JerryBaumchen

Hi folks, Re: Former President Donald Trump is staying away from the September 18 Washington, DC, rally . . . because he thinks it's a setup to damage his reputation Trump Thinks Sept. 18 Rally for Insurrection Suspects Is Setup: Report (businessinsider.com) Does anyone think his reputation can be damaged any further? Well, maybe if we get to see his tax returns. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Re: Blonde and small and pretty, Jane Powell had the required amount of grit and spunk that was needed to play the woman who could tame seven backwoodsmen Portland-born Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92 - oregonlive.com Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Another medical person loses his income: Oregon Medical Board revokes license of doctor who bucked COVID guidelines, spread misinformation - oregonlive.com When will they ever learn? Peter, Paul and Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (25th Anniversary Concert) - YouTube Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Now, we are starting to get somewhere: The Dream Edition Range model wearing 19-inch wheels can go the furthest with a 520-mile range 2022 Lucid Air Receives Impressive Official EPA Range Estimates (msn.com) It just seems that these battery-powered vehicles will soon be able to drive until the driver is too tired to go on. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Robert, Interestingly, just the other day I was thinking about this new Texas abortion law. My brother & his wife are snow-birders, they have a place in Yuma & go down every year. Like many of the snow-birders there, they go over the border into Mexico for dental work. So, I'm thinking that the southern side of the Rio Grande might soon be populated with abortion clinics. Go have fun in Mexico & get that fetus taken care of; all at the same time. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, Any of you Georgia types have anything to do with this: Billboard Hailing Donald Trump As Second Coming of Jesus Appears in Georgia (msn.com) Maybe Trump will just be a figment of our imagination after all. Would that not be great? Jerry Baumchen

Hi John, Re: If true, we should all be worried. Looks like Gen. Milley was not the only one who was worried. The . . . CIA director ( Gina Haspel ) expressed concern that the US was headed toward a right-wing coup after then President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election Then-CIA director Gina Haspel said the US was 'on the way to a right-wing coup' after Trump lost the election: book (msn.com) Jerry Baumchen

Hi Robert, Just another case of a drowning person grabbing at straws. Jerry Baumchen

Hi John, I wonder if Gen. Milley ever saw this movie: Seven Days in May - Wikipedia Jerry Baumchen

H folks, Looks like a book I will want to read: Milley believed the president suffered a mental decline after the election . . . a view he relayed in a Jan. 8 phone call with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Worried a ‘rogue’ Trump would launch a nuclear attack after Jan. 6, one top general made a secret plan - oregonlive.com Fortunately, sounder minds prevailed & took action. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Bill, Re: a consistent and cogent message We are in new territory; none of us have ever lived during a pandemic. We should expect that the messages will sometimes be not consistent and cogent. Every day, this is new ground for our scientists. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, Remember Pres. Ford's buttons that said WIN? They meant: Whip Inflation Now. And, then inflation got even worse under Pres. Carter. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Wendy, Come to the Pacific NW; more than 'or two.' Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, And, some more nails in the Forgotten coffin: Republicans Who Think Trump Shouldn't Be GOP Nominee Nearly Triple From 2019: Poll (msn.com) Trump is starting to look like the guy who refused to leave the Titanic; 'That's not much damage.' Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, And from 1945 to 1950, when she got indoor plumbing, whenever we visited my maternal grandmother, I used an out house; and wiped my keester with pages from a Montgomery Ward catalog. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Wendy, In the period 1991-1993, inclusive, I made six trips to Brazil on business. At that time, I was informed by the people I interfaced with, that their inflation rate was right at 5,000% per year. Yes, that is five thousand percent. All of the menus in restaurants had their prices in pencil so they could be changed every day. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Ken, What I am now posting, in the following two paragraphs, is based upon what I heard 'back in the day.' Many years ago, Steve Snyder obtained a patent for the support tapes in the ribs of a ram-air canopy. Django started building canopies ( the Fury as one example ) using similar support tapes. Snyder sued. Negotiations began but were not successful. They went to court, Snyder won & Django went out of business that very day. I 'heard' that, in their negotiations that they were eventually only $5.00 apart; but neither side would budge, so into court they went. About 3-5 yrs ago, at a Symposium, I talked with an Airborne Systems engineer named Zwicker ( I 'think' it was Zwicker & I do not remember his first name ). He said that Airborne had received a request for some military rigs but that they had to have a MARD. He went on to say that he investigated every patent he could find on MARDS and then developed the MOJO ( named by Rigging Innovations, not Airborne Systems ) so that it would get around every patent. Re: But most likely the amount of damages in money potentially involved and recoverable even if any patent was found to be infringed upon would not be enough to risk the cost of pursuing the claim. And, in a foreign country, it is even more difficult. IMO any competent attorney will tell you that any court case is a crap shoot; there are no slam dunks. Jerry Baumchen PS) And, as a follow-on to Eric's Cease & Desist Order, RI ( now Sunpath ) are still using the MOJO.

Hi folks, The evolving GOP: a conservative Republican governor named Rick Perry signed an executive order( that ) made his state the first in the country to mandate a vaccine The GOP’s halting, uneven journey toward becoming the anti-vaccine mandate party (msn.com) Looks to me like the GOP is 'progressing' in reverse. Time to try a forward gear, guys. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, Re: These facts are easily accessible for anyone with internet access. * For most of us, this is true. For some: 'There are facts & there are facts.' This is their way of avoiding that which is true. Jerry Baumchen * For some people, that is simply too much work. And, of course, it usually refutes what they want to say.

Hi folks, Looks like they have dumped the Skyhook: AeroMARD-Technical-Information-SheetPDF.pdf (flyaerodyne.com) Jerry Baumchen

Hi Phil, And to add to that: 47 Lake Oswego students exposed to COVID-19 on school bus | KOIN.com Just a waste, Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, Those are call Senior Moments; welcome to the club. Jerry Baumchen

Hi Joe, For me, it takes a while to completely forget someone. You? Jerry Baumchen

Hi Seth, +1 - So did I. Jerry Baumchen

Hi folks, I was a member of the GOP for 40 yrs. I always say, 'I did not leave the GOP, the GOP left me.' the Republican nominee has won the national popular vote just once since 1988, and Democrats last year won Georgia’s electoral votes for the first time since 1992. Senior Republican demonised by Trump reveals what’s behind GOP election suppression laws: ‘They got scared’ (msn.com) Thoughts? Jerry Baumchen