Here’s a good audio segment from NPR’s All Things Considered on what we know so far about the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a week later.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:42:17pm |
At least there is one thing we can all agree on. Whatever happened to the plane, its Obama’s fault.
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Hannity and Guest Try to Blame Obama for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:43:08pm |
re: #4 Kragar
At least there is one thing we can all agree on. Whatever happened to the plane, its Obama’s fault.
/Hannity and Guest Try to Blame Obama for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
How does Hannity breathe with his head so far up his ass?
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:43:28pm |
seriously, i’m beginning to hope that the plane was diverted and made a safe landing in some remote secret location where the hijackers intend to announce that they are holding the passengers for ransom or some political demand
hey it’s a crazy fantasy but it would mean that everybody was alive and can you imagine the cool docudrama?
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:44:20pm |
re: #5 PT Barnum
How does Hannity breathe with his head so far up his ass?
He swallowed an oxygen mask.
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:44:21pm |
re: #6 dog philosopher
seriously, i’m beginning to hope that the plane was diverted and made a safe landing in some remote secret location where the hijackers intend to announce that they are holding the passengers for ransom or some political demand
hey it’s a crazy fantasy but it would mean that everybody was alive and can you imagine the cool docudrama?
Has any body seen Dr. Evil lately?
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:44:36pm |
re: #5 PT Barnum
How does Hannity breathe with his head so far up his ass?
in his case no vital organs would be thereby impeded from functioning properly
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:44:59pm |
At least NPR is very clear on the fact that NO ONE KNOWS.
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:45:21pm |
re: #9 dog philosopher
in his case no vital organs would be thereby impeded from functioning properly
True…
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:45:35pm |
The fact that it was checking in with a satellite for at least five and a half hours is fascinating. And disturbing. That’s a long time.
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:45:49pm |
re: #10 FemNaziBitch
At least NPR is very clear on the fact that NO ONE KNOWS.
They are at least trying to be semi responsible about their reporting.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:46:08pm |
re: #6 dog philosopher
seriously, i’m beginning to hope that the plane was diverted and made a safe landing in some remote secret location where the hijackers intend to announce that they are holding the passengers for ransom or some political demand
hey it’s a crazy fantasy but it would mean that everybody was alive and can you imagine the cool docudrama?
It would need a landing field almost a mile long. Highly doubtful.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:46:16pm |
re: #4 Kragar
I like the way Hannity tells his audience that decompression is different in a Learjet vs. a 777.
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:47:38pm |
re: #12 Charles Johnson
The fact that it was checking in with a satellite for almost 4 hours is fascinating. And disturbing.
Either that or they’re in a real life version of the Langoliers or this:
en.wikipedia.org
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PT Barnum Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:49:06pm |
re: #15 jaunte
I like the way Hannity tells his audience that decompression is different in a Learjet vs. a 777.
Can we let Hannity experience both first hand and report back? Or am I going to get myself in trouble for saying that?
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:52:01pm |
re: #15 jaunte
I like the way Hannity tells his audience that decompression is different in a Learjet vs. a 777.
speaking of which - did they ever release the findings on what happened in the challenger capsule after the failure as it fell to earth? i seem to recall they recovered the capsule from the bottom of the ocean…
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RealityBasedSteve Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:53:25pm |
re: #14 Charles Johnson
It would need a landing field almost a mile long. Highly doubtful.
and it’s not like it’s a Cessna 152, you can’t just get a couple of guys to push it into the treeline and toss a couple of tarps over it. Where / How do you hide it? There are a LOT of theories out there, but the fact that apparently the aircraft WAS pinging the satellite for 4 or more hours after it was gone from radar (transponders turned off?) is more than curious.
I caught the NPR report, and it reminded me why I’m a “Dollar-A-Day” contributor. I sure get WAY more value than that each day.
RBS
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:54:12pm |
It’s the families that must be going batshit right now.
I think I’d be ready to implode.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:55:28pm |
re: #18 dog philosopher
The crew module broke apart:
spaceflightnow.com
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:55:38pm |
re: #18 dog philosopher
speaking of which - did they ever release the findings on what happened in the challenger capsule after the failure as it fell to earth? i seem to recall they recovered the capsule from the bottom of the ocean…
Divers from the USS Preserver located what they believed to be the crew cabin on the ocean floor on March 7. A dive the following day confirmed that it was the cabin and that the remains of the crew were inside.[7] No official investigation into the Challenger disaster has concluded for certain the cause of death of the astronauts; it is almost certain, however, that the disintegration itself did not kill the entire crew as 3 of the 4 PEAPs (personal egress air packs) that were recovered had been manually activated. This would only be done during an emergency or loss of cabin pressure (although whether cabin pressure was lost is still in debate but considered likely). PEAPs do not provide a pressurized air flow and would still have resulted in the astronauts losing consciousness within several seconds.[8] There were media reports alleging that NASA had a secret tape recording of the crew panicking and on-board conversation following the disintegration during the 2 minute 45 second free fall before hitting the sea east of Florida. This was likely fabricated and no such recording exists: the crew may have been unconscious from loss of cabin pressure and the astronauts did not wear individual voice recorders.[9] Any such voice recording facility would have been without power since the breakup of the orbiter immediately separated the crew compartment from the power-generating fuel cells in the back of the vehicle. It is certain that the impact of the shuttle with the sea would have killed any still surviving astronauts on board, though they may have died before the impact of other causes.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 5:56:02pm |
Sorry, I mis-commented - MH370 was actually pinging back to the satellite for at least five and a half hours. A long time at 777 speeds.
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:00:14pm |
I’ve owned beagle puppies and I can tell you that Jack Russell Terrier puppies are the cutest on the planet.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:03:34pm |
re: #14 Charles Johnson
It would need a landing field almost a mile long. Highly doubtful.
I asked a friend in aeronautics about this over at the JREF; the commonly used figure for a minimum landing distance is 6100 feet. You could, ostensibly, slow it down to a stop in less distance than that, but finding an airfield in that part of the world that will handle a jumbo jet is nothing short of miraculous in and of itself, let alone one in some out-of-the-way place away from prying eyes. It’s either on the ocean floor or being hidden by a government entity.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:04:27pm |
I’ve refrained from speculating about this case for a whole week, but I think it’s now safe to say something very odd happened to this plane.
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:07:17pm |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
I’ve refrained from speculating about this case for a whole week, but I think it’s now safe to say something very odd happened to this plane.
Are we sure that aliens were not involved?
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:07:31pm |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
I’ve refrained from speculating about this case for a whole week, but I think it’s now safe to say something very odd happened to this plane.
My wingnut parents speculate that it was shot down by the Chinese. That theory was amusing, privately.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:10:41pm |
re: #27 Targetpractice
Are we sure that aliens were not involved?
Could be aliens, or it could be explosive decompression that didn’t destroy the aircraft’s structural integrity but left it flying on for hours with a cabin full of dead people.
I see why some people prefer to believe in aliens.
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Lidane Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:10:54pm |
re: #15 jaunte
I like the way Hannity tells his audience that decompression is different in a Learjet vs. a 777.
Hannity knows the difference between torture and waterboarding. Makes sense he’d know the difference between decompression in a Lear jet and a 777.
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The War TARDIS Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:12:08pm |
re: #27 Targetpractice
I noticed something odd about the nations searching:
Malaysia
Australia
Bangladesh
Brunei
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United States
Vietnam
However, Burma, right in the middle of all of this isn’t participating.
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:12:50pm |
re: #30 Charles Johnson
Could be aliens, or it could be explosive decompression that didn’t destroy the aircraft’s structural integrity but left it flying on for hours with a plane full of dead people.
I see why some people prefer to believe in aliens.
At this point, I think Occam has thrown up his hands in frustration. There’s so many theories, so many of which might be plausible considering what we know about past crashes as well as theoretical situations that experts in various fields say could have happened.
Hell, you could speculate that Cthulhu brought the plane down and have half a dozen reporters banging down your door for an interview by midday.
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:14:52pm |
re: #30 Charles Johnson
Could be aliens, or it could be explosive decompression that didn’t destroy the aircraft’s structural integrity but left it flying on for hours with a cabin full of dead people.
I see why some people prefer to believe in aliens.
i believe i remember a story from a few years back where somebody flying a private jet was killed by decompression or some other oxygen failure and the jet continued to fly for a few hours until it ran out of fuel
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ninja cat Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:15:02pm |
I’m surprised it could go across at least 3 countries airspace and not get an inquiry. I get the feeling the US stepped in in the last 24-48 hours to get the Malaysian authorities more on the ball, or at least gave them access to info we had and they did not.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:15:20pm |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
I’ve refrained from speculating about this case for a whole week, but I think it’s now safe to say something very odd happened to this plane.
Very, very odd.
From the interview:
Frankly, one of the really troubling things is the facts just don’t line up, I mean, any one theory just doesn’t really… y’know, it’s not borne out by what all the facts give us.
I get the feeling the answer to this mystery is gonna be one of those things that ends up being so simple/obvious that everyone missed it.
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Lidane Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:15:49pm |
re: #25 thedopefishlives
It’s either on the ocean floor or being hidden by a government entity.
My vote is the bottom of the ocean. At this point, the idea of some mysterious entity diverting and/or hijacking that plane to hold hundreds of people hostage seems unlikely.
I’m guessing some sort of mechanical failure or freak accident caused the plane to go down. Either that or it was a Flight 93 situation. No matter what, that plane still ended up in the water.
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:15:54pm |
re: #34 dog philosopher
however, since the expert in the audio clip said that no theory fit all the known facts, there must be some known flaw in the decompression-but-continue-flying theory
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The War TARDIS Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:15:56pm |
re: #33 Targetpractice
It’s really bad that there have been 3 episodes of Doctor Who on this.
The terrible Time Flight with the 5th Doctor, Planet of the Dead with the 10th, and “The Doctor, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”
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RealityBasedSteve Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:16:13pm |
re: #34 dog philosopher
i believe i remember a story from a few years back where somebody flying a private jet was killed by decompression or some other oxygen failure and the jet continued to fly for a few hours until it ran out of fuel
That was the golfer Payne Stewart. It’s one of the few cases where the NTSB wasn’t able to find a definitive cause if my memory serves me.
RBS
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chadu Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:16:32pm |
O/T
If you want to get a lot of high adventure tabletop roleplaying games for a good price (and some of your money goes to charity!), check out the latest Bundle of Holding, which features a book by Your Obedient Servant.
;)
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A Mom Anon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:17:02pm |
re: #24 FemNaziBitch
I’m partial to German Shepherds myself, but I can’t resist ANY puppy, or kitten, or baby anything really.
As for this whole disappearing plane thing, it’s got to be the oddest thing I’ve heard of in a really long time. All our technology and modern infrastructure in place and no one can find it? And how do you hide something that big, presuming it’s on land somewhere? It’s really weird.
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dog philosopher Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:18:31pm |
re: #32 The War TARDIS
I noticed something odd about the nations searching:
Malaysia
Australia
Bangladesh
Brunei
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United States
VietnamHowever, Burma, right in the middle of all of this isn’t participating.
iirc burma/myanmar generally is not the participating type
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:18:48pm |
re: #37 Lidane
My vote is the bottom of the ocean. At this point, the idea of some mysterious entity diverting and/or hijacking that plane to hold hundreds of people hostage seems unlikely.
I’m guessing some sort of mechanical failure or freak accident caused the plane to go down. Either that or it was a Flight 93 situation. No matter what, that plane still ended up in the water.
I imagine that it did go down somewhere in the ocean, and further that the reason it’s not yet been recovered is due to it being outside of all the proposed search areas.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:20:27pm |
re: #32 The War TARDIS
I noticed something odd about the nations searching:
Malaysia
Australia
Bangladesh
Brunei
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United States
VietnamHowever, Burma, right in the middle of all of this isn’t participating.
Maybe they’re just too busy? Looks like they have at least three internal conflicts going on right now:
Civil wars
In October 2012 the number of ongoing conflicts in Burma included the Kachin conflict, between the Kachin Independence Army and the government; a civil war between the Rohingya Muslims, and the government and non-government groups in Arakan State; and a conflict between the Shan, Lahu and Karen minority groups, and the government in the eastern half of the country.
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The War TARDIS Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:21:14pm |
Noticed this incident in the Wikipedia page on Flight 370.
In 2005 a Boeing 777-2H6ER aircraft with the registration 9M-MRG, serial number 28414, operating as Malaysia Airlines Flight 124 flying from Perth to Kuala Lumpur experienced an ADIRU (air data inertial reference unit) fault resulting in uncommanded manoeuvres by the aircraft acting on false indications.[117] In that incident the incorrect data impacted all planes of movement while the aircraft was climbing through 38,000 feet (11,600 m). The pilots recovered the aircraft and requested a return to Perth. There were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft. The ATSB (Australian Transport Safety Bureau) found that the main probable cause of this incident was a latent software error which allowed the ADIRU to use data from a failed accelerometer.[118] The US Federal Aviation Administration issued Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-18-51 requiring all 777 operators to install upgraded software to resolve the error
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:21:37pm |
re: #44 Targetpractice
I imagine that it did go down somewhere in the ocean, and further that the reason it’s not yet been recovered is due to it being outside of all the proposed search areas.
Yeah, that’s looking very likely. I’ve heard comparisons to Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the middle of the Atlantic (literally) and was not found for over 2 years, although wreckage was found and identified within 5 days. It’ll be interesting to see what the black boxes tell, if/when they are found.
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chadu Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:21:56pm |
re: #41 chadu
O/T
If you want to get a lot of high adventure tabletop roleplaying games for a good price (and some of your money goes to charity!), check out the latest Bundle of Holding, which features a book by Your Obedient Servant.
;)
It’d be good if I linked to my page wherein all the deets be.
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ninja cat Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:22:42pm |
My issue with the hypoxia theory is that the plane turned and changed altitudes several times, which it wouldn’t do if on auto-pilot and everyone was unconscious.
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:23:31pm |
re: #47 thedopefishlives
Yeah, that’s looking very likely. I’ve heard comparisons to Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the middle of the Atlantic (literally) and was not found for over 2 years, although wreckage was found and identified within 5 days. It’ll be interesting to see what the black boxes tell, if/when they are found.
Yeah, that was one incident I was thinking of. Another was the whole bit mentioned the other day about the Titanic and the search for her. It wasn’t that nobody was searching for her, it’s that she was way outside the areas most folks put her as sinking at. I imagine that most of the search areas right now are best guess estimates and when she’s finally found, it will be well away from where everybody’s assumed she went down.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:25:39pm |
re: #50 Targetpractice
Yeah, that was one incident I was thinking of. Another was the whole bit mentioned the other day about the Titanic and the search for her. It wasn’t that nobody was searching for her, it’s that she was way outside the areas most folks put her as sinking at. I imagine that most of the search areas right now are best guess estimates and when she’s finally found, it will be well away from where everybody’s assumed she went down.
Ocean searches are hard. It’s not like we can just look down through a glass-bottomed boat and see the wreckage 2 miles below.
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:26:09pm |
The Wall Street Journal’s latest take on the Malaysia crash. online.wsj.com
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Lidane Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:27:36pm |
re: #24 FemNaziBitch
I’ve owned beagle puppies and I can tell you that Jack Russell Terrier puppies are the cutest on the planet.
I see your Jack Russell and raise you a Corgi pup:
look at his huge belly! pic.twitter.com/NvF1zIYCSy— Oh My Corgi! (@OhMyCorgi) March 7, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:27:38pm |
re: #51 thedopefishlives
Ocean searches are hard. It’s not like we can just look down through a glass-bottomed boat and see the wreckage 2 miles below.
And the wreckage will move around the ocean.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:28:50pm |
re: #54 FemNaziBitch
And the wreckage will move around the ocean.
And the ocean floor is not as smooth as a billiard ball. There’s a lot of variables at play here, none of them making anything any easier, for sure. I do not envy the ones doing the search, although the company my college roommate works for has made a name for itself in crowdsourcing the search for the missing plane.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:29:58pm |
re: #52 PhillyPretzel
The Wall Street Journal’s latest take on the Malaysia crash. online.wsj.com
Thanks - added as an update.
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:30:16pm |
re: #54 FemNaziBitch
And the wreckage will move around the ocean.
Indeed. We’re not talking an ocean liner, we’re talking a tube made of aluminum, steel alloys, and various composites. And hitting water at any kind of speed is like hitting concrete, so I imagine when they do finally find this bird, it’s going to be in bits and pieces on the ocean floor.
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:30:45pm |
re: #55 thedopefishlives
And the ocean floor is not as smooth as a billiard ball. There’s a lot of variables at play here, none of them making anything any easier, for sure. I do not envy the ones doing the search, although the company my college roommate works for has made a name for itself in crowdsourcing the search for the missing plane.
and the ocean has it’s own currents and tunnels. No rhyme or reason on how things move about —unless you are someone who really understands such things.
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FemNaziBitch Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:32:15pm |
re: #57 Targetpractice
Indeed. We’re not talking an ocean liner, we’re talking a tube made of aluminum, steel alloys, and various composites. And hitting water at any kind of speed is like hitting concrete, so I imagine when they do finally find this bird, it’s going to be in bits and pieces on the ocean floor.
I remember back when the Discovery Channel had good shows. There was one about sunken treasure ships. They explained how a ship could go down and parts of it or it’s booty could be half an ocean away in one night.
I didn’t understand one bit of it.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:33:43pm |
re: #57 Targetpractice
Indeed. We’re not talking an ocean liner, we’re talking a tube made of aluminum, steel alloys, and various composites. And hitting water at any kind of speed is like hitting concrete, so I imagine when they do finally find this bird, it’s going to be in bits and pieces on the ocean floor.
AF447 made a pretty hefty impact - it was in a full aerodynamic stall and basically plummeting from the sky like a giant rock. It was recovered largely intact. Unless somebody drove the plane into the ocean at full rated power, I think we’ll find at least most of the fuselage in one piece. At the very least, enough of the plane should be in a relatively compact area to identify the wreckage and locate the black boxes.
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chadu Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:42:19pm |
re: #53 Lidane
I see your Jack Russell and raise you a Corgi pup
Call and raise: cuddled-up fruit bat pups looking at you.
Hell, I’m all-in: baby fruit bat yawn.
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lawhawk Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:42:56pm |
re: #50 Targetpractice
The Titanic and Bismarck were both ships explorers had been searching for for decades. Ballard succeeded where others failed by not only working from last known positions, which turned out to be off, but by factoring in ocean currents and reckoning to figure out their final resting places.
Both of those searches started from a starting point, last known positions of responding ships (for Titanic) or the positions as plotted by British (Bismarck).
Here? We have a general direction, Maybe. Possibly. Not really.
Ballard used side scan sonar to grid trace until he came across debris fields and then worked back up the field to find the ships themselves.
Here, you’d have a massive location to search, let alone the time/effort to grid search using underwater sonar system.
Depths are potentially as deep or deeper than the Titanic location, though there are shallower areas within the search areas.
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A Mom Anon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:45:13pm |
Baby German Shepherd/Doberman Mix
This is Abby, my doggie, when she was a baby. She’s almost 4 now.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:47:43pm |
I thought the NSA was monitoring the thoughts of every person in the world. Shouldn’t they just tell us what happened, or is that too much to ask?
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Political Atheist Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:48:56pm |
re: #65 lawhawk
Ballard had a way better idea of location than our current searchers have had.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:50:30pm |
re: #26 Charles Johnson
I’ve refrained from speculating about this case for a whole week, but I think it’s now safe to say something very odd happened to this plane.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:50:32pm |
re: #65 lawhawk
I seem to remember seeing somewhere (probably Rachel Maddow the other night) that the Air France flight went down in much deeper water than where authorities think the Malaysia Airlines could have gone down, which is one of the other reasons it was so difficult to locate & recover.
Out of curiosity I was just looking for a map that would show water depths in the SE Asia area, but didn’t have much luck.
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thedopefishlives Fri, Mar 14, 2014 6:59:46pm |
re: #67 Charles Johnson
I thought the NSA was monitoring the thoughts of every person in the world. Shouldn’t they just tell us what happened, or is that too much to ask?
They’re too busy gangstalking the dudebros to help. Sorry Charles.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:02:07pm |
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lawhawk Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:02:32pm |
re: #68 Political Atheist
Ballard had a way better idea of location than our current searchers have had.
That’s precisely the point. He at least had a good idea of a starting point for his search. Here? No one has a clue where to start, because of all the different bits that have come in.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:04:07pm |
Bluebloods has the ‘Knockout Game’ as the theme for tonight’s episode.
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chadu Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:07:00pm |
re: #66 A Mom Anon
Baby German Shepherd/Doberman Mix
This is Abby, my doggie, when she was a baby. She’s almost 4 now.
Big feets!
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:08:54pm |
re: #12 Charles Johnson
The fact that it was checking in with a satellite for at least five and a half hours is fascinating. And disturbing. That’s a long time.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
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lawhawk Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:10:18pm |
re: #70 CuriousLurker
Water depths will depend on where you’re talking about. The Andaman Sea or Gulf of Thailand can average 3500 feet, but can go to more than 2 miles deep.
The AF447 final resting place was at about 12,500 feet.
South China sea, by comparison is very shallow, though some parts can exceed a mile deep.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:10:31pm |
re: #74 Dark_Falcon
Bluebloods has the ‘Knockout Game’ as the theme for tonight’s episode.
It’s not a real game. It was apparently something a handful of teen thugs did for fun. But good to see the media pushing the fear of inner-city thuggery. I hope they put a twist on it and make the perps white privileged kids who were bored. Would probably be more accurate.
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lawhawk Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:10:38pm |
re: #76 darthstar
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
Ping! Can you see me now?
Yes.
One ping. One ping only Vasily!
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lawhawk Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:11:16pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Yup. The numbers that had to be entered in the Hatch to keep the Light from escaping.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:11:25pm |
re: #69 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Lotto numbers you never want to play, unless you want to share the prize with 14,000 other people.
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:12:50pm |
re: #79 lawhawk
One ping. One ping only Vasily!
My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on Playmate of the Month.
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:14:02pm |
“The facts just don’t line up”
If it doesn’t fit you must acquit.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:14:05pm |
re: #80 lawhawk
Yup. The numbers that had to be entered in the Hatch to keep the Light from escaping.
That’s the thing about light. It can’t be contained. It can be extinguished, and it can be viewed. Containment is nonsensical.
Speaking of Lost, though…I wonder what happened to that old codger who worked as a programmer in Colorado…Walter. He was kind of interesting until he took a turn off the deep end.
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A Mom Anon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:15:35pm |
re: #75 chadu
Yep. She’s nothing but legs and ears now, lol. Still has big feets, weighs about 80 lbs today.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:15:43pm |
@rupertmurdoch Let me ask you something, mate. Do you think a gigantic airplane on this trip might be noticed? pic.twitter.com/G4gPRyncrF— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) March 15, 2014
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:16:26pm |
Never mind the fact that BIN LADEN IS FUCKING DEAD, Murdoch…
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:17:27pm |
By the way, when I say something odd happened on this flight, I’m not suggesting something supernatural or nefarious. I’m sure we’ll eventually have a good explanation. But right now the shit is mysterious.
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A Mom Anon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:17:54pm |
Alright, I have to take the big footed doggie out to potty and get her to take her meds. Nitey nite lizards.
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:18:58pm |
re: #86 darthstar
If that map is the locations determined from the pings, then not only is that odd, but some of that path is over still rather remote areas on the eastern and western side of the Himalayas.
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chadu Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:20:45pm |
re: #87 darthstar
Never mind the fact that BIN LADEN IS FUCKING DEAD, Murdoch…
We dumped Bin Laden in the ocean… the plane’s lost in the ocean…
Just asking questions.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:22:05pm |
re: #77 lawhawk
Water depths will depend on where you’re talking about. The Andaman Sea or Gulf of Thailand can average 3500 feet, but can go to more than 2 miles deep.
The AF447 final resting place was at about 12,500 feet.
South China sea, by comparison is very shallow, though some parts can exceed a mile deep.
Yeah, I just found a map, but thanks for the exact info.
Okay, looks pretty quiet around here tonight, so I guess I’ll follow AMA out the door and go catch up on videos or whatever.
Before I go, here’s a really nice and recent (2012) physical map of the world (PDF - 2.3MB). For anyone who isn’t already familiar with it, UT Austin’s Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is a fantastic resource and most of the maps are in the public domain. Their World Maps section have many other interesting maps showing things like worldwide age structure, ethnic diversity, illicit traffiking routes. megacities, water availability, oceans, ocean currents & sea ice, etcetera, most of which come from the CIA.
Have a good night, everyone.
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:24:34pm |
Oh, I see the last ping was over the Indian Ocean (so that map is ????)
Which is still weird, of course.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:26:56pm |
Kind of pretty much fully over Bill Maher.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 15, 2014
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:28:02pm |
On the last boss in Borderlands 2 and I just cannot catch a fucking break. This is the kind of shit that just makes me want to walk away from the damn thing.
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:28:10pm |
re: #94 Charles Johnson
What orifice did Maher stick his foot in now?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:32:49pm |
re: #87 darthstar
Never mind the fact that BIN LADEN IS FUCKING DEAD, Murdoch…
Maybe Murdoch was motivated to that thought by this story:
Navy SEALs ‘took turns dumping HUNDREDS of bullets’ into Osama bin Laden’s dead body, a new report reveals
To be clear, i don’t find if this one is true. Osama bin Laden richly deserved to have magazines of 5.56mm rounds pumped into him.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:33:15pm |
@PoliticaILine It's called the Alex Jones Show.— John Aziz (@azizonomics) March 15, 2014
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:34:01pm |
Andrew Sullivan posted a defense of academic racist Charles Murray today.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:35:17pm |
re: #97 Dark_Falcon
Maybe Murdoch was motivated to that thought by this story:
Navy SEALs ‘took turns dumping HUNDREDS of bullets’ into Osama bin Laden’s dead body, a new report revealsTo be clear, i don’t find if this one is true. Osama bin Laden richly deserved to have magazines of 5.56mm rounds pumped into him.
Its also likely complete bullshit. Do you really think the SEALS would waste time like that during an op inside Pakistan or that officers would let them do it when they got back to the ship?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:37:16pm |
re: #100 Kragar
Its also likely complete bullshit. Do you really think the SEALS would waste time like that during an op inside Pakistan or that officers would let them do it when they got back to the ship?
I doubt it, but I don’t really care either way.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:38:52pm |
re: #101 Dark_Falcon
I doubt it, but I don’t really care either way.
I care because I’m tired of seeing bullshit like this being called news.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:44:08pm |
re: #102 Kragar
I care because I’m tired of seeing bullshit like this being called news.
I’m sorry if I offended by posting that. I had no dishonorable intentions.
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Kragar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:45:28pm |
re: #103 Dark_Falcon
I’m sorry if I offended by posting that. I had no dishonorable intentions.
You didn’t offend me.
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jc717 Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:54:12pm |
re: #67 Charles Johnson
I thought the NSA was monitoring the thoughts of every person in the world. Shouldn’t they just tell us what happened, or is that too much to ask?
Of course they know… but they can’t say anything because that it would further reveal their capabilities//
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RealityBasedSteve Fri, Mar 14, 2014 7:54:19pm |
night gang…. I’m outta here. I’m just really wiped out this evening, yak at ya tomorrow.
RBS
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:03:23pm |
North Carolina hunter bags 500-pound hog with .308 AR-10 (VIDEO)
A North Carolina hunter took down a 500-pound, 8-foot-long hog last month with his .308-caliber AR-10.
Jett Webb was hunting in Bertie County near Indian Woods when he came across the roaming beast. He quickly realized it was the same hog other hunters had been trying to bag since it was first spotted on trail cameras over a year ago. Since shooting the wild animal, Webb has quickly skyrocketed to notoriety. But the veteran hunter says the experience was a humbling one, Daily Mail reports.
“It was very surreal,” recalls Webb. “It was a shock. It was very humbling to say the least, when you walk up on a beast that big and you say, “Oh my gosh. I had no idea that there could be something that big running around the woods of Eastern North Carolina.’”
Image: Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-6.41.00-PM.png
That’s one big pig.
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sagehen Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:07:35pm |
re: #107 Dark_Falcon
North Carolina hunter bags 500-pound hog with .308 AR-10 (VIDEO)
Image: Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-6.41.00-PM.png
That’s one big pig.
Is that what they call bringing home the bacon?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:13:58pm |
re: #108 sagehen
Is that what they call bringing home the bacon?
Yes, I’d say so:
Image: article-2579461-1C3BBE9F00000578-270_634x345.jpg
The Confederate Flag painted onto the table is a not-nice touch.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:20:44pm |
IF, a big if, the plane flew for another 5 hours after it disappeared from radar, here is what may have happened.
The 777 has two transponders. It’s an incredibly reliable instrument. If it fails, a big warning light comes on to the fault display system and says “Primary Transponder Failure”. This tells the flight crew to enable the secondary transponder.
After the transponder shut down, the secondary did not come online.
There is a system called ARCAS that transmits data to satellites and then to various receiver stations that gives a plethora of data to various sites about what the airplane is doing. When Air France 447 went down, this was the data set that indicated that the plane was in serious trouble. For the most part, it appears that the ARCAS was shut down.
There are other data transmission systems on the 777 that are independent of the ARCAS. One of them is the engine data system.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Rolls Royce engines sent data at least four hours into the flight. They later retracted the story, saying that the data came from a SatCom link, not from the engines. What the difference is between the ARCAS (which is a SatCom link, and may have been disabled in the cockpit) and the Rolls Royce SatCom link that reported the information is not clear.
My best guess is that whatever happened occurred in the cockpit. The jet appeared to hit several standard nav points on standard routes before it left radar visible waypoints to the west of its standard routing. That is a pilot thing.
The what and the why are unknown. But the fact is that the plane is in the wind. If it was hijacked, it could be anywhere in south central or west central Asia, maybe even east Africa, given the fuel load.
As Yul Brenner would say “It is a puzzlement.”
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:25:13pm |
re: #110 austin_blue
IF, a big if, the plane flew for another 5 hours after it disappeared from radar, here is what may have happened.
Good gawd, I should preview before post in. Fixed now.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:29:51pm |
The most #SXSW-y photo of #SXSW14: I humbly submit “Man With Google Glass Waiting To Utilize Bitcoin ATM” pic.twitter.com/PNKOelhdpr
— Beverly Reynolds (@beverlynoelle) March 13, 2014
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:33:24pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:39:13pm |
Cat want food! Cat don’t get food…
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Stanley Sea Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:41:55pm |
Awesome birthday cake courtesy @cdsingh1001 & http://t.co/uqgyzuL2CX pic.twitter.com/qlGIxVFbEd— Gagan Singh (@urbanturbanguy) March 15, 2014
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:43:35pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:44:28pm |
Here’s a crowdfunding proposal the group may find interesting (via IndieGoGo):
Childrens Bulletproof backpacks- The reality of 2014?
BulletSafe, a popular bulletproof vest company, is testing the waters for a children’s bulletproof backpack panel using Indiegogo. Indiegogo is a crowdsourcing website where new product ideas are presented and potential customers can encourage their introduction. BulletSafe is using this platform to see if people want to protect their children from handguns.
The project is called the BulletSafe Bulletproof Backpack Panel. The panel, which is designed to go in a kid’s backpack, can stop bullets up to a .44 Magnum. Eventually the BulletSafe Bulletproof Backpack Panel will retail for $99 plus shipping, but IndieGoGo campaign backers can order one now by pledging $89. Retailers can also preorder 6 panels on Indiegogo for $420.
Originally, Tom Nardone, BulletSafe president, created just three of these bulletproof backpack inserts to protect the most precious people in his life: his kids. “After I made them, I wondered if other people would want to buy one. I asked friends and some said yes, others said no. In order to settle the issue I created this Indiegogo campaign.” Says Nardone.
The panel is made from the same materials as Bulletsafe’s NIJ level IIIA Bulletproof Vest. The insert is 12 by 10 inches in size and weighs one and a quarter pounds. This panel is different from other ballistic panels on the market in that it includes a tough, washable exterior carrier. “Other ballistic panels are not ready to be used in a kid’s backpack. They can’t handle the spills and abrasion. Our panel has a tough, washable exterior required by that type of use.” Says Nardone. Even though it has these added features, the BulletSafe Bulletproof Backpack Panel still has an industry leading $99 MSRP putting it within financial reach of many families.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:50:16pm |
re: #107 Dark_Falcon
That’s one big pig.
Since you posted that, my wife has been sitting at her computer next to me, watching “Hogs Gone Wild” episodes on YouTube.
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Skip Intro Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:52:23pm |
re: #38 dog philosopher
however, since the expert in the audio clip said that no theory fit all the known facts, there must be some known flaw in the decompression-but-continue-flying theory
Are there actually “known facts”? How does one find them in the huge manure pile of media speculation?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:54:17pm |
Conservative Political Groups Are Spending Record Amounts of Money to Deny Poor People Health Care http://t.co/v6Bqzs7hCo— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 15, 2014
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:57:15pm |
BREAKING: Malaysian official says investigators conclude missing jet was hijacked, steered off-course.(via @AP)— KWCH Eyewitness News (@KWCH12) March 15, 2014
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 8:58:55pm |
The words “Malaysian official” do not exactly inspire confidence.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:01:11pm |
re: #121 Charles Johnson
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I guess anything’s possible, it’s just that hijacking seems so unlikely. I mean, how/where do you hide a giant plane and all those people, and how far could they have gone with no one noticing? It seems (to me) there would need to be one or more governments involved to pull off something like that.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:01:52pm |
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian government official says investigators have concluded that one of the pilots or someone else with flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
The official, who is involved in the investigation, says no motive has been established, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. “It is conclusive.”
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jaunte Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:03:19pm |
Unauthorized anonymous official is nonetheless conclusive.
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Skip Intro Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:07:05pm |
re: #117 Dark_Falcon
Here’s a crowdfunding proposal the group may find interesting (via IndieGoGo):
Actually, I find it repulsive.
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Skip Intro Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:08:53pm |
re: #124 Charles Johnson
I’ll just add that to the pile of “known facts”.
Here’s a real known fact. The pinger in the black box only lasts 30 days.
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ninja cat Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:09:41pm |
I keep hearing reports about the pilot having a simulator at his home but that the officials had not searched his home. Or at least had not announced that they had. I would think that would have been one f the first things they would do.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:15:34pm |
I’m starting to believe in a criminal aspect to this.
It’s too freaking weird.
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GlutenFreeJesus Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:23:51pm |
Bet it was the younger pilot. He had short of 3,000 hours of flight time. The head pilot (in his 50s IIRC) had close to 30.000 flight hours. The abrupt altitude changes could show the struggle between the two pilots.
That’s my unprofessional take on the whole mess.
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Targetpractice Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:30:27pm |
Well, if it truly was hijacked, then the $64,000 question is “Did it crash?” If it did, then the search area likely is far from where anybody has guessed so far. If not, then it had to have landed somewhere, which means somebody currently is holding the passengers hostage.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:41:44pm |
re: #129 Varek Raith
Once upon a time, I was a hard-core believer of UFO conspiracy theories. Barney & Betty Hill, the face in Cydonia, Roswell, MAJESTIC-12, Area 51, you name it. I *wanted* it to be true.
I am no longer a believer. But there is a part of me that still wants it all to be true. This airplane mystery feeds into the conspiratorial mindset very easily. I expect Rod Serling to enter from Stage Right, cigarette ablaze, inviting us to “picture if you will…”
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:47:05pm |
Yeah…I live here. Somebody has to. pic.twitter.com/tDHvb1CUwK— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 15, 2014
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:48:32pm |
re: #110 austin_blue
Thing is, India has enough airports that radar would have shown a plane this big, somewhere.
There is so much speculation. I don’t trust anything until the international aviation groups can come to some definite conclusion.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:49:56pm |
re: #132 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Once upon a time, I was a hard-core believer of UFO conspiracy theories. Barney & Betty Hill, the face in Cydonia, Roswell, MAJESTIC-12, Area 51, you name it. I *wanted* it to be true.
I am no longer a believer. But there is a part of me that still wants it all to be true. This airplane mystery feeds into the conspiratorial mindset very easily. I expect Rod Serling to enter from Stage Right, cigarette ablaze, inviting us to “picture if you will…”
You’re right with Roswell. That was my ship.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:51:09pm |
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:52:08pm |
re: #136 Varek Raith
I am convinced that the Hills did believe (at least some) of what they claimed. What the truth is perhaps no one really knows, as the Hills may have convinced themselves of things for reasons we probably will not know and they didn’t either.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:56:50pm |
Bottle 148 of 196. And what a tasty Manhattan it made.
Our next door restaurant closed for three months and reopened across the highway in a larger space, but with a full bar. Life is good. And their ‘650 Crostini’ (braised short rib with a slice of jalapeno on top of toasted baguette slices with a little avocado puree) are to die for.
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 9:57:05pm |
The American UFO social frenzy, coming immediately on the heels of WWII, was, I believe, a mass reaction not only to WWII but the existence of a new kind of mass killing (nuclear war.)
It’s an interesting comparison to the Japanese concurrent fascination with monsters attacking and destroying Japan.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:00:15pm |
“Show of hands, who's a white man?” pic.twitter.com/lmHphnAowX— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) March 15, 2014
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Single-handed sailor Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:04:18pm |
I am convinced that the Hills did believe (at least some) of what they claimed. What the truth is perhaps no one really knows, as the Hills may have convinced themselves of things for reasons we probably will not know and they didn’t either.
It was not too early for LSD in 1961 but I didn’t really hear about the drug till 1966.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:09:29pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:10:34pm |
re: #140 freetoken
The American UFO social frenzy, coming immediately on the heels of WWII, was, I believe, a mass reaction not only to WWII but the existence of a new kind of mass killing (nuclear war.)
It’s an interesting comparison to the Japanese concurrent fascination with monsters attacking and destroying Japan.
Also, notice how we don’t really get UFO pictures anymore? With all the HQ camera phones out there you’d think we’d get a good image if they were zooming around like in the old days.
Nope.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:12:58pm |
One of the pilots flew the bird into the ocean.
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freetoken Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:15:11pm |
re: #145 Varek Raith
Also, notice how we don’t really get UFO pictures anymore? With all the HQ camera phones out there you’d think we’d get a good image.
Nope.
Of course not. They know humans now have widespread cameras and are much more careful about their interactions with us apes.
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The War TARDIS Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:42:11pm |
I’m thinking Malaysia is hiding something at this point.
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Lidane Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:42:19pm |
re: #64 chadu
BOOM! I win.
A big carrot for a little bunny. pic.twitter.com/5gctXmD8hE— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) March 15, 2014
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:44:46pm |
re: #134 freetoken
Thing is, India has enough airports that radar would have shown a plane this big, somewhere.
There is so much speculation. I don’t trust anything until the international aviation groups can come to some definite conclusion.
Sure. But if I was dark and tucked in behind any scheduled long hauler from Singapore to Europe I could be anywhere in southern Asia by now. Just speculating. At this point, it’s all just whee.
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Lidane Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:46:19pm |
Reason eleventy billion and two why if I ever get back to SXSW, the Music part of it will be a minor part of my experience. This is Sixth Street tonight:
Dirty 6th right now. #SXSW pic.twitter.com/Jx2Xxx2LmX— (?°?°)?AustinBloggy (@AustinBloggy) March 15, 2014
Nope nope nope nope. Outgrew that shit years ago.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:06:45pm |
re: #153 Lidane
Reason eleventy billion and two why if I ever get back to SXSW, the Music part of it will be a minor part of my experience. This is Sixth Street tonight:
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Nope nope nope nope. Outgrew that shit years ago.
We live two blocks south of Barton Springs Road. All of the volume from Auditorium Shores, none of the vehicle traffic, thank gawd. Good bands tonight. Nice to listen to them from one’s back porch.
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ninja cat Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:08:11pm |
re: #150 The War TARDIS
I’m thinking Malaysia is hiding something at this point.
I don’t think hiding anything, or that they’re incompetent. Just not capable of handling this incredible situation. The PM is holding a press conference, delayed now for the last hour. They have already announced he will not take any questions,
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:17:44pm |
Drive-by:
Live feed for late presser—everyone still waiting.
livestation.com
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Single-handed sailor Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:18:14pm |
re: #150 The War TARDIS
I’m thinking Malaysia is hiding something at this point.
Reality is stranger than fiction.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:46:04pm |
Long story short: Holy crap. Actions in plane confirmed deliberate, therefore it looks like a hijacking. They say based on last known location it could’ve gone up a north corridor towards Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan or a south corridor towards the Indian Ocean. In-freaking-credible.
This can’t be good. Earlier this month when I made this comment, it never entered my mind that something this bizarre could happen. That north corridor thing makes me think of the Chechens—wonder if they’re trying to get back at Putin somehow while he’s distracted—they’re just across the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan… then again, Turkmenistan also shares a border with Iran & Afghanistan.
Good grief. I just hope & pray the passengers are okay.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:58:28pm |
The headline’s a bit confusing, but this is the best summary I’ve found so far of the presser with the Malaysian PM:
Hijacking not confirmed says Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, addressing a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, says the plane may not have been hijacked. He said the Malaysian authorities and military have widened their search based on new satellite communication from the plane. Two search corridors have been included - the northern one stretching upto Kazakhstan and a southern corridor stretching to Indonesia.
Mr Razak said authorities were very confident that the transponder of flight MH 370 was disabled. Movement of missing flight was consistent with deliberate action of someone on plane, Mr Razak said. Search for the plane in the South China Sea has been called off, the Malaysian Prime Minister said.
Earlier on Saturday, investigators had concluded that one or more people with significant flying experience had hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, switched off communication devices and steered it off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said.
No motive has been established and no demands have been made known, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory.
“It is conclusive,” he said. […]
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CuriousLurker Fri, Mar 14, 2014 11:59:06pm |
Later, lizards.
Quick graphic: RT @TerraHall #MH370 is thought to have gone in 1 of these 2 directions. pic.twitter.com/xt1VPOeemX— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 15, 2014
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Kragar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 12:20:10am |
Libtard? Ah yes, what a biting retort, sure to win any debate of intellectual merit @CobraTheCdr @jjauthor— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 15, 2014
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Single-handed sailor Sat, Mar 15, 2014 12:52:25am |
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:05:26am |
re: #160 CuriousLurker
So, you’re telling me a 777 could fly within a hundred miles of Mumbai and not be seen on radar?
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:10:10am |
I’m just not buying that a 777 can be flown anywhere near a major international airport and not be noticed as a non-identifying aircraft.
All the more so for crossing borders between nations known to have military leaders quite suspicious of their neighbors.
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Single-handed sailor Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:13:16am |
re: #163 Kragar
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:25:50am |
…one of two possible corridors: a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, or a southern corridor stretching approximately from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean.
My map.
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Kragar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:28:03am |
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:30:15am |
The following illustration is how air flight does NOT work:
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CuriousLurker Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:40:47am |
re: #164 freetoken
So, you’re telling me a 777 could fly within a hundred miles of Mumbai and not be seen on radar?
No, the Malaysian PM is telling you that based on what he claims experts have told him. I don’t know enough about about how any of this stuff works to even begin to presume whether it could be true or not, which is why I’ve hardly commented on it all week.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:41:40am |
Average depth of Indian Ocean is 3,890 m (12,762 ft).
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:44:04am |
re: #164 freetoken
So, you’re telling me a 777 could fly within a hundred miles of Mumbai and not be seen on radar?
It so far has managed to elude us for over a week. Conflicting radar returns. sat links, no debris.
Nothing.
So, I can’t really rule out anything as of yet.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:44:48am |
re: #165 freetoken
I’m just not buying that a 777 can be flown anywhere near a major international airport and not be noticed as a non-identifying aircraft.
All the more so for crossing borders between nations known to have military leaders quite suspicious of their neighbors.
I made a somewhat similar comment earlier, but as I said above, the PM is saying what he’s saying, so… *shrug* Whatever.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:46:10am |
So far, no one has picked it up on radar.
It clearly went somewhere.
My guess is the bottom of the Indian.
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:47:07am |
re: #131 Targetpractice
If they even wanted the passengers for anything. They could just as easily have killed all of them either before or after landing, and set the plane up to be another missile hitting one of their foes’ most-valued civilian targets. The only problem is, we still don’t know who the hijackers are, so there’s no way of knowing their foes, either…
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:47:39am |
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:48:22am |
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CuriousLurker Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:48:37am |
re: #177 Varek Raith
So far, no one has picked it up on radar.
It clearly went somewhere.
My guess is the bottom of the Indian.
I’m not gonna guess anymore. People are gonna start fighting over this and it’s not worth it. I’ll let the experts figure it out.
Over & out. *waves bye*
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:49:23am |
re: #183 CuriousLurker
I’m not gonna guess anymore. People are gonna start fighting over this and it’s not worth it. I’ll let the experts figure it out.
Over & out. *waves bye*
Oh, I ain’t gonna fight over this.
Just spouting my theories at 5 in the morning.
:)
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:52:12am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:56:54am |
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:57:26am |
Sooner or later they’ll stop searching. Vietnam has cut air searches. As indicated by Malaysia’s PM the search areas will shift. However, those will not go on indefinitely.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:57:34am |
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:58:51am |
It might turn out like with Amelia Earhart.
Decades will go by, then a tiny piece of identifiable wreckage will show up.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:58:57am |
re: #192 Varek Raith
It wouldn’t surprise me if we never find the thing.
Which means a new generation and breed of obnoxious conspiracy theorists.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:59:19am |
re: #195 freetoken
It might turn out like with Amelia Earhart.
Decades will go by, then a tiny piece of identifiable wreckage will show up.
A walk through the jungle.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 1:59:34am |
re: #196 Gus
Which means a new generation and breed of obnoxious conspiracy theorists.
It landed on the grassy knoll!
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:02:22am |
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:02:32am |
Ah yes, another day of speculation, another day of guessing about MH370.
Can’t and won’t.
Will say, however, when I asked my landlord yesterday about the nose dive the United jet took in Philly, he said stuff like that happens, tire failure and gear collapses are not unexpected. And he’s a United mechanic—has the rotator cuff and carpel tunnel surgery to show for it. He should know. OTOH, even with all his air miles, he won’t fly to Hawaii—too long a flight, he says.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:05:05am |
re: #201 Justanotherhuman
I got severe vertigo the first and only time I got on a plane.
No thanks.
I’ll take a train.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:05:06am |
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:06:08am |
re: #201 Justanotherhuman
That oil slick found by the Vietnamese - so many people want to believe it can’t possible be MH370.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:06:18am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:07:23am |
re: #206 freetoken
That oil slick found by the Vietnamese - so many people want to believe it can’t possible be MH370.
I assume they sent a ship out to collect samples?
Could match it to the type planes use?
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:09:25am |
re: #206 freetoken
That oil slick found by the Vietnamese - so many people want to believe it can’t possible be MH370.
Not going to find too much oil on a jet.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:10:03am |
re: #209 Gus
Not going to find too much oil on a jet.
No?
Still, seems to be the ‘strongest’ lead we have.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:10:25am |
Sheesh, mysteries annoy the hell out of me.
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Teukka Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:11:28am |
re: #209 Gus
Not going to find too much oil on a jet.
Hydraulic system and a much smaller amount on parts which need lubing, no? And that’s about it.
BTW, anyone found a copy of the image the Malaysian authorities have been handing out with the arcs along which the last MH370 “ping” was heard?
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:11:40am |
re: #207 Gus
Probably done for tourists. :D
No doubt. Effective, nonetheless, and I’ll bet those guys are paid well for it, too. : ) I read that they speculate there are around 40 tribes that have never had contact w/the outside world in New Guinea.
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:11:53am |
re: #208 Varek Raith
Whatever little oil it had would be dispersed by now.
Also, what of the report of the NZ oil rig worker, on an oil rig off the coast of Vietnam, reporting that he saw a burning object in the sky?
And the Chinese saying their satellites (apparently a whole fleet of them) detecting misc items on the sea east of Vietnam?
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:12:54am |
“Two giant oil slicks spotted off Vietnam”
You’re not going to get giant oil slick from a 777-200. End of story.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:14:19am |
Russian flag already flying outside Crimean parliament before referendum tmrw. pic.twitter.com/8ChpDnKlS4— Katherine Haddon (@khaddon) March 15, 2014
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:15:57am |
re: #217 Gus
Note that “giant” and “oil” are interpretive.
Hydraulic fluids are usually composed of very light oils, hydrocarbons not much bigger than the fuel, or perhaps more complex silicon-carbon compounds but still quite easily dispersed.
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freetoken Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:17:12am |
Note that these simpler hydrocarbons can spread to be amazingly thin while floating on water. A little bit can cover quite an area.
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Gus Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:17:29am |
Oh, I see what CL was talking about. Haven’t been here for a couple of days.
Bye now.
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:18:51am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:20:04am |
re: #221 Gus
Oh, I see what CL was talking about. Haven’t been here for a couple of days.
Bye now.
Well, I was just wondering about the oil is all.
I know very little about it.
:)
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:21:17am |
Comment:
“No one seems to give a flip about Crimea, my twitter stream is full of … da Plane, da Plane … Where is da Plane?”
#Ukraine Defense Minister: Almost 22,000 Russian soldiers deployed in #Crimea http://t.co/aBIhVPOy6u pic.twitter.com/JHJHP1FxZx— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:26:25am |
Karzai says war ‘imposed’ on Afghanistan
“In a last address to Parliament on Saturday, Karzai also said his armed forces, now responsible for 93 percent of the country, were ready to take over entirely after the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops later this year.
“Karzai was named as head of state by an international agreement, and subsequently by a council of Afghan notables, in the aftermath of the invasion. His final term in office expires with presidential elections next month.
“He reiterated his stance that he wouldn’t sign a security pact with Washington to allow a residual force to remain behind in Afghanistan, unless the U.S first brings peace.”
Isn’t that a big fuck you to Afghanistan, also? I’m sure Karzai’s bags are packed and he’ll have a comfortable retirement somewhere.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 2:37:29am |
I’m just reporting the reporting on this.
Keir Simmons @KeirSimmons 19m
Malaysian authorities cancel a daily press conference at which they were set to answer questions about the disappearance of flight 370.
Keir Simmons @KeirSimmons 35m
Malaysian investigators who arrived with police left the gated community where the pilot of flight 370 lives after 2 hours there @NBCNews
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 4:56:18am |
re: #224 Justanotherhuman
Driving in to work late last night, scrolling through the radio trying to find something to listen to, John Gibson was making the same point
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:01:07am |
Anti-war protesters in Moscow.
pic.twitter.com/8mxcjCoHiu— Ilya Varlamov (@varlamov) March 15, 2014
?????? ?? ????? ?? ??? ?????? pic.twitter.com/HdbOzw5Mqa
— Ilya Varlamov (@varlamov) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:09:55am |
Another shot of protesters marching in antiwar demo in #Moscow pic.twitter.com/OAZGoXZfc5— Laura Mills (@lauraphylmills) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:11:24am |
#Putin no doubt interprets the 50k chanting “no to war” in Moscow to mean that #Ukraine should give up #Crimea without a fight.— Isaac Webb (@isaacdwebb) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:30:27am |
Russian punk band Pussy Riot take part in anti-war rally in Moscow ahead of #Crimea vote http://t.co/BZlfpy5CDq pic.twitter.com/lr3RiMlY5X— ITV News (@itvnews) March 15, 2014
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Dr Lizardo Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:55:47am |
If, as is all over the web, MH370 was deliberately flown to some mysterious location - for whatever purposes, financial gain or something more nefarious - than whoever did it, pilot(s) or passengers; yeah…..we’re approaching supervillainy pretty quickly.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:58:06am |
re: #234 Dr Lizardo
If, as is all over the web, MH370 was deliberately flown to some mysterious location - for whatever purposes, financial gain or something more nefarious - than whoever did it, pilot(s) or passengers; yeah…..we’re approaching supervillainy pretty quickly.
Then logically the person who must be questioned first is George Soros, followed by Charles and David Koch.
////
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 5:59:44am |
This is excellent! I hope more turn out.
Pictures: Hundreds turn out in support of #breastfeeding mothers after woman labelled 'tramp' online @itvcentral http://t.co/1zY37RkazU— ITV News (@itvnews) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:17:25am |
Just reporting…
Investigators who went to Malaysia Airlines pilot’s home went to co-pilot’s home afterwards; 2 men left premises of co-pilot’s home with officials - @NBCNews
end of alert
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lawhawk Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:18:10am |
re: #190 Gus
What kind of logic is that? We MUST speculate. There is no other way, or choice in the matter. The airwaves must be filled, and in the absence of other news, MH370 must be the headline, and speculation is the only way to address matter. /signed, the Media.
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lawhawk Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:19:52am |
re: #237 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, Malaysian authorities are only now beginning to look at the possibility that the crew played a role in the disappearance.
And the families will be strung out even longer…
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:32:49am |
re: #191 Varek Raith
Sigh, the cat broke my coffee mug…
That’s one of the signs that Gozer is returning!
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:34:50am |
re: #191 Varek Raith
I am sorry to hear your mug is broken. Cat is saying pay attention to me not your coffee.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:35:31am |
re: #240 chadu
“Cobra the Classy”?
It’s like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.
It’s a “G.I. Joe” reference. The picture is of one of the iterations of Cobra Commander.
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Dr. Matt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:37:00am |
Has anyone suggested wormholes and aliens as explanations for the missing Malaysian jet?— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 14, 2014
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:37:57am |
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:38:32am |
re: #244 Dr. Matt
lol. There have been a few suggesting such explanations.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:40:04am |
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Dr. Matt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:40:36am |
re: #238 lawhawk
What kind of logic is that? We MUST speculate. There is no other way, or choice in the matter. The airwaves must be filled, and in the absence of other news, MH370 must be the headline, and speculation is the only way to address matter. /signed, the Media.
I suggested yesterday that media is going to throw out every possible theory and conspiracy so after the plane is located the media can replay the tape and say they were “correct”. ….and the media are whores who will say anything to garnish attention…
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:40:37am |
re: #243 Dark_Falcon
It’s a “G.I. Joe” reference. The picture is of one of the iterations of Cobra Commander.
WITF would anyone name themselves after the leader of a fictional terrorist organization???
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:47:36am |
re: #239 lawhawk
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday that a missing passenger jet was steered off course after its communications systems were intentionally disabled and could have potentially flown for seven additional hours.
In the most comprehensive account to date of the plane’s fate, Najib drew an ominous picture of what happened aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, saying investigators had determined there was “deliberate action by someone on the plane.
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Dr Lizardo Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:49:06am |
re: #249 William Barnett-Lewis
WITF would anyone name themselves after the leader of a fictional terrorist organization???
Even though it’s defunct (I think), I had to come up with a business name when I got my trade license certificate (Živnostenský list) several years back, so I came up Specialized English Courses for Training Retail Employees.
Yep. S.P.E.C.T.R.E., sro. Only my boss got it, and he loved it.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:51:56am |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons!
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:56:41am |
re: #249 William Barnett-Lewis
WITF would anyone name themselves after the leader of a fictional terrorist organization???
You don’t wanna know.
More specifically, they usually do it because they identify with the fictional org in question and consider its canonical foe to be a bunch of fascist jerks…or maybe just too much like paladins for their taste.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 6:58:23am |
Police: Three victims after explosion at Karazin Kharkiv University (UPDATED)
(Unfortunately this is behind a paywall, but there should be more news shortly since this ostensibly just occurred.)
Police: Three victims after explosion at Karazin #Kharkiv University #Ukraine http://t.co/XRlCid9t3f— KyivPost (@KyivPost) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:01:59am |
Some protesters in Donetsk are now walking right past police and intro security HQ pic.twitter.com/JxeKQRYPS3— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) March 15, 2014
Happened after Security official told the crowd of pro-Russians:
Mike Giglio @mike_giglio 32m
Security official to pro-Russia crowd massed at Donetsk HQ: “I give you my promise to serve Ukraine [jeers] and the region of Donetsk.”
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:03:03am |
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:04:26am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:04:35am |
re: #249 William Barnett-Lewis
WITF would anyone name themselves after the leader of a fictional terrorist organization???
What Chrysicat said in #255 covers it pretty well. Some people have a “root for the bad guy” sentiment at work.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:05:08am |
Dear @NoWhiteGenocid Its time to flush. Sincerely, BB pic.twitter.com/ytBTFvVMTH— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) March 7, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:05:32am |
Ukrainians citizens?
Mike Giglio @mike_giglio 3m
Crowd has thinned at Donetsk security HQ; some people want no part of whatever’s happening here now
now some protesters walk calmly out of Donetsk HQ, having had a look around the lobby. Things haven't boiled over yet pic.twitter.com/kvUeEbNSVD— Mike Giglio (@mike_giglio) March 15, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:06:35am |
How is it in your part of the world?
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Dr Lizardo Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:06:37am |
re: #249 William Barnett-Lewis
I forgot to add a photo of my office; it was pretty snazzy. Real high-tech. 
The office; one of my students departing after a lesson in the helicopter.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:07:32am |
re: #259 FemNaziBitch
God called him home. And as he made sincere confession and repentance for his misdeeds and had otherwise lived a just and decent life, I have no doubt that the Lord received him unto His mercy.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:09:34am |
re: #265 FemNaziBitch
Enjoying a sunny day while waiting for some snow and a possible SEPTA (public transit) strike. forecast.weather.gov
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Dr. Matt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:15:59am |
CNN is the Donald Rumsfeld of news: the Malaysian flight might be in the area around the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and east, west, south and north somewhat.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:23:06am |
Good morning lizards!
No problems with the iPad last night. My daughter didn’t plug it in all the way. It was a dead battery.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:24:08am |
Pro-war rally in Moscow. North Korea meets Aelita. Pic via @mtavkhelidze pic.twitter.com/Db2XDEjXJw— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 15, 2014
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:25:49am |
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Dr. Matt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:25:49am |
More #sixnations album madness submitted by @Ten_David @studiowebandy pic.twitter.com/TBBSRSaZ3J— Bad Album Covers (@BadAlbumCovers) March 15, 2014
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:27:04am |
re: #272 NJDhockeyfan
Looks like a grassroots movement to me.
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Flounder Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:27:47am |
re: #274 Dr. Matt
That brings back memories of when I played rugby. We had the best nekkid beer slides!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:30:51am |
re: #272 NJDhockeyfan
[Embedded content]
Not like North Korea. These guys are better fed (they’re a good bit taller than North Koreans) and not nearly as well drilled. They can march in step serviceably, but their formation has bulges and irregularities that you wouldn’t see with the Norks.
That having been said, close order drill and marching is teh hard.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:32:50am |
re: #272 NJDhockeyfan
[Embedded content]
Though looking at those photos I half expected to see tanks coming up behind the marching men,
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:35:16am |
Danielle Martin, star: Watch this expert school a smug, ignorant US Senator about the Canadian single-payer system: http://t.co/ASDcIPLisV— Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) March 15, 2014
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:44:19am |
re: #243 Dark_Falcon
It’s a “G.I. Joe” reference. The picture is of one of the iterations of Cobra Commander.
(flat stare) Thank you, Captain Obvious. Next up: water is wet.
;)
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:46:02am |
re: #249 William Barnett-Lewis
WITF would anyone name themselves after the leader of a fictional terrorist organization???
Especially a “conservative.”
Hence, irony. Let me smelt it for you.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:46:21am |
Many asking what I would recommend, so I will post this summary again! pic.twitter.com/fVlcOuPmHo— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 15, 2014
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:46:52am |
re: #281 chadu
re: #281 chadu
(flat stare) Thank you, Captain Obvious. Next up: water is wet.
;)
In fairness, we’re not all Gen X’ers. Cobra Commander was only introduced for the small Joes, so anyone over 45 would prolly only know him if their kids had the habit of watching…
…and Joe was dead for the majority of the ’90s, so any Millennials we have in here might have as hard a time recognizing the character.
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:47:32am |
re: #255 Chrysicat
You don’t wanna know.
More specifically, they usually do it because they identify with the fictional org in question and consider its canonical foe to be a bunch of fascist jerks…or maybe just too much like paladins for their taste.
Wasn’t Cobra Commander originally a used car salesman?
Think about it.
Irony: it’s good for the blood!
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:50:01am |
re: #278 Dark_Falcon
Though looking at those photos I half expected to see tanks coming up behind the marching men,
Those will be added to the May 1st parade.
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:52:55am |
re: #285 Chrysicat
In fairness, we’re not all Gen X’ers. Cobra Commander was only introduced for the small Joes, so anyone over 45 would prolly only know him if their kids had the habit of watching…
…and Joe was dead for the majority of the ’90s, so any Millennials we have in here might have as hard a time recognizing the character
Point taken, and 63% of snark aimed at DF retracted.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:58:22am |
re: #290 FemNaziBitch
What is good for Wall Street is not necessarily good for Main Street.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 7:59:12am |
Meanwhile, reports that Russian paratroopers have landed in Kherson and taken over a gas facility in Kharkiv.— michaeldweiss (@michaeldweiss) March 15, 2014
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:01:04am |
re: #292 NJDhockeyfan
They’re not going to leave West Ukraine with any industry outside of Kyiv itself, or any seacoast, are they?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:01:07am |
More…
Reuters: UKRAINIAN MILITARY REPELS ATTEMPT BY RUSSIAN FORCES TO ENTER REGION ADJACENT TO CRIMEA-UKRAINE’S DEFENCE MINISTRY— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 15, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:02:39am |
Ukrainian military statement on the incident in Kherson. Few details. Russians have returned to previous positions: http://t.co/JSIA06Gurz— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 15, 2014
Russian incursion in Kherson really sounds like a test of Ukrainian response. Prelude to something larger?
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 15, 2014
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:07:31am |
Something tells me the GOP is getting ready to unleash a full assault on President Obama as soon as Russia/Ukraine blows up.
Country first.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:11:59am |
re: #297 Killgore Trout
Fake quote.
Then I’m sure you have something to cite like VB does when calling a Jefferson or Washington quote fake, right?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:16:16am |
re: #298 William Barnett-Lewis
Then I’m sure you have something to cite like VB does when calling a Jefferson or Washington quote fake, right?
The full testimony from Alan Greenspan is here: http://t.co/bZtqeZt9O5 That's where Chomsky— Gus (@Gus_802) March 15, 2014
If you think lying for your political cause is a virtue be my guest but not in my name.
— Gus (@Gus_802) March 15, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:17:31am |
I did find an article in which Greenspan endorsed immigrants because they kept wages low.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:21:50am |
re: #303 FemNaziBitch
We all need more sleep. I am still missing an hour from that switch to DST. :(
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RealityBasedSteve Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:24:34am |
Watching Storage Wars on Amazon Prime while waiting for the bread dough to rise. I know it’s staged, but I still love it.
RBS
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:25:45am |
re: #304 PhillyPretzel
We all need more sleep. I am still missing an hour from that switch to DST. :(
I think I missing that hour from the last 40 years or so.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:25:52am |
Just getting up to speed with the missing airliner story. I guess it’s possible it was stolen/hijacked but why? It’s not like the new owners can fly it around. If terrorists wanted to kill 200 people (or take them hostage) there are much easier ways to accomplish that. There haven’t been any ransom demands or claims of responsibility. It doesn’t make much sense to me but I would have thought the same thing if someone told be the 9-11 plan before it happened. I guess we’ll see soon enough.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:28:12am |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:28:33am |
re: #285 Chrysicat
In fairness, we’re not all Gen X’ers. Cobra Commander was only introduced for the small Joes, so anyone over 45 would prolly only know him if their kids had the habit of watching…
…and Joe was dead for the majority of the ’90s, so any Millennials we have in here might have as hard a time recognizing the character.
Thank you even more.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:29:24am |
Jim Wright has a good piece about this over at Stonekettle Station.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:38:49am |
McCain giving presser in Ukraine. Why? This is live.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:40:53am |
BREAKING: #UN Security Council just considered Resolution on #Ukraine, which Russia vetoed. #Russia was the only no vote.— US Mission to the UN (@USUN) March 15, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:41:16am |
Surprise! #Russia vetoes UNSC resolution declaring #Crimea's independence referendum illegal. 13 voted yes. Interestingly China abstained— Kirit Radia (@KiritRadia) March 15, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:42:17am |
Indiana road-rage slaying nets Cook County officer 50 years
A man who had worked as a Cook County correctional officer was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Friday in Lake County, Indiana, after being convicted of the road-rage killing of a man last year who had thrown a cup at his vehicle.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:42:34am |
OK, this appears to be Dick Durbin. This is the US delegation who went to Ukr, giving assurances.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:42:59am |
re: #311 Justanotherhuman
McCain giving presser in Ukraine. Why? This is live.
because Biden is there and the GOP thinks they need to show some dick?
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:47:25am |
Wake up sleepyheads— Crow, Streetcrow (@streetcrow) March 15, 2014
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Kid A Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:48:45am |
@BryanJFischer Sorry, W took a wrecking ball to the economy with $2T in two wars; massive unfunded Medicare drug program. #tcot #tlot— Eric Christian Smith (@ericphototx) March 15, 2014
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:49:08am |
re: #315 Justanotherhuman
OK, this appears to be Dick Durbin. This is the US delegation who went to Ukr, giving assurances.
The promise of economic aid sounds hollow after McCain’s disappointment yesterday.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:49:24am |
Trending on twitter: #whitemanmarch
seriously?
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:52:25am |
I never understood Ninja Turtles
The Ninja Turtles Revisit the 1980s in an Hour-Long Special! http://t.co/oI6HarulST— io9 (@io9) March 15, 2014
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:55:07am |
re: #320 FemNaziBitch
Trending on twitter: #whitemanmarch
seriously?
There’s a website at whitemanmarch dot com.
1. What is the White Man March? What is the purpose and ultimate goal of the march?
The White Man March is scheduled for March 15th, 2014, and will involve coordinated pro-white activity around the world. The purpose is to spread information through activism, but also to make a statement that White people are united in their love for their race and in their opposition to its destruction.
Non-white groups such as La Raza have monthly marches and gatherings with many thousands of participants, while groups advocating for White interests remain relatively silent or hidden from the public. One of the major goals of the White Man March is to demonstrate that pro-White people are able to form a unified front and participate in large-scale action simultaneously, which will send a powerful message to our supporters, our enemies, and those of our race who are still on the fence. We also seek to set a precedent that other pro-white organizations can follow in the future.
2. How many people do you expect to participate?
We are expecting thousands of people to participate in one way or another. We are encouraging people to start networking together now to coordinate local events or to join up with larger regional events. If there are only a few people in a location, they can hang up a banner, hand out fliers, and strike up conversations. If there are more than a few people, they could organize a lightning march (a non-violent flash mob) to make a statement and then disperse before any anti-white protestors or police show up. With larger groups, the demonstrations could be akin to the torch marches of “the Immortals” in Germany. Even if someone wants to stay inside on that day, they can help our efforts by posting about the White Man March in comment sections and message boards. So regardless of size and location, something can be done. All events should be filmed and photographed, so that we can compile a strong show of force after the event.
3. What are the main political and cultural statements you are hoping to make with the White Man March?
We are planning to show that White people are organized and impassioned, that we know what the anti-white agenda is all about, and that we are dedicated to waking up as many of our folk as possible. We will make it clear that we will not sit idly by as our race is discriminated against, mocked, displaced, and violently attacked, all of which amount to white genocide, according to the United Nation’s own definition of genocide. This is why one of our big messages, which will be displayed on many large banners, is “DIVERSITY” = WHITE GENOCIDE. These banners will spread the message to the public at large in the most effective way possible. This “diversity” agenda is being directed at white countries (and only at white countries) with various programs to ensure that there are less white people at schools and in the work force, which is unfair and discriminatory, taking away money and opportunities from the White citizens. “Diversity” is a codeword for White Genocide.
Etc.
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Chrysicat Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:57:11am |
re: #322 wrenchwench
Someone should’ve hacked the info page to include “Don’t forget your hoods!”
If this is racial solidarity, then make me a traitor today and 3 times on Sunday…
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:58:01am |
“You would not believe how some people in this world live,” Tim Widener explained. He has participated in multiple mission trips to such places as Peru and countries in Latin America. Having witnessed that quality of life, he is disturbed by the fact that this country is home to many who face the same circumstances.“This is our home country,” he emphasized. “These people have to struggle every single day.”
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:59:14am |
re: #323 Chrysicat
Someone should’ve hacked the info page to include “Don’t forget your hoods!”
If this is racial solidarity, then make me a traitor today and 3 times on Sunday…
The only racial solidarity that means anything to me is that of the human race. Earth for Earthlings!
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:00:05am |
re: #322 wrenchwench
AAAARGLE BARGLE.
Morning Lizardim from the cold and cloudy wild north country. I’m tolerating the presence of the fishfolk so far; there have only been a few sidelong wingnut references. I might yet escape the weekend without a diatribe. How go things among the lizardfolk?
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:00:17am |
re: #325 wrenchwench
The only racial solidarity that means anything to me is that of the human race. Earth for Earthlings!
I, for one, welcome our new grey-skinned overlords.
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:01:38am |
re: #326 thedopefishlives
AAAARGLE BARGLE.
Morning Lizardim from the cold and cloudy wild north country. I’m tolerating the presence of the fishfolk so far; there have only been a few sidelong wingnut references. I might yet escape the weekend without a diatribe. How go things among the lizardfolk?
Morning fishy. Did the folks come just to spoil the fry and take a thousand photos?
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Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:02:48am |
re: #326 thedopefishlives
AAAARGLE BARGLE.
Morning Lizardim from the cold and cloudy wild north country. I’m tolerating the presence of the fishfolk so far; there have only been a few sidelong wingnut references. I might yet escape the weekend without a diatribe. How go things among the lizardfolk?
Sunny and 50s today in Philly. About to go run errands since planned activity for the day was canceled. And then neaten up the place since my brother is coming to visit for a few days and arriving this evening.
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:04:30am |
#WhiteManMarchProtestSigns Studies show women *like* to make samiches.— Drug Monkey (@drugmonkeyblog) March 15, 2014
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:05:19am |
re: #328 wrenchwench
Morning fishy. Did the folks come just to spoil the fry and take a thousand photos?
Yes. Yes they did. Oh, supposedly they wanted to hang out with us, too, but we all know that’s not really the point.
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Political Atheist Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:08:10am |
re: #323 Chrysicat
Someone should’ve hacked the info page to include “Don’t forget your hoods!”
.
LOL
But now I need to clean up my coffee off the desk.
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Political Atheist Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:11:12am |
A Happy Saturday to all. Ya know how our feline overlords get bored with their toys? We got one of those Cats Meow spinning arm toys. Pro Tip-Just discovered if you put a little post it note stuck to the end of the plastic arm it’s suddenly like a Brand New Toy. Maine Coon will sleep for hours after this.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:14:21am |
re: #333 Political Atheist
A Happy Saturday to all. Ya know how our feline overlords get bored with their toys? We got one of those Cats Meow spinning arm toys. Pro Tip-Just discovered if you put a little post it note stuck to the end of the plastic arm it’s suddenly like a Brand New Toy. Maine Coon will sleep for hours after this.
I WANT A MAINE COON!!!!!
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:15:23am |
re: #333 Political Atheist
A Happy Saturday to all. Ya know how our feline overlords get bored with their toys? We got one of those Cats Meow spinning arm toys. Pro Tip-Just discovered if you put a little post it note stuck to the end of the plastic arm it’s suddenly like a Brand New Toy. Maine Coon will sleep for hours after this.
I had to laugh - when my folks saw Basement Cat, my mom thought she must’ve stuck her tail in a light socket. She put on a lot of fur over this winter and she is a very fluffy kitty. Moral Grey Area Cat, on the other hand, is a shorthair and only puts on weight. Poor guy.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:15:47am |
re: #321 FemNaziBitch
I never understood Ninja Turtles
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The original comic was an amazing bit of dark dark dark satire - they even had the Master keel over from a heart attack - nothing at all like the kiddie dreck on TV.
TV occasionally did some interesting things with kiddy superheros in things like Batman - the Animated Series, or X-Men or, perhaps best of all of them, the 2003 animiated Teen Titans.
But Turtles? Not so much.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:16:14am |
After thorough analysis I concluded that a lack of sex is most likely the reason why Republicans can't wait to start a new Cold War.— John (@linnyitssn) March 15, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:20:20am |
re: #337 FemNaziBitch
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somehow, sex is immoral, but war is fine.
I think this may be the problem.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:21:22am |
re: #321 FemNaziBitch
I never understood Ninja Turtles
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Reckless dumping of chemical waste has its benefits.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:21:49am |
re: #338 FemNaziBitch
somehow, sex is immoral, but war is fine.
I think this may be the problem.
See, I have a bit of a conundrum here. Their public statements say that sex is immoral, but who is it that keeps getting caught in all the sex scandals?
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:22:07am |
Trump Surprises No One By Announcing He Won't Run For New York Governor http://t.co/tAmSRtAVjX— Doc Hamrick (@mch7576) March 15, 2014
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:22:54am |
re: #340 thedopefishlives
See, I have a bit of a conundrum here. Their public statements say that sex is immoral, but who is it that keeps getting caught in all the sex scandals?
Well, they seem to enjoy the danger.
I guess it’s either viagra or danger for them.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:23:16am |
It’s only a scandal if you are trying to hide it.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:25:11am |
re: #343 FemNaziBitch
It’s only a scandal if you are trying to hide it.
Which, most of them are trying to… Mostly because they’re ashamed that they’re the ones having the “immoral” sex. Maybe those that live in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stones?
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Political Atheist Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:25:35am |
re: #334 FemNaziBitch
You won’t be sorry and it need not be a purebred. The traits are strong in the mixed breeds. Vet thinks ours is mostly MC but some rag-doll.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:25:36am |
re: #341 FemNaziBitch
Trump won’t run for anything. He’s a celebrity, not a politician.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:25:54am |
re: #344 thedopefishlives
Which, most of them are trying to… Mostly because they’re ashamed that they’re the ones having the “immoral” sex. Maybe those that live in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stones?
and it’s only immoral because of their arbitrary rules about it.
so fucked-up.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:27:00am |
I just finished watching Miracle a little while ago. I love that movie.
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Skip Intro Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:27:07am |
re: #341 FemNaziBitch
“While I won’t be running for Governor of New York State, a race I would have won, I have much bigger plans in mind- stay tuned, will happen!” Trump wrote.
What a delusional douche.
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FemNaziBitch Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:27:11am |
re: #345 Political Atheist
You won’t be sorry and it need not be a purebred. The traits are strong in the mixed breeds. Vet thinks ours is mostly MC but some rag-doll.
Current Feline Overlord is 14 and doing fine.
for some reason, I can buy a purebreed dog, but not a purebreed cat. There are so many barn cats available.
neighbor has one of those leopard cats. It is sooo kewl. it was a rescue. Maybe I’ll look into that when I’m in need of a new Leader.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:28:28am |
re: #350 FemNaziBitch
Current Feline Overlord is 14 and doing fine.
for some reason, I can buy a purebreed dog, but not a purebreed cat. There are so many barn cats available.
neighbor has one of those leopard cats. It is sooo kewl. it was a rescue. Maybe I’ll look into that when I’m in need of a new Leader.
Basement Cat and Moral Grey Area Cat are 8 and 7, respectively. I hadn’t realized they were so old. They still act like kittens sometimes.
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:29:03am |
What food are they selling at this #WhiteManMarch? My guess is green bean casserole— Lupita Monae (@SpicyOriginal) March 15, 2014
HONK IF YOU PULLED YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS! #WhiteManMarchSigns
— Ice JJ Fro (@NaturallyAlise) March 15, 2014
There’s a guy tweeting real white supremacist slogans, unironically.
#WhiteManMarchProtestSigns “We start a country, make it prosperous and then are expected to give it away.”— Ian (@Ian2813) March 15, 2014
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ObserverArt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:30:16am |
re: #338 FemNaziBitch
somehow, sex is immoral, but war is fine.
I think this may be the problem.
Or, maybe for some war has replaced sex. If you can’t get it up…replace it with a tank! They are big and hard.
/
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:31:32am |
re: #348 NJDhockeyfan
I just finished watching Miracle a little while ago. I love that movie.
I’d never heard the story before I watched the movie. My wife informed me a few years ago, “Oh, everybody in Minnesota knows. I even knew about it and it was before my time.”
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:32:23am |
So is there a white man march today? Twitter is all a-flitter with it.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:32:42am |
re: #356 darthstar
So is there a white man march today? Twitter is all a-flitter with it.
There is. I wonder what the real attendance numbers look like.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:32:54am |
What do we want EVERYTHING When do we want it STILL #WhiteManMarchProtestSigns— Charles (@Ugarles) March 15, 2014
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:33:49am |
re: #348 NJDhockeyfan
I just finished watching Miracle a little while ago. I love that movie.
Considering just how many movies are named that, I’m going to guess you’re talking about the hockey one… ;)
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:34:03am |
re: #357 thedopefishlives
There is. I wonder what the real attendance numbers look like.
147 million. Wherever you stand, you’re part of the march.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:34:32am |
re: #360 darthstar
147 million. Wherever you stand, you’re part of the march.
Yeah, that’s a lie. I’m marching in the opposite direction.///
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sattv4u2 Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:34:36am |
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:35:47am |
re: #361 thedopefishlives
Yeah, that’s a lie. I’m marching in the opposite direction.///
But you’re marching! I’m sitting on the couch.
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RealityBasedSteve Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:37:54am |
I marched to the kitchen to put some bread in the oven, and it’s WHITE bread. I guess I’m guilty.
RBS
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Political Atheist Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:38:13am |
re: #350 FemNaziBitch
We have a rule. Rescue first, accept a gift second, and go out to buy a distant unlikely third. We have never gone out to buy from anywhere but a shelter. And a shoutout to the Los Angeles East Valley Animal Shelter btw. No kill, nice glass “get acquainted” rooms and true animal lovers on staff. Our chosen MC mix was underweight for release, but once we described our care plan and showed a vet reference we went home with a tiny weaned kitted that grew to 15 pounds. So tiny, we had no idea she was an MC. As she grew, and grew and grew the vet filled us in.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:39:21am |
Ambassador Power isn’t exactly pulling punches.
UN @AmbassadorPower: crisis was “hatched in Moscow and midwifed by Russian military.” #Urkaine— T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) March 15, 2014
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:40:13am |
re: #364 RealityBasedSteve
I marched to the kitchen to put some bread in the oven, and it’s WHITE bread. I guess I’m guilty.
RBS
Your lack of fiber shall not be denied.
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RealityBasedSteve Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:43:52am |
re: #367 darthstar
Your lack of fiber shall not be denied.
I admit to a distinct lack of moral fiber…
RBS
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:46:41am |
Remember this dick?
Well, he still can’t spell and he has a twitter account.
And he’s a bigot.
A glorious day of witness. If you don't go too Christian Day at Bush this year your gay #STLCARDS #blessed #Him pic.twitter.com/cdv2BCUrwi— BFIB (@BirdsOnBats06) March 7, 2014
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:47:32am |
re: #365 Political Atheist
Basement Cat was bought from a pet store. I got Moral Grey Area Cat from a girl working at the grocery store where I shop. She had been talking to the customer in front of me about a kitten she was giving away, and when my turn came up, I told her I was interested. So I brought him home and he became my feline overlord.
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:48:16am |
Make that racist.
In the off season, us #STLCARDS fans put are energy into charitable causes pic.twitter.com/f6OXrwR7OR— BFIB (@BirdsOnBats06) March 2, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:52:25am |
re: #355 thedopefishlives
I’d never heard the story before I watched the movie. My wife informed me a few years ago, “Oh, everybody in Minnesota knows. I even knew about it and it was before my time.”
The hockey scenes in the movie were great. This is better. It’s the real game…
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darthstar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 9:53:59am |
@MargaretAtwood, I feel that this would be a great option got me :-) pic.twitter.com/CbiVIDPqn8— Cathy Brophey (@CBrophey) March 15, 2014
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:03:07am |
re: #372 NJDhockeyfan
The hockey scenes in the movie were great. This is better. It’s the real game…
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Al Michaels tried to recreate his commentary as exactly as possible. At the final call, though, the movie replayed the original audio from the game. The producers felt that it wasn’t fair to ask Michaels to try to reproduce the excitement and energy of that moment.
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Dr. Matt Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:12:36am |
Christian Day is a Sunday……the day God said we’re suppose to rest, not conduct business, something, something, etc.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:16:02am |
re: #375 Dr. Matt
They’re more like guidelines anyway.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:18:58am |
Lago Giola, Thassos, Grecia. pic.twitter.com/AFVXIWJqQX— Paisajes Increíbles (@_Paisajes_) March 15, 2014
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Charles Johnson Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:21:20am |
MAH GRANDDADDY DIDN'T COME FROM NO MONKEY #WhiteManMarchProtestSigns— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 15, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:25:35am |
EU diplomat: “We have the power over Putin to make the Yeltsin years & economy seem like a pleasant dream.” #Crimea #Ukraine #Russia— Brian-Michel LaRue (@unmaudit) March 15, 2014
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bratwurst Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:26:36am |
I wish they'd find that airplane so cable news can go back to focusing on other stories they have no information about.— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) March 15, 2014
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sagehen Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:31:11am |
re: #325 wrenchwench
The only racial solidarity that means anything to me is that of the human race. Earth for Earthlings!
I dunno, I wouldn’t mind an influx of Satedans and Athosians, there’s a lot to be said for Bajorans, a Vulcan or two at the EPA would not go amiss…
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:32:40am |
re: #379 NJDhockeyfan
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I have to doubt we have the power, it’s our will that’s the real issue.
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Dr Lizardo Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:37:25am |
re: #382 Killgore Trout
I have to doubt we have the power, it’s our will that’s the real issue.
That’s exactly what it is. Last night, I found re-reading myself George Kennan’s essay, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”.
I wonder if we have the will to ‘contain’ the Russians like we did back in the Cold War era?
We’ll find out soon enough, I suppose. I don’t doubt that the EU could do all number of unpleasant things to Russia’s economy. Britain and the City would seem to be the weakest link in that chain, but if the City could put the squeeze on the Russians (along with the Swiss and the Germans and some of the smaller financial havens in the EU), then yeah….Russia would be feeling the heat in fairly short order.
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thedopefishlives Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:39:01am |
re: #381 sagehen
I dunno, I wouldn’t mind an influx of Satedans and Athosians, there’s a lot to be said for Bajorans, a Vulcan or two at the EPA would not go amiss…
Put a Ferengi in charge of the economy. What could possibly go wrong?
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Charles Johnson Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:41:15am |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:44:36am |
re: #383 Dr Lizardo
That’s exactly what it is. Last night, I found re-reading myself George Kennan’s essay, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”.
I wonder if we have the will to ‘contain’ the Russians like we did back in the Cold War era?
We’ll find out soon enough, I suppose. I don’t doubt that the EU could do all number of unpleasant things to Russia’s economy. Britain and the City would seem to be the weakest link in that chain, but if the City could put the squeeze on the Russians (along with the Swiss and the Germans and some of the smaller financial havens in the EU), then yeah….Russia would be feeling the heat in fairly short order.
I think we’re playing a different game now with a longer vision. despite all the rhetoric, I think we (the West) have resigned ourselves to allow Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Syria, etc. run their desired course without much serious interference. The leadership in all these countries is historically doomed and will eventually be replaced but for now we lack the will to enforce serious sanctions and military intervention is very unlikely. I guess it’s a tortoise and the hare strategy.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:49:24am |
New Lebanon government reaches compromise on Hezbollah arms
Unlike in previous programmes, the text does not explicitly confer on Hezbollah a role of resisting Israel but still acknowledges the right to resort to arms outside the authority of the state.
“Based on the responsibility of the state to preserve Lebanon?s sovereignty and its independence (and) territorial integrity… the government affirms the role of the state and its quest to liberate” territory held by Israel “with all legitimate means,” it reads.
But the text also affirms the “right of Lebanese citizens to resist the Israeli occupation, repel its attacks and take back the occupied territory.”
Prime Minister Tammam Salam unveiled the country’s compromise government on February 15, capping 10 months of political wrangling and bringing together Hezbollah and Hariri’s bloc.
Hezbollah is now an officially recognized autonomous military force.
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Flounder Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:49:37am |
re: #385 Charles Johnson
Is this your way of telling us you are out of coffee filters?
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:53:31am |
re: #385 Charles Johnson
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Is she ancient or something, that she needs all the “help”?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:57:25am |
The official twitter account of “the new Autonomous Republic of #Crimea” is @crimea_gov http://t.co/L0nvO7rS4a #Ukraine #Russia— Balkanist Magazine (@Balkanist) March 15, 2014
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Kragar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 10:58:01am |
re: #321 FemNaziBitch
I never understood Ninja Turtles
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I never understood how they turned the original comic into a kids show. The original comic was like Kurosawa “Throne of Blood” dark.
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:00:16am |
Social media engulfed w photos of new PM @Yatsenyuk_AP traveling economy class.Unheard-of 4 Ukraine via @gruppa_voina pic.twitter.com/9OmW783PYv— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 15, 2014
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Flounder Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:02:06am |
Seven best muscle cars of all time
bankrate.com
Boss Ford wins!
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wrenchwench Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:02:47am |
re: #389 Justanotherhuman
Is she ancient or something, that she needs all the “help”?
She’s on 9” platforms. She’s breathing thin air, and could break an ankle pretty easily.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:03:59am |
re: #392 Justanotherhuman
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That’s very refreshing to see. Even the Dali Lama don’t fly coach.
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Kragar Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:15:02am |
Fun Fact: If they made a Ninja Turtles movie based on the original stories, it would look like Sin City meets Kill Bill more than anything else.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:17:55am |
About a dozen masked men with silenced assault rifles just stormed into the hotel Moscow in Simferopol. They've run upstairs.— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:18:54am |
Statement of the MFA of Ukraine with respect to assault landing of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on March 15
“Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong and categorical protest against the landing on March 15, 2014 near the village Strilkove, Kherson region of troops of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in a number of 80 military personnel, and seizure of the village Strilkove with the support of 4 helicopter gunships and 3 armored combat machines.
“Ukraine Foreign Ministry declares the military invasion by Russia and demands the Russian side to immediately withdraw its military forces from the territory of Ukraine.
“Ukraine reserves the right to use all necessary measures to stop the military invasion by Russia.”
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:21:35am |
Camo-gear, masks, red triangular shoulder patches on some, which I think is Ukrainian Alfa group or Berkut swat.— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 15, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:25:52am |
This journalist is earning his money today.
At least 8 more just walked in. They're armed to the teeth - assault rifles, machine guns. Seems to be a senior cop without a mask in charge— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:28:31am |
Heavies talk to concierge who then comes and tells us it is a training exercise pic.twitter.com/8viaMLhc19— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 15, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:35:39am |
Is it possible to change the whole country by one revolutionary speech?Some say @Parasuyk did exactly that http://t.co/OzZoKl7YqX— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 15, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:37:26am |
Lol
“Due to the political situation in the country, there is an anti-terror training exercise. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 15, 2014
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Killgore Trout Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:42:27am |
re: #404 NJDhockeyfan
Lol
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Translation: The occupation will intensify until morale improves
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chadu Sat, Mar 15, 2014 11:59:30am |
re: #340 thedopefishlives
See, I have a bit of a conundrum here. Their public statements say that sex is immoral, but who is it that keeps getting caught in all the sex scandals?
Sending a dick-pic is exactly the same as being caught in a diaper with a prostitute.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Mar 15, 2014 12:39:49pm |
re: #351 thedopefishlives
Basement Cat and Moral Grey Area Cat are 8 and 7, respectively. I hadn’t realized they were so old. They still act like kittens sometimes.
Crumple a sheet of newspaper and the kitten that resides in any Feline Overlord starts to come out.
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