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Tom talked about this at CC23. Here is a video of the presentation in case anyone missed it.

Disaster Response experience mode: That area is called flooding alley. The Guadalupe River flooded in nearly every decade of the 20th century. Ten people – teens attending a summer camp in Comfort – died in 1987 during a flash flood when their school bus drove into water. A flood in 1998 was the deadliest in the area up until that point, killing 12 people. https://www.tpr.org/news/2025-07-06/texas-flash-flood-alley-kerrville Lived in Houston back in the day - take a look at the attachment for their flood history. While stationed at Ft. Hood, we had one river area heavily posted with "Do not cross during Flash floods." Under that sign was a "Number of Deaths This Year: XX" When I left it was 55. 1. If you're going to lay blame, it is at the feet of each Governor 2. People forget until the next one, then there's another round of Thoughts & Prayers. We will bank money to respond to a disaster; but do shit to prevent it. Every. fucking. year. And, children die for that lack of prevention each year. history-timeline2022.pdf

The Republican government also falsely claimed there was evidence of a functioning WMD program in Iraq, which led to disaster.

Generally speaking, I don’t favor any US President acting unilaterally, without the consent of congress, to bomb any nation. Without question malign states in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction are a problem. But I see it as a world problem best resolved in conjunction with partners not an American only problem. We can further discuss the efficacy of other Presidents actions and whether or not they were appropriate or necessary or acted on unilaterally. But that was not the issue I stated which was the question of whether or not the bombing set back their program or just made some folks feel better. That and I simply do not trust Trumps motive in the decision.

Don’t regret your oath. You put your life on the line for the people and country you love and cherish. I’m not going to pretend that I think it will come right, but I hope that you’ll find peace and a way forward in the country you now live in.

Paragliding is worth a look. Just saying.....

Thanks. I know you are a Wes fan and should be were the coming contest one of choosing a swell human being. I would be a very happy camper if we lived in an enlightened land where a female with a german name could be elected leader by a nation of latino's but we are too backward and our founding documents are plainly insufficient in this more modern world. Look, by now we all should know that America would be a safer and more collaborative place if old white men would recognize that diversity and inclusion aren't just concepts but strengths to act upon. Or, better yet, if they would just take a hike. But that won't miraculously be the landscape in 4 years and definitely not in the 4 years we have to prepare. So we need to quit talking Moore and start talking less of what middle America and the boys and girls proudly waving Confederate flags will never vote for. Instead we need to focus only on what has the best chance to win the Presidency. Then we use the rulings of our current, corrupt Supreme Court to start the process of, 1. Ensuring the Right has no chance in 2028 and, 2. Jamming democracy down the throats of all of the ignorant motherfuckers who made this shitty, zero tomatoes, movie a reality.

Too late now. I’m sure you’ve heard of that old barn door. You and yours fucked up and there is no going back.

Help him out a window or donate radioactive underwear?

Perfection. A felon voting for a felon because of his promise to get rid of all the criminals, and his illegal immigrant wife supporting that decision because of the promise to kick out all the illegals. And a million more stories like it across the nation. Go home America, you’re drunk.

Hey Ryan….Ive heard you say there are audio recording of the parajacking that are in the possession of one woman who worked at NWO. My question, Cooper is a federal crime and the statute of limitations has not expired due to the John Doe warrant…is it legal for a private citizen to withhold that evidence of a Federal crime? My guess is that it’s not legal unless the authorities have the evidence too. If that’s the case can the audio be FOIA’ed? And if not, can this lady be forced to turn over the audio legally? It’s literal evidence that could be used to solve the case in the modern era.

And another against American Democracy on January 6. What you cannot and do not know is what, if any, set back to their program resulted from the attack. The rational view is not much. Now diplomacy is off the table and other malign actors like Russia are saying out loud maybe they should have nuclear weapons. It’s arguable things are now worse.

Iran: Weeks away from a functioning warhead since 1995.

Agree The propensity of democrats to shoot themselves in the feet. Is equally matched by republican extremism.

Perhaps he intends the America Party to be the sole political party on Mars? Either way his organizational skills, use of "X", cash and conservative values. Could siphon off an easy 20% of conservative votes. Which would result in the decimation of the republican majorities.

Meyer was a genuinely good and decent man.

There is no way to date this. It assumes that Cooper was a no-pull and died in the jump. The Western Flight Path (or whatever you want to call it) to bypass Portland on the west side would have passed almost directly over Tena Bar. Specifically, the WFP was almost straight down the center of the Columbia River for several miles. Due to the winds aloft being from the southwest at all altitudes up to 10,000 feet and of about 30 knots velocity, Cooper would have travelled about 1000 feet to the northeast during a free fall which was between about 40 to 60 seconds. And he would have landed on solid ground but very close to the river's eastern side. He would have also had to land west of the Northwest Lower River Road (which is built on top of a levee) in order to enter the Columbia in the area of Tena Bar. FWIW, the late Dr. Meyer Louie and I went through the dairy runoff settling pond (which is just over the bank from Tena Bar) about 10 years ago with metal detectors and didn't find a single thing, The detector's manufacturer indicated that they should be able to find anything up to two or three feet beneath the sand under the conditions we experienced. Additionally, local fishermen who were longtime visitors to Tena Bar told us that they had never seen the river high enough to flood the settling pond or anything from the settling pond passing into the river. All of this was discussed here in much more detail 10 to 15 years ago. To respond here to FlyJack's post of a few minutes ago, the jump time of 8:11 PM PST has been the accepted jump time from day one which was 1971. This is not a new revelation. Further, I reject the FBI's proposed flight path out of hand. No airline crew would fly like that under the hijacking circumstances. Also, the FBI's FOIA unit has gone out of their way to ensure that the actual transcripts of the communications between the airliner and the Seattle ATC are not released. And those transcripts are in the public domain.

The real point about Lake Merwin is that Cooper didn't land there (probably no where near). Didn't someone report seeing a "parachute" on the lake, which turned out to be an overturned boat with an old man surviving many hours... on the very night of the hijacking?

Important for anyone who is reading this to remember that all of this was BEFORE Tena Bar

George's premise can be expanded a bit. Assume that the money deposited at Tena Bar was still in its original but damaged bag. And assume that the damaged bag was still attached to Cooper. Several months after the hijacking and being repeatedly soaked by the famous Oregon rains, Cooper's remains, and the bills would have lost all buoyancy and been moving downhill from wherever they originally landed. That means they would be moving along the bottom. Everything hangs up momentarily at some point on Tena Bar, several packets of bills come out of the damaged bag, then the rest of the items move on downstream into the Columbia River proper, then the Pacific, and are never seen again.

Pity Wilson didn't listen to Keynes in 1919. Might have resulted in a very different Germany in the 1930s.

What a chapter it will be when the history of the New Soviet Union is written. I pity the fate of any agents we have buried in the Kremlin who don't have the ability to just up and run for it while the getting is good. I also imagine that anyone who was privy to Trumps co-opting has long since taken a leap out of a high window. Putin simply could not have a better dupe in the White House.

But you literally have lied about the circumstances of Floyd’s death. This is undeniable. Right, so why would you have thought that? I never said anything to suggest that, so is there any reason why you’d think that’s what I want, except that it is what you want to happen to convicts? Let’s check, you’ve said you want violent murderers to be executed, you’ve said you don’t want prison to be made easier, you’ve said you don’t want a cent to be spent on prison reform… so this is how you want convicts to live. You want prison to be a dangerous and unpleasant place and you’re totally happy with the idea that convicts will be shanked by other convicts. Now here’s the thing - Derek Chauvin is a convict. You may think he’s wrongly convicted, but they’re is not a second, special prison system for the wrongly convicted. They’re all just convicts. So you cannot escape the fact that how you want the prison system to treat guilty people - you know, the real scumbags who deserve whatever they get - that is exactly the same as how you want the prison system to treat innocent people who got a bad deal in court. You cannot kid yourself into thinking you can have it any other way.

Doctor: "Well, it looks like you’re pregnant." Woman: "Oh my God, I’m pregnant?" Doctor: "No. It just looks like you are."

Yes, John Banks was his name. He ran a company called Electronic Exploration. Claimed he spent over 5,000 hours on the Cooper case, which is a laughable number, of course.

Tuesday is Open Mike night at the amateur autopsy club!

Oh, so you put holes in the meaty part, and tore the crap out of stuff. That's a bummer. You're alive and seem tough enough for the job, that's good. I've had long, hard PT in front of me before and it sucks no matter what they say on TV. I'm pulling for you.

Sometimes your eloquence delights me.

Great piece, at least for me, as a reminder of how we got to today. It is very well written, accurate, and is pleasingly intellectual. So, it won't be much of a surprise that I disagree with the conclusion and it's form, in part: "To develop an alternative to the regressive modernization underpinning Trump’s reelection, the left must come up with a governing economic idea that can compete. Technocratic fixes of the old system look very unlikely to inspire a broad-enough coalition to defeat the potent, if unstable, electoral alliance that reelected Trump. The most promising avenue—one that could address the needs of millions of Americans who feel shut out of growth and prosperity and alienated from America’s governing elite—might be a fusion of AOC/Bernie populism with a more political, less technocratic version of abundance." Those soaring conclusions, especially the last sentence, are hogwash. It is exactly the crap that won't resonate with any voter that we need to turn. The term, "fusion of AOC/Bernie populism" are words exquisitely designed to turn away any voter in dire need of the "fusion of AOC/Bernie populism". That, telling voters what they truly need, is exactly what we don't need. Sure, we need AOC and Bernie in the rear guard, but not in the discussions about who will lead us into the future or why.

For the hell of it I decided to upload a bunch of the Cooper money photos to ChatGPT. I explained that it washed up on a beach originally in a bundle and asked what would be the cause of the edges looking that way. Soil Acidity & Microbial Activity: Paper currency buried underground is vulnerable to fungi, bacteria, and acidic soil. These eat away at the cellulose fibers, starting from exposed edges. That’s why the edges are more deteriorated—microbes attack from the outside in. Water Damage (Floodplain or Tidal Influence): Repeated wetting and drying cycles from a tidal area or seasonal flooding cause the paper to delaminate and rot unevenly. Saltwater or brackish water could accelerate this if found near a coast or estuary. Oxygen Deprivation (Partial Anaerobic Conditions): In deeper soil or under dense sediment, oxygen is limited, slowing decomposition in the core of the bundle. This can explain why some interior pieces might be more intact than the outer ones. Compression from the Rubber Band: The rubber band would have held the bundle together tightly for a time, protecting the inner bills slightly. However, over time, rubber decays, and the band either breaks or fuses with the outer bills, sometimes leaving distinct discoloration or causing distortion. Bills on the outside of the bundle would have taken the brunt of environmental damage. Sediment Abrasion: If the bundle was moved by floodwaters or a shifting riverbank, sand and silt could act like sandpaper, rounding and fraying the edges. I then asked it if rolling along the bottom of the river could cause that damage.... Yes—rolling submerged along the bottom of a river could absolutely cause the rounded, scalloped edges you see in the image. In fact, that kind of mechanical erosion is one of the most plausible explanations for the distinctive damage pattern. Here’s how that would work: Constant Abrasion: As the bundle tumbles or slides along the riverbed, it gets scraped by sand, gravel, and small rocks. This slowly wears away the outer edges of the bills—just like how rocks in a river become smooth and rounded over time. Edge-First Damage: Since bills are thin and flexible, the edges are most exposed during tumbling. Repeated folding, flapping, and scraping action causes the edges to fray, break, and wear away, creating those irregular, rounded contours. Bundle Dynamics: If the bills were still in a rubber band (even partially decayed), the bundle would roll and drag as a single unit, meaning the outer bills would absorb most of the damage. Interior bills might remain more intact—especially if compressed. Water Saturation and Fiber Breakdown: Prolonged submersion softens the paper (cotton/linen blend), weakening its fibers. This makes it more susceptible to tearing and abrasion, especially at the edges. Combined with mechanical motion, this would produce rounded and lace-like damage—exactly what we see. How Long Would It Take? It would likely take weeks to months of tumbling in a moderately strong river current to cause this degree of damage. A single storm event or spring flood could also loosen a buried bundle and send it rolling.

Agree, the democrats are a rudderless Ford class carrier.

Hi Joe, Well put; I absolutely agree. Thanks for taking the time. And, since we are dreaming: We need to get rid of the Electoral College. That old albatross is holding this country back. Jerry Baumchen

Could well be too late by then.

According to Hesgeth, the Iran airstrikes were " “the most complex and secretive military operation in history.” So much for D-Day, breaking the Enigma codes, and the Manhattan Project.

I think claiming that "the left" all attack Christians is pretty similar; a painting of an entire group with a characteristic that you then use to denigrate them.

Hi folks, I had amnesia once---or twice. I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what? Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic. All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle. What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? They told me I was gullible and I believed them. Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway. Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people. My weight is perfect for my height--which varies. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. How can there be self-help "groups"? Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off. Is it me --or do buffalo wings taste like chicken? JerryBaumchen

When old Sam Bowe met Goldie Nite he said. "I'm old but I know right and I know love and I know white. You need a job. I'll make it, right. I'll make you good. I'll take you right up to the mountain top tonight and get it on till morning light." Well Goldie said. "That's nice of you to help a poor girl from the stew but tell me more before we go up on that mountain, nice and slow. Like tell me of your plan for me. And tell me what I'm gonna see when I get on the mountain top. Will I be able ..." Sam said. "Stop it now young silly girl. And don't you fret and don't you curl those silky locks before they turn to silver, stiff like mine is. Be at peace I'll care for you. I just believe that when you brew your own sweet songs into a choir up on high the angels all will listen to your lyricism and believe their schism isn't anybody's fault except for who wee say tiz. Then we tell 'em where to aim their code-a-phone and how to blame the neighbor who cannot care less which mountain top you sing from. Just imagine you and me up on a precipice and we look down across a fertile landscape high above pollution. Just imagine how the time will trickle down from lofty climes with music soft and subtle wafting from our ivory castle." "Wait a minute Sam. You're old. I am young, athletic, bold. I've a feeling you ain't told me yet just what you're after. I ain't got no children yet. And I ain't had much fun at sweatin' off the steak you butchered and you marinated for me. I ain't sayin' I'm not touched. But I ain't flattered all that much by silver, snow and mountains that you say you lay before me. Shit far Sam, there's lots of older folks who think that what you got is just a bunch of childish dreams that don't take climbing mountains. Them old geezers sit and smile and laugh out loud and all the while you silver headed younguns load your salad shooter kitchen aids with things they grow above the graves of children's parents, ancestors who look up at you wonderin." When will Sam and Goldie Nite hold hands and stroll into the nighttime singing softly of the right and left, beneath between them. When will Goldie offer Sam a kitchen aid she made by hand and when will Sam forget that Goldie's dream are real. She needs them. A Peace Prize within minutes of Bombing the Moon. Coincidence? "Beware the Military Industrial Complex." You GO Ike!