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I'm certainly not taking anything away from American armed forces, whom I think are simply doing their jobs and most of whom are good family men and women with good values, but Trump has to be absolutely delusional to utter a statement like the following one at his military parade. “Time and again, America’s enemies have learned that if you threaten the American people our soldiers are coming for you. Your defeat will be certain, your demise will be final, and your downfall will be total and complete,” the president said in brief remarks that capped the event. “Because our soldiers never give up, never surrender and never, ever quit. They fight, fight, fight, and they win, win, win.” Maybe he's just not aware of history since I know he doesn't read, but America has not won a war since WWII, unless you count Panama or Grenada, and most people would argue that those wars really didn't count because they didn't amount to much. Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq. All either defeats, or status quo at best. I think sometimes it's increasingly more obvious that this man lives in some sort of delusional fantasy world, and that's kind of a scary thought considering the position that he holds.

I'm certainly not taking anything away from American armed forces, whom I think are simply doing their jobs and most of whom are good family men and women with good values, but Trump has to be absolutely delusional to utter a statement like the following one at his military parade. “Time and again, America’s enemies have learned that if you threaten the American people our soldiers are coming for you. Your defeat will be certain, your demise will be final, and your downfall will be total and complete,” the president said in brief remarks that capped the event. “Because our soldiers never give up, never surrender and never, ever quit. They fight, fight, fight, and they win, win, win.” Maybe he's just not aware of history since I know he doesn't read, but America has not won a war since WWII, unless you count Panama or Grenada, and most people would argue that those wars really didn't count because they didn't amount to much. Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq. All either defeats, or status quo at best. I think sometimes it's increasingly more obvious that this man lives in some sort of delusional fantasy world, and that's kind of a scary thought considering the position that he holds.

Boeing's are very safe Jets and I never feel the slightest bit uneasy flying on them, a lot of Boeing incidents have been on their 737s. Of course we have no answers yet for the recent crash in India, but it was the first incident with the 787. With nearly 100,000 commercial flights a day worldwide, one has to expect a few incidents here and there. Airline travel is still ridiculously safe. You certainly have the right to avoid Boeing, I'm sure it won't affect them much one way or the other. In 2023, Boeing planes were involved in more U.S. safety incidents than Airbus, but it’s worth noting that they also have a larger fleet. In 2021, Airbus had a higher number of reported incidents. https://www.stratosjets.com/blog/airbus-vs-boeing-safety/ Boeing aircraft have a lower frequency of crashes per million flights compared to Airbus, with Boeing having a rate of one crash per 184 million flights and Airbus having a rate of one crash per 081 million flights. According to the data, the number of flights has been increasing, but the number of accidents has been decreasing each decade.The latest generation of aircraft, which includes models from both Airbus and Boeing, have the lowest accident rates. https://www.mightytravels.com/2024/04/comparing-airline-incident-rates-a-factual-analysis-of-boeing-vs-airbus-safety-records/

The few times I have flown on ANA, I must say I really enjoyed the lounges in Japan, and it's an excellent airline. I usually fly EVA, so I transit through Taipei and admittedly the lounge in Taipei is not very exciting (unless you fly business class or have diamond status) but it's relatively direct, though a very long flight from LA to Taipei. I do agree Taipei is not an exciting airport, though it's likely better than it was the last time you were there, and it is fairly easy to pass a couple of hours there,

Well he made a lot of promises during his campaign and so far he has not fulfilled very many of them, other than immigration and tariffs. So why would he keep his promise on wars? His polling numbers are very low for his immigration policies as they've been quite extreme in nature, and his polling numbers are dismal for tariffs as he has been the TACO and he has been a bull in a China closet, and as usual he's shown himself to be a very poor negotiator, and a very old man stuck in the past, and a goon without a realistic vision. Other than that he's destroying American tourism, he's ruining confidence in the dollar, he's destroying the alliances that we've built up over 80 years, he is greatly diminishing American influence and prestige, and he's just a general embarrassment to the nation.

The most convenient connections are through Taipei, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo. Some also transit through Hong Kong.

Trump is a man with such thin skin, and he has such a snowflake mentality (the willingness to constantly portray himself as a victim). I wonder how he sees this event, without the mobs showing up as anticipated. Woe is the goon. Perhaps his popularity is starting to wane, some of the recent polls would certainly suggest that. One bad calculation after another.

Just keep in mind 95% of the time it's either a front end deal or a back end deal, so either she's hoping for compensation up front, or she's hoping for something long-term with financial security down the road. It is likely the latter, but you could just play and see what happens.

That is a really weak comparison. I'm sure with all the intellectual power that you have you can muster up something better than that. Come on, consider it a challenge. I think we can admit that all presidents lie and all administrations are corrupt, that's not really what we're talking about here, authoritarianism goes way beyond corruption. It's a completely different thing. A president attempting to censor facts about himself, and his poor health, is a very different thing than administration members attempting to distort actual things that have happened, and the facts behind the events. Are you willing to at least admit that? One of the problems here is that Noem picked on the wrong guy. This guy is not your average working class Latino. Padilla is an MIT graduate in mechanical engineering, the youngest LA city council president in its history, a former California state senator who passed over 70 bills, a former California secretary of state, who was re-elected receiving the most votes of any Latino elected official in the US. This is a man who has accomplished a tremendous amount during his career. He is the leading lawmaker from California and he's a very distinguished, very smart, and very articulate gentleman.

I agree and I believe that many Americans agree with what you're saying, what makes the situation infinitely more complicated and far more nuanced is the fact that the immigration system is broken. My cousin is an immigration attorney in Miami and he and I have spoken about this. On repeated occasions he has told me that the quota system has not been updated for 70 years, and that it's ridiculously difficult for highly qualified people, much less low level immigrants to get legal status in the US to work. So if someone who graduates at the top of his class at MIT cannot get a visa to work in the US, how is somebody with no skills supposed to get a visa? What you're saying is reasonable, but it's not taking into account the current immigration system which is in drastic need of reform and which the vast majority of conservatives completely gloss over. It even goes beyond that, the vast majority of Republicans, Trump and his people are completely unwilling to even discuss the issue of much needed immigration reform. Remember how Trump blocked that major immigration bill at the end of his last administration because he didn't want Biden to take credit for it?

I was quite shocked to witness the takedown of Padilla as he attempted to ask a simple question of Kristi Noem. The level of intolerance that this administration has shown toward people who have the audacity to ask a simple question about policy has been rather alarming. Though the White House goons insist that he lunged toward her and that he walked into the room without anyone knowing who he was, in this interview he clearly states that he was escorted into the room by an FBI agent and a member or the National Guard, so it was clearly known who he was. The rest is just morally bankrupt distortion, deflection and lies. "Chaotic scenes in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was pressed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents set the political world aflame Thursday. Padilla had come to a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, raising his voice to ask questions. Agents, reportedly including at least one member of Noem’s official security detail, swarmed Padilla, moving him to a corridor before pressing him to the ground and placing the handcuffs on him. The sheer potency of the Padilla video is more powerful than anything else." https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5348010-senator-padilla-incident-political-tensions/ MOD EDIT: The OP has been edited to conform with forum rules: 27. You will not post any copyrighted material except as fair use laws apply (as in the case of news articles). Only post a link, the headline and three sentences from the article. Content in the public domain is limited to the same restrictions.

Very light crowds show up for Trump's glorious parade. President Donald Trump finally got his North Korea-style military parade for his birthday Saturday, which featured tanks and rocket launchers rolling down the streets of the capital city before smaller-than-expected crowds. “Every other country celebrates their victories, it’s about time America did too,” Trump said in a brief, eight-minute speech. Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities and towns all over the country. Trump, who avoided military service during the Vietnam War thanks to a doctor’s note diagnosing him with “bone spurs,” has wanted a military parade since he took office. His transition team before his first term tried to have tanks and other military equipment for his inaugural parade, “Red Square/North Korea-style,” according to a source. But, the Pentagon was able to nix the idea, citing the authoritarian optics as well as the likely damage to Washington, D.C.’s streets from tanks that weigh 75 tons and roll on steel treads. But attendance appeared to fall far short of early predictions that as many as 200,000 people would attend the festival and parade. There were large gaps between viewers near the Washington Monument on a day when steamy weather and the threat of thunderstorms could have dampened turnout. A previously calm demonstration in downtown Los Angeles turned chaotic when police on horseback charged at the crowd, striking some with rods and batons as they cleared the street in front of the federal building and fired tear gas and crowd control projectiles. Poor, poor Donnie. He is huuuugely disliked by the vast majority of American people and he must be crying over that.

Thank you, it's refreshing to hear a voice of reason in the wilderness of extremism and delusion. I agree that the vast majority are peaceful, the media is blowing it way out of proportion, and the Trump camp seems to be seizing on the few events that are happening and making it sound as if America is falling apart at the seams, due to immigrants and protesters, which is completely ridiculous and juvenile nonsense. The vast majority of America dislikes Trump quite deeply and they are simply showing their displeasure at his extremist and ridiculous policies. Trump is a racist and he's an ultranationalist, and he does not like anyone whose skin color is darker than his, and this is just an opportunity for him to try to reclaim a past that is long gone, oversentimentality can be a very dangerous thing in the hands of an absolute goon.

The best way I've found is to spray them with an abundant amount of insect spray, as it acts as a tranquilizer and more or less paralyzes them, which gives you the ability to snag them and eliminate them. It even works on huge ml lizards, most animals have a tremendous aversion to insect spray, it's really quite a miraculous tool. I've used it to get rid of stray cats that were hanging out at the house making a lot of noise, and they never came back.

I think if we want to have an honest discussion about this, we need to admit that at the national level in nearly any country in the world most politicians are morally depraved, morally bankrupt and most have sold their souls, and barely have the ability to discern between right and wrong. In addition I think we have to admit that most politicians around the world are not working for their people, they're working for themselves, and they're working for their party, and it really has very little benefit to the common man. If you think I'm wrong just name a few examples of nations that have righteous governments. I can't.

Likely Buchanan or Harrison.

It is just one of the many consequences of selecting a man with an IQ of 89, one who does not have the ability to negotiate, and one who has no diplomatic skills whatsoever. Trump may be the 2nd worst president in history.

The same way he justifies that expenditure or more, for weekly golf outings. Trump doesn't care about spending the people's money, it doesn't affect him one iota. And besides the king deserves royal treatment, doesn't he?

I agree with you. I think at the national level, they are all the equivalent of $35 street hookers. The difference being that the hookers are at least honest about what they're doing.

Thank you. Answered my question by giving us the best that you have, what can one say?

Is that really the best you have Mike, is that the best you can do? It would be both refreshing and perhaps informative if you would actually address a post rather than simply insult the poster. Are you up to that?

Agreed. And that applies to Fox, CNN, and the others too. They are all slanted and not trustworthy.

I completely agree, some of us absolutely love riding on a bike and there are always going to be those that scared of so many different things in life.

Pirelli tires are amazing for a motorbike. They are a bit softer and have alot of grip.

Are you so blinkered that you cannot even accept the possibility some of his policies are not working out? Really? Is the syndrome truly that hypnotic and that pervasive? It would appear to me that you are just 100% intolerant of any criticism of your political master, you just simply cannot help yourself, you have to comment even if your comment is completely feeble and witless. It is quite a sad thing to witness.