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Evidently, bin Laden's mother has some pics in Saudi Arabia. While they don't say the pics were taken in SA, you can bet they were. "The red hijab that covers her hair is reflected in a glass-fronted cabinet; inside, a framed photograph of her firstborn son takes pride of place between family heirlooms and valuables. A smiling, bearded figure wearing a military jacket, he features in photographs around the room: " Bin Laden Mom Interview

I have a "nuisance" permit. I can shoot them whenever I want. I don't, unless they refuse to stay out of my vineyard. I give them two chances.

I used to get up really early and turn the TV on. First the test pattern, then the Public Service Announcement about the dangers of blasting caps. I used to think they must be laying around everywhere. Eventually, the cartoons started, but I worried about blasting caps for years. The first really serious thing I watched was Cuban Missile Crisis coverage with my father.

Because they can't, and they don't want to. Their view is that soybeans have too much negative impact on the soil.

When I'm in a high level business meeting, I simply text: HLBM They seem to understand that, although initially, the last two letters caused some confusion. When I'm in a very high level business meeting I have to turn my phone off because, well, the meeting is just to high level.

The 12,500 square foot number is the lot size. The house is a 3 br/ 3 bath 2477 square foot house.

Does seizing an embassy and holding hostages count? It isn't done too often.

I really like WNY, having grown up there, but it is what it is, a place with really non-competitive weather. Sometimes it takes a kid to make an observation that is so clear it is really neat. I used to visit family there every year. One year, the year my oldest was learning about the solar system and earth's play in it, we were visiting in late October. We were walking around somewhere and there was a broken layer of clouds quite low, maybe about 800', and it was very windy. The clouds were just whistling by. Anyway, he looks up at me and says,"You know why I like visiting Buffalo so much?" Of course I thought it was visiting relatives and food, which he loved, but he said; "It's because it's the only place you can see the earth spinning." I looked up at the clouds speeding by and I knew exactly what he ws thinking.

49 years ago today we made it through four 1202 alarms and one 1201 alarm. They're trouble for sure.

Best user name on the site. I remember it so well.

One of my favorite quotes. From a a former undersecretary of defense: " ...you know, frankly, going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion."

Welcome to the NFL. Just stupid.

Nice post. Accurate. I'm kind of a Jefferson nut. What would be really neat, and valuable, would be to get a copy of the original Declaration drafts wherein he condemned the slave trade. That proposition was cast aside because it was thought that unanimity was more important, and it was thought that some wouldn't sign it with that provision.

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." "We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...." "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." T. Jefferson, In Congress, July 4, 1776

I live in Charlottesville. We've been through this and continue to be impacted. Leave them alone or you will invite hundreds of lunatics to protest the issue. Monuments are monuments. No support or condemnation need be implied.

Viognier. Simply the best white. If you can find one from South America, all the better.

I'm told they survived the initial explosion and separation. 3 or 4 g's would be meaningless. Above 7 and you start dealing with issues. Normal Shuttle launch was about 3. Not a big deal. I have a few friends of friends who were involved in other flights. I'm told the thing shook like crazy at liftoff.

I know you did. Just wanted to make the point that categorizations of weapon system readiness are grossly different in peacetime than in war, and often done for budget reasons. We used to have three classifications; fully mission capable, mission capable and airworthy. Big difference in numbers, and a lot of creativity goes on in those numbers. If you want parts priority you do one thing. If you want to pound your chest, you report another.

Apollo command module had much less room than the shuttle, so not an option. Not a big deal at all. Bad part is, I'm told, when Challenger blew up, the flight deck area survived for a bit. Not a pleasant situation.

My only comment is that when discussing these things, you have to be a ware of the definition of terms. In this instance, the Eurofighter aircraft "technical glitch" refers to a problem with the cooling system used to support a wing mounted defensive warning system. While that may technically cause them to categorized as not fully "mission capable," they could certainly go without it if needed. There are a number of classifications used by various forces, fully mission capable, mission capable etc. One has to dig into the definitions in order to fully understand what the real situation is, and there is always attempts to report things with budge as motivation, and wartime rules are way different. The Russians and Soviets before them constantly harp on the lack of availability of what they think are overly complicated US airplanes. In a conflict, things would change dramatically. The US has some serious issues as well. When Hurricane Harvey struck SE Texas lst year, only 28 of the 99 T-45 trainers at Kingsville Naval Air Station were deemed airworthy to fly off and avoid the storm. The remainder were hangared or otherwise rode it out. No damage, but not a good sign.

The Federal Reserve is independent, and has three mandates. 1. Maximizing employment. US jobless rates are at historic lows. 2. Price stabilization. Inflation rates are low and not an issue at all. 3. Moderating long term interest rates. Anybody can look at at a chart of the long bond over the past 30 years and see the trend. What banks do with their assets is their own business, and governed by market forces, not the Fed.

Hundreds of easier, less risky ways to do it. A CFA would know that.

That's the first accurate thing you've posted, and it would be fun. Any self proclaimed "CFA" that claims, in the context of this thread, that hedge fund managers can "leverage the heck out of small price movements in oil, the dollar etc.," is ignorant. None of that has anything to do with the ways one could have made money with very little risk if the event was known.

Not buying it for a second. You would not have posted what you have if you had any financial experience.

You have so much to learn. Just a note, expressed in a polite, kind spirited way. If you want to be a conspiracist, you have to have some idea of what you are talking about. You don't, on anything related to this matter, from the actual event to peripheral issues. Calling someone Zionist isn't going to get it. It's like pointing a paint gun at yourself and pulling the trigger.