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  1. gowlerk
    Yeah Ron, we know you won't consider changing your mind. But the suburban soccer moms who swept the Rs out of power and handed it to AOC and Pelosi are going to throw his ass out soon enough. Get ready for a backlash that will make you wish BHO was in charge.
  2. gowlerk

    Oh snap!

    gowlerk replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    Almost like saying you can't have a paid military. Good capitalists should just fight when needed.
  3. gowlerk
    No, The current MarS and Vigils are both multimode. You can select speed mode yourself without sending them away. The new C-Mode CYPRES has the same feature.
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    Oh snap!

    gowlerk replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    The main feature that separates the best and richest societies from the poorer ones is not socialism versus capitalism. It is the level of corruption that each faces in day to day life. Corruption is best limited by a robust and honest democratic system. People will make mistakes, like electing Trump was. But as long as they also get the chance to boot their mistakes, and power is spread in a balanced way it is just a temporary set back. Vlad does not have to worry about a troublesome court system, Donny does.
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    Vlad?
  6. gowlerk

    Oh snap!

    gowlerk replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    Capitalism has many forms. There are no purely capitalist societies. Capitalism is a useful tool and we are nowhere near learning how to best use it.
  7. gowlerk
    CYPRES units do not have a reputation in the industry for doing what you say. You are mistaken. I would suggest you not post things like this if you are not sure. You may give other people the wrong idea. There are three main AAD manufacturers today. All three make a very good product that people can depend on to perform as advertised.
  8. gowlerk
    And yes.....more surrealism. I could see Zappa and Capt. Beefheart both working with Trump in a sort of trio. Could probably do a great version of Titties and Beer. I can hear him with a falsetto saying "I've got me three beers and a fistfull of downs and I'm going to get ripped so fuck you clowns". And no cowboys, not the Rodney Carrington song.
  9. gowlerk
    I love it when people just get down to the heart of the matter with no wasted words.
  10. gowlerk
    Yes, the words of Alvin Lee in a pop song. It also says, "Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity" Alvin Lee was a great guitarist, not a great philosopher, economist, or humanist. And fair? Rich people did not become rich by being fair. Life is not fair and tax policy is not fair.
  11. gowlerk
    Is that because you are looking for unbelievable news? Go here: https://www.npr.org/ or here https://www.bbc.com/news These are sources that are nearly always factual. They may not say the things you want to hear though.
  12. gowlerk
    I'm now curious. I'm sure most people in skydiving know the people behind the Spaceland DZs, of which there now seem to be 5. But I have no idea who they are other than the website for the group says that it is a family owned business. They must be doing something right to have such a growth rate. Are they famous top notch passionate skydivers, great aviation professionals, savvy business people, or all three? There must be an interesting story here.
  13. gowlerk
    It's kind of fascinating sitting up here and watching the train wreck. Sort of surreal.
  14. gowlerk
    Actually, MarS M2 lifetime is only 15 years or 15000 jumps, whichever comes first. Vigil is 20 years.
  15. gowlerk
    Mostly because you don't pay yearly. You pay one time up front and the difference is far more than one jump. As far as owning "the best", I have seen nothing that makes me believe that any are better than the others.
  16. gowlerk
    Well, that's what the CNN headline is calling it. But I fail to see how she can read the tweet and be intimidated while testifying. Maybe during lunch break?
  17. gowlerk
    Trump seems to care. He was tweeting about her during her actual testimony.
  18. gowlerk
    Depends how much dirt 'ol Roger has to blackmail him with.
  19. gowlerk
    Learn Quebecois French and come to Canada. Bilingual people do quite well here and you'll get used to 6 months of winter eventually.
  20. gowlerk
    I don't want to wait for that. I want drunk drivers off the roads now, not sometime in the future after thousands more are killed.
  21. gowlerk
    From what I know of the Grand Jury system, they may as well just have trained monkeys sitting on it. They will almost always just do what the prosecutor wants them to do anyway.
  22. gowlerk
    I agree. I won't even put my name to a repack on an Astra anymore. I don't mind orphaned canopies with no support, but Astras and even Argus? Find someone else.
  23. gowlerk
    Almost everyone who falls from this height will die from it. There have been a few survivors. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fall_survivors Good luck with the English.
  24. gowlerk
    Spoken as the true Airtec lover and defender you have always been here. Two points. Airtec no longer requires, only recommends 5 year servicing on the new units. Which means that almost no one will bother, making one of your points moot. And the other thing is that the demand for used AADs far exceeds the supply. This makes buying a new one the cheapest option on a per year cost basis.
  25. gowlerk
    At the point where there are better safer securities available. So, not for the foreseeable future.