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One day, Donald Trump suddenly died. After dying, Donald found himself standing at the gates of Hell. Satan walks up to him and says, "Hello Donald Trump! Welcome to Hell! I have watched you for your entire life and looked forward to having you here for a long time! Unfortunately, there's a little complication right now. it's so crowded down here, I can't really accommodate you unless you take someone else's place. To make up for the inconvenience, I will give you three options to choose from." Satan takes Donald Trump to a door. Donald opens it and looks inside. He sees Richard Nixon standing on a diving board. Nixon dives into a swimming pool, gets out, gets back on the diving board, and dives in again. Donald Trump says, "If I pick that, I have to do that for eternity?" Satan said, "Yes." Trump said, "I don't think so." Satan takes Donald to another door. He looks inside and sees George Bush sitting on the floor with a hammer and he's breaking rocks. As soon as he breaks a rock, another rock instantly appears. Donald says, "If I pick that, that's what I have to do for eternity?" Satan says, "Yes." Donald says, "No, that's not what I want." Satan takes Donald Trump to the third door. Donald opens the door and looks inside. He sees Bill Clinton lying face up on a bed and he's naked. His arms and legs are tied down so he can't move. Monica Lewinsky is also in the room and she's doing what Monica Lewinsky became famous for doing. Donald grins from ear to ear and screams, "That's what I want! That's what I want!" Satan looks at Donald and says, "Are you sure?" Donald says, "YES! YES!" Satan says, "Ok, Donald. Your choice is granted." Then, Satan turns around and says, "Hey Monica! You're free to go!"

Also depends on what is considered to be a "human right". Some countries consider access to health care to be a right, not just a commodity for sale to those who can afford it. Same for education. OTOH few countries consider unrestricted access to firearms to be a basic human right.

How would we detect the difference?

Harris is leading in all 4 of the most recent polls and has a VP to name. Plus the democrat convention both of which will generate positive coverage and votes. Trump will get more and more unhinged as her lead increases.

Even the oldest of the options being put forward is a generation younger than the Stable Genius: Pete Buttigieg 42 Andy Beshear 46 Josh Shapiro 51 JB Pritzker 59 Mark Kelly 60 Tim Walz 60

No kidding, who would rest their safety or security on 35 to 65 year old airframes? Not happening.

If Kamala brings on one of the old white guys to be her VP - is that a DEI hire?

Well, there's roughly a gazillion F-16s in service across the world. That's why finding a bunch to give to Ukraine wasn't terribly hard. And while the original design is quite old, there have been continuous upgrades as the years progressed. They're currently making the 'V' version (V as in alphabetical, not Roman numeral). The ones going to Ukraine won't be that new, but they're going to be at least a match for the Soviet/Russian fighters that Russia can put up. Besides, they likely aren't going to go up against the Russian Air Force. They'll be used for SEAD (suppression of enemy air defenses) and ground attack. One of the bigger things the F16 will give the Ukrainians is the ability to use just about any NATO armaments. They've been using NATO arms on their own (Russian/Soviet built) aircraft, but there needs to be significant modification to do so. Being able to use the stuff 'off the shelf' will be a big plus.

Can't say that I blame him. You know of anyone that ever won an argument against an older angry black woman? If she takes her shoe off - you're in deep shit.

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Very interesting. A good podcast as usual. I would have come up with a different set of questions, and perhaps you also ? Including several trick questions designed to reveal an imposter quickly. Questions the real Cooper would have known vs an imposter, or potentially Richard McCoy himself. The real Cooper will know things that nobody else will know including McCoy ... I wonder if McCoy would have even taken this test? Frankly I doubt it. It's fun to muse about these things .... A good thought provoking podcast! Thanks...

Try Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke

This, along with the 737 MAX safety issues, and the general production quality issues that are being found means the rot is all over the company culture, and company culture is set from the top. The entire upper management needs to go. But since Calhoun is part of the board and is even the chairman! I think the problems will continue and if I was a betting man I'd take a short position on Boeing stock.

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