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You're not busting anyone's balls. The evidence you use to support your ideas, like You-Tube videos are largely ignored because they purport garbage theories. When you gather facts from conspiracy, MAGA sources instead of real facts. Those who believe in science, economics, history and the opinions of a real majority. Will see little of relevance, of seriousness in such positions. I'm surprised that Billvon gives serious replies to your positions. I'm not as impatient as John to block your posts. But like a drunk in a restaurant who insists upon yelling obnoxious unrelated statements at those around you. Tuning out the source is the majority option.

Odd times when facts are considered jokes.

Too much chemical "joy" last night perhaps? Of course they could be wrong. But so far they have not been. Remember how Trump said tariffs would not increase inflation? Inflation is up. Remember how Trump said he'd drop grocery prices on day one? They are up. Remember how Trump said he'd end the Ukraine war in 24 hours? It's gotten worse. Remember how he said he wouldn't start any wars? He bombed Iraq. Remember how he said he'd release the Epstein list? He's hanging on to it because he's on it. What you are feeling now is cognitive dissonance; that the man you have placed all your sense of being on is being shown to be a liar. That's why you're crying and lashing out.

The smartphone and media upload platforms has created a generation of selfie-loving narcissists. And, then some genius said, "Let's pay them for their content." Which only perpetuates the problem.

Hi Wendy, Re: Let’s see what good indexing and AI do with it in the future IMO it will only get worse. And, I am an optimist. Jerry Baumchen PS) A few days ago, I was reading a couple of on-line articles about Kohberger. All were 99 44/100% bogus. Everyone seems to want their face in a YouTube video or their name on an article. They seem to clamor for it. A sad commentary on human-kind.

I’m just enjoying the request for help. I will say that, as a rule, someone’s perceived pain doesn’t determine the success of much of anything, since hurting is generally destructive. Like that old metaphor of saying you’ve grown because you’ve chopped off everyone else’s feet. Wendy P.

Therefore, any borderline posts (like constant, repetitive flaming on one topic or constant sniping at another poster) _may_ get a warning before stronger action is taken. https://www.skydiveforum.com/forums/topic/239559-read-this-before-posting-or-reading-here/ It's been a rule since 2005

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Nicholas, Georger, and Ollemiss are absolutely correct. "Fronts and Backs" is NOT military jargon. I have never heard that term uttered by a paratrooper or military free fall parachutist. And backpack, seatpack, and quick attach rigs, where only the harness is worn, were always described by a single word - parachutes. This thread, like a number of others on this site, is a waste of time.

He can’t. It’s nonsense. Just like Minnesota Nice LOL. Military jargon my ass! It’s obvious he’s made some confirmation bias lead connection to Hahneman when he starts going pointlessly too deep on some of these things.

That seems like a big assumption given how generic that verbiage is. Any idiot who saw a photo of a skydiver in freefall in 1971 might also just call them "fronts" and "backs." If Cooper used terminology like "main" or "reserve" then maybe that could imply a heightened understanding of parachuting equipment, but "front" and "back" are such generic terms. I'm not even arguing with you about it being military jargon. Maybe it was. But those terms are too generic to ascribe exclusivity to them. It's like ascribing exclusivity to someone who uses the words "up" and "down".

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She is now. She worked illegally when she first got here; she was an illegal immigrant. By the letter of the law, if you make a false statement on your application for citzenship, it is invalid. One of the questions that gets asked on every form you fill out is "have you broken US immigration law?" She lied on that, and thus her citizenship is invalid. Of course she is now above the law and so nothing will happen to her. This would be the classic "argument from incredulity" - i.e. I have no idea what's going on so it must all be BS. A favorite of flat Earthers, anti-vaxxers and Trump supporters for years.

Don't confuse him.

So you think illegal immigrants should be allowed to become US citizens instead of being deported for breaking the law?

House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump Melania, an illegal immigrant when she met Trump according to Trump's current ICE policy. Who met Trump through Jeffrey Epstein on the aircraft and first hooked up with Trump on the "Lolita Express". Stealing the honourable Kennedy name is such an appropriate use of the "family values" parties time. "The Boeing had padded floors and a large bed installed so that his guests could have sex with the girls he had lured aboard mid-flight....“When you get inside the aircraft, it’s a playground. Everything lays out to be a bed. That was kind of creepy,” According to Epstein's victims. Perhaps the republican party can buy the aircraft and put it in the Trump library as a homage to the first "lady".

Seems to me that Japan got the better end of the deal.

I see Rubio as the personification of people's willingness to debase themselves to Trump for the sake of power. Perhaps I missed the memo, but at one time I thought he had a decent amount of integrity, even if I disagreed with many of his policy ideas. However he has completely capitulated to the MAGA world, to the point of taking a leading role in condemning millions of people to death from AIDS, malaria, starvation, etc to enhance his own power. I suppose it's the same with every would-be dictator, they are only powerful because there are so many people willing to jump on the train to benefit themselves, even at the expense of any shred of integrity or decency. Sometimes I regret that I don't believe in hell, because I can't even enjoy the delusion that they will get their "just desserts" in the afterlife.

Would be fun to see his reaction if Trump had been shanked after his arrest. After all, convicts get shanked.