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Brisketexan

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

    There's not a pilot on this board who hasn't conceded that the MCAS design is fucked up.  That doesn't remove the pilots' responsibility to run the procedure correctly and thoroughly.   

     

     

    Sure, both are likely in play.

    But there seems to be a repeated drumbeat about how most good pilots could handle this.  I'd rather not have a known flight control issue that 75%, or 95%, of commercial pilots can handle.  Because 25% or 5% of pilots at the bottom end of the scale still account for a crapload of passenger miles.  AND, based on the scenario the euro pilot posted online, the percentage of pilots who could have handled this particular crisis may well leave a good percentage of actual, trained pilots who CAN'T handle it.  That's a big-time design problem.

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  2. 25 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    He wants to punish mexico for the illegal drugs smuggled into the US from mexico lol... It's unreal how idiotic this admin is

    A junkie threatening his dealer for continuing to sell to him.

    We are a dumb fucking country.

  3. 8 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    Why do you just hold a kid in captivity for the better part of a decade?  I always assume that people who engage in this stuff are pieces of shit who are making an insane amount of money, because I can't fathom someone so fucked up that they do it for the hell of it.  There has to be some level of financial desperation (and subsequent incentive) driving this.  Right?

    Dude.

    Seriously.  Dude.

    Imagine the sickest shit you can.  There, now you have the reason.

  4. 1 minute ago, Js1 said:

    Active war zone 

     

    Their demographic is scared pussies, so....

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    Brought to you by the people who actually sell "tactical underwear" -

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    I sweatergawd, I'm gonna start marketing "Tactical cheez doodles" and "Tactical beer" to these nimrods.  I'll be rich within a week.

  5. 5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Get off my lawn rant:  I fucking HATE those giant carts HEB employees drag around the store to gather curbside and delivery orders.  Combine them with the explosion of reserved curbside pickup parking so us plebes have to park farther away, and I'm rethinking HEB altogether.  They've added quite a bit of inconvenience to normal old-fashioned shoppers.

    (And I'll be damned if I let anyone else pick out my food.)

    My wife HATES grocery shopping.  She also isn't a cook, so she isn't really selecting produce or meats often.  She buys the basics we burn through -- milk, eggs, cheese, packaged produce (carrots, that sort of thing), etc.  So, the HEB selection isn't a problem for her.  AND, it takes a huge stress source out of her life.  Meaning she's not as bitchy.  Meaning she's not as bitchy TO ME.

    That's a few bucks well-spent.

  6. 9 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

     

    believe it or not, your privacy is one of the most important things i try to safeguard.*

    * But I've still hacked all of your phones looking for noodz.  Some of y'all are sick mofos.

    FIF accuracy.

  7. Cooper deal rules out no-deal Brexit:

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    It's been a long day in Westminster, where lawmakers have voted by a majority of one to effectively rule out a no-deal Brexit in the near-term.

    If Theresa May can't salvage her Withdrawal Agreement in the coming days, Britain now looks to be headed for a longer delay to its departure from the EU.

    And the complaint from the Brexiteers on this is RICH:

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    Hardline Brexiteer Mark Francois then made a point of order. "It’s difficult to argue that you’ve had an extremely considered debate when you’ve rammed the bill through the house of Commons in barely four hours," he said. "That is a constitutional outrage."

    "It went through in the end by one vote," he added. "That to me does not represent the long-term settled will of the House of Commons."

    Oh....I'm sorry....are we now taking the position that huge issues decided by the narrowest of margins are not a good thing?  Interesting, coming from someone who has declared irrevocable a general referendum that won with 51.89% vs. 48.11% of the votes.  

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  8. 11 minutes ago, thestud said:

    Wouldn’t they just claim sovereign immunity and have them all thrown out?

    Maybe, maybe not.  I understand that numerous cases are in Federal Court, there are issues of 11th amendment immunity (counties are not immune arms of the state), there are also likely claims against individual officials, and the question of whether they have qualified immunity under clearly established law will need to be decided by the court, etc.  These things can get complicated.

  9. First, I want to know what in the name of all that's holy justified the tens, more likely hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on installing video cameras.  Then we can talk about the ludicrous ruse.  Cops have been busting johns for 100 years without benefit of CCTV. 
    And what in the blue fuck does watching rubbing and tugging have to do with human trafficking?

    It’s a complex policy issue, with a lot of push-pull.
  10. I think that public policy should be written largely on the basis of anecdotes. I will fight you if you disagree. 

    Well, that’s what we’re doing right now....anecdotes are literally the basis for our current national immigration policy (cough cough MS-13). Heaven forbid there should be a counter narrative.
  11. 42 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

    i get that he's a politician and he's old, but so many of these videos are just girls kinda awkwardly pulling away from him. 

    Pssh.  Amateur.  I was the high school champion of getting girls to awkwardly pull away from me.  I didn't even have to reach out or use my hands.  I just had an innate gift.

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  12. 3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    That looks like a Chevy HHR doing the crazy exit.

    Got one of those as a rent car a few years back.

    Maybe the worst car I've ever driven.  All windows are designed and placed so the driver can't see out of a single damned one worth a shit.

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  13. I'm the cook, so I hit HEB for anything that isn't a staple, or part of the kids' school lunch plan (my wife plans those).  So, IF I'm going to be home in time to cook dinner (not as often as I'd like), I often swing by HEB to pick up the specific fresh stuff I need.

    BUT...I learned this a few years ago when I took off a couple of days before Xmas.  The time to go to HEB is around 10:00 on a weekday.  That's when ALL the attractive neighborhood moms who are done with their morning coffee and yoga routine go shopping.  It was me, store staff, and 100 attractive women shopping that day.  Tuesday HEB trips at 10:00 a.m. remain a life goal.

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  14. 1 minute ago, workswithseed said:

    Well fuck that, I wished we didn't give away our rights after 9/11. 

    We're so skeered of mooslims and mexicans (from all the mexicos) that we happily hand over our rights on a silver platter.  Anything's worth it, because the browns.  But also, the constitution is sacred and we're strict constitutionalists and stuff.  And yeah, if you can't figure out that inconsistency.....use this handy chart to sort it out:

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  15. "I carried a rifle in a combat zone, and I volunteered to do so because I believe in this country and my obligation to serve.  In contrast to what my opponent did when this country needed him to go fight for it, I'll stand on my record."

    Maybe follow that with "I encourage you to talk to my commanding officer, so and so.  You could try and do the same with my opponent, but . . . " 

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