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  4. 2 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

    Hi Ken,

    Looks to me like another one crawled out of the woodwork.

    Yes, he will soon make my list.

    Jerry Baumchen

    Oh god there’s another one. Or more likely, the same one. Did the last one get banned? Either way, this is an easy block.

  6. 11 hours ago, kallend said:

    While I don't have an issue with conservatism in general, I am truly surprised that any thinking person could support the GOP in 2023

    They can't. And therein lies the problem.

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  8. AUF1 is an Austrian far-right online channel promoting fake news and political conspiracy theories. The channel was founded in June 2021 by Stephan Magnet and has an audience in Austria and Germany. In 2022, the Austrian media authority Komm Austria [de] initiated proceedings against AUF1.[1]

    From - Wikipedia.

    Brent - I know critical thinking is not your strongpoint - but even you should have worked out in the last century or so that allying yourself with far right Austrians probably puts you on the wrong side of history.....
     

     

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  11. On 4/1/2023 at 11:31 PM, BIGUN said:

    I get that. But when you live in the rural; everyone needs help with something at one time or another. Most times, it requires a pickup. 

    I've lived rurally in a few countries now, weirdly only in the states does everyone and their dog seem to "need" a pickup. 

  13. 5 hours ago, billvon said:

    Yep.  Around here (a neighborhood in Sorrento Valley, which is heavy in biotech and telecom) it's closer to 50%.  The older guy who hates foreign cars and always walks his little dog when I am walking ours just got the Cadillac EV and loves it.  The 82 year old widow who lives down the street just got one, but occasionally has to ask me how to get the thing to stay connected to her wifi.  But other than that she likes it.

    But despite half the houses here having an EV in their garage, we don't have any blackouts or brownouts.  Inconceivable!

    I quite liked this:

    https://geoff.greer.fm/2023/02/08/gasoline-car-review/

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  14. 41 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    Rhys and Slim King will probably be a bit...agitated when they get back from their bans.

    Yeah I expect in response they will make up a load of utter bollocks that makes no sense whatsoever to any sentient individual. Wait, how will we tell again?

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  16. 13 hours ago, SethInMI said:

    this post ended up sending me down a 2+ hour rabbit hole of answering the questions "what is a carbon cub" and "what would I do with one" I learned that you can buy one new for 300k, or build from a kit for about half that. They climb quick and fly slow. I wondered what the point would be unless you lived in Alaska or Canada though.

    I've been down the same rabbit hole :rofl:. Not sure that scotland is really their natural habitat though.
    If you like that stuff - watch some of Trent Palmers videos - he has a thing called a kitfox that comes in cheaper too 

  17. Regardless of R or D, I genuinely don't understand how anyone can have a favourable opinion of him? Anyone with even a modicum of intelligence can see that he's a liar - he often gives two opposing views in the same sentence. He's openly bigoted, clearly not the sharpest sandwich in the six pack, and a deeply cruel person.

     

    Course, I may just have answered my own question.

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  19. On 3/16/2023 at 3:20 PM, wolfriverjoe said:

    I guess my first question would be:

    What were the winds on that helipad?
    The strength of the wind will make a HUGE difference.

    I am impressed with that landing, but some of the Alaska STOL competitors are also very impressive. Depending on the wind conditions, some of them are stopped in a few feet. And back up in a similarly short distance.

     

    I've been watching the Mike Patey videos about how they built the red bull plane - one of the things they said was that they wanted it to be multi purpose, so this isn't a one trick STOL pony.

    Underneath, its a carbon cub with as much weight stripped out as they could. They have replaced a number of panels with carbon to make it lighter, lighter tyres and stuff. The big changes were that they moved the fuel tank low down in the fuselage so the pilot could stand on the brakes without putting it on its nose - that fuel tank is only 7 Gallons and then they have a removable 25 gallon tank for transfers and airshows and what have you.

    Oh - and they gave it a 50HP shot of NOS to get it safely back in the air :D

    If you like engineering wizardry, all of Mike Pateys stuff is fascinating - his own previous plane builds, Draco and Scrappy are absolute monsters.

    https://www.youtube.com/@MikePatey

    This is the first Build video for the carbon cub

     

  22. 29 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

    Hi folks,

    The Oregon legislature is considering a bill to provide $1,000/month/person for a 2-yr period as a Basic Income to people in need.

    Bill sparks debate on a guaranteed income program for Oregon - OPB

    My concern is that it could lead to more drug overdoses [ they now would have more money to buy drugs ] and it could lead to a lot more people coming to Oregon to get on the money bandwagon.

    I am interested in what people think about this; and, especially, those of you outside of the USA.

    Jerry Baumchen

    My concern is that all of those at the bottom of society will get exploited to the tune of their entire UBI, end up in exactly the same position, and those higher up the ladder will just get richer.

    As an example, a landlord will know the tenant has a guaranteed 1k, so will up his rent because he knows there is some guaranteed income every month.

    In concept, I think UBI is the right answer, because it probably costs less and is far easier to administer than any welfare scheme. Unfortunately in order for it to really work you probably need UHC as well.

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  23. 1 hour ago, kallend said:

    It is beyond me why anyone would take the cherry picked words from a flawed translation describing the prejudices of a band of neolithic goat herders some 2000+ years ago as a guide to moral rectitude in the 21st Century that they wish to impose on everyone else..

     

    Because some people don't have the mental acuity to think and work these things out for themselves, and need to be told what their opinions should be. And that's fine, until they try and legislate it, or push other people to follow those same opinions.

  24. 8 hours ago, Coreece said:

    Ok, so you don't care about that stuff, but then why do you feel the need to lie that it's not in the Bible?  Or are you arguing semantics between the words 'enter' and inherit?  Or do you really not know that it's listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11?

    Ahhh  - cherry picking translations. The usual then. 

  25. 23 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

     in reporting that Trump might actually have lost the election.

     

    Hey Wendy I'm curious. In your opinion, is that because they genuinely don't believe that he could have lost, or that they viewed fox as "their" team and that it should have stood by the lie to try and force the coup?