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Hi Westerly, Re: So if it's constitutional at the city level, I dont know why it would be any less constitutional at the federal level. That says it all as regards you. Jerry Baumchen

No it isn't. The majority of the debt is "owned" by the same people who are repaying the debt. But the interest rate isn't 3%. Sure, you can come up with lots of what-if scenarios, but your OP said you are fucked now, not based on some imaginary what-if scenario. You would think that such an amazing science mind like you would understand that you can't keep moving the goal posts and that when you do have to keep moving goal posts to prove your hypothesis true, it was false all along.

This was inevitable. The Taliban was on its last legs in Tora Bora in the Spring of 2003. Then GWB took his eyes off Afghanistan and invaded Iraq for no good reason. The puppet government in Kabul was not much different from the Vichy government in France.

Jakee has a point (even if he is making it in his usual abrasive way) - your argument seems to have morphed from Gun crimes = mandatory life sentence (post #627) to All violent crimes = mandatory life sentence (post #633) to All violent crimes = mandatory added prison time to sentencing depending on the implement used, but not automatic life sentencing (post #636 and #641) back to All violent crimes - mandatory life sentence without parole (post #662 & 664) See? As frustrated as you are with 'wordsmithing', you're not making your position super clear which is part of the issue, I think... If you've settled on that final position, I'd like to hear your boundaries for 'violent crime' - is it the same to attack someone with a gun as a baseball bat? Where does the mandatory sentencing come in as the boundary layer from non-mandatory sentencing, and I'd still llike to understand how you can be against the death penalty but be for mandatory life inprisonment which is effectively the same thing but crueller and more expensive? You say that you’re against the death penalty, presumably because of the risk of killing someone who is innocent of the crime? Why not just go straight to the endgame and say All Violent Criminals should be killed? At least it’ll be cheaper and save space.

Please try to bring data, not opinions, to the discussion. That would include things like answering the questions about what the metal thing was coming out, how a rig was packed, and other things. "XXX sucks donkey dogs" is not data. Wendy P.

Hi F, Jerry Baumchen

@carrier louis paul What was that piece of metal that flew off to the side when RPC launced?

There is a reason for everything you were taught. A less than ideal flare can mean landing with a bit (or a lot) more forward or downward speed than is ideal. PLFs make less than ideal flares less likely to cause pain and crutches and such. Those with very few jumps often perform less than ideal flares. Thus, your instructor wants you to PLF... so you'll walk back to the packing area ready for level 2. It's a skill that you will find useful throughout your skydiving career. Not every landing can or should be stood up or run out. Enjoy your first jump!

Gary Ronald Lanham of Hominy/Skiatook, Oklahoma October 19, 1952 - March 12, 2021 Gary Lanham, age 67, passed from this life on Friday, March 12, 2021. He was born October 19, 1952 to John and Rosella (Wibberding) Lanham in Kansas City, MO. He grew up in Kansas and California and was a 1970 graduate of Long Beach Poly High School in California. He entered the US Air Force in 1973 in which he served for over 29 years. He retired from the Oklahoma Air National Guard in 2004 as a Chief Master Sgt. (E-9). We lost Gary last month. While not a big name in skydiving, he was a big name in skydiving to the local community here in Oklahoma. Gary was one of those guys with a perpetual smile on his face, a kind word for and about everyone. He would go to the WFFC and local regional skydive boogies around Oklahoma. He put the "fun" in fun jumper. Every year; he hosted an accuracy jump at his property north of Skiatook, OK and would put out a big white "X" with a bottle of crown in the middle of it. Closest to the bottle won and then he would fire up the grill and there would be a feast. He did this in conjunction with a picnic for the local Air National Guard. Gary was all about community. When the local Skiatook Airport's entry aircraft became unsightly and dilapidated, he put together a committee to raise funds to renovate the aircraft. Gary was a Project Manager in Telecomm and his PMP skills carried over into everything he did for the community after he retired (although, he never really retired - he was always doing something). He will be missed by many of us here in Oklahoma and we will always cherish his friendship.