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There IS a valid fear that he could win again. I'm less and less worried about it as time goes by. The polls showing him leading Biden are somewhat suspect. There's a lot of reasons to question their validity. The biggest reason is how they've done for the primaries. While Trump won all the primaries but one, he didn't even come close to the margin of victory the polls predicted. Some polls had him winning by double what he actually won by. So polls that show him a few percent above Biden don't bother me much. The idea that the RNC is now being run by Trump's minions is fucking hilarious. It's abundantly clear that Trump is going to loot the bank accounts to pay for all his 'troubles'. As a result, the ability of the RNC to support any other candidates is going to be highly compromised. So Republicans everywhere are going to get shortchanged. And screwed over. And will lose. I'm sure there are some Rs that have enough on their own to win. And there are quite a few that are in districts so solid that the winner is going to be an "R". A lot of the big donors won't want the money they donate to go into Trump's pocket. So donations will drop. They already are. Trump is likely going to do more damage to the Republican party than anyone thought possible back in 2015. It's tempting to call this a 'nail in the coffin', or a 'death knell', and it may well be. But that's not certain.

Up next - Conservatives realize that EVs can go up to 100mph - and if you crash at 100mph you will DIE! EV's are DEATH TRAPS that can travel at UNSAFE SPEEDS and KILL YOUR KIDS!! Stick with gas cars!

The Fitz boogie just ended. Great few days catching up with many long time dz.commers some who still lurk, some active and some who haven't logged in for years.

Now, Donald Trump is claiming that he can't make the 464 million dollar bond in his civil fraud case. Don't be fooled. It's not that Donald Trump doesn't have the money. He doesn't have enough OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!

Driven by there; it's about 25 miles from my family's ancestral summer camp. Also, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the Franklin Pierce homestead. It's about as impressive as Franklin Pierce. Wendy P.

Steve Miller Band is a good choice....

I have this fantasy of a blond-haired thug shoving his face into a toilet bowl: "Where's the money Donny? Alina said you're good for it! Where's the money, shithead???"

So little Donny doesn't have the money? Trump Says He Doesn’t Have Means to Post Bond in NY Fraud Case ...Trump's team is asserting that there are no bond companies that are willing to take real estate as collateral for a judgment of this magnitude... Especially from a deadbeat grifter.

That's pretty cool. There's a 928 part supplier who does online ordering, but the 'most fun' way to order is to call and talk to the owner. He's an ex-pat Brit, living in Texas, selling parts for German cars. He's super knowledgeable about the cars, owns like 8 or 9, including a couple super rare ones, and is just an all around fun guy. He's active on FB and the car boards, doesn't take himself too seriously, but is passionate about the 928. Phone calls for parts orders often take an extra 10 or 15 minutes, because he asks a fair amount of questions to make sure the part being ordered is correct for the specific car (there's a LOT of variance over the years) and just chatting about the cars in general. Best story: I was talking on the phone, placing an order, and I wanted a hat. The connection wasn't the best, so he couldn't understand what I was asking for. So I asked instead if he carried a cap. Still couldn't understand. Thought about it a second or two, then asked for a 'chapeau' (French for hat). He said something like "Oh, a hat. No, I don't carry those. Talking to an ex-pat Brit, purchasing parts for a German car and we use French to understand each other.

One can but hope. Wendy P.

Now why didn't they choose to limit them to 88mph? ;-)

Here's what I have, data from about 30 years back when I was new to the sport and a bit obsessed with collecting data and understanding the sport. 1. Two pages from I guess the Italian skydiving magazine in 1992 listing the early tandem fatalities in order. (Apparently there was also one on a European Galaxy rig sometime in that era, that isn't in those stats.) First tandem fatality is shown as the one with one snap not done up, TI spent entire jump trying to hook it up, without deploying anything (even the drogue). 2. An html file from UPT listing tandem fatalities and causes in order (but with no dates). From 2008, back when they listed that on their web site. 3. Scribbled pencil notes of mine from the early 1990s, where I listed a bit of the evolution of tandems (eg the date when Strong & Booth got their FAA exemptions to allow tandems), plus all the early fatalities and dates. I think most of the data on dates comes from an article in Parachutist,July 1989. (Which I can't find at the moment.) That list puts that first tandem fatality -- with the snap not done up -- as Oct 19, 1986. Back in those days people were wondering what the heck was going on with Vector tandems, as in the first dozen fatal accidents, there were 10 on Vectors, and 1 on a Galaxy, before there was 1 was a Strong Dual Hawk. There sure were a lot of different causes of accidents -- Stupid stuff we're not allowed to do with tandems now, main bags that much more easily came out of the container early, plus a lot more casual training and attitudes towards tandems. Which brought in the idea that 'it isn't just another skydive'. It also took a while to come up with the first tandem CYPRES, and eventually the idea of making one mandatory for tandems. (Wish I had the dates for those.) RWS tandem fatality list as of Feb08.htm

Howlin’ Wolf. The Doors were copycat hijackers.

You do things like this... Every station is a different course of fire. And some people don't see the point in jumping out of an airplane... If you heard someone say, "I mean all you do is fall and open a parachute before you die" would you consider them knowledgeable about skydiving?

What "Right" are you talking about? Seriously, do you even know what the 1st Amendment SAYS? More important, do you know what it means? And who it applies to? When LouDiamond (Scott Campos) was moderating on here, he had a pretty good comeback for the concept you're trying to present.

A catalog of his recent lies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/trump-crazy-new-claims-fact-checked/ How any person with a shred of decency or intelligence can support Trump is a total mystery to me. I'll take a forgetul old man over a lying, cheating, predatory and ignorant old man any day (or 4 years).