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McCroskey

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  1. 100% he owes us the responsibility to do the job we're paying him to do and ultimately deliver on an end-point objective. Airlines could certainly sue and they might, but the damages wouldn't be that much as a percentage of the costs and it would probably just come out of the US Gov't contract coffers, anyways.
  2. Good questions. The first is relatively unknown but I've read full stack Starships are thought to cost between $150MM-$250MM each at this point. They got the booster back, but design and engineering costs and other factors it's not implausible to think these failed launches are costing SpaceX well north of $100MM each failed launch. Go worst case and call the entire thing a loss because I'm not even sure how reusable these test boosters are even though they've been recovered. How much is US Money? Definitely a good chunk. SpaceX was awarded two contracts during the Biden admin for roughly $2.9B and $1.15B, as part of the Artemis program to get a crewed version of Starship to the Moon. Current target dates for this are end of 2026, I believe. Costs of the flight diversions? FAA says 240 flights were diverted...typical costs of a diversion can be in the $10k-$100k range worst case....so if you say all 240 cost $100k then the max cost of the diversions were around $24 million dollars.
  3. What about the body? What kind of body?
  4. Pine is good.
  5. He died in bed? Whose bed? A prostitute? God this news sucks. RIP to one of the best.
  6. Submitted my resume this morning.
  7. I’ll handle this, Violet….why don’t you take your 3 hour break.
  8. Going in late March. Can't wait.
  9. Overall, not bad at all. We were looking at going up for a long weekend but ultimately chose Destin instead. Spring breakers can make it pretty busy in mid-March...best advice I can give is if you look at the big-chain hotels (Marriotts or Hiltons) and the prices are nearing $250+/night OR AirBnB Cabins have 3+ night minimums...it's probably gonna be busy so plan accordingly. Weather is usually pretty good for this time of year (highs in 60s, lows in 40s), though it could be colder, snowy, or rainy. It also wouldn't be unusual to be shorts weather warm, like in the 70s for the highs. 10-15 day extended forecasts are usually pretty good at predicting temps but not good about predicting rain/sun. It's been a colder winter so not sure about the flora/fauna...my guess is that prob won't start popping till late March or April this year.
  10. I don’t know too many monkeys who could take apart a fuel injector.
  11. I called in sick. I don't work in the rain.
  12. I just flew on N937XJ this morning so this hits close to home.
  13. We are really trying too hard to create content for another season of Air Disasters.
  14. Antelope and Quail at Biga last night, holy fuck that was good.
  15. They already had planned two things he said would be "new?" "Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million." 100%
  16. Trudeau tweet. https://x.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1886529228193022429
  17. I mean we're so far down the rabbit hole of if/thens, that's why I think this stuff is unlikely. My overall sentiment on Trump pulling this off carries about the same odds of hitting a 28 team parlay. Yeah, January 6th might be the equivalent of the first leg winning but the odds of him winning the remaining 27 legs is near zero, which again is why I don't worry about it. You could drive yourself crazy with all the scenarios.
  18. IF Pence did that (even though he had no Constitutional authority to do so), we'd have had a constitutional crisis which would have yielded an immediate intervention by the Judicial branch. From that, the probability is the Supreme Court at the time would have nearly immediately provided the direction & measures to properly allow the Legislative branch to certify Biden as the winner. If you are talking about unlikely outcomes, I think you would have seen chaos, likely violent, the likes the country hasn't seen since 1865. In no scenario would I foresee a scenario where Trump just "stays" in power past January 20th.
  19. If I may ask...how many congressmen/senators would have had to have been killed on January 6th, or what outcomes from the "invasion" of the Capital would have caused Trump to have peacefully remained in office past January 20th? I contend there are none. The outcome as happened was bad enough, and had the outcome been worse I believe it would have dramatically changed/accelerated the change in Power within the Executive Branch. I don't see a path where January 6th could have been deemed "successful" in that the insurrectionists gained some modicum of "control" AND Trump somehow stayed peacefully in power past January 20th. That's why I don't think Trump came close. The attempt is bad enough but in no scenario in my mind does the system we have in place allow him come remotely close to staying in power beyond the limits granted to him in the Constitution.
  20. I don't think I understood your question, then. Sorry. Trying to work and keep up here at the same time and not doing a good job of it.
  21. I don't fault anyone for having that opinion, it was a TERRIBLE day and stain on our history. Trump is a shithead and maybe I have more faith in our ~250 year old system than I should...I tend to think our more significant problems are elsewhere and beyond just the executive branch.
  22. It's a good question. On the surface I think it's a simple enough thought/fear that's easy to "envision" happening, but in reality what would actually have to happen across a significant number of states and across the 3 branches of federal government, is mind boggling. I just don't think that's a risk for 2029.
  23. Which is exactly my point. Our system, fucked as it is, allows him to make all the efforts he wants without penalty, which is a clear and obvious problem. That said, I think he will ALWAYS run into people/obstacles that aren't complete pieces of shit and don't want, nor will let it happen.
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