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Exposition

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  1. That was Scarlett Johansson, right? Was pretty funny actually.
  2. Also complicating things is that this happened at night. During the day it very well could have been survivable since the pilot would be able to see more options like fields, roads, and avoid powerlines, etc. You don't have that luxury at night.
  3. I'm not holding my breath for any clear resolution to his immunity claims. Most likely outcome is SCOTUS rules he doesn't have 'absolute' immunity, but a sitting President does have immunity from A,B,C,D scenarios. So Trump will keep ranting and using a defense that each of his cases falls under one of those scenarios.
  4. Wonder how he didn't get any indications that something was wrong when he put the gear up.
  5. Reasons 1,2,3,4, and 5 why this guy should have been disqualified from any remote bit of trust. Any single one of these tall tales is automatically met with my assumption that it's 100% bullshit. People who can legitimately claim these things don't just casually throw it into conversations at hockey games. And in the case that these ARE true, and they are casually talking about it, they're not the type of person I'd trust anyway.
  6. Saw an NBC Nightly News segment this week interviewing a suburban Detroit Arab American voter. Said she would not vote for Trump either, but instead write-in "Free Gaza".
  7. Not sure why but I'd like to drive a hotel shuttle bus when I retire. Seems easy and fun, and you only need to memorize the airport terminals and the route to/from the hotel. And there's a good chance the passengers will tip if you're dealing with bags.
  8. Likely fuel starvation. Looking at FlightAware they were doing some sort of pipeline patrol/aerial photography and were in the air over 5 hours. Sucks because they had Terrell Municipal right there but tried to get all the way back to Mesquite. Time to update the resume...
  9. Thanks, and really appreciate all your contributions and analysis on here.
  10. Question for those who would know the answer ( @TwiceHorn)? Does this relate to the recent ruling striking down ISL? Is the logic behind one connected at all to the other and would that somehow impact the SCOTUS ruling on this issue?
  11. My take: this is the first time that app is getting widespread media coverage, so I'd expect the CEO to take advantage with statements like that trying to generate as much buzz as possible. Who knows if the numbers actually back it up - they likely don't. How long has it been so Santos' expulsion, 10 days now? He's noticeably getting less and less relevant in headlines and my guess is that will continue. By end of year I doubt we'll be seeing much of anything about him...until his next court appearance/plea deal.
  12. Prelim NTSB report is out. The Hawker pilots were distracted trying to troubleshoot issues both on taxi and takeoff and didn't respond to controllers telling them to stop.
  13. I wonder if he knew McKinney was less than 10 miles away. From what I read it was an emergency so maybe he was unable to get much further. Thankfully no serious injuries to all involved.
  14. Team Standard Time. Being -6 hours from UTC simply feels right.
  15. Sounds like the Hawker took off with only a line up and wait clearance. And if that's true the Hawker pilot on the radio is a fucking asshole the way he's talking to ATC. I can cut him some slack because he just experienced a near death experience, but in his tone you can tell he's blaming ATC already when in fact it was his fault.
  16. IMO, one major component of the points game is taking advantage of sign-up/initial spend bonuses to exponentially grow your points balance very quickly. Daily purchases are great and all, but nothing compares to a sign-up offer of XXX,XXX points if you spend $X in the first 3 months. Do that across a few cards and you'll have a shitload.
  17. And to add onto what JS1 said above (who btw is one I often look for to talk me off the ledge)... The poll and article offer zero context behind what really matters: electoral college. Like it or not the election will be determined by roughly 5 or 6 states (MI, PA, GA, AZ, NV) which based on recent elections have trended blue. They're not a sure thing by any means but they're positioned to come through again in 2024. But it's way too early. Polls are just clickbait headlines at this point. And according to many there was supposed to be a red wave last year and look how that turned out.
  18. 2nd round underway, through "C"....already 4 against Jordan.
  19. Agree with the above. The only person I know who is outspoken about supporting RFK Jr. was never going to vote for Biden anyway. He voted Trump in both prior elections.
  20. Don't think I've seen him on Surly. I was always under the impression he was another hitby sock.
  21. The site overall is running much better than before (I'm strictly a PC user and not on mobile). Might have been covered already in the Shit's Borked or Ads threads but the new ad placement on the side is making a big difference and has eliminated the annoying pop-up ads, non-closeable videos in the corner, and redirect problems I had to deal with before. I appreciate the changes and updates recently made and can really tell the difference.
  22. Emergency Alert 2 just issued. First time this year. 😨
  23. I only speak English. Have been 'on the verge' of trying to learn another for years now. This includes Mandarin when I lived in Singapore and Japanese when I lived in Japan. But it was too easy getting away with English and I never pursued either seriously. I want to learn a language that I have some sort of passionate connection with. Spanish? Thai? Arabic? I'm dying to put in the effort and immerse myself into Duolingo or whatever to learn but I'm too finicky to commit. Yet at the end of the day I keep coming back to Cantonese because Hong Kong is far and way my 1,000% favorite city in the world. I have nothing else to contribute to this thread except the shoutout to Cantonese. I felt that.
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