we have thrice the population of the U.S. in less than half the area compared to the U.S. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/India/United-States/Crime Ooookay but crime stats for India are not really ...

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

I just shared crime stats of India in another thread viz-a-vis the U.S. even though we have thrice the population of the U.S. in less than half the area compared to the U.S. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/India/United-States/Crime Ooookay but crime stats for India are not really ...

Re: US pilots age 65+

They would probably get more out of the old guys giving them nice training department contracts. Seems like lots of the major airlines have classroom and sim delays This could certainly be offered as an option but wouldn't work as a set thing, as there will undoubtedly be more over 65s than availab...

Re: US pilots age 65+

They would probably get more out of the old guys giving them nice training department contracts. Seems like lots of the major airlines have classroom and sim delays This could certainly be offered as an option but wouldn't work as a set thing, as there will undoubtedly be more over 65s than availab...

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

As the evergreen Onion article puts it: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens. https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1526219331503284224 There's an app for Rio called Fogo Cruzado, it tracks all the live shootings happening at the current time so you can avoid them o...

Re: US pilots age 65+

airbazar wrote:

And it's not a misguided viewpoint. It's the future. It may not happen in our lifetimes but pilotless commercial aviation is going to happen.

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

pune wrote:

What I find funny and ironic is that at the same time if an American or multiple Americans are killed anywhere outside the U.S. it can become a diplomatic incident. While if is shot in the good old U.S. its an everyday occurence.

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

You ignore the fact that most crime and most gun crime is concentrated in urban areas in the United States. Telling people who live in the areas at greatest risk for crime that they don't need a way to defend themselves is out of touch. Telling the single mom with a restraining order out against he...

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

Gang shootings aren't typically included because they often involve other gang members being shot and are easy to avoid if you aren't involved in a gang. Additionally, when people picture a "mass shooting", they typically picture something like what happened in Buffalo rather than two gan...

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

Thoughts and prayers... bla bla... Right says you have laws enforce them. No changes whatsoever over my dead body to an AMENDMENT to the constitution. I have a right to keep any kind of weapon, stuff you. Moderates / left say - well the laws don't work so they need changing. You won't spend extra m...

Re: The Coming Global Debt Storm & Global Food Shortages

Change is inevitable, always is. I'm as capitalist and conservative as they come, yet even I realize that nothing lasts forever and as we evolve as a species, so too does our way of life. Our current economic system has been great, its served us well (for the most part), but its usefulness is comin...

Re: The Coming Global Debt Storm & Global Food Shortages

The Great Reset makes the most sense, but the current crop of global billionaires would stand to lose too much to sign off.

Re: White woman sues school district; claims Critical Race Theory made son lazy

This story is really about dysfunctional parenting, not CRT.

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

The article did not describe any mass shootings - these were multiple gangland incidents with a single target or targets in a vehicle. Par for the course in bad neighborhoods. Gang violence is rarely random - learn the difference. The incidents cited in the OP were likely gang violence as well. So ...

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

Expanding the ATF? how about enforcing the current local and state laws. That would help. Law enforcement has been attacked for years, and the result is they stop policing and gangs have their way and do as they like in the streets. State and local police also do not have the resources to combat th...

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

Are you gonna correct the OP?, the shooting in Houston wasn't a random shooting neither. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Sheriff-2-dead-3-hospitalized-in-Houston-market-17174782.php And why are we normalizing gang violence? one person dead is one too many don't we agree? I didn’t s...

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

Its unfortunate. RIP to all. You missed the 33 shot and 5 killed in Chicago because of mass shootings too https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-weekend-violence-crime-police/11855997/ The article did not describe any mass shootings - these were multiple gangland incidents with a single target or...

Re: Mass shootings in Texas and NC

Its unfortunate. RIP to all. You missed the 33 shot and 5 killed in Chicago because of mass shootings too https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-weekend-violence-crime-police/11855997/ The article did not describe any mass shootings - these were multiple gangland incidents with a single target or...

Re: Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

Nebraska is looking to punish women that have been raped with 9 months of remembrance. https://www.axios.com/2022/05/15/nebraska-governor-abortion-ban Ricketts said if Roe is overturned, he will "work with our speaker of the legislature to work on a special session and do more to protect pre-b...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

DIRECTFLT wrote:

Trust the Science
Trust the Trained Professionals
In Law Enforcement
And In Mental Health....

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

If there was such a test, it would be interesting to see if it was administered to some of the people on this board. The kind of people who think all Republicans are traitors, or that the retired cop who died was a loser. If they spout that garbage on an aviation board, imagine what they say on oth...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

If we could only test for insanity, like China tests it's people for Covid... If there was such a test, it would be interesting to see if it was administered to some of the people on this board. The kind of people who think all Republicans are traitors, or that the retired cop who died was a loser....

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

I thought California had strict gun laws? Obviously laws are meaningless when nearby states don't have same and/or black market is alive and well. Dems still don't understand laws are pointless unless you're going to massively expand the ATF. They have what 2500 agents? That's less than the Dallas ...

Re: Rand Paul delays $40 billion Ukraine package

The anti-war Left is no more. RIP. In a few years, if this all goes to crap if will be interesting to see how the spin goes. Another non sequitur. Is it really that difficult to differentiate nuance these days? Obviously it’s quite different to oppose actions in Iraq/Iran with no clear strategic ou...

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

Yup too insane. The missus already decided Japan is better/safer long term.

Re: One dead 5 wounded in Laguna Woods CA church shooting

There was also a shooting at an upscale market in downtown LA over the weekend. Fun and games in the good ‘ol USA

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

The issue of insanity was central in the Anders Breivik-case. In the end he was judged to be not insane. They opinioned that while lots of his opinions and resulting actions easily could have been the result of psychosis, he did source them in actual, existing political opinion on the internet. The...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

Guns. You guys definitely need more guns. And definitely no licenses and background checks. Just guns for everyone. That will fix things. I don't remember anyone saying we don't need permits and background checks but don't get let that stand in the way to a anti USA rant. :sarcastic: Touchy...I nev...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

DIRECTFLT wrote:

If we could only test for insanity, like China tests it's people for Covid...

Re: 10 killed in Buffalo mass shooting.

Sadly, this is not even shocking news anymore. Mass shootings in the US are "no different" (from a shock value) than car crashes. We've become immune to the calamity and suffering they bring to thousands of Americans every year. It's sad... but true. Yeah the missus has had enough, told m...

Re: YouTube video from 1975 of DC-10 motion flight simulator

Fascinating - what an awesome find! They sure got a lot of mileage out of that projector footage.