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Unusual sight to see South Africa playing Sri Lanka on Long Island, NY! 5 months ago there was nothing - now there is the lovely (temporary) Nassau stadium, complete with drop-in pitch. Hopefully the USA is inspired to become a bigger competitor in cricket.

Actually 38 countries including the US prohibit convicted felons from entering. But not Russia so its all good.

Oh, but he didn't say exactly that - maybe he needs to clarify the "framing of his rhetorical question" later (not now - that would defeat the purpose of his trolling) but he'll throw a few subtle digs for you to argue against, then he'll deny that he said exactly that, then start the loop again. What is it with conservatives that they just talk in short, predictable loops? It's stupider than talking with ChatGPT...

All you're doing here - for the past several posts already - is saying "that's not what I was saying". Then you're just trying to get "gotchas" - but you never really clarify what you mean. This is really just trolling. Either you're just too cowardly to actually say what you stand for and argue for it, or you don't really stand for anything.

A quick google search will show you images of those seals. Basically it's an easily breakable piece of thread that is looped around the end of the last ripcord pin just past the closing loop (or cone) then wrapped around the base of that pin, it ends up being a loop. The thread passes through the small lead thing that is crimped onto the thread similar to a small fishing weight crimped onto a fishing line. When the ripcord is pulled, the thread breaks. The lead seal might fall off completely, but it might stay attached to the ripcord by the piece of thread wrapped around the base of the pin. If Cooper no-pull bounced, the seal is probably still there. If he pulled, he most likely tossed the ripcord, and it would be nowhere near wherever the rig ended up. If someone found the ripcord, the seal might still be on it. Reserves (and pilot emergency rigs) have to be inspected and repacked at regular time intervals, and usually they have not been used. The seal would still be there, but it would break when the container was opened. The rigger would throw away the old seal and replace it with a new one when he was done with the repack. If the chute was actually used in-air, whether the seal was ever seen again would mostly depend on whether the jumper kept the ripcord. Student skydivers are taught to toss them, experienced jumpers usually try to keep them. A pilot doing an emergency bailout would likely toss it. I thought the serial numbers were known. Both of the packing cards were left on the plane. Flyjack posted the numbers many times.

GO NAVY! Beat Army!!

Agree. Virologists seem quite concerned.

I thought that one was headed off the rails but it proved out to be one of the more dynamic and entertaining episodes!

Yes. Which is the same position I am now taking with H5N1. If we had been lucky with COVID then it would have been a non-event. We were not. So far we've been lucky with H5N1. I hope that luck continues to be with us. Neither approach is "pretending it wasn't dangerous."

Your own words: "Personally it's hard to take seriously the nazi claims by the left, especially with all the antisemitic protests/encampments at universities across the country." If you are now admitting that most of these are NOT antisemitic, then great - you are making progress, and starting to see beyond the official right wing misinformation campaign.

I think the vast majority of the protesters were trying to call attention to 30,000+ deaths in Gaza, the majority of them civilians, and 10's of thousands more living in absolutely horrific conditions. That strikes me as a cause worth raising a stink about. A few nutters on faculty got a pretty disproportionate amount of coverage...their positions are unfortunate but hey: if a nutter can be Speaker of the House, why can't one be an adjunct professor? Antisemitism is disgusting and should be squashed whenever/wherever it rears its head...it's unfortunate that antisemites were using these protests to elevate their vile position; they're just as bad as Hamas in my opinion. A couple things that might cross your mind: - It's possible to oppose Hamas and oppose the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians. - It's possible to oppose the actions of the far-right Israeli government without being an anti-semite. - Despite what Fox tells you, US universities aren't the bastions of antisemitism they're being made out to be. Most of the tiki torches are being lit off-campus.

Hi Robert, In the Nixon-Frost interviews, Nixon actually said that if the POTUS does it, it is not illegal. Shucks, that has not seemed to work for the MAGA Mouth. Jerry Baumchen