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Spin Zone / Re: Polling Data Shows Trump More Popular in NY than AOC
« on: March 21, 2019, 02:08:48 PM »
We have had several drive by's, and continue to do so. 

No we haven't.

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Spin Zone / Re: Polling Data Shows Trump More Popular in NY than AOC
« on: March 21, 2019, 12:37:12 PM »
Typical.  They jump in here, spew some MSM talking points, then once they are challenged and even shown proof that their talking points are fake, they disappear.

 Another point, they love rattling off about "white nationalist" but can't tell you what that is, or who that is.  Then there is the tired old charge of "racist" thrown about against anyone who disagrees with them.

This is like suggesting there no young people at the shuffleboard court because they can't hack it in that sport.

There is perhaps ONE progressive in this board. And I know of no AOC supporters here. So I'm not sure what to expecting in this thread.

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Spin Zone / Re: Will American Jews continue to vote democrat?
« on: March 18, 2019, 06:28:40 PM »
I learned my lesson. I gave my protest vote to Ross Perot in 1992.  In fact 20 million of us did. He still didn’t carry a single state, so Bill Clinton won with 43% of the popular vote. Let that sink in.

I gave my vote to a third party candidate in 2016. In fact, many of my side did. And Trump won the election. Let that sink in.

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Now I didn't say you had a "snowflake" garage.  I said you have a "modern" garage, which even you said you couldn't fit your cars in it.

I'm kidding. I thought it was funny. Wish I had a few more feet frankly.

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You Floridians don’t even have garages, do you? 

Apparently I have a snowflake garage at only 19 feet in depth.  >:(

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Fortunately, I have a fairly large 2-car garage.  I have turned down buying several houses that my wife loved because it had one of those  "modern" 19x19 garages.  That isn't even deep enough to call a good one-car garage, unless you have compact cars.  Mine is about 25x26 and I feel I need at least 3 more feet deep and 5 more feet wide (minimum).

I had to cut the tongue off my trailer and install a swing-away kit just to fit the boat in the garage. What in the hell is this world coming to?

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Spin Zone / Re: Trump & Aviation
« on: March 12, 2019, 02:41:32 PM »
I doubt this was an off the cuff comment.  He is probably using information that he was briefed on and I suspect it just might be better information than we have.  So he was told about flight control systems, etc and then made the observation that it's a bad thing if a pilot can get blocked from giving the command inputs.

As I've read about this, it almost sounds like a "pilot fighting autopilot trim" type issue.

According to reports, he didn't speak to the Boeing CEO until after his Tweet, and the Press Secretary said later in the day that they were waiting for the investigations to play out so they could read the reports. Would be nice if Trump's comments followed that line.

Then of course, you have a portion of his comments which are just stupid.

"Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly." - He says in the face of more than 40k successful airline flights per day in the US alone, and in the face of a recent 9-year span wherein not a single passenger out of several BILLION had died in US airline service.

"Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT." - Stupid comment and purposely over dramatic.

"I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot." - I'm not even sure what this means.

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Spin Zone / Re: Trump & Aviation
« on: March 12, 2019, 01:24:12 PM »
I wonder why Asechrest, who is usually pretty fair, left out that middle piece that joined the two thoughts.  The way he showed it, it sounded like Trump was being contradictory, and those that form opinions without reading would think just that.
As we have already seen here.

I copy-pasted two article paragraphs. His full Tweet is available in the article.

Anyway, given the increasingly-stellar safety record of commercial airline aviation, that we don't yet know the full details of the MAX 8 accidents, and that Boeing is a great US company, I find Trump's comments off-the-cuff, uninformed, and premature.

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Well, as you liberals are so fond of saying; "Things evolve".  Back then a (single) car in EVERY garage would have been almost unimaginable.  Today, my wife and I need a 3-car garage for the two of us.

You don't actually keep cars in your garage, do you? I have no room for cars in my 2-"car" garage!

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Spin Zone / Trump & Aviation
« on: March 12, 2019, 09:01:19 AM »

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"Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," Trump wrote in a morning tweet. "I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better."
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"I don't know about you, but I don't want Albert Einstein to be my pilot," Trump wrote in a second post on Twitter. "I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!"

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/12/trump-says-planes-too-complex-after-crash-of-boeing-jet-in-ethiopia.html

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You do make some good points,
but I am still concerned.  Especially when we have self professed socialists both in office, and considering a run for the oval office.
I have also seen way too many "news" articles with titles like "10 myths about socialism" where they try to dispel the fear and gloss over all the failures.  I have seen quite a few of those types of articles lately.

I'm pretty sure that the socialist movement in this country will burn itself out in a few years, but I thought the same thing about the global warming alarmists too.

We've had socialists in Congress before. I guarantee you the vast majority of survey respondents couldn't even define "socialism". And that includes those who are against it. The ones who are for it likely just know they like some of the socialist-esque policies interwoven into our form of capitalism.

But now that I type that out, perhaps there is a danger in that ignorance.

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Here is a different perspective on the same poll, which came to my email this morning -

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Among millennial and Gen Z respondents—roughly, adults ages 18 to 38—a full 78.9 percent agreed that "government should allow private insurance." And 67.1 percent agreed that high earnings are a "result of free enterprise." (Among poll respondents of all ages, these numbers were slightly higher: 71.2 percent and 86.5 percent, respectively.)

[snip]

So, once again, a poll heralded as a big socialist spike actually shows more ambiguous results, with strong support both for "socialism" and for private enterprise.

https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/11/large-majority-of-millennials-and-gen-z?utm_medium=email

I can't find the actual poll results anywhere so it's awfully tough to dive into this. Further, I'd like to know how these metrics compare with the same survey done previously, to help understand whether this is a true sea change in attitudes or not.

I'm not especially concerned, frankly. Lots of kids love socialism. And then they grow up. Gen Z-ers are 19 - 24 years old at this moment. And we should keep in mind that this is a survey, and comes with all of the weaknesses thereof and the requisite warnings about drawing broad conclusions on complex issues.


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Spin Zone / Re: Helllooo. Is anyone there?
« on: March 07, 2019, 07:57:34 PM »
Does your VHF have 2 power options (low power/high power)?   I have a Uniden and that's one of the features.

Not completely sure, but I think so. I'll take a look as we're ramping up for boating season. Here is the unit I got - http://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/marine/mountedvhf/m400bb/default.aspx

Since I have a quite small boat with very little space at the helm, this allowed me to put the "guts" of the unit under the helm. I was able to get a test response from Seatow's test frequency at my local sandbar which is 3 - 5 miles from the coast. But down in the keys at 5 miles I got nothin'.

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Spin Zone / Re: Helllooo. Is anyone there?
« on: March 07, 2019, 01:56:03 PM »
So what's had me occupied lately:

Updating the electronics suite on my boat.  2 Flatscreen touch displays (12 inch and 8 inch), network box, AIS transponder (automatic identification system), NMEA2000 backbone, XM weather module.  I also installed a VHF radio with DSC (digital selective calling).

Next project is engines/generator service to prepare for spring.  Also completed compound and wax of hull and topsides.

Working a couple of large projects with the day job as well.

Nice. I installed a VHF with DSC and a 4' Digital-brand antenna on my small 17 footer last year. Went fairly well. But then I couldn't get a test response from 5 miles out at Alligator reef in the Keys. Not sure why.

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Spin Zone / Re: Final tax bill
« on: February 28, 2019, 07:08:13 PM »
Did you adjust your withholding, or just accept the new tables?
The new withholding tables reduced the withholding amount, which gives you a larger paycheck, but usually a smaller refund.

I accepted the new withholdings. CPA wanted to see where we landed before adjusting.

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