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It exposes a reality that many of us thought was not as prevalent in the US. I'm reminded of when I woke up on election day +1 and felt like I was in a different country, one that does not uphold the ideals and moralities that I grew up thinking of as our national identity.

I think there’s a problem when people dismiss outright racism from a world leader as ‘just being stupid’. To me it read as if the president thinks that anyone who isn’t white and disagrees with him can’t possibly be American. From https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide/chapter-3/from-citizens-to-outcasts-1933-1938 “The goal of Nazi propaganda was to demonize Jews and encourage Germans to see Jews as dangerous outsiders in their midst.” Now lets make it relevant to today: ”The goal of Trumps propaganda is to demonize Immigrants and encourage Americans to see Immigrants as dangerous outsiders in their midst...’ it’s not a million miles away, is it?

Two South Texas farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at their favorite bar, drinking beer. Jim turns to Bob and says, "You know, I'm tired of going through life without an education. Tomorrow I think I'll go to the community college, and sign up for some classes." Bob thinks it's a good idea, and the two leave. The next day, Jim goes down to the college and meets the Dean of Admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes: Math, English, history, and Logic. "Logic?" Jim says. "What's that?" The dean says, "I'll show you. ~ Do you own a weed eater?" "Yeah." "Then logically speaking, because you own a weed eater, I think that you would have a yard." "That's true, I do have a yard." "I'm not done," the dean says. "Because you have a yard, I think logically that you would have a house." "Yes, I do have a house." "And because you have a house, I think that you might logically have a family." "Yes, I have a family." "I'm not done yet. Because you have a family, then logically you must have a wife. And because you have a wife, then logic tells me you must be a heterosexual." "I am a heterosexual. That's amazing, you were able to find out all of that because I have a weed eater." Excited to take the class now, Jim shakes the Dean's hand and leaves to go meet Bob at the bar. He tells Bob about his classes, how he is signed up for Math, English, History, and Logic. "Logic?" Bob says, "What's that?" Jim says, "I'll show you. ~ Do you have a weed eater?" "No." "Then you're a queer."

this sums it up for me that was a stupid thing to say

And don't forget those who think that the only unbiased story is the one from Fox News (or The Blaze, or Patriot News, or your brother's uncle's cousin who was really there, and he bounced and lived!) Wendy P.

Actually, three of the four are native born, and the fourth is a US citizen. And I agree with your assessment. 150 years ago, Trump's German ancestors would have been "those people." Wendy P.

I'm going to go with - Not Really - I have seen you fight tooth and nail WRT monies going to renewables, But I'mma gunna call Bull shit until the scales are evened out and there are just as many threads about you having righteous indignation about the oil and coal subsidies, as often, and as loud.

Hi Nigel, I think you are going to get a lot of silence. Jerry Baumchen

Ken, If only John Smith was alive to see this, eh.

There were allegations of rape and sexual assault against Trup long before he ran for office. You appear to be saying that makes them more credible, yeah? So you also believe that Harvey Weinstein should be hired back by Miramax immediately, yes?

Little bit of video from the third flight. For the record this is not what it is supposed to do. Let's just say that there was a slight control/guidance issue. It would have made a free flyer proud. It was more then a bit frightening to watch it go into a flat coning spin right above us. That's over 1,500 lb of fuel/lox ready to drop in the middle of us if the cone gets to flat and it stops accelerating upwards. It did get going and the fins finally did provide us with enough stability to clear the area. Appogy was about 13,000 ft. Engine shut down do to IIP, it was about to exceed it's 7 km circle. That translates to about 500 mph over the top. Nose cone fired shortly after that, a bit slower but not by much. Nose tears off. Ballute inflates and whips the rocket around. 10 sec delay till it releases the main. We were only going about 150 mph as it came out so not too bad. Sewing the lines into the risers ala security 150 worked well. I'm pleased with that. And the ballute and cutter system certainly proved them selves that day. One break did not unstow till the very end. But it seemed to be flying it's pattern about 1000 ft low. I think there might be an issue with the terrain soft ware. So it landed as it was turning to base with out flaring. Cracked the boat tail and broke lose one of the actuators for the engine. No biggy. Found the nose cone, broken. Spent three days in the dessert looking for the ballute, no joy. That's a bummer. https://youtu.be/GlgN1bJWO48 https://youtu.be/-cTNevdDCN4 https://youtu.be/2qYF-0SwM94 Remember, you can use the hand to move the view around on the 360 fly cameras. So you can look down or up better the 180 deg. If the guys at Dekunu can figure out how to up load the flight data to their cloud I'll share the flight path as well. We had a couple of their altimeters on there for fun. There little units did good. Lee

Flag off then!

I was wondering if anyone would go there. I should’ve known it would be you. I’m getting the Flag out of here for a while.

Did your argument consist of the two of you saying "Please" and "Thank you" and "something something Tim Horton's."

I don't have a bit of sympathy for anyone involved in Lyft or Uber. The gig economy put the taxi business entirely out on the street and now they're griping because they don't get paid enough for it to be a real income.

Good thing they weren't having a skeet shooting competition that day! ____________________________________ I'm back in the USA!!