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Yes, it means to get rid of, or "dump" Trump. In restaurant terms, it means to take an item off the availability list because the kitchen ran out of it. In 2020 the numbers were 86451103 (election day in 2020 was Nov 3). The only people who think "86" means to assassinate are those who would also consider "take care of" as having the same meaning. Funny, because a crime boss would try to say in court that he wasn't making a threat when he told someone that they had a nice family, and "it would be a real shame if something happened to them."

Discrimination isn’t always black and white. People in wheelchairs shouldn’t be discriminated against for an office job, but they’re not going to be climbing ladders as a roofer. In your black and white world are you going to argue that people in wheelchairs shouldn’t have ramp access to offices? Or that because there are ramps into buildings they should be given specialist equipment to enable them to do roofing? As far as tangential characteristics, there’s a lot of evidence to show that a diverse group tends to have higher performance. But humans are naturally drawn to copies of themselves. So if you’ve got a company that only employs graduates from Oxford University because “it’s the best”, is discriminating. The lie that is told by the anti DEI believers is that diversity means accepting inferior people. There are many DEI policies and practices that are sensible and practical. 20 odd years ago in the UK it was fairly common practice to have a photo on your CV. These days best hiring practices remove names, genders and race from the CV’s removing innate bias. The only people it hurts are Uncle Fred’s nephew who knows someone and gets a leg up. Lastly sorry to say it but with bias involved I’m certain that your violinist will be perceived as mediocre no matter how good they are, if you’ve got people who believe that only blond white women can play well. You only need to look at your political views to see that there are those of who believe that Trump is “better” than Harris, because a woman could never be better than a man.

And who can even guess how many under the table spiffs Trump will get for himself or his princeling buddies.

Understand and agree. "We" as Americans have got to STOP with the party alignment and work from the middle outwards TOGETHER for what's best for our nation.

Why not go with the FAA retirement requirement? Seems an insane elderly president could do significantly more damage to the planet than a single pilot, no. Imagine what a felon president could do...hell LOOK at what an insane felon president IS doing!

Hey, John, Add Pete Buttigieg to that list. He isn't even in public office right now, but he is still doing interviews and chat shows talking about policy. He has always been a great orator (IMHO), and I would love to see him go for Senate at least. Maybe he needs to move his family to Kentucky and challenge either of those seats.

That's a data point, useful in the current situation. Maybe you have not owned businesses but often you do need to take a long view; in fact many corporations that currently make no money trade on the stock market. What you never want is a schizophrenic, ignoramus of a president whipsawing the markets and suppliers you rely on forcing you into accepting losses that outside interests think you should ignore.

I can help. The thinking inside the mainstream media is that talking about problems only makes them worse.

Absolutely not, especially the .1T to upgrade his new flying whorehouse to Presidential standards.

Thanks to the anti-American movement in the republican party, the meaning of "patriot" isn't the same as it was when those words were spoken.

Don't seem to be too many of those in the House GOP right now.

Crazy coming back here after a looong time... I stopped skydiving a few years (make that 6(?)) ago after becoming a dad and loosing two close friends to the sport. Still flying indoor (way too rarely though). Signed up in 2003 and dropzone.dom helped me get hooked up with many a dropzone and thus many friends. Thank you for making this possible.

I'd say there are a lot of impenetrable simpletons. No one with a scintilla of intellectual honesty or ability would buy into that crap.

Well done,, those vids take a lot of work. Not sure what it will take to finally end the McCoy grift.. Facts don't matter.. Though he did get the tie particles tested, Josh has really disappointed... and gone for the low info audience.

I can remember doing so. Actually I remember that many people knew that all along. But once it became clear that he was going to run anyway everyone just grabbed onto the thin straw of hope that it would work out. Politicians are vain by nature. You have to be to go through what they must. Biden is no different.

10 minutes of tunnel time scheduled for today and ground school this Saturday. Let's GO!

We as a nation, we as a world. Social media and the need to make noise permeates our lives . . . To wish our Presidents get killed, our former President die a horrible death. Not a kind word from anyone, anymore.

The argument that Biden's selfishness gave us President Trump is probably valid. He never should have sought a second term. The field should have been open from his second year. Biden's crime was hanging on, Trumps crimes are different and worse. Even in light of knowing Biden's diminished state he would have still been a better choice and that sucks.

An old friend of mine had three daughters and she named them all neutral-gender names, so they would not be discriminated against in academia and the business world.

But they don't see it that way. They see it as supporting independence, getting the poor "back on their feet," getting government out of the way etc.

That's all well and good but unfortunately the choices we were offered last time were not well and good.

Negative. Far right is leading us to autocracy and far left is leading us to a more socialized democracy. Bad as each are in my view, one of those is definitely much less desirable.

I think you are missing the fact that most on the right are believers who do indeed know for sure that their policies are best for their society. Most of them are sincere. Which is why they also believe that the ends justify the means.

That's right. It wasn't just the debate; the right was pointing to Biden's decline before and we (as in me and my ilk) self-servingly brushed it off as we are always wont to do it seems. Certainly Trump is all that we have claimed and worse but the truth is that we own the resultant disaster of his return to the Presidency by and through our own actions and complicities. Our political leaders also lie to us and themselves to hold onto power and position at the expense and to the detriment of their electorate. Pogo's version was certainly correct: we have found the enemy and he is us.

Out for a drive recently and stopped by my childhood home. I knocked and asked the people living there is I could come inside as I felt nostalgic about the home I grew up in. They said no and slammed the door! Damn, I hate my parents.

Personally I loved it. Can you shut it after the GI Joe jumpers exit? Wendy P.

I hope you like my Twotter with the jump door!

I fly R/C models, I've been doing it for over 60 years. Quite a lot of work involved in getting, say, an F-14, F-22 or B-1B to fly. It's an old man's hobby, very few young people are interested.

Welcome back! I don’t know anything about the DZ, but I do know about de-entering after a long layoff. Been 24 years and 2000 jumps since I started again. Enjoy! Wendy P.

I’m sure you’ll take this as a badge of honour, but Trump doing that is crass and tasteless. He’s genuinely a narcissistic cunt to use an Aussie term. I’m not catholic, and have no affiliation to them. But have a little respect for people’s dignity. The pope deserves respect. Honestly, the Trump administration makes the movie The Dictator look sane.

That sounds a lot like another poster here who insisted he may as well vote for the R team because "they are all just as bad as each other". AKA rationalization.

I'd have a seriously hard issue with this were I still in service. It is in direct opposition of the oath we swore. Stupidity is ending America, and it's being celebrated.

There are or were several different Himms. The official or semi official Himms speaking to the media and select individuals, the Himms who had to communicate with and deal with other officials in the Cooper case especially during the excavation, and the private Himms known by his friends and personal associates such as Jerry Thomas ... so everything Himms did and said is a mixed bag. Himms was different people with different messages in those various roles. Himms had to respond differently in all of those roles. I have never talked to an agent who did not back and support Ralph fully ...... right up to the present day. My advice to people who chose to talk about these matters is: you need to stay grounded! Ralph was many different things to many different people at different times. From gardener to FBI agent to husband and partner and friend. On the money issue: why is Carr and his work/posts about how the money was packaged in the old thread, not being mentioned here? Once again I am totally perplexed.

Don't burn your fajitas celebrating, they had a ready made appeal filed nearly instantaneously and failing there they still have their lapdogs at the Supreme Court.

Thanks for the info on the Bombas socks, I see they are in Aus now. I like that kind of model. There’s an Aussie Mexican food chain Zambreros with a plate for plate initiative. It was part of the founding ethos and it’s a large part of why I tend to get their food over competitors.

What I find depressing is that authoritarian rulers can always find a large cadre of people to do their nasty bidding. Gestapo, SS, Stasi, KGB, NKVD, COINTELPRO, BOSS come to mind. EDIT - oh, and ICE

Right? At least it blows up all the pathetic excuses that Winsor and the like always deploy to deflect the truth. "Everyone who talks about racism are the real racists!" Well this brazenly white supremacist administration is laser focused on talking about racism now.

Woke as it is embraced by many is too all encompassing. For example, I don't think allowing or encouraging gender bending among kids, especially the permanent stuff makes sense. I do think treating our gay friends and citizens with absolute equality is the right thing. I also believe that recognizing societal injustices and making some accommodations that help level the playing field is right. I don't think that as a matter of policy candidates with great ability should be sidelined simply because more people are needed in a different column. Too far is never good policy and too far is now where the right is going in the false belief that DEI is ruining the world.

Most of us here are insulated from Trumps new world by age or money. In reality it's been that way for a long time. We look at the better good in terms of societal fairness and a system that allows for economic success but without the sacrifice of equity. So much for the good fight. Unless it gets to where the Black Maria pulls into the driveway some night the fundamentals of my life won't change much except I'll pay less tax. Also, and I suspect this will be generally true for many of us, unless something really serious develops that makes the political landscape more interesting and less depressing I'll gradually check out.

Hi Mark & Joe, I think most of us realized Biden was old, but I also think we were somewhat dishonestly misled about how bad he was getting. Old and demented as Biden might be I still believe he'd be better than Trump. Unfortunately it is that shallow belief that blinded me to the reality that he is old and demented and no one I should have supported in 2024. I too think Biden would be better than what we have now; hell, just about anyone would be better. IMO the real crime is the cover-up of Biden's condition. I think the up-coming Jake Tapper book is going to be very interesting reading. And, when we talk about those who hang on way too long; let us not forget RGB, she got us Trump's three picks on the Supremes. Jerry Baumchen New book alleges Biden aides hid his decline : Consider This from NPR : NPR

Why this mixup persisted boggles me. Sure, that night when phone calls are made and Cossey thinks he's volunteered his rigs... But the next day or whenever the next time he's at the dz and realizes they didn't take his rigs... And from the FBI's side, surely someone could have said, 'no we didn't take his, we got them from this pilot...' So why did they keep asking Cossey about them? Anyway, this Wednesday on Discovery, Josh Gates is implying he's going to name Cooper? Who's behind this?

Hi Keith, My Pie-in-the-Sky is that we get rid of ALL political parties. Everyone would run on their own name & what they stand for/against. I know, never gonna happen. Hey, one can dream can't they? Jerry Baumchen

According to Pat Ingram, Harold's brother spent considerable time picking off pieces of decomposed bands stuck to the fibers of the bills. Its too bad they didnt keep those specimens for lab analysis. This description suggests that at some time the money was in a warm-hot environment, causing the bands to enter a gooey melt phrase. When and where could that have been between the time Cooper was given the money and its discovery in 1980. ? The chemistry of the bands is very important. The bands are a window into the money's history.

That is a big mystery... only Tina and Cooper know what happened to that money.. IMO, it is even possible that Tina didn't hand back the money. Her story never really made sense to me. To be humorous... Tina asks for some money. Cooper hands her "one package". She claims she handed it back telling Cooper she was not allowed gratuities.. citing a later incident when all stews were offered the tip money. Then right before they launch that big search in March, a short comment pops up in her local paper claiming Cooper offered her money but she refused.. The only inside case info coming out publicly from Tina.. It sounds like she was front running the search in case the money was found and some was missing.. Can't prove it but the entire thing is suspicious. This was undisclosed case info,, she did not publicize any other case info.. She also lied,, she asked for the money.

Well, just as everyone’s OK until it’s their ox being gored, everyone is quite convinced that their company or service really is necessary. Because they know in detail how it improves things. Wendy P.

https://youtu.be/QgE8Hp9hs4M?si=n7dJDhm9QMNIZikH If you’re interested he posted a follow up video on where/how he got it wrong. The short form is: 1. A good plan != good execution 2. Trump picks and chooses who he listens to and cherry picks the parts he likes. 3. Some analysis of the current ‘evolving’ plan, but warning that Trump is king and shifts alliances frequently so basically who knows what’s next. Since the original video I’ve been following this guy and quite like his content (it’s not purely US focused). Maybe he’s full of shit, and just presents in a way that fools me - I don’t always agree with him, but think generally his theories are plausible.

It appears Tidal has all of their work. Tidal also pays artists the most of any streaming service, and if you desire audiophile quality audio, they're THE go to. LOVE exercising my amps and speaker cones to properly compressed and decompressed audio data files. https://listen.tidal.com/artist/5590406

Thank you. I found the sound track and added it to my playlist.

Well, he could probably buy my vote for a few nights at the Venetian. King suite of course. I can be had, but I ain't cheap.

Agreed. McCoy had an interesting life story with a tragic ending. Had he just kept his head down and done his prison time, I think he would have been released early just like the other hijackers who were suffering from PTSD at the time, LaPoint and Heady.