To clarify--the person who was (rightly) hounded in 2013 for her support of mRNA technology because of its generally deadly outcomes, now wins a Nobel prize----for a "vaccine" that neither prevents transmission of a disease, nor necessarily protects a person from getting said disease, and also has the added "benefit" of causing myocarditis, ocular swelling, infertility and more (all verified, all data reported). OK. Now we know where the Nobel people stand.
"That “safety” includes a Cruise robo-taxi coming to rest on top of a woman it hit."
Wrong. Try to be accurate.
At least two Cruise robo-taxis have been reported for incidents involving injured pedestrians, the most recent of which occurred earlier this month when a woman who was struck by a human-driven car in a hit-and-run incident subsequently became trapped under a Cruise robo-taxi.
First, you wrote the car hit the woman. False reporting. I thought that when a woman is hit by a car, it meant the woman was hit by a car.
Second, the fact that you actually think 'trapped under' (being underneath a car) and "coming to rest on top of a woman" (the car putting its weight on the woman) is the same, is totally bizarre.
I am surprised to hear Mary Lou Retton didn't have health insurance. Well this is another example where we have a broken medical care delivery system in this country. I am not really happy with the out-of control capitalism in the US. Our economic system needs revamping.
Unfortunately, I won't be around by the time they crack down on all the greed and scamming. You might be lucky enough to be around to see some real change, to your chagrin. 😅🤣😂
back in my early engineering days (my 1st 20 years on DOD projects) i worked several worthless projects. I heard then the F-35 was following the "program management accelerated schedule" which violated the typical DOD mil-spec rules of design-develop-qualify-then production. Of course all DOD projects are run by a military guy who's trying to gain rank and get things done asap and look like a weapons development god.
so the F35 never was fully designed but on a "risk basis" for an "urgently needed product" they went ahead on production back around 1999. of course coutless things arose that were truly bad and required redesign and rework to anything already built (think $$$$). i recall hearing around 2008 the pilots would pass out from a lack of oxygen from a new system that often just didn't work (did it ever pass qualification tests???)....... fortunately the plane could detect a passed out pilot and fly UP to a safe elevation and circle for a while for the pilot to wake up.....
the F35 was supposed to be a Joint Strike Fighter having commonality and application for army-navy-air force. except the different needs of army-navy-airforce required all 3 versions to be uniquely different. AND the result is a product much like an "on road-off road" vehicle that doesn't really work well on road or off road......
sadly this is only one haywire project. I worked on the Phoenix missle project long ago and the design issues of a product "released for production" would make your head spin. the Phoenix missle (thank god) never got fielded but it sure cost a lot over a good number of years.
if the DOD was honest and would delete this and other fully known "dog products" we could reduce DOD funding by 20% and never notice a thing other than saving billions in cash
John, i worked on the Aim 45C missile, specifically the FSU-10/A warhead fuze and rocket motor igniter. this was roughly 1982 thru 1989.
The AIM 54B missile was compromised by the shaw of iran takeover. the Aim 54C was still under design upgrade contracts but congress directed the C missile go straight into production regardless of qualification status.
The Shan (not Shaw) of Iran did not takeover Iran. The mullahs did.
Anyway...you said the Phoenix missile "never got fielded". That will stun the U.S. Navy. ""After 30 years of highly accomplished service, the U.S. Navy is retiring its first long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-54 Phoenix."
yeah, you're right. the Aim54A was fielded. and yeah, the Shan was ejected by iatola komani. but my main point is as an example of serious waste in material and dollars that is an everyday thing in the DOD. The Aim54C was a giant mess of design flaws that while "released to production" ended up with quite a few million in scrap. we had been awarded 3 contracts on fuzes that ended up 100% scrap of $6 million in 1989. and along with our product, also scrapped out and/or seriously reworked were the warhead, rocket motor, seaker head, and of all things the shipping container.
I have said this before but the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter is a good example of why I am beginning to support the thought that billionaires have too much money and the government should limit how many billions they can accumulate. That money could of gone to installing Tesla Solar panels for free and giving away EVs. Foolish thoughts? Only a buffoon would spend $44 billion on Twitter. Its losing money. Some of the CNBC bobble heads think Twitter can't be saved.
This country will live by greed and die by greed. By the way, I am guessing your not a billionaire so why worry? I am only after the wasteful billionaires who buy Twitter, sports teams and fly rockets as the latest hobby of the rich and famous. Your ok. For now.😅🤣😂
This country never lived by greed. That is the lie perpetuated by the haters of America.
Why worry? Because your haters never stop. "For now", you said.
Your posts show you to be a hater. Today you claim to be against billionaires. The people who got that money by supplying what most people want and need. You use their products, but you hate them.
After you destroy the billionaires, you will attack millionaires, then anyone with any money, or anyone more talented and intelligent than you.
Try to tell the truth. " According to Bloomberg, the Biden administration sent a budget request amounting to $737 billion for the Department of Defense in the fiscal year 2023."
There's the black budget (CIA, and other "security" agencies)that is included in my remarks along with any ancillary funds not directly included in the stated budget. The Pentagon has no idea how much money it spends as it is not able to provide accurate audit information like it is required to do so my figures are likely less than the true cost of maintaining our ridiculously over large defense posture.
Ken, Money isn't the issue when it comes to defense spending these days. Its our manufacturing capacity which limits our capacity to wage war. Since the fall of the Soviet Empire and the Warsaw Pact in 1990 the NATO democracies backed off on defense spending. In the US Clinton was lobbied to sign NAFTA so a lot of outsourcing took place. All in the name of helping others and sending labor overseas to reduce the cost of capital. Now that we have fed our enemies and slacked off on defense spending, up until recently, we now find ourselves burning up a lot of weapons that we can't replace fast enough. Shortages are starting to occur. Germany just announced today they don't have the manufacturing capacity to support a sustained war if a major war should break out in Europe. Too many people drank the peace breaking out Kool Aid in 1990, and outsourcing work to our enemies and giving them the technology to do so.
P.S. When developing new weapon systems there is always a development period where there is a lot of discovery, redesign, retrofits. tests, and field experience that causes a lot of cost over runs. Its typical on many new development programs where technology is being pushed forward. Its business as usual.
OK, Komrade. Ask Israel and Ukraine about the purpose of a military budget, and how much is too much. Check our military budget as of December 6, 1941. Was it too much?
I’m thrilled more than you realize to see that free speech still has a home in the Wells $treet comments.
You like a little hot and nasty rhetoric I see.😅🤣😂
With all the crude going on in this world, you might have to start writing a Part 3!
Post early tomorrow because I think we will need most of the day to bludgeon each other.
Correction: the amount the US owes is not 6.3% of GDP. That’s the amount we borrow in additional new debt every year.
You are right, and I have made the correction. Thank you!
To clarify--the person who was (rightly) hounded in 2013 for her support of mRNA technology because of its generally deadly outcomes, now wins a Nobel prize----for a "vaccine" that neither prevents transmission of a disease, nor necessarily protects a person from getting said disease, and also has the added "benefit" of causing myocarditis, ocular swelling, infertility and more (all verified, all data reported). OK. Now we know where the Nobel people stand.
Mark, we agree to disagree on this one.
Sorry Jane, I'm with Mark but I'll agree to disagree.
Agreed. To disagree that is...
With all the crude going on in the world today, you might have to add a Part 3!
"That “safety” includes a Cruise robo-taxi coming to rest on top of a woman it hit."
Wrong. Try to be accurate.
At least two Cruise robo-taxis have been reported for incidents involving injured pedestrians, the most recent of which occurred earlier this month when a woman who was struck by a human-driven car in a hit-and-run incident subsequently became trapped under a Cruise robo-taxi.
I thought “trapped under” and “coming to a rest on top of” were the same.
First, you wrote the car hit the woman. False reporting. I thought that when a woman is hit by a car, it meant the woman was hit by a car.
Second, the fact that you actually think 'trapped under' (being underneath a car) and "coming to rest on top of a woman" (the car putting its weight on the woman) is the same, is totally bizarre.
Learn the lesson, and try to do better.
I am surprised to hear Mary Lou Retton didn't have health insurance. Well this is another example where we have a broken medical care delivery system in this country. I am not really happy with the out-of control capitalism in the US. Our economic system needs revamping.
Move to Russia or North Korea.
I don't have to. We are heading that way right here in the good old USA.😅🤣😂
Well, that's what you want, so keep being merry.
Unfortunately, I won't be around by the time they crack down on all the greed and scamming. You might be lucky enough to be around to see some real change, to your chagrin. 😅🤣😂
back in my early engineering days (my 1st 20 years on DOD projects) i worked several worthless projects. I heard then the F-35 was following the "program management accelerated schedule" which violated the typical DOD mil-spec rules of design-develop-qualify-then production. Of course all DOD projects are run by a military guy who's trying to gain rank and get things done asap and look like a weapons development god.
so the F35 never was fully designed but on a "risk basis" for an "urgently needed product" they went ahead on production back around 1999. of course coutless things arose that were truly bad and required redesign and rework to anything already built (think $$$$). i recall hearing around 2008 the pilots would pass out from a lack of oxygen from a new system that often just didn't work (did it ever pass qualification tests???)....... fortunately the plane could detect a passed out pilot and fly UP to a safe elevation and circle for a while for the pilot to wake up.....
the F35 was supposed to be a Joint Strike Fighter having commonality and application for army-navy-air force. except the different needs of army-navy-airforce required all 3 versions to be uniquely different. AND the result is a product much like an "on road-off road" vehicle that doesn't really work well on road or off road......
sadly this is only one haywire project. I worked on the Phoenix missle project long ago and the design issues of a product "released for production" would make your head spin. the Phoenix missle (thank god) never got fielded but it sure cost a lot over a good number of years.
if the DOD was honest and would delete this and other fully known "dog products" we could reduce DOD funding by 20% and never notice a thing other than saving billions in cash
What Phoenix project are you whining about?
"After 30 years of highly accomplished service, the U.S. Navy is retiring its first long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-54 Phoenix."
John, i worked on the Aim 45C missile, specifically the FSU-10/A warhead fuze and rocket motor igniter. this was roughly 1982 thru 1989.
The AIM 54B missile was compromised by the shaw of iran takeover. the Aim 54C was still under design upgrade contracts but congress directed the C missile go straight into production regardless of qualification status.
The Shan (not Shaw) of Iran did not takeover Iran. The mullahs did.
Anyway...you said the Phoenix missile "never got fielded". That will stun the U.S. Navy. ""After 30 years of highly accomplished service, the U.S. Navy is retiring its first long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-54 Phoenix."
You really are very confused.
yeah, you're right. the Aim54A was fielded. and yeah, the Shan was ejected by iatola komani. but my main point is as an example of serious waste in material and dollars that is an everyday thing in the DOD. The Aim54C was a giant mess of design flaws that while "released to production" ended up with quite a few million in scrap. we had been awarded 3 contracts on fuzes that ended up 100% scrap of $6 million in 1989. and along with our product, also scrapped out and/or seriously reworked were the warhead, rocket motor, seaker head, and of all things the shipping container.
I have said this before but the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter is a good example of why I am beginning to support the thought that billionaires have too much money and the government should limit how many billions they can accumulate. That money could of gone to installing Tesla Solar panels for free and giving away EVs. Foolish thoughts? Only a buffoon would spend $44 billion on Twitter. Its losing money. Some of the CNBC bobble heads think Twitter can't be saved.
You and Joe Stalin think alike.
Sorry pal but there is too much wasted money that could go to solve real problems. The world could be a better place without twitter.
Then you use YOUR money to solve those problems. Stop robbing other people's money. Don't like Twitter? Then don't sign on to it. Simple.
This country will live by greed and die by greed. By the way, I am guessing your not a billionaire so why worry? I am only after the wasteful billionaires who buy Twitter, sports teams and fly rockets as the latest hobby of the rich and famous. Your ok. For now.😅🤣😂
This country never lived by greed. That is the lie perpetuated by the haters of America.
Why worry? Because your haters never stop. "For now", you said.
Your posts show you to be a hater. Today you claim to be against billionaires. The people who got that money by supplying what most people want and need. You use their products, but you hate them.
After you destroy the billionaires, you will attack millionaires, then anyone with any money, or anyone more talented and intelligent than you.
The capitalism you are thinking about in America ended in the 1970s or thereabouts. Now all we have is corporate greed and scams. Time to clean house.
So huge national debt story followed by F-35 costs. Hmmm, maybe our trillion dollar military budget might be involved somehow?
Try to tell the truth. " According to Bloomberg, the Biden administration sent a budget request amounting to $737 billion for the Department of Defense in the fiscal year 2023."
There's the black budget (CIA, and other "security" agencies)that is included in my remarks along with any ancillary funds not directly included in the stated budget. The Pentagon has no idea how much money it spends as it is not able to provide accurate audit information like it is required to do so my figures are likely less than the true cost of maintaining our ridiculously over large defense posture.
Ken, Money isn't the issue when it comes to defense spending these days. Its our manufacturing capacity which limits our capacity to wage war. Since the fall of the Soviet Empire and the Warsaw Pact in 1990 the NATO democracies backed off on defense spending. In the US Clinton was lobbied to sign NAFTA so a lot of outsourcing took place. All in the name of helping others and sending labor overseas to reduce the cost of capital. Now that we have fed our enemies and slacked off on defense spending, up until recently, we now find ourselves burning up a lot of weapons that we can't replace fast enough. Shortages are starting to occur. Germany just announced today they don't have the manufacturing capacity to support a sustained war if a major war should break out in Europe. Too many people drank the peace breaking out Kool Aid in 1990, and outsourcing work to our enemies and giving them the technology to do so.
P.S. When developing new weapon systems there is always a development period where there is a lot of discovery, redesign, retrofits. tests, and field experience that causes a lot of cost over runs. Its typical on many new development programs where technology is being pushed forward. Its business as usual.
OK, Komrade. Ask Israel and Ukraine about the purpose of a military budget, and how much is too much. Check our military budget as of December 6, 1941. Was it too much?
John, you’re on a roll today!
Facts matter.