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I'll go out on a limb and risk condemnation, but I'd fully support the use of US quality cluster munitions against the Russian forces, with significant and strict rules of engagement. Perfect weapon for the current battle situation, and the risk can be significantly mitigated.

He could have, because the end of it was his preference, but at the time it was discussed he was deeply involved in Monticello operations, which had been neglected to some extent during his long public service absences, and founding the University of Virginia, which took up all his time, and he was quite old then. One of the other views he had, and expressed in conversation to Madison who authored the Constitution, was that his only concern was the potential for a runaway judiciary. Two hundred and fifty years later we see that battle over the import of Supreme Court Justice appointments.

He was much more than a dreamer, though I get the point. He was an accomplished inventor and the individual who introduced European grapes into the US, an industry that has exploded, though he never harvested a single wine grape. He had a lot stacked against him re finances. No doubt his operation would have thrived had he not spent so much time away from Monticello as Minister to France, Vice President and President. With the loss of his wife at such a young age the operation suffered in his absence, and some people he lent significant amounts of money to did not pay the debts.

Who acknowledged its evil, wrote that into the Declaration's original draft, (that part was redacted to appease some Southern states so the Declaration would be unanimous-not his choice), and in later years predicted accurately that it would eventually tear the country apart, some fifty years before the Civil War, and when asked to champion its abolition, said that while he agreed with the goal, he was too old to do much good. From John F. Kennedy addressing a dinner including the Nobel winners of the Western Hemisphere: "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Someone once said that Thomas Jefferson was a gentleman of 32 who could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, and dance the minuet."

Politics makes people quite wealthy as well, though they may not start out that way. There are scores of extremely talented people in the private sector who are not billionaires. Jefferson died in debt because of a bad loans to friends and family, the panic of 1819, spending so much time away from Monticello in public service, which was not his choice. His estate became a huge financial burden, and living a bit beyond his means at the wrong time. An absolutely brilliant jurist, scientist, inventor, astronomer, political scientist and farmer.

During the Revolution times we had roughly one million here, and we came up with Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Now we have 335+ million and we've got.............. Our most skilled people are in industry, and we have plenty. Certainly not politics.

The FAA is a mess on many levels. The Administration/Secretary of Transportation's nominee for FAA Administrator withdrew from consideration after being exposed as completely unqualified during Senate hearings this year. Even Dems on the committee were not going to vote for confirmation, so rather than continue the process he simply withdrew. The FAA has not had an Administrator to run it since spring 2022. Quite an operation DOT is.

Funniest thing I ever saw there. Right after 9/11, US airline crews had to stay at an airport instead of the normal, contractual downtown hotels, and Charles De Gaulle airport is far away from anything fun. So, they set up this thing where two times a day a bus would drive you downtown and drop off at L'Opera, picking up twice a day much later. I always did that. One day on the bus, we had arrived in the city. Most everyone on the bus was asleep, but I wasn't. I was on the right side and I could see this little battle going on between this old guy in a small car with his wife and our driver. The traffic was quite heavy and the old guy was trying to get into our lane. The bus driver wouldn't let him in. I could see the guy and the bus driver gesturing unkindly to each other. After about three traffic lights of this escalating situation, we were stopped at a light and the old guy gets out of his car and approaches the bus. The bus driver opens the door, goes down the stairs and while they scream at each other, our bus driver head buts the guy. The guy's head is bleeding and his wife gets out and they start screaming. Bus driver comes up the stairs and gets in his seat and off we go. About two lights later, a cop blocks the bus, comes in and arrests the driver, leaving our bus about two blocks from L'Opera in the left turn lane. We all just got out and walked.

? There's no incongruency in the post. Versailles, Mont St. Michel and Normandy are not Paris. I kind of like Paris, but there are unpleasant elements. Been to the others as well. Normandy is really cool. Got to fold the flag when it was hauled down at the American cemetery at Taps.

The mother was charged, under existing Virginia law, with felony child neglect and recklessly leaving a fire arm to endanger a child.

Is it possible for you to not extend what I said with something I didn't? What I said is that China has tilted the trade table far in its favor vis a vis the US, and when that occurs, response is reasonable and necessary. Walk around Beijing or Shanghai and find the prices charged for genuine US products. It's outrageous how they put tariffs on them, and that doesn't even address the piracy they practice in producing patented US goods.

In order for there to be free trade, there has to be fair trade, ie., both sides have to play fair. Have you ever been to China? Have you seen what they do to American products sold there? Of course that doesn't include the products they stole and knocked off.

Interesting you should offer unsolicited advice on "traction." I seem to being just fine in that regard in both ambulatory and verbal pursuits, unlike the subject at hand, who stumbles near daily in both.

His isn't running, they are hiding him because of his obvious to everyone infirmity. It has noting to do with Trump. Biden is significantly diminished, and he didn't start from a high point to begin with. and God save the queen.

The Christmas bombing of Hanoi, mentioned above, resulted in the ceasefire a month later. Prior to that the North was torturing POWs and refused to discuss release, resulting in the White House decision to launce operation Linebacker II. Anybody who understands anything about that debacle lays it flat of the feet of LBJ and Robert McNamara. Pure governmental insanity.

It didn't have a data recorder, but did have a transponder which was completely autonomous from the vessel, ie., had its own separate power supply etc. Given that the transponder stopped signaling at the same time communication was lost and research as well as intel listening devices picked up the big bang was a very strong indication the rescue attempt was irrelevant.

Who cares, and why does it matter?

The Navy doesn't have a conspiracy component. They do what they are tasked to do, and busy enough with that.

What exactly are you inferring?

I am certain that they didn't know for certain that what they heard was the hull failure. Now that the failure is confirmed they are probably sure that was it, but they hear lots of stuff all the time.

The US runs a very effective underwater listening system. That's why the Walker Spy Ring, which revealed in to the Soviets, along with daily Naval communication codes was so incredibly damaging.

The forces at liftoff are not that great. Space for me, but not the way it is now. I am more an a Apollo era guy.

Evening before. Unwrap, rinse, dry, remove bone-side membrane, put on any rub and let sit, uncovered in refrigerator. Day of. Take out of refrigerator for an hour and a half before putting on grill. Use only lump charcoal, never briquettes. A chimney starter full of lump get lit, once it's going good into the grill on one side only, making certain large lumps are at bottom to ensure better air flow. Add about have a chimney more lump and mix it in. Set the grill up for indirect cooking. Heat on one side, ribs on the other. I use a Primo XL Kamado, Put temp probe on grill grate where ribs will be. I use 225f. Once its stabilized at 225 at the meat height, on they go, meat side up. After three hours check them and put them in foil, adding any moisture if I want. Now in foil, back on grill meat side down. After one hour, and no more, take them out of foil and decide how to finish them. Usually I don't add anything. Back on grill meat side up for one hour. I don't sauce them on grill. I let each person do that on their plate, but the sauce is at room temp. If doing more ribs than I have room to lay down on grill, I put the rack in a circle and use a metal skewer to hold them in that position. For the last 15 mins I take out skewer and lay them flat over coals. I'm not a fan of briquettes because of the amount of binder used in them. Haven't used them for years. Only lump. I don't put any smoking wood in. I don't think they need it. The Komados are very efficient charcoal consumers, so it really doesn't take that much. I used a DigiQ tem controller for years, but now I don't always use one because I've gotten good at holding 225 by vent placement. I do use it when I want extremely accurate temp control, like on a higher end beef on weck low and slow with a top sirloin roast. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems the quality and taste of the ribs has diminished slightly since covid. I get them at Cosco, which is always better than retail grocery stores for meat,

Ya. They all use active proximity fuses, but without getting into a huge discussion on fusing a missile, the objective is to keep the warhead as small as possible so the missile is lighter and more maneuverable. In the old days of butt shots, if the shooter and the target were roughly the same speed, the closure would be simply the missiles speed, nominally, a bit more than mach. The two aircraft would cancel each other out. In a head on shot, a Sidewinder L variant or later, for example, the closure speed is (launch aircraft+missile velocity+target velocity), so let's say close to mach 2 to 3. That means the fuse has tremendously less time to determine where the target is, (these are "aimed" blasts, not simply explosions), send the command and allow for detonation and get the shrap into the target. A US F-18 drilled an Iraqi Mig with a Sidewinder right at the min range for a headon, and is was figured to be right around a mach 3 end game. Obviously, a hyper would challenge to solve a mach 6 kill zone time period. That is really, really hard. Still, there are other ways.

Typically, the most challenging problem is not tracking, it is fusing. The closure speeds are so incredible that the kill zone time is milliseconds or less, and fuses just aren't fast enough. Solving that problem is what allowed the US to pioneer all aspect heat seekers, ie., no more need to bbe looking up the tailpipe when firing, you could shoot them in the face. That's why we called the Sidewinder variant that was developed as an all aspect missile the "Lipwinder." There are other ways to engage hypers.