JoeWeber

Members
  • Content

    9,796
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    217
  • Feedback

    0%
  • Country

    United States

Everything posted by JoeWeber

  1. Biden over Trump is no decision and it is not a case of the lesser of two evils. It's a question of evilness, corruption and mind numbing incompetence vs. a different old fart who forgets things, can't hear well, has done things in his life he might regret but is basically a decent human being with good intentions toward America. For that matter I could be voting for gowlerk.
  2. Of course it can be applied to all facets of life and the decisions therein. But then so can yoga and ear candling. Now you might not hear what you want to hear when the results are in but someone might. For example, Cern just confirmed the existence of a new hadron, the tetraquark. Apparently it is composed of 4, count them 4, Charm quarks. And there are two each of Charm quarks and anti quarks. There is also a fifth something which we'll call a goober. No matter, no pun intended, but that's science. I'm not adjusting my schedule tomorrow as a consequence but if you think science is four parts goober and one part charm, and not the other way around, then you might take a second look.
  3. Did you mean to say if it's in stark opposition to one's social/political/economic and religious ideology? Science is not ever changing. Only the results of science change when based on new evidence. To claim otherwise is to scapegoat the scientific method to avoid confronting the unscientific method supporting one's own held beliefs.
  4. Well, that 'splains it. Now what? https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/09/2008868117
  5. In all fairness, his chosen internet moniker did provide full disclosure.
  6. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Mommy, I am so sorry I told you to fuck yourself! Yes, I know I pledged to Support the Constitution and Laws of the State of Oregon (ORS181A.065) when I took this job but hey, people fuck up, right? Anyway Guvnor', we accept your apology and please excuse us while we go outside and laugh our asses off.
  7. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Given how things are evolving, and that he did tell the Governor to go Fuck herself, there must be some chance they'll find his behavior to be deplorable.
  8. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Right. He's on paid administrative leave pending the investigation. And, if the video isn't proved to be possibly inaccurate and if the several eye and ear witnesses don't retract their statements or otherwise be shown biased and it turns out to be true then the Oregon State Police will impose the maximum punishment. They will be thoroughly disappointed. You can not have a true democracy with out police accountability. We no longer have that in America. “The involved trooper has been placed on administrative leave,” Fox said in a statement. “OSP is early in the investigation, but if found to be true, we are thoroughly disappointed and expect our troopers to follow the governor’s executive orders and be examples in the community.”
  9. Good googaloo, man. You haven't been paying much attention to the national number? You are paying attention to just your local situation? Seriously, quit dragging the conversation here down. If you aren't serious post on Bonfire.
  10. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Please detail what you believe the Republican platform to be and which planks make a second Trump term worthwhile.
  11. When the police unions make officers believe they are immune from prosecution. airdvr, you need to look deeper into things. No one wants to have a fully neutered police force. Most folks want a smart, well qualified, well paid but smaller and demilitarized force. Unfortunately the "we can never give an inch lest the commie abortionist welfare queens who want to end Christmas" conservative faction, as always, don't want to give an inch.
  12. #1. Even if they were manufactured by the Legit Reserve Company and being sold by USPA get a trusted rigger to examine the thing for airworthiness and confirm that she will pack it for you. In my mind there really isn't a legal grey zone. (see attached FAA rulings) The Fed's ruled that no life limits or additional maintenance instructions can be retroactively imposed on things they regulate outside of the NPRM and AD processes. In plain speak, if the life limit was not imposed when the thing was born only the FAA can add new limits. This came about because all of aviation can be a real shit show sometimes. Because the Fed's are busy with other things Aircraft and Parachute manufacturers were able to change the rules years after a thing was born and bought. Because we're all scared of dying we all just went along with it. The problem is that whereas some manufacturers were really doing what was the right thing to do others were just out to sell more stuff. Fast forward to 2008 and 2010 and we received favorable rulings from the Fed's that the manufacturers shouldn't be out there doing the Fed's job. So now, if your airplane was born in 2000 you only need to do what the 2000 maintenance manual requires plus whatever the Fed's added on. But you do not need to do what the Factory requires of 2001 aircraft because they have different FAA Approved Maintenance Data. So it sort of boils down to whether your rigger will certify it and your comfort level. Would you rather jump a 20 year old reserve that's never seen sunlight or the one I aired out every few day's when I was learning to Psycho Pack? Hopefully this helped some. FAA Ruling 2.pdf FAA Rulings 1.pdf
  13. JoeWeber

    Q

    So in reality his post rally freshly fucked but can't remember who and coming home after an all night party look was fake news?
  14. JoeWeber

    Q

    How so? You didn't like your dog?
  15. JoeWeber

    Q

    Three back to back posts? You must be nervous. Go for it, Ron.
  16. JoeWeber

    Q

    We who are about to die salute you!
  17. JoeWeber

    Q

    This sucks. It's my birthday and the asshole wore a pink shirt to a Trump rally.
  18. No, I do not think so. I think that DZO's should have taken some of their increased profits and spent it on better airplanes, fresher engines and better pilot training.
  19. And we won't need to spend all day wondering who did it to us.
  20. airdvr, the Occupy "fiasco" moved the ball downfield from the liberal perspective; it was too much effort for too little payoff from the conservative perspective. The problem is that social change happens too fast or too slow for most folks to grasp what is happening. Making it worse is that held views and agendas make seeing what is changing, or different, extremely difficult. It isn't just today, it's today and tomorrow.
  21. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Like the US, they honor the principal of free internal migration. Of course, with nowhere to go it was just a matter of closing the borders and dealing with it. It wasn't so much individual "Phases" as much as variable screw turning. If people behaved, or didn't, all suffered of had it easier. But it was always science based decisions followed by ignorance based defiance. Just the opposite of at home. We were in Dutch Sint Maarten 10+ weeks. The other half of the Island is French St. Martin. It started off easier on the Dutch side and ended easier on the French side. But on either side if you were caught breaking the current rules you paid for it in money and freedom. They are totally on their guard. Now there is a group of Islands, the ABC's and BES Islands that are a consortium. If you've been 14 days in any of them you can travel between them without quarantine. If your country doesn't behave safely you are out of the consortium. For example, we were able to get into Aruba and today is our last quarantine day. We might leave for another ABC Island because when Aruba takes tourists on July 15 from one of the three "high Risk" countries they will be out. Those three countries are Colombia, The Dominican Republic and the United States of America. We are totally a Banana Republic.
  22. This is another example of reactive, over educated, communist liberals jumping to silly conclusions. Now, if you only took a few minutes each day to read The Journal of Pharmacology you would know that a PDE5 Inhibitor Tadalafil (that's Cialis, Ken) and Hydroxychloroquine Cotreatment Provides Synergistic Protection against Type 2 Diabetes and Myocardial Infarction in Mice. Obviously, if a little Cialis (and who doesn't have a few laying around) mixed with Hydroxychloroquine will protect mice from diabetes and heart attacks then a lot ought to make us immortal, or close to it. So this is just another case of fake news causing President Trump to get a bad rap for thinking ahead.
  23. JoeWeber

    covid-19

    Good point. I guess no more night time outside peeing when I get home unless I'm wearing my PFD and tied to the lifeline. Thank you.