Nava
March 12, 2019, 3:52pm
6402
Steam too fancy. Good ol’ sling-based ones, I say.
jasg
March 12, 2019, 4:17pm
6403
El_Kabong:
Trump once again weighs in on a subject he knows sweet fuck all about:
Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. 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. Split second decisions are…
…needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!
Yeah, and we should launch 'em with steam catapults, amiright?
Let’s bring back slide rules - for the success of the Space Force!
And propellers! They will be more economical in outer space because they use less fuel than rockets, amirite? :dubious:
enipla
March 12, 2019, 4:54pm
6405
It would be fun to see just what kind of stuff you could get Trump to believe.
I sort of think that Nancy Pelosi saying “He’s not worth it” (with regard to impeachment) was baiting Trump to saying something really stupid.
“Of course I’m worth it. I’ve got better peaches than anyone!11!”
This chart, so simple that even Trump (probably) can understand it, helpfully explains why he is full of shit, as usual:
https://aviation-safety.net/graphics/infographics/Fatal-Accidents-Per-Mln-Flights-1977-2017.jpg
Geez, I wonder by what obscure magic that trend has gone down more or less continuously. Well, we know it couldn’t be due to improved technology. That would contradict our President.
Is there potentially a technical issue with the flight management systems on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft? Yep, could be. Is the problem resolveable after identification and study? Fuck yeah. Remember when De Havilland Comets started mysteriously breaking up in flight? I’m pretty sure a lot of people were saying technology had gotten ahead of us back then, too.
enipla:
It would be fun to see just what kind of stuff you could get Trump to believe.
I sort of think that Nancy Pelosi saying “He’s not worth it” (with regard to impeachment) was baiting Trump to saying something really stupid.
“Of course I’m worth it. I’ve got better peaches than anyone!11!”
We’ll impeach the quality of his peaches and cast disparaging aspersions on his asparagus!
Gyrate
March 12, 2019, 5:29pm
6409
I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot either. I’d like someone actually trained as a pilot to be my pilot. Also, I’d prefer someone who isn’t dead.
El_Kabong:
Trump once again weighs in on a subject he knows sweet fuck all about:
Yeah, and we should launch 'em with steam catapults, amiright?
Come on, how did he resist saying “Nobody knows more about aviation than I do”?
No one knew flying a plane could be so difficult!
You mean Jexodus isn’t the Israeli version of Jedward?
Locrian
March 12, 2019, 11:43pm
6413
The latest from Orange Turd:
bobot
March 12, 2019, 11:51pm
6414
Wow, he seems hurt. What did they do, ask him to produce his birth certificate? Ha, ha, LOL! I know, the’re just asking Duetche Bank innocent questions. Lighten up, Donnie!
I would like Albert Einstein to pilot my airplane, especially if he turned over the controls to the co-pilot and came out to play a violin solo for us mid-flight.
jasg
March 13, 2019, 12:00am
6416
El_Kabong:
Trump once again weighs in on a subject he knows sweet fuck all about:
Yeah, and we should launch 'em with steam catapults, amiright?
Wait, wait. Next he’ll come up with the idea for stream airplanes - and save the coal industry to boot!
I think that this was what El_Kabong was referring to.
self proclaimed aviation expert:
It sounded bad to me. Digital. They have digital. What is digital? And it’s very complicated, you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out. And I said—and now they want to buy more aircraft carriers. I said, ‘What system are you going to be—‘ ‘Sir, we’re staying with digital.’ I said, ‘No you’re not. You going to goddamned steam, the digital costs hundreds of millions of dollars more money and it’s no good.’
Agent Orange once again is unable to identify the real fakers from the sources and advice that he uses.
Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace: “The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science. There is no climate crisis, there’s weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life.” @foxandfriends Wow!
…
Who is Patrick Moore?
Mr Moore, an ecologist and former Greenpeace activist, was a part of the group during its early days in the 1970s.
Greenpeace has denied links to Mr Moore before, and has created a page detailing Mr Moore’s background, lobbying efforts and views that go against Greenpeace’s mission.
“Although Mr Moore played a significant role in Greenpeace Canada for several years, he did not found Greenpeace,” the organisation said. “Phil Cotes, Irving Stowe, and Jim Bohlen founded Greenpeace in 1970.”
The group eventually voted him out of leadership roles and Mr Moore left Greenpeace in 1986.
He has since become an independent environmental consultant and nuclear energy advocate. He is a member of the CO2 coalition, a nonprofit group that contends carbon emissions are not bad for the environment.
On his Twitter biography, however, Mr Moore describes himself as a “Greenpeace co-founder, 15 yr leader, dropped out in '86 to be The Sensible Environmentalist”.
Yep, the weakest link in the already weak Republican chain is the president.
Can’t do that. He’s never wrong and never needs to apologize for anything. He’s pointed that out.
Layering a new goofball conspiracy theory on top of an old one:
The Howling Yam That Walks Like A Man:
The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time!
steronz
March 14, 2019, 4:08am
6421
What’s that in reference to? Anyone have a link?