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Ok. Do you need more examples of my nonsense?

It took mine two weeks to get to State from the BKK Embassy. Got the State email about processing and time to complete the process last week. 3 weeks from to start is very fast.

But you said you were amazed at my nonsense.

Yes. I can't comprehend anything you say. is that amazing as well?

But you did not answer the question? Why are you amazed?

Ok. From a former "pig" who has never falsified evidence, never been sued, never been the focus of a criminal investigation so i am a common "pig". Do you really think that eliminating QI would solve the problems of "pigs"? Maybe or maybe not. So let me take your position for a minute and say any police officer could be sued for anything. What do you think would be the end result? The purpose of civil litigation is to be awarded a financial judgement? It is not about Justice. How much money did the George Floyd get from Derek Chanvin? Not much because Chanvin was not worth much. He is even worth less now that he is rottiing in federal prison. But the city of Minneapolis paid out over $20 Million. How much money did Rodney King get from Stacey Koon, Ted Briseno, Tim Wind or Laurence Powell? How much money did Rodney King get from the city of Los Angeles? Millions. Lawyers do not sue people or entities that have littlle. Instead they sue cities and states because they have big pockets. Elimination of QI would havea definite result: Fewer Police on the streets. Maybe this is the end goal? If that is then maybe America will be better and safer place? Also, what is "slightly" breaking the law? Either you are or not. But that is not relevant to this. From a former "pig".

Yes. It does apply in civil matters as well. This is because as long as the officer is witihin department policy then the employer will indemnify them. "pigs" ok. Now I know where you are coming from.

I don't dispute that I think you are using the term "corruption" to define all law enforcement misdconduct. Excessive force that results in the serious injury or death is a crime and not corruption. Is accepting a free cup of coffee from 7-11 corruption? Coud be. What about cases of false accusation? Do you believe there are cases of false accusation against police officers? i was falsely accussed. Once I was accussed of punching a suspect I had arrested in the face. Just one problem was that he was in a cell behind bars and the jail camera exonerated me immediately. If that camera had not been working it would have resulted in an Internal Affairs investigation and possibly more because the suspec had intentionally rammed his face against the concrete floor of the jail cell. His nose was bleeding and he looked like he had been punched. One of the reasons for Qualified Immunity (that is the correct term) as a defense against false accusations. If an incident is captured on body cam, dash cam or station cam most accusations presently are adjudicated quickly. Unfortunately not all departments have these cameras. My experience was with a large department in a large CA city so our Internatl Affairs was aggressive (at times too aggressive) and we were on our toes to do the the right thing at all times. No one wanted to be called into IA. Does this mean all behaved properly while on duty? No of course not and that does not happen anywhere. But "the thin blue line" conspriing to protect each other does happen today but I have never seen or been part of it. It does not happen as often as some have portray it to be, I can only speak based upon what my experience was and others will disagree. I know of a former officer who shot her lover in a jealous and got 15 years in state prison. The former boyfriend recovered even though he had he had been shot 4 times. Does this sound light to you? Of course she was fired rather quickly after the DA filed charges against her. Lastly if Qualified Immunity was terminated then very few would stay on the job. In my day if QI was terminated then I would have found another line of work. All police chiefs and sheriffs know this. I also believe many have misunderstand what Qualified Immunity is. QI means if the actions of the officer is within the scope of the law then he or she is immune from prosecution. Who decides this? The District Attorney, state Attorney General or in some cases a special proscutor appointed by a governor. However if the actions of the officer is determined to be not within the scope of the law then his or her immunity is revoked and is now subject to prosecution. Once again the ball goes back to the prosecution and not the "thin blue line".

Hmm, "a few weeks"? Maybe the "officers" in those small agencies in rural areas parts of the south but in CA and other states the minimum is 4 to 6 months in a police academy and 4 months of Field Training Officer by an experience FTO. I have never suffered from alcoholsim or battered any of my domestic partners. In states like CA anyone who is convicted of a domestic violence assault (Misdemeanor or Felony) that person is no longer legally authorized to possess a firearm. AKA one cannot be a police officer if one cannot carry a firearm. So "US" cops?I believe "some" US police in some US states and cities might fit your statement but none of the people I worked with come even close.

Ok thanks.

Why would nonsense amaze anyone? If nonsense amazes you then are you "special"?

This article makes some great points. The riots have been mostly in downtown LA and in Paramount. I am currenlty watching the Dodgers game which is at the stadium which is located in Chavez Ravine (not too from downtown) and things look calm excpet for the Dodgers losing badly. However the 110 and 101 Freeways run through the heart of downtown and any disturbance will affect the flow of traffic on both. The CHP cars that were burned were on the 101. Saturday will be a great test because "The No Kings" protests are scheduled to held in 4 different locations spread throughout LA. One is even scheduled at Torrance City Hall (my hometown). Torrance is 20 miles south of downtown LA. Let's see what transpires on Saturday June 14th.

An all economy cabin can go up to 359. A two class cabin would be 248. A two class cabin probably would be a small number of seats in business and the rest would be economy. The Air India survivor was seated in 11A (probably Business). If this flight had 242 than it was almost full. Also, this aircraft took off fomr an intersection and did not use the full length of the runway. Lastly India in June is hot and this was a day time takeoff so aircraft performance would be less than optimal.

Number of passengers on board is dependent on how much fuel and much is in the cargo hold. More passengers and more in the carge hold then less fuel. More fuel then less in the cabin and cargo hold. All aircrat have MTOW (Mas Takoff Weight) Fro the B788-8 the MTOW is 500,000 lbs. . This number is not irrelevant.

Yes for normal airline operations with baggage etc, The 359 number max with no cargo and minimum fuei. Also, the 8000 NM max range is based upon an empty plane except for fuel. The 259 number is real world for airline ops. For comparison Boeing claims the B777-300 ER can fly 10,000 NM but this would also be with little to no passengers and fuel tanks topped off.

Sent in my passport renewal packet to BKK embassy 17 days ago. The checklist is straighforwad and paying with a credit card was seamless. The Thai Post return envelope process is not difficult as long as one clicks to the English version on the TP website. Just got a confirmation from State that my application has been recieved and renewal process is ongoing. I have been quoted 4 to 6 weeks to get the new passport.

Yes, Yes, I did see and intervened. Suspect was handcuffed and one of the yahoos with a badge was going to body slam the suspect. I stopped this attempt at excessive force and this yahoo was my enemy for the rest of my career. It went nowhere because it was my word against his and the suspect would not say anything. This was way before all the body cams were in place. We did not have gangs in blue. We had some people who should have never been hired. That is the actual not problem and not "gangs in blue". I can only speak about my experience as an American police officer and I have no experience as to what occurrs at RTP. "That's what I thought". Yes you know virtually nothing about me and I know nothing about who or what you are. Nor do I care to ever know. I simply answered your question. Police misconduct means a higer level agency must make the arrest and not a fellow officer on the same departmetnt Sometimes even the FBI has investigated local police and made arrests. But of course you knew that, righ? Only 10,000 vidoes of police misconduct? No the number is much higher. Considering there are at least 900,000 active police officers in the US the number is much higher. Of course you knew that as well?

From Hilary 555. So she is going to show up with a Bionic Mask and shout NO ICE, NO TO FACISTS? If you are going to invite people to a protest then you better show up.

The Viking tells it like it is without PC or BS:

The aircraft got off the ground but did not appear to be climbing. The 787 had a total passenger load of crew and passengers of 242. Max capacity is reported to be 359 and max range is reported to be over 8000 NM. Distance from departure to LHR is over 4200 NM. I think the aircraft was within load and the range limits. As usual the "experts" are spectulating left and right. One alleged expert has already declard "pilot error". I can add this unless both engines were out if an aircarft does not climb after takeoff the repsone can be counter intutivie. AKA, lower the noee and see if the aricaft will fly without climbing. The video shows the aircraft crashing with the nose high in a climb configuration. Really sad and I have already heard the Indian Government has asked the US NTSB to participate in the crash investigation.

Gang culture? So which USA gang were you in? I must have been in the Police Gang culture because I was in a police gang for 2 decades? Give me some specfics.

As usual the local LA media is showing about 60 seconds where the "senator" is "roughted" up by security. This "senator" is a clown. I can say this as a 50+ year resident of CA and have seen many seantors come and go. After he was released he said " I was there peacefully". "California, the same, same but only names and faces change". I'm not a MAGA, Trump supportere and I have beleive Noem was qualifed to be DHS secretary but she she is in charge now so a little decorum would be appropriate.

From the vidoe the flaps look like they were zero or possibly 5 degrees?

American companies for both the aircraft and engines. I read in the past some Rolls Royce engines for the 787 had some problems but not about GE engines.

What heppened to the engine noise at the end? Also, were these Rolls Royce or GE engines?