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I doubt that Canada is a "safe distance". A 10% tariff on any goods entering the US won't be good, although the low exchange rate on the Canadian dollar will help offset this some. Increases in air and water pollution won't magically stop at the border. Abandoning the two-state solution to the Israel/Palestinian problem will certainly cause an increase in conflict and terrorism. Launching a new nuclear arms race will increase the odds that someone will miscalculate, and Canada is still in between the US and Russia. At least Trump won't be able to take away your health insurance. The converse is probably true as well. Don So if i understand your post correctly. Because of 62,979,636 high school educated white voters. Who all want legacy jobs of the US post WW II industrial boom to return. The coal, rubber, steel, shipbuilding, furniture making,clothes making, etc. All paying $100k a year for a 40 hour workweek. That ...that... the whole world has to pay for that small mistake. That because they were mislead, tricked and fooled by a smooth talking, easy lying NY,NY salesman. That Europeans might have to start converting wine cellars to nuclear bombshelters in the basements of their homes? Oh Lord, please put 2016 behind us and let 2017 fly by like a Hawaii vacation.

Everybody needs to make a balloon jump.Or a couple. Its like a safe BASE jump. How much?

Swoon... Wendy= Firecracker 1.1 An outstanding, exciting, or attractive person or thing: 1. frequently used to describe women who are not afraid to speak their mind, and will often do so at the behest of others. 2. one who is exciting, unpredictable, tough, hard-nosed, and free living. (could be male or female) Then there’s firecracker. You want to be called a firecracker, I think? If you’re a woman, it means that the speaker approves of you. He (it’s usually a he) finds you feisty, energetic, opinionated, and honest. You also may be on the petite side, like a compact paper cylinder packed with explosives. The point is, it’s cute when you yell! http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/01/04/bright_young_thing_firecracker_whip_smart_compliments_that_may_be_backhanded.html http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=firecracker https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/firecracker

The title character in The Ugly American was actually the good guy. Please, everyone -- it's a great book about the pitfalls of how we sometimes see ourselves and behave WRT other countries, and ways to do it better, with respect, and getting respect (and some broader horizons) in return. I encourage everyone to read it -- especially those who want to use the phrase, so it can be reclaimed and used correctly. (and now back to your regularly scheduled SC thread topic....) You're right!. ""Ugly American" is a pejorative term used to refer to perceptions of loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless, ignorant, and ethnocentric behavior of American citizens mainly abroad, but also at home.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Although the term is usually associated with or applied to travelers and tourists, it also applies to U.S. corporate businesses in the international arena." Emphasis on ethnocentric. "Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.[1][page needed] Ethnocentric individuals judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group or culture, especially with concern for language, behavior, customs, and religion. These ethnic distinctions and subdivisions serve to define each ethnicity's unique cultural identity.[2] Ethnocentrism may be overt or subtle, and while it is considered a natural proclivity of human psychology, it has developed a generally negative connotation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_American_(pejorative) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentrism and how the world sees trump. http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-03-14/in-trump-the-world-sees-the-ugly-american The world really doesn't see the US like the aforementioned article. But such conduct only goes to reinforce prejudiced minds. I say that because the exact people who make such references. Will freely admit to the generous and accepting nature of most US citizens. They know of Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Africans, Jews, Muslims, who have emigrated and found community in the US. Free from the prosecutions and encumbrances of their home countries. The final proof is: http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/08/geography-americas-many-languages/6438/ 60 million would represent only three million less than voted for trump. That story was from 2013 so the number is likely over 63 million now

Being a racist bigotted fuckwit is what's wrong with that. They weren't expecting the bitch queen to assimilate to them. They weren't engaging her at all. You and she might be such delicate little flowers that your tender ears can't deal with overhearing foreign words spoken between two strangers who just happen to be near you - but unfortunately you have no right to an english only safespace around you when you step outdoors. You're just going to have to button up your big boy pants and deal with it. How dare you challenge the right by God almighty. Of the ugly American to remain ugly. Both foreign and domestically? Did the US not teach you Brits in 1775 and again in 1812? It is by God and by Constitution. A right to remain ugly. To deprive the dispossessed of civil considerations. etc. etc. And to vote for Presidents as ugly as us. When we brought slaves here from Africa we made them speak American. Then we freed them from slavery because they learned to speak American and were assimilated. When we were done killing the Navajo tribe,the Cherokee tribe and other tribes. We gave them the right to be Americans because they were assimilated and learned to speak American. We give our citizens the right to freedom of religion as long as they speak American and assimilate. We give citizens the right to burn the US flag as long as they speak American in public and assimilate. We give our citizens the right to shop in stores, gather and assemble in groups freely. As long as they assimilate and speak American. ...rant...over... I need to check Kellyanne Conway's tweets to see if there is anything else to tnow.

Distasteful as I find Trump, the saving grace of him winning is getting to witness the complete meltdown of those who preferred the other candidate. Considering quite who goes on record calling him a poopy head and on what basis, I am beginning to suspect that he has more going for him than I would have guessed. Carry on! Quite right! https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/12/21/the-trump-administration-is-already-on-its-way-to-a-new-ethical-low/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_2_na&utm_term=.b21ed3fa8780 Subsequent to Democrats gaining control of the House, or Senate, or Presidency and trump being no longer in office. There will begin investigation to find corruption, cronyism, nepotism and assess damages. What trump doesn't seem to understand about the courts. Is that when the US government is involved in investigations. When government sub-committees are involved in investigations. Their resources are unlimited. When he calls the media, judges and those who didn't vote for him. All conspirators against him.That puts more eyes, mouths and minds on his personal conduct. He will answer for enjoying the spoils of the Washington swamp. That even the best advice of Goldman Sachs can't conceal everything.Hide everything, including the trails of contracts, cash and coverup. He thinks the non-disclosure of his taxes. The failure to disclose or separate trump and princelings business interests. Will keep them secret. While self enrichment goes on. The microscope of the presidency will set him right. Sooner, or later.

Hopefully they are protected against Russian and Chinese hacking by some kind of isolation as well. Tit for tat cyber wars are just around the corner. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-hacks-into-ukraine-power-grids-may-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/#

I could feel the blood pressure rising right through the keyboard. I was thinking about the severe damage to the White House of a trump renovation to the historic home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biwm9hG_-nc Gold leaf trim meets, Tony Montana, meets Texas whorehouse style red velvet curtains. You know trump style. Imagine the Committee for the Preservation of the White House having to make the tough decision after four years. Thats its easier to bulldoze the building and rebuild from scratch. Rather than have it keep looking like a trump casino. http://www.conservativebookclub.com/18717/featured-article/how-trump-will-make-the-white-house-great-again

And then the Star Spangled Banner could be replaced with Dueling Banjos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwc57zkBW5w https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2169395/how-donald-trump-might-redecorate-oval-office-to-look-like-flashy-trump-tower/

Actually its the whole country that has to. But don't feel too bad there are others who have let the US down. 1. John Wilkes Booth 2. Lee Harvey Oswald 3. James Earl Ray 4. Richard Nixon 5. Aldrich Ames 6. Tokyo Rose 7. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 8. Benedict Arnold 9. Channman and 62,979,635 (46.1%) Donald Trump voters. Sorry i just couldn't help myself it was too easy!

Why would it matter what color the handles were if you could not see them? I would think the situation you are implying would be if you COULD see your handles and due to disorientation and harness shifting and because they look identical you decided to pull the wrong one. (I have dual color coordinated pillow handles btw) I thought of that when I was proofreading but was too lazy to change or amend it. Threads like this are useful for all levels of experience because they require introspection about possible problems and how a person would have to resolve them. Then to add go-pros, gloves, etc. into the equation.

I know you're writing in jest. But its surprising the number of trump supporters that have that exact view. They want a 350 ship navy. Want programs to bring back coal, US heavy industry and rebuild the infrastructure. Cut corporate taxes to repatriate offshore stranded earnings of US corporations. Cut personal taxes, etc. etc. When I suggest the costs associated with this, all the borrowing needed and high current employment levels would drive wage inflation. When its pointed out that Obama, together with Republican house and senate members. Just spent $9 trillion in stimulus and QE. To get the US out of the last recession. https://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-under-obama-3306293 The response in about 20-30% of trump supporters is to declare bankruptcy and therefor "stick it to China". Because China holds most of US bond obligations. When its suggested that the Japanese hold the majority of US foreign debt. That Japan is a friend of the US. Well that would just be too bad for them. When I further point out that the majority of US debt is held by US citizens. "Widows and orphans" so to speak and retirees. That US pension funds would be crippled. That the US really can't do it. I just get more trump speak. Thats all liberal, wall street bs. That bankruptcy is a really good option...Yikes.

Though I like the idea of Alec Baldwin getting beat up....I think the Secret Service should be on the job here. Maybe we compromise - the Secret Service can beat up Baldwin. Why? This makes me kind of like him. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/arts/television/a-tangerine-wig-and-a-tightrope-walk-alec-baldwin-as-donald-j-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

trump and Goldman Sachs. It just gets better and better. "Trump has made a number of Goldman alums close members of his inner circle. Steve Bannon, the controversial former head of Breitbart News who took over Trump’s campaign and now serves as Trump’s chief strategist, spent time at Goldman before launching his own investment firm. Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, Steven Mnuchin, spent nearly two decades at Goldman before getting into the hedge fund business. And most recently, Trump selected Gary Cohn, who was Goldman’s president and chief operating officer, to serve as the head of his National Economic Council." http://thehill.com/policy/finance/311169-goldman-sachs-good-for-a-quarter-of-dows-trump-rally and now "CFTC fines Goldman Sachs $120 million for manipulating interest rate products ... The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., GS, -0.78% and its bank subsidiary for attempts beginning in January 2007 and continuing through March 2012 to manipulate and make false reports concerning the U.S. Dollar International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fix, a global benchmark for interest rate products. The CFTC press release said that Goldman's alleged unlawful conduct involved multiple traders, including the head of Goldman's Interest Rate Products Trading Group in the United States. The CFTC said that among themselves, Goldman traders described trades based on the manipulated USD ISDAFIX as being based on the "jacked price," as opposed to the "fair price"; remarked that other Goldman traders had "gamed the fix" in order to benefit related positions; and strategized how best to extract the "higher value" of USD ISDAFIX cash settlements against customers who lacked Goldman's insight, as a major swap dealer, into the process. Goldman initially did not cooperate with the investigation by failed to produce communications and documents that were potentially relevant to the inquiry. " http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cftc-fines-goldman-sachs-120-million-for-manipulating-interest-rate-products-2016-12-21 It looks as if the Washington Swamp will be filled before its drained. Certainly the Goldman Sachs boys can teach the princelings new more developed and professional techniques to grub money at the trough.

In a way astronauts are a poor example IMO. They are the best of the best with no offense intended to the USN. For every $ the USN spends on Top Gun pilots, NASA likely spends $10,000. Full size modules underwater to practice on, etc. etc. The mission commanders are the pick of test pilots who have dealt with real emergencies, in dead calm demeanor. Pilots deal with simple emergencies to complex. Ones where a co-pilot might be flipping through page after page of a manual. To try another procedure to reset some obscure but necessary fuse. Some where the problem is no gear down but an hour of fuel to figure it out. To Scully's no power, no altitude, full load and no good options. As several have mentioned already altitude and rate of decent are the buffering factors in decision making. A canopy flying more or less straight and more than less inflation. Is different than a spin increasing mess where the rate of decent is the same as freefall. Now the situation is: Dual color coordinated pillow handles under a high speed spinning mal where you can't see your handles. Now act correctly you have seven seconds to safe minimum deployment altitude.

The "beauty" of a private security force is they don't have to follow the same laws. I can't imagine that's going to go over well with his Secret Service guys though. Laws? Since when have laws stopped Trump or his minions from doing whatever the hell they want? And I don't see any conflict with the Secret Service. These goons won't be involved in protecting Trump or his family. They are the ones who will go out and "deal with" anyone who says bad things about him. I'd imagine they'd like to have a "talk" with Alec Baldwin. Yes and when trump or the princelings have to meet with donors in "undisclosed" locations. Or when discussions have to take place regarding how much for what favor. Their loyalty will presumably on display whey they can't remember anything. When testifying before congress, a house committee on corruption. Or a court proceeding regarding racketeering. Just like this famous guard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ag4nkSh7Q "I see nothing"

Unlike the anti oil activists? When you just look at the decline of sharks alone, somewhere in the realm of 90% in just a few decades, it is actually frightening. The shift from species to species as they disappear, for commercial fisheries, is a good indication of the state of the ocean. I believe there would be very few people other than those working in the fishing industry that would oppose the notion that this is a serious problem. We were all told that the trees were the main thing to provide us with oxygen but it only makes sense that the ocean would play a greater role when you think about it and learn about it. I suppose it was only a matter of time... ...That you and I agree on something! Don't get me started on Chinese consumption of shark fin soup. Outlaw fishing ships, trawl nets, bilge-water dumping by tankers, etc. The oceans have the biggest role in global warming. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/2013/07/03/how-much-co2-can-the-oceans-take-up/ Above from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography Although I believe we need greater photosynthesis through algae, trees, etc. to convert increasing co2 to o2. For now, détente, I guess, comrade.

I know what you're trying to say but there is a difference between the gliding capabilities of a AC and a skydiver. AC emergencies are generally not high spinning, high g-load ones as well. Factors of which tend to confuse rational problem management. I think this is the best line of the tread: "The difference between a well-thought-out execution of procedures and a panicked one is only a couple seconds. If you pull at the right altitude, then you have time for that. Try once, try twice, buh-bye. " Some altitude to maneuver a reserve to a good landing site is always very nice. Prevents injuries as well.

I can just imagine what will happen when they both groups head out to the range for some trigger time. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38297345

False. Some people think that the accusation that a Secretary of State was allowed to enrich themselves using their position of power is a batant right wing smear with no basis in fact. Yes, if those children weren't allowed to sit in on Presidential meetings with government representatives of countries in which their business is operating it would be so terribly unfair on the little darlings. To my knowledge they might be involved to some degree in the transition, but I was unaware they are receiving high level security clearances and positions within the administration to meet with such heads of state. Where will they find the time to run the Trump Empior as been reported by the media? The Opening Day Foundation a "nonprofit" was started by the trump princelings, to fund "conservation charities". "The paperwork for the Opening Day Foundation listed four directors: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump...A Center for Public Integrity review of Texas incorporation records found the Opening Day Foundation was created less than a week ago, on Dec. 14. Unlike political committees, such nonprofits aren’t required by law to reveal their donors, allowing sponsors to write seven-figure checks for access to the president while staying anonymous, if they choose. The event offers sponsor packages ranging from $25,000 to $1 million. The Trump family has come under scrutiny since the election as questions swirl about how the president-elect will handle his business interests in office. He has said his adult children will take over, but has offered no concrete details. A charity auction for a coffee date with future first daughter Ivanka Trump appeared to have been shut down over the weekend. " The poor princelings can hardly contain themselves in their greed..er... haste to grab as much cash as possible. One closes a "charity" event while her brothers start up another. The only question remains is if there will be statutes bought from charity money of Ivanka,Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.With the sculptor enhancing the size of the hands of Eric and Don Jr. of course! After all President elect trump bought a nice painting of himself using charity money from another trump charity. The princelings certainly need images of themselves in the white-house and the lobby of Trump tower. So all the political cash can be properly directed to the right trump child. http://thehill.com/homenews/news/311122-trump-brothers-behind-nonprofit-offering-access-to-president-elect-report "Where will they find the time to run the Trump Empior as been reported by the media?" It seems as if they never sleep they are so busy!

I'd have to say I'm neither. But we'd probably get along just fine. I'd only laugh about your Racer behind your back. Or you might think I'm deplorable. Racer, now thats funny. I detest the term deplorables. trump can't deliver the legacy steel mill jobs that pay $100k a year. For plants that were never upgraded during their entire history. The old tire plants that hired any American who could drive a forklift and still pay $100k a year. Whether they could read or write, or not. They all still deserve a vote. The question remains if they recognize the mistake they made by voting trump in 2017 or if it takes till 2018.

Yes and yes. What insurer will even offer private pilot liability insurance with that felony record and mental history. Aviation insurers are notoriously conservative and risk adverse. Some criminals can never be rehabbed. $50K from "zero to hero" with a guaranteed instructor job. http://www.aviationschoolsonline.com/school-info/Airline-Transport-Professionals---37-U.S.-Flight-Training-Locations/83/1606/F/1.php I guess the extra $75k is for lawyers, coke,booze hookers and the rest he'll just waste. Oh! but nobody would hire or insure him. Let alone a first class medical, or even third class dealing with his mental history "depression, attention deficit disorder and intermittent explosive disorder.[18] ".

I think it was a sukhoi or mig fighter/bomber. It was IS who downed the Russian airliner in the Sinai with a bomb.

A crappy $4 million euro suitcase to Putin gets you Turkey. If he hadn't been so cheap he could have got Switzerland. There is a Russian saying: The thief who stole an altyn (3 kopecks) is hung, and the one who stole a poltinnik (50 kopecks) is praised. A kopeck is 1/100 of a ruble.

Smart, distributed power generation grids are the wave of the future. Including industrialized countries. They naturally lend themselves to solar, wind and cogeneration projects. http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/beyond-the-building-blocks-implications-of-the-clean-power-plan-for-distributed-resources-and-advanced-grid-technologies/ http://www.elp.com/articles/print/volume-91/issue-5/sections/smart-distribution-a-self-healing-and-optimized-grid.html https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/distribution_intelligence.html The future smart grid for developing countries. http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/The_Future_Electricity_Grid.pdf