Phil1111

The debate among republicans about when to cut trump loose may come before the Russia investigation is complete. So far Mitchell McConnell like most politicians is keeping his cards close to the chest. He stood next to trump this week while trump blathered on on what GREAT friends they were and how GREAT they were getting along. All the while keeping quiet about when payback for trump would begin http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-feud/index.html Trump is no help in getting legislation passed and has consistently blamed everyone but himself. This is a good summation on McConnell from CNN: -" McConnell begins by absorbing 90% of the political pressure himself. He plots a pathway that shoulders almost all of the political danger and allows his members to work things through without suffocating from critics.. -He inherently knows where he has room to maneuver and where he doesn't. He keeps a close watch on his fellow Senators and makes observances about what they need... -He is loyal and possesses a long memory. That works both ways obviously." http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politics/mcconnell-health-care/index.html

Good point. I suppose I would prefer someone with a rapid fire poodle shooter in a hotel than, say, a millionaire with a pilot's license flying one of his airplanes laden with extra fuel into said concert. That or applying a little knowledge of chemistry that he luckily did not appear to have. Given the tally effected by malevolent assholes using aircraft compared to firearms, he picked the route that would do less damage but get more attention. Denying him access to firearms could well have increased the carnage. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather he choked on a chicken bone before he got to that point. Nevertheless, it is the miscreant more than the means chosen to be evil that should be the focus. I agree. Thankfully the MO of Tim McVeigh has not been repeated. There were reports to the effect that there was 10-20 lbs of tannerite in the Vegas shooters car on the Vegas strip. This shooter clearly had the financial wherewithal to put together a large weapon that he could have parked next to the crowd. tannerite is a version of what McVeigh used and has about the same detonation velocity.

The problems with incidents like this one is similar to another recent post in these two shooting threads. The one where another college student(male) was the shooter in a homicide. If guns are not available the anger that drives a dispute may get settled by a fistfight or at worst a stabbing. Guns are very effective weapons.When someone is angry and loses control of their emotions.

When my son called someone a liar, I called him on it. I pointed out that someone is not lying if they state something that is wrong but believe it is true. They are lying only if they know what they say is false at the time. Trump has the innate characteristic of saying whatever crosses his mind. To him the whole true vs. false thing is an incomprehensible abstraction, and crediting him with the ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is completely unfair. There is nothing to suggest that he has that capacity. You should apologize. You touch on something there. trump lying is such an everyday event that the entanglement of facts with this grieving mother. Has created a distasteful dialog that should be put to rest so to speak. Wendy is right. PR relief efforts are a "10" according to trump. They should move to that more current lie.

I think you mean 10 mm. Yes, 10 cm would be a whole lot of protection. Something overprotective soccer moms might like.

Like many others he uses professional speech writers. Unlike trump who likes to go "off script".

I dunno about $1000. I'm in the process of building a 4'x4' cnc plasma table for cutting metal. The steppers and controllers are about $1500. The website referenced CNC zone with the" New Machine Build- 16' x 5.5' Fabric Cutter/Plotter". Is very good with lots of threads and many helpful members.

I have four ski helmets and there are no standards. A carbon racing one, is a single layer of carbon with a fabric liner. Two others are poly-carbonate with a thin polystyrene foam liner, some protection. One is unknown plastic with a soft foam/fabric liner. IMO you need a layer of compressible Styrofoam to absorb impacts.Most cycling helmets are built this way with protection starting at 10 cm of compressible Styrofoam. i.e. the hard white stuff that you can push your finger in if you push really hard.They are designed to deform permanently to absorb impacts with the helmet. A hard shell will prevent perforation of the head/skull to the limits of the strength of the shell. But do not necessary absorb impacts that would cause concussions. The testing of motorcycle helmets include perforation and absorption of impact due to perforation of the shell. Plus a energy absorbing liner. Testing standards for these include ECE, DOT and Snell. Having said that I really like the carbon one. Its stupid light. Like 540 grams.

Trump promised $25K to father of fallen soldier but didn't follow through: report http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356090-trump-promised-25k-to-father-of-fallen-soldier-but-didnt-follow

Those dirty rotten Leftists will do anything to undermine the right.

Why does the right hate Soros? http://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/why-does-the-right-hate-soros-044343 The dirty tricks that demonise George Soros https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/15/dirty-tricks-demonise-george-soros Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has pledged $10 million to combat hate crimes in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President, the largest donation of its kind since a spike in attacks following the Nov. 8 poll. http://time.com/4581137/george-soros-donald-trump-hate-crime-minorities-election/

Democrats have evidence to prove that the Republicans are wrong. The Republicans know it is the other way around. (Let's see who picks up on the meaning of that statement.) The two parties have different value standards. And the divide is growing wider. You can't harp on value standards with Trump sitting in office. That's laughable. Well it is laughable but Ron is right about a widening value standard between the parties. A 14% decline in trust and opinion towards the US since trump was elected. Means a little over a billion more people have developed mistrust of the US in only six months. http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/

You think Soros promotes democracy? Really? LMFAO!! What in your Breitbart educated mind does he promote?

Breitbart and the Russians should be going into a real frenzy soon. "George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager and a major Democratic donor, has given $18 billion to his Open Society Foundations,... Founded by Mr. Soros more than 30 years ago, Open Society promotes democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. In recent years, the organization has increased its attention on the United States, investing in programs to protect gays and lesbians and reduce abuses by the police. Everything that the Russians, trump, Breitbart, et al, hate. Imagine giving money to promote democracy instead of buying private 757 jets and golf courses. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/business/george-soros-open-society-foundations.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Of course. Obama sold out the nation to the Russians to help the Clintons get rich. James Comey and Robert Mueller both conspired to cover it up. Got it. Where is RoyReader when we need him? Busy on midterms.....Elections that is!

I'm of the opinion that none of Mr. Trump's feigned indignation has anything to do with a song, a flag, soldiers, and certainly not the black athletes. I'll get back to this. He is attempting to destroy your latest national health insurance program nicknamed after his predecessor not because he thinks it's faulty - he just wants to eliminate all record of a man who publicly made fun of him at the WH correspondents dinner. He fired the FBI Director not because he was incompetent, but because Comey had dared stand up to him. The encyclopedic volume of people he has taken hateful and derogatory shots at via Twitter firmly establishes he thinks and behaves no better than a pathetically resentful grade-school bully. If somebody rejects him, he will get even. Even if it takes decades. Returning to the topic and Trumps attempt to convert the NFL players message and fan flames of misguided patriotism against the NFL organization is purely a direct result of his sound defeat and subsequent humiliation by the exclusive members-only club of NFL ownership. He is still pissed-off and by god, the NFL will pay... "In 1985, the USFL voted to move from a spring to a fall schedule in 1986 to compete directly with the NFL. This was done at the urging of New Jersey Generals majority owner Donald Trump and a handful of other owners as a way to force a merger between the leagues. As part of this strategy, the USFL filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the National Football League in 1986, and a jury ruled that the NFL had violated anti-monopoly laws. However, in a victory in name only, the USFL was awarded a judgment of just $1, which under anti-trust laws, was tripled to $3.[2] This court decision effectively ended the USFL. The league never played the 1986 season, and by the time it folded, it had lost over US$163 million" source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League Just my $0.02 The more I think about it, the more I think this is dead-on accurate. Wellll I don't know about that. trump has never indicated a interest in sports for the sake of sport. I think its just a way to hobnob with other rich owners. Jerry Jones, Robert Craft, etc. His comments about "smash mouth football", etc. show a poor understanding of where the game is today. There are enough injuries on a game to game basis without his nutty ideas. IMO its just another way to appeal to his base, to distract, to bully and get even with those who stand up..er kneel to take a poke at him. I agree with everything you said with he exception of the bold type last section. I'm sure he would love to own a NFL team. He was probably pissed off at his court loss. But that was just a hail mary pass to try to save a loosing league. The award that the court gave the plaintiffs was right on. Other leagues have tried to do the same thing as a way to dilute the brand. To get a team without paying the franchise fee.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says OK, so now we have to account for the other 10% of Americans who are trump supporters. IMO they are the ones that think Elvis is still alive. 25% above from study and another 10% is the 35%, the total who are still trump believers.

Have you read "Fantasyland" yet? https://www.amazon.com/Fantasyland-America-Haywire-500-Year-History/dp/1400067219?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-osx-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1400067219 That said, there is a difference (I think so anyway) between believing in a lie about subjective things like a god, and believing lies in objective facts. Many of the things Trump says are lies which can be proven to be lies simply by looking at objective facts. Had not heard of it. I agree, somewhat about some people believing in God but question their same beliefs in creationism.Only the US among modern industrialized western nations. Has allowed debate about creationism being taught in schools. With regards to trump, he is just an old fashioned lying salesman. The kind you find in auto transmission shops. Where every issue requires a "rebuilt" transmission. For him lying is just deeply ingrained in his psyche.

In some ways, we have always lived in a post-truth era Think about the way you search for information. If you’re a new mom who believes vaccines cause autism (and a number of women in your mommy group do, too) are you searching for research that shows whether they actually do, or are you Googling “vaccines cause autism” to find stories to affirm your belief? (Studies show there is no link between vaccines and autism.) The mother above is probably motivated by fear. Such “motivated reasoning,” says political scientist Charles Taber of Stony Brook University, shows that we are all fundamentally biased. “You have a basic psychological tendency to perpetuate your own beliefs,” he said “to really … discount anything that runs against your own prior views.” It gets even more complicated. Once we’ve convinced ourselves of something, research suggests facts don’t appeal to us. A study co-led by Nyhan found that trying to correct a person’s misperception can have a “backfire effect.” When you encounter facts that don’t support your idea, your belief in that idea actually grows stronger. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/science-march-war-truth-political-polarization/100636124/ I personally don't agree with this concept but it explains those who go to sources that predictably are proven wrong. Yet they keep returning to those same sources. Sort of like a old horse that keeps returning to a dry well. Because there was water there once.

Well without derailing this thread too much. You must have some views on the Kobe certification scandal. The headaches involved in this mess will cost companies far removed from Japan. Distributed supply chains through joint ventures, subcontractors, etc. Mean everything from aircraft to air conditioners, from microchips to missiles. Will have to be tested.

On the money, I like it.

Do you honestly think the trump clan of condo sellers would cut their own throats? That would be a line item veto from trump right off the bat.

http://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/california-increased-wildfire-risk Scrolling to mid-page shows increasing frequency and severity of Ca fire season story w/graphs.

You are probably correct on all of that. Where I come from most of that is not deductible, and for good reason. But once something like that is in place it;'s hard to take it away. Yes across the board. Thats why many suggest the republican reforms will go nowhere. Imagine the elimination of charity deductions for churches! For the elimination of the subsidy that atheists pay the state because they are "non-believers". Christian gun owners of America would rise up and...and...

He peppered a mosque with bullets - and his life changed http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41601034/he-peppered-a-mosque-with-bullets-and-his-life-changed