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For someone who claims that Biden is rambling and incoherent, that's a mighty funny string of words you posted there.

Neither of them add any value whatsoever to the conversation. Maybe they add value to the Ad take - that’s the only reason I can think of for why they are still here.

It is too bad that "Yes, Prime Minister" is no longer being produced. The Truss administration could provide sooo much material!

No, but it's pretty clear that 'certain people' on here are simply trolling for responses. Some of them even openly admit it.

I call bullshit. Grandma was tricked. The responders here know full well what they are dealing with and willing participate anyway. It takes two to tango.

and I thought Slim needed help.

What is it about republicans equating sexual attractiveness with political party? VPILF. Chelsea Clinton is the "White House dog." Clinton's "fat ugly face." That's really pretty creepy.

I'll re-state my opinion here. In my 30-plus years of dealing with first-time jumpers, my educated guess is that Cooper pulls the ripcord. With pretty much any parachute, but especially with a rigger-packed emergency chute, if he pulls he all but assuredly gets under an open canopy, regardless of his body position. This is consistent with Andrade's research on WWII bailouts. However, with a basic round parachute over possibly inhospitable terrain, there is the possibility of his getting injured on landing and being unable to hike out. The likelihood of that would depend on exactly where he jumped and what was the terrain. What is the ratio of rocky hillsides/trees/water below him vs flatter open fields. If he's in an open field, he's probably ok. If he's in worse terrain, he might still be ok, but maybe not.

It's weird, I used to feel like one of the few who thought Cooper's survival was possible, and now it seems like it's flipped where it's unusual to find someone adamant about a no-pull.

But that works for him. He makes completely unreasonable demands, Ukraine refuses, then Putin gets to say "they won't even come to the bargaining table! They don't want peace."

Which is ironic because Cossey's original statements in the 302's all indicate his belief that Cooper lived, but maybe with a sprained ankle or something.

He doesn't want to admit he was wrong. He must have that personality trait. When he first got the case in 2007 and was giving his interviews trying to reinvigorate the case, he said many things which have been proven untrue. He has a bunch of quotes I'm currently trying to undo on the Wikipedia page; stuff he said about Cooper wearing loafers and Cooper choosing an older model parachute over a newer fancier one or Cooper jumping in a storm or Cooper jumping with a dummy reserve parachute or Cooper jumping into a remote wilderness where he would have to possess survival skills to escape, etc. But ultimately I think he doesn't want to admit the stuff he said about Cooper dying was in error. So he's basically married to his "100% No Pull" mantra at this point.

Based on Carr's interviews on the Cooper Facebook page, it appears his confidence in a no-pull is based entirely on his interactions with Cossey.

Life altering landing injuries are just as bad, if not worse, than a fatality. It seems that statistic gets overlooked in safety discussions.

Yeah, because JAG officers man burn pits.

Ah ok, I had been wondering about that odd over-recovery from the initial crash. Wasted on the intended recipient, but thanks for explaining.