Phil1111

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  1. Trump does not have the guts to take on Putin; or anyone. He has led a sheltered life his entire life; he has never learned how to be 'tough.' That is why everything about him ( according to him ) is the best. Jerry Baumchen trump's idea of tough is to exchange childish tweets with Rosie O'Donnell and others. Putin's is to have the FSB kill people he doesn't like or those who call out his crimes, or thefts.
  2. A minor correction if I may; at the time of the incident, Khadr was 15 years of age. When Are Adult Sentences Used for Youth? If the offence is murder, attempted murder, manslaughter or sexual aggravated assault (presumptive offences) then it is presumed that an adult sentence will be given unless the youth can persuade the court that a youth sentence will hold the youth accountable. If the offence is not a presumptive offence (described above), the Crown may seek an adult sentence if the youth is 14 and if the offence is the youth's third serious violent offence or one which an adult could receive more than 2 years. Prior to the Enactment of the YCJA in 2003, What was the Process for Giving Youth an Adult Sentence? If the youth offender was 14 years of age or older, s/he could be moved to adult court. If convicted, the young offender could have received an adult sentence. If the young offender was 16 or 17 years old and was convicted of a "presumptive offence," the court would use an adult sentence unless s/he convinced the court not to. Presumptive offences were: Murder Attempted murder Manslaughter Aggravated sexual assault http://www.lawlessons.ca/lesson-plans/2.7.adult-sentences-for-youth How about paying the 10.5 million into a fund to pay for the rehabilitation of Yazadi women refugees from Iraq, admitted to Canada. Forced into sexual slavery by the Al Qaeda offshoot IS? How about using the money to pay for the rehabilitation of Canadian Forces personnel injured in Afghanistan? Yes a wrong was done to a Canadian citizen subsequent to his personal, direct actions as a terrorist in another country. Fifteen year old Canadians have been sentenced as adults before in the courts of Canada. IMO give him $10.5 million, suspended, for his active participation in a terrorist group.This properly recognizes the failure of the Canadian government to protect his rights subsequent to capture an the battlefield. IMO any Canadian who joins a terror group like Al Qaeda or IS. Should be stripped of citizenship regardless of place of birth. The courts, charter of rights, constitutions of many countries, fail completely to deal with international terror. A citizen travels to another country to participate in genocide, institutionalized rape and other war crimes. Then returns to his place of birth to expect the full protections as a citizen of that state.
  3. Perhaps someday if you contribute intelligent, concise, opinions and positions with supporting facts, stories and links. Without wandering into stupidity, ideas disconnected from facts and name calling. It can be named after you!
  4. Far from living up to expectations of a lift after Mr. Trump’s election, the growth rate in the first quarter turned out to be an anemic 1.4 percent https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/business/economy/united-states-economy-gdp-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Can Trump Deliver 3% Growth? Stubborn Realities Stand in the Way https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-force-stands-in-way-of-trumps-3-growth-goal-1494861153 The stubborn realities? trump's stupidity, his inability to formulate a leadership position, Russia-Putin, racism, etc.
  5. There should be no doubt. No if's or maybe's, collectors know where these artifacts are coming from. Know that they are stolen from the countries where they were made.
  6. In that particular moment... I think that's the bit that worries me the most. If whipping his dick out on stage would get him instantaneous massive applause he'd do it and then deal with the consequences later. I agree mostly, but I don't think he understands the concept of "consequences" What about the small hands?
  7. The SC and legal precedent may have something to say about that.
  8. ^^^ This. Why by a new harness/container because when you downsize the canopies will be too big. Buy everything used. Spend your money on jumps. As far as bored is concerned read all the incidents where jumpers got over their heads by downsizing too soon, too aggressively.
  9. Best countries worldwide, 2nd https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/overall-full-list Best for business. 10th https://www.forbes.com/best-countries-for-business/list/#tab:overall Friendliness, #1 http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/06/09/news/canadas-friendliest-country-world Most beautiful, #2 https://www.roughguides.com/gallery/most-beautiful-country-in-the-world/ Best Government, #7 http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-best-governments-in-the-world.html Health Care, #3 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-01-11/10-countries-with-the-most-well-developed-public-health-care-systems-ranked-by-perception Safest #8 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06/06/safest-countries-in-the-world_n_16969776.html
  10. 243, that canopy and that landing. Nothing unusual. I trained a couple bodybuilders and one of them had the worst landings imaginable. For some reason a coordinated PLF was almost impossible. But his overall physical conditioning allowed him to walk away from a couple real poundings of the ground. An angled foot contact with the ground is the only thing that comes to mind. Weight lifting should result in strong foot and ankle bones, muscles. Heal and try again.
  11. I did a jump during a solar eclipse. I was spotting the load from a B-18 from about 13,000. So we had arrived at altitude with a bit of time and as i was lining the ac up on jump run. I could see the line of darkness crossing the ground from about 50 miles out. It crossed 2-3 sections of farmland (2-3 miles) a second. It was slightly curved, i.e. the line of darkness was slightly curved. With the apex of darkness pointed to the airport. Still lots of light during the jump and full light on landing. You would have to be right in the geographic center of it to get any effect of real darkness at altitude. If the cone of totality is 70 miles wide and you are jumping at 2.5 miles up you are only 35 miles from the edge.
  12. Nah this gets a whole white trash better. How about tabloid blackmail. President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, told "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski they would need to apologize to Trump in order to avoid the National Enquirer publishing a story about their relationship, New York Magazine reported Friday. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/340263-kushner-told-morning-joe-hosts-to-apologize-to-trump-or-tabloid-story http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/what-happened-between-trump-morning-joe-and-the-enquirer.html
  13. Holy thread-drift batman. You-tube is filled with dumb gun stuff. A friend of mine has a .44 mag Desert Eagle, although they also make a .50 AE. Which is bigger in diameter but not appreciably that much more powerful. He also owns a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.500_S%26W_Magnum and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.460_S%26W_Magnum On one occasion at the range he miscalculated and shot his chronograph right through the middle of its LCD display with his desert eagle. We laughed uproariously and he subsequently got warrant replacement for it. This of course is one of the top ones on you-tube. If you can't shoot straight, shoot more often and move closer. More so if you're shooting at explosives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqwi22HuyWg Guns are like crotch rockets. Do stupid sh*t and you can get hurt. Or hurt someone else.
  14. Statistics make sense of irregular variables. trump is a outlier. He is also a liar.
  15. Or . . . maybe it's a guy who understands the concept behind the separation of church and state. I'm not saying what he did was right, but there may be an alternative to your explanation. It had to happen sooner or later. I'd lean more to Ron's suggestion as to true motivation. Not saying that political ideology is not a good motivation for such an action.
  16. This is an example of integrity at CNN. Try to imagine a world where Breitbart employees resign when they report false news. You may say I'm a dreamer..... This is an outstanding example of accountability. Precisely. In the fake news world the smell test, the test of time, or even a couple facts to back up the story line. Is never held to account by its readers. Be it stupidity, outright bias, ignorance, or a outright lack or absence of natural inquisitiveness. False news or biased views are accepted and endorsed.
  17. I was thinking it will be a GREAT place for trump. The mars mission will be getting off the ground, if you pardon the pun. About the same time trumponomics is shown to be the most massive failure in conservative ideology since tulipomania. There would be only rich people there and he could drive his golf carts anywhere.
  18. In total, SpaceX has more than 70 launches, worth more than $10 billion, on its manifest, said company spokesman John Taylor. https://www.space.com/37304-liftoff-spacex-second-launch-three-days.html Governor Perry announced Monday that the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Spaceport Trust Fund would offer $2.3 million and $13 million, respectively, toward construction of the spaceport, which would allow the California-based company to launch its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy spacecraft from its own facilities, rather than from Air Force property. “In addition to growing the aerospace industry in Texas, SpaceX’s facility will provide myriad opportunities for STEM education in South Texas,” Governor Perry said in a statement.... SpaceX still requires approvals from local agencies before it can begin construction, but this latest funding, which will be used to build necessary local infrastructure, is a major step forward. https://www.fastcompany.com/3034018/spacex-will-build-85-million-spaceport-in-americas-poorest-city
  19. http://www.lextalus.com/ This is about the best. https://kestrelmeters.com/collections/kestrel-ballistics/products/kestrel-elite-weather-meter-with-applied-ballistics and a laser rangefinder that runs about $6-9K Oh and a rifle For shooting junkies. https://forum.snipershide.com/forum/sniper%C2%92s-hide%C2%AE-advance-marksmanship-unit/elr-beyond-1000-yards/page3
  20. It was a Saturday night last December, and Oleksii Yasinsky was sitting on the couch with his wife and teenage son in the living room of their Kiev apartment. The 40-year-old Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher and his family were an hour into Oliver Stone’s film Snowden when their building abruptly lost power. This story should be required reading. Its about how Russia, Putin has attacked Ukraine continuously for years. Its about cyber war. How Russia has become a cyber-criminal state. https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/
  21. A bullet can stay up a while. https://books.google.ca/books?id=DtO3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA516&lpg=PA516&dq=hatchers+notebook+time+bullet+fired+straight+up&source=bl&ots=emOyQW_Jjt&sig=kZUYANLKYQrIsAOxSLo5T3J6VXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv38n81tLUAhUE6oMKHVsPAY4Q6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=hatchers%20notebook%20time%20bullet%20fired%20straight%20up&f=false
  22. ***call for expanding apprenticeship This might just work for the younger ones in the group. However, the 'apprentiship' programs ( IMO ) will never work for the older unemployed. They do not want to learn a new trade ( as if some of them could ), they just want their old jobs back. And that is not going to happen. Jerry Baumchen "change with the times of get left behind" if the options are learn a new trade or don't pay the rent I will go with learn a new trade I know what you are both saying. Older workers are reluctant to retrain if the number or years to use the training is limited by age-retirement. Younger workers see "x' number of years of well paid employment beyond retraining. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/21/tech-industry-coding-kentucky-hillbillies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWWXMZ641U
  23. US President Donald Trump has told supporters that his proposed wall along the border with Mexico could have solar panels fixed to it. He suggested the plan was his own, saying: "Pretty good imagination, right? Good? My idea." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40363390 I guess the idea that the panels face the sun rather than border jumping Mexicans never occurred to him.
  24. Yep,...burned again...SAD . Sorry Rush, just too tempting. Don't worry. Eventually the sun will burn out and all this green energy will be obsolete just like coal.