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All of it was public knowledge at that point. The first copycat attempts employing all the elements of the “Cooper heist” were happening as soon as a month later. In fact, the first copycat was exactly a month later on Dec 24, 71. Also involved an NWO 727. Hijacking took place in Chicago. Everett Holt was the name of the skyjacker. 24 years old. I’m writing a book on the copycats so I tried to figure out how to contact him to interview him. He’s sadly STILL institutionalized as best I can tell.

None of what you say is incorrect. There are numerous articles on the American Decline and the parallels between the US and the Roman Empire. My issue is - Who can lead us to a confident course correction and is America willing to sacrifice to achieve it. I fear our collapse whilst people have their faces buried in their phones watching TikTok videos. While our country was found on individual rights, we always had a sense of the greater good, not the I/me. I'm also concerned with your arriving and most articles using that year as a benchmark for the beginning of the decline. Coincidence?

I think that says “saf[e]ty helmet.

I’m publishing the story of Jet Dragon Project – development of jet powered wingsuit system. It took 3.5 years, over 5000 work hours, and tens of aborted jump attempts, until first successful flight several weeks ago. During development I consulted many people, including dear fellow late Jarno Cordia, who had previous experience with jet powered wingsuit flight. However the new system was actually designed from scratch. January 2020 After initial assessment and reading publications on the web, I decided to use two P400-Pro jet turbines from JetCat. Each can product 400N thrust, so total will be 800N. According to calculations it is supposed to be more than enough for level flight, with approximately 25% extra power to allow climbing up. After receiving turbines several weeks later I assembled simple setup to see how it runs. First I checked that it responds to throttle commands - Then run it on the bench -

When I came to the USA in 1977 it was undoubtedly the leading nation in just about every category I can think of, Even throwing off its racist past with the civil rights acts. Now in the interests of corporate profit we have exported jobs and technology primarily to Asia. And surely the most fundamental job of a nation is to look after the well being of its people. The USA has declining life expectancy, the worst infant mortality of any western nation, the worst maternal mortality of any western nation, the worst murder rate of any western nation, the most expensive health care "system" of any western nation, and a gerrymandered political system that enables a minority party to stymie any attemps to correct the above problems.

FSB psy-ops for domestic consumption. Perhaps Putin is getting nervous about how incompetent his army is. There were some reports out about how deep and broad his security is. I didn't hear if he uses doubles and tasters to test his food, yet. No word on if his hands are shaking uncontrollably.

Save for the hidden charge of needing to swill an extra bottle after talking to the lame bastards.

The right wing talking point is that Sotomayor is just as bad because she took money from Penguin. They clearly aren't bright enough to understand the difference between a legitimate business relationship that was oficially declared, and whatever it is that Harlan Crow is doing to Thomas.

A fairly common idea. But take heart. Seems to be borne out by the facts. But perhaps not in a way the the White, GOP, conservative right wants. With no offense to BIGUN. I personally think you're doing your part. "By a margin of nearly three-to-one, we found that youth agreed with the sentiment, “Americans with different political views from me still want what’s best for the country” -- in total, 50% agreed, 18% disagreed, and 31% were recorded as neutral. In a hopeful sign, no significant difference was recorded between Democrats (53% agree, 18% disagree) and Republicans (52% agree, 20% disagree).... and now trump and populism is in decline. So there is hope for an American revival. It may not be White ethnocentric ideal. But hey America has always been in transition of some sort. I just think it will take some time.

This, along with this Our prosperity may be our undoing. As long as a significant number of people feel as though they are better off alone than with the rest of the society, the society won’t be strengthened. And feeling as though you have a little more than enough is a good way to think that you don’t need the rest of the people. Wendy P.

Correction: Some individuals, not all individuals.

From the article: Ummmm... How does one 'imperil' a reputation that went down the toilet a while back?

That and equal protection of the law.

Something about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness comes to mind.

Hi Wendy, Hopefully, Ms. Carroll will make it a nightmare. Jerry Baumchen

A letter found at a redacted address in Seattle in March 1972. No further info to give. They haven't yet started scanning the numbered suspect files (this is No. 260). So I assume we'll know more about this letter and it's provenance at some point in the future. Also, the numbered suspect files aren't all relating to actual named suspects. Often times leads such as this one were given a "suspect file". We might not ever know the outcome of this letter. It's almost certainly not to do with Cooper, but you never know I guess. It's hard to make out some of it, but I've got: "Points to remember when skyjacking.... A plane for money [redacted] Ask for - the money (important - 2 person worth of parachute Remember - let passenger off but keep crew - keep cool - bring bomb fake or real - jump only at night - Don't ask for too ??? ??? - ??? - put crew in cab before jumping Optional - ??? Helmet - Name [redacted]

Looks like witnesses were shown photographs of both the Shelton and Egg Harbor suspects... New pic of Catalano...

Updates on the flight - All engines were started, but three engines showed enough out-of-limits indications that they were shut down. That meant they were at 30 engines which is the minimum for takeoff. There is no evidence of debris damage to the vehicle so far. (from all the debris kicked up due to the disintegration of the concrete pad.) 27 seconds into flight, engine 19 lost communications due to an "energetic event" that also blew the heat shields off four other engines. From that point on there was a fire in that area, but the other engines kept running. At 85 seconds they lost hydraulic control of the engines and thus lost the ability to steer. They sent the FTS command (self-destruct) and the FTS fired but did not destroy the vehicle. It kept running for another 40 seconds before it finally blew up. The loss of hydraulic control was likely due to damage caused by engine 19 blowing up.

Hi TriGirl, Re: debates (Primaries, Pres and VP) should have enforced rules Actual debates do have enforced rules. In 2016 they were not debates in any sense of the word. In 2020, due to this crap that you described, they did have the power to turn off the mike. Let's hope it continues. Jerry Baumchen

I stand by what I thought at the time: media agencies who hosted debates (Primaries, Pres and VP) should have enforced rules. Because Trump got out of hand during the primaries (throwing tantrums if he didn't get put center stage, taking up everyone else's speaking time), and the hosts let him get away with it, these behaviors carried over to the main election debates. I suggested on another thread then, and restate it now. The host needs to find a way to enforce the rules, either by turning off the mic of those who do not have the floor, or one of the suggestions above.