Phil1111

Well, since most of the GOP takes the position yes-we-know-he's-a-mental-case-but-he-is*our*-mental-case, then I'll gladly take an adult with influence in that inner circle. And it just gets better! http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/06/steve-bannon-calls-jared-kushner-a-cuck-and-globalist-behind-his-back.html I'm really mystified at how Kushner has apparently developed more influence than even Uday & Qusay. and for those like me that don't know: A brief history on the term cuck: The term "cuck" is short for a much older term used often by Shakespeare — "cuckold," which literally refers to a man whose spouse is unfaithful. Origins: The word was derived from the cuckoo bird, whose females lay their eggs in different nests. Racial insinuation: In pornography, the cuckold was most often a white man whose white wife cheated on him with a black man, according to GQ. Political use: During the 2016 election season, the term became a favorite of the alt-right to describe mainstream Republicans who did not support Donald Trump — "cuckservatives" — whom they saw as weak.

The commander in chief told Golf Channel's David Feherty he's an "honest 13" -- an improvement over his reported 17-handicap when he took office that puts him in line with his Oval Office predecessors. "I think my irons are good, my drive is straight but unimpressive in length, and my putting's decent, chipping is OK," Obama told Feherty. "My sand game is terrible." Most presidents have played at around Obama's level. Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford were all said to have 12-handicaps while in office. John F. Kennedy was estimated around a 14. And Clinton at his peak was a 10, although his partners often whispered about his propensity for fudging his scores. Trump, who owns golf courses across the United States and in Europe, has a 3-handicap, according to the Boston Globe. http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/07/politics/obama-golf-interview/

What would you know about it Doesn't matter how much Trigirl knows. She disagrees with Rush, therefore she's politically weaponising that knowledge I thought she was referring to the left and right sides of his brain.

Agree. For now its all "Rube" Goldberg and for me anyway a dangerous looking contraption. Thats not to say there aren't people ready to hop in such a machine. But Dubai might be a good place to test such stuff.

That system uses a rocket motor to achieve line and tether stretch from the deployment vehicle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUotMzNUzuw and http://www.stratos07.cz/en/video---photogallery/video I would agree about flying parts, but military ejection systems lose a seat, canopy parts and drogue mechanism during use.

Rubio calls for indictment of Putin and Assad: 'Putin is a war criminal who is assisting another war criminal' http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/05/congressional-leaders-call-assad-war-criminal-say-must-go.html

Trump to CNN chief: 'I always find a way to get even' President Trump reportedly threatened CNN's president last year in an email, with Trump warning "I always find a way to get even." Trump's email to CNN president Jeff Zucker, reported by the New York Times Wednesday, came after CNN panelists pressed Trump during a presidential debate about the "Access Hollywood" tape that showed him boasting about sexually assaulting women. In the full email, reportedly delivered by Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks, Trump accused Zucker of disloyalty and alluded to further retribution: “Jeff — Too bad you (CNN) couldn’t be honest with how well I did in the debate. The dumbest thing I ever did was get you the job at CNN — you are the most disloyal person. Just remember, I always seem to find a way to get even. Best wishes, Donald J. Trump.” Trump lobbied for Zucker to get CNN's top job in 2012, according to the Times report, although CNN sources disputed that Trump's influence played any role in Zucker's hire. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/327410-trump-to-cnn-boss-i-always-find-a-way-to-get-even

Yep. And with them will go the jobs and the money. Why would that happen? If wind and solar are as awesome as you claim, I see no reason they cannot flourish along with gas, oil and coal. Remember the Obama energy policy? All of the above! The more free-market options we have the cheaper our energy will be and that helps everyone. To be properly "free market", ALL costs need to be included. Including the cost of cleaning up afterwards. Winner, ding,ding,ding. Something that coal, big oil, nat gas and brenthutch don't want to recognize. Start pricing black lung, Oklahoma earthquake damages due to fracking, abandoned oil rig cleanups, etc.

Thinking about it in those terms, the quad design does lend itself better to some sort of parachute recovery system activated by AAD - that might be feasible, given that I'm assuming this vehicle is significantly lighter than your typical small fixed-wing aircraft. Heck, you could even design it to jettison the whole chassis/ motor assembly in an emergency (but, look out below!) - or perhaps a parachute canopy combined with autoration effect from the rotors would be a better idea. The thing about ballistic recovery is, just like in skydiving, you really do need to deploy above a certain height in order for it to be of any benefit. So sure, put on an BRS, but my guess is it will rarely be used in situations where it will actually be helpful. Oh, and one more reason you'd need prop guards of some sort. Imagine the look on the passenger's face when the BRS is deployed only to have it fouled / entangled by the props. It would be easy enough to put a emergency brake on the motors, shear pins on the props, etc. in the event of emergency parachute deployment. Min deployment altitude 80 meters http://www.stratos07.cz/en/products/rescue-systems/summary-of-all-rescue-systems I'd go for a ride in one after 10,000 hours proven flight time.

No, there is no proof that Bill Clinton lied. But there is plenty of evidence that he did. You do not understand the difference apparently. There is in fact no proof that you are sitting at a computer reading this...there is only evidence that you are doing that. A court judgement is not the sole validator of what is true, false, or a lie. Bill Clinton made a statement on national TV whereby he clearly stated "... well everyone knows what transpired beyond that. Any subsequent lawyer talk of what the definition of "is..Is", is just that. If it walks like a duck, quacks like... Politicians lie, always have. They also like to spin the facts. trump is a known habitual liar. I don't need a court to rule on that issue. I wasn't born yesterday. I'm not inclined to buy ocean front property on the arctic ocean and expect palm trees to be waving above my hammock. The current state of partisanship in US politics is unmatched in other western democracies. Its dysfunction led in part to trump's victory. The difference between Nixon and Clinton IMO is that Nixon was canned. Clinton should have been. Yet Clinton is still a very popular President. All of the detestable virtues of Bill Clinton were part and parcel of Hillary. Whitewater, lying, etc. Sooner or later straight talk from leaders has to become the norm. With a lessor degree of lying, rather than larger.

LOL, I believe you will find that Americans are fat and relatively unhealthy , and Russians are generally in shape and healthy because of the quality of food. Confusing food with diet is like confusing weather with climate. The life expectancy of Russians; "Russian levels of alcohol consumption and suicide are among the highest in the world. While observers have long suspected an association between the two, they were unable to investigate this hypothesis until recently due to past Soviet secrecy and thus a lack of data. This study took advantage of the newly available data during the post-Soviet era to examine the cross-sectional association between heavy drinking and suicide mortality in Russia" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1642767/ "Today, according to the World Health Organization, one-in-five men in the Russian Federation die due to alcohol-related causes, compared with 6.2 percent of all men globally. In her 2000 article “First Steps: AA and Alcoholism in Russia,” Patricia Critchlow estimated that some 20 million Russians are alcoholics in a nation of just 144 million." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/how-alcohol-conquered-russia/279965/ "The transition to market economies in many post-communist societies of the former Soviet Union and other former eastern bloc countries in Europe has a produced a “demographic collapse,” a recent report by the United Nations Development Programme has found. Among the most serious findings is a four year drop in life expectancy among Russian men since 1980, from 62 years to 58." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116380/ Once again faulty prog..ram**kming in the Russian cloud together with factual errors courtesy Mr. Putin. Has resulted in factual errors.

Assad is a war criminal. His father was a war criminal that also used nerve gas on Syrian people. He belongs to the Alawite branch of Islam. Because of the crimes committed by the government and other Alawites over the last 20-30 years. They are in a fight to the death with Syrian rebels. For certain if Assad lost on the battlefield Alawites would be slaughtered post defeat. "The majority of the Syrian military are Sunni, but most of the military leadership are Alawites. Alawites make up 12 percent of the Syrian population but are estimated to make up 70 percent of the career soldiers in the Syrian Army." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces Russia advertises and lies about who its fighting in Syria. They say they are fighting IS. According to US defense sources 70% or more of its airstrikes are against rebels who are fighting Assad and IS. Assad is also propped up by Russian volunteer troops and Russian special forces. As well as Iranian Hezbollah forces. Hezbollah is part of the regional Sunni-Shia regional war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Russia is involved because Putin is trying to recreate a greater Russian hegemony in the region. To recreate a Russian version of the USSR hegemony that existed from the 1960's to the late 80's. Which sort of validates trump's ideas of staying away from this fight. But thats a longer matter.

Concerns of automation and job displacement have gone on since the the Luddite movement. The big advantage that humans have is that even people with mental and physical disabilities can find jobs. Some not very smart people and some with limiting physical disabilities can even make fortunes. Job displacement through automation and technology is constant. As is the migration of workers due to competition local, national and international. Government is the key in keeping economies, job sectors and employment needs in balance. IMO Germany's job apprenticeship training program is what the world needs to model. It balances trained skilled workers with high quality, export driven products. A tax structure that recognizes the source of production, research and management profits. Then taxes those profits fairly and in balance with international competitors. Keeping corporations from hiding profits offshore when they are earned in the host jurisdiction. A blend of education, infrastructure, job mobility, trading regulations, and intelligent focus. That directs national advantages into areas of business and production. That can lead to competitive advantages internationally. Is what is required by the government. Beyond that the government has an obligation to look after the disabled and elderly that can't find productive work. Including those that need temporary reeducation, relocation, or rehabilitation.

Thinking about it in those terms, the quad design does lend itself better to some sort of parachute recovery system activated by AAD - that might be feasible, given that I'm assuming this vehicle is significantly lighter than your typical small fixed-wing aircraft. Heck, you could even design it to jettison the whole chassis/ motor assembly in an emergency (but, look out below!) - or perhaps a parachute canopy combined with autoration effect from the rotors would be a better idea. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/brscanister1350SP.php Maximum aircraft weight: 1350 lbs. (612 kg) Maximum deployment speed: 138 mph (222 kph) Softpack weight (1): 29 lbs (13.2 kg) Softpack dimension (2): 16" L x 10" W x 6" H (41cm x 25cm x 15cm) Gores (panels): 32 Nominal diameter: 40 ft (12.2 m) Square area: 1257 ft(2) (117 m(2)) Repack cycle: 6 yr. or 1 yr. (externally mounted softpacks) Riser: 13,500 lbs. (6,124 kg) Suspension lines: 400 lbs. (181 kg) Exclusive device "slider": Yes Service life: 25 Years Solid fuel rocket: BRS-460 Minimum total impluse: 400 N-sec. Igniter (mechanical): Redundant Primers with Pyro. Booster Minimum peak Thrust: 79 lbf (36 kgf) Minimum burn time: 1.3 seconds Service life: 12 years

Bill Clinton lied and is to blame for the current state of acceptance of lying by US politicians in general. The rest I agree with.

Wrong, bot or troll, coherent or rambling with poor spelling and sentence structure. The source of messages and references has the final validity, coherence and grounding in fact as Rushmc. In the end trump sees Syria, the regional war there, as IS and Islam fighting over issues which he doesn't understand. For which he will make no effort to understand. The only EU leaders that might have taken a lead in these war crimes. France, and Germany are dealing with elections. The UK with Brexit. So in the end the policy of President Obama will prevail. A failed US policy of hands off, do nothing. Al Jazeera has some odd takes on reporting but this one covers the Syria gas attacks accurately. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/blames-syria-forces-chemical-attack-161022033828052.html

Thanks to Ron and God I gave up a small prayer, it was answered!! Now how about rushmc? Sorry I could not resist a statement like that

Very, very disappointing. The lack of ambition of CC shows limited imagination. With the current state of affairs there is no reason why it can't be a prime time daily. Why it can't go head to head with the majors over the supper hour. At the same time they run their nightly news programs. Come on, create some jobs. Opportunities like trump come along once every....241 years.

Here is a clue for you. You don't need a license to have, or offer, an opinion here. Don't even need one jump. Just be prepared to defend it. Under Putin Russia has had no substantive economic growth. Under Putin Russia has been caught red handed cheating in an institutionalized way at multiple Olympics. "admission by Anna Antseliovich, the acting director-general of Russia’s anti-doping agency, that her country’s Olympic athletes did, in fact, systematically hack the system with the blessing of the government." http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/russia-finally-confesses-to-cheating-at-the-olympics-now-it-has-to-pay-the-price/article33443694/ Putin has consistently denied invading Crimea and Ukraine. Its been under international sanctions for that and remains so. The Putin government has made no effort to prosecute the murders of Putin Critics. You mention internet election meddling "proof". The proof that the German, US, UK and French security services have with regards to Russian actions are not shared with the public. They are shared in international security conference meetings between those respective governments. Those meetings will result in decisions that renew and/or expand sanctions. Its unfortunate that the Russian people have to a large extent placed trust and hope in Putin. They deserve better and sooner or later will get better. Then likely realize how they have been mislead by the Putin kleptocracy.

I have been busy with work in the past weeks and have been out of touch on this subject. Are there any actual 'facts' now to 'prove' Russia, "Hacked" the election? Accusations are in fact evidence, but evidence is not fact.| People lie and in politics, more often than not. What is the real dirt to date? He said, she said means nothing in this game. All the guys so certain of their 'accusations' to the media, seem to have their tails between their legs, when being questioned by the likes of Tre Gowdy etc. http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/6/14191002/us-releases-declassified-report-on-russian-hacking http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-russia-election-meddling-20170330-story.html http://www.politico.eu/article/us-intelligence-chief-russia-interfering-in-french-german-elections/ http://nltimes.nl/2017/03/10/russia-hacking-dutch-election-warm-germany-france-interference-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/german-spy-chief-russian-hackers-could-disrupt-elections-bruno-kahl-cyber-attacks

No they haven't. Right now he's not under any obligation to talk to anyone, so he's certainly not going to bother spilling the whole story to any lawyer yet. It's grandstanding. Flynn's lawyer has released a letter stating that discussions have already been held. No statements regarding a deal have been made or released.

Well presumably as a US general he would have the moral duty. But Flynn's morals have already been established as lacking.

Some unknown government lawyer has already heard Flynn's story. Flynn's lawyer and a government lawyer fully discussed what Flynn was going to testify about. The government lawyer without telling the FBI or any other investigation body the specifics of the testimony decided whether it was worth it, NOW. The government lawyer won't disclose specifics of the proposed testimony, now or ever. To any prosecution persons. This can also be a negotiation tactic. If the FBI or another investigative body has some of the "goods" on FLynn. But still needs his testimony a deal for some limited prosecution could be tied to the "immunity". i.e. a plea deal, etc. Its akin to a poker game.

Well for sure they will. Either the FBI has the goods on him already, or the various investigations: 1. House 2. Senate 3. FBI/criminal Want to hear what he says, what develops from further investigations/testimony(s), what he answers-or refuses to answer while under oath.

Robertson is bat shit crazy and preys on gullible people for money. Apparently, he felt it necessary to remind us again yesterday: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/30/pat-robertson-theres-a-demonic-component-to-multiple-sclerosis-and-jesus-is-part-of-the-cure/ You are both very foolish. That money is very necessary. Its all part of the bible thumping salvation of America. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/12/31/listen-to-two-christian-pastors-defending-their-multimillion-dollar-private-jets/ "We are asking members, partners, and supporters of this ministry to assist in the undertaking of an initiative called Project G650. The mission of Project G650 is to acquire a Gulfstream G650 airplane so that Pastors Creflo and Taffi and World Changers Church International can continue to blanket the globe with the Gospel of grace. We are believing for 200,000 people to give contributions of 300 US dollars or more to turn this dream into a reality — and allow us to retire the aircraft that served us well for many years." "Pat Robertson - C-21 Learjet Model 35 Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/5-televangelists-and-their-jets-104116/#KJxfUtv8Tkc0gppT.99 http://www.christianpost.com/buzzvine/5-televangelists-and-their-jets-104116/ "Recently, the televangelist from Midland Michigan asked his followers in a letter for $79,000 to repaint a luxury jet purchased by his organization. He says the jet "actually belongs" to the Lord." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/5/kenneth-copeland-jesse-duplantis-defend-private-je/