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In what feels like a problem that has been waiting to break out for some time now, London Gatwick airport (33rd busiest in the world, approx the same size as SeaTac) has been shut down for approaching a full day because of persistent drone activity inside the airfield boundary. Forty or fifty airborne flights were diverted, hundreds of scheduled flights have been cancelled spreading disruption to many other international airports, and over 100k passengers will be directly affected each day. The impact is massive. What is going to happen with Drones in future? Legal, freely available, untrackable, useable without any training or preparation... This could set a huge precedent. Any disgruntled teenager who wants to piss off the world can just drive to the nearest major city airport, park up in a layby somewhere, send it on its way and be back home in time to watch the news coverage. Let alone the implications for international terrorism. What might happen when the ISIS and Al Qaeda cells sprinkled through Europe realise what they can achieve without even having to go to the trouble of stockpiling automatic weapons or hijacking trucks? Say 10 people cherry picking the busiest interconnected European hubs (maybe Dublin, Heathrow, Gatwick, De Gaulle, Schiphol, Franfurt, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona and Roma) could paralyse the continent, if the sheer number of diversions overwhelmed normal operations everywhere else. They could even co-ordinate an attack on major US aiports at the same time and have the majority of trans-atlantic flights in both directions needing to divert or turn back. They could do all that without any illegal or even suspicious activity needed while preparing, relatively small material investment and a decent chance of getting away, meaning the same people could potentially repeat the event a week later before the airlines and airports have even got back to normal. Maybe it'll never get that serious, it just seems so easy that it's hard to imagine the current situation being a one-off. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

They are called progressive liberals. [IKYABWAI] Do you want to have an ideagasm?

The question is - did they kill it soon enough to let everyone dodge jail time? Depends, did they manage to burn the books before the lawyers arrrived? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Ha that is a funny law. If there's a stat that says a gun is more likely to injure its owner than be succesfully used in self defense, I'm pretty damn sure that a nuchuck used in an attempted mugging is going to hit the mugger in the face instead! Do you want to have an ideagasm?

How do you quantify that? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I thought it came from his anti-immigration promises. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Two nuns in a bath, one asks "Where's the soap?" The other replies, "Oh, yes it does!" Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Yeah no doubt! In fairness I’m surprised at the scale of the sleaze that’s come out. Before the presidency I think he was viewed as more of a clown than a parasite, now most people can see he’s actively malevolent Do you want to have an ideagasm?

I think you've missed my point, which is why are you surprised that Cohen is a dick? (And that Trump can't blame Cohen either.) Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Oh Ron, I do love you sometimes. You make me wonder if it's actually you that's the 4Chan troll, playing a joke on all of us. The only thing is I don't think anyone except Andy Kaufmann ever played a con this long. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Thereby proving your first post entirely false. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Well, yeah. It’s a criminal conspiracy. Criminals don’t tend to be nice guys. ‘My lawyer said it was ok’ isn’t an excuse recognised by the law. Besides, Trump knows exactly what he employed a guy like Cohen for, and it wasn’t his brilliant ethical mind. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Well, I don't believe you've ever started a thread to mock him with childish language, so you tell me. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

But you've also said that this standard is not what sets the bar for the afterlife. It doesn't matter if you hit it. But you've said that everybody sins, all the time. You said that even in the act of trying to believe in Christ, you sin. You said that it is only belief in God and Jesus that can counteract that and let you into heaven. So... explain to me how those two things are different? Because it sounds like you must have some serious self loathing when you look in the mirror. You can't just lie your way out of lying. It doesn't work for Trump and it won't work for you. Just be an adult and own it. So again, there you go. It's not about the actions. You're saying that the actions are at best an unreliable indicator of the degree of faith, and it's the faith that matters. The actions in and of themselves, taken in isolation, are irrelevant. I don't know how you can argue otherwise when you've said at various times that it's impossible for a human not to sin and it's impossible for a human to do anything good. What can we do. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Sometimes a bias can be like a brain injury. The person who has it is the ony one unaware of it. So have I, and she doesn't. What now? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Well no, not those exact experiences. But there could still be far more going on than just flavour. Look at the rise or the molecular gastronomy chefs and restaurants like Heston Blumenthal or elBulli. They'll have experiences cooking and eating food that you can never replicate by just braising meat. Different doesn't necessarily mean better or worse. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Yes, meat eaters are almost as persecuted as Christians. Hold on, poor fella, you can withstand the storm as 5% of the population forces their will on you. No-one has ever had it as bad as middle-class white men who eat meat at christmas. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Bit axiomatic, no? If spirit exists, is there part of the human experience that isn't a spiritual realm? Human beings have a spirit, live in a body and have a soul. Most folks relate to their bodies. I relate to my spirit that simply lives in a body. Christians, true believers that is, seek to unite their spirit and soul with God in heaven. The gateway is through Jesus the Christ. And Jesus lives in the internet now? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Bit axiomatic, no? If spirit exists, is there part of the human experience that isn't a spiritual realm? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

"You need to look no further than the scripture that I've quoted... What I posted was rather clear.... Ok, so do you believe me? If so, would I not then try to explain the Greek passages as well to the best of my ability if they needed any additional explanation?" You have a very bad memory. Sure he's part of the story. But does that mean that he's infallible? Was Paul a perfect man who never said anything wrong, and who spoke with the authority of god? 'Perhaps' conveys a level of far less than 100% certainty. So again, 'perhaps' someone who is saved by his genuine belief in Jesus will act differently, but perhaps they won't. It really does sound like you're agreeng with what I've been saying all along. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Right, so when you told me the passage absolutely means what it says with no other context necessary you were lying. If you want people to understand you, it's best not to intentionally deceive them. Plus, that's Paul. Correct me if I'm wrong but the disciples weren't prophets, right? Paul is just giving his opinion, not speaking with the voice of god. I absolutely, 100% understand what the word 'perhaps' means. Perhaps nothing changed, but perhaps it did, regardless of how you behave. Sounds like you agree with me now? Do you want to have an ideagasm?

And yet it also ended with Michael Cohen in prison. If that's a scandal the Democrats 'lose' then the one they win is going to be cataclysmic. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

Why does he keep saying ‘allegedly’? Manafort and Cohen are criminals, that has been decided. Do you want to have an ideagasm?

That's incredibly naive. AFAIk the highest VO2 Max ever recorded was for a cross country skier. How did he manage to beat Lance or Big Mig? Or marathon runners - think for any reason that's less competitive with less at stake than cycling? Or the IAAF's apparent complicity in several national federation coverups, including the early stages of the Russia fiasco... Do you want to have an ideagasm?

So you think Trump's vocabulary is laughable? Good to know you've decided to join the grown ups in one area at least Do you want to have an ideagasm?