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When Chuck Norris jumps into a lake, he doesn’t get wet; the lake gets Chuck Norris.
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@Greyparrot
Perhaps, but I have read that his intent is to get Mexico to take more responsibility for their borders and cartels.
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Looks like another example of Trump’s predilection for brinkmanship.
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@Greyparrot
Too much binary thinking— “either you’re for DEI or you’re a dirty white supremacist!”— and not nearly enough exposure to the nuanced takes of intellectuals such as John McWhorter, Coleman Hughes, Glenn Loury, and Thomas Sowell.
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@Best.Korea
That is why concepts such as “optics” and LCD exist in politics. The advent of radio changed politics, and TV changed it even more. Social media has changed it yet even more.
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@Greyparrot
Ha! My college roommate loved Cinderella. At least, I think it was Cinderella?
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Here is an interview with a former Blackhawk pilot. In addition to what I have pointed out, she adds that the helicopter should ideally have had one more crewmember aboard for collision avoidance purposes. It appears that 3 is the minimum crew, so the flight was technically in compliance there. As for the training status of the flight, it appears that the purpose of the flight was to learn how to navigate DC’s busy airspace! Damn, that is aggravating and tragically ironic:
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@Greyparrot
After 4 years of Trump culminating in the pandemic, the American people said, “We deserve better!” and elected Biden. After 4 years of Biden, the American people said, “We deserve better!” and reelected Trump.
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@Greyparrot
Yeah, I was wondering if the other personnel would have been able to intervene if they saw the plane.
Definitely— it is a dual control, two pilot aircraft. What is confounding is that they were on a training or proficiency check flight. NOT the place for a mission which could be accomplished more safely elsewhere!
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@Greyparrot
When I see the video with the Blackhawk racing straight for the RJ, my thought is “Geez, it almost looks intentional.” Almost. But there are three crew on the helicopter and I think intentionality is pretty implausible. It appears that the helicopter never had that particular plane in sight…
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I don’t know why the RJ’s collision avoidance system (TCAS) wasn’t triggered by the helicopter. Perhaps it was a deferred maintenance item. A similar scenario played out in the hit show “Breaking Bad.” That would have alerted the RJ to abort the landing and go around.
My prediction is that the FAA will institute mandatory VFR corridors for helicopters around super busy airports. Flight rules, as they say, are “written in blood.” I’m surprised that helicopter was flying through a landing corridor as it is, but it’s also true that the RJ had a last minute runway change.
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@WyIted
It seems like a lack of situational awareness and failure to mitigate that lack (by slowing or stopping) on the part of the helicopter crew, perhaps they didn’t even realize they were lacking SA, and a lack of helpful information and direction from ATC. I am also hearing that ATC staffing was low.
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@FLRW
Hey, thanks for your concern! I actually haven’t flown into DCA for 7 years. This sort of thing is a gut punch for all aviators, really. The doomed RJ didn’t have a chance no matter how OG the pilots…
Edit: it goes without saying that it’s a gut punch for everyone.
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Fixed wing airplanes have right of way over helicopters. Helicopters actually are at the bottom of the right-of-way hierarchy because they are so maneuverable and can stop on a dime if necessary. Knowing this, this puts the helicopter crew at fault almost by default. ATC also has a lot to answer for regarding a midair in busy airspace of this type. Helicopters should always be avoiding major arrival and departure corridors for airplanes.
This is a tragedy which should have been avoided and is avoided 99.99% of the time.
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@Greyparrot
Lol, I was never a Democrat, so I can't really speak about why all those white people suddenly left the Democrat party after so many years of calling them evil for being born white.
I’ve had a poster inform me in a thread of mine that white people are not considered evil simply because they are white but because of all the evil white people do.
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@FLRW
High national debt levels post COVID are a global phenomenon.
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@Shila
Is this yet another of your “highly selective” responses?
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@Best.Korea
Once a (real) woman sees a penis, she cannot simply “unsee” it…
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@WyIted
When some army women with ovaries were given no choice but to shower with a woman a penis, they complained up the chain of command. The response they got was basically, “As members of this US Army, you’re going to have to suck it up and deal with it.” Naturally, their rebuttal was “Then why don’t you make the soldier with a penis ‘deal’ with showering with other soldiers with a penis?”
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@Shila
Why did you feel the need to repost the OP in post 80?
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AI will abolish women.
Here’s a cautionary tale about this very thing:
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@Reece101
Apparently they’re being cyber attacked.
One interpretation I heard of the alleged cyberattack is that they cannot handle the new, high demand for their product. Perhaps more of the “overpromising” I have come to expect from China.
I bought into yesterday’s correction in some of the affected US equities. DeepSeek’s model is definitely progress in AI, which is part of the overall AI revolution. Sort of like the cotton gin, this advancement will increase the demand for AI rather than threaten the demand, as so many investors seemed to think on Monday. It remains to be seen how legitimately cheap DeepSeek is. Seeing as how they used certain “export friendly” NVIDIA chips, it might cause a rethink of how the US regulates semiconductor tech.
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I am very selective with what I post.
That’s… *Looking around the forums*… a bit hard to believe…
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@FLRW
It's interesting that medical records from 1923 show that Adolf Hitler suffered from hypospadias, a condition that resulted in the German dictator having a micropenis.
Oh, poor Eva!
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@Greyparrot
Indeed. And it wouldn’t be the first time this has happened on the subject matter of public education.
*wave of the hand* “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”
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@Best.Korea
Guys, it’s okay. I accept your concessions.
Ha! That’s rich:
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@MAV99
Regarding material, earthly matters, I would say faith is synonymous with trust or confidence: “I still have faith in our institutions.”
Regarding immaterial matters, I would say faith is a belief in something which is unfalsifiable.
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@Shila
Are you willing to post in a way consistent with the intent of this thread?
Ah, I finally get it. It is *I* correct?
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@Shila
Is that an affirmative answer to the question “You say things for no good reason?”?
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@Shila
Keep it coming, the Shila songs.
As a reminder, here is the point of this thread:
Here’s a game idea: write a post in the style of another poster and see how many tries it takes to guess the correct poster.
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@Greyparrot
Yes! You didn’t have to click on the link to come to that conclusion, did you?
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@Shila
You should be open to the possibility that the problem is on your end.
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@Best.Korea
Observation
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@Best.Korea
For some people, questions are usually enough.
How do you know this?
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@Best.Korea
It proves that your fantasy doesnt exist yet.
Asking questions constitutes proof in your view?
You know of fantasies which exist currently?
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@Best.Korea
This constitutes proof of your assertions?
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