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  2. Curtis, you're profile lists you as jumping at AZ, with two jumps. It would be irresponsible for someone on the Internet to guide you on a purchase at this time. There are great Instructors and Riggers at the DZ there. Please ask them to give you some guidance on what you should be jumping this early. We don't know your skillset. My advice to new jumpers has always been - Finish your A License and then let's sit down and talk about gear choices. And, we would begin with your reserve size first and build a rig around that.
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  4. I'm a little behind, so catching up on some of these episodes now... First let me say that Sergeant Major Mike Vining is a class act. Not only is he an explosives expert, but he also had sky diving background, you couldn't ask for more as a guest. He tended to drift off the topic of the bomb a little, Darren did a nice job trying to refocus him. He did leave me wanting a little more..in particular, I wish he spoke a little more on whether the description of the bomb indicated the presence of the blasting caps he kept bringing up or not. (I guess it didn't) I was a little shocked when he said he knew people who jumped out of 727s, I was hoping he was going to go into that a little more. How could he possibly have known ? Was he saying he was familiar with the Air America stuff, I thought that was all top secret ? Before I listened to this episode, (I actually listened to it 3 times), I was of the belief that: - The bomb was most likely fake - That Cooper had some military background in explosives After listening, based on what Sergeant Mike said about the size of the battery, the lack of "dynamite" wording on the sticks, and his comments on the seemingly amateur and senseless trigger mechanism of having to touch two wires together, I am still in "the bomb was fake" camp. But I no longer feel that Cooper had a background in explosives. I think it was a bluff 100% of the way, he only needed to convince the stewardesses and the brief case bomb may have been right out hollywood central casting for this purpose. I think Fly posted about the movie "Airport" from 1970 where there was a brief case bomb, maybe that was an inspiration? On a side note, was the question of whether he was suicidal or not and how that is tied to the question of the bomb being real or fake. I don't necessarily think one implies the other. While he did say that he wouldn't be taken alive, this could have been a bluff as well. But even if it was not, I don't get the vibe that he was willing to take everyone with him. Maybe he had a pistol in the bag or even the brief case that he would have used to go down swinging so to speak. Anyway, all conjecture and subjective on my part. Question to Oldmiss, were any of the other copy cats suicidal or willing to actually take the plane and the passengers out if they didn't get their money ?
  5. Is it true that the Trump Bibles only show five commandments?
  6. Time Left: 29 days and 22 hours

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    Ultimate II from Paraavis is 9-cell semi-elleptical canopy with perfect flight characteristics. Ultimate II is like safire 3. So for intermediate skydivers or for canopy piloting begginers it's very good choice.

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  7. Great argument. Why have laws against rape when rapists ignore them? Why have laws against fraud when con-men don't obey them? Why have laws concerning taking classified documents when ex-presidents don't obey them? We could eliminate all laws using that argument.
  8. And the marks keep sending him money: NYT: How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills The remarkable sum means that Mr. Trump has averaged more than $90,000 a day in legal-related costs for more than three years — none of it paid for with his own money. Do you think the fool has ever considered how much more money he would have if he just stopped committing crimes, so he didn't need to spend it all on lawyers?
  9. I'm not too concerned: we've got you to spread the truth.
  10. It’s not the flex I want, unfortunately it is the flex that we have.
  11. Biden trolls Trump by touting the Affordable Care Act, a set of laws that Americans like (59% approval) and that Trump tried to cancel. Trump responds with the following scholarly observation: “I’m not running to terminate the ACA, AS CROOKED JOE BUDEN DISINFORMATES AND MISINFORMATES ALL THE TIME!" From the Alzheimer's Society website: Dementia can affect how a person communicates and the language they use. They may: - not be able to find the right words - use a related word (for example, ‘book’ instead of ‘newspaper’) - use substitutes for words - not find any word at all - not struggle to find words, but use words that have no meaning, or that are jumbled up in the wrong order
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  21. This is a prime example of an R politician whipping up the white base about immigration. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/politics/fact-check-matt-maddock-invaders-gonzaga-madness-detroit/index.html
  22. Biden does indeed have a perception problem. And many Americans do indeed seem to say I don't care if a man rapes a woman, just as long as I think I can make some more money. Not sure that is really the flex you want it to be though.....
  23. Why ban immigration if illegal immigrants don't obey the laws? Gun crime is not a gun problem, but one crime by an illegal immigrant makes immigration a problem. All lagging costs. Taxes will go up to service the larger population. Electricity and other utility costs will go up once infrastructure needs to be upgraded to service the new larger population.
  24. I mean, everybody should have some level of worry about RFK being able to get any votes and the prospect of a second Trump presidency.
  25. When it comes to taking away resources from some and giving them to others, the map of giver vs taker states says it all. The takers correlate pretty well with political leaning.
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