gowlerk
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I'm not a big Musk fan, but it is clear that he is a complicated man with a mix of motivations. Some noble and some crass.
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Nothing compares to the Trump years in the USA.
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What would be in the "national interest" right now would be a General Election. If one were called then sure, Boris running as leader would be acceptable. But first an election date would need to be set.
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Most likely both of them will be on another temporary absence by then. Also most likely is that both the house and the senate are taken by the GOP. Then again my US election prediction record is not very good.
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The King has the power to dissolve Parliament and and insist on an election. Which would be the right thing to happen. But of course he won't because that would lead to a lot of damage to the monarchy. And the Tory party won't, because they don't have to. They can cling to power for quite a while yet......
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I joined the local Conservative Party just so I could be among the few who got a vote for leader. The new leader instantly became the head of the provincial government with no need for a general election under our parliamentary system. Much the same way Truss became PM over in the new loopyland. If you want a say in who your leaders will be you need to participate.
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Many places in FL are still flooded. Even though the wind has died down somewhat.
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What a moran.
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The rivers are not flammable in CA?
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Whatever that attachment is, I can't open it. Edit, never mind, I converted it
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What would be the point of that? Leaving D license holders out of the rules would make them meaningless. It's not like D licences are hard to get.
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Those kind of rules would lead to people leaving USPA. Therefore enforcement is not possible.
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By "nanny state" I mean where the local association has been given the power of the law. In nanny states you must belong to and abide by the association's rules or the government will not allow you to operate a DZ. Both Canada and the USA do not give that kind of power to either CSPA or USPA. If either of those organizations had that sort of power that the BPA for instance has, they would certainly have tighter rules and paid bureaucrats to enforce then. Meaning Big Brother would "nanny" you.
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There is a reason he spends his time writing troll posts and not writing successful comic books.
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Because there is no consensus on what those numbers should be. Therefore the idea lacks support. Regulations that lack support within the sport are not enforceable except in nanny states.
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Good question. USPA has so many BSRs now that the meaning of the word "basic" has been lost. The only reason I can see is so that DZOs and instructors have something to point at when they disallow low experienced jumpers from wingsuiting. Which they would almost certainly do as it is a de facto standard.
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Doesn't 70% confidence mean that 3 times out of ten it will be wrong?
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That would be a "New World Order".
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Look on the bright side. It happened on a Monday, service dept. will be open for the week. It is likely to be a computer/wiring issue.
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I call bullshit. Grandma was tricked. The responders here know full well what they are dealing with and willing participate anyway. It takes two to tango.
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Or females.
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Which is exactly what almost everyone is doing for the most part. We all live our lives and make small nearly meaningless adjustments. Like putting recycle bins at our DZs while burning as much fuel as possible.
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The producers will cheat on each other as they always do. The announced cuts are just theatre with two objectives. They want speculators to anticipate shortages and higher prices, and they are an attempt to influence US politics. Otherwise there would be no meetings with press conferences. They would just do it.
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No. I I don't believe anyone can tell you how many people have died on wingsuit jumps either. They are clearly more dangerous than your average skydive. There is nothing magical about the 200 jump floor. It is merely a consensus number generally agreed upon. It is also generally agreed that a good case can be made that it should be higher. But at least by the time someone has 200 jumps they usually have the experience to appreciate that there is an extra risk.
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Plants have rights too! Even if they do pollute the atmosphere with so much O2.
