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BDKJMU wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:06 am
Ivytalk wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:59 am

So what?

Cargo plane.

Both pilots rescued.

No mass carnage.

Try harder. :tothehand:
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Pwns wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:04 am She really makes you proud to be a donk, huh?

Isn't her district like 49% white? :? :lol: :dunce:
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NPR: "Why do we continue to celebrate the Wright Bros? Their aircraft's controls were so primitive, it didn't have any instruments on them for navigation and safe flight, it couldn't fly very high or fast, and worst of all, it used fossil fuels. Why do we continue to celebrate these white men that made such a flawed aircraft?"

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Pwns wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:45 pm NPR: "Why do we continue to celebrate the Wright Bros? Their aircraft's controls were so primitive, it didn't have any instruments on them for navigation and safe flight, it couldn't fly very high or fast, and worst of all, it used fossil fuels. Why do we continue to celebrate these white men that made such a flawed aircraft?"

As a whitey, am I supposed to be offended by history? It’s so confusing these days.
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kalm wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:46 am
Pwns wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:45 pm NPR: "Why do we continue to celebrate the Wright Bros? Their aircraft's controls were so primitive, it didn't have any instruments on them for navigation and safe flight, it couldn't fly very high or fast, and worst of all, it used fossil fuels. Why do we continue to celebrate these white men that made such a flawed aircraft?"

As a whitey, am I supposed to be offended by history? It’s so confusing these days.
If you look at everything through a racial lens and believe that being a whitey automatically makes you an oppressor, then no.
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Baldy wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:50 am
kalm wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:46 am

As a whitey, am I supposed to be offended by history? It’s so confusing these days.
If you look at everything through a racial lens and believe that being a whitey automatically makes you an oppressor, then no.
I don’t think I’m an oppressor.
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kalm wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:16 pm
Baldy wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:50 am
If you look at everything through a racial lens and believe that being a whitey automatically makes you an oppressor, then no.
I don’t think I’m an oppressor.
If you don't think you're an oppressor then you probably are one ... :coffee:
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UNI88 wrote:
kalm wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:16 pm I don’t think I’m an oppressor.
If you don't think you're an oppressor then you probably are one ... :coffee:
I’m oppressing a cigar and a wee dram at this point.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and my teenage daughters ... I oppress them

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BDKJMU wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:15 pm The lefts ‘Defund the Police’ chickens are coming home to roost. 400 shootings over the weekend in the US, 150 killed.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/july-fourth- ... n-violence
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Ivytalk wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:11 am
BDKJMU wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:15 pm The lefts ‘Defund the Police’ chickens are coming home to roost. 400 shootings over the weekend in the US, 150 killed.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/july-fourth- ... n-violence
:flag: :flag:

Same post in two threads. Illegal procedure.
I thought I’d deleted it on here before I moved it over to the other thread. My bad.
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The smoking gun. :lol:

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SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:13 am The smoking gun. :lol:

I saw that and it cracked me up. What kind of buffoon believes a lego set of the Capitol has anywhere near enough detail to plan anything?
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:16 am
SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:13 am The smoking gun. :lol:

I saw that and it cracked me up. What kind of buffoon believes a lego set of the Capitol has anywhere near enough detail to plan anything?
Probably the same people that bought the Trump Russia collusion narrative and pedaled it for 4+ years. Good thing we don't have anyone like that around here...
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SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:18 am
UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:16 am

I saw that and it cracked me up. What kind of buffoon believes a lego set of the Capitol has anywhere near enough detail to plan anything?
Probably the same people that bought the Trump Russia collusion narrative and pedaled it for 4+ years. Good thing we don't have anyone like that around here...
True. I also don't think you can discount the possibility that the person who bought it also thought it might help with the planning. There are MENSA level geniuses with 6.93x our intelligence on both sides of this kerfluffle. :D
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:28 am
SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:18 am

Probably the same people that bought the Trump Russia collusion narrative and pedaled it for 4+ years. Good thing we don't have anyone like that around here...
True. I also don't think you can discount the possibility that the person who bought it also thought it might help with the planning. There are MENSA level geniuses with 6.93x our intelligence on both sides of this kerfluffle. :D
Good point, when I design infrastructure I definitely start with a LEGO mock up first before getting it into CAD.
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SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:32 am
UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:28 am
True. I also don't think you can discount the possibility that the person who bought it also thought it might help with the planning. There are MENSA level geniuses with 6.93x our intelligence on both sides of this kerfluffle. :D
Good point, when I design infrastructure I definitely start with a LEGO mock up first before getting it into CAD.
:nod: Legos are the original Building Information Modeling tool. Where do you think John Walker and Dan Drake‎ got their inspiration?
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:38 am
SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:32 am

Good point, when I design infrastructure I definitely start with a LEGO mock up first before getting it into CAD.
:nod: Legos are the original Building Information Modeling tool. Where do you think John Walker and Dan Drake‎ got their inspiration?
The Wright bros did a full scale mock up with Lego's before going into production.
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:38 am
SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:32 am

Good point, when I design infrastructure I definitely start with a LEGO mock up first before getting it into CAD.
:nod: Legos are the original Building Information Modeling tool. Where do you think John Walker and Dan Drake‎ got their inspiration?
Some crazy muslins.
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President of Haiti assassinated at home.
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Gil Dobie wrote:Fox News = Sheeple News
I’m curious Gil-

Where do you go for non-sheeple news?


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CID1990 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:16 pm
Gil Dobie wrote:Fox News = Sheeple News
I’m curious Gil-

Where do you go for non-sheeple news?


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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:16 am
SDHornet wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:13 am The smoking gun. :lol:

I saw that and it cracked me up. What kind of buffoon believes a lego set of the Capitol has anywhere near enough detail to plan anything?
A Trump Voter
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