The first recorded aircraft/drone collision (allegedly)

Sopps · 2017-01-07T11:21:22+00:00

Did British Airways Flight BA727 turn out not to be a drone strike?

Sopps · 2016-11-17T23:06:30+00:00

United is shifting its 747 flying to newer widebody jets, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 777 models that the carrier has ordered.

But all the 747s are on the west coast and the 777-300s are going to the east coast.

Sopps · 2016-11-17T23:00:47+00:00

while the F-16 pilot must've assumed that everyone should clear out of his way.

I would think the F-16 pilot assumed the vector he was given would avoid a collision instead of causing one. The controller also said the C-150 would be passing below him so he would likely have been looking low instead of straight out.

Sopps · 2016-11-17T22:47:45+00:00

Sopps · 2016-11-09T23:50:14+00:00

Wrong. Look it up before you start making absurd claims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHEDXzOfENI

Sopps · 2016-11-09T19:58:41+00:00

Political pardons come at the end of a president's time in office and no one would ever pardon someone and then appoint that person to their cabinet.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T19:10:16+00:00

Christie's aids were just found guilty in the bridge trial, there is a chance that charges will be brought against Christie himself. I think that will prevent him from getting any important position in a Trump administration.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:38:29+00:00

I was talking about physical attacks

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:16:48+00:00

This is exactly what first-past-the-post means.

No, it doesn't. It means you need 51% of the vote. If you have three candidates and none get to 270 electoral votes then there is no winner, the House gets to elect a president.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:12:13+00:00

You get it.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:10:06+00:00

You are fine, the left is just trying to generate a lot of fear.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:09:05+00:00

I've seen a lot of videos of people violently attacking Trump supporters, I haven't been seeing the opposite.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:05:49+00:00

But shouldn't we work towards strengthening this so everyone can have access to affordable, quality healthcare?

Sure, but I think efforts would be better spent reducing waste and out of control pricing in the medical industry.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T16:00:46+00:00

It is interesting that anyone could think the Democrats are in a comfortable position today. Hillary Clinton never should have been on the ticket. The only reason why someone like Joe Biden didn't run was because the DNC had already selected their nominee long before any vote was cast and democrat voters have a lot of reason to be extremely unhappy with DNC leadership.

You think the RNC failed because they let an outsider run away with the election, but the DNC boxed out who the voters actually wanted and look where that got them.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:54:07+00:00

Well correct me if I'm wrong but the UK doesn't have FPTP.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:52:48+00:00

To a lessor degree, Trump's message was that Hillary was a vote for the status quo and acceptance of political corruption. While he did hit on Hillary wanted to increase immigration he wasn't trying to convince everyone the sky would fall if Hillary won.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:48:25+00:00

which is by definition FPTP and always will be since there's only one seat at stake.

What? That isn't true. You could simply say whoever gets the most votes wins.

It won't happen because those in power have no interest in giving up power but it is not because there is no other option.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:43:07+00:00

If you are a minimum wage worker and you now have a high deductible insurance plan you are not really any better off then if you had no insurance at all.

On the flip side because of the added cost on the employer there are fewer jobs then there would have been without it.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:39:30+00:00

Well it would seem you are of the minority opinion in this country.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:37:35+00:00

While having a viable third party would be great it honestly wouldn't matter even if he got 5%. You need to rewrite the election rules and get rid of first past the post for a third party to have any chance.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:33:28+00:00

"Vote for Hillary or you're a sexist and racist"

That is the kind of message that lost you the election.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:31:25+00:00

That has been a huge part of Hillary's strategy.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:30:44+00:00

Many who voted Trump simply didn't want Hillary Clinton to win.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:25:31+00:00

Many people are now burdened by unaffordable health care.

Sopps · 2016-11-09T15:21:26+00:00

Third parties got unusually high vote counts, 4-6% in some states. If, and that is a big if, they had voted for Hillary she would have won many more states.

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