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Well: "Jared Kushner's family's company to make $400M in new sweetheart deal with Chinese firm" http://www.vox.com/world/2017/3/15/14921720/kushner-conflict-interest-anbang That fell apart. Then he met with the Russian bankers to refinance a big existing obligation. Times are tough when you shop the four corners of the globe to roll over problem loans. But then you can just call "daddy" and wait for the next foreign entourage to visit Mar-a-Lago. Talk $400 million dollar loans before US vital interests are discussed.

Thats pretty funny. IMO the straight goods on foreign politics is when McCain and Graham stand together to make a statement. After all McCain was born in 1776 so he should have a good grasp on the issues.

Here it is: http://nano.tatamotors.com/price-list.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Nano Thats $3499 USD in New Delhi at retail. Now add say $1000 for self driving. Then it should be an ideal vehicle for elderly people that want to get around and cant get a drivers license.It currently gets 55 mpg and Tata Nano Diesel may get as much as 70 miles per gallon. Probably safer than a crotch rocket.

Absolutely correct. I knew it was only a matter of time that we would agree on something. Good morning. But the effects of global warming is increased variability and extremes in weather. Anytime there is mention of records, of 100 year rainfall, 200 year heat, 500 year flooding. Of records in weather extremes. Its global warming and the mention of records being broke get mentioned more and more.

"We are seeing similar warning signals as in 2011 when more than 260,000 people died during the famine in Somalia," said Karl-Otto Zentel, secretary general of the relief organization CARE (Germany-Luxemburg). At the time, aid workers raised the alarm months in advance but the international community failed to act. "We must not wait again until we see pictures of dying children," he added. From the Horn of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope, drought continues to impact the east coast of Africa. According to the United Nations, at least 12 million people in the region are now dependent on humanitarian aid. In Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the drought has been particularly severe mainly because of the El Nino weather phenomenon. It has caused extreme weather meaning that rainy seasons did not materialize which devastated crops. According to the UN World Food Program's Chief Economist Arif Husain, the global humanitarian system is already struggling with a historic surge in migration plus huge operations in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. It also faces precarious situations in Ukraine, Burundi, Libya and Zimbabwe. "It's almost overwhelming to comprehend that in the 21st century people are still experiencing famines of such magnitude. We're talking about 20 million people, and all this within the next six months, or now," he told Reuters. http://www.dw.com/en/up-to-20-million-threatened-by-drought-in-eastern-africa/a-37580220

That trend has been evident for some time now. The two retail sectors performing well are: 1. Luxury, expensive. 2. Cheap. Everything in the middle is getting absolutely decimated. Thats not necessarily true. Many luxury items are merely mid class items with a higher polish. My nephew wants to buy a Land Rover and a friend has one. I suggested a Honda Pilot or similar product from Toyota. The horror stories of the cost of installing a hitch on a Land Rover. $1300 US at a dealer for the receiver alone. Electrical problems and land Rovers are synonymous. The auto sector is the best counter argument to your suggestion. NAFTA has allowed the upgrading of all North American auto production features over the last 20 years. Every year more features are added yet prices remain pretty constant. You can buy a starter Nissan four door car with auto and A/C cheap. Nissan is a decent car, safe and with excellent product support. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/08/31/cheapest-car-us-2017-may-surprise-you/89588476/

I'm not sure what point we're trying to get to. The polar bear population has been on a rise for the last 40 years, they are considered a threatened species and may begin to lose numbers because of the loss of sea ice. That's where that lays. As for sources, you start posting articles about Polar Bears concentrated in a certain area written by someone promoting a book about Polar Bears attacking people who is a paid propagandist again global warming and yes...we're going to have something to say about that. You then post from a source that is trusted (oh, god forbid, it's NPR -we knew where you were going with that, btw) and it's in line with scientific consensus and you're not going to get any push back. Just stop posting from garbage sources. You kept posting stuff that literally was only using its self as a source. And what the fuck with that lady anyway, the author of Jaws is very vocal that he wish he never wrote that book because it created a paranoia against sharks resulting in widespread shark fishing and hunting. Why would anyone who has supposedly spent their life studying an animal want to create the same atmosphere for that animal? Completely correct. Brent is down to grasping at straws from the far corners of the interwebs. He sours every website for any scrap of false-fact or statement that can help him. I even applaud his enthusiasm. But as usual his posts and references miss the mark. "No means no, a federal appeals court has decided. No pelts. No heads. No claws. No fur rugs. Polar bear trophies may not be imported to the United States from Canada, even if hunted there legally. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided on June 18 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) correctly enforced provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) when it denied hunters the necessary import permits for polar bear trophies from Canada to the U.S." http://www.care2.com/causes/no-polar-bear-trophy-imports-to-u-s-says-federal-court.html US hunters are the only substantial hunting force on the populations of polar bears. The northern Canadian Eskimo(Inuit) communities have been devastated by this ruling. Ten thousand dollars flowed to each community for every bear hunted by a US hunter, prior to this ruling.

That ship sailed a long time ago. Agree. IMO royreader is a tool of Putin's ideology. IMO it was Putin that either ordered or suggested the gas attack. The Syrian air force is a mere shadow of anything it used to be. It cannot operate whatsoever without Russian support and Russian pilots. Daily flights from Russia arrive with the needed parts for helicopters and the few remaining attack aircraft. A week ago President Trump stated that it was hands off on Syria. On Tuesday it was clear that Assad could remain. Russia had guaranteed that Assad had removed all gas weapons as part of the deal with Obama. The deal that arose when the "Red Line" was broken from the last Syrian gas attack. So why would Assad use gas? Russians were at that airfield and knew about the attack. Assad was winning on the battlefield. The preliminary preparations are already underway for an attack by Kurdish forces, led and supported by US marines on the capital of the IS state,Raqqa. An attack thats likely to start as soon an Iraq forces finish off IS in Mosul. The only answer is Russia. Putin wanted to test President Trump. http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fumbles-putin-quietly-prepares-invade-his-neighbors-578565 The cynical side of me says that President Trump saw his polls and support slipping. That nothing rally's support of a nation like war or a military action. But I believe President Trump and the statements he made for the motivations for the attack. The biggest mistake Obama made in his presidency was failing to respond to the "Red Line" he made in Syria. In his defense he wanted the avoid the costly military entanglements that the US had over the previous 15 years. Avoid the deaths of young US service personnel. His extreme caution was exactly what Trump stated again and again as a citizen and as a president candidate. To say out of foreign wars. Where the US has no pressing national interest. President Trump sent an appropriate, directed response to several countries. First the response was to Putin who ordered the attack. To Assad who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. To Iran whose proxy forces in the Quds militias,the Hezbollah militias in Syria and Lebanon. Are the main fighters in Syria and support fighters in Iraq. Then he sent a message to North Korea that he means business in the upcoming discussions over its missile program. A response to Kim of North Korea who fired off a missile on the eve of President Trump's meeting with the Chinese leader. Trump responded to that insult as well. Naturally there was confusion and disjointed messages from President Trump. Tillerson said that this was a one off response. President Trump said that he wanted to work with allies to solve the Syria problems. Clearly this goes counter to everything that bannon thinks and lives for. Clearly the appropriateness of the response is due to the superb military leaders that Trump has surrounded himself with. Russia has responded by suspending the air defense cooperation agreement in Syria. It seems to have confidence in its S-400 and S-500 SAM systems. Israel has launched 1/2 dozen attacks on Syria already, with impunity. In the face of S-400 systems. They use SPICE standoff glide bombs. The USAF has a similar system. The US can attack anywhere in Syria with impunity without overflight by any aircrew. I accept the 5% boost that President Trump will likely get in the next two weeks. I applaud the removal of the idiot bannon from the inner circle. Some of Trumps supporters may question this action. President Trump got this one right. I applaud him for it as long as he doesn't lean on the military too much. The military is but a tool of the political. Without political leadership the military is but a wrench without a job to fix.

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