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All cafe photos this week from Architecture & Tradition

Fluffy navigator. That song is here.

Puppy discovers his Evil Twin.

These deer are having a full-on MMA fight and it's weird.

Speaking of deer:

Snow-white deer.

Rare piebald spotted deer.

And to round it out, here's a supposedly rare black deer.

Dog won't let his master pet the cat. He may love the cat. He also might hate the cat, and may be trying to isolate him. We'll keep an eye on the situation.

One cool cat.

Bugs Bunny voice on: "Don't ferget yer rubbahs!"

A duck makes fun of Jm J. Acosta.

Mommy won't let kitty have no fun.

Penguins are very excitable.

This dog's right ear is working hard.

Telegram.

Me-ow so horny.

Dog living his best life.

All dogs want to be working dogs.

The evolution of computers.

Steve Inman's Crash Derby:

Low IQ, low impulse control are a dangerous combination.

Some freelance amateur street-cleaning.

Three moped street-robbers think they got away but then out of nowhere Oh No They Didn't Get Away. Sudden Violence ~~Warning~~ Recommendation!

I think this woman needs the Cat Whisperer.

Compilation of thugs getting tackled to the ground, hard.

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Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:29 PM (YAoGK)

2 Thanks ace. Have good weekend

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:30 PM (YAoGK)

3 And i nooded

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:31 PM (YAoGK)

4 Penguins are very excitable.

==

They are just happy to see you !

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2025 07:31 PM (g47mK)

5 Going for four

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:31 PM (YAoGK)

6 5 Going for four
Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:31 PM (YAoGK)

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You just got greedy, man...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 31, 2025 07:32 PM (OGOaV)

7 5 Going for four

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:31 PM (YAoGK

I hope things are alright.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 07:32 PM (jvJvP)

8 Toddler and doggo are too funny.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)

9 Omg the cat driving his lady around….!

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:34 PM (twjRB)

10
I find the pic of skydiving dogs hard to believe.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 07:34 PM (IswQ/)

11 Ludacris Cam is Most Excellent today.

Damn those guys went for a ride!

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2025 07:34 PM (9Q8fk)

12 DOGE cut 1 billion of dei related contracts to date... wow

More please!

Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 07:35 PM (9X0Cx)

13 Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray
A Chinese national who organizes pro-Hamas rallies at UCLA just got arrested and her visa revoked. She’s going back to China.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 07:35 PM (TGPs7)

14 Black "deer" looks like a moose; has palmate antlers. Moose are often black, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:35 PM (8zz6B)

15 >>I find the pic of skydiving dogs hard to believe.

They just do that for fun.

Synchronized Swimming is where they make their living.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (9Q8fk)

16 I hope things are alright.

Posted by: Stateless

Lots of waiting. Two sets of blood work. No other updates

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (YAoGK)

17 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

18 If I win the Mega Millions tonight, I may have a copy of that bridge constructed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (Z4Lx1)

19 >>@stillgray
A Chinese national who organizes pro-Hamas rallies at UCLA just got arrested and her visa revoked. She’s going back to China.

You been here 4 year...you go now!

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (9Q8fk)

20 I got willowed but man, it was good stuff

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 07:37 PM (AOsQT)

21 17 .... link?

Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 07:38 PM (9X0Cx)

22 Lots of waiting. Two sets of blood work. No other updates
Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (YAoGK)

Here's hoping the docs find and fix her problem post haste!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:38 PM (8zz6B)

23 17 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

Looked like a damned bomb. No light aircraft makes an explosion like that. Something nefarious has been set loose. This is only the beginning.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

24 Hello, Horde! Apparently I have caught the cold that Mr. TiFW has had for the last week. He still sounds like he is hacking up a lung, even with the meds the doctor gave him. He tested negative for both the Flu and Covid, so I guess it's just whatever is going around right now.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (SRRAx)

25 17 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

Evidently a Medi-vac plane .. Two Doctors, patient and family members..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (VE6XX)

26 I was going to give you shit for punching out early but you pulled it out with those 3 videos. All great.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (LkLld)

27 17 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

Evidently a Medi-vac plane .. Two Doctors, patient and family members..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (VE6XX)

28 21 17 .... link?
Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 07:38 PM (9X0Cx)

Breitbart, Fox.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

29 21 17 .... link?
Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 07:38 PM (9X0Cx)

Breitbart, Fox.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

30 17 .... link?
Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 07:38 PM (9X0Cx)

It's all over the previous thread. Many links.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (8zz6B)

31 Laughing so hard at the ginger kitteh attacking his hoomin. He just wants her to know who is the boss in dis house

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (twjRB)

32 Yelled at the chihuahua, "Get those turkeys!" Hair on her back flared into a mohawk. 200 lbs of wild turkey flew onto the roof and over the fence. What a victory strut. Sorry, no video

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (QSrLX)

33 Huh. Double?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (BW+Gb)

34 The White Deer is minding his own business while standing a safe distance off the road. The Black Deer is standing in the middle of the road with his dick hanging out, while vandalizing a tree.

(My assessment is accurate. And yet, I have opted not to use my regular Username is making this statement)

Posted by: Reverse Community Organizer at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (dIske)

35 Learjet 55 that apparently had just taken off from nearby airport.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (Z4Lx1)

36 Teresa, continued prayers, sweet lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (mB6WH)

37 Lots of waiting. Two sets of blood work. No other updates

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (YAoGK

You're where all of you need to be.

That doesn't help. But you're here.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 07:41 PM (jvJvP)

38 Huh. Double?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM

Please...

*holds out glass*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

39 Deer can f your s up.

I saw a deer almost kill a dog on ytube.

FAFO.

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 07:41 PM (fV+MH)

40 I have caught the cold that Mr. TiFW has had for the last week.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (SRRAx)

As if you even need that right now...hope you recover from it soon.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 07:42 PM (OX9vb)

41 People are speculating on Twitter that it was a medical flight with the two doctors onboard... Even more of a tragedy.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 07:42 PM (TGPs7)

42 27 17 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

Evidently a Medi-vac plane .. Two Doctors, patient and family members..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (VE6XX)

GatewayPundit has links.

Looked like a slow missile.

Slow being very relative.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 07:43 PM (jvJvP)

43 "Dog living his best life."

Labs love the water.

Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (i0F8b)

44 Looked like a damned bomb. No light aircraft makes an explosion like that. Something nefarious has been set loose. This is only the beginning.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

It was a Lear jet. Just took off, tanks full of fuel. Something happened, and it dove into the ground at speed. Tanks burst open, spraying clouds of fuel droplets, ignited by sparks from crash. My WAG? Bird strike took out the engine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (8zz6B)

45 It looks like it crashed into row homes in Philly. It’s awful.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (pZEOD)

46 35 Learjet 55 that apparently had just taken off from nearby airport.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (Z4Lx1)
I don’t know where exactly the plane landed…but if it’s near Roosevelt Mall it took out businesses on the ground and possibly houses or rowhomes.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (twjRB)

47 44 Looked like a damned bomb. No light aircraft makes an explosion like that. Something nefarious has been set loose. This is only the beginning.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

It was a Lear jet. Just took off, tanks full of fuel. Something happened, and it dove into the ground at speed. Tanks burst open, spraying clouds of fuel droplets, ignited by sparks from crash. My WAG? Bird strike took out the engine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (8zz6B)

Aren't there 2 engines?

Posted by: Nova Local at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (exHjb)

48 13 Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray
A Chinese national who organizes pro-Hamas rallies at UCLA just got arrested and her visa revoked. She’s going back to China.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 07:35 PM (TGPs7)

Eric Swallowswell hardest hit.

Posted by: Gref at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (aBgBM)

49 Freaking Parachuting Doggos? Bird shit just took a back seat.

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (dIske)

50 "Bird strike took out the engine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon "

Or drone strike?

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (vFG9F)

51 >Labs love the water.

Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (i0F8b)

I have a lab. Great dog. Complete goof ball. HATES water and cars.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM (GTqXr)

52

From The Telegraph in England.

Cambridge and Oxford Universities considering "moving away" from traditional exams to boost results of minorities. They want open book exams and take home exams in a bid to close achievement gap between students from different backgrounds.

Is everything mucked up these days???

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM (3ek7K)

53 Blustery and spitting rain on the water this evening.
We may get some lowland snow this weekend! It's dumping in the mountains.

Hope y'all had a lovely week. The weekend is here!!! Whoohoo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM (wk95c)

54 AI Shepards.

Weird.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:47 PM (mzM2O)

55 That part of the city is within the city limits but has a major thoroughfare, Roosevelt Blvd, running through it. It sounds from the location of the media staging area that the plane hit a densely populated area.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:47 PM (twjRB)

56 46 35 Learjet 55 that apparently had just taken off from nearby airport.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 07:40 PM (Z4Lx1)
I don’t know where exactly the plane landed…but if it’s near Roosevelt Mall it took out businesses on the ground and possibly houses or rowhomes.
Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (twjRB)

It was near that mall...they do not know casualties on the ground.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 31, 2025 07:47 PM (exHjb)

57
Laura Loomer

@LauraLoomer
🚨AIR AMBULANCE CRASHES IN PHILADELPHIA🚨

I have obtained the registration number of the plane that just crashed in Philadelphia from a screenshot of the engine nacelle in the wreckage.

It’s a medical air ambulance, and it’s owned and operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. It’s a Lear Jet 55.

XA-UCI is the aircraft registration.

The plane originated from PNE, North East Philadelphia Airport.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 07:47 PM (TGPs7)

58 Prayers up for Philly ...

Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic . . . at January 31, 2025 07:47 PM (tcomi)

59 A duck makes fun of Jm J. Acosta.

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at January 31, 2025 07:48 PM (v0R5T)

60 50 "Bird strike took out the engine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon "

Or drone strike?
Posted by: fd at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (vFG9F)

Much more likely in January...but it seemed like a dead plane falling out of the sky, but an intact one...although the video is kinda far away...but the plane wasn't on fire as it was dropping...

It's almost like it went up to 1600 ft and then immediately came back down...I don't know if it was supposed to go higher, but it didn't...would a plane that 100% stalls out just drop after?

Posted by: Nova Local at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (exHjb)

61 13 Ian Miles Cheong

@stillgray
A Chinese national who organizes pro-Hamas rallies at UCLA just got arrested and her visa revoked. She’s going back to China.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 07:35 PM (TGPs7)

Sad!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (YtQZg)

62 It’s a medical air ambulance, and it’s owned and operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. It’s a Lear Jet 55.

Lord. This is gonna get worse isn't it?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (mzM2O)

63 Hope y'all had a lovely week. The weekend is here!!! Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM

Happy Fiday, nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h)

64 The smell ... the smell.

Posted by: Col. Kurz, walking into the Cafe, even before seeing penguins at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

65 63 Hope y'all had a lovely week. The weekend is here!!! Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM

Happy Fiday, nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h

Also, it's Friday!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (mzM2O)

66 Aren't there 2 engines?
Posted by: Nova Local at January 31, 2025 07:45 PM (exHjb)

Not sure. But if the plane hit a flock of birds, both engines could have been destroyed. Remember Captain Sully doing the dead-stick landing near NYC? 737 hit flock of geese, both engines quit.

Obviously, I'm not certain it was a bird strike. But they do happen. Sounds like whatever did happen occurred when the plane was at full power, climbing out after takeoff, but had not yet attained enough altitude or airspeed to make a go-around if the engines quit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (8zz6B)

67 52

From The Telegraph in England.

Cambridge and Oxford Universities considering "moving away" from traditional exams to boost results of minorities. They want open book exams and take home exams in a bid to close achievement gap between students from different backgrounds.

Is everything mucked up these days???
Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM (3ek7K)

Why not just mail all minorities a degree and be done with it?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (YtQZg)

68 >I don’t know where exactly the plane landed…but if it’s near Roosevelt Mall it took out businesses on the ground and possibly houses or rowhomes.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:44 PM (twjRB)

Lots of row homes in that part of NE Philly

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 07:51 PM (GTqXr)

69 My friend’s dad had a diner at Roosevelt Mall a long time ago, and another friend lived up there on Rhawn St. when I think of how I used to switch lanes on the Blvd, at speed, I feel like it was another person driving.
No way would I attempt to drive the Blvd. now. It was hairy back in the day, and nobody was even texting.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:51 PM (twjRB)

70

bear,

yep, they might as well

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

71 >>Aren't there 2 engines?

Not sure.

But there are FOUR Lights!

Posted by: Picard at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (9Q8fk)

72 Please...

*holds out glass*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

Yeah, I expect we could all use one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (BW+Gb)

73 How did it get to be Cafe time already?
Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (fwDg9)

74 *snoopy damce*
I got my new living room chairs delivered today! Pink velvet retro!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (wk95c)

75 There’s been another plane crash, in Philly.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

Looked like a damned bomb. No light aircraft makes an explosion like that. Something nefarious has been set loose. This is only the beginning.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:39 PM (BW+Gb)

it wasn't that light, crew and passengers of 6. Probably a jet.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (n7h9X)

76 63 Hope y'all had a lovely week. The weekend is here!!! Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:46 PM

Happy Fiday, nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h)

From me too.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 07:53 PM (jvJvP)

77 Why not just mail all minorities a degree and be done with it?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (YtQZg)

Works for us.

Posted by: Moorehouse College - Historically Historic at January 31, 2025 07:53 PM (/U5Yz)

78 I'm seeing things around the internet.

Noooo...I'm not just here all day.

Democrats just are not cool anymore.

That was always their swag. They were always the cool party.

Dems are the dorks now.

The sea change is happening.

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 07:53 PM (fV+MH)

79 That plane, crashed sort of behind this guy

https://x.com/NarumangoX/
status/1885481120109588935

Posted by: Ciampino - can't fetch donut holes at January 31, 2025 07:53 PM (KjLnc)

80 >No way would I attempt to drive the Blvd. now. It was hairy back in the day, and nobody was even texting.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:51 PM (twjRB)

When Meta Girl was at Temple, I would often take the Blvd to avoid Broad St. Rt 1 is not for a timid driver.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 07:53 PM (GTqXr)

81

Being a medical air ambulance, I wonder how much oxygen they had on board?

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (3ek7K)

82 You’d think there’d be a way to keep the damn birds away from aircraft, like an aerial version of a scarecrow.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

83 'rons, you might want to sit down for this, given decreased blood flow to the brain can lead to dizziness.

Randi Weingarten and Eric Swalwell (Dirtbag-CA) have *enthusiastically* David Hogg for Vice-Chairpyrsyn of the Democrat Party.

#Winning

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (a3Q+t)

84 Had a flyboy drop his jet fighter at Eielson this past week. He parachuted safely, but it was below zero degrees out there and it could not have been fun dealing with the parachute trip or the cleanup after. What is going on? God swatting us down?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (BW+Gb)

85 My curiosity runs to who was getting that kind of medical attention.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (mB6WH)

86 Hi.

[Just signing in after a cache-cleaning without anything major to say right now.]

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (5LoD7)

87 Dalmatian Deer, never saw one here

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (fwDg9)

88 Why not just mail all minorities a degree and be done with it?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM (YtQZg)

that's what it comes down to. They just are going to work less hard for every concession.

If they went to a less high end uni, or took an extra year they likely could pass and be a skilled graduate. Instead they cast doubt on everyone.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (n7h9X)

89 Happy Fiday, nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h

Also, it's Friday!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM

Fine. I blame bourbon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

90 >>Had a flyboy drop his jet fighter at Eielson this past week.

That was an F35, right?

I don't think it is fair to compare those to an actual Jet.

Posted by: Picard at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (9Q8fk)

91 The evolution of computers.

I've seen a lot of it. Excluding the future, of course. Been a long, strange trip.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (mH6SG)

92 When Meta Girl was at Temple, I would often take the Blvd to avoid Broad St. Rt 1 is not for a timid driver.

What is it…8 lanes divided in weird places?
How did Philly get stuck with the 2 worst highways, the Blvd, and the SE??

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (twjRB)

93 Checking in from my corner of Philly, I'm fine.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (9XPe8)

94 sockOFF

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (9Q8fk)

95 Can't cha smell that smell?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (dR6yv)

96 89 Happy Fiday, nurse!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h

Also, it's Friday!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:50 PM

Fine. I blame bourbon.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

Churchill defended London drunk on Scotch.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (mzM2O)

97 74 *snoopy damce*
I got my new living room chairs delivered today! Pink velvet retro!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM (wk95c)

Probably need a feather boa to wear while doing that dance. A flapper dress, and a really long cigarette holder, too.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM (BW+Gb)

98 I got my new living room chairs delivered today! Pink velvet retro!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 31, 2025 07:52 PM

Pics?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:57 PM (Wnv9h)

99 These recent plane crashes, deep state. Bank it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 31, 2025 07:57 PM (/U5Yz)

100 Being a medical air ambulance, I wonder how much oxygen they had on board?
Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (3ek7K)

that would enhance things, even sending them shooting off like little rockets all over.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 07:58 PM (n7h9X)

101
XA-UCI is the aircraft registration.

Ahhhh, wha??

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 07:58 PM (IswQ/)

102 If they went to a less high end uni, or took an extra year they likely could pass and be a skilled graduate. Instead they cast doubt on everyone.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (n7h9X)

You know who this pisses off the most? The competent and intelligent folks who happen to have another skin color. They all get the side-eye when applying for jobs, because it is assumed they didn't do the work. Sucks donkey balls. I know I catch hell for being a woman, until they FAFO.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (BW+Gb)

103 Had a flyboy drop his jet fighter at Eielson this past week. He parachuted safely, but it was below zero degrees out there and it could not have been fun dealing with the parachute trip or the cleanup after. What is going on? God swatting us down?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (BW+Gb)

You notice there was a huge fireball there as well? Pretty much a given if a plane with fuel in the tanks hits the ground hard. That's why, if a plane has landing gear problems, and cannot get the gear down, they circle and jettison fuel before attempting a belly landing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (8zz6B)

104 How bizarre that computers will evolve into cute chicks in 2100.

Who could ever have seen a nerd programming his AI to produce that outcome?

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (fV+MH)

105

Nurse,

I bet your chairs are beautiful! I love retro things. Even my husband, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (3ek7K)

106 Churchill defended London drunk on Scotch.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM

Yeah...and none of his orders had typos.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)

107 Dalmatian Deer, never saw one here
Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 07:55 PM (fwDg9)

Very hard to spot, they are.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:00 PM (8zz6B)

108 Yeah...and none of his orders had typos.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)

Oh c'mon. He didn't type shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 08:00 PM (BW+Gb)

109 106 Churchill defended London drunk on Scotch.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 07:56 PM

Yeah...and none of his orders had typos.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)

Maybe some cigar burns. Lol

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (mzM2O)

110 If we deport all the Chinese spies and Hamas organizers, who will cook the Moo Goo Gai Pan!!??

Posted by: Miklos has Questions at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (xesY+)

111 Happens in threes, so the Philly crash is #3. Unless we are truly in a brave new world, in which case, maybe we all should start walking.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (MZ+PY)

112 If you want to learn about the causes of better known aircraft disasters, Mentour Pilot on YouTube has many detailed accident analysis videos. Each is 40 to 60 minutes. He uses the official accident reports, ATC and cockpit audio transcripts, flight re-creation video from a flight simulator, and his experience as an airline pilot and check-pilot, to build a detailed description of what happened.

Highly recommended if you have the time to watch the vids.

https://www.youtube.com/@MentourPilot

I find it both fascinating and terribly sad to learn how equipment failures, weather, pilot error, ATC error, and just bad luck individually or in some combination caused the accidents.

Posted by: Gref at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (aBgBM)

113 Rory can't keep his mouth shut, and yet he is quite bright, was a British governor down Basra (Southern Iraq) way during the Iraq War and wrote a book about it - good book, The Prince Of The Marshes.

And after the Afghan War, he actually walked across Afghanistan and wrote a book about that too - enjoyed that one too, The Places In Between.

And yet, for a smart man who is not a coward, he just seems tone deaf...

Rory Stewart
@RoryStewartUK
Good to see the Telegraph and Spectator taking JD Vance’s side in our debate. Who knew the election of Trump would make our right wing media embrace the fringe idea that Christian love is about putting yourself and your own people first?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (TGPs7)

114 110 If we deport all the Chinese spies and Hamas organizers, who will cook the Moo Goo Gai Pan!!??
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (xesY+)

I will miss the Taco truck.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (mzM2O)

115
Smash made me go around the corner and get some dinner.

Taco Mama, The Judge with a side of black beans.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (9a+/U)

116 I am somewhat Churchillian, in a certain respect.

Posted by: Miklos has been Happily Houring at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (xesY+)

117 where's the guy who says everything's an op?

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (AOsQT)

118 116 I am somewhat Churchillian, in a certain respect.
Posted by: Miklos has been Happily Houring at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (xesY+

Bald? Rotund? Eloquent?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mzM2O)

119 Roller blading chick...meow.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 31, 2025 08:03 PM (ufFY8)

120
The Judge? That's a dish?

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 08:03 PM (IswQ/)

121 99 These recent plane crashes, deep state. Bank it.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 31, 2025 07:57 PM (/U5Yz)
Chinese chips.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:04 PM (LHPAg)

122 Smash made me go around the corner and get some dinner.

Taco Mama, The Judge with a side of black beans.
Posted by: BifBewalski .308

Excellent.

Indicates health and Vigour and a Strong physicality.

Posted by: Miklos likes Good News at January 31, 2025 08:04 PM (xesY+)

123
Pontiac had a version of the GTO called "Judge."

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 08:04 PM (IswQ/)

124 It's almost like it went up to 1600 ft and then immediately came back down...I don't know if it was supposed to go higher, but it didn't...would a plane that 100% stalls out just drop after?
Posted by: Nova Local at January 31, 2025 07:49 PM (exHjb)

Then it didn't stall, which would bleed airspeed. If it had a lot of lateral speed it just went from a climb to a dive directly. Moved the stick up. Planes have crashed by not being in autopilot and bumping the stick.

Two pilots - going a long way?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:04 PM (n7h9X)

125 Eloquent?
Posted by: AlaBAMA

I shall drink on the beaches....

Posted by: Miklos Spencer Churchill at January 31, 2025 08:05 PM (xesY+)

126 Taco Mama, The Judge with a side of black beans.
Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (9a+/U)

.45 Long Colt and .410?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)

127 where's the guy who says everything's an op?
Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (AOsQT)

the op got him.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:05 PM (n7h9X)

128 Bald? Rotund? Eloquent?

He has a hawt mother?

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

129 I got my new living room chairs delivered today! Pink velvet retro!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Swanky!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:06 PM (OX9vb)

130 24 hours before collision between helo and jet at DC this same type of helicopter caused three, count'em three collision alerts on radar with arriving aircraft at the same airport in a few minutes.

https://tinyurl.com/3upyhfw6

Posted by: its nuts i tells ya at January 31, 2025 08:06 PM (Vu7Vc)

131 I am somewhat Churchillian, in a certain respect.
Posted by: Miklos has been Happily Houring at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (xesY+

Bald? Rotund? Eloquent?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mzM2O)

Keeps messing around with the war against Rommel?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:06 PM (n7h9X)

132 What a thrill she must be having.

...until the windfarms appeared.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:06 PM (mH6SG)

133 alright then- what about the 'and so it begins' guy

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 08:07 PM (AOsQT)

134 Party at Nurse’s!

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

135 Bald? Rotund? Eloquent?

He has a hawt mother?
Posted by: Bulg

Like Churchill and Boris Johnson, my mother was American.

Posted by: Miklos accepts his ancestry, because it is what it is at January 31, 2025 08:07 PM (xesY+)

136 Bald? Rotund? Eloquent?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mzM2O)

He's laid a few bricks?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:07 PM (8zz6B)

137 >>@realDonaldTrump

>>Just been informed that we are bringing six hostages home from Venezuela. Thank you to Ric Grenell and my entire staff. Great job!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:08 PM (LkLld)

138 133 alright then- what about the 'and so it begins' guy
Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 08:07 PM (AOsQT

In his bunker til 2030.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:08 PM (mzM2O)

139
MILO
@Nero
Philly is the only city mildly improved by a plane crashing into it

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 08:08 PM (TGPs7)

140
I hate milo, that fag.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 08:09 PM (IswQ/)

141 139
MILO
@Nero
Philly is the only city mildly improved by a plane crashing into it
Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 31, 2025 08:08 PM (TGPs7)

True but too early.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:09 PM (mzM2O)

142 Keeps messing around with the war against Rommel?
Posted by: Oldcat

I have never suggested invading the Dardanelles.

That is NOT on me.

Posted by: Miklos Spencer Churchill at January 31, 2025 08:09 PM (xesY+)

143 I’m guessing it threw a turbine blade and wrecked the flight control system.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:10 PM (Md44Z)

144
Good thing Lara Loomer acted a foo during the '24 campaign, otherwise, if she had behaved and concealed her true self, she'd probably be working in the White House, today.

Her stupid antics saved us & the President a lot of future embarrassment.

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 08:11 PM (IswQ/)

145 If you watch channels like Green Dot Aviation there are all sorts of reasons why planes crash.

But a military chopper hitting a commercial plane in a known glide path is suss as hell.

Glide paths are like highways.

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 08:11 PM (fV+MH)

146 129 I got my new living room chairs delivered today! Pink velvet retro!
Posted by: nurse ratched

We had some water damage from a big storm 1.6 years ago.

Tore out the orange carpet, which I hated, the nice red carpet downstairs that still looked great.

Still surviving, a purple carpet in the guest room and a blue carpet in my bedroom.

Surprisingly, they don't sell those colors anymore.

In the age of rainbows....

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:12 PM (jvJvP)

147 Party at Nurse’s!
Posted by: Bulg

DAMMIT

Both smoking jacket AND ascot are at the cleaners

Posted by: Miklos adjusts both monocles with some annoyance at January 31, 2025 08:12 PM (xesY+)

148 Maybe some cigar burns. Lol
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM

The judges will accept cigar burns and/or ash.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 08:12 PM (Wnv9h)

149 I am somewhat Churchillian, in a certain respect.
Posted by: Miklos has been Happily Houring

Your first name is Winston ???

Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic . . . at January 31, 2025 08:12 PM (tcomi)

150
*makes note*

No flying

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:12 PM (dxSpM)

151 Is Salmon pate appropriate dish to bring to Nurse's pink chair party?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:13 PM (mzM2O)

152
>>Just been informed that we are bringing six hostages home from Venezuela. Thank you to Ric Grenell and my entire staff. Great job!

_________

Pedicardis alive or Raisuli dead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:14 PM (dxSpM)

153 Miklos, word is that you dislike Viktor Orban. May I ask why?

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

154 You know who this pisses off the most? The competent and intelligent folks who happen to have another skin color. They all get the side-eye when applying for jobs, because it is assumed they didn't do the work. Sucks donkey balls. I know I catch hell for being a woman, until they FAFO.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 07:59 PM (BW+Gb)

In the early 80s my college had a 3-2 program for engineering where they spent three years at a satellite college taking the first 2 years and any prereqs they hadn't had in highschool then the last 2 years at the main college. Seemed to work well for the guys in it who presumably would not have been admitted, or likely flunked out if they had been admitted.

The dirty secret of affirmative action is almost all of them fail or transfer into a garbage major. They might well have done better at a lower stress college.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (n7h9X)

155 Local weather is rain/fog/mist, so the crash reflected lots of light off the low clouds too.

Destination has been reported as Springfield, MO.
Live here now, used to live there as well, just flew home the day before the DC crash. Strange goings on.

Posted by: Piercello at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (1Osw1)

156 Is Salmon pate appropriate dish to bring to Nurse's pink chair party?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:13 PM

Sea Otter tartare is probably not a good choice, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (a3Q+t)

157 Oh my God Trump fired everyone in the FAA and now planes and helicopters are dropping from the sky we're all going to die

Posted by: Ann I. Diot, Stoughton, MA at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (qUkBO)

158 82 You’d think there’d be a way to keep the damn birds away from aircraft, like an aerial version of a scarecrow.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

Is there some reason they can't put screens over the front of the intakes?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (OX9vb)

159 Your first name is Winston ???
Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic

*lies and says yes*

Posted by: Miklos Spencer Churchill, a distaff and embarrassing family offspring at January 31, 2025 08:16 PM (xesY+)

160 120
The Judge? That's a dish?

Posted by: Soothsayer

Yeah, a decent, but bland burrito bowl.
https://tacomamaonline.com
/view-menu/

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:16 PM (9a+/U)

161 But a military chopper hitting a commercial plane in a known glide path is suss as hell.

Glide paths are like highways.
Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 08:11 PM (fV+MH)

Somebody had to have fucked up very badly there. Philly crash could be explained by mechanical failure, or pilot sudden incapacitation, or bird strike. I'd go with one of those before assuming malice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:16 PM (8zz6B)

162 130 24 hours before collision between helo and jet at DC this same type of helicopter caused three, count'em three collision alerts on radar with arriving aircraft at the same airport in a few minutes.

https://tinyurl.com/3upyhfw6
Posted by: its nuts i tells ya
---

It appeared to me that the near collisions were not acknowledged by the tower. They were not acknowledged until supervisor? asked why the go around. Is that correct?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 08:17 PM (Eq8W+)

163
It was the Masons. Again!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:17 PM (dxSpM)

164 Is there some reason they can't put screens over the front of the intakes?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (OX9vb)

The worst place for a bird strike is the windscreen in front of the pilot. Its like a shotgun filled with bone fragments.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (n7h9X)

165 Is there some reason they can't put screens over the front of the intakes?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (OX9vb)

Restricts the airflow too much. Jet engines are all about cramming a vast amount of air into a stovepipe, adding fuel, and blasting it out the other end.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (8zz6B)

166 It was the Masons. Again!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:17 PM (dxSpM)

Perry has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (n7h9X)

167 Is Salmon pate appropriate dish to bring to Nurse's pink chair party?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 31, 2025 08:13 PM

No...

Posted by: A Mr. Death, here about the reaping at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (Wnv9h)

168 @ 162 They switched out controllers in the middle of it and the second controller didn't know the reason for the go around.

Posted by: its nuts i tells ya at January 31, 2025 08:21 PM (Vu7Vc)

169 Glide paths are like highways.
Posted by: eleven

An offered explanation that the crew saying "they saw the plane" but were actually seeing the plane behind it makes sense to me, cause I have done that with stoplights. Fortunately no accidents. Co-pilot yelling "red light!" helps.

Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic . . . at January 31, 2025 08:21 PM (tcomi)

170 Why do we need helicopters when a Fiesler Stork would do?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2025 08:21 PM (gm9Sb)

171 It was the Masons. Again!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:17 PM

Glad we're off the hook.

Posted by: The Dixons at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM (a3Q+t)

172 word is that you dislike Viktor Orban. May I ask why?
Posted by: Bulg

Because he is a corrupt little dictator with an ego larger than Hungary. Also running the country into the ground. Romania has passed Hungary in GDP per capita and income.

Did I say corrupt, or corrupt as fuck?

I meant to say corrupt as fuck.

Posted by: Miklos attempts to clarify at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM (xesY+)

173 Mentour Pilot has been my aircraft accidents, etc. venue for several years now. I like how Pettre(?) talks and explains things, almost as if you are there. His episode on landing a 737 as a non-pilot in an emergency is great.

Philly crash - word is plane has Mexican registry.

DC Heli pilot: 'woman' not releasing name so:
- POC
- ROPieces
-tranny

Take your pick(s)

Posted by: Ciampino - which option? at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM (KjLnc)

174 Standard PPE (Penguin Protection Equipment) for handling penguins includes gloves, goggles, and breathing apparatus. Paper towels are also recommended for cleaning up excretions generated by the aroused creature.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

175 Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (n7h9X)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (8zz6B)

Got it, thanks! I am not a mechanic. I'm sure it couldn't be more obvious.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM (OX9vb)

176 >>Somebody had to have fucked up very badly there. Philly crash could be explained by mechanical failure, or pilot sudden incapacitation, or bird strike. I'd go with one of those before assuming malice.

There were two pilots onboard. And that Lear was on fire coming straight into ground.

Something catastrophic happened to that plane.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:24 PM (LkLld)

177 If I didn't know better I'd say that looks like a missle strike from Israel news footage....

Posted by: Wardo at January 31, 2025 08:24 PM (9X0Cx)

178 I am not a mechanic. I'm sure it couldn't be more obvious.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:22 PM

The fact you possess a 10mm socket is a bit of a clue.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2025 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)

179 >>114 110 If we deport all the Chinese spies and Hamas organizers, who will cook the Moo Goo Gai Pan!!??
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at January 31, 2025 08:01 PM (xesY+)

I will miss the Taco truck.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Will you miss us too?

Posted by: Hepatitis and Ptomaine at January 31, 2025 08:25 PM (/U5Yz)

180 No where is that 10mm wratchet? I'd sweat it was right there.

Posted by: Some dipshit DIE hire mechanic at January 31, 2025 08:26 PM (xcIvR)

181 XA?

That is a Mexican aircraft registration

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:26 PM (Z4Lx1)

182 Evening, folks. It’s been quite a week.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (U4scq)

183 Posted by: Penguin Facts

Axe Body Spray is toxic to penguins.

Posted by: Miklos , Friend of All Noble Penguins at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (xesY+)

184 Smash is getting an IV, and then the CT scan now.

Updates when I know more.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (9a+/U)

185 Lithium battery & oxygen tanks ...

I heard 2 doctors on board, but not 2 pilots. Updates on the web?

Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic . . . at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (tcomi)

186 170 Why do we need helicopters when a Fiesler Stork would do?
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2025 08:21 PM (gm9Sb)
You'd need Hanna Reitsch to drop it in on the street.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (LHPAg)

187 >Posted by: Miklos has been Happily Houring at January 31, 2025 08:02 PM (xesY+)

I read that as Happily Hooring...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 08:28 PM (GTqXr)

188 181 The pom poms around the windscreen blocked their view. And the horsey decal.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2025 08:28 PM (gm9Sb)

189 Updates when I know more.
Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP

May you both be Blessed with Health & Healing ...

Posted by: Adriane the New Meme Critic . . . at January 31, 2025 08:28 PM (tcomi)

190 My friend just came by for some of his tools.

He saw Snowflake and Trumpy for the first time in a while.

He was surprised at how 'big' they were. They're 'only' 12 and 13 pounds but very fluffy. They are wind resistant.

After Mom passed, I just kept their food bowls full so they'd keep coming back inside. Not a crazy amount, but they are inside alot now.

All the animals are inside. I just want to drink some beer and watch something enjoyable, but nothing is....

Everyone have a good night.

Philly plane crash....suspicious. One after the other so early into President Trump's term. I no longer have any illusions that government would happily kill millions of us to stay in charge.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (jvJvP)

191 There were two pilots onboard. And that Lear was on fire coming straight into ground.

Something catastrophic happened to that plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:24 PM (LkLld)

That’s why my bet is on an explosive engine failure. Perhaps a fuel tank was punctured as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (Md44Z)

192
You'd need Hanna Reitsch to drop it in on the street.
Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM (LHPAg)

_________

She was a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (dxSpM)

193 Is there some reason they can't put screens over the front of the intakes?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (OX9vb)

Restricts the airflow too much. Jet engines are all about cramming a vast amount of air into a stovepipe, adding fuel, and blasting it out the other end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (8zz6B)
---
I figured it was something like that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (BpYfr)

194 Smash is your dog, right, Bif?

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (77rzZ)

195 There is a May Day Air Disaster episode about a leased Lear Jet hauling around the #2 guy in the Mexican government. They were landing in Mexico City and it crashed, killing all aboard.

Yeah the immediate cause was turbulence. But digging further they found that both pilots had falsified training documents.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:29 PM (Z4Lx1)

196 I read that as Happily Hooring...
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Hell, I'm still pre-gaming

Posted by: Miklos , just cashed his auto title loan check at January 31, 2025 08:30 PM (xesY+)

197 So, I was all on board in using peer pressure to try and convince Ace to do a movie review of "Emilia Perez", because it would all be in good fun.

BUT, I just watched Nerdorotic's review. I just can't do that to Ace. If he pissed in my Corn Flakes, or maybe murdered a family member, I might push the issue. But, no one deserves that. No one. Good grief, it's bad. Even Forbes Magazine is asking, "What the hell?"

Posted by: Orson at January 31, 2025 08:31 PM (dIske)

198 Axe Body Spray is toxic to penguins.
Posted by: Miklos , Friend of All Noble Penguins

Axe is also a sure-fire way to get bees to attack. Nice, gentle bees turn into Africanized bees.
Axe me how I know...

Posted by: MkY at January 31, 2025 08:31 PM (cPGH3)

199 Smash is your dog, right, Bif?

Posted by: Bulg

Wife. 42nd anniversary is this October.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:31 PM (9a+/U)

200 Restricts the airflow too much. Jet engines are all about cramming a vast amount of air into a stovepipe, adding fuel, and blasting it out the other end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (8zz6B)
---
I figured it was something like that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

*cancels delivery from El Burrito Loco*

Posted by: Miklos, somehow changed his mind at January 31, 2025 08:31 PM (xesY+)

201 192 Hanna was a true die hard. Invented the "a lot of Germans hated things Hitler did like losing the war". Gotta give her credit for flight accomplishments but hoo boy she was a true Nazi.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2025 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)

202 65 Is there some reason they can't put screens over the front of the intakes?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 08:15 PM (OX9vb)

Restricts the airflow too much. Jet engines are all about cramming a vast amount of air into a stovepipe, adding fuel, and blasting it out the other end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM (8zz6B)

What about supersonic jets like the MiG-21 and the SR-71, they have intake cones?

Posted by: Josephistan at January 31, 2025 08:32 PM (9XPe8)

203 Bif, what' s going on with Smash?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2025 08:32 PM (rmmrE)

204 Mexicans hate the movie Emilia Perez and I think that is why Selena Gomez is crying, she's trying to win back Mexican fans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:33 PM (Z4Lx1)

205
Since I used to call my Command Sergeant Major "Smash" before I met her...and she took immediate charge of my slap dash clusterfuckery...she got the name too.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:33 PM (9a+/U)

206 So, I was all on board in using peer pressure to try and convince Ace to do a movie review of "Emilia Perez", because it would all be in good fun.

It would? I must be missing something.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:33 PM (mH6SG)

207 Prayer up, Bif. Best wishes to wife Smash.

I would love to hear the story behind that nickname, by the way.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM (77rzZ)

208 > Party at Nurse’s!

----

time to break out the monocle and spats

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM (AOsQT)

209 Screens are long wires woven together.
A bird would break the wires and send schrapnel into the engines.
Which would be worse than just a bird.

Posted by: Reforger at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM (xcIvR)

210 82 You’d think there’d be a way to keep the damn birds away from aircraft, like an aerial version of a scarecrow.
Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 07:54 PM (77rzZ)

If a federal grant of several hundred million is available, I will establish a pilot program that places small televisions in trees and other roosts that broadcast instructional videos to educate birds on the risks and harms. BIRD TV. You heard it here first.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM (YtQZg)

211 The MiG-21 and SR-71 intakes are pretty far above the ground and are located before the landing gear. So, the chances of FOD are slim.

Even the F-16 has a low FOD chance because the intake is before the nose gear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:35 PM (Z4Lx1)

212 Axe Body Spray is toxic to penguins.
Posted by: Miklos , Friend of All Noble Penguins at January 31, 2025 08:27 PM

Well...Jersey's safe, then.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 31, 2025 08:35 PM (Wnv9h)

213 Smash is your dog, right, Bif?
Posted by: Bulg

Oof. Penalty box.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:36 PM (mH6SG)

214 Bif, what' s going on with Smash?

Posted by: vmom

Fever, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain. Since last Friday. Walk in clinic sent her to the ER and said it was pancreatitis, but a CT scan would diagnose whatever it was properly.

I've on her hard headed ass for three days to let me take her in, but she had to wait for the Friday night fights to fill up the ER.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:36 PM (9a+/U)

215 What about supersonic jets like the MiG-21 and the SR-71, they have intake cones?
Posted by: Josephistan at January 31, 2025 08:32 PM (9XPe

I think the cone is a part of the scramjet engine in that aircraft.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:36 PM (Md44Z)

216 I would love to hear the story behind that nickname, by the way.

Posted by: Bulg

#205

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:36 PM (9a+/U)

217 WTF?

The Black Hawk IP had 1,000 flight hours and the other pilot had 500 hours.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:37 PM (Z4Lx1)

218 Café-related: Midsomer Murders just had a shooting line for pheasants scene and it included two Labrador retrievers intently watching the sky with their tails wagging just a little bit.

Doing what they love.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 08:37 PM (5LoD7)

219 204 Mexicans hate the movie Emilia Perez and I think that is why Selena Gomez is crying, she's trying to win back Mexican fans.
Posted by: Anna Puma
---

Drop about 20 or 40 pounds of fat would help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 08:37 PM (Eq8W+)

220 The Black Hawk IP had 1,000 flight hours and the other pilot had 500 hours.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:37 PM (Z4Lx1)

500 is ?

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2025 08:38 PM (g47mK)

221 216 Ah, Bif. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at January 31, 2025 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

222 Bif,
I won't go into all that was found with my wife when we went in complaining of sharp pains in the gut. But I'm glad you're in an ER, even if you gotta wait.
Prayers up!

Posted by: MkY at January 31, 2025 08:39 PM (cPGH3)

223 500 hours is, the guy is still learning the ropes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:39 PM (Z4Lx1)

224 FoxNews...

The DEI voted in are on the case.

Speaking loudly....

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:40 PM (jvJvP)

225 From Julie Kelly on X: “It appears that between 30-40 J6 line prosecutors were fired today. I can only guess how much pleasure their victims take at this astounding news.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:40 PM (Md44Z)

226 >I think the cone is a part of the scramjet engine in that aircraft.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:36 PM (Md44Z)

Not scramjets. The engine inlet spike mitigates the shock wave during supersonic flight for optimal airflow to the engine.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 08:40 PM (GTqXr)

227 I was down at 8th SOS in Bien Hoa and a couple A37s were taking off. You can't get any lower than an A37, hell, you don't even need a boarding ladder. Of course, FOD walks are common among US branches and the A37 had remarkable restart capabilities.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (gm9Sb)

228 500 hours in a helo is about double what's needed for a commercial pilot license. It's a lot.

Posted by: MkY at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (cPGH3)

229 Drop about 20 or 40 pounds of fat would help.
Posted by: Braenyard

No

Ample thighs are required for traditional tortilla making.

Posted by: El Mikloso at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (xesY+)

230 211 The MiG-21 and SR-71 intakes are pretty far above the ground and are located before the landing gear. So, the chances of FOD are slim.

Even the F-16 has a low FOD chance because the intake is before the nose gear.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:35 PM (Z4Lx1)
I have climbed into the intake of a chained down, not spinning, cold as ice F4J. Even then it was a creepy feeling.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (LHPAg)

231 Oh kami

If this was a training mission and the IP lost his SA by teaching the other pilot...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (Z4Lx1)

232 This is even better than I could've hoped.

>>@susancrabtree

>>🚨Up to 90 FBI agents are being told to resign, retire or be fired. Many are GS13s, who carried out work on order from senior executive service bosses, sources tell me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (LkLld)

233 “It appears that between 30-40 J6 line prosecutors were fired today. I can only guess how much pleasure their victims take at this astounding news.”

It will never be enough.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:42 PM (mH6SG)

234 We're not going to be hearing anything about it any more; and I'm guessing they'll revoke all of the nominations...

Transgender Best Actress Oscar Nominee Karla Sofia Gascón Sorry for Tweets Trashing George Floyd, Islam, the Oscars
NEW YORK (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated trans actor and star of the movie “Emilia Pérez,” is apologizing for her old posts on social media that denigrated Islam and that called George Floyd “a drug addict and a hustler.”
====
There's a big post at Insty's about it, including praising Adolf.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 08:42 PM (5LoD7)

235 205
Since I used to call my Command Sergeant Major "Smash" before I met her...and she took immediate charge of my slap dash clusterfuckery...she got the name too.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 08:33 PM (9a+/U)

Dude, you made me laugh...

I'm going to look for occasional happy updates through the weekend.

I'll have several beers for you.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:42 PM (jvJvP)

236 After the Colgan Air crash, to be a first officer the pilot has to have over 1,500 hours.

Another FAA lesson learned in blood is that a newly promoted Captain will not be paired with a new First Officer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:43 PM (Z4Lx1)

237 Up to 90 FBI agents are being told to resign, retire or be fired. Many are GS13s, who carried out work on order from senior executive service bosses, sources tell me.
Posted by: JackStraw

I KNOW NOTHINK!

Posted by: Special agent Schultz at January 31, 2025 08:43 PM (xesY+)

238 223 500 hours is, the guy is still learning the ropes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 31, 2025 08:39 PM (Z4Lx1)
Anybody heard what RI Red thinks of all this?

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)

239
Many are GS13s, who carried out work on order from senior executive service bosses, sources tell me.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:41 PM (LkLld)

_________

"I was just following my Führer's orders!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (dxSpM)

240 "I was just following my Führer's orders!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (dxSpM)
-----------
Befehl ist befehl!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (6K6Eu)

241 Amazing the damage one tiny sheet metal screw will do.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (dR6yv)

242
Subject line reads: Retire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (Eq8W+)

243 190
All the animals are inside. I just want to drink some beer and watch something enjoyable, but nothing is....

Everyone have a good night.

Philly plane crash....suspicious. One after the other so early into President Trump's term. I no longer have any illusions that government would happily kill millions of us to stay in charge.
Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental

Hey friend! I am a little worried about you. You know I am around if you need to talk to somebody. We can figure out how to get my contact info to you.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2025 08:45 PM (p4NUW)

244 a big post at Insty's about it, including praising Adolf.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 08:42 PM (5LoD7)

Deadline has had several posts about this.

Dude will still win. Hollywood can't read the room.

Posted by: Stateless...28% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:46 PM (jvJvP)

245
Befehl ist befehl!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 31, 2025 08:44 PM (6K6Eu)

_________

"I protested, privately! I was a secret Trump voter!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 08:46 PM (dxSpM)

246 The best part is that when the Top Men are fired, it encouragers les Autres all the way down.

Posted by: Miklos will refill glass with joy in heart at January 31, 2025 08:46 PM (xesY+)

247 “A Chinese grad student at UCLA who has been leading pro Hamas rallies on campus has been arrested. Liu Lijun’s student VISA has been cancelled.“

Posted by: 13times at January 31, 2025 08:49 PM (Bukd2)

248 Chinese grad student at UCLA who has been leading pro Hamas rallies on campus has been arrested. Liu Lijun’s student VISA has been cancelled.“
Posted by: 13times at January

You go now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 31, 2025 08:50 PM (dR6yv)

249 So, I was all on board in using peer pressure to try and convince Ace to do a movie review of "Emilia Perez", because it would all be in good fun.

It would? I must be missing something.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:33 PM (mH6SG)
---
Let's save it for Movie Night for the new Guantanamo inmates...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 31, 2025 08:50 PM (BpYfr)

250 Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29 28m
BREAKING: Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth announces that Military Departments will no longer use official resources for celebrations or events related to cultural awareness months.

“This guidance is effectively immediately.”

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 08:51 PM (5LoD7)

251 I know nothing about Emelia Perez, and aspire to remain that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:51 PM (Md44Z)

252 Hey friend! I am a little worried about you. You know I am around if you need to talk to somebody. We can figure out how to get my contact info to you.

Posted by: Piper at January 31, 2025 08:45 PM (p4NUW

Thanks so much Piper.

You're such a blessing.

Not too bad today despite the beer. I handled a bunch of stuff so my mental meter goes up one to 29%

On days I don't drink - surprisingly 5 days a week or so - I get plus one and an additional plus one for taking care of everything.

Thank you so much for caring.

My friends are home. I really want to get the house cleaned up from renovations over the next week. I'll be so happy to have my computer room back. It's coloured Sherwin Williams "Cheerful" yellow!

My mental state number will keep climbing higher.

Thank you so much for caring.

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 08:53 PM (jvJvP)

253 I know nothing about Emelia Perez, and aspire to remain that way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 08:51 PM (Md44Z)

It's a classic tale of "He said, she said"

Posted by: Methos at January 31, 2025 08:53 PM (Dnobf)

254 I know nothing about Emelia Perez, and aspire to remain that way.

*fist bump*

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 08:55 PM (mH6SG)

255 Falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 08:55 PM (fwDg9)

256 Amtrak? Say, you're from Pittsburgh have some time and want to visit a friend in Philadelphia. So, you go to the Amtrak site for the schedule of days and times of arrival and departure to and from these cities. No you don't. That type of schedule doesn't exist this is government work, don't you know?

Amtrak's scheduler requires that you enter the day of departure and the day of arrival. If your entry does not comport with the departure and arrival dates of the train you re-enter other dates until you get it right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 08:55 PM (Eq8W+)

257 >
I KNOW NOTHINK!
Posted by: Special agent Schultz at January 31, 2025 08:43 PM (xesY+)

Well, you can know nothing on your own time from now on.

> Liu Lijun’s student VISA has been cancelled.

Maybe the ChiCom will go back home and organize protests in favor of the Uyghurs.

LOL! I kill myself sometimes.

Posted by: That Really Smart Dolphin at January 31, 2025 08:57 PM (W5ArC)

258 Amtrak's scheduler requires that you enter the day of departure and the day of arrival. If your entry does not comport with the departure and arrival dates of the train you re-enter other dates until you get it right.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Hey, we'll just work around you. Not like we're that busy, ya' know?

Posted by: Amtrak at January 31, 2025 08:58 PM (cPGH3)

259 Nick Sortor @nicksortor 1h
🚨 JUST IN: New video shows another angle of the jet SLAMMING into a Philadelphia neighborhood like a missile

This is NIGHTMARE FUEL.

https://tinyurl.com/3j9ey5kx
10 seconds; loud

Mike Scott 🇺🇸 @mscott_1 1h
It looks like it was full of fuel.

Nick Sortor @nicksortor 1h Replying to @mscott_1
Yep, it had just taken off from Philly a minute or so before and was headed to Missouri. Lots of fuel on board.

https://tinyurl.com/fh4kzkwn
screencap flight info

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 08:59 PM (5LoD7)

260 Fox

6 people on the plane.

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:00 PM (jvJvP)

261 Interestingly, the Gonzaga basketball team was leaving LAX the other day and as their aircraft was about to cross a runway the tower shouted STOP STOP STOP and just avoided rolling right into another aircraft taking off.
Our flight controllers must really be stretched thin.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:02 PM (W/lyH)

262 Late to the thread. It's been actually busy this evening.

A comment for the 'The Trump Administration Keeps Giving the Media Simple, Direct, Candid, Straightforward Answers...' thread below.

Its refreshing to see that the 'Weaponized Empathy' that the MFM has employed for decades is no longer effective.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 31, 2025 09:02 PM (WBro8)

263 Anybody heard what RI Red thinks of all this?
Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2025 08:43 PM (LHPAg)

Hey, Eromero. I was telling CBD today that this one hit me hard. I had an inches away near head on with another Huey flying at night over the desert. I had a useless 1 LT as my Peter pilot and didn’t let him touch the controls till we were headed home. I put my head down for 10 seconds to look up a freq, glanced up and yanked the cyclic back and the collective fullup. Overtorque, low rotor rpm, the works. The guys on the other Huey told me they saw the rivets on the bottom of my aircraft.
Meanwhile, 1LT is squealing, “But his lights weren’t moving!” Never heard of relative motion. 1/2

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:03 PM (U4scq)

264

Fox News says the plane had a pediatric patient on board.

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 09:03 PM (3ek7K)

265 233

Many of the "J6 line prosecutors" volunteered from districts all across the country to go on TDY to D.C. to prosecute the J6'ers

Just in case anyone thought they were all D.C. locals. Unh-uh. They were ideological zealots on a mission from God.

I know one of them. She retired from DOJ after getting some J6 scalps. I guess she figured her work here on earth was done.

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2025 09:03 PM (NLIak)

266 Another PA video
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/
1885488157518430445

Posted by: Ciampino - lots of fires at January 31, 2025 09:04 PM (KjLnc)

267 Bif, prayers they get her sorted out quickly

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2025 09:04 PM (rmmrE)

268 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 1h
Photo of beautiful water flow that I just opened in California. Today, 1.6 billion gallons and, in 3 days, it will be 5.2 billion gallons. Everybody should be happy about this long fought Victory! I only wish they listened to me six years ago – There would have been no fire!

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:04 PM (5LoD7)

269 I was expecting the Devil's bridge to have a lot more flames and jagged, pointy things interspersed onto it.

Plus a toll. Nothing too extravagant, like your firstborn son or anything like that. Maybe just a daughter or your favorite mule.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 31, 2025 09:05 PM (hzdw8)

270 Bif.
Prayers for y'all.
Hoisting some Irish tonight for ya.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:05 PM (W/lyH)

271 176 >>Somebody had to have fucked up very badly there. Philly crash could be explained by mechanical failure, or pilot sudden incapacitation, or bird strike. I'd go with one of those before assuming malice.

There were two pilots onboard. And that Lear was on fire coming straight into ground.

Something catastrophic happened to that plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:24 PM (LkLld)

No idea why there would be birds flying at night.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:05 PM (GUxWu)

272 I know one of them. She retired from DOJ after getting some J6 scalps. I guess she figured her work here on earth was done.

Poor thing. Her work in Hell has only just begun.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 09:06 PM (mH6SG)

273 mnw

Go Chiefs.

For your planning: Is Manhattan or Abilene too far? I may have a trip to the Eisenhower museum this summer. You are invited.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 31, 2025 09:06 PM (u82oZ)

274 ThePersistence @ScottPresler 4h
BOMBSHELL: As many as 40% of the noncitizens present in Maine may have voted in the 2024 elections

OR had voted cast in their names.

This figure is based on data from Maine’s CVR (Central Voter Registration) & MaineCare.

We need an IMMEDIATE audit of Maine’s voter rolls.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:07 PM (5LoD7)

275 267 Bif, prayers they get her sorted out quickly
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 31, 2025 09:04 PM (rmmrE)

Ditto. Pancreatitis is worse than childbirth, pain wise. Get her some relief.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:07 PM (GUxWu)

276 cramming a vast amount of air into a stovepipe, adding fuel, and blasting it out the other end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2025 08:20 PM

Cut. Jib. Newsletter?

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at January 31, 2025 09:08 PM (a3Q+t)

277 At 1000 hours, you know what you are doing. Remember, helicopter flights are relatively short, like 2 hours, so that’s a lot of flights.
You come out of flight school with 200 hrs. It takes a couple hundred more to be minimally qualified. At 500 hours, you think you know what you are doing and are often wrong. Sometimes fatally.
I suspect the IP got distracted, the female copilot was not watching the altitude and drifted up from 200 feet. IP may not have seen the aircraft on his left side and copilot may not have been aware of the danger of no relative motion. 2/2

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:09 PM (U4scq)

278 Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol 7h
🚨#BREAKING: Yancey County's emergency director Jeff Howell has confirmed that 100% of the county now has power for the FIRST TIME since Hurricane Helene.

He also confirms, "we can now safely get fire trucks and ambulances to every single home in Yancey County..."

LET'S GO!!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:09 PM (5LoD7)

279 No idea why there would be birds flying at night.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:05 PM

Who?

Posted by: Owls at January 31, 2025 09:10 PM (a3Q+t)

280 Local reporting is it was a pediatric patient on the Learjet. Dear Lord. Awful.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 31, 2025 09:10 PM (GTqXr)

281 Coldfury.com has Padraig Martin saying it was a female POC captain (with picture)who flew medical flights and was part of Lloyd Austin’s effort to get more black women into army aviation.
I do not vouch for that info, but I would not be surprised.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:12 PM (U4scq)

282 They test the jet engines ability to withstand bird strikes. A funny story from a professor when I was in college was about her friend having the job to get and toss whole chickens into the turbines. "She learned that you don't use frozen chickens"

Posted by: PaleRider at January 31, 2025 09:13 PM (34pOu)

283 Hey, Eromero. I was telling CBD today that this one hit me hard. I had an inches away near head on with another Huey flying at night over the desert. I had a useless 1 LT as my Peter pilot and didn’t let him touch the controls till we were headed home. I put my head down for 10 seconds to look up a freq, glanced up and yanked the cyclic back and the collective fullup. Overtorque, low rotor rpm, the works. The guys on the other Huey told me they saw the rivets on the bottom of my aircraft.
Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:03 PM

You saying the pucker factor increased to yellow?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2025 09:13 PM (a3Q+t)

284 271 176 >>Somebody had to have fucked up very badly there. Philly crash could be explained by mechanical failure, or pilot sudden incapacitation, or bird strike. I'd go with one of those before assuming malice.

There were two pilots onboard. And that Lear was on fire coming straight into ground.

Something catastrophic happened to that plane.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 08:24 PM (LkLld)

No idea why there would be birds flying at night.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:05 PM (GUxWu)

Bats!

Posted by: Penguin at January 31, 2025 09:13 PM (i0F8b)

285 Are birds flying into engines that horrible?

I know anything running into a running engine isn't going to be good, but I would think the blades would obliterate the bird mostly.

And with the number of planes and the number of birds, or even drones, I'd expect a lot more crashes.

Sorry, waiting for one more cat to come in....

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:14 PM (jvJvP)

286 Breaking911 @Breaking911 18m
UPDATE: FAA corrects earlier statement, now says 6 were onboard doomed flight

“There were four (4) crew members and one (2) passengers (pediatric patient and escort) on board. No further information is available at this time.”

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:15 PM (5LoD7)

287 Amtrak? Say, you're from Pittsburgh have some time and want to visit a friend in Philadelphia. So, you go to the Amtrak site for the schedule of days and times of arrival and departure to and from these cities. No you don't. That type of schedule doesn't exist this is government work, don't you know?

Amtrak's scheduler requires that you enter the day of departure and the day of arrival. If your entry does not comport with the departure and arrival dates of the train you re-enter other dates until you get it right.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 08:55 PM (Eq8W+)

or you rent a car and drive.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 09:16 PM (n7h9X)

288 Hi, Salty

I could likely do either one. Would be good to see some 'rons in person again.

I'm having MAJOR new troubles walking, though. So, tentative.

I would like to see Kelce win another SB & then hang 'em up. Go out on top. Few do. What... does he need more MONEY?

The Chefs are going to lose Bolton and/or Trey Smith to free agency. We all know that since they let Tyreek and L'Jarius Sneed walk, they'll bite the bullet on anybody else they think they can't afford. It's how they roll.

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2025 09:16 PM (NLIak)

289 This figure is based on data from Maine’s CVR (Central Voter Registration) & MaineCare.

We need an IMMEDIATE audit of Maine’s voter rolls.
Posted by: andycanuck

I did contracting work for the State of Maine's voter's system twenty-some odd years ago.

Regular folks have no idea of the level of chicanery and fraud.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2025 09:16 PM (WXNFJ)

290 I don’t believe bats or owls go up to 2,000 feet, but okay, boomer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:16 PM (GUxWu)

291 #286 addendum

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 31s
BREAKING: A girl who was returning to Mexico after receiving treatment for a life-threatening illness in the U.S. was among the 6 people on board the plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia - NBC10

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:17 PM (5LoD7)

292 > Are birds flying into engines that horrible?

We had an AWACS plane taken out by geese here in Alaska back in '95. 24 fatalities, 0 survivors.

So yeah, pretty bad.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2025 09:17 PM (W5ArC)

293 285 Are birds flying into engines that horrible?

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:14 PM (jvJvP)

Ask Captain "Sully"

I understand they were hiring people wis disabilities at FAA, deaf, visual impairments, epilepsy, partial paralysis.
Sounds stupid

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:18 PM (2NXcZ)

294 know anything running into a running engine isn't going to be good, but I would think the blades would obliterate the bird mostly.

And with the number of planes and the number of birds, or even drones, I'd expect a lot more crashes.

Sorry, waiting for one more cat to come in....

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:14 PM (jvJvP)

famous accident a few years back birdstrike took out both engines of an airliner. Pilot managed to retain control, turn and ditch the plane in the Hudson River (or East R) perfectly and everyone was saved.

I think NY went around and killed a lot of birds after that.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 31, 2025 09:18 PM (n7h9X)

295 BIRD TV. You heard it here first.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM

Word.

Posted by: Surfer Bird at January 31, 2025 09:19 PM (a3Q+t)

296 Sweet Jesus, hold them all gently in the palm of your hand. Mother Mary receive them with your kind arms and heart. Joseph, scourge of demons, protect them on their way. Amen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 31, 2025 09:19 PM (GUxWu)

297 294: It was the Hudson

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:19 PM (2NXcZ)

298 Those arc bridges, that's some impressive engineering.

The Romans knew their shit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2025 09:20 PM (dDmld)

299 but okay, boomer

That would be me! Wait, wut?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 09:21 PM (mH6SG)

300 You saying the pucker factor increased to yellow?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2025 09:13 PM (a3Q+t)

Happened too fast to even pucker, DThrax. Pure adrenaline.
1LT pucker may have increased to brown.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:21 PM (U4scq)

301 Governor Newsom was formally served with a notice of intent to recall. It had far more than the legally required number of signatures. There are several legal steps required before recall petitions can be circulated.

Posted by: 13times at January 31, 2025 09:21 PM (MUx3Y)

302 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
JUST IN - A New York doctor who prescribes abortion pills online has been indicted in Louisiana — AP

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:21 PM (5LoD7)

303 Birds do serious damage to engines, it's not a meat grinder

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 09:22 PM (fwDg9)

304 Jet engines should be able to survive a bird strike unless its a large bird, like goose or bigger. Someone said "with all the planes and drones you'd think if birds were a big danger there would be more crashes" Jet engines should be able to handle a bird strike but if a small drone was sucked into the engine that would probably destroy the engine. Birds are pretty mushy unless frozen, drones would not be. And I believe that drones have auto restrictors to keep them out of flight paths but a good hacker could probably subvert the restrictor.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 31, 2025 09:22 PM (34pOu)

305 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2025 09:17 PM (W5ArC)

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:18 PM (2NXcZ)

So yeah.

I guess I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often then when you consider the number of planes and the number of birds.....not yet killed by windmills.

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:22 PM (jvJvP)

306 Federal employees ordered to remove "pronouns" from their email signatures by 5 PM today.

If it were up to me, I'd make them use "me/that fucking retard" for the same length of time they'd been using the "pronouns".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2025 09:23 PM (W5ArC)

307 I understand they were hiring people wis disabilities at FAA, deaf, visual impairments, epilepsy, partial paralysis.
Sounds stupid
Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:18 PM (2NXcZ)

Just watched a vid of the senate confirmation hearing for Biden's FAA director, named Washington. He couldn't answer some pretty basic questions.
I'll try to get a link.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:24 PM (W/lyH)

308 Red, do you still fly?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 09:24 PM (LkLld)

309 If it were up to me, I'd make them use "me/that fucking retard" for the same length of time they'd been using the "pronouns".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 31, 2025 09:23 PM (W5ArC

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at January 31, 2025 09:25 PM (Vvh2V)

310 The South Korean crash a couple weeks back is now being blamed on a flock of ducks. And a big concrete wall at the end of the runway which really should not have been there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 09:25 PM (Md44Z)

311 That bridge looks like it could be of those river portals in Simmons' Hyperion novels.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at January 31, 2025 09:25 PM (ZkLiM)

312 Newsom 's people will verify every signature, this isn't just a election

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2025 09:27 PM (fwDg9)

313 New footage from the Philadelphia plane crash shows a person emerging from the wreckage engulfed in flames.

https://tinyurl.com/mk9n63j8

Posted by: Ciampino - lots of fires everywhere at January 31, 2025 09:28 PM (KjLnc)

314 Excuse me, Why would The Devil need a bridge?

Posted by: Admiral James T Kirk at January 31, 2025 09:29 PM (i0F8b)

315 Yeah, not watching that.

Posted by: Piercello at January 31, 2025 09:29 PM (1Osw1)

316 Trump is worth it, just for the amusement value.

As The Omen sequel trailer said, "The first time was only a warning."

Posted by: mnw at January 31, 2025 09:29 PM (NLIak)

317 Seems like I remember hearing about some airports getting border collies to keep geese off the airport to avoid the potential bird strikes on takeoffs years and years ago.

Prayers up for all the victims of these crashes. I hope the reviews improve safety.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 31, 2025 09:30 PM (34pOu)

318 Posted by: PaleRider at January 31, 2025 09:2

I guess drones, and birds, being at the exact right place at the exact right time would be pretty rare.

Unless it was malicious.

But still, being at the right spot.

Thanks everyone.

I'm go___ to check on Trumpy outside, come back and hope for good news from Bif.

Hey, BurtTC....I forget if that's his name lost his son today. It was in the early morning thread. Mom was 88 and had a good life. I can't imagine losing a child.

Posted by: Stateless...29% - mental state clawing up from 10% at January 31, 2025 09:30 PM (jvJvP)

319 " The South Korean crash a couple weeks back is now being blamed on a flock of ducks. And a big concrete wall at the end of the runway which really should not have been there.
Posted by: Tom Servo"

That infuriates me. It wasn't just a concrete block...it was a STEEL REINFORCED concrete block!

For antennae that did not need any concrete AT ALL.

It was just a fucking antennae. I am so fucking pissed about that it makes me sick.

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 09:30 PM (fV+MH)

320 Re: drones
DJI is the main mfr of drones in the US. Chinese.
They removed the geofence last week... meaning that there's nothing stopping an operator flying into restricted air space.
I own one. Chinese bricked it about 6 months ago, but truthfully, they should be outlawed. Let some American mfr copy the design and build them here (patent? What patent).

Posted by: Amtrak at January 31, 2025 09:30 PM (cPGH3)

321 https://tinyurl.com/mk9n63j8
Posted by: Ciampino - lots of fires everywhere at January 31, 2025 09:28 PM (KjLnc)

Cottman is a busy street. Lots of people out and about.

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:31 PM (2NXcZ)

322 Wait. Newsom has "people"? He looked like a lost 5 year-old standing on the tarmac waiting for Daddy Trump to arrive and bail him out.

Where were his "people" then?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2025 09:31 PM (dDmld)

323 Site of the crash:

PureAmericaNews @PureAmericaNews 2h
#BREAKING: Philadelphia Police have confirmed that a small plane has crashed near the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. Multiple homes are reportedly on fire, though the extent of injuries remains unknown at this time. Authorities are responding to the scene.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:31 PM (5LoD7)

324 Where's that confounded bridge?

Posted by: Robert Plant at January 31, 2025 09:32 PM (dDmld)

325 Fox saying the crew was all Mexican and have been flying back and forth for this girl to get treatment in Philadelphia for a life threatening illness. They were sponsored by a group out of Miami.

Posted by: Jen the original at January 31, 2025 09:32 PM (hLFMV)

326 Jackstraw, I do not.
Rotary Wing requires great eyes, reflexes and lots of continuing training.
I’m not sure if I told you that I crashed the first Black Hawk in the pre contract flight testing of the Sikorsky and Boeing competitors.
One reason that Sikorsky got the contract. Swept rotor tip separated from one blade (low level, night, 150 knots). Got her down level in the trees and we made our own LZ. Sikorsky put new blades on and flew it out of there the next day.
If it had been a Huey I would not be here.
So, I’ve had enough aviation excitement.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:33 PM (U4scq)

327 PureAmericaNews @PureAmericaNews 2h
#BREAKING: Philadelphia Police have confirmed that a small plane has crashed near the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. Multiple homes are reportedly on fire, though the extent of injuries remains unknown at this time. Authorities are responding to the scene.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:31 PM (5LoD7)

Already been confirmed as a Lear Jet 55 on a Medivac flight. Possible fire on board from an oxygen bottle issue.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2025 09:33 PM (iODuv)

328 Just watched a vid of the senate confirmation hearing for Biden's FAA director, named Washington. He couldn't answer some pretty basic questions.
I'll try to get a link.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:24 PM (W/lyH)

I saw it on X. Scary hearing. Didn't know a damn thing.

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:34 PM (2NXcZ)

329 Already been confirmed as a Lear Jet 55 on a Medivac flight. Possible fire on board from an oxygen bottle issue.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2025 09:33 PM (iODuv)

One of the oxygen tanks landed intact about half a mile from the site.

Posted by: Long night... darkness lifted. at January 31, 2025 09:36 PM (2NXcZ)

330 >>Where were his "people" then?

I heard that in Edward G Robinson's voice.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 09:36 PM (LkLld)

331 ">>Where were his "people" then?

I heard that in Edward G Robinson's voice.
Posted by: JackStraw "

lol

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 09:37 PM (fV+MH)

332 Jackstraw, I do not.
Rotary Wing requires great eyes, reflexes and lots of continuing training.
I’m not sure if I told you that I crashed the first Black Hawk in the pre contract flight testing of the Sikorsky and Boeing competitors.
One reason that Sikorsky got the contract. Swept rotor tip separated from one blade (low level, night, 150 knots). Got her down level in the trees and we made our own LZ. Sikorsky put new blades on and flew it out of there the next day.
If it had been a Huey I would not be here.
So, I’ve had enough aviation excitement.
Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:33 PM (U4scq)
***

Not a rotary guy but when I first went to work at Boeing after retirement from the Army, they assigned me to the Comanche program. I got to fly the simulator. Frigging crazy!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:37 PM (W/lyH)

333 Dashcam footage from Philly

https://tinyurl.com/2x7nvpkn

Posted by: Ciampino - All MX nationals at January 31, 2025 09:38 PM (KjLnc)

334 329 Already been confirmed as a Lear Jet 55 on a Medivac flight. Possible fire on board from an oxygen bottle issue.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2025 09:33 PM (iODuv)

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Oxygen is so dangerous it should be outlawed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2025 09:38 PM (dDmld)

335 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 14m
Officials are getting ready to give another update on the plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:38 PM (5LoD7)

336 313 New footage from the Philadelphia plane crash shows a person emerging from the wreckage engulfed in flames.

https://tinyurl.com/mk9n63j8
Posted by: Ciampino - lots of fires everywhere at January 31, 2025 09:28 PM (KjLnc)

Holy shit, dude!

I have to doubt that whoever it was was aboard. Perhaps somebody who was too close to the crash site, or some fool who got curious and went in too close to take a look. I wonder if they're OK?

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 31, 2025 09:38 PM (hOOi9)

337 [ii]Let some American mfr copy the design and build them here (patent? What patent).

FAA regs for drones are currently that if it's made in the US, it has to have a mechanism where it won't power on unless the operator can provide proof of an FAA pilot's license. That is not required for foreign-made drones.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2025 09:39 PM (YRLP/)

338 I have to doubt that whoever it was was aboard. Perhaps somebody who was too close to the crash site, or some fool who got curious and went in too close to take a look. I wonder if they're OK?

More likely a bystander who got splashed with jet fuel. Nobody on board would've survived that crash.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2025 09:39 PM (YRLP/)

339 Dashcam footage of the crash as it happened, posted on X:

https://tinyurl.com/mukc248r

WOW that jet was dropping fast! Not even a mayday call was sent.

Posted by: Just reporting at January 31, 2025 09:40 PM (Dzs7E)

340 It is still possible to make a RC airframe (quad or traditional) which is not subject to external (government) restrictions or control. Individual parts can be purchased in this country or directly from China. Enterprising college kids do it all the time.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at January 31, 2025 09:40 PM (WvGHv)

341 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 1h
Private emergency service XE Medica in Mexico: "We regret to inform you that the plane that crashed at this time in Philadelphia is a Learjet 55, which is a Mexican air ambulance with registration XA-UCI. We are awaiting the development of rescue operations and further information to determine the status of the crew and possible victims on the ground."

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (5LoD7)

342 >>Jackstraw, I do not.
Rotary Wing requires great eyes, reflexes and lots of continuing training.
I’m not sure if I told you that I crashed the first Black Hawk in the pre contract flight testing of the Sikorsky and Boeing competitors.
One reason that Sikorsky got the contract. Swept rotor tip separated from one blade (low level, night, 150 knots). Got her down level in the trees and we made our own LZ. Sikorsky put new blades on and flew it out of there the next day.
If it had been a Huey I would not be here.
So, I’ve had enough aviation excitement.

Eh, I've lost a few miles off my fastball.

I've met you. I'd still trust flying with you. Maybe something smaller than a Black Hawk. Much smaller.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (LkLld)

343 Excuse me, Why would The Devil need a bridge?
Posted by: Admiral James T Kirk

To cross the River Styx?

Just spitballing here.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (WXNFJ)

344 Nobody emerged from that crash. That is someone who was on the ground, on fire to be sure. They weren’t on the plane.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (ovhgY)

345 That's what Anna said a few threads ago, XA is a MEx designation.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2025 09:42 PM (g47mK)

346
What are the chances these "medical" plane trips were a "front" for smuggling Dope?

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 09:42 PM (IswQ/)

347 Not a rotary guy but when I first went to work at Boeing after retirement from the Army, they assigned me to the Comanche program. I got to fly the simulator. Frigging crazy!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:37 PM (W/lyH)

Great concept program, Diog. But another victim of DOD acquisition practices.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:42 PM (U4scq)

348
Pete Bog,

I don't know if you are around. I just read the South Pass area is supposed to get 60 inches of snow from tonight until Sunday.

Posted by: four seasons at January 31, 2025 09:43 PM (3ek7K)

349 #BREAKING: Yancey County's emergency director Jeff Howell has confirmed that 100% of the county now has power for the FIRST TIME since Hurricane Helene.

He also confirms, "we can now safely get fire trucks and ambulances to every single home in Yancey County..."

LET'S GO!!!!!
Posted by: andycanuck
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Meh. Just a bunch of toothless hillbilies.

Posted by: FEMA at January 31, 2025 09:43 PM (XeU6L)

350 344 Nobody emerged from that crash. That is someone who was on the ground, on fire to be sure. They weren’t on the plane.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (ovhgY)

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Richard Pryor?
A Buddhist monk?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2025 09:43 PM (dDmld)

351 BNO News Live @BNODesk 7m
The Pentagon is making changes to the resident Press Corps (journalists who have physical workspaces in the building):

OUT: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Politico

IN: New York Post, OANN, Breitbart, HuffPost
====
HuffPoo??? A sop to the Left??

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:44 PM (5LoD7)

352 Best news of the day, two threads back.

>>>"Chaos, mistrust, confusion," said one employee at the Department of Justice who, like others, was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the situation without fear of retribution. "There's also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town."

*places hand on fedzilla smart bug*

It's scared.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 31, 2025 09:44 PM (81faD)

353
Meh. Just a bunch of toothless hillbilies.
Posted by: FEMA
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[one week ago]

Let's talk.

Posted by: President Trump at January 31, 2025 09:44 PM (XeU6L)

354 The FAA does not prevent one from powering on a drone. The restrictions for hobbyists are convolute but easy to fulfill. There are qualifications (mainly on paper) that must be met and whether one is flying in restricted airspace. In addition, there are FAA recognized identification areas which do not require a transponder.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at January 31, 2025 09:44 PM (WvGHv)

355 What are the chances these "medical" plane trips were a "front" for smuggling Dope?
Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 09:42 PM (IswQ/)

I wholeheartedly wish that were true in this case. If not, Lord have mercy on all on board, and their families.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 31, 2025 09:46 PM (OX9vb)

356 WOW that jet was dropping fast! Not even a mayday call was sent.

On Fox just now they said it was at 1600 feet dropping at 2400 feet per second. That's *fast*.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2025 09:46 PM (YRLP/)

357
Smash is back from the CT scan. They took more blood to cross check the serum amylase or lipase levels ≥ 3 times the upper limit of normal.

Even if it's a mild case, they may admit her for fluids and observation.

Now waiting on a Dr to read everything and make a decision.

Posted by: BifBewalski .308 / .45ACP at January 31, 2025 09:47 PM (YAoGK)

358 HuffPoo??? A sop to the Left??
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:44 PM (5LoD7)

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HuffPo's editorial board is whiter than Joe Biden's fake teeth.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 31, 2025 09:48 PM (dDmld)

359 2400 feet per minute I’d believe.
Not rifle bullet speed.

Posted by: RI Red at January 31, 2025 09:48 PM (U4scq)

360 356 WOW that jet was dropping fast! Not even a mayday call was sent.

On Fox just now they said it was at 1600 feet dropping at 2400 feet per second. That's *fast*.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2025 09:46 PM (YRLP/)

Is that, "Dropping," or a powered dive?

Posted by: davidt at January 31, 2025 09:48 PM (i0F8b)

361 Some in the Fed zilla are in a “Panic”? Abject terror would be preferable but we’ll take what we can get. Those bastards deserve much worse to be sure

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2025 09:48 PM (ovhgY)

362 I was up in Yancey county a week ago. Stopped at a rural Baptist church where donated water and relief supplies were still be handed out by volunteers.

Out front the signboard read, 'We support Israel'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2025 09:49 PM (XeU6L)

363 BIRD TV. You heard it here first.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 31, 2025 08:34 PM

Word.

Posted by: Surfer Bird at January 31, 2025 09:19 PM (a3Q+t)

That's it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 31, 2025 09:49 PM (81faD)

364 What are the chances these "medical" plane trips were a "front" for smuggling Dope?
Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 09:42 PM (IswQ/)

Possibly.
Cynic that I am, I'd be more inclined to believe a cartel billionaire sending a kid to the US for some special treatment.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:49 PM (W/lyH)

365 "BNO News Live @BNODesk 7m
The Pentagon is making changes to the resident Press Corps (journalists who have physical workspaces in the building):

OUT: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Politico

IN: New York Post, OANN, Breitbart, HuffPost
===="

And the times they are achangin

https://youtu.be/90WD_ats6eE?si=QeGaqViKNsIkHCnM

Posted by: eleven at January 31, 2025 09:49 PM (fV+MH)

366

Nobody emerged from that crash. That is someone who was on the ground, on fire to be sure. They weren’t on the plane.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2025 09:41 PM (ovhgY)

__________

But action heroes always just emerge from the wreckage, twist their necks a bit and get on with it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2025 09:50 PM (dxSpM)

367 Bif - Continued prayers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2025 09:50 PM (XeU6L)

368
Is that, "Dropping," or a powered dive?
Posted by: davidt
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It's an ignorant 'journalist'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2025 09:51 PM (XeU6L)

369 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 31s
BREAKING: A girl who was returning to Mexico after receiving treatment for a life-threatening illness in the U.S. was among the 6 people on board the plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia - NBC10
Posted by: andycanuck

Girl was obviously not from a poor family.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 31, 2025 09:52 PM (/lPRQ)

370 Possibly.
Cynic that I am, I'd be more inclined to believe a cartel billionaire sending a kid to the US for some special treatment.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2025 09:49 PM (W/lyH)

my thoughts too, MEx VIP of some sort

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2025 09:52 PM (g47mK)

371 2400 FPS lol. Not quite.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2025 09:53 PM (Md44Z)

372 LOL:

Jarvis @jarvis_best 8 Nov 2024
I hope Trump is going to be cool about that whole trying to put him in jail thing.

Jarvis @jarvis_best 3h
UPDATE he’s totally not being cool about it.

Amanda Jean @AJAmmirabilis 3h Replying to @jarvis_best @Glink182
There were signs

https://tinyurl.com/5ykmvyku
photos

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 09:53 PM (5LoD7)

373 On Fox just now they said it was at 1600 feet dropping at 2400 feet per second.
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Would have been a fine FAA candidate for Biden.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2025 09:55 PM (XeU6L)

374 Evening, folks.

I'm not into anime at all, and some of Pixy Misa's music video links on the tech reports, with the unfamiliar anime clips, just don't appeal to me. The whole genre is just not my cup of tea.

Oonnnnn the other hand, this video (c/o Bluebird of Bitterness) with that anime-ish feel, is something I can more readily appreciate.
https://youtu.be/5U78ukVbPc8
_______________

Did we get the ID of the helo pilot yet?

Did grammie report on the Rev's surgery?

Oboy it's almost ONT time. Do we still call the noodling summoning the corgis or are we stuck with otters now?
(Yesterday's cafe corgis)
https://bit.ly/4ggYUdm

Posted by: mindful webworker - dancing cutie at January 31, 2025 09:55 PM (G1niw)

375 Powered dive, by the sound in some of the video clips.

Posted by: Piercello at January 31, 2025 09:57 PM (1Osw1)

376 Our flight controllers must really be stretched thin.
Posted by: Diogenes
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I noticed a lack of diction. Doesn't matter what accent one has as long as there is clear elucidation and diction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 31, 2025 09:57 PM (Eq8W+)

377
Was the plane on fire *before* impact, does anyone know?

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 09:57 PM (IswQ/)

378 368
Is that, "Dropping," or a powered dive?
Posted by: davidt
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It's an ignorant 'journalist'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2025 09:51 PM (XeU6L)

The camera, sound, and lighting troops working TV news studios, and in every remote reporter crew, are each at least 75% more intelligent and knowledgeable than every single on-air talent clown. Across the MSM.

Posted by: Gref at January 31, 2025 09:58 PM (aBgBM)

379
NOOOD

nooodood

Posted by: Soothsayer likes gladiators at January 31, 2025 09:59 PM (IswQ/)

380 NOODAH!

NOODAH!

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

Posted by: Gref at January 31, 2025 10:00 PM (aBgBM)

381 Statement from the Mexicans...

AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 1h
Private emergency service XE Medica in Mexico: "We regret to inform you that the plane that crashed at this time in Philadelphia is a Learjet 55, which is a Mexican air ambulance with registration XA-UCI. We are awaiting the development of rescue operations and further information to determine the status of the crew and possible victims on the ground."

XE Médica Ambulancias 🇲🇽 @XEMedica 2h
Lamentamos informar que el avión accidentado en este momento en Philadelphia es un Learjet 55 que es una ambulancia aérea mexicana con matrícula XA-UCI, estamos pendientes del desarrollo de operaciones de rescate y mayor información para conocer el estado de la tripulación y posibles víctimas en tierra.

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AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 16m
Company who operated the aircraft, Jet Rescue:
- In service for over 20 years
- Based in Mexico City
- Licensed/insured in both U.S. and Mexico
- Operated 9 Learjets
- All jets were owned and not leased
- All jets specifically made to transport patients

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 31, 2025 10:00 PM (5LoD7)

382 Shit happens and when it does it really sucks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 31, 2025 10:29 PM (mH6SG)

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