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Hillary has Lucifer on her side, Trump has Jesus… Got to drink the adrenachrome from babies in a pizza basement to have true power

People who state Harris can’t articulate anything seem to have prejudice/misogyny, comprehension problems or the inability to speak English. As for Joe 2.0, he’s done a pretty good job, peacefully handed over the reigns to a younger candidate. I’d say he’s a pretty good act to follow.

Ironically enough, Woke ideology is singularly humorless. As Gandhi said, "fuck 'em if they can't take a joke." Like most religiously held beliefs, any parody must be accompanied by appropriate emoticons to so indicate, since any attempt at being more absurd is futile. Much of Woke liturgy seems to have been lifted verbatim from humor anthologies. The response to the question of whether the Radio Announcer job application was successful of "N- n- n- no, they di- di- di- didn't hire me 'cause I'm j- j- j- jewish" was not a case of antisemitism. It is unfortunate that much of the efforts of the Woke mob are entirely counterproductive. For example, the effects of Affirmative Action tend to call into question the qualifications of people who actually have paid their dues and are well qualified. Working with Lethal Service equipment, I do not want to be anywhere near a 'Diversity Hire' of any stripe. I have lived long enough to have seen vast improvements in some of the issues that are dear to the hearts of the Woke, and take exception to their misrepresentation. I have worked with and for people from every continent but Antarctica, male and female (there's a difference), straight and gay, and the only criteria that matter are integrity and professional competence. The most patently racist people I know are those who complain the loudest about 'racism' and so forth. The academics who claim it's 'racist' to expect employees to show up on time or know mathematics are viewed as insulting by many of the people to whom they refer who are entirely reliable and mathematically literate. Someone stating Dr. Martin Luther King's standpoint verbatim would be labeled an Oreo or worse. Judging only by the content of one's character? Heresy! Blasphemy! Do we still have problems as a society? Most certainly. Are they accurately characterized by Woke orthodoxy? Not even slightly. Do any of the 'solutions' put forth by the Woke have merit? No more than filling a fire extinguisher with gasoline. I have spent enough time in Socialist Workers' Paradises to be skeptical of solutions implemented by committee. I am also skeptical of those who wish to be on the committee. BSBD, Winsor

10 shot dead in Boulder, CO, in a grocery store. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/boulder-colorado-shooting-tuesday/index.html

Spence has passed away from medical issues… Much respect brother may you rest in peace.

Is trump the troll? Or the whole of the GOP leadership? Or is it his followers? Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put a combined $220 million into groups supporting Donald J. Trump in July, August and September. "Ms. Adelson, and her late husband, the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson" are GOP megadonors. "Dick Uihlein, the chief executive of the shipping company Uline and one of the wealthiest people in the Midwest. Mr. Uihlein put a staggering $49 million last quarter into a super PAC he steers, Restoration PAC, which in turn dispensed most of his money into a collection of pro-Trump and other Republican groups, including Turnout for America. The super PAC has also run its own pro-Trump advertisements."

FFS people - please stop feeding the trolls.

OK, thank you very much for this info, guys!!

So apparently Trump is not smart/rich/powerful enough to do this, given that he is a convicted felon. Are you suggesting that Hillary Clinton is smarter, richer and more powerful that Trump? Because that is what I am reading into your post......

I was arguing with my wife, and she bragged that women are better at multitasking. I asked her to sit down and shut up, but she couldn’t do either!

Over 31,000 well documented LIES from Trump during his presidency. Tell us how Trump kept his word about having a plan to replace Obamacare. Tell us how Trump kept his word about releasing his tax returns. Tell us how Trump kept his word about Mexico paying for his wall. He said he wouldn’t have time to play golf if elected president. But he made more than 250 visits to his golf clubs — a record for any president. He promised to be “the voice” of American workers. He wasn’t. His administration stripped workers of their rights, repealed overtime protections, rolled back workplace safety rules, and turned a blind eye to employers who steal their workers’ wages. He promised that the average American family would see a $4,000 pay raise because of his tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Trickle down didn't happen. He promised to bring down the price of prescription drugs and said drug companies are “getting away with murder.” He didn't do it. He promised to revive the coal industry and bring back lost coal mining jobs. The coal industry lost jobs. He promised to lock up Hillary Clinton for using a private email server. He didn’t. Instead, Trump used his personal cellphone for official business, and several members of his own administration, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka, used private email in the White House. He promised “six weeks of paid maternity leave to any mother with a newborn child whose employer does not provide the benefit.” He didn’t. He promised to bring an end to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program. Kim expanded North Korea’s nuclear program. He said he would distance himself from his businesses while in office. He didn't. He promised that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would spur economic growth and pay for themselves. His tax cuts added $2 trillion to the federal deficit. The list of broken Trump promises goes on and on. And fools continue to believe him

This dude doesn't have much of a backbone to stand up straight. "I don't want a king" but I support total immunity for Trump Trump: there is a concerted effort to bring him down. He is such a victim Clinton: If you've got money and power, you can get out of stuff. You'll say anything to keep your own biases alive. You don't stand for any facts, you don't understand truths, you just bend in the wind like a mindless drone. No wonder you are so excited by neuralink.

Really? Biden created more jobs than Trump Biden created more manufacturing jobs than Trump Biden drilled more oil than Trump Biden had better stock market performance than Trump Biden added less debt than Trump The economy does better under Democrats and Democrats generally add less to the debt than Republicans. But sure, you don't go by feels, you go by facts.

You said that you think Trump can bring you a conservative view of America. I have a couple of questions -- one, why didn't he last time, particularly when he had the House and Senate too? Why wasn't he willing to deal with the Democrats who were willing to deal with him, and giving him a part-of-the-cake bill for border control? And why was he unwilling to have the bipartisan border deal go through this year? He plays hardball politics, at the expense of the American people, and I see that as a problem. The second on is what do you see as a conservative-led America? Do I have the same rights I did before? Do I have the same respect as a human being as I had before, or am I more subject to someone else's norms? I see a country where people can, in fact, be gay and happy about it; a country where access and opportunity are there, rather than controlled so that only the 'right' decisions can be made (even when those decisions don't take modern situations or technology, or even human nature, into account). I see a country where fear isn't a driving force. I see a country where the transition of power for each and every publicly elected job is peaceful, rather than dependent on who has the deepest pockets to sue for victory. To me, that last is one of the single most important things that makes America great; I've lived where that wasn't true, and there was a lot more fear. Fear weakens and destroys people; it's a blunt tool of limited power. Wendy P.

A Rabbi is teaching his student the Talmud and explains god created everything in this world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson. The clever student asks “What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did god create them?” The Rabbi responds “God created atheists to teach us the most important lesson of them all – the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs an act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone who is in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that god commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right.” “This means” the Rabbi continued “that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say ‘I pray that god will help you.’ instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no god who can help, and say ‘I will help you.'”

He knows that the GOP is at war with the constitution and democracy. I think it was Joe who said "“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Also a great strategy if Armageddon is your goal. People wonder why Christians love Trump and fear not the destruction of democracy, but it’s not a mystery. They already bow to a king so the idea of an authoritarian or autocracy or another prince or two in the middle is hardly an impediment to the desired end goal: the end of humanity. We atheists aren’t extremists like you regardless of your attempt at an analogy. We want it all to thrive and continue. You don’t.

I see the anger and frustration that you and many of my friends have about the situation - It’s hard to imagine the level of frustration that you guys must have. Trump is quite literally the laughing stock of the world and to be honest the GOP is so spineless and lack integrity that it is disgusting.

Negative. When you say slack you mean time. Time being the most valuable and least understood thing in war and our lives. Events happen at speeds outside of most folks ability to perceive what is occurring or what might be the effect. That’s the problem.

Skydive Spain in Sevilla, Spain is your best option this winter, after Empuriabrava's new schedule

Empuriabrava is open 7 days a week until the end of October. Then it closes Mondays and Tuesdays (open 5 days per week) until the end of March when it opens again for 7 days a week.

Ford, GM, Mercedes and Stellantis are dropping non-profitable lines, EVs are among those on the chopping block. I agree that EVs might find a niche in the urban areas or as a second runabout vehicle. But the great EV transition is not in the cards. (Sorry Olof and BillV)

I'm sure that Musk's political activism has cost him Tesla sales already.

To find the Court Documents. Go here: https://www.sjcourts.org/case-management-search/ Click on: Case Search by Case Number Click: Log In Click on: Cases Click on: Civil Cases Enter: CV Enter: 2018 Enter: 0002192 Click: Retrieve Should take you to this: STK-CV-UPI-2018-0002192 Chenny Francine Turner et al. vs Parachute Center, Inc. et al. Click on Document Mgmt on left menu and then click VIEW next to each document you want to see.

Sorry to hear this, we've been out of the sport for awhile. We met Spence at Dublin in 2005 while on our honeymoon.

I’m publishing the story of Jet Dragon Project – development of jet powered wingsuit system. It took 3.5 years, over 5000 work hours, and tens of aborted jump attempts, until first successful flight several weeks ago. During development I consulted many people, including dear fellow late Jarno Cordia, who had previous experience with jet powered wingsuit flight. However the new system was actually designed from scratch. January 2020 After initial assessment and reading publications on the web, I decided to use two P400-Pro jet turbines from JetCat. Each can product 400N thrust, so total will be 800N. According to calculations it is supposed to be more than enough for level flight, with approximately 25% extra power to allow climbing up. After receiving turbines several weeks later I assembled simple setup to see how it runs. First I checked that it responds to throttle commands - Then run it on the bench -

>Seriously. What is simulated auto. The ATF interpreted a "single function of the trigger" to mean a "single movement of the trigger", and since the trigger moved for each shot, the Akins Accelerator was deemed to not be a machinegun.[16] Later, in 2006, the ATF reversed course and reinterpreted the language to mean "single pull of the trigger", which reclassified the Akins Accelerator as a machinegun. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the new interpretation in February 2009.[17] Wiki Bump Stock >We really need a three year discussion on function vs. pull? According to the "letter of the Law," or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, Welcome to the Gun Responsibility Act. Let's ask Congress to re-write the NFA to include that process and criteria for all weapons.

I have done 1000s at that weight / wing loading - no problem at all.

October 2022 The reason could be too high altitude – low air pressure and cold. Engines start is specified by JetCat up to 9000 feet. I attempted to start them at 11,000. As well it could be anything else. I dismounted everything from the wingsuit and prepared dedicated shelf to take the entire system up mounted on the shelf. I then climbed to 11,000 and gave engines command to start. They did not start. I repeated, reading computer reports. They reach certain state of ignition sequence and then failed. I took the vehicle down to 8000 feet and repeated. Same results. Lowered the vehicle to 3000, and then to 1000 feet. Nothing. So, clearly it is not due to high altitude. The only remaining explanation was than they unable to start when vertically oriented. In all ground tests engines always were oriented horizontally.

September 2022 Computer was installed in wingsuit, created its own long series of secondary issues to resolve, but eventually became essential and critical component of Jet Dragon system. It provided reports about engines status and helped to find and resolve issues. And it helped to clarify, once and for all, that even when everything is okay, engines are not ready to start. They began warmup and acceleration, but could not reach running conditions, and eventually they shut down.

March 2022 Gradually all technical issues were found and resolved. But system did not started in air yet. I reached inevitable conclusion that I cannot resolve it like this. While standing on the launch shelf, I was in need to know exactly what is happening with the engines. Did they receive start command ? Did they properly responded ? At what stage they failed and what is the reason ? Engines are advanced stuff. They have integrated computer which controls them. Computer sends reports in real time. I needed to read, process and display these reports. So I decided to develop “dashboard” mounted on my helmet, to display what is going on. Engines reports are complicated. It is not for “ok / not ok” LED indicator. You need computer with high resolution display, and you need to write program which communicates with engines and displays information in comprehensive form. If such thing to implement, it worth to add barometer, GPS, and recording memory, so full flight computer will be implemented. The need of computer was known from the beginning of the project. I estimated that it will take 12 – 18 months to design it including software. It is a lot of time and huge delay for the project. I therefore hoped that first powered jumps will be made without it, and I will implement it in later stage. But the situation was that without computer I could not make a progress. Surprisingly it went faster than I originally estimated, “only” 6 months of work … Prototype tested in lab – Computer display installed with the system on the test bench

January 2022 After endless changes, improvements, fixes, trainings of pilots, damages (at certain point paraplane engine failed and we have to replace it - just one of many issues we faced), and discussions with Israeli Aviation Authority, everything was in place for first powered jump. Well, it did not happen … The system refused to run when in air. I made about 10 attempts over period of several months. There was always the same pattern – system was fully checked at workshop, then it was ran on the ground right before takeoff. While everything on the ground was perfect, all attempts in air failed. I stood on the launch shelf, gave engines start command, and … nothing happened. After landing and back in workshop I checked everything and found the reason. One time it was a damaged component in control handle, next time it was malfunctioning cable, next time discovered that I forgot to open fuel valve, next time it was something else. Issues were hiding on the ground, patiently waited until I’m in air and then showed up. As issues were resolved, new ones popped up. One by one I cleaned them. Some issues were more destructive: Results of one of failed attempts. Engines began start sequence, but due to inaccurate position on the launch shelf jet partially hit the shelf and bounced, damaging the wingsuit. I cut damaged parts, and using new fabric rebuilt (sewed) it to the original shape. 2 weeks of work. After repair it was looking more or least as original. I jumped to test it without engines, it was flying perfect. Good. I’m still flying that wingsuit with engines. I also purchased one more ATC from Squirrel, so now I have backup. I then changed shelf design to assure that jet exhaust will go cleanly into the air. Other “interesting” case: We climbed up, I stood on the shelf, give engines command to start, nothing happened (as usual), attempted several times to restart. Then I returned to passenger seat, checked everything I can, stood again on the shelf, tried to start engines, nothing happened. Then, frustrated, I jumped. I understood that engines will not run, but decided at least to check once again how it flies, down. But … attempt to start engines took time, this was prolonged attempt, and … or shit … we did not pay attention that we drifted a lot. Only after the jump I discovered that I absolutely have no idea where I am, and even don’t know what is the direction to landing area. I glided in circles, choose open field and landed. After landing I checked by phone where I’m. 16 km from landing area. In uninhabited place with no roads. It took 4 hours of complicated rescue mission to pick me up from there.

January 2021 I mounted engines on the boots. Added starter battery. Designed and assembled interface circuits, so it became complete system. On the ground system was running perfectly. So, I thought that system is ready for first powered flight. LOL It took another 2.5 years until that happened …

For Jet Dragon Project I'm using Winx 210. Soft landings. Also, there is 8 mm rubber sole at the bottom of engine mountings.

September 2020 Next I needed control handle – to start and stop engines, and control their thrust. It has to be ergonomic and easily accessible while in flight. First I built several dummy prototypes from cardboard – And the final version – Later, in 2023, I had to completely redesign its concept …

August 2020 Engine mountings should be tested, but I did not want to use real engines for the test, as it could damage them. So I prepared dummy “engines” from plastic buckets filled with weights, for total 13 Kg. And I jumped with it – So far so good !

May 2020 I needed to check that it is possible to carry weight on the foot when flying wingsuit. Combined weight engines, boots, mounting brackets and starter batteries is 13 Kg . My concern was that it will pull legs down and I will stall. I checked it by series of wingsuit jumps while I'm gradually increasing weight attached to the foot. First I attached 4 Kg of weights (packs filled with iron pellets). Jumped, felt normal. Good. Then attached 8 Kg. With 8 Kg I stalled heavily - it was fall rather than flight. On the next attempt I de-arched in order to keep correct pitch and was able to fly wingsuit normally again. Good. Seems that it would be possible to fly with turbines attached to the feet. I had find how to attach the turbines . Key concern was about torsional stress they will apply – their thrust will tend to bend the ankle sideways. Some kind of support was required to avoid it. First “research” version of how to resolve it – I found that tracking shoes did not provide sufficient ankle support. Snowboard boots were better idea – Which leads to implementation looking like this – Engine mounting angle is 18 degrees. In wingsuit flight, legs are stretched apart, this will make thrust vector to be in match with flight direction.

15 years. Still not believable.

So far, Crickets

I've had a 160 lightning in a J1 but a J2/J3 would probably be better fit.

I jump a 193 Lightning in a Dolphin D5, and although I haven't tried it, it would probably fit a D4. It fits fine whether using a bag or the tail pocket. A 176 should easily fit a D4 and probably even a D3. Second hand Dolphins are usually cheap and very good rigs. I think there are several for sale in the classifieds.

Cliff's ash dive was a very emotional moment for me, it was beautiful and clear sunset. We climbed out at 16,000ft into a crisp chilly sky and started our last jump with Cliff. The calm that was on the whole group was amazing, we didn't pull off the best exit out of the king air but everyone flew and we made our slot for Cliff. We then all turned to Adam and watch Cliff fly free. I can still picture the last moment I saw Cliff hanging as a cloud as we fell away, it will be ingrained in my memory for ever. I've uploaded a copy of the tribute the Doctor made to www.skydivingmovies.com, it is waiting approval and should be viewable in a day or so. Its called cliff_memorial.avi.

Nice photos. I'd love a copy of that tribute DVD too, if someone can get it to me. I wish I could have been there for the ash dive. "Missing Man Formation" is a hell of a way to do that. Missing Man Formation ... :( Pretty much describes every triumph I'll have now. Aw man... I'm hitting that "acceptance" thing. But it isn't like what I thought "acceptance" would feel like. "Acceptance" has this connotation of "dealing with it." Not exactly an accurate way to describe this.

Hi everyone For all of you who came out to Hollister yesterday a big hug and thank you! Watching the ash dive from the ground was absolutely amazing. I could see the cloud appear and dissipate when he was released. Thank you Adam. Anybody who has video of the dives made yesterday in Cliff's name, please contact me. I'd like to have copies of what you have for myself and for his brother and sisters too. Doctor, could I also have a copy of the tribute you made? It was beautiful. It is very hard for me to watch these videos of him alive and I feel his absence again every time I do. But I would like to have copies for that someday everyone keeps telling me about when it wont ache so badly. Love, Jen "Live as if you'll die tomorrow, learn as if you'll live forever." -Gandhi

Reasoning. It's easy and locks the thread on both ends. If you cut the thread before sewing over the top, you have to hold the tread again. Give it a go and you'll see that it locks both ends nicely. No need to back stitch. Uses: Most every thing. If it doesn't require a specific pattern accourding the manufacturer, it's the shiz... (do I owe beer for the first time I've used that played out term? ) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto