Re: NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

They are cautioning locals to fill up on gas and food and meds and other supplies. The thousands of visitors coming, could bleed the gas stastions dry, and it might be several days before the gas stations get re-stocked.

FDA Settles Lawsuit over Ivermectin Social Media Posts

https://www.newsweek.com/fda-settles-lawsuit-over-ivermectin-social-media-posts-1882562 The lawsuit, filed on June 2, 2022, was brought by doctors Mary Talley Bowden, Paul Marik and Robert Apter, each of whom claimed the FDA was interfering with their ability to practice medicine. The case was initi...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

US FBI informing by letter to those who were on the Alaska Air flight that lost the plug panel that they may be victims of a crime. Apparently the FBI is involved with an investigation of the incident but isn't giving details. Perhaps Boeing staff and supervisors are facing criminal investigation, ...

RIP M. Emmet Walsh [1935-2024]

If you’re not cop, you’re little people. I need ya, Deck. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the old blade runner, I need your magic. Drink some for me, huh, pal? 88 year life span: R.I.P. Emmet Walsh He was in another film, with an actor from the Blade Runner saga… With Ana de Armas in “Kniv...

NA Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

A total solar eclipse is coming to North America https://www.space.com/news/live/solar-eclipse-live-updates On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible across North America. Our total eclipse 2024 guide tells you everything you need to know about the phenomenon from where to see it it to...

Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

Another theory being thrown around is that the FA intentionally pressed the rocker button to move the seat back to deliver the meal tray, but pressed the rocker button the wrong way.

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

For a company as big and as global as Boeing is, good and consistent QC should be part and parcel of who they are.

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

PBS Newshour Report Boeing remains on the hot seat over questions about its production processes. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board told lawmakers her investigators still don’t know who worked on the door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight. Meanwhile, NYT reported Bo...

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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Turkey ready to host Ukraine-Russia peace summit, says Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit b...

Re: Wildfires in Maui

Lahaina Maui FIRE Update. New Drone Video of the Entire Burn Zone taken in March 2024 shows the progress made about 6 weeks after phase 2 of the cleanup process started. Watch the entire video to see what is happening behind the dust fences in our beloved Lahaina town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Some Chiefs fans who attended bitter cold playoff game now require amputations: hospital

https://fox8.com/news/some-chiefs-fans-who-attended-bitter-cold-playoff-game-now-require-amputations-hospital/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Multiple people who experienced frostbite while attending a bitter cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January may require amputations, a hospital official tol...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Boeing is engaging in a cover-up and the gov’t is going to go ballistic on them. I guess they finally late yesterday gave up the names of the team involved that were working on the door. Their manager is on a ‘medical leave’ and unavailable. Hmmm Boeing would have already given the names up, but in...

Re: Boeing’s Troubles

NTSB chair criticizes Boeing for lack of cooperation in 737 Max 9 probe https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/ntsb-chair-criticizes-boeing-for-lack-of-cooperation-in-737-max-9-probe-.html The head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday criticized Boeing for failing to provide some key re...

Re: Historic Blizzard in the Mountains of California

Amtrak's California Zephyr resumes full route after a week of cancellations https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/california-zephyr-resumes-full-route-after-a-week-of-cancellations/ CHICAGO — Beginning today (Wednesday, March 6) Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr will depart Chicago fo...

Re: Interference with traffic through the Red Sea

A likely Yemen Houthi attack hits a ship, causing the first ‘fatalities’ in the assaults on shipping https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-attacks-us-israel-palestinians-gaza-89c5440d9943216a787b39912bd969e0 Two other U.S. officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity as they didn’t have auth...

Re: Historic Blizzard in the Mountains of California

The Blizzard is over now...

Re: Trainhopping the Moffat Tunnel - Denver to Grand Junction

Riding a BNSF train across the Rocky Mountains on the Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel Route. I first rode this line in early April, 2019 but unfortunately went through the tunnel district in the dark. Through a rare set of events owing to a lack of an available train crew the previous afternoon, we enjoye...

Re: Interference with traffic through the Red Sea

A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar, which carried a cargo of fertilizer...

Re: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW/DAL) Aviation - 2024

TSA set to take another crack at small air carriers like Dallas-based JSX https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/travel/jsx-small-carriers-security-measures/ The Transportation Security Administration, under pressure from corporate airlines and commercial pilot unions, will propose new rules in the comi...

Re: Lunar Landing attempt scheduled for Thursday, Feb 22nd 4:30pm CST

NASA explained that this was a relativity low cost mission by design. NASA said they could fund 10 of these low cost missions for the price one major mission, like one of the ones to Mars for example. What led to the current lander having a bad landing was simple human error on this relatively low c...

Trainhopping the Moffat Tunnel - Denver to Grand Junction

Riding a BNSF train across the Rocky Mountains on the Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel Route. I first rode this line in early April, 2019 but unfortunately went through the tunnel district in the dark. Through a rare set of events owing to a lack of an available train crew the previous afternoon, we enjoye...

Re: Lunar Landing attempt scheduled for Thursday, Feb 22nd 4:30pm CST

NASA science is set to land on the Moon aboard Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lander. Touchdown is now targeted for 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 UTC) Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help us learn more about terrain and communications near the lunar Sout...

Lunar Landing attempt scheduled for Thursday, Feb 22nd 4:30pm CST

Lunar landing scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 22nd in the afternoon by 4:30pm CST. Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander has completed lunar orbit insertion successfully and is currently orbiting the Moon. Odysseus continues to be in excellent health and is approximately 60 miles (92km) from the Moon. Th...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production / Deliveries - 2024

Ed Clark, GM of the MAX program has been canned. Will be replaced by Katie Ringgold among other changes at the company. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-ousts-head-of-737-max-program-reshuffles-leadership-team/ https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/business/boeing-removes-head...

Re: Parade shooting in Kansas City, Missouri

Is that how you resolve disputes in the US?. A solution, would be to legalize again Public Dueling for those that feel they were slighted. This could reduce the number of innocent bystanders that are shot or killed. Another solution is to Ban Gangs / Gang Membership. This is working in El Salvador....

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Re: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?

As VR technology becomes better (and more comfortable), then it will possible to visit far away places, and experience the sight and sounds, and maybe even the smell and the taste of other places, without actually having to travel there.

See: "Brainstorm"

Re: Parade shooting in Kansas City, Missouri

I don't see it haunting anyone except the family of the deceased. To the contrary, the fact that freedom was exercised in resolving a dispute should be celebrated. It makes me feel sad for all the enslaved beyond our borders. Imagine if a Real fan could shoot a Barca fan after losing a Clasico matc...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240209-putin-says-russian-defeat-in-ukraine-impossible-in-rare-us-interview When asked if Moscow would consider invading other countries in the region – NATO members Poland and Latvia – or generally across the European continent, Putin said that was "out of ...

Re: NFL team head coaches fired/leaving 2024-including Belicheck

Las Vegas experiencing heavy rain, cold temperatures ahead of Super Bowl 2024 https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/2/5/24062579/las-vegas-weather-super-bowl-2024-chiefs-vs-49ers-field-conditions This is extremely unusual weather for Las Vegas, a city sees 294 sunny days per year and is one of the dries...

Re: LAS Increases for Super Bowl LVIII

The Athletic had an article on whether Taylor Swift could attend from her February 10th concert in Tokyo-- they went through everything, the aircraft she owns (two of them), which one has enough range, the time the concert will end, etc., etc. She can easily make it-- the time difference helps her ...

Re: LAS Increases for Super Bowl LVIII

The Athletic had an article on whether Taylor Swift could attend from her February 10th concert in Tokyo-- they went through everything, the aircraft she owns (two of them), which one has enough range, the time the concert will end, etc., etc. She can easily make it-- the time difference helps her ...

Re: Aeroméxico AM672

The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said the man had been turned over to police. But dozens of fellow passengers signed a wr...