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The Morning Rant – Awful Corporate Executives Making Awful Decisions
United Airlines Plans to Fly an Imaginary Supersonic Plane Using Boutique Biofuel in Just 7 Years
It is becoming painfully obvious that a great many executive offices in corporate America are occupied by idealistic, green enviro-dupes. A start-up company has promised a radical new supersonic jet that is “net zero” and runs on a boutique fuel, and United Airlines’ credulous executives are already hyping this as a plane they will be flying in just 7 years. (They won’t.) United entered into a contract with Boom Supersonic in 2021 to buy 15 of their proposed planes. How’s it coming along so far? Well, a drawing of the plane does actually exist. A couple of weeks ago the first design sketch was finally released, with much media hype. This Is What Your United Flight Could Look Like in the Near Future [People – 7/20/2022]
On Tuesday, aviation company Boom Supersonic revealed the design for its highly anticipated Mach 1.7 Overture passenger jet, which touts a speed twice as fast as the standard passenger airline. Set to begin production in 2024, the supersonic plane seats 65 to 80 people and uses 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). United Airlines has already expressed interest in using the jet in the near future, posting a photo of the new design on Instagram with the caption, "Our hearts went BOOM!Boom has raised about $250 million dollars (including $60 million of your tax dollars,) initially promising that its first test flight would occur by 2019. That first flight hasn’t happened yet. The company touts its hypothetical airplane as “the world’s fastest and most sustainable commercial airliner.” Although there is not even a full-sized mock-up of the proposed jet, Boom has assembled one plane, a 1/3 scale mock-up that has seating for one person. One. It’s been rolling around the tarmac at an airport in Colorado, but it has not taken flight. And then there’s the laughable promise about running on “Sustainable Aviation Fuel.” Turning french fry grease into mass market fuel is the 21st century equivalent to the fusion energy hype of 40 years ago. The technology for industrial scale SAF doesn’t even exist.
The U.S. Department of Energy is working with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other federal government agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy for scaling up new technologies to produce SAF on a commercial scale.You can go ahead and put this on your calendar now, United Airlines will not be flying this supersonic plane in 2029. You know it. I know it. But United’s executives don’t know it. They really want to believe in the sustainable snake oil they’ve been sold. There was a time when I would have thought United’s executives were just seeking some publicity with this, but having watched auto manufacturers torch their balance sheets by investing in doomed-to-fail EV operations, I have no doubt that United’s executives actually believe this imaginary plane will be flying for them soon. A whole lot of creative destruction is necessary in the corporate world to cleanse it of the sustainable organic idiots now occupying C-Suites.
The report said Hino had fixed data to meet emission regulations that were actually exceeded, and falsified fuel performance reports. It also said that the fraud was caused by “an environment and structure in which management was not attentive to the front line and gave priority to schedules and numerical targets rather than appropriate processes.”If employees are given goals that are unattainable, but they risk losing their jobs if they don’t hit those goals, they will often magically hit those goals, whether it’s fudging emissions testing (Toyota / Hino) or fraudulently opening bank accounts without customers’ consent (Wells Fargo Bank.) The true scandal at Wells Fargo wasn’t the employees’ behavior. The scandal was that Wells Fargo’s executives - with all those fancy MBAs from all those fancy schools - didn’t understand that they had incentivized their employees to commit fraud as a necessary action to keep their jobs. Here is an example of employee dishonesty in the face of unattainable goals that I bet many of you see on a regular basis. You check the tracking of a package you are waiting on and it shows “Delivered.” You’ve checked your mailbox and your front porch, but the package isn’t there. It finally shows up later – maybe hours later, maybe days later. So why did the delivery person report it as delivered when it hadn’t been? Because he had goals he had to meet. He is more incentivized to falsely report delivery than to face the consequences of not getting the package delivered within the budgeted time. When employees en masse decide that dishonesty is the better option than accurately reporting on how they are completing their tasks, the fault is with bad management. Unfortunately, too many pompous executives believe that by simply decreeing a goal, their employees will magically find the capacity to do what is not attainable.
Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources familiar with the plan, said July 20 the cuts will come largely in the newly created Ford Blue unit that produces gasoline-powered vehicles, as well as "other salaried operations throughout the company."What a great all-purpose excuse! The next time David Burge (@iowahawkblog) crashes his pickup truck into a liquor store, he can just tell the arresting officer that he’s considering an electric vehicle, so it’s all good! The crash can assist in the EV transition. Got fired from your job? Just tell your spouse that by no longer commuting in your gas-powered SUV you’ll be helping the EV transition. What have y’all got?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RUReadingthis at August 12, 2022 11:00 AM (aQ25I)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:01 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 12, 2022 11:01 AM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:01 AM (W/9Bb)
Posted by: BignJames at August 12, 2022 11:02 AM (AwYPR)
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Which means your luggage will be lost faster than ever before in history.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2022 11:03 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:03 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:04 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at August 12, 2022 11:04 AM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Ripley at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (cTCuP)
Well he was only 5'3"
But girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not in New York
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: creeper
That white horse in the background is dancing!
Dancing I tell you!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 12, 2022 11:06 AM (rJ48h)
Snake oil is available in abundance. Make the plane fly on snake oil.
Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2022 11:06 AM (ugV9/)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 12, 2022 11:06 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 12, 2022 11:06 AM (bVYXr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at August 12, 2022 11:07 AM (oykjI)
Dancing I tell you!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (LsEU/)
That made the video perfect. Those guys aren't bad musicians, either.
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:07 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: 29Victor at August 12, 2022 11:08 AM (BJKQV)
Call me crazy but I think this might describe politicians/bureaucrats who say that their state/country will get to zero carbon emissions/zero gasoline powered cars by some fixed date in the near future.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:08 AM (GYIa4)
Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at August 12, 2022 11:08 AM (oykjI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2022 11:08 AM (IEa8U)
Then he would collect $100 million dollars to develop it from gullible investors, and then 18 months later it would turn out that the company consisted only of him, his brother in law, and 2 personal "secretaries". Oh, and all the money was gone. (Cue scene to John Belushi in animal house holding his hands up, looking surprised)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:09 AM (trdmm)
Dancing I tell you!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (LsEU/)
That made the video perfect. Those guys aren't bad musicians, either.
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:07 AM (cTCuP)
You can't help but smile listening to that.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 12, 2022 11:09 AM (AiZBA)
Your racist and misogynistic rant against saving the earth is unbecoming of a citizen of the world. How dare you belittle the laudable goal of caring for Gaia! That plane will fly! That plane will fly on time and begin to repair the damage that you have done.
And lest you think I am simply an average commenter, I have an undergraduate degree in Lesbian Studies with a minor in Environmental policy, so I am clearly more of an expert in these matters than you!
Posted by: Frida Makeba O'brien at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (XIJ/X)
Boutique fuel...now there's a scam waiting to happen.
Posted by: BignJames
Wasn't the Navy trying something like that?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)
Now Toyota?
So, is the problem with car manufacturers, or, have emissions goals, set by people who know nothing about technology, been set to a point the objectives cannot be met?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (5pTK/)
Is beink same as glorious Soviet 5 year plans for wheat and steel.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: BignJames at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (AwYPR)
The manufactures have a never-ending internal battle on whether they should spend the money on safety or skimp on safety to save money. Imagine how THIS piece of air biscuit is going to be.
Remember the DC-10? Yeah, that thing MURDERED people because they didn't want to spend the money to FIX the problem that caused it to crash.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (VwHCD)
That is financial malfeasance. The shareholders should sue.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)
Ackshually ... they've gone through and released several design iterations. So many that I wonder what the demonstrator, which didn't even look much like the last design, let alone the latest one, will help demonstrate. I do like the the B-58 look of the newest layout.
I'm skeptical that anything will come of this too, but I do like that someone is trying something other than yet another wing-and-tube 2-holer.
Posted by: spindrift at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (h5TKJ)
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Typo Buck? 2029?
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (PnkSq)
Deets, plz
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: Top Executive Men at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (Jg92y)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (ID+dV)
Their engines were performing BETTER with their falsified tunes then they were AFTER the EPA made them stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (63Dwl)
They may still be.
Posted by: BignJames at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: BignJames
Wasn't the Navy trying something like that?
They were. It didn't work.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (/NCI4)
That requirement started this year and will be reported for tax forms sent in January of 2023.
I think this may be part of the larger war on the gig economy. This is going to fall disproportionately on the younger generations, I think.
"I just sold $1,000 of stuff on eBay as a side hustle, and now I have to pay $400 in taxes?!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (kiW7y)
Posted by: Frida Makeba O'brien at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM
you better listen to xer, Throck Buckmorton; xhe's pre-med
Posted by: Stephen Oliver Culbertson-Klein at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (ENBF0)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (BRHaw)
The sage in bloom is like perfume. Used to have that stuff all around my house. This is so true.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (GYIa4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
The DC-10 was MacDonnel/Douglas' cheap-ass answer to the vaunted Lockheed L1011. Airlines went with it because it was dirt cheap comparatively. We know how well that worked out for them.
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (cTCuP)
Because this country now runs on bribes and blackmail.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (lTGtQ)
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Make Cold-Fusion Free-Energy Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (PnkSq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (63Dwl)
They may still be.
Posted by: BignJames at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (AwYPR)
Failing upwards
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:14 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (JVCkA)
Posted by: Connielu at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (++nH3)
Whether this is financial malfeasance depends on whether UA put money in up front, or simply said they'll buy the planes when they're ready and have met certain milestones, sort of like Bezos' yacht. In the meantime, UA can beat its chest about how green they are.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: that's a fact jack at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (C6xeQ)
Early Modern: The Search For the Perpetual Motion Machine
Contemporary: The Search For Net Zero Boutique Fuel
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Rex B at August 12, 2022 11:15 AM (IUmF8)
Posted by: 29Victor at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (BJKQV)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (5pTK/)
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Yeah. They were trying to fly jets with vegetable oil.
And unicorn farts.
But mostly unicorn farts.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (Pj9mr)
Remember those gangs ripping off train cars, stealing anything, rampaging and leaving litter across the tracks?
Haven't seen any news about that since it first broke. I guess TransSec Bootygig has fixed it? chortle chortle
Posted by: mindful webworker - UPS lost a family portrait we shipped at that time at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (U49g5)
They were using some type of bio-diesel during TFG's reign of error. Cost per gallon was what 2x? 3? the price of regular diesel that the ship would normally run. And who knows what modifications needed to be made to the fueling systems to accomodate it.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (N39Ws)
Meh...wake me when they start using Vorlon or Minbari engines.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Vorlon engines would be green.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (63Dwl)
Government gives you all this with other peoples money.
Posted by: DaveA at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Sponge
A relative of mine had to change flights, and because of that missed being on the Chicago flight in 1979.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (kiW7y)
They also run pyramid schemes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (W/9Bb)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (Pj9mr)
Was just telling the wife how it cracks me up that the accordion is such a staple in the Mexican music culture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (tU3dj)
I remember a legal case from years back, concerning a fatal accident at field location for some oil company. The people on site had been sending in technical data daily which should have shown that a dangerous situation was developing, but it didn't. At the trial the opponsing attorney was able to show that the piece of equipment that was supposed to take these readings had actually been broken for 6 months. So he asked the foreman who had been onsite, "how did you take these readings each day and report them, since your equipment was broken?" And the foreman simply replied "Well they wanted a number, so I gave them a number."
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (trdmm)
Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:18 AM (ox1KE)
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. Thumbscrews
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. The Wheel
. The Stake
. The Pillory
. The Iron Maiden
. The Scavenger's Daughter
. The Breast Ripper
. The Pear of Anguish
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:18 AM (PnkSq)
Posted by: Chuck C at August 12, 2022 11:18 AM (xttsV)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (Pj9mr)
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Designed solely for the talking point of net zero carbon, so they can fly to climate conferences around the world with no criticism. They will use reglr fuel with just a splash of french fry oil.
Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (C6xeQ)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (lf83v)
That stuff, not surprisingly, has a different molecular makeup than regular jet fuel. Engines made for the good stuff did not fare well with Eau d'
Algae.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (/NCI4)
Would I name my untested aircraft company Boom Supersonic? No. No, I wouldn't.
Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (Jg92y)
'Ok, back to a state of anomie, listening to Pablo Picasso:'
My favorite quote about Picasso was from Winston Churchill.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (a1ycR)
I moved to Rio Rancho, NM in 2017 and promptly fell head over heels for the Hispanic culture. A couple years later I ended up in Las Cruces, NM. The Mariachi, Tejano, and Cumbia music is magnificent and when somebody goes by with his or her pickup truck windows down and the stereo blowing it up, this never fails to bring a smile to face. I had enchiladas in New Braunfels, TX before seeing Steve Earle, not a lick of New Mexican green chiles there - 100% tomatillo based. It was so great. So yeah, I get all the passion for all this. There is a kindness here. Except for the criminals, they are epic.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (FF+On)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (Pj9mr)
Was just telling the wife how it cracks me up that the accordion is such a staple in the Mexican music culture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Blame all those Germans who taught them how to play it.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
They were getting about 5 mpg more on the dirty tunes. I haven't done the math, but it's entirely possible that they put out less NOx per mile (or per gallon) than the EPA compliant tunes.
The EPA is obsessed with concentration based limits (i.e ppm) when they really should be focuses on lbs of pollutant per mile or gallon. Assuming the concentration isn't so high that people are dropping dead behind the car.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Chuck C
If Blackrock owns the houses, it doesn't matter.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (lTGtQ)
A relative of mine had to change flights, and because of that missed being on the Chicago flight in 1979.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (lTGtQ)
I flew on them once or twice when I was younger. Asked the Stewardess (we were allowed to call them that back then) if we were going to die.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (ID+dV)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (qH6FZ)
It does. It's a well-known property of unicorn farts that they create a cone of silence when combusted.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:20 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (Pj9mr)
Was just telling the wife how it cracks me up that the accordion is such a staple in the Mexican music culture.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Surprisingly, the reason for that is the same reason Mexico developed a surprising good homegrown beer industry. There was a large influx of German immigrants to Mexico in the 1870's and 1880's, just like there was here. And they brought their love of beer and polka music with them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (BRHaw)
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I am contemplating the peach of delicious discomfort
Grilled peach, then drizzled with Mike's Hot Honey. Here you go dear!
Then wait for the reaction.
Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (C6xeQ)
Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (g1EEm)
Are you saying it's graft? A boondoggle, if you will?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)
What a circus the Junta is. We can't get rid of these losers fast enough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (ox1KE)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (bABUk)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at August 12, 2022 11:19 AM (C6xeQ)
Oh, there will be a splash alright.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (W/9Bb)
It was a directive from Obama. You know, because he knows so much about combustion chemistry.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (/NCI4)
What a circus the Junta is. We can't get rid of these losers fast enough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:21 AM (ox1KE)
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Boffo the Clown believes every contradictory leak, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (LvTSG)
They are serious.
I suspect Boom will be flying by the end of this decade.
Sustainable fuel not so much.
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (6TxNR)
There are so many moving parts to what's happening out there...at bottom, though, it's ultimately a crisis in management, in all sectors and in all levels. We're in dire need of a general housecleaning, from DC to your local McD's.
Posted by: Brother Tim...as the man said, the die is cast at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2022 11:16 AM (N39Ws)
I thot it was 100x. Lets look it up!
The Navy is looking for at least 37 million gallons of drop-in biofuels that can be blended with F-76 marine diesel and JP-5 jet fuel. McGinn said the service typically pays more than $3.60 per gallon for the F-76 and JP-5 fuels. At times, the Navy has paid up to $30 per gallon for biofuels, but that was for use in tests of ships and planes. "
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (3vQN0)
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He was gonna except for the brave Deep State.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
Climate-friendly unicorn jet scheduled to debut in 7 years.
The math checks out.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (KbCG3)
They are taking their cue from Maxwell Smart. 'Would you believe...?'
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (buTO7)
Ace posted some of the curricula for that once by accident.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (hwoGt)
Ace posted some of the curricula for that once by accident.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (ZGrMX)
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It was more of an aspirational course on the ideal of feminine love, really.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:24 AM (LvTSG)
Deets, plz
Crashing into a liquor store is a running joke Burge has on the Twats.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Frida Makeba O'brien at August 12, 2022 11:10 AM (XIJ/X)
Oooh, you should move to Vermont! I'd love to show you around Brattlesboro. We'll do coffee, call me.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, maybe getting a new friend at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (MFphb)
This is bullshit to get good ESG scores.
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (6TxNR)
Buck, when you say South Texas do you mean South Texas or "South" Texas. It seems every place up to Waco wants to be included in South Texas.
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (JzSi8)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
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Ran out of other peoples money, I believe.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (5pTK/)
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Did you know Nietzsche's sister's German husband tried to establish a German colony in South America and failed. Then he killed himself leaving Nietzsche's sister to spend the rest of her life nursing Nietzsche. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What kills you makes you even stronger. Life has purpose, as well.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (tiR3O)
Wasn't it the rich and Karen complaining about sonic booms in *their* backyard?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
FOD.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (j40lz)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 12, 2022 11:06 AM (Xrfse)
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Better keep some barf bags on hand.
I agree, I hate sustainable and equitable.
Meaningless waffle.
Posted by: Ciampino - fairy dust or unicorn farts? at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (qfLjt)
Why shouldn't the airlines get in on this sweet, sweet grift?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (KbCG3)
Ain't gonna happen.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (g1EEm)
You remind that there have been claims that there would be an SST (supersonic transport) that was going to revolutionize air travel constantly, all the way back to Popular Mechanics magazine covers in the 1950's. And all of them looked pretty much like that vaporware boomerjet up top. 70 years on, and the same old scams are still being pushed. Yeah, the Concorde actually was built, but it *never* made any money, it was just a prestige project for the British and the French.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: goatexchange, a BOOM subsidiary at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (APPN8)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (tiR3O)
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Always you bring it back to Ghost Ship. Without fail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Archimedes
Well, yes. That specific one. But the concept of supersonic passenger travel. Poor economics, unable to fly over populated areas... The picture of a flaming wreck crashing to the ground epitomized what the concorde really was. .
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (hwoGt)
So this plane even if it becomes reality has a very limited market.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (LsEU/)
Funny, don't remember the FBI raiding Chappaqua or Whitehaven to find the 33,000 potential classified documents Hillary Clinton deleted. And she was just a former secretary of state, not a former president.
Doesn't take much anymore to get banned from social media, just mockery of the junta. Read it all: https://tinyurl.com/39kye47e
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (ox1KE)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
It blew a tire and ran off the end of a runway, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
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Watching lesbians on Pornhub for 12 hours a day for four years does not qualify.
Posted by: Phony Online Degree Company at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (lf83v)
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Boffo the Clown also thinks he's clever.
You may fairly and reasonably conclude that Boffo's judgment is impaired.
Posted by: its an op, m'kay, ops are bad, m'kay at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (C6xeQ)
Prestige project:
[ ] Build a jet that only a few rich can afford and that won't ever make money
[ ] Go to the moon, because it is there.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Do you mean the crash? It was a DC10 that lost pieces on the runway that punctured the fuel line of the next plane - a Concorde.
Or, did you mean the fact that supersonic aircraft are not allowed to fly over three quarters of the land on earth, so Concorde could not make money?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (bABUk)
Climate-friendly unicorn jet scheduled to debut in 7 years.
The math checks out.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (KbCG3)
I was just watching Carl Sagan in 1985 saying we had 12 years! So 85+12=97. That would be 25 years ago!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (hwoGt)
Yes, the enviro-schemes are doomed to fail by most traditional measures - but not on the balance sheet. These companies don't expect the technologies to work. They just know the Party men want them, and will make sure they are handsomely rewarded for their cooperation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (ZGrMX)
Thankee
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (LvTSG)
The gig economy allows a measure of perceived freedom. This is not permitted, comrade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (GYIa4)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
Air France Flight 4590. Actual footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8yizEzRDzc
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (6TxNR)
Or, did you mean the fact that supersonic aircraft are not allowed to fly over three quarters of the land on earth, so Concorde could not make money?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (lTGtQ)
Sonic booms are loud and frightening like AR-15's and must not be allowed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Ms instead one 1?
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:22 AM
Ask an accountant.
Posted by: Chuck C at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (xttsV)
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Watching lesbians on Pornhub for 12 hours a day for four years does not qualify.
Posted by: Phony Online Degree Company
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Its a lot "harder" and more rigorous course of study than what you clowns offer.
Posted by: its not funny because its true at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (C6xeQ)
Lorenzo Antonio - "Ranchera Jam / Popurrí Ranchero"
https://tinyurl.com/24vh2utt
Lorenzo Antonio - "Mariachi Jam / Popurrí con Mariachi"
https://tinyurl.com/yspc5rab
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (FF+On)
Posted by: Ciampino - unicorn liquid farts? at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (qfLjt)
Prestige project:
[ ] Build a jet that only a few rich can afford and that won't ever make money
[ ] Go to the moon, because it is there.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (/NCI4)
Because everyone know the build quality of French and English cars!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
Gaia reached out and smashed it with her mighty rolling pin.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (j40lz)
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There is no way to escape Ghost Ship. Its wheels within wheels kind of magnetic power.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (tiR3O)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (hwoGt)
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With the way landing and takeoff slots are being opened up, due to cancelled flights, that may not be a problem in the near future.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ID+dV)
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We all know that Jean-Pierre and Colbert are based.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: its not funny because its true at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (C6xeQ)
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Highlighting the fact that you are using a double entendre is less effective than letting people discover it on their own.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (LvTSG)
The tire blew because it hit debris on the runway. The debris also punctured a fuel tank. That's why the there are big flames.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (/NCI4)
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Hell, most of us here have seen more of those thangs they have. I'm pretty sure we are more expert in the matter.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (LsEU/)
Named after the thing which will ensure the plane is never economically viable.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (hwoGt)
I have a better solution. Disband and dissolve the EPA.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (W/9Bb)
Posted by: brak at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (j5Tg0)
This happens quite a bit. At first, I would contact Amazon to inquire. The response was always, wait another 48 hours. Sure enough, the package would arrive within a few days. I don't even bother inquiring any more. It creates confusion for the customer but who cares?
Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (SH2QP)
Posted by: Ciampino - unicorn liquid farts? at August 12, 2022 11:29 AM (qfLjt)
they say $30 but a Navy dude told me it was about $100 because of acquisition rules.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (BRHaw)
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If Lesbian Fisting a 100 or 200 level course?
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (tiR3O)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (qH6FZ)
So this plane even if it becomes reality has a very limited market.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (3vQN0)
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This.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (anj39)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (lf83v)
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and german polka bands.
Thank goodness the Mexican's didn't take to lederhosen.
they did take to beer girls tho, also thank goodness
Posted by: its not funny because its true at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (C6xeQ)
Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (tU3dj)
Your level of cruelty shows much promise, grasshopper.
Posted by: Sensei at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (MFphb)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (3vQN0)
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By common sense, you mean a new federal agency that gets its own private army?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
Just ask Boeing.
Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2022 11:05 AM (cTCuP)
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Also ask BA and the French about a Concord.
Posted by: Ciampino - it will be a Solyndra with our money at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:28 AM (hwoGt)
You not a fan of the TSAnal?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: rhennigantx
Lucas electrical components for the win!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (LsEU/)
Named after the thing which will ensure the plane is never economically viable.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (hwoGt)
Passenger
How far will we make it?
Pilot
At least to the site of the crash!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Sousaphones at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (lf83v)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Yes, look at the labor participation rate. A lot of people are working, but not 'working', and they need to be taxed, hard, per the rulers.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (LsEU/)
LeCar!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (3vQN0)
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And by dissolve you mean in acid, right?
Posted by: Everybody at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (C6xeQ)
The tire blew because it hit debris on the runway. The debris also punctured a fuel tank. That's why the there are big flames.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (/NCI4)
Yeah, I seem to have forgotten the rest of it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)
I don't know - it's not like the employees didn't know they were ripping people off. Sort of like the VA scandals, those people KNEW they were jerking vets around and causing them to suffer without care when they rescheduled appointments to a different state and didn't notify the patient, because appointments created but missed counted for timely care metrics.
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (BF5+T)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (7IEcO)
@theblaze
Brett Kavanaugh assassination suspect said he was a 'sissy slave' and 'trans gamer girl' named 'Sophie' in online posts, asked how to 'take out' high-value targets
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
Blew a tire, punctured a fuel tank, caught fire, got airborne, crashed into hotel.
Posted by: BignJames at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (hwoGt)
LeCar!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:32 AM (BRHaw)
What an embarrassing piece of shit THAT was.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (hwoGt)
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When you mixed British and French engineers shit happens.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (tiR3O)
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (6TxNR)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (MFphb)
Posted by: Joe Xiden
So, once again, a governmental construct misses the desires of the market completely.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: BignJames
Other than that, how was your flight?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (hwoGt)
Which revision of Soylyndra are we at now?
Posted by: micky at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (3byMq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
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With a brand new 300k sq for HQ building in DC. Yes.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (W/9Bb)
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A pilot landed an F-18 upside down at NAS Lemoore a few years ago. Everyone got called back to base to do a FOD walk on the runway.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (5pTK/)
My fav (and I know some of the people there) is Zeva Aero. Look them up. Their prototype has resulted in version 2 which is getting a lot of attention. This will be a multi-billion dollar industry in less than 5 years.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (anj39)
they did take to beer girls tho, also thank goodness
Posted by: its not funny because its true at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (C6xeQ)
Also the beer itself. Several Mexican lagers could have been brewed in Vienna or Bavaria and you wouldn't know the difference.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (W/9Bb)
And X gonna give it to ya
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (V6f9+)
The important thing is what this announcement does for United's ESG score. The actual jet is irrelevant.
Posted by: brak at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (j5Tg0)
Yes.
The jokey technology is just the face of this money laundering. It's a Solyndra world, and we just live in it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (anj39)
There is a small market for ultra-fast business travel. My guess is that flights like NY-London, NY-Tokyo, LA-Tokyo, etc. a few times each week will fill those seats. But as a mass-market airplane? I agree, it is probably not going to be successful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (XIJ/X)
As it ever was.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (7IEcO)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (flINI)
Who had "crazy muslims" renting cottages for the music and arts at Chautauqua on their fatwa bingo card? Not me, for sure.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (WDS6+)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (u4CEu)
Alex Thompson@AlexThomp
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Muldoon at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (kXYt5)
It's marginally better than Splat!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (MFphb)
Curses, foiled again!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (MFphb)
Posted by: MJ at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (zwDuR)
There is a small market for ultra-fast business travel. My guess is that flights like NY-London, NY-Tokyo, LA-Tokyo, etc. a few times each week will fill those seats. But as a mass-market airplane? I agree, it is probably not going to be successful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (XIJ/X)
The rich need isolation from the smelly masses and something else to stick their nose in the air about.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Just not the right kind of conservatives. Heh, heh.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: blake
If the aviator walked away from that it was a good landing.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (LsEU/)
That was the claim that Air France put out, to try and deflect blame from itself. But independent investigators believe that the landing gear had been poorly maintained (some maintenance records show this) and that there was a wobble, allowing the landing gear to rotate out of true alignment, which caused a tire to explode. The fragments from the explosion then pierced the fuel tank directly above them, and the fuel began leaking directly into the engine exhaust.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (trdmm)
I'm skeptical that anything will come of this too, but I do like that someone is trying something other than yet another wing-and-tube 2-holer.
Posted by: spindrift at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (h5TKJ)
It's easy to draw a bunch of pretty pictures of impossible airplanes. A lot harder to build one that will fly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (8bkII)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (LsEU/)
They don't want us traveling freely. So it fits.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (7IEcO)
Kind of a raw deal for Concorde to have their airline go up in smoke because of someone else's fuck up. Not to mention the passengers on that flight.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (a1ycR)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (RHGPo)
Alex Thompson@AlexThomp
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
No one said that to you ever you lying cunt of a pussy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
It's marginally better than Splat!
"Holy S***, What Exploded?" is right out.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (lTGtQ)
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Yeah - they should lower the Boom on those execs!
Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (VJsqe)
@theblaze
Brett Kavanaugh assassination suspect said he was a 'sissy slave' and 'trans gamer girl' named 'Sophie' in online posts, asked how to 'take out' high-value targets
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
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That right wing climate of hate strikes again!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (LvTSG)
United and BOOM is the same greenwashing BS.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
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With a brand new 300k sq for HQ building in DC. Yes.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (3vQN0)
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Joe Xiden confirmed for Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: lowandslow
Funny enough, they did make money in the last few years. They marketed it as a luxury good, and became mildly profitable for the first time ever. Then the crash happened, and the upgrades demanded for a 20+ year old airframe made it impossible to continue.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (LsEU/)
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From what I remember being told, the pilot was PO'd because he was trapped in the plane longer than he thought he should have been.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (5pTK/)
Sky Waitress: Once... only once
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (flINI)
Maxwell House Airlines - Good to the Last Drop!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (8bkII)
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exactly
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (WDS6+)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (LsEU/)
If he walked away, I hope he was picking up debris!
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 12, 2022 11:37 AM (j40lz)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
She has one in her purse.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (Pj9mr)
Alex Thompson@AlexThomp
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
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Gosh, those Democratic voters sure do hate women.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (LvTSG)
That was the claim that Air France put out, to try and deflect blame from itself. But independent investigators believe that the landing gear had been poorly maintained (some maintenance records show this) and that there was a wobble, allowing the landing gear to rotate out of true alignment, which caused a tire to explode. The fragments from the explosion then pierced the fuel tank directly above them, and the fuel began leaking directly into the engine exhaust.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (trdmm)
Again, the aviation industry is shit. This happened because they didn't want to spend the money for safety and chose to ignore they were on the verge of killing hundreds of people.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM
Been on more than a few FOD walks. The damage a small sheet metal screw can do is crazy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (W/9Bb)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (5pTK/)
The crashed a F22 down at Destin, damn cant remember name, and I looked at a contract to scour about 5 square miles for pieces. I bid it at a $1.2 and then my boss pulled the bid. I think the winner got it for $1.35 and got another 500k in Changes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (BRHaw)
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Stabby. You can say anything you want, as long as it doesn't offend their stabbyness. The stabber's veto.
Posted by: Everybody at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (C6xeQ)
Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (VJsqe)
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Maybe send them out on the first test flight?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (3vQN0)
Remember the DC-10? Yeah, that thing MURDERED people because they didn't want to spend the money to FIX the problem that caused it to crash.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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That was the rear cargo door. Poorly designed, safety flaws but it was fixable if each airline spent the bucks.
Posted by: Ciampino - it will cost too much at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (qfLjt)
That's been going on so long now. I've probably mentioned here ì worked for a"Fortune 50" company, for 10 years. THe sales guys sold stuff we couldn't do, executives didn't know nor care what it took to get the non- existent product to work or the toll on their "human resources,." I watched people ruin their marriage, have nervous breakdowns, be chronically ill... all for a nice paycheck.
I quit.
Posted by: Flyover at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (Rbu5d)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
That is what she tells herself. What a piker.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (sI15f)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (JzSi
I'm about 90 minutes south of Waco and we call ourselves Central Texas.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (GYIa4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:34 AM (XIJ/X)
Agreed.
It's a niche market. But very niche. Thems that what be rich enough to fly it, probably have their own jet anyway and can fly in more comfort. And if they positively, absolutely have to be there, they can do whatever business online.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (anj39)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (RHGPo)
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This is the most plausible explanation et.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (LvTSG)
If that's true we're in real trouble if Mooch runs.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (7IEcO)
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Or just rational decisions? Bad rational decisions.
Society (and I mean government) no longer incentivizes safe, reliable airplanes - or other modes of transportation or energy.
Posted by: SH (Roe Overturned) at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (sX1BW)
Posted by: blake
Salty Chief in charge of the recovery work party - "Hey, you're the dick that put her on her back!!
Sir."
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Lola at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (NIYa7)
Posted by: Old Blue at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (5tYr3)
Posted by: brak
Yes, the talking about it is what is really important. Same as flying your personal jet to a global warmist conference to give a speech about reducing consumption.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (lTGtQ)
That was the rear cargo door. Poorly designed, safety flaws but it was fixable if each airline spent the bucks.
Posted by: Ciampino - it will cost too much at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (qfLjt)
Yep. When they investigated the JAL crash, they found the door, intact, and immediately noticed that even though they "promised" to fix it, they didn't do a fucking thing.
All so the door would open OUTward and they could put more cargo in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Joe Xiden
I had the privilege of flying on the Concorde one time. London to New York.
Honestly, it was like flying coach in terms of how cramped everything was. Still a cool experience, but I get why it didn't last.
Posted by: Blago at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (4tAbB)
Posted by: hillbilly engineering at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (C6xeQ)
Sir."
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (LsEU/)
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Heh. You know, that's probably not wrong.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: MJ at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (zwDuR)
Under Obama I started calling the Solyndra-type startups "funds for friends". *All* of them were owned by either big donors or family members of those donors.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (nC+QA)
Close, but you're wrong on the details. Melania was indeed wearing a red teddy, and the FBI overheard Trump saying "I'm about to launch this nuclear missile".
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (/NCI4)
https://tinyurl.com/4f65w93p
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (WDS6+)
Posted by: red speck at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (gS3OW)
The pre-trial confinement....
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (6TxNR)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
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Don't ask me! I don't have one either!
Posted by: Bruce Mann at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (VJsqe)
Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (VJsqe)
They surely know it. This is all a rope-a-dope. See my comment 263 above.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Joe Xiden
Especially with today's charter and fractional ownership companies.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: red speck at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (gS3OW)
I'm going to start a gun manufacturing company and call it "Boom Headshot."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
Would a penis make her sane and truthful?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (eGTCV)
That's all of the buzzwords at once. Impressive.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (ZGrMX)
Because the only thing II know that qualifies as sustainable is a magic bowl of porridge.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (kXYt5)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
I'd believe she had a penis before I believed she was an Indian (feather).
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (N39Ws)
That's all of the buzzwords at once. Impressive.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (ZGrMX)
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Very synergistic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (LvTSG)
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The goal of the elite is to make flying only for the elite. Eventually, commoners will only be able to fly on drone operated planes cheaply operated and accidents built into the pricing scheme. The elites will have no real skin in the game.
Posted by: SH (Roe Overturned) at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (sX1BW)
Of course this is happening everywhere, not just in business. A national pathogen, and a remarkable phenomenon of stupidity and self-destruction.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (buTO7)
The future just ain't what it used to be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (8bkII)
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It is insanity. These lunatics are hell bent to negate 1,000 years of technological progress and effectively replace it with a cartoon version. Has there ever been another moment in history like this?
As for this Boom plane, it is a friggn' joke. I grew up in Seattle and because of that you sort of absorb the amount of capital, design effort, engineering effort, testing, certification, and manufacturing skill that goes into pulling off a modern jet airliner. The only reason Airbus is a success is the Europeans pooled their resources in 1970 and it took them a few decades to rival Boeing. An alternate proof point: How come China hasn't entered the commercial aviation business? You know they want too, and at some point they will, but so far they know they don't have all the pieces in place to pull this off. And Boom is going to build a supersonic commercial jet that runs on corn oil in under a decade? And the United corporate suite is down for this? Everything about this says everyone touting this clown act huffs paint all day long.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 12, 2022 11:43 AM (FF+On)
Posted by: PaddyBeaner at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (nl80Z)
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (bABUk)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2022 11:25 AM (JzSi
I'm about 90 minutes south of Waco and we call ourselves Central Texas.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:39 AM (GYIa4)
Draw an east-west line through San Antonio. Anything south of that is South Texas. Draw a line running true north from San Antonio. Anything west of that is West Texas.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:40 AM (RHGPo)
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Since Biden obviously knew and approved the raid, I think the Wile E. Coyote Award goes to the entire White House.
What a bunch of ideological loonies. Dangerous, yes. Incompetent, yes. But also just plain idiots.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (WDS6+)
Is this a sideways announcement that she's going trans?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (ZGrMX)
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen. You perhaps noticed the hard landing we just experienced. I just want you to know that it wasn't our fault, it wasn't the pilots fault, it was the asphalt."
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (anj39)
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Abu Dhabi - rich citizens - who want to fly a long way fast, but don't have a private jet. But a lot of disposable income.
Posted by: there is a small market at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (C6xeQ)
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (W/9Bb)
And X gonna give it to ya
is this why everyone is hell-bent on wayland?
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (oY6Yp)
When Bob Dudley left and Bernard Looney took over as CEO in 2020, there was a what seemed like a full court press to "transition" out of core businesses. They'd throw an occasional bone to petroleum at the stockholder's meetings, but their heart didn't seem to be in it, based on everything else they were saying.
And the meetings about all the woke initiatives increased at a rapid pace. The leadership teams got younger and ostensibly more "progressive".
It wasn't "fun" anymore.
Posted by: Some Stupid With a Flare Gun at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (aoFfE)
Hey, United Airlines,
Right now, I have plans for building a renewable, Gaia-firendly, diverse, supersonic passenger jet
built from -
compressed soy beans and mealworms, and fueled by grass and/or sea weed.
I'm ready to start development today for only $200M.
Call me!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Joe Xiden
Nonsense.
Long-haul private is hugely expensive. The Concorde was pricey, but nowhere near the cost of charter.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (flINI)
Is this a sideways announcement that she's going trans?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (ZGrMX)
She'll be another success story that comes out of Rush Limbaugh's 'Addadicktome Foundation.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: red speck at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (gS3OW)
I guarantee it was named by a Chinese marketing firm.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (sI15f)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (fv27Y)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2022 11:45 AM (5NkmN)
Uh...can we start with a cocktail made from those ingredients before we move onto a plane?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at August 12, 2022 11:38 AM (3vQN0)
_________________________
I was lucky enough to get to fly on the Concorde twice on the client's dime. Cool experience and the short flight time to and from Europe was great, but the plane interior was small and cramped. For the cost of a ticket, I'd much rather fly in one of those modern "pod" seats.
Posted by: Elric Blade at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (Xrfse)
First you'd need a really big vat of acid. Someone would complain.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (GYIa4)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (tiR3O)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:44 AM (WDS6+)
Don't underestimate their capacity for pettiness. They were seriously butthurt when the nation rejected them and elected Trump. Pelosi holds a serious grudge too. She's never gotten over Trump cancelling her Euro trip and making her get off that bus.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (UuD2k)
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1558111458201899008
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (JOtiF)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 12, 2022 11:30 AM (Xrfse)
First you'd need a really big vat of acid. Someone would complain.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (GYIa4)
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I'm looking forward to The Vat of Acid episode of Trump Season 2.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: sal at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (y40tE)
Posted by: Some Stupid With a Flare Gun at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (aoFfE)
Make your check payable to:
KAZOWIE!!! SUPERSONIC
Tick-tock, United Airlines. Tick-tock.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:47 AM (FVME7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (lTGtQ)
Cut that in half, or more, at Mach 1.5
They fly people in to Cleveland for heart surgery.
Only problem is that this is a bit late. CCF built a hospital in Abu Dhabi a couple of years ago.
Posted by: there is a small market at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (C6xeQ)
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Speaking of federal contracts, we all know they're the greatest incentive for waste, fraud, & abuse -- something I learned working for Ford Aerospace out of college.
My unit's DOD contract was to maintain & operate simulated threat sites for Red Flag exercises out of Nellis AFB, the Air Force equivalent of Top Gun, over the Nevada Test & Training Range).
During my first year of employment, we had an all-hands meeting where the Program Director asked for suggestions on what goodies (luxuries we didn't need) we'd like to buy since money was left from the contract to spend, and we couldn't ask for MOAR money in the next contract if we hadn't spent it all.
I was astonished, but assume that's SOP with all government contractors. Incentives should be built-in for coming in under budget & ahead of time. [Can't think of any federal project since the Hoover Dam in 1936 that did that ...]
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (PnkSq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Take my money
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:42 AM (eGTCV)
And help her to save her excel files from her research on bankruptcies!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:41 AM (WDS6+)
When stuff like this happens, I wonder how many op-eds the MSM has on file ready to go, warning against anti-Muslim backlash? Hundreds, I'm sure.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (qH6FZ)
I was astonished, but assume that's SOP with all government contractors. Incentives should be built-in for coming in under budget & ahead of time. [Can't think of any federal project since the Hoover Dam in 1936 that did that ...]
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (PnkSq)
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My dad does contract work with government agencies a lot (mostly NASA), and he described this behavior to me a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (LvTSG)
Advice from people that I trust on firearms says that the judge is something to stay away from.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (fv27Y)
Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (MkuC5)
The EPA wouldn't (for long)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (a1ycR)
Take my money
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (V6f9+)
I'm ROFL......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (iW8nX)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (tiR3O)
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A pistol that can fire a .410 shell sends a thrill up my pant leg, to paraphrase a cancelled tv pundit (Chrissie Mathews).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (WDS6+)
Robert: South Texas means San Antonio and points south in my mind.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (qH6FZ)
They had a real hard time figuring out how to handle the Mohammed killing Mohammed's in New Mexico story, so they just killed the whole thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (trdmm)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (7IEcO)
Maybe also talk about it being long past time for sensible Jihadi control laws.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (Pj9mr)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (anj39)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 12, 2022 11:13 AM (kiW7y)
They also run pyramid schemes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2022 11:17 AM (W/9Bb)
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Monolithic too.
Posted by: Ciampino - marble splinters in the rotunda at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (qfLjt)
Episcopal “Church” Endorses Genital Mutilation of Children, Calls Gruesome Procedure “Gender-Affirming”
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (BRHaw)
My dad does contract work with government agencies a lot (mostly NASA), and he described this behavior to me a while back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (LvTSG)
Because they know that if they don't spend all the budget, the budget will be smaller and, well, we just can't have that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)
The mockup is now sitting in the aircraft garden at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville.
Posted by: Fox2! at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (ds0vf)
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (tiR3O)
It has quite a kick, offset somewhat by its weight.
I keep one by the bed. Shell order is .410 (#4), .410, 45 long colt, .45 long colt, .410.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (JOtiF)
the idea that they can get a new Aircraft that they haven't even built yet , up and flying revenue flights with passengers in 7 years is like thinking that the GOP will clean house after the November elections.
Laughable in the extreme.
Posted by: Shaftoe at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (Rvxb7)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (7IEcO)
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I'm feeling pretty good
Posted by: Norm at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:48 AM (lTGtQ)
United has something called "Global Services," which is the very top tier of the mileage club.
If you fly their new SST (in 2036 when it finally goes commercial) You will undoubtedly get that level of service, which includes bypassing all of the lines.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:50 AM (trdmm)
Now do the Mohammedan in Texas murdering his 2 daughters for dating!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (eJn7u)
Advice from people that I trust on firearms says that the judge is something to stay away from.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
Ever shot a SAA .45 LC? Pistol fires both cartridges. .45LC & .410 shotgun.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (nyNes)
Posted by: norman 1 at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I dunno about that.
Concorde never did close to long-haul. Max range was ~ 4,500 miles. G800 has the 8 in the name for a reason: 8,000 (nautical) miles range.
Once you split the cost of charter/fractional ownership 8 ways, it's cheaper than first class long-haul tickets, and I can't imagine supersonic being cheaper than 1st-class.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:52 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (BRHaw)
And to think at one time most of us believed the savages were in other cultures.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (7IEcO)
I assure you that Federal subsidies to United are involved in some fashion.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Puddinhead
I shot one, wouldn't own one. Neither caliber is best served by a 3 inch barrel.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (eGTCV)
Maybe also talk about it being long past time for sensible Jihadi control laws
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Well, she's likely to say that it was a good thing the attacker only had a knife and not an assault rifle. No comment on the shame it was that Rushdie didn't have a pistol that shoots .410 shells.
Posted by: its about control at August 12, 2022 11:54 AM (uBUh7)
Posted by: IronDave at August 12, 2022 11:54 AM (k3crU)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (RHGPo)
That is frigging hysterical.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:49 AM (LvTSG)
If you don't spend the money this year, you don't get it next year when you know you'll actually need it. Which is how a contract I was on ended up trying to spend $1 million in a month.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 12, 2022 11:54 AM (wmDcS)
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Its not just the contractors. The govies do it all the time. If they don't spend everything allotted then they will suffer a budget cut. All Rice Bowls must grow!
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:54 AM (tiR3O)
Where have I seen this model before? Oh! The Soviet Union where the prize for not faking the goals sufficiently was a vacation in Siberia.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (FF+On)
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 11:51 AM (BRHaw)
And to think at one time most of us believed the savages were in other cultures.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (7IEcO)
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To think, I was once an Episcopal. Hard to believe.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (WDS6+)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (eGTCV)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Solyndra had lots of those.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (g1EEm)
Well, what they don't mean is "natural," since oil and coal and natural gas are all natural. And since the "sustainable" alternatives they offer for fuel are things like ethanol -- with a lower power yield and higher environmental cost -- I can only think that they mean "not icky." Sorta like the guns they want banned -- all the dangerous, black, war-looking ones, not the illegally obtained ones that actually get used in crimes.
The anti-fossil fuel types showed their hand when they offered up a carbon indulgences scheme to anyone with enough dough to pay up. Showed they were unserious about solutions; they only wanted outcomes. And the WEF is making those clearer every moment.
Posted by: red speck at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (gS3OW)
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its a snake gun - shotgun shell for head shot. Easier than a pistol round. If you jog in the woods, prolly a good choice. Light to carry.
Posted by: its about control at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (NW+l4)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (eGTCV)
Not sure, but a throat punch might.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Kinda like the FBI thing - just because they took the unprecedented action of raiding a President's personal residence doesn't mean they had a serious purpose for doing so.
Posted by: blaster at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (6TxNR)
Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (RHGPo)
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Mission 13:
The team is tired after weeks of fighting without a break, but something new has come up and it must be taken care of. Captain Shanequa gives her speech about the white patriarchy, but the persyns in the riot van are too tired to do anything but nod in automatic approval of her fire points.
Still, there's an unemployed Trump supporter with at least three MAGA hats who sold $630 worth of his old furniture from his parents' basement to try and pay for a new business suit for an interview. He hasn't filed his paperwork correctly or paid the $300 in taxes he owes. The team will extract that $300 in blood, for America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (LvTSG)
I'm well familiar with it. There's lots of other things out there that'll do the job better.
For one thing, the pattern on the .410 fired from it tends to be like a doughnut.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (fv27Y)
Posted by: David French at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (NW+l4)
i live in california. we now have to beg for things like straws and napkins at the drive thru line in order to save the erf.
so when i tuck into my (napkinless) breakfast this morning, i find a fistful of discount coupons to knot's berry farm that had been stuffed in the bag.
california: saving the erf one napkin at a time.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (lTGtQ)
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What would be great is a Taurus Judge with a full choke attachment.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (WDS6+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (g1EEm)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (eJn7u)
This is the same as anything else, really. Every big company takes a different approach but it boils down to the same thing: they all know the good times are over for good, and are looking to clear the biggest rake-off they can, before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (IXpV7)
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. The Brazen Bull . Thumbscrews
. The Rack . The Wheel . The Stake . The Pillory
. The Iron Maiden
. The Scavenger's Daughter
. The Breast Ripper
. The Pear of Anguish
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at August 12, 2022 11:18 AM (PnkSq)
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You're serious aren't you?
I have a feeling that The Scavenger's Daughter and . The Pear of Anguish are not what they seem.
Posted by: Ciampino - OUCH!! at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (qfLjt)
Paris - New York is 3,600 miles, and as I recall the air controllers had to make special arrangements for Concorde, because it didn't have the fuel to be put into a holding pattern like other jets.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (GMR0L)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 12, 2022 11:23 AM (buTO7)
I do enjoy "House of the Future" puzzles on Jigsaw Planet.
Posted by: sal at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (y40tE)
I dunno, but it'd give her something to scratch while she's "havin' herself a beer."
Posted by: red speck at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (gS3OW)
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That has not been my experience.
Posted by: David French at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (NW+l4)
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threadwinner
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (WDS6+)
"You're Fired!"
Leaves, en-route to next agency.
Posted by: Fox2! at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (ds0vf)
Especially after she went to casually 'get me a beer' that also conveniently had the label removed.
Posted by: MJ at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (zwDuR)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (eJn7u)
+1
Their G2c/G3c is the best cheap pistol out there. It's not perfect but it's small and it works.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (V6f9+)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 11:53 AM (lTGtQ)
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What would be great is a Taurus Judge with a full choke attachment.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Kinda fond of my .410 buckshot.
Three .32 cal balls.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (nyNes)
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This seems extremely cruel. I like that.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (tiR3O)
Posted by: rhennigantx
God assigned the wrong gender?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (hwoGt)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 12, 2022 11:33 AM (ZLI7S)
profile of AOS trolls
Posted by: REDACTED at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (us2H3)
https://tinyurl.com/56byufy5
This is why this nonsense always fails
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (5HBd1)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (7IEcO)
Especially after she went to casually 'get me a beer' that also conveniently had the label removed.
Posted by: MJ at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (zwDuR)
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The funniest thing about the 2020 Democratic primaries were that all the losers kept calling the Democratic electorate racist sexists without any sense of inhibition.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (eGTCV)
It would certainly keep her quiet for a while.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (j40lz)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 11:55 AM (g1EEm)
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When Solyndra went under, and their plush offices were mentioned after the bankruptcy, it sounded exactly like the offices described in the "Twentieth Century Motor Company" in "Atlas Shrugged."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (5pTK/)
You can setup a scheduled pickup on their website. They will email you a confirmation, and a tracking request. They only pickup pre-printed pre-purchased labeled parcels from an account, curiously though - they don't want to know the tracking #.
Because, when they DON'T pickup your parcel, that makes the numbers look bad.
Then, you get an email "We have successfully picked up your package. Collected parcel = 1" blah blah.
Weird. Because, nobody picked up shit. It's sitting on my kitchen table.
At some point, all the flash messages, texts, emails, and all that stuff, SOMEBODY has to, you know, actually physically pick up the parcel; took me 3 days one time.
Ebay tracks how fast the seller gets their stuff out and will ding your seller rating for that.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (Hg0ro)
Posted by: rhennigantx
***
So God DOES make mistakes...
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (flINI)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (XIJ/X)
I've made this one before. Will it do? It's delish!
The Uni-Shooter
2oz chilled premium sake
1 piece about 1.5 inches long sushi quality uni
1 raw quail egg yolk
1 small pea-sized dab of prepared wasabi
5 drops soy sauce
1 cucumber stick
1 piece one inch square nori seaweed cut into fine slivers
Pour sake into chilled cocktail glass. Carefully add uni, gently slide quail egg yolk into the glass. Drop in wasabi.
At edge of the glass release drops of soy sauce so that a brown cloud forms in the drink. Stand cucumber stick. Just before serving sprinkle in slivered nori.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (5NkmN)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (llON8)
Did they focus group that?
Posted by: Muldoon
Someone in the group farted loudly and..."That's IT ! We're done here !"
Posted by: JT at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Ripley at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (MxEKc)
'It would certainly keep her quiet for a while.'
Hahahahaha!!
I'm so mad at myself for not coming up with this one.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (a1ycR)
Secure online voting for any election. Invote, Scytl's online voting platform, is equipped with all the necessary security measures to ensure the transparency and integrity of your election or decision-making process.
So clear text USB cards are transport by car, to a central place in FuCo where the cards are copied to a server and the entire database is transmitted to Scytl for final count.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (BRHaw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (llON8
I thought we all died from that in 2012.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)
and making the election about Trump
yeah, it's evil but it might work
Posted by: REDACTED at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (us2H3)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
--
Chyeah....I definitely believe that.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (sVtYq)
Posted by: rhennigantx
***
So God DOES make mistakes...
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (flINI)
I guess you weren't born that way.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (Pj9mr)
*********
What if smartphone driving directions worked like this?
Siri : "Turn left one quarter of a mile ago.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (kXYt5)
and making the election about Trump
yeah, it's evil but it might work
Posted by: REDACTED at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (us2H3)
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1 million fake ballots in PA in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: rhennigantx
***
So God DOES make mistakes...
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 11:59 AM (flINI)
Somehow I doubt He is the inspiration for that guy.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (llON8)
Be better, Texas...be better.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (llON
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Much like 30 years ago, it would take 10 years to bring new supplies of oil to market, global warming will always be 10 years down the road, 30 years from now.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (5pTK/)
Someone tried to kill Kavanaugh? Huh.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Squid at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (TpFLK)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)
I thought *2012* was from net neutrality.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (j40lz)
The classic example was Enron, which laid off 5% of its employees every quarter, and insisted on "no old tapes", i.e. only your results from the last quarter mattered.
So, as an Enron employee, if you made Enron $10 million one quarter, but nothing the following quarter, you got fired.
Can't imagine why that would result in a whole bunch of duplicitous and illegal behavior.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (I2/tG)
Someone tried to kill Kavanaugh? Huh.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2022 12:01 PM (IXpV7)
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It wasn't attempted murder attempted murder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating the destiny machine with Fritz Lang at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (LvTSG)
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
If you were approached on a plane, it would be by a libtard. Only a libtard would make such a statement, so you're telling everyone that libtards are sexist assholes.
But most of us already knew that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (7IEcO)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (flINI)
you can make graphs out of numbers. hard to do with anything else.
this is why i keep seeing graphs showing how quickly we're now burning through imaginary story points as compared to previous program increments. i'm surprised i haven't heard something like "the x intercept of the tangent of the story burndown rate predicts that we'll clear our backlog by [date certain]".
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (oY6Yp)
Siri : "Turn left one quarter of a mile ago.
Posted by: Muldoon
They do. When my dad was in the hospital, it tried to get my mom and aunt to turn into a cornfield.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (nyNes)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
The Boeing Business Jet (a 737) and the G500 both run about $3500 an hour. Is one ticket on a fast plane cheaper, sure. But if I can afford the BBJ, that has a nice chair, a couch, TV, internet, with high dollar flight attendants, and a bed, I'll take my time.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (anj39)
i live in california. we now have to beg for things like straws and napkins at the drive thru line in order to save the erf.
so when i tuck into my (napkinless) breakfast this morning, i find a fistful of discount coupons to knot's berry farm that had been stuffed in the bag.
california: saving the erf one napkin at a time.
Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (oY6Yp)
So what happened to the 100s of millions of disposable face masks?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (N39Ws)
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I believe this. Farm boys know how to fcuk with a lib'l chick.
Posted by: A country boy is easy to underestimate at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (SaURd)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (lTGtQ)
like Hunter's schnoz vs a mountain of blow
Posted by: REDACTED at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (us2H3)
If you want a good revolver in .45 colt, get one. If you worry about snakes, they make snake loads that work well enough in a revolver.
If you want a .410, get a small shotty.
The Judge makes a terrible .410 platform and an inferior .45 Colt platform.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 12:03 PM (V6f9+)
I used to make flying model planes as a kid. Never got paid for it. If my plane failed at flying I would be out months of work and saved money.
Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at August 12, 2022 12:04 PM (PbwT0)
Alex Thompson@AlexThomp
On the plane to NH the night of the Iowa caucuses, [Tomahawk Lizzie] Warren said: “Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis.’”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 12, 2022 11:35 AM (FVME7)
No one said that to you ever you lying cunt of a pussy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 12, 2022 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Why are liberals such misogynists?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 12, 2022 12:04 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 12, 2022 11:46 AM (sI15f)
It's just us 3 guys.
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bing Bam Ow at August 12, 2022 12:04 PM (MFphb)
Posted by: ...
You know what God said about Nietsczhe?
Nietsczhe is dead.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2022 12:04 PM (nyNes)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2022 12:00 PM (llON
Piglosi just bought a beach house in FLA.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 12:04 PM (BRHaw)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at August 12, 2022 12:05 PM (eGTCV)
Anyway, ironically and inexplicably, there were a few other minor awards being presented to other profs (the tenured, vastly overpaid ones who mostly are idiots). There was one for someone teaching "sustainability". Friend and I stifled guffaws when we heard it announced. Worse, the drone awardee would be heading up a new "department" of "sustainability studies" the next year.
The vandalism and theft and degradation defy description. And the passivity and gullibility of the populace as well.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 12, 2022 12:05 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2022 12:02 PM (7IEcO)
He also said women were the first, right?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at August 12, 2022 12:05 PM (V6f9+)
Yeah, I've always liked Tejano music, too. Most of my closest friends are hispanic and whenever there's a celebration at their homes there is always tejano music. Always fun and a good time.
I also like zydeco music... good food and fun celebrating with my Louisiana friends.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2022 12:05 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Never shot a snake myself. I would have thought .22 was plenty or do you need to cut them in half?
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 12:06 PM (g1EEm)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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It is a gimmick gun just like the billfold deepcover 22 LR or those mini revolvers. Not particularly harmful in design but obviously when you have a compromise firearm, not particularly accurate.
I have seen no reports of them or the S&W clone going kablooey and both the 45 LC and the 410 are loaded to relatively low psi easily handled by today's steels and heat treatments.
I personally would not have one but I can see where others only wanting one firearm for both snake killing and self defense might keep one as a home defense firearm. They are definitely not designed as carry weapons.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2022 12:06 PM (CXr4y)
Maybe PDT was onto something about the shithole countries!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2022 12:07 PM (BRHaw)
Posted by: quantum mechanic
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Shotshells are the way to go as hitting them with a 22LR can be difficult as they move incredibly quickly when they want to. Neighbor killed a big copperhead and it was still striking after two passes over it with a lawnmower. He had to cut its head off to stop it from trying to strike.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2022 12:08 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: quantum mechanic
Need to be able to hit them. Easier with a shotgun while moving.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2022 12:09 PM (nyNes)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2022 12:09 PM (KC80S)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 12, 2022 11:58 AM (us2H3)
A boffo observation!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2022 12:11 PM (RX0c+)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 12, 2022 11:56 AM (eJn7u)
Man, I saw their MelonHead commercial online, and was totally "blown away" by it.
I didn't buy one, but I was wooed. No doubt about it.
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bing Bam Ow at August 12, 2022 12:11 PM (MFphb)
Posted by: Diogenes
Exactly. Even flying truly long-haul (12hrs+) I don't mind the long flight in a lie-flat commercial business seat being waited on hand-and-foot.
I would choose that over being stuffed into a supersonic seat worse than standard economy that gets me there in 6 hours.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 12, 2022 12:12 PM (g1EEm)
Posted by: Soros (look i told you it was a good plan) at August 12, 2022 12:12 PM (Mco9a)
Yeah, the Concorde actually was built, but it *never* made any money, it was just a prestige project for the British and the French.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2022 11:26 AM (trdmm)
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Don't forget the Russian copycat version.
Posted by: Ciampino - too small capacity at August 12, 2022 12:12 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: butch at August 12, 2022 12:16 PM (LTvW5)
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Ahem, all that good Mexican Beer is German Beer.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 12, 2022 12:18 PM (tiR3O)
My first job out of school was at an equipment builder. They were late getting the machines to customers, so they started basing the Production Manager's bonus on "on-time shipments".
Suddenly, we were shipping machines that couldn't pass their initial start-up tests. Technicians would arrive in the field and see a pallet of parts that showed up a few days before - the PM was reading the failed test reports and simply shipping the parts to the field to be installed/replaced so he could ship the machine on-time.
That was 23 years ago.
Posted by: insurgens ad opus at August 12, 2022 12:19 PM (DQba3)
Paris - New York is 3,600 miles, and as I recall the air controllers had to make special arrangements for Concorde, because it didn't have the fuel to be put into a holding pattern like other jets.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2022 11:57 AM (I2/tG)
Should have hit the tanker out of Reykjavik.
Posted by: John Romulus Brinkley at August 12, 2022 12:21 PM (qyH+l)
Posted by: aelfheld at August 12, 2022 12:26 PM (Zy9Yy)
Posted by: drocity at August 12, 2022 12:43 PM (pXQxZ)
Posted by: Ziba at August 12, 2022 12:53 PM (4h9M3)
Mr. Burge could not be reached form comments as he does not live inside the Austin city limits and journalists from the city rarely return from the wilderness of suburban Texas.
Posted by: ZilWerks at August 12, 2022 12:54 PM (0MpOC)
MBO, and MBC, took all of about three years for the gullible higher-ups to realize that by incentivizing the Objectives, that everything became devoted to achieving those objectives -- at the expense of everything else.
The MBO / MBC fad was only 50 years ago. Is this a data-point for the life-cycle of these 'Hahvahd' MBA brain-farts?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 12, 2022 01:20 PM (K58O6)
Posted by: Ron at August 12, 2022 01:47 PM (gKEN/)
Posted by: stv at August 12, 2022 02:26 PM (gtOq8)
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Posted by: Kevin at August 12, 2022 03:42 PM (EAznj)
Boom has no engine. There is not an engine by any manufacturer ready to go. These commercial ventures expect the engine companies to fund the engine themselves. Works for 787 numbers of airliners, not for supersonic bizjets (quantities too low, risk too high).
EVTOLs all lie about what range/endurance/payload they will have. Not to mention the 8 hour recharge cycle screwing up your ops concept.
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