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New episode out now! DB Cooper and the JFK Assassination with my good friend John Limbach. https://thecoopervortex.podbean.com/e/db-cooper-and-the-jfk-assassination-john-limbach/ Enjoy!

Our office was in the path of totality..big boss catered BBQ and we all went out and watched it together. Was a great show, but I'm in the same boat for lack of photos. I figured there'll be literally millions of pictures, many of them taken by better photographers than me. I'd prefer to watch it with my eyes rather than through my phone.

Oh, no. They die. Then they get beaten some more. And more. And more. Brent never admits being wrong. Ever. Jakee never lets go. Ever. I'm usually good for a couple smartass comments. And eventually you have a 'horse smoothie'.

Is that the one where you could put any name down and click the box that said you were a scientist? I heard Mr. Banana Rama's scientific accomplishments are very special. And, who isn't aware of the science behind the healing powers of Mongolian overtone singing? Do you not see the irony touting your scientific record and then hyping the validity of the Great Barrington Declaration based on the number of signatures?

Yes, and we all thought that the Russian military was competent. We were wrong.

That is an impressive enough resume I suppose. What is your opinion on the direction given to the public by the NIH? are they some sort of scammers? Is your posistion influenced by the politics around the pandemic, or is the rest of the scientific community just plain wrong and only you are correct? https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2021/11/face-masks-covid-19 You may think that we don't already know about the Dunning-Kruger effect but you are wrong in making that assumption. The bottom like is that face masks can and do play a role in reducing the spread of droplets containing viral particles therefore reducing but not eliminating the spread of viral infection. At a time when the health system was overwhelmed with cases of covid leading to sever overtaxing of the system anything reducing the infection rate was very much welcomed and needed.

Effectiveness of N95 Mask in Preventing COVID-19 Transmission Plus if both parties are wearing masks; the transmitter and the receiver protection is doubled?

Such a terrible thing, especially because he was so very much certain. Does anyone know if he's still dead?

Beside the bronzed copy of WaltAppel's final post?

That one's going up on the wall in the moderator's lair.

L Ron Hoover anyone?

It's all about religious freedom; The GOP is sponsoring these bills at the behest of The First Church of Appliantology.

As some of you know, I am now at a startup (Smartville) designing systems that let you use old EV batteries as energy storage for your house, business or grid. This is a way to: 1) Not have to throw out/recycle all those old EV batteries 2) Have a way to store energy from renewable (solar, wind) 3) Provide grid backup during times of high demand. A while back, none other than Scott Miller called me and asked me to do a podcast with him on what I'm doing with Smartville. It's up now at the link below. https://creatingacoolerworld.com/

Yep. When you factually report on the trial that found that Trump sexually assaulted E Jean Carroll, it makes him sound like a rapist (since, objectively, he is one.) Then when you factually report on the sexual improprieties of Joe Biden, the report sounds . . . not that bad, since he has not sexually assaulted anyone. Conservatives demand that the media make both reports sound the same. Even if you report on the accusations, it makes Trump sound worse, since 13 women have accused him of sexual assault (one of which was proven) and he's admitted to sexual assault on TV. Then you report on the one woman who's accused Biden, and it makes it sound like Trump is much, much worse. Trump supporters demand enforced equality. If you spend 15 minutes listing all of Trump's accusers, you have to spend 15 minutes on Biden's one accuser. If you make it sound like Trump raped someone, you have to make it sound like Biden raped someone too. They want rapists made equal to non-rapists, criminals made equal to non-criminals, and people who pay to cover up their banging a porn star made equal to people who don't bang porn stars. This demand for equality in everything is, ironically, something they vociferously oppose when applied to the rest of society, and indeed regularly claim that people are NOT equal and should not be forced to be. Unless their last name is Biden. Then they should be made equal to Trump.

Another knock on effect from the mainstream right’s embrace of Trumpism. You can’t report honestly on Trump without the coverage sounding like a hatchet job, so when the majority of right wingers choose to throw away their principles and support him anyway they’re not going to want to work for an organisation that makes them feel bad about that. Now, given how much your guy moans about lack of Hunter coverage (whose misdeeds he conflates with Joe, which is a pretty big red flag) I’d be interested to know how much time NPR spent covering Jared’s far more successful influence peddling from inside the White House vs Hunter’s solo efforts. Would anyone here really be surprised if the bias was actually in the other direction?

And who can forget Moses, who told his troops to kill all the women and kill all the children in a city, but keep the younger virgin girls "for their use." But he looks upon that with fond forbearance, just a historical quirk of years gone by. And sucking little boys' penises has a long tradition, and you have to understand X and Y and Z, and if you don't, you don't get to have an opinion. It's very nuanced, requiring a lot of study to understand the context. Muslims, though, worship a sick pedophile, and they're all mentally ill, period.

Yeah, but I’d bet you’d vote for her over pretty much any possible democrat. Wendy P.

Nope, if Trump wins we'll all be looking back at these as the good old days.

in 2017 the DZ was in the path of totality. Instead of selling camping sites or anything we shut down and just let cool people come on the property to enjoy. We flew a single formation load with two Caravans and our jumpers. I got to fly trail. Super amazing. The jumpers who couldn't be on the airplanes got to enjoy it without a million people around. They also had amazing experiences. One of the spectators who made the cut because she likes to come out and watch took an incredible pic that we have in the lobby. Big fun and long term memories.

The line sequence was: sheath-and-core dacron kevlar spectra vectran/hma Kevlar has poor abrasion resistance. It is also skinnier than dacron, so less friction in slider grommets and harder openings. Also, kevlar doesn't stretch much, so less shock absorption than dacron.

These Countries Have the Most Income Equality Happiness rankings follow closely, as does health care rankings, longevity, general education, trust of government, peaceful society, functioning justice system, etc. Everything else, i.e. "freedom", guns, free speech, military power, foreign influence, is just b.s.

He, of course, is not. He is merely the better of two bad options.

Nah it be easy. I saw a documentary about it called "Maverick"

One of the original Herd members and instrumental in bringing big planes to the United Parachute Club. Also organized the annual Herd boogie.

He was holding out for a mask that was "Nine-Nine-point-Nine" percent effective, but none met his requirements. :-(

Here's a guy who wouldn't wear a mask.

Sorry son, but picking was my usage and you are stealing it. Whatever bangs your wangers, I guess. There is nothing for me to let go. As I have pointed out here previously you have a real talent for reading for inconsistency and a pit bulls disposition. I think I observed then that you'd be great on a legal team reading opposition briefs. But here it seems that all you do, or want to do, is tear other peoples posts apart; you seem to really enjoy it. Also, you really don't seem to want to put yourself out there. Now, it won't come as a surprise to anyone, especially Brent, that I think he is often full of shit when he's being serious and full of mischief when he's not. But, unlike you, he is out there non-stop making new-ish points and waves and this forum would be less without him.

You mean an NPR employee is of the opinion that there is a bias. He then provides hearsay and correlation without causation in his opinion piece. You are presenting it as "bias revealed" because it agrees with your opinion. Quite frankly, you are doing the exact same the NPR employee is claiming NPR does.

From a marketing perspective? You can charge more for an energy storage solution. From a technical perspective? Energy storage systems generally include things like inverters, protection circuits, battery management systems, charge controllers etc so that it can be used for energy storage in (for example) a house. For example, the Tesla Powerwall contains the battery AND an inverter (so it can be used with the home's 240V power) and a cooling system, and a BMS, and protection, and case/mounting hardware. At larger scales, these systems are called BESS - battery energy storage systems. We've built a few of them. One of them is featured in the story below, to give a sense of scale. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2022-10-24/used-electric-vehicle-batteries-put-to-good-use-at-new-energy-storage-system

I read it. You’re lying.

Just got to watch a total eclipse of the sun, from a Walmart parking lot in Vermont. Along with plenty of other people who had the same idea. No good pictures (I only had glasses, not a camera filter), so you’ll just have to trust me Wendy P.

I am starting to feel sorry for you if you think the opinion piece you posted says that the NPR covered the Hunter Biden laptop story and called it a Russian hoax.

So you can't. As usual you post bullshit and you can't back it up when you are challenged. Appears a tax bracket isn't the only thing you aren't maxing out.

My best chuckle yesterday on another forum arguing this topic: "Apparently, Hunter's laptop is some sort of Rosetta stone for true conservatives."

You posted the actual story out loud. You're not supposed to do that. You're supposed to believe whatever BH says without question. I mean, he does that for FOX News - can't you extend him the courtesy of doing the same for him?

Does that let Jerry Lee Lewis off the hook.

oh lol, I thought you guys had money. Sorry.

Staunch Conservatives generally don't want progress, so I am not surprised that even back then they supported this.

A non-scumbag, (who just resigned), makes some choice comments about a scumbag still in office: MTN: Fmr. GOP Rep Buck Calls Greene: 'Moscow Marjorie'

Well, you guys all did better than I did with recording it... But it was still cool. Wendy P.

WL wasn't exactly in the path of totality but still had 98-99% of coverage. Photo taken through solar glasses with my phone.

I wouldn't use the lesser of 2 evils to describe Biden. Rather to me it indicates that the dems have a competence problem in the party if someone over 80 is the best they have to offer. People age and peak, physical and cognitive decline is real not imaginary. It appears that Biden has done a good job, my challenge is "Is he really the best of the dems?" Trumps age is only irrelevant because there is a laundry list of reasons why he is a walking disaster that far outweigh age being a factor.

Drove to Austin, TX to visit our daughter and see the eclipse. We drove and saw it in Columbia, SC in '17. So cool to see it twice. The weather did cooperate, barely.

My memory is that you didn’t really like Trump, but felt it was more important to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House, so you voted for him. Id submit that Trump is a greater threat to how our country operates; one of the best things about the US is that we trust our succession, and that the person fills the position, not that the position is wrapped around the person. But that was threatened in 2020, and Trump has made it clear that he doesn’t intend to accept a loss this year, that he plans to pardon people who consider an invasion of the Capitol and the shenanigans that went along with it to be OK. In addition, his need for personal loyalty (rather than to the position) is very concerning. Personally, I consider this to be a significant threat to the structure of the country. Wendy P.

This morning, this title just put a smile on my face: Jalopnik: Elon's Offering, But Automakers Aren’t Interested In Licensing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving System

Joe was my copilot from san juan after we escorted the budweiser blimp down ther. I had him all to myself for that few hour flight. what a tale of stories he told me. truly blessed to have met him

I bet you are grinning ear to ear Rocky...!, knowing that Mr Douglas finally was flown to Deland, FL on 13Nov22..... See ya again, some day......

Hi My Name is Dan Johnson I had the pleasure of teaching Tom his First Jump Course at Pepperell. He was a fantastic student. You show him the dive and he would practice it until jump time. We combined Level 4&5, because he was so on it. So sorry for your loss.