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Context? We don't need no stinking context! Ron fears the "Deep State" [DS]. So anything that can be twisted into looking like a previous president was 'warning' us against that imaginary foe should be promoted. The fact that Trump, his minions and the Russians appear a LOT more like that 'Deep State' garbage than anything currently in the US is irrelevant.
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He's trying to convince people that there will be 'massive voter fraud'. He's trying to convince people that the votes have to be counted and a winner announced the day of the election. He's promoting violence against the Biden campaign. He's advocating insurrection. He IS cheating. And the Trumpettes are cheering it on. Note: This is a partial list of Trump's attempts to cheat the election.
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Yes and no. One of the 'funnier' things that's become apparent is that Trump has a fair amount of appeal to older, male blacks & latinos. It seems to be that those folks like how Trump is 'powerful', 'makes his own rules', and is dominant over women. But that is not as true for younger men 'of color'.
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There IS a problem with global warming... it stopped in 1998
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An interesting and hopeful post about the upcoming election and the overall future of American democracy from Heather Cox Richardson on FB. (Dated Oct 31 for those reading this in the future): https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/ From the post:
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Not entirely true. And there's a lot more to the government than the White House itself. There are a hell of a lot more people with "brains and competence" in government service than most people think. Some of it comes from a sense of duty, doing what they see as 'right' for the country. Some of them are simply in it for the job security and the benefits. But they are still quite capable of doing their jobs well. The idea of having a professional group of people who aren't political hacks or 'yes men' goes back a long way.
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Well, I don't doubt he'll try. He may try to whip up the Alt-right and incite violence. He may try to pardon himself and his inner circle. He may try a lot of things. However, any negotiation of a 'responsibility free' exit is a fantasy. Even if he was able to get some sort of immunity granted, it would likely be either cancelled or ignored. The 'under duress' part generally allows any deal of that type to be nullified. And the military showed pretty clearly that their duty is to the country and the Constitution, not to Trump. Their reaction to his attempts to illegally mobilize them last summer were quite admirable.
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Well, wasn't it McConnell who said something to the effect of 'our primary objective is to stop anything Obama wants, even if it hurts the country'? That's not something that was 'filtered' by the news outlets, the actual quote from McConnell is readily available. Wasn't it McConnell who sat on hundreds of bills that the D controlled house passed? The Ds passed the bills, and then sent them to the Senate (which is how it's supposed to work) and then they just sat there. Like Garland's appointment, McConnell refused to schedule hearings for them. (that's NOT how it's supposed to work). To pretend that the lack of bipartisanship is a bipartisan issue is a pretty solid example of 'both-siderism'.
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Or unless you are a wannabe dictator who is trying to steal the election by pretending that everything HAS TO BE counted that day, which would invalidate a lot of the early/absentee ballots.
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You're making the assumption that Falwell is thinking this through. You're making the assumption that he fully understands how the University can and will fight the lawsuit. Given the level of his self-delusion so far during this whole kerfuffle, I don't think those are safe assumptions.
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Oops. My mistake. I know that it took a ton of time and even more money. It's not a simple or easy or cheap project. Again, I got to see the first Turbine DC-3 converted (sort of). It took several years. At about the same time, they did a turbine Twin Beech. It included a large single tail to replace the twin tail. While it had serious potential, the project never went past the first one, in part because the first one was destroyed in a crash shortly after it started flying on a regular basis. The biggest hurdle for electric is batteries. Weight, capacity and charge/discharge speeds. All three of those have come a looong way in the past couple decades. I don't know how long it will take before they are flying on a regular basis, let alone flying jumpers. But I'd bet it's coming and may happen in my lifetime. I won't bet it happens before I retire from the sport, but I think I'll see it.
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Or maybe someone could invent a machine that makes a copy of a document. You know, a copy that would be similar to a photograph of the document. Kind of a 'photo-copy' of some sort. Someone should get on that project and invent some sort of 'copy machine' to do that.
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Oh please professor. It's not any stronger that it usually is.
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Please expand on why you think this is 'hypocrisy.' A quick search didn't reveal anything on how she became one. But as a former Senator and Presidential candidate, she's got the political capital to become one if she wanted. Or the notoriety to be appointed one if other people wanted her as one. In either case, she's part of the political landscape (not as much as the conservatives would like to paint her as).
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Yes it is. Here in the US, part 91 operators don't need an Air Operations Certificate. So we don't have that requirement. Now back to your regularly scheduled debate on electric aircraft,,, I would think it would be a hell of a lot simpler to modify an existing airframe to electric than to develop an entirely new plane. The certification process for a new plane is extensive (and expensive). Somewhat similar is the fact that most current skydiving rigs are made as 'updated versions' under the TSO of earlier model. That modification could come from either a manufacturer or an outside shop. Those 'modifications' could either be to existing aircraft (mfg or outside shop) or to newly manufactured airframes. Having a 'brand new' electric powered 182 would be cool as all hell. But expensive. Modifying an existing airframe to electric power would still be cool, but would probably be substantially cheaper than a new one. To be honest, I would expect to see an outside shop do conversions before the manufacturer. Stuff like Van's turbine 182, or the Basler DC-3 conversions are good examples. The process for Van's 182 was pretty well documented on here. Not simple, not cheap, not quick. I got to see pieces and parts of the development of the Basler DC-3. It was an incredibly complex and involved process. I did my original flight training at Basler in the mid-80s, when it was happening. When I started, Basler was running freight in original DC-3's (radial piston powered ones). Part of the reason for developing the turbine conversion was because parts for the radials were getting hard to find. And the reliability wasn't all that great.
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Oh yeah... 'Cuz by trolling people into quoting him, he gets around the 'ignore' function. I forgot about that part.
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'Cuz it makes you respond.
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Non-ethanol MoGas is reasonably available. My original DZ (now closed) had our own fuel tank & pump. We had a local fuel provider deliver fuel (non-ethanol) without any issues. A different DZ had a little fuel trailer. Basically a tank & battery powered pump. They would occasionally run to the local gas station (where non-ethanol was available, although I think it was premium) and fill up. The STC for using MoGas is fairly easy to get. I've jumped out of MoGas powered 182 a whole lot more than AvGas powered ones. I'm not aware of any requirement that the fuel be certified for aviation use. But that may be a Canadian requirement.
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Trump holds a rally in Omaha. For security reasons, people have to park their cars about 3 miles from the event, so the campaign has buses to take people from the parking lot to the event. After the event, it took over 3 1/2 hours to get those people back. In temps right around freezing. Several people ended up in the hospital. https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hundreds-of-people-waited-hours-in-the-cold-for-buses-after-trump-rally-in-omaha/article_9b050405-d58e-5441-8353-c16988e954ee.html
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Well, Putin is far from dumb. And he knows how to 'work' the media and the American public. I'm going to guess that he's doing this to add credence to the "Biden/Ukraine" narrative, and to try to get people to go down the 'if Putin thinks it's ok, then it must be really bad' rabbit hole. I think he knows Trump is in trouble, but is still trying to influence the outcome and get Trump re-elected. No matter what happens, the past 4 years have been a HUGE win for him.
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Good point. Considering that jump planes are basically climbing and descending as quickly as possible, a fixed pitch prop at low pitch would cover both of those situations. It would make ferry flights really slow, but that's not a super big deal.
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