Phil1111

I think you misunderstood the intention of my post. Some here have no intention of an objective understanding of the issues, facts and arguments posted. For which posts and links like yours seem useless. If the perceptive peephole of someone is 1/4", a fire hose of information will still have limited effect on the fire... Or none.

Its always important to understand the source of information and the qualifications of that source. Before the interwebs and breitbart news. People got detailed scientific knowledge from books and scientific journals. Scientific American magazine comes to mind. In order to get a book published or a study published in a magazine like Scientific American. You had to have a degree from a recognized university and peer support. Today anyone with a keyboard and access to the internet can publish. Set up websites and fill them with anything. With a basis in fact or with non-facts skillfully designed to mislead. Mislead those with already preconceived ideologies. Or mislead those who can't or lack the skills of inquiring minds to vet their sources of information. Unfortunately the biased, ignorant and those with minds disabled. By a lack of analytical or inquisitiveness of thought. Are everywhere, even here.

This is the paper that started the FSB and Putin to where they are today, sort of. A Russian general published a treatise on asymmetric warfare. It was published because he(and other Russian General leadership) recognized the limitations of Russian military and economic power.Vis-a-vis the US and NATO. It also represents a response to the decline in Russian leadership in the former Warsaw pact. The Russian empire and former Soviet republics subsequent membership in NATO. Together with the response that the FSB, Russian military leadership and the kleptocracy of the Russian state under Putin. Have to the west. First is an analysis published in the US army Military Review. "Military Review is… An established Army forum to promote original thought and debate on topics related to the art and science of land warfare. Provides publishing opportunity to original thinkers drawn from a wide variety of eclectic backgrounds without regard to rank or official position." http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20160228_art009.pdf and another with additional analysis: The author here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Galeotti analysis here: https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/the-gerasimov-doctrine-and-russian-non-linear-war/

OK naked use of a plasma cutter requires elaboration. What kind of cutter, how thick was the steel, what were you building and what drugs led to naked use of a plasma cutter?

I think he conquered this when he was 15-16. Although its difficult to completly conceal it. "So what about blushing? What is its relation to the truth? Well, blushing indicates a failed attempt to hide the truth." http://www.guidetopsychology.com/honesty.htm Thats why he uses the orange paint on his face. Its to conceal blushing.

A friend of mine broke his neck after diving from shore into a farm dugout. The water was muddy, shallow and he hit the bottom. He was about 27 when it happened and afterwards only had very limited mobility of one arm. Eventually as a result of the other injuries he ended up with a colostomy bag. He died about 10 years later, mostly as a result of the accident. Previously he was a excellent water and snow skier and very active. The new go-pro era continues to kill and injure the foolish. In numbers unprecedented before the interwebs and hero self imaging.

I remember the days, pre 9/11, show your ticket and pick your seat. Baggage! no limits. Decent meal-free! Drinks, well the passengers did all the drinking and they were all free.

"China to plow $361 billion into renewable fuel by 2020... China will plow 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country's energy agency said on Thursday, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels. ... The spending comes as the cost of building large-scale solar plants has dropped by as much as 40 percent since 2010. China became the world's top solar generator last year. ... The NEA's job creation forecast differs from the NDRC's in December that said it expected an additional 3 million jobs" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-energy-renewables-idUSKBN14P06P "The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely — not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work.... most voters saw Trump as the only choice for president. He vowed to undo looming federal rules and said President Barack Obama had been "ridiculous" to the industry. Trump told miners in Charleston: "We're going to take care of years of horrible abuse. I guarantee it."... That skepticism is supported by industry analysts, who say any recovery won't be centered in the eastern coalfields of Kentucky and West Virginia and will never bring U.S. coal back to what it once was. Last year, the nation had about 66,000 coal mining jobs — the lowest since the U.S. Energy Information Administration began counting in 1978. That's down 20,000 since a high point in 2008, and preliminary data show 10,000 more lost this year." http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-jobs-coal-country-biz-20161121-story.html

Here is the revelation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-intercepts-capture-senior-russian-officials-celebrating-trump-win/2017/01/05/d7099406-d355-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.b93f60bc7b82

Good answer. Now ask the same question here: http://www.basejumper.com/ If you still don't like the answers go to: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=base+accidents Sometimes you don't know what you don't know: http://static.squarespace.com/static/510d75a3e4b072208fa0710b/t/52f8164ae4b07ae93f1ad94d/1391990346306/Canopy%20Drills.pdf https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1103046/brit-tells-of-year-inside-hellish-dubai-jail-lags-ripped-man-apart-like-wolves/ You can kill yourself out of a AC too without traveling to exotic locations.

Ah! the US without regulations. trump learning from Putin about how to limit regulations and oversight. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/world/russia-red-river-siberia/

I can't remember ever seeing Foster Brooks before. That's the best drunk acting I've ever seen. But i guess he was famous for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Brooks

trump doesn't like renewable energy because: "His company the Trump Organisation previously lost two legal bids in the Scottish courts after ministers approved proposals for an 11-turbine scheme which Mr Trump said would spoil the view from his course. He took his case to the Supreme Court, where justices unanimously dismissed his appeal." http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38069605 Clearly this investor-weak-loser. Knows nothing about renewables.That's trump speak for a billionaire who has a net worth of 73 billion vr. trumps 3 billion. Who gave away to the Gates charity over $50 billion alone and $20 billion to other charities. I speak of Warren Buffet. His integrated oil,gas,energy company has 2020 installed wind turbines. https://www.berkshirehathawayenergyco.com/our-businesses/midamerican-energy-company and has now ordered 1000 more. http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2016/06/vestas-scores-massive-order-for-warren-buffett.html Buffet will have among the most wind turbines when this is complete. trumps charity giving? To himself, to his vanity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-retooled-his-charity-to-spend-other-peoples-money/2016/09/10/da8cce64-75df-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html?utm_term=.f84af3a4dd9c Then of course there is this Republican oil billionaire. "T. Boone Pickens's office is a shrine to a life of Texas power and wealth: framed Western landscapes, a portrait of his platinum-haired wife, photos signed by Republican presidents... Listening to all of your environmental ideas, it sounds like you're the Al Gore of Texas Republicans. Don't connect me to Al Gore! A lot of what he says just doesn't make sense. Texans know I'm environmentally directed in some ways. But I'm realistic about what's going on. Industry people are comfortable with me. Gore talks about getting rid of the combustion engine. I don't talk about that.... You recently announced plans to build the world's largest wind farm, in the panhandle. Is that about money or the environment? Money! First thing, it's about money. Of course, I'm also a good environmentalist. I can pass the saliva test. But I'm not going to go do a 4,000-megawatt wind farm for the environment first and money second. I'd rather go give money someplace else. You're talking about $10 billion... What kind of return do you expect? A minimum of 15%. It'll probably be closer to 25%." https://www.fastcompany.com/849689/texas-oil-tycoon-tackles-renewable-energy The bold highlights are for Brent's attention!

The worst part to me for seeing these things is that it likely wasn't the first time they have flown while under the influence, it's just that this time they pushed it and got caught. I also find it interesting that in many airline interviews there's the question: "Your captain arrives and smells of alcohol or appears (s)he may be under the influence, what do you do as a junior first officer?" "There are two FAR’s that are important to know when it comes to drinking and flying. Most pilots are aware of the “8 hour” rule, that is, 8 hours from bottle to throttle, although many airlines have a more stringent 12 hour time limit. Most pilots do not know of the 0.04% FAR, which prohibits flying an aircraft with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.04% or higher." http://www.airspacedoc.com/alcohol-the-pilot-and-the-faa/ Those questions are no different from the "have you ever broken a FAR?, What would you do if the Captain was breaking a FAR? What is most surprising about this is how drunk that pilot was. The reports have indicated a BAC of .28 at about the time he was arrested. Presumably he slept before the flight. That means close to a full 26 ounces of hard liquor were likely consumed by him. http://www.selfcounseling.com/help/alcohol/hourstozerobac.html

Which is a complete coincidence. Cheap coal has run out, and the next cheapest thing happens to be cleaner than coal was. Oh hey everyone, regulation is useless because just this once we would have eventually stumbled onto a better alternative anyway. Doesn't everyone feel stupid for forcing coal plants to run filters on their smokestacks for all those years when we'd have stopped burning it by now anyway? What harm could another 50 years of unfettered powerplant exhaust have done anyway? Actually there is still century's worth of cheap coal supplies. It more a matter that fracking and new drilling technologies has increased the supply of gas many-fold. currently there is insufficient pipelines and gas liquefaction port facilities to bring North American gas to world markets. "Five U.S. LNG export projects are under construction, including ones in Freeport and Corpus Christi, but many others are awaiting both regulatory approval and corporate decisions on whether to invest billions of dollars during a market downturn." http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/A-second-wave-of-Texas-LNG-export-projects-could-8327466.php "Under a year ago, U.S. LNG exports to Europe seemed unfeasible. Today they are a reality. Demand for gas is expected to grow in the next decade. Prices, if kept around $5 million Btu, allow for US exports and competition with Russia. Europe could gain greatly. An increase in LNG imports could provide a cushion for the next five years, while Europe, in its rush to guarantee its security, invests in pipelines, storage capacity, LNG terminals, and integrating the markets. Europe has a lot to gain from the unfolding of current events. A Trump presidency can push European institutions to begin thinking of an independent future, while the Russian threat can bring all European countries together to diversify supplies of gas and achieve energy security." https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-importance-of-us-lng-exports-to-europe/ These export scenarios would allow the US and EU to squeeze Russia and Gazprom down to the $4/million BTU(for long term contracts) and under price for EU gas imports. In addition remove Russian threats and meddling in the use of gas exports to Europe.

I finally unliked the "Vladimir Putin Fan Club" Facebook page because it was just so ridiculous. I did see that the majority of members were entirely fake. They didn't even do a good job at it. For example there was a woman who lived in Kenya but worked at West Point. If you clicked one level deeper to who their friends were they were all accounts in different countries with little activity. The remaining members were people like ruskimc and royreader who just weren't capable of seeing through the propaganda but since it was against Obama and Clinton they lapped it up and shared it on their own pages. Good post. thanks For Russian citizens I don't necessary blame them. Putin has eliminated all opposition. Some journalists he ordered killed. He shut down newspapers and TV opposition. The entire Russian state media apparatus operates to put a pro Putin, pro Kremlin spin on any news event. Russia's entire history has been counterproductive to democracy because many Russians believe it takes a "strongman" to lead such a huge country with so many diverse ethnic groups.Many Russians still blame Gorbachev. ""Why do so many Russians hate you?" Gorbachev was asked in a SPIEGEL interview exactly two years ago. He thought for almost an entire minute before finally answering: "People will probably stop hating me only after my death." But then he shook his head and corrected himself. "I don't have that impression. On the contrary: I've felt supported during all these difficult years." That, though, is not entirely accurate as was made clear once again on Wednesday. Despite the erroneous story of his death being quickly deleted, it triggered a wave of comments across the country -- a wave of hate. It was a mixture of political contempt, hostile invective and incomprehensible insults. Most of them centered on Gorbachev's central political accomplishment: Perestroika. As the general secretary of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev spent six years trying to open the country to the West and modernize its economy. But in 1991, the Soviet Union quietly collapsed -- an event that many in Russia still find painful. And Gorbachev, many believe, is to be blamed. Not a few think that he was acting on orders from the Americans." http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/false-story-about-gorbachev-death-unleashes-wave-of-hate-a-915670.html Many Russians dream of the day again when waves of shoddily built nuclear submarines again sail the seas. As a sign to the world that Russia means something. Is relevant to the world. Until then they will use 1970-80 era Soviet bombers to support Arab dictators by bombing hospitals and cities. There is a story in Spitnik International(Dec. 25, 2016) that offers great insight into Russian propaganda for home markets. Here is a quote from the story attributed to Putin. "A quarter of a century ago, on the night of December 25, 1991, the red flag was lowered from the Kremlin cupola – and the USSR was no more. Arguably what President Putin later described, in 2005, as "the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century" doubled as the most comprehensive fall of an empire in modern history.... Way beyond the historical archives of Marxism-Leninism suddenly being besieged by graphic, glitzy signs of conspicuous consumption, what developed on a personal level was a “real drama” (again, Putin’s words) of millions of Russians suddenly thrown out of the federation, dispersed among 12 new republics scattered across Eurasia... The world went unipolar in a flash; one form of totalitarianism disappeared to the profit of another, supported by two key pillars; NATO, propelled to the role of global Robocop, and the exorbitant privilege of printing the US dollar as a fiat currency. Breathless neo-Hegelian functionaries of Empire hastily proclaimed the end of History. To widespread neocon glee, that seemed to erase the 1987 verdict of Yale historian Paul Kennedy in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, who stressed that the global American empire, like all empires that came before, was declining... The go-go 1990s were heady times. Bill Clinton gleefully implemented the neocon Wolfowitz doctrine. Russia was raped by a bunch of Western remote-controlled oligarchs. NATO progressively reveled in its deeper role, as Lord Ismay had conceptualized, of “keeping the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down”. https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201612251048980320-ussr-eurasian-century/?utm_source=adfox_site_41917&utm_medium=adfox_banner_1922508&utm_campaign=adfox_campaign_626010&ues=1 Its unfortunate that trump gets his news from Breitbart.com. He could learn something by reading news and Russian positions. Straight from the Russian source. The above story allows a certain understanding of Royreader8812. About how the Russian mind is crafted by the FSB.

It might not kill businesses, it does kill people. "According to the Brookings Institution, a 500-lb weight reduction of the average car increased annual highway fatalities by 2,200-3,900 and serious injuries by 11,000 and 19,500 per year. USA Today found that 7,700 deaths occurred for every mile per gallon gained in fuel economy standards. Smaller cars accounted for up to 12,144 deaths in 1997, 37% of all vehicle fatalities for that year. The National Academy of Sciences found that smaller, lighter vehicles "probably resulted in an additional 1,300 to 2,600 traffic fatalities in 1993." The National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration study demonstrated that reducing a vehicle's weight by only one hundred pounds increased the fatality rate by as much as 5.63% for light cars, 4.70% for heavier cars, and 3.06% for light trucks. These rates translated into additional traffic fatalities of 13,608 for light cars, 10,884 for heavier cars, and 14,705 for light trucks between 1996 and 1999." Thats a great point because the biggest driver, if you pardon the pun. In reducing auto emissions and simultaneously improving fuel economy. Is weight reduction of cars and light trucks. I knew you would see the light on the environment Brent.Everyone does sooner or later. Congratulations Brent!

The below article is very comprehensive. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/whats-the-biggest-test-trump-will-face-in-2017-214594 The stock market in the second longest bull market in history. Suggesting a recession soon. P/E at 4th highest in history. http://www.multpl.com/ Second highest debt/GDP in history. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp Incomes of the trump voters have stagnated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Productivity_and_Real_Median_Family And upward social mobility of US citizens has stagnated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:The_Great_Gatsby_Curve.png

I realize that we may get our news from different sources. However, my local tv news today said that Ford cancelled a multi-billion dollar investment in Mexico and is doing a 700 million dollar investment in a US plant. Jerry Baumchen Agree All good till the bills come due. "Tax breaks in 2013 to such companies as Boeing Co., IBM Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. were part of $17 billion from state and local governments, according to Good Jobs First. In 2014, the figure dropped to $7 billion, and last year fell to $4.8 billion, according to preliminary figures.... "Corporations have long gotten pretty much whatever they wanted under the guise that they are doing something wonderful for the community or society as a whole," wrote Tim Noonan of West Bend, Wisconsin, in a November 2014 letter to the board, arguing for greater disclosure of corporate incentives. “This is rarely ever the truth, they get what they want so a politician can make themselves look good for a reelection." Louisiana, where declining oil prices slashed tax revenue, still provided $7 billion in tax breaks in 14 separate deals in the past three years. The cost of tax breaks and other incentives to corporations have exceeded state corporate income and franchise tax revenue by more than $225 million since November. The state can ill afford such largess. The new governor, Democrat John Bel Edwards, took office in January facing a $950 million deficit in the current budget year and $2 billion in the next two. Nor are incentives guarantors of prosperity. German Pellets Louisiana, a manufacturer of wood fuel for commercial and residential use, in 2013 received a $75 million industrial tax exemption for capital improvements under a state program for job creators. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February. In a court filing, the company blamed slumping oil prices, warm winters and a bad investment... "The pendulum may have been too generous,” Ciccarone said. “A correction is healthy, but you don’t want to create a hostile environment to economic activity." The new GASB rules will require state and local governments to reveal the description and purpose of all tax abatements, the dollar amounts involved and provisions for recapturing the revenue. "As the transparency gets better, that will increase the public outrage," said Thomas, who has followed trends in public subsidies for more than 20 years. "There’s an ebb and flow to subsidies, but somewhere down the line there will be another recession, and we’ll see what state and local governments do." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-26/taxpayer-gifts-to-companies-fall-70-as-u-s-states-pull-back

Then there are all the regulations with regards to trumps conflict of interest matters. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/ Perhaps there is a reason why the income tax records weren't disclosed. Why there was no press conference regarding what he was going to do about the conflicts. Perhaps a fire hose will be needed to put out all the fires when the "deregulation" bills hit the floor.

Yes and YES Oversight of elected officials is the duty of every citizen. Its as important as voting. It gives an indication about the integrity of each person who voted to strike the oversight of the office. Drain the swamp, fake news and voters for trump. People don't trust politicians or their transparency of actions and politicians still don't get it.

I have to agree with Brent on the XL pipeline. Energy pipelines are the safest method to move petroleum products by far. I have to disagree with rolling back environmental regulations unless they have no benefit to all of, environment, safety or costs. trump has stated that he wants to roll back regulations on coal. Coal is dead. There will never be another coal mine built or coal fired power plant expansion. Although there is the prospect of legacy (existing) coal mines continued operations through deregulation. Natural gas is already cheaper than coal. Its more responsive to peak and irregular power demands than even coal. In addition, more deregulation of fracking and drilling will bring more nat gas to the markets.

Well...well...well... the pigs got the message.Might have to find another way to the full trough. "House Republicans Back Down on Bid to Gut Ethics Office" http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/us/politics/trump-house-ethics-office.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Well there is this one: https://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2016/news-tips/

True, but if they did impeach him that would make Pence POTUS. I'm thinking the GOP could live with that. Trump will not be impeached unless he does something both illegal and major. Being a lying liar is not enough. We can close this thread now. "House GOP votes to rein in independent ethics watchdog" Between self investigation, closed doors and the new amendment. "The proposal bars the ethics office from considering anonymous tips about potential ethics violations and prevents disclosures about investigations. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4830096;page=unread#unread Impeachment is impossible! I recall trump saying something about "Donald Trump doubles down on claim he could ‘murder’ someone and not lose voters" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/24/donald-trump-doubles-down-on-claim-he-could-murder/