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Just now, Figster said:
Drones are already being utilized for security purposes. More surveillance albeit.
I was under the impression a drone could be operated by camera from a secure location.
As I said, I have a commercial drone license. Not that important to this discussion, but I am very familiar with current capability.
First, they are are extremely unstable unless adequate GPS data is available, and it isn't, inside.
Second, the cameras are relatively small field of view, and to fly one into someone heavily armed, inside a building and effect a stop would be nearly impossible. Anyone with an automatic weapon would shoot it down way before it would be able to act offensively, and no jurisdiction would accept the liability associated with an unmanned, unstable, remote controlled vehicle with offensive weapons.
Just not reality.
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1 minute ago, Figster said:
pepper spray, tazzer, gas ot how about suicide mission and fly the drone right into the face of the shooter.
use your imagination...
Forget about drones at current technology level.
Drones need GPS to be stable. Not possible inside.
Further, a drone operator would be incredibly vulnerable. It takes both hands on the controls and looking at a display to operate.
I have a commercial drone license, and it isn't possible.
23 minutes ago, Figster said:If you research it like I just did over two dozen states allow firearms on school grounds and naturally Texas is leading the charge.
I'm not talking about legality.
The statement was made that students in the US "know their teachers are armed."
That is not my experience.
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15 minutes ago, row_33 said:
Not at all, kids have been taught drills for this moment for years now, friends and relatives kids in the US know their teachers are armed
what planet did you just get back from?
Really?
I've raised three, from kindergarten through college, and have served on numerous committees in that time.
I've never heard that, and would have acted if I had.
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Pitt puts up 7 in the first half against Virginia.
1 for 22 from the field.
Wahoo-Wa
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On 2/13/2018 at 6:34 PM, B-Man said:
THIS MUST BE MORE OF THAT “COLLUSION” I’VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT:
U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russia Fighters in Syria, Sources Say.. “The 200-plus deaths dwarf official Russian toll in the war.”
Nominally, of course, they’re “mercenaries,” and the Russian response is this: “No one wants to start a world war over a volunteer or a mercenary who wasn’t sent by the state and was hit by Americans.” I suspect, though, that a message was sent, and it wasn’t Trump saying he’ll have “more flexibility” after the election. . .
There is quite a bit of information starting to get out about this, and wow.
Total annihilation of this Russian "Blackwater" like group.
Just a total elimination of this "force" once they crossed the "don't cross this river" line.
Complete with lots of interesting coincidences.
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14 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:
Even to an extent in US waters... Shipping companies get away with a lot... Running to different States. Notice where many choose to register in US or world. They choose the most lax.
Here... A vessel gets into trouble, say an allision (different than collision, allision is hitting a stationary object) with a bridge... The company has to post possibly 10s of millions in bond. In old days, they would run to another state, change name of vessel and re-register.
A bit off topic here (you know me
)... But to pull it back on topic, maybe they should do something like this with international laws, rules? Pony up a LARGE chunk of change to cover when crap hits the fan? Would shipping companies handle their business, cargo, passengers, safety better if they had less place to hide & more skin in game?
They don't care. I take it's like the opioid drug dealers and big pharm killing off their customers. $$$$ flows always another on hook.
The scam is called "Flag of Convenience."
International shippers have used the scam for years, thus the amount of ships flagged in Liberia.
It has spread to airlines as well.
Norwegian Air is a perfect example .
Designed for no other reason than to be a flag of convenience carrier to avoid various labor laws in various countries.
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1 hour ago, GG said:
The comments here are about Oprah talking to God, not her criticizing anyone about talking to God.
That's her problem, at least with folks who have dealt with her, and her imperious, racial disposition.
Oprah refuses to talk to people, or even acknowledge their presence.
She insists that you talk to her "assistant."
God probably wan't up to that.
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God has already told her that her history of behavior towards others is despicable.
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Every school should have a dog at the entrance trained to sniff out guns.
Get the benefit of teaching the school kids a little responsibility by rotating the care during the day among classes.
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15 minutes ago, KW95 said:
yes, it must be me! I just like making stuff up on the fly. Not only do they leave to watch Hannity, but they insist on telling me the next day they watch the replay 3 hours later in order to get a real goodnights sleep before having to face me!
Now I'm sure it's you.
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14 minutes ago, KW95 said:
Work function out of town. Get together with the team after work. Staying at hotels!!!
Im only reporting what I have experienced in my short life. Not a big deal!
So they are leaving a work site to go back to a hotel room in order to watch Hannity or O'Reilly?
If true, ever thought it might be you, and they are making that up?
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Not a fan of either, but maybe they are leaving because they have a home to go to.
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35 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
He ain't have to pay her hush money
Do you think the failed candidate and ex first lady has ever done anything that would warrant a spousal abuse charge?
The result of a physical confrontation with her spouse?
Hush money hell....He would have had to bail her out.
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2 minutes ago, T&C said:
I felt the same way, that really pissed me off. I hope we don't need that medal in the end.
I'm glad someone else noticed it.
I'm certain anyone who has served in the military and had to handle a flag noticed it.
I'm also sure that the US Olympic Committee will address it for future athletes.
When you carry the colors of your country, you are acknowledging something bigger than yourself or your personal achievement.
It should never touch the ground, intentionally.
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44 minutes ago, row_33 said:
I'm sure he was well advised and decided to do his thing anyway.
This wasn't David Wottle forgetting to remove his painters cap on the podium.
I don't mind "doing your thing" in the moment of personal triumph.
I mind dragging the flag on the ground for extended periods, oblivious to protocol or common sense.
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Whoever handles these athletes ought to inform them on protocols for handling the US flag.
White is a great athlete, but his handling of our flag after his run was beyond cringe-worthy.
Really made me uncomfortable. I couldn't wait for the video to end.
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3 hours ago, Tiberius said:
Wife beater White House! Wow, they knew Porter beat the crap out of several wives, couldn't get a security clearance because of it yet still handled top secret information? And then lied about it? Kelly was even asking people to lie for him. This crowd is really disgusting
Hillary's email thing was that she wasn't securing secret information or something.
I'll give you a little information that is well known in the DC area police forces.
The Dems have a lot of dirty laundry which has never been released in the spousal abuse front.
Just kept quiet.
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13 minutes ago, row_33 said:
banks have stepped up in anti-money laundering efforts and procedures the last 15 or so years, to surprisingly high levels to me for some matters
Patriot Act has many provisions for reporting currency transactions at various levels, thus the scrutiny.
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9 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:
Not true.
Used to be true in the 80's.
I'm sure there are some airlines that might have it in place, but not the norm.
Pilots are presented food options and they usually rotate who gets to choose first, but the old rule has gone away quite awhile ago.
So now we've learned that today, instead.
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23 minutes ago, row_33 said:
one is inundated with CNN all over the place publicly, overnight a few times in airports
You can do something about that.
https://www.change.org/p/fcc-remove-cnn-s-airport-monopoly-and-tax-payer-funded-broadcast
It's the petition to get CNN out of airport gates.
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8 hours ago, Wacka said:
One again. we have to point out that the woman who died in Charlottesville was not mordered, she died of a heart attack. The car never touched her.
The official cause of death was blunt force trauma to the chest.
James Alex Fields, of Ohio, will be tried in November.
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19 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
......the Nazi murderer in Charlottesville also disproves your point on who the extremists are.
Can he be tried first, or are you re-writing the US justice system?
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4 hours ago, Nanker said:
Sherpa, you're a good poster and your service in the military and here shining light on BS are commendable and much appreciated by most here.
That said, I'd advise no one to get into a bug tussle with DC Tom over WWII history. Trust me on that one.
It's not an issue.
The views expressed are not challenged.
They are views, and anyone else's views on Midway are just as valid as mine.
That view saves a lot of time.
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Tom, I'm not going to quibble about how much of an offensive threat the Japanese Navy was after Midway.
I'll stick with the view that having lost four carriers, a ton of carrier airplanes and most of their most experienced crews in that, they were on the defensive from that point on.
I never said they lost the war for any other reasons than you mentioned. It was just a matter of time, greatly shortened by Midway.
I agree that the Japanese were far ahead of the US in carrier doctrine and capability at the start of the war. In fact, it was a stroke of luck that Midway turned out the way it did. The initial US attacks were almost total losses, and that's with the element of surprise, as the Japanese had no idea where the US task force that launched them was.
But eventually, in that fatal dive bombing attack that took out the three carriers almost at once, and crippled the fourth, along with the airplanes and crew destroyed on their decks, the force projection they were capable of prior to Midway was never possible again.
Active shooter at Florida high school
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Put a trained sniffer beagle at the door.
Classes take turns taking care of it.
End 90% of this crap.