After the 2006 election, Nancy Pelosi's first action as Speaker of the House was to take impeachment off the table. Why would she do that when the vast majority of the Democratic base clearly wanted it?
You are missing an obvious possibility - that despite their rhetoric, the democrats in congress *knew* there was no basis for impeachment (they are after all privy to classified intelligence briefings and many know much more about this government's surveillance techniques than the population at large). Of course, these accusations have been a political windfall for the democrats so you aren't going to hear *say* that these claims have no merit. They'll just do nothing and have it both ways.
Point one: False. He (and Cheney) KNEW it was false. Clearly a lie.
Point two: False. He (and Cheney) KNEW it was false. Clearly a lie.
Point three: False. He (and Cheney) KNEW it was false. Clearly a lie.
Point four: False. He (and Cheney) KNEW it was false. Clearly a lie.
There is plenty of evidence suggesting they knew it was all false, and were manipulating the evidence in an attempt to find a reason to attack Iraq.
oh... well that settles it then! I'll take your word for it! Oh wait...were you going to tell us what that 'evidence' is or are we just supposed to believe you?
The night of the election in '06, Polosi declared that 'Impeachment is off the table'. Why? Well it's because they knew what the Administration was doing and did nothing about it.
Or... maybe they knew all along that nothing the administration was doing was illegal but didn't want to say so because accusing the administration of such crimes was good politics (for them). I disagree that we will know anything more next admin than we know now. One could make the argument that if a Repub wins he would cover up to protect the reputation of his party (assuming the left's allegations are true), and if the Dem wins (and there was nothing illegal) I doubt he would release any info that would "exonerate" this administration.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet. Essentially an open source version of the D&D boxed sets from my youth. While I haven't played D&D for about 25 years, it was still fun to flip through those pdfs...
I had absolutely zero political connections and I managed to get nominated (twice actually). I think it had more to do with my writing my congressman every year:
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 3 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 2 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 1 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll am seeking a nomination from you and here is what I have done to earn it.
Worked for me...
Also, the whole nomination process is pretty misunderstood. It is just a nomination - you still have to get an appointment (read: accepted). Each representative can pass on 10 names for each vacancy (and each rep can have five constituents at each academy at any one time). If you think about it, there are 435 representatives , 50 senators and a handful of presidential and vp nominations or about 500 nomination "sources". Since each class usually has around 1000 students (at each academy) that means that on average each nominating source only has 2 of their vacancies filled so on average they can forward 30 names to each academy each year.
Are you implying that previous generations do not have intelligence and creativity? Who do you think is teaching these cadets and running the exercise?
I think you missed my point entirely. The GP had suggested that if they have smart enough engineers to build a nuclear program, they should have the ability to build jet fighters as well. My point was that historically that is not the case -that historically nations developed prop fighter technology in about the same period as they developed nuclear programs.
I don't know if you are trying to be funny or are just getting modded that way but when I first read the quote I took it as a veiled insult of Hawking in the style of Newton. Newton's famous quote about "standing on the shoulders of giants" is widely considered to be a veiled insult to Hooke with whom Newton had a long running feud.
More interestingly, the Hooke-Newton feud itself was rooted in the inverse square nature of gravitation... AND the insult highlights a physical deformity of the "victim" in both cases... a fact which any world-renowned cosmologist would have certainly have be aware of.
To summarize, two physicists (separated by a few hundred years) insult a contemporary by dismissing their accomplishments while highlighting their physical deformities - all in the field of cosmology... my money is on intentional slight...
Nuclear weapons were first developed in the 40's. As such it might be more reasonable to assume that if they have engineers capable of building a nuclear weapon - then they should be able to make a nice piston engine fighter.
The real reason why cell phones are banned on planes has nothing to do with their interference with a planes navigation system.
And you base this statement on what exactly? I'm a test pilot and I am sick of hearing these erroneous arguments every time this subject comes up. Every time we put a new piece of gear in a plane, we have to go through about 3-4 weeks of EMI testing to verify that the new addition doesn't interfere with the electronics of the aircraft. Guess what... the guys in the E3 lab always find some detectable change. The chance of that device causing a fatal mishap is low... but what happens when you multiply that by hundreds or thousands? These devices are *not* tested in aircraft - it would be prohibitively expensive to test every mp3 player, cell phone and wireless modem with every aircraft configuration. Have you ever been on a telecon with someone that has a blackberry too close to a mic? Do you really want that interference stepping on a pilot's voice comm with ATC and establishing an incorrect altitude or having missing a TCAS call?
In the end, none of the senators was charged with any crime, although McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for exercising "poor judgment" in intervening with the federal regulators on Keating's behalf.[27] Robert S. Bennett, who was the special investigator during the scandal, said that he fully investigated McCain back then and suggested to the Senate Ethics Committee to not pursue charges against McCain. Bennett, a Democrat who would represent McCain in the future for another matter, wrote years later in his autobiography that it was his opinion that McCain was not dismissed from the case because without him, the investigation would have solely been against Democrats.[28]
Keep in mind that at the time of the investigation Democrats had majorities in both houses of congress and the other "four" of the Keating 5 were Democrats.
Are you ok with her raising your children to believe that? How do you plan to teach them science and logic without having to deal with the fact that their mom is a nut?
The COTS participants, SpaceX and until recently RpK were going to perform autonomous rendezvous, stop short of docking and then would be berthed by the station's arm.
The Presidio of Monterey hasn't been an open base for years (unless they have reopenned it recently). When I was there in 2002 it was already closed as a result of 9-11. Ditto for every other base that used to be open. I haven't seen a single open base since 9-11.
You are correct - the launch abort system is a rocket package that pulls the crew capsule away from the hazard during a pad abort or abort early during the ascent. This is the same abort concept used for Mercury, Apollo and Soyuz (interestingly Gemini had ejection seats).
Hindsight isn't 20/20 here... the escape pod considered would probably have been too heavy to allow any meaningful payloads to get to orbit and would have forced crew size down to 2-4 people. Nevermind the fact that it never went beyond the feasibility stage so we don't even know if it would have worked.
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You are missing an obvious possibility - that despite their rhetoric, the democrats in congress *knew* there was no basis for impeachment (they are after all privy to classified intelligence briefings and many know much more about this government's surveillance techniques than the population at large). Of course, these accusations have been a political windfall for the democrats so you aren't going to hear *say* that these claims have no merit. They'll just do nothing and have it both ways.
oh... well that settles it then! I'll take your word for it! Oh wait...were you going to tell us what that 'evidence' is or are we just supposed to believe you?
Or... maybe they knew all along that nothing the administration was doing was illegal but didn't want to say so because accusing the administration of such crimes was good politics (for them). I disagree that we will know anything more next admin than we know now. One could make the argument that if a Repub wins he would cover up to protect the reputation of his party (assuming the left's allegations are true), and if the Dem wins (and there was nothing illegal) I doubt he would release any info that would "exonerate" this administration.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet. Essentially an open source version of the D&D boxed sets from my youth. While I haven't played D&D for about 25 years, it was still fun to flip through those pdfs...
disclaimer: I looked up the names on wikipedia...
Willow Ufgood = Luke
Mad Martigan = Han (the rebel)
Sorsha = Leah (rebelious daughter who falls for the rougueish character)
Queen Bavmorda = emperor
magic = force
Fin Raziel = Obi Wan
High Aldwin = Obi Wan
General Kael = Vader (complete with mask)
Rool & Franjean (brownies) = C3PO and R2D2 (comic relief)
evil fortress = death star
baby = death star plans
How'd that work out for Lando?
Did you never stop to think that the poster is probably the boyfriend? He can't "not get involved" - he already is.
no.... you still have to get a nomination - my point was that it isn't as difficult as many perceive. Getting the appointment is the real challenge.
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 3 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 2 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll be seeking a nomination from you in 1 years, here is what I have done to earn it.
- Hi... I'll am seeking a nomination from you and here is what I have done to earn it.
Worked for me...
Also, the whole nomination process is pretty misunderstood. It is just a nomination - you still have to get an appointment (read: accepted). Each representative can pass on 10 names for each vacancy (and each rep can have five constituents at each academy at any one time). If you think about it, there are 435 representatives , 50 senators and a handful of presidential and vp nominations or about 500 nomination "sources". Since each class usually has around 1000 students (at each academy) that means that on average each nominating source only has 2 of their vacancies filled so on average they can forward 30 names to each academy each year.
Let me guess - did an Air Force recruiter tell you that?
Are you implying that previous generations do not have intelligence and creativity? Who do you think is teaching these cadets and running the exercise?
I'm sure it will be pointed exactly where you want to look too...
Shouldn't that be "left-half plane"?
I think you missed my point entirely. The GP had suggested that if they have smart enough engineers to build a nuclear program, they should have the ability to build jet fighters as well. My point was that historically that is not the case -that historically nations developed prop fighter technology in about the same period as they developed nuclear programs.
More interestingly, the Hooke-Newton feud itself was rooted in the inverse square nature of gravitation... AND the insult highlights a physical deformity of the "victim" in both cases... a fact which any world-renowned cosmologist would have certainly have be aware of.
To summarize, two physicists (separated by a few hundred years) insult a contemporary by dismissing their accomplishments while highlighting their physical deformities - all in the field of cosmology... my money is on intentional slight...
Nuclear weapons were first developed in the 40's. As such it might be more reasonable to assume that if they have engineers capable of building a nuclear weapon - then they should be able to make a nice piston engine fighter.
And you base this statement on what exactly? I'm a test pilot and I am sick of hearing these erroneous arguments every time this subject comes up. Every time we put a new piece of gear in a plane, we have to go through about 3-4 weeks of EMI testing to verify that the new addition doesn't interfere with the electronics of the aircraft. Guess what... the guys in the E3 lab always find some detectable change. The chance of that device causing a fatal mishap is low... but what happens when you multiply that by hundreds or thousands? These devices are *not* tested in aircraft - it would be prohibitively expensive to test every mp3 player, cell phone and wireless modem with every aircraft configuration. Have you ever been on a telecon with someone that has a blackberry too close to a mic? Do you really want that interference stepping on a pilot's voice comm with ATC and establishing an incorrect altitude or having missing a TCAS call?
In the end, none of the senators was charged with any crime, although McCain was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for exercising "poor judgment" in intervening with the federal regulators on Keating's behalf.[27] Robert S. Bennett, who was the special investigator during the scandal, said that he fully investigated McCain back then and suggested to the Senate Ethics Committee to not pursue charges against McCain. Bennett, a Democrat who would represent McCain in the future for another matter, wrote years later in his autobiography that it was his opinion that McCain was not dismissed from the case because without him, the investigation would have solely been against Democrats.[28]
Keep in mind that at the time of the investigation Democrats had majorities in both houses of congress and the other "four" of the Keating 5 were Democrats.
Are you ok with her raising your children to believe that? How do you plan to teach them science and logic without having to deal with the fact that their mom is a nut?
The COTS participants, SpaceX and until recently RpK were going to perform autonomous rendezvous, stop short of docking and then would be berthed by the station's arm.
fyi "King of Kong" is available for instant viewing on Netflix.
The Presidio of Monterey hasn't been an open base for years (unless they have reopenned it recently). When I was there in 2002 it was already closed as a result of 9-11. Ditto for every other base that used to be open. I haven't seen a single open base since 9-11.
You are correct - the launch abort system is a rocket package that pulls the crew capsule away from the hazard during a pad abort or abort early during the ascent. This is the same abort concept used for Mercury, Apollo and Soyuz (interestingly Gemini had ejection seats).
Hindsight isn't 20/20 here... the escape pod considered would probably have been too heavy to allow any meaningful payloads to get to orbit and would have forced crew size down to 2-4 people. Nevermind the fact that it never went beyond the feasibility stage so we don't even know if it would have worked.
Don't play D&D myself (or rather haven't since the early 80's) but a previous slashdot story linked to this you might find interesting.