sherpa
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No matter what anybody does, the issue remains the same, as I mentioned months ago.
There is no government in place or imagined that could run a Palestinian state that does not advocate the elimination of Israel.
That is what is commonly known as a serious problem.
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21 minutes ago, Gregg said:
By November it will be Harris as the nominee. The drooling vegetable not only is mentally shot he also won't be around for another 4 years. I think its 50-50 at best he makes another year.
Some think the following strategy makes sense:
Dems figure Joe hasn't a chance. Adults with mental acuity tell him he has to give it up. He takes his name off the ballot just prior to the convention.
Knowing that Harris has zero chance, these now uncommitted delegates, with no allegiance, to Harris, advance another name as candidate.
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7 hours ago, Wacka said:
I thought Kobe's pilot died in that crash.
Yes he did.
Not sure of your issue.
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So the regime that says Israel should be wiped off the map gets its President and Foreign Minister wiped on the map,
Looks Kobe Bryant-ish to me.
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Short apolitical comment, from a guy with an aeronautical engineering degree and almost 30,000 hours of flight time, including about one or two hours of time in helicopters during rescue training, and being transported on and off a carrier a couple of times.
Helicopters........Don't.
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I don't post about a lot of things that "concern me."
I do post when someone states something clearly false, and claiming Britain was a "foreign country," at the time of the Declaration of Independence is ignorance.
The very first sentence acknowledges that:
"When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another,...."
Absolutely not a foreign country at that time.
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3 hours ago, Tiberius said:
It was a Declaration of Independence. Independence, you understand that?
Jan 6 was an insurrection against the established order because you guys lost
I quote, for historical accuracy from the declaration:
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Losing elections is simply a suffeable evil we all deal with, not a cause to destroy this republic
But keep making excuses for these insurrectionists
I am extremely familiar with the Declaration of Independence.
It had a good deal to do with me living where we now live.
Anyway, my post claimed that the Declaration was not against a "foreign power," as you claimed, while you humorously calling someone in moron in the same sentence.
That is why the founding fathers knew they were guilty of treason, and why it was called the Revolutionary War and the War of Independence.
I have no interest in discussing Jan 6.
In addition, "my guy" didn't lose the election.
I didn't have "a guy."
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13 hours ago, Tiberius said:
The Declaration, you moron, was against a foreign power.
For historical accuracy purposes, it was not a "foreign" power at the time'
Thus, our forefathers realized that they were committing treason.
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Men simply give up.
Seriously, the difference is reflected in long term health care coverage.
More expensive for women, as they are far more like to need it, and for longer duration.
My wife's policy is $400/year more than mine.
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21 minutes ago, Coffeesforclosers said:
Virginia enjoys pissing on his sacrifice.
Virginia is nothing like that, and sorry for your ancestor's sacrifice.
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Honestly, I don't think it's an overreach at all, nor do I think it has anything to do with revenue capture.
I think it is a safety issue.
These things are very dangerous.
The props are spinning at thousands of rpm, and there's four of them.
As I stated, I've seen them cut through small branches.
Thousands of these things have crashed on first flights because people don't know how to operate them.
If one crashed into a stadium, it is almost a guarantee someone could be hurt, and I'm not going to discuss the potential weaponizing of them.
There are also technical issues.
They work by remote signalling.
Those frequencies are limited.
Get a few of them in the same area using the same freqs, but controlled by disparate, unknown operators and you get the picture.
The other issue is that the NFL stops games when an unknown drone is over a stadium.
That would significantly disrupt their product.
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I knew nothing other than cursory information regarding Stonewall Jackson and Lee.
Then I read the Shaara Trilogy, Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels and The Last Full Measure.
With the understanding that the USA at that time was a local/regional country far more than it was today, context is important.
While I wish the Confederate Generals would have sided with the North, the situation at the time cannot be judged by us, like the practice of "bleeding" that was done in medicine.
Times change. Judgements made must be sensitive to the times.
Now being aware of the "Union's" leadership, post Lincoln, which was U,S. Grant and Andrew Johnson, and considering a decision of who was more honorable, I know I'd go with Jackson and Lee.
Either way, the senseless renaming of schools and removing of statues has proven to do no good.
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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:
You are a clown, Richmond is a diverse city, totally against the racist idea of the Southern Confederacy
Sometimes I think you are just an idiot. (Well....All times).
Other times I am surprised by your idiocy, as in this post.
Richmond has absolutely nothing to do with this.
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4 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Lewis and Clark, sure.Robert E Lee sided with the enemy of the Union and a treasonous breakaway state. Those who revere him are disgusting, Anti-American people.
Not that it matters to you, but the respect due Robert E. Lee is legitimate and deserved.
You have just called a great potion of the population of the US as "disgusting," and "anti American.
I suggest you are foolish.
11 minutes ago, Tiberius said:The people in the cities where these traitor's statues were did not want them there.
Absolute bull####.
But not surprising.
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18 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Stripping traitors’ names from schools and monuments is a great use of money. The waste of money was building them in the first place.Now answer my question. What is so imperative about having these peoples’ names on the schools?
We can remember the traitors in history books. We don’t need to build statues to them.Because that's what the people in those areas agreed to do when they were constructed.
This idiotic renaming is not only stupid, it has proven to be counterproductive and very expensive.
Further, while some would disagree, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Lewis and Clark were extremely honorable people.
The knuckleheads that made these decisions, including a blatant racist who was the energy behind removing a Lee statue are anything but.
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21 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
For those who support this, please give me a thorough explanation on why it’s important to spend resources to name a school after these two. “Own the libs” does not count.”
Respectfully, are you serious with this question?
The schools were renamed. The monuments were torn down.
That money was wasted.
Resources, including millions of dollars, scores of lawsuits, and a total waste of time was spent renaming them, tearing monuments in existence for scores of decades.
Get that?
Total waste of everything involved, and you are claiming that the issue is with responding to this?
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This entire monument removal/school renaming thing has been a total waste of time, money and resources.
This is how lawyers get paid, and nothing positive results.
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Just so people know, it is illegal to fly a drone within three nautical miles from any stadium having a capacity of 30,000 or more from one hour prior to scheduled start until one hour after.
Many other events trigger what are called Temporary Flight Restrictions, which also prohibit drone operations. Obvious ones would include Presidential appearances, but there are many others.
You can request a waiver from the FAA for any number of requests, but it would never be granted in this case.
Regarding size and registration, if it weighs more than .55 lbs, it must be registered.
I can't imagine anything worth flying, or having any capability weighing less than that. The battery weighs that much.
If someone does it, local law enforcement can stop it, use the FAA's Law Enforcement Assistance Program to report it, and the FAA can pursue certificate or even criminal action. The NFL wants local police to have authority for enforcement.
The NFL has had many games delayed because of this, and it is extremely dangerous. In most cases the drones were not registered, so flying them anywhere would have been a violation, let alone within the temp flight restricted area of an NFL stadium.
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4 minutes ago, daz28 said:
It's even a bit strange that Fox doesn't have their families plastered all over the screen every night. I totally agree though, Middle East peace isn't happening anytime soon, no matter how many weapons we send over there. The real shame is that any deal negotiated will be looked at as weakness by Biden, and that likely plays a big part.
What?
This is Israel's survival.
They are and have been under attack from three sides for years.
It is there issue to "deal."
Biden has proven to be a spineless non ally, and that is shameful.
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6 minutes ago, daz28 said:
Ever heard of OPEC? Do you even have a basic understanding of how oil is traded? I seriously hope you don't think that they have the drills and refineries going full blast all the time, attempting to keep prices low for us? Guess how your goods are transported? Fuel maybe?? You keep believing that the government is holding them back from supplying you with cheap gas, because that's EXACTLY what they want you to think. I'm not here to make the uneducated the educated, but I will put someone on the right trail. Besides, trump likes you uneducated.
Oh my.
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47 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
no one is disputing this-----hence, "the NFL is coming for your [over the stadium] drones".
FAA has no mechanism to come after an unregistered drone operated by an unlicensed individual. So the NFL wants the locals to clean this up, once given the authority to do so........
I'm sure you have as much interest in digging deep into this as I have, which is zero.
But....The FAA certainly has a mechanism to enforce drone regs on any unregistered drone, by any individual.
To the bigger picture, these things are dangerous in the hands of idiots, like the 15 year old who gets one for Christmas and thinks it would be fun to fly it over a stadium. Quite easy to do.
I've seen them saw small branches off of trees.
They have limited battery life, and crashing one into stadium stands would be really bad.
not some
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7 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
yes, but my guess is that these are not commercial drones, but those under 250 grams, who's operators are not licensed and who's drones don't need registration.
It doesn't matter if they're commercial or not, which I'm sure they aren't.
Operating one over a stadium, or any other non participating human is illegal.
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Just horrible.
As said by others, our allies don't trust him, and our enemies don't fear him.
The man is a foreign policy disaster.
As former Defense Sect Robert Gates said:
"I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."
Denying Israel this shipment is idiotic, counterproductive and lunacy.
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2 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:
correct, but there is no functional federal enforcement....
I won't comment on NFL games or stadium venues, but there is absolutely functional federal enforcement re unauthorized drone usage.
I have a commercial drone license and am aware of this.
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How much did you pay for gas and groceries today?
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Adjusted for inflation?
Are you using inflation over the past two years, which was unusually higher in the past ten?