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ozmunkeh posted:If it's any consolation, they're almost always terrible people. The kind of semi-successful professional who has a third ownership of an old Bonanza through their law practice or paying out the rear end for their SR22. Doing anything for them is a nightmare because they're just So. drat. Important. It's no surprise that they go down so often because the pilots are always right about everything. Stall warning? Pfft, I know how to fly this thing. Doesn't the plane know who I am? The kind of people who see a FIKI bullet point on the features list and think they don't have to worry about the weather. You see the same kind of thing when roads get icy, it's always the dipshits in their 4x4 trucks that line the shoulders. Oh sure. Owning a plane does something weird to your brain. I was debating Trump with a friend of mine who has a pilots’ license and it ends up a huge chunk of his admiration for Trump is wrapped up in DJT owning a 747. Like that makes him competent. I had to remind him John Travolta owns a 707 and no one takes his advice on anything. Mans ability to take to the sky’s was a mistake.
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PT6A posted:I think rich/famous pilots are particularly dangerous for themselves and their passengers, unfortunately. They presume that their general untouchability and protection from failure in everyday life somehow extends to the laws of physics and the weather, and it obviously does not. Additionally my understanding is that while the FAA is usually pretty quick to lay down the law if you gently caress up, the sort of people who have a private aircraft hobby are also the sort of people who will shamelessly pull all sorts of strings to get out of trouble. The poster child is Sen Jim Inhofe (R-OK) who landed his dual engine Cessna on a runway which he knew was closed and which was covered with construction equipment and workers. He kept his loving license by agreeing to "remedial training".
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I didn’t know like 2000 bucks extra a year was considered a massive tax cut for the middle class.
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Azhais posted:Guillotine line order:
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PT6A posted:I think rich/famous pilots are particularly dangerous for themselves and their passengers, unfortunately. They presume that their general untouchability and protection from failure in everyday life somehow extends to the laws of physics and the weather, and it obviously does not. The storm scene from Wolf of Wall Street comes to my mind right now. "Holy poo poo did you see that plane?.....It exploded when a seagulll got sucked into the engine.? 3 People killed coming to get me."
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Shifty Pony posted:Additionally my understanding is that while the FAA is usually pretty quick to lay down the law if you gently caress up, the sort of people who have a private aircraft hobby are also the sort of people who will shamelessly pull all sorts of strings to get out of trouble. Yes and no. Compared with driving, I think there are fewer ways you're likely to get in trouble for minor poo poo, but they will Not gently caress Around when it comes to significant breaches of the applicable laws or anything that significantly compromises safety.
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Office Pig posted:Well they also refused to investigate that oh so mysterious murder of that one Baltimore cop who was preparing to serve as a witness (for ‘reasons’) so yes I would safely wager FBI bad. I thought it was the locals refused to let the FBI in
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TheScott2K posted:There is always always always some stupid poo poo that happened to Trump in the 80s Uuhghh this story Dementia or no dementia, he's always had this shieldwall of mystical protection floating around him where even when he fucks up spectacularly and everyone writes books about how much they hate him, somehow he still comes out gold plated and smelling like roses. Is this what it's like when some moron rubs a genie lamp and wishes for eternal luck?
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Rigel posted:To be more specific, its a person or family who earn a fuckton of money every year (generally $200k+) but are whining about how their taxes shouldn't go up because they aren't rich because of reasons. What if I'm a higher earner who believes I should pay more taxes?
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Data Graham posted:Uuhghh this story Nah just America as usual. Most people born into wealth are idiots and gently caress ups, it's just that with enough money none of it matters.
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BardoTheConsumer posted:What if I'm a higher earner who believes I should pay more taxes? Being bothered that your taxes are being raised solely for the sake of providing your boss with a cut makes you a wicked HENRY for whom a quick death is the only true mercy
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TheScott2K posted:Being bothered that your taxes are being raised solely for the sake of providing your boss with a cut makes you a wicked HENRY for whom a quick death is the only true mercy gently caress my boss though. Tax him to death.
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Glazier posted:Nah just America as usual. Most people born into wealth are idiots and gently caress ups, it's just that with enough money none of it matters. Even most born wealthy people don't have the same sort of teflon shield as Trump. People are happy to take the money of a rich moron as long as he has any, but not usually happy to give him money once he's proved utterly incompetent.
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BardoTheConsumer posted:What if I'm a higher earner who believes I should pay more taxes? Then obviously, by definition, you are not a HENRY, and we have no problem with you. The issue is rich people trying to explain to us they aren't really rich, and not only do they not need a tax increase, they'd like a tax cut just to help make ends meet because that vacation home is really loving expensive.
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Only works for people who aren't actually administration figures though Rigel posted:Then obviously, by definition, you are not a HENRY, and we have no problem with you. Well, that's how the issue starts out, anyway. Then people get worked up and talk past each other and don't read posts and assume the worst possible faith and the whole thing just accomplishes nothing except making everyone's day mildly shittier.
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TheScott2K posted:Being bothered that your taxes are being raised solely for the sake of providing your boss with a cut makes you a wicked HENRY for whom a quick death is the only true mercy This is both wrong, and a stupid post.
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Angry_Ed posted:I don't think the FBI is responsible for the US Attorney's Office saying "lol nah we're not prosecuting this guy", and the FBI isn't allowed to hold someone indefinitely if the prosecutors decline to charge. While it's a valid complaint that the FBI didn't do enough, the question becomes what could they have done and more importantly, if the SF office can't bring local charges about something that happened in Massachusetts, maybe they should've worked with the Massachusetts office/Boston Office/whatever to do so in Massachusetts. I think blaming just the FBI for this is short-sighted however. A woman was arrested and charged for laughing at Jeff Sessions.
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Demiurge4 posted:A woman was arrested and charged for laughing at Jeff Sessions. And if she was arrested by the FBI maybe that would mean something but she wasn't. As terrible as it is it has literally nothing to do with what we're talking about here, which is that the FBI does not control the USAO despite several people in this thread trying to think that they do. What transpired is not the FBI's fault exclusively. It's a combination of the USAO refusing to do their jobs and the FBI not working with other regional offices to bring charges that they clearly should have been able to bring on a local level.
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BarbarianElephant posted:Even most born wealthy people don't have the same sort of teflon shield as Trump. People are happy to take the money of a rich moron as long as he has any, but not usually happy to give him money once he's proved utterly incompetent. Trump seems to have the additional quality of "being a preening prima donna" on top of all the other rich people poo poo. So not only does he not know enough to operate in the shadows and through back channel dealings in order to grow his wealth, he does exactly the opposite: puts himself front and center, gilds his name in hundred foot high letters and runs for loving president People would be happy to just let him be a secretive tycoon like Icahn or the Koches, but that's not his style, and people don't know how to deal with someone like him. The system would smack people down for being so visible, but so few people are that way, the natural forces that would make it happen seem to be backfiring through lack of use
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So it's 18 degrees in South Carolina today. That's normal.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So it's 18 degrees in South Carolina today. That's normal. Global warming? Guess what libs... ...it's currently COLD OUTSIDE. 
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Data Graham posted:Dementia or no dementia, he's always had this shieldwall of mystical protection floating around him where even when he fucks up spectacularly and everyone writes books about how much they hate him, somehow he still comes out gold plated and smelling like roses. "Trump always wins!" is a stupid narrative that isn't even true. He constantly fails at everything. I mean he "won" because he got it back when but he lost like 90% of his wealth over the 90s and kept it gone for like two decades. He's lost a ton of businesses, he lost tons of stuff in divorces. Like you can spin it like none of it counts or because he became president that negates all previous failures or something but trump is a loser who is not a magic always wins genine.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So it's 18 degrees in South Carolina today. That's normal. Nature's loving pissed off.
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And yet its 25 degrees in NY and the most pleasant day in what feel like a week. I'm thinking of going for a walk to get some fresh air.
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It's obvious God started a new game of Civilization and checked the random climate option.
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Alter Ego posted:Global warming? It's currently forcast to be colder in Minneapolis than Barrow, AK on Thursday.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:The outfit really is something Why is she dressed like a Castlevania character?
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Moatman posted:Why is she dressed like a Castlevania character? Cause Republicans are vampires
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So it's 18 degrees in South Carolina today. That's normal. I have a co-worker in Texas who had to use a hair dryer on her frozen pipes. I do wonder if this cold snap will lower our overall temp averages enough to make a statistical difference.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I have a co-worker in Texas who had to use a hair dryer on her frozen pipes. Isn't it unseasonably warm in every other part of the Earth?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:So it's 18 degrees in South Carolina today. That's normal. It was 9 degrees earlier this morning and it's gonna be like this the entire week.
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