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Hypothetical. What if we did say, "to hell with the NATO mission" and left the Rammstein Airbase? I know we run a lot of different missions through there but what if we needed to throw down the guantlet and get the other countries to pay more into NATO. Could we relocate the elements that run out of there? Airlift, Drone relay, various fighter and bomber squadrons? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Un-fucking-believeable, Ron. You're actually making excuses for someone speaking against FACTS and against the United States Government about those FACTS on the international stage. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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BillyVance's "You Can't Make This Up" News Stories Thread
DJL replied to BillyVance's topic in The Bonfire
To be fair, the pliers look like they're in perfect working order. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
What? You don't think the DNC had anything to do with it? Yes, she owned the DNC which is what forced out Bernie. If there was a broader field they would have forced out those candidates too. It seems as though Sanders and Webb were the only two who got the memo that the DNC had already picked HRC to go all the way so nobody else ran. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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....Four dead in Ohio..... A writeup on the book "67 Shots" that covers some of the rhetoric from the day that lead to the Kent State shootings. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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And that the GOP split the "sane" vote too many ways for the winner take all voting method to produce a sane candidate. She had too much political clout and everyone knew it. In any other election Bernie Sanders would've been gone before the first quarter. Everyone else stayed home so she took the nomination. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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So the best you can say about Trump is that he's as popular as the person you say was the WORST President? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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You're tying too hard to corner Dan into a point he didn't make. We fought the war to take down Hitler and Pearl Harbor was the catalyst that we were able to use to cement our resolve. Pearl Harbor was bombed December 1941. By that time the US was in a full swing providing munitions and supplies to Britain and by the fall the USSR. The US Navy was defacto at war losing ships to German submarines. While the political "mood" within the US was hesitant, the government and military were preparing to fight. Yes, there's no doubt we should have been in it earlier. What all countries did in fighting against Hitler was good, however you're making some leaps in thinking that the world knew what was going on. Mobile gas vans were used in 1941, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka and Aushwitz were not active until 1942. Yes, word of atrocities was getting out but in 1941 the world didn't have the luxury of 70 years of information to know exactly what happened and where. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I read up a few nights ago, when this thread started, on the people who were apposed to the war and why, quite a read. Here's one of the better articles I found. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/the-debate-behind-us-intervention-in-world-war-ii/277572/ "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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It was really sort of like the game of telephone because the person responding replied to the post but not the context within the preceding post. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Sorry man, this is an instance where you really need to say, yeah, looks like that's some fake news. I'm sure there are people leaving the D party, there always are but as for a #walkaway movement...nope. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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OH yeah???? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MElMc4DQgZ0 I yo face! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Yes, but Stalin gets equal credit for that and no-one would accuse him of doing it with good intentions. Yeah, weird how we don't wave the flag much in regards to Stalin. I often wonder if part of why we delayed was to let Hitler take him down. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I don't think he was really saying we didn't do good but acknowledging that there were a lot of bodies in the ground before there was adequate political support for our total involvement. Yes, we did one of the greatest things in human history by taking down Hitler. As an aside, this is a video I watch occasionally when I need a reminder of the death toll from WWII. https://vimeo.com/128373915 "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Yeah, or what? Please do explain when exactly in the 20th century freedom in the US was threatened? War of 1812 AKA the War of WAY Northern Aggression. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Tandem double mal, cameraman saves! VIDEO, MUST SEE !!!
DJL replied to skydiverek's topic in Tandem Skydiving
I have the Sigma Manual on my desk, the only scenarios where you first detach the RSL are: Open container (out of sequence) only if you cannot deploy the drogue Drogue Entanglement with videographer or 3rd person Detached Drogue with container open with bag still in container Collapsed Drogue in tow after unsuccessful drogue release The collapsed drogue is adequate for deploying the main normally on either system. The USPA IRM also does not defer to manufacturer's data in a collapsed drogue situation so I assume it's the same for the "other" systems that are used at lease in the US. As far as this situation goes I can't tell if the risers are released, much less the RSL, can't tell if the student drogue release has been activated but I don't see it. It appears as though the instructor drogue release is in place but it's possible that it was stuck in place (hard pull) which wouldn't be out of reason since some sort of serious packing fuckup and failure of a gear check put him in this situation to begin with. If he had attempted to cut away before deploying the reserve then a properly installed and routed instructor drogue release would've gone with the cutaway handle but if it was jammed then he could've chopped with it staying in place. Basically, what I'm getting at is that it's likely he didn't follow procedures for an open container because the only thing that would not allow the drogue to release would be something routed through the drogue release three ring that held it in place. Perhaps that's why the instructor handle was still in place. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
Nobody is thumbing their noses at the armed forces. Read the third post again. Nope, he's just insulting RushMC. Yes, there are blind followers in the military but we need those people there too. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Tandem double mal, cameraman saves! VIDEO, MUST SEE !!!
DJL replied to skydiverek's topic in Tandem Skydiving
Out of curiosity, what section did you pull that from? On a Strong Dual Hawk the procedure would be no different on that rig regardless of whether it was configured with the current closing system. The curved pin was more prone to an open container without the drogue being released. You'd really have to fuck up the pack job in the current configuration for that to happen but it's been done. I think what's being asked about the procedure you posted is at what point in the skydive you're applying it to. Again Strong Dual Hawk and TNT: First the TI has an open main tray with the D-Bag out. The procedure is to activate the main deployment as usual. There will likely be a malfunction that the TI needs to deal with but there's no automatic path to disconnecting the RSL or cutting away the main. For UPT Sigma "Container Open": Deploy drogue immediately If Drogue cannot be deployed Release RSL shackle Pull cutaway handle Ensure Full release of main risers Deploy Reserve "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
Nobody is thumbing their noses at the armed forces. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Edit: I'm also not trying to say that holding back was the wrong move. Germany was exhausting itself against Russia and it's very likely that US involvement earlier would've caused them to stop their offense leaving us with an entrenched, well supplied and healthy enemy with Rommel in his prime atop a very large column of tanks. The narrative on us rushing to the defense of those victims changes quite a bit depending on the target audience. Sometimes people will say that we fought WWII to end the holocaust but that's rubbish, we did very little in that regard during the course of the war. It's well documented that we knew the locations of the camps, knew what was happening there and knew that bombing the associated military bases or facilities could be done without killing the prisoners. The next picture we like to paint is that the soldiers "found" the bases on their advance through Germany but that's also rubbish. There's no way that a theater commander wouldn't know the location of any encampment of that size and not know what it was. So I'm not saying that our mission wasn't in hindside an effort against crimes against humanity but we sure did bide our time getting there. Two thirds of the Jewish population had already been killed. Of that remaining 1/3 many were in hiding, had fled, were temporarily safe because they served as window dressing to show the world that they were being treated well, but if the war had been delayed much longer there wouldn't have been many left to rescue. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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No response. Let's draw the line before the fact this time. Sure, he may actually come back with a strong move but on that off chance that he tries to downplay that NK is continuing with their program. What would you think about a US politician doing that? Trump has now voiced his assurance several times that NK will continue to denuclearize despite NK's claim that they will not. He in effect is becoming NK's minister of disinformation. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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When I was in Lutheran School several decades ago I was taught that Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem for a census. Not for asylum. Also they were in a stable because there was no room in the inn. Not because they were homeless. I really haven't kept up through the years so maybe the story has changed or I missed the sequel or something. It's the sequel - J, M and J fled to Egypt AFTER the visit of the Magi to escape Herod's murdering of the newborn babies. Matthew 2:13-15 New King James Version (NKJV) 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.” 14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Kallend, you are right that we should provide shelter for the Son of God. The remainder are likely terrorists. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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When I was in Lutheran School several decades ago I was taught that Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem for a census. Not for asylum. Also they were in a stable because there was no room in the inn. Not because they were homeless. I really haven't kept up through the years so maybe the story has changed or I missed the sequel or something. Sounds like he's taking artistic liberty with the 2000 year old story about a woman who convinced her husband (fiance?) that she was magically impregnated. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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There’s stupid ideas floated in private and then there’s talk of engaging militarily with a foreign country in private. Both are not equal. Beyond that, why send a single US soldier to a place where there are NO US national interests. Actually, the disaster of Venezuelan declining oil exports. Helps the US. Besides, the opponents to Maduro absolutely do not want the US involved in or supporting their efforts. They really don't give a shit about the US and being anti-Maduro does not make them Pro-US. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Rush, I'm entirely with you that these acts are deplorable. I’m not. One of the first listed acts is a Democrat politician who simply stated he would mobilise a base of ‘angry’ Latino voters against Trump in the coming elections. Who but the most rabid or brainwashed of ultra right wingers could possibly have a problem with that? Oh hell, I'm not actually going to click on a Breitbart article. Maybe I should just say that there's no excuse for advocating or committing acts of violence for political purposes. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher