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There's a victim in shoplifting. I'd be more forgiving if the cops accidentally injured someone chasing a criminal where there's an actual victim. To a point, anyway. I'd definitely object if they started spraying bullets at a fleeing shoplifter. But that's not what we're talking about.

That safety Rubicon is crossed when I share the road with scooters, with or without helmets.

And exactly how will that improve the quality of your life? I'd rather see the cops focusing on behaviors that put me and mine at risk. Like speeding, blowing through red lights, riding on the sidewalks, etc. If they don't choose to wear a helmet, that's on them. Has virtually zero impact on the rest of the world.

If they're as smart as I hope they are, they already have a bunch of moderate Iranians onboard who will take over the reins of power when the zealots are gone. Back in the late '70s and early '80s I studied and then worked with quite a few Iranians in Oil, and they were smart and very moderate. I suspect that's true of many Iranians who will be glad when the zealots are gone. But there's no way they could drive them out without the US or Israel backing them.

I have this dystopian vison of these things randomly dropping out of the sky onto the noggins of innocent bystanders. Hard enough to keep the terrestrial scooters separated even with lines on the road. Imagine the carnage with no lines. I wonder when they'll start selling kits for the DIY'ers in Thailand. I'd buy one, but only if I'm the only one in town. They do look like fun. But crazy dangerous.

Incoming... Skyrider x6. At 70km/hr, 200km range and around $67,000 USD. Someone else try them out. I'm not onboard just yet. Edit: Apparently comes standard with a safety parachute.

Hopefully, Israelis are working with moderates in Iran to get rid of the zealots who have ruled the country since the '70s. Otherwise, this could go real sideways real fast. Edit: And I hope they took the lessons of Libya and Iraq and Afghanistan to heart and don't leave a power vacuum.

She couldn't have been much worse. DEIs are fungible if they don't actually have to do anything. Like being border czar...

You spelled that wrong. Billions starts with a B.

But that's all they've got. No coherent argument, much less a plan. Just call out the other side as fascists or racists or transphobes and hope that shuts them up. And it actually worked for years. But not any more.

Who were they putting at risk by not wearing helmets vs the cops putting everyone at risk with a poorly conducted chase?

I certainly wouldn't bet the farm on the honesty of the cops.

Nothing says "good governance" like an exodus: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ Edit: Drill a little deeper and you'll find that the CA middle and upper classes are fleeing in droves, being not quite replaced by the welfare class. The homeless and illegals, in pursuit of free stuff.

Hard to tell. One day, they say it's up. The next day they say it's down. Here's an interesting tidbit from a current AN thread about Kokotel: From January 1 to June 8, Thailand recorded over 15 million foreign visitors, marking a 2.87% decline compared to the previous year. I wouldn't characterize a 2.9% YoY decline as "the sky is falling". Where did I get my figures? I did a Bing search. The number of commercial flights is public data that's easily found, though I'm sure that a different source may have slightly different numbers.

Alcohol kills way more i doubt anybody has died from smoking pot DH--d I tend to think he was channeling the classic Reefer Madness, and not being serious. Of course, I may be wrong. It happens.

Not nearly bloodshot enough to tell.

Completely incoherent. I can almost feel the spittle hitting his keyboard.

Slow down, take a chill pill and use spell and grammar checkers. Maybe then, we can understand your point- even if we vehemently disagree.

FWIW, this is the best pilot-centric forum I've found. It's all speculation so far... https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/666472-plane-crash-near-ahmedabad.html https://www.pprune.org/ If there's a better forum, I'd like to hear about it.

Have you ever actually gotten a payout for something that happened when you were out on a bender? Insurance is "affordable", but only because it doesn't cover risky behaviors and predictable (and avoidable) hazards.

349,000 flights a year just into Swampy. That's about 3 planes every 5 minutes. Add in DMK and the outliers and it's 836K flights a year. That's about 1.5 flights per minute, 24/7/365.

I wish you well. To each, his own.

That needs to be plotted against Autism rates and the rates of other debilitating childhood diseases like obesity. I'm not claiming a causative correlation, but I'm glad we finally have someone who sees the problem and will look at the data. Next, the wingnuts (I'm one of them) need to track where the 17 retired members end up, and at what salaries. That'll probably 'splain a lot.

I'm a country mouse by background (actually a product of the suburbs), but I fell in love with Bangkok during the 6 years I worked in Asoke. Warts and all, I love Bangkok. Especially (gasp) Chinatown, where there's never a dull moment. It's great to get out of the city for sanity breaks, and for that, I love Kanchanaburi and Jomtien. Contemplating a Thailand retirement, I'm debating between BKK, K-Buri and Hua Hin or Jomtien. Maybe rent a place in the city and another one outside. That was another surprise... I no longer feel the need for 3+ bedrooms and a yard.

Here's another view of the "mostly peacefuls": From Saturday, when Bass and Newsom were claiming they had it under control. Edit: That's the 101, BTW. A major road that thousands depend on every hour to get through LA. Which affects interstate commerce. Not just LA and not just California. The entire country...