Leaderboard

I just checked out the performance. It seems perfectly appropriate to me that at an event like the Super Bowl the anthem should be turned into a showtune. It suits the whole American ethos.

You've got me there. But let me get back home and I'm certain I can supply you with hours of entertaining video of free flyers doing exactly what they were told not to do.

Yup. If you don't say the words of the spell exactly right, the spell won't work.

Combination of both really. Trudeau has nothing to do with the far majority of the COVID measures in place since they relate to provincial jurisdiction. The convoy doesn't even speak for the majority of truckers, who happily continue to work. Most provinces already had a timeline of relaxations in place. Many of those are under constant review, which has already caused some to be relaxed ahead of schedule. The convoy won't go away though. It is fueled by right wing misinformation and funding. In a large part from outside of Canada.

Citation, please. Good luck passing peer-review, and don't quit your day job.

Michael Brandon Demarre of Portland? Let's go Brandon!!!!!

Until central Pennsylvania floods with seawater there isn’t a problem, is there? Wendy P.

Good grief, I hope not. Who would?

Timeline and Details of Max Gunther's Characters November 24, 1971: Hijacking of Northwest Orient Flight 305. November 30, 1971: Elsinore Skydive Center near Los Angeles calls the FBI to say that a man closely resembling the sketch of the hijacker skydived there in the summer of 1971. This same man wore military style paratrooper boots and asked questions about jumping from a passenger airliner. December 1971: FBI reviews jump records from Elsinore Skydive Center. February 10, 1972: D.B. Cooper sends first letter to Max Gunther (postmarked New York, NY). He asks Max to place an ad in the Village Voice (a New York City paper) if he would like to communicate. March 2, 1972: Max places ad in the Village Voice. March 10, 1972: D.B. Cooper sends second letter to Max. Phones Max a few weeks later. Spring-Summer 1972: Max Gunther informs FBI about the letters and calls. April 1982: Clara tells Max that D.B. Cooper has died. Clara and Max speak about a half dozen times. 1985: Max Gunther publishes his book entitled “D.B. Cooper: What Really Happened." In the book the man claiming to be D.B. Cooper describes a visit to a skydive center near Los Angeles in 1971. 2017: FBI documents regarding the hijacker’s visit to Elsinore Skydive Center are released. Somehow Max Gunther wrote about this event 12 years before the FBI files were released. Either Max had an inside source, or he was in fact talking to the same man who visited Elsinore in 1971. Max Gunther's Dan LeClair (aka Paul Cotton aka Dan Cooper aka DB Cooper) Born around 1924-25 in London, Ontario, Canada. Only child. Lived in Newark, NJ as a child, along with his mother’s widowed sister. He was shy, organized class dances, and was into photography. Voted most likely to succeed in high school, graduated in 1942-43. Served in Europe during World War II, in Belgium, Army paratrooper. His father died around 1949. He went to Rutgers, probably graduating in 1949. Went to college on GI Bill, was on the track team, liked to hike. Did oil painting. Scar on left hand running from thumb to pinky finger. Visited parachute center near Los Angeles in summer of 1971. Wore a jumpsuit under his suit, that’s why he was sweating. Clara described him as 6 feet tall and 180-190 pounds. Dark complexion, like an American Indian. Dark brown eyes. Looked like actor Ben Gazarra. Wore glasses. Had big feet. Sent letters to Ed Kuhn of Playboy and Mark Penzer of True Magazine. Had a son and a daughter born in the 1950s. Daughter went to college in Boston. Was in a car accident around 1972. Tried to disappear once by faking a drowning, but was unsuccessful Successfully disappeared by leaving the office one day. First went to Washington, DC by train, and then to California to work in a hotel Very attractive first wife Took his new ID from a drunk who lost his wallet in Hartford, CT Dated a woman whose brother was a skydiving enthusiast Learned about planes and jumping at Elsinore Skydive Center near Los Angeles in in the summer of 1971 Said the bomb was fake. He made it. Bought the suit and tie at a pawn shop Didn’t leave fingerprints. Buried the money. Some of the money was dragged away by an animal because he left food in the bag. Landed in a rocky area by a creek. Nursed back to health by Clara. After the jump, visited a doctor in Cowlitz or Clark County for a broken ankle. Worked for a company that manufactured small electronic components in New Jersey. Also worked for a company selling industrial chemicals as well as a company that did cellar waterproofing. Bought stock in Miller-Wohl and made a decent profit. Paid taxes in California and New York under new name. Had a driver’s license in California, lived in New York. Audited by the IRS in the mid 1970’s. First tax return filed under false name in 1971. Belonged to a country club. Had a heart attack. Died of natural causes in 1982 at a New York hospital. Clara (his rescuer and future wife) Birthday is March 2. Born in Longview, Washington on the banks of the Columbia River. Youngest of 3 children, her father was a hunter, he died in 1950. Was in her middle 30’s in 1971. Wore glasses. Went to college, worked in Seattle, got married in her 20’s and then divorced, no children. Lived in a lake house in Clark County. This is where she met Paul Cotton/DB Cooper after the hijacking. The lake house was her uncle's. He went on a long overseas trip and she watched the house and his German shepherd. Called Max Gunther a half dozen times in 1982, just after DB Cooper's death.

Or some such talking head? Did you "hear it through the grapevine"? Maybe a random radio show you were listening to? I'm pretty sure you didn't make it up, but you heard it somewhere and just accepted it because it confirms something you want to believe.

I guess if you can't defend your position, you can always just do whatever the hell this ^^^ was.

Basically, we're all grasping at straws trying to find a fix. Anything promising gets tried, and anything that you customers think might work will get added in, in an effort to keep the customers happy. Tension knots are the last great unsolved malfunction in BASE. I know tons of people who would love to find an answer for them. I know good, knowledgeable, experienced jumpers and riggers who think that; Thinner lines tension knot more often Thicker lines tension knot more often New lines tension know more often (because they are stiffer) Old lines tension knot more often (because they are fuzzier) I know a master rigger who squeezes beeswax into his lines so that if they tension knot they will 'slip out'. I know a leading European jumper who sprays his lines with food grade silicon lubricant, for the same reason. I even know a jumper who replaced his upper control lines with a giant triangle of mesh (no lines = no tension knots). The 'trunk and branch' system was created by Simon Perriard for the prototype that became the Squirrel Outlaw, and then added to and refined as it was replicated by other manufacturers. I think there is some good thinking there--I just haven't seen any evidence that it is actually effective in reducing the malfunction rate. I think everyone is still working on the problem, though, which is good.

The Max Gunther book, an enigma.. a blend of truth and fiction. I analyzed it through the lens of Hahneman a while ago and found many similarities but no smoking gun, but the book needs to be broken into three parts. First is Gunther's experience and interaction with "Cooper", "Clara" and others.. these should be factual being from his experience. The timeline fits Hahneman, he was in NY, in fact he was staying half a mile from the phone drop at the Pan Am building NY Gunther described. That is a hell of a coincidence. Cooper's last contact with Gunther was in April 72,, Hahneman did his hijacking early May and went to prison until 1984 just after Carla contacted Gunther. The two letters in Gunthers book appear to be typed by different people based on formatting. Hahneman had a younger sister, may have been the "Carla" not her real name. Second is the description of the hijacking. This would have been obtained through research like newspapers, contacts and FOIA FBI files. Somewhat accurate but there were some glaring errors. The Elsinore stuff could have been obtained from the FBI files through Himmelsbach or FOIA. Last is Carla's story, the least reliable. No corroboration, a blend of half truths and fabrications to tell a story. This is the crazy stuff,, it is impossible to separate fact from fiction.. Example,, LeClair was born in Canada went to the US young had college and joined the US military. Hahneman was born in Honduras went to the US young had college and joined the US military. Was Honduras changed to Canada to hide his identity? LeClair was interested in electrical but went into chemical sales. Hahneman was an electrical engineer and some electronics sales. LeClair resembled Ben Gazzara.. Hahneman resembles Ben Gazzara.. LeClair wanted to disappear from his wife/family and read True mag articles about it. The 1960's article mentioned quoted a "Fred W" as its subject. Hahneman wanted to disappear was estranged from his wife/family, his name is Fred W Hahneman. He also fled to Honduras using an altered ID. LeClair wears glasses Hahneman wears glasses I have a bunch more things in my notes but in the end I have no idea if these are just coincidences or if Hahneman and his sister could have been involved with Gunther and there seems to be no way to resolve it.. There is just no way to separate fact from fiction in Carla's story. Initially Cooper asked for money but last contact was April 72,, Carla contacted in 82 but her motive was to make Cooper look good and claim he died. Carla didn't ask for money. Was she trying to bury Cooper prematurely? I sense Gunther was sincere but was he hoaxed or not?

And once again you hold up the Fox News caricature of CRT and use that as evidence that CRT is comparable to the Klan. America was built around slavery Racist practices were built into the laws of the nation until ridiculously recently. The affects of those laws with respect to the ability of affected communities to build generational wealth are still highly evident today. Understanding that history might help kids put the things they observe into a better context. Contrary to what Tucker tells you, the point isn’t to make white people feel bad about themselves or place blame for the current situation, just add some context. Oh, the horrors that poor little Ethan might have to drive by the ghetto and do more than wonder why those people can’t just pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

Funny contrast - Canadian truckers are driving in circles because they are mad that they might have to wear a mask and that's JUST LIKE HITLER! Canadian women just beat Russia in ice hockey at the Olympics - while wearing KF94 masks. Makes quite a comparison between the doers and the complainers.

You're right, we need to be more woke.

Here it is a few years later... .... The old "Hammond Airport" Admin. bldg. our office is now the CAP bldg. the Airport now after "KATRINA" has Grown... FBO's, the "Border Patrol and Homeland Security!!" and a "TOWER!!!!!" (Manned by the US ARMY located on Field!!.....) .... Sometimes at sunset ... on calm evening.... ovr the wisp of the wind you can hear the sound of a Cessna 172 at 7500 feet cut it's engine then the sound of skydivers in freefall and the opening of their chute withe tem hootin' and hollerin'!!! The Spirit lives....... skybill