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They still have lot of really lethal stuff.

Nope. The door doesn't "blow off." It depends on which door slide is activated. First, the main entry must be armed. On the ground, prior to movement, they are not armed. Once the airplane moves, the flight attendants arm their doors for automatic deployment. Once armed, the slides will deploy if the door is opened. On main entry doors, the door stays where it is. On over wing hatches, which are not "armed," the hatch is pulled in and must be thrown out. The slide will deploy once the hatch is pulled.

It wasn't a "smart arse response." When an emergency slide is activated, it triggers a pneumatic inflation system that gets the slide from packed and stored to its evacuation position. Kind of like a very large scale airbag. You don't just deflate it and re-pack it in the storage bustle. It must be removed and replaced and that takes a good deal of time and a lot of expense.

No offense, but your description of what is required is not accurate.

A very big and very expensive process.

Not to quibble, but that is absolutely not true. Other than the need for major Naval bases to be located in deep water ports, the location of military bases is largely a jobs program to patronize senators in the states they are located. They are often quid pro quo rewards for votes on various issues. Obviously the availability of reasonably priced land is a consideration, but there is almost no strategic value in their location.

At the risk of thread creep.... This is wrong on two levels. First, CDL requires legal status, I believe, so illegals are not going to be players. Second, what this country does not need, and I'm certain there is near universal agreement on this, is recent immigrants driving 18 wheelers on our interstates and city streets. Anyone who has witnessed what goes on on the roads in Central/South America would most likely agree.

And nobody that I'm aware of is opposed to legal immigration. We are so far away from addressing illegal immigration that it equates to gross negligence.

It's not a sophomoric insult. It's a sincere insult. There are many laws and guidelines that could be ignored that would discourage inflation. Immigration laws are just one. Certainly child labor laws, OSHA rules and guidelines and restrictive environmental rules could be disregarded and would result in cheaper production costs. It's simply not a good idea at all.

I think there is too great a gap to respond to. I really wonder how old you are.

I honestly cannot believe what you post. In taking those jobs they artificially reduce wage growth. Realistic wage growth is essential in realistically pricing goods. What you are not addressing is the cost of all this, and it is massive. Jeesh. Lets just introduce slavery and we can really get price inflation down.

They're spreading nothing except disdain and repulsion for their gov and their military. The world's desire to embrace Russian style communism is about as popular as covid. They are being publicly humiliated across international borders. This disgraceful exercise is going to cost them dearly.

The issue with the exocet that hit Stark and the warhead didn't detonate was that unburned rocket fuel ignited and formed a huge fire. The other exocet's warhead exploded. It's not "change reaction," it's chain reaction, which are explosions caused by other explosions/fires. "Change reaction" is a medical term describing aberrant behavior by individuals that is exhibited after gender reassignment procedures.

I'm not ready to believe they lost this many men yet. Such a number seems almost impossible. Still, the Russian Navy has never been a good deal. Their single aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kusnetsov is a piece or trash. So bad that is considered punishment to be assigned to her. The Kursk, a Soviet sub sank killing all crewmen when help was available and declined by the leadership, and now this. When we were on cruise in the northern Indian Ocean, their intel ship was constantly trailing us picking up trash etc. Every day at dawn we'd launch a SSSC mission. (Surface Search Surveillance and Control). Each airplane was assigned a sector to search, just to make sure the carrier task force had an accurate picture of the players in the area. The Soviet Intel ship would always trail us overnight about 15 miles away. It had inadequate or no air conditioning in its berthing areas, so there would always be about twenty sailors sleeping outside, on deck. Before we'd head to search our specific sectors, we would get about ten miles behind her, push it up to mach and fly by them at deck level. We'd then climb and do a low speed pass and they all be "gesturing" to us.

I sure did. It is burned in my memory.

Could it be that someone saw that horrible Utica Club commercial he did in the 60's? Sent from my rotary phone using my right index finger.

Well thanks. I want to point out that unless this thing ends or is toned down soon, we are getting very close to being at war with the Russians. Using the number of times third party countries have provided weapons to their surrogates, this is getting close to direct conflict. Vietnam was a surrogate war. Korea a little less less so, but still. Since then, the Middle East with Yom Kippur and the Six Day War are direct evidence of surrogate confrontation. In my view, we are getting too close to direct confrontation, and Putin is near the end. Best to be prudent here, and as horrible as it might be, let the combatants work it out without our direct involvement.

Be glad to. If you give any indication that you have any idea about any of this, I'd be most pleased to not respond. Your weapon of the week club subscription isn't going to convince anyone. These are very complicated issues, and a serious discussion suggests one knows something about them, as well as putting periods at the end of sentences.

Ya. The strategic move involves the Nov mid terms. Joe want to hitch his wagon to Zelenskyy, Not necessary and a waste of money, and again, the Russians would probably do something special during this thing that would cost a lot of lives. Hopefully, it doesn't happen.

We don't need to show him military superiority, and doing this wouldn't add anything that isn't obvious on a daily basis of their "performance." What he would probably do is some kind of relatively large strike during this photo op that would damage the Ukraine and kill scores of them for no good reason.

I need to explain this to you? Have you lived under a rock since his inauguration? First thing he does is kill the Keystone pipeline. Next he suspends leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and New Mexico. Enacted an Executive Order that activates the use of Federal Agencies, including the SEC, to enforce energy related mandates. The Build Back Better plan imposed new taxes on natural gas, home heating and manufacturing. In addition he mandated that only one relatively senior administration official can approve new drilling permits, and there are over 4000. There isn't a chance in hell that this new roadblock will ever result in more efficient domestic production. Instead, he authorizes a release of some minor supply from the strategic oil reserve. Totally useless, as is his new 15% ethanol plan, which is not only stupid, its counterproductive. The man succeeds at nothing, and it isn't the Saudis fault.

What an incredibly stupid and unnecessarily expensive photo op. Anything they need to talk about can be done by aids or through other, non personal contact. Almost a guarantee that some Russian offensive move will be made during this visit that will damage the Ukraine as a form of a Putin slap.

I thought about adding that. It is certainly true.

And the Saudis form domestic policy in the US. It's always someone else's fault. The buck gets passed here.

I doubt Putin gives a rat's about the Dems. And blaming the Saudis? Ya..That makes sense. A president that on his first day indicates through executive order that he is openly hostile to domestic production, and it is up to the Saudis to minimize the effect of a Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Biden made his bed. It isn't up to others to sleep in it.