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Ya, I've seen that. I am suspicious of these judgements. I can't see any reason the gov would do this. Its not like they don't know what's underneath these things, and they certainly know they would be seen. Just an opinion, but I'm of the view that this is nothing.

If it was the gov and secretive, they wouldn't have the lights on, and to what purpose? 2000' is really high for a drone, and illegal. That would also get them into much stronger winds, probably 30-40 knots. Not where a drone wants to be. 30-50 mph is really fast for a small drone.

Being a church does not allow you to subborn or support illegal activity, nor determine what it is or isn't, nor decide what laws the nation has in place are to be abided by. Some churches do it becasue the gov has not decided it's worth it to go after them. That may change, and I hope it does. Aiding in an illegal activity is itself a crime. Want to do it? Risk losing your tax exempt strategy as a fist step, and more personally punitive punishment next.

I have no idea what their purpose is and I'm sure they can be detected. Depending on what type they are, it's usually fairly easy to figure out who's flying them becasue they are remotely controlled unless a programmed route is inserted, and the remotes are not that powerful meaning the operator should be fairly close by. In addition, unless they a somewhat sophisticated, they are pretty easy to jam and make go stupid, even crash. It would just take a little enforcement time and effort, and they probably only need to get one in order to figure out what is going on. I've got a commercial drone license and used mine commercially for a number of years doing real estate and other pay projects for fun. Whoever is flying these is probably not licensed.

They're not permitted in controlled airspace, which the airspace close to an airport is, without a clearance. Drones have very specific flight rules they must abide by.

They would not be "invading Catholic Churches." That is a ridiculous conclusion, made by the same folks who demand Catholic Hospitals permit abortions. When a criminal is to apprehended, no church has the right to protect them against the law.

I'd go with Netanyahu. Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran significantly impacted. Total realignment of the middle east, going against every single thing Biden suggested, which seems to be the formula for success. Massive difference between last year and this.

Like how he "nailed it" when he said the internet would be no more effective than the fax machine in economic issues? Or when he recently stated that 70% marginal tax rates were "reasonable." I thought the guy retired, but not soon enough.

I think they demonstrated how incredibly stupid they are. They always assume that the world court, as the UN is, will rescue them when Israel destroys them, which it always does. This time, that didn't happen. Israel decided it would go to the mat to destroy Hamas, no matter the international viewpoint. Momentum led them to Hezbollah, correctly. The weakness of Iran is a biproduct that led us to this point. Either way, there is no turning back, nor should there be. I'm not sure who are referring to when you state "neither side." If you are referring to Israel as one of these 'sides," they absolutely "share our beliefs."

Israel is doing the Corleone strategy, where at the end of Godfather 1, Michael "settles all the family business." Israel clearly doesn't want the Iranian weapons supply pipeline to get into the hands of wackos.

Airplane vs airplane, bet on the F-22. Simply unbelievable, but being out serviced. After that, bet on the F-35. In US trained hands, a star wars machine.

I am neither silly, angry nor frustrated. Regarding your question, the individual flying is more important, at the margin, than the airplane. I say that as a Topgun adversary instructor having flown against everything from F-4's to F-14's, F-15's/16's/18's and all NATO Europe has, as well as a host of Migs. Bet on the guy, not the airplane, within reason.

You have self identified as an absolute moron. I always knew it, when you challenged me and then ran like a cockroach when directly challenged, but this is further evidence. You posted Syria stuff in this thread, and then tried to hide when called out. You have no idea what happened in that Minneapolis area, and you have no idea what a "small section" means. Totally ignorant.

I note that you have removed your completely unassociated Syrian posts from this thread about an assassination in NY. A bit too late to go unnoticed, but that's what you do, which is to post and hide when challenged. By the way, regarding your claim that things weren't burned down, do you have any idea what happened in that Minneapolis neighborhood? Not likely, but no surprise.

What do your posts have to do with this thread, which is about an assassination New York?

I think Trump and the group are much better prepared this go around. The fact is that there are people who really care about this country and unlike some others, you can really influence things. Money means nothing to them, as they have that box checked. We are lucky to be in this position. We are not lucky to have the Congress we have had over the past decade. We shall see how this plays out.

There is nothing inherently evil about billionaires. They got there becasue they were game changers and infinitely more effective than our current Congress. There are some issues I would take with Musk's view as quoted, but he gets a bit out of his lane. Administrative note: It would be nice if when someone quotes something, they put quote marks around it and acknowledge the source. If not, it's simple plagiarism.

I just bought a new Mazda CX5 last week. Through the process with several dealerships I told them I hadn't decided on cash or finance. But some incentives are very attractive and if you get a tax free yield nearly double the finance charge, it makes sense to finance. Everything must be carefully considered.

You can do both. Regarding womanizing and alcohol consumption, consider the results of the 1960 Democrat Convention.

Not to change the vector, but I don't think Biden was ever really the force behind the presidency. I think that after the first six months, it was the Dem party apparatus that was behind all this, and it was horrible. The last year, there has been no doubt. Can't stand the guy. A pathological liar and imaginative resume writer, but he's too far gone for me to hold him accountable. Jimmy Carter was the worst I've seen, but at least you could blame it on him. Not so with Biden. He hasn't any idea.

If anyone did anything treasonous, they should be held accountable. I have zero belief that Trump would do anything vengeful. This entire transition period, thus far, point to an action oriented, fix it. focus. I thought you were going to Singapore before they whatevered.

Useless conversation. I strongly doubt Trump is going on some revenge tour. Just a wasted discussion.

I'm not non partisan. Never claimed that. Maybe too difficult for you to discern. I claimed that I have never voted for Trump, and never will. What is much worse is the fool in his current status, and make no mistake, we are in a dangerous position over these next weeks prior to Biden being put out to pasture, and the absolute moron they installed in an attempt to replace him.

There is simply nothing left with this family. Full "estate planning" mode. He/they, are what we knew they were.

The man is crazy, unless he's predicting this. Oh wait, that would still make him crazy. Should be a host on MSNBC.