Phil1111

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

"This year has seen a remarkable run for solar power. Auctions, where private companies compete for massive contracts to provide electricity, established record after record for cheap solar power. It started with a contract in January to produce electricity for $64 per megawatt-hour in India; then a deal in August pegging $29.10 per megawatt hour in Chile. That’s record-cheap electricity—roughly half the price of competing coal power. " 1 mwh=1000 kwh Below are US retail rates. Of course markups, standby peak generation costs and transmission costs are factored into residential rates. http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ When combined with: "Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Vinod Khosla, Jack Ma, John Doerr and 15 other high-profile investors have formed a new venture firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, that will pour at least $1 billion into cleantech companies over the next 20 years." https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/11/bill-gates-jeff-bezos-and-18-others-commit-1-billion-to-new-cleantech-fund-breakthrough-energy-ventures/

Its against the law to profit from goods or services provided to your own campaign. Its against the law to buy goods or services for less than fair market value.That provides an unfair advantage. He never funded his campaign himself. He relied on donations and the sale of trump branded goods. i.e. hats, etc. The intent of the thread was to address the implications of a family personally profiting from political family connections and how trumps failure to address it is illegal and unethical after he is in office. How its a recipe for corruption and influence peddling. For which Ivanka moving into the White House with her separate office while her brothers Eric and Donald run the family business. Smacks of either cash for access, pay for play, or any other excuse to profit from a political position. And I am sure you have physical evidence of any of this. Do you care to cite any of the laws you say we're broken? I will wait. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-29/trump-campaign-broke-law-by-soliciting-foreign-donations-complaint-alleges http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/fec-must-investigate-unprecedented-violations-campaign-finance-laws-clinton http://time.com/4579060/fec-donald-trump-campaign-contributions/ Unfortunately I'm personally not in possession of the "physical evidence". "Foreign Nationals Foreign nationals may not make contributions in connection with any election--Federal, State or local. This prohibition does not apply to foreign citizens who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States (those who have "green cards"). Corporations and Unions The law also prohibits contributions from corporations and labor unions. This prohibition applies to any incorporated organization, profit or nonprofit. For example, the owner of an incorporated "mom and pop" grocery store is not permitted to use a business account to make contributions. Instead, the owner would have to use a personal account. A corporate employee may make contributions through a nonrepayable corporate drawing account, which allows the individual to draw personal funds against salary, profits or other compensation. Donated Items and Services The donation of office machines, furniture, supplies--anything of value--is an in-kind contribution. The value of the donated item (the usual and normal charge) counts against the contribution limits. A donation of services is also considered an in-kind contribution. For example, if you pay a consultant's fee or a printing bill for services provided to a campaign, you have made an in-kind contribution in the amount of the payment. If you sell an item or service to a committee and ask the committee to pay less than the usual and normal charge, you have also made an in-kind contribution to the committee in the amount of the discount. Under limited exceptions in the law, you may provide certain goods and services without making a contribution to the committee. These exceptions are volunteering, travel expenses and business services. http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/citizens.shtml

Its against the law to profit from goods or services provided to your own campaign. Its against the law to buy goods or services for less than fair market value.That provides an unfair advantage. He never funded his campaign himself. He relied on donations and the sale of trump branded goods. i.e. hats, etc. The intent of the thread was to address the implications of a family personally profiting from political family connections and how trumps failure to address it is illegal and unethical after he is in office. How its a recipe for corruption and influence peddling. For which Ivanka moving into the White House with her separate office while her brothers Eric and Donald run the family business. Smacks of either cash for access, pay for play, or any other excuse to profit from a political position.

Most people would look with disdain upon anyone making fun of the disabled. They would take action when observing someone abusing animals. But there is something entertaining about those making fun of trump. Poking his fragile ego, lack of sensibilities and absence of restraint. It always gets the same reaction. SNL is going to reach new levels of popularity come Jan-Feb. 2017. Their opening skits get widespread play already. Alec Baldwin can write his retirement ticket during the trump presidency. Thats if trump doesn't order the CIA to kill him for treason first. But I forget the CIA,FBI.NSA are all conspiring against trump. He just may order his Secret Service driver to go to the NBC studios in NY to personally punch out Baldwin. But that won't do much damage because after all... trump has such small hands.

You sure talk tough. You must be right. In my experience talky talky bullshitting anonymous posters like you are never wrong. It has nothing to do with tough. $1000 a month(er, 62,151 rubles a mo. at todays exchange rates) will make the payments on the little Abkhazia dacha. With some left over for some quality borscht. With real sour cream on top. Not some cheap low fat milk! Lets give Royreader8812 credit where credit is due. He earned the couple kilos of good kolbasa for his efforts here. What he should do is move onto another site... maybe scuba diving. Take another English course, the Kremlin-Putin-KGB desinformatsiya courses 201 and 301. Then try again. Perhaps he can upgrade and fund a Sochi ski condo instead. Where he might even run into his boss on a lift(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPyycvflrQ. "The Kremlin's Troll Army Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter? ..."I know a lot of Muscovites have little dachas in Abkhazia," he wrote in a recent post. "But could these Muscovites have afforded their little dachas if they hadn't gotten rid of the Georgians and turned a flourishing region into cheap fucking shit, like they're doing now in Crimea?" ... "This is a category of people who I'm sure are paid some small amount of money, maybe $1,000 a month or less. But they're running legitimate blogs, they keep themselves busy. Sometimes they even publish something interesting. But when it's necessary, they also spread 'deza'"—shorthand for disinformation. ...The Kremlin, which has waged a massive disinformation campaign aimed at legitimizing Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, has employed so-called "troll armies" to invade online territories armed with pro-Moscow rhetoric. A June article by Max Seddon of BuzzFeed reported the Kremlin was spending millions of dollars to pay English-speaking Russians to promote President Vladimir Putin and his policies in U.S. media like Fox News broadcasting and The Huffington Post and Politico news sites. Trolls are reportedly expected to manage multiple fake accounts and post on news articles 50 times a day, often with sentiments as simplistic as "Putin makes Obama look stupid and weak!" http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/the-kremlins-troll-army/375932/

What kind of a cowboy, dope smoking, non-USPA, rogue DZ did you start out at? Anyway, after reading some of these many adventures I feel like a rocket-surgeon now. The greatest thing about some stupidity is that no injury results and everyone can laugh about it later.