Comments by "spaceflight101" (@spaceflight1019) on "ABC News" channel.

  1.  @markford-h7l  Allow me to pass on some of my old man's simple wisdom: "Never threaten people you don't know. They just might do something that you aren't expecting."
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  2. What was the over/under?
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  3. Years ago I worked at a place that built nuclear reactors. I had a clearance to view classified documents. I would look up the document numbers on the index and give my boss the numbers. He would tell me when they were in the "reading room". There was a sign on the door that read as follows: "Warning! You are entering an area where sensitive materials may be viewed. Viewing these materials without proper clearance or unauthorized removal from this room is a felony and will result in prosecution." Good enough for me!
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  4. ​ @davidgriffin6724 So you are saying that if you rent a car and rob a bank the car rental place is somehow responsible?
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  5.  @kaybel5104  If one could connect a large enough dynamo to the spin coming from Washington, the energy crisis would be solved.
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  6. "And don't call me Shirley!"
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  7. Democrats set the new standards, so I'd say yes.
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  8. ​ @xstlady52 "Four different grand juries, in heavily Democratic jurisdictions..."
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  9. It's deja vu all over again...
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  10. ​ @kimpeater1  Deserves got nothing to do with it...
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  11. ​ @Sactastic That would be a IGBM.
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  12. I remember a old SNL "news" story about Israel and the American state of Georgia trading places.
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  13. ​ @Deltasquadformingup It was intra-galactic, not intergalactic.
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  14. But impeaching Trump was OK, right?
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  15.  @lenkovsky7662  Where exactly is that written? I can't seem to find it. No smartass answers, either. If you don't have verified facts stay away.
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  16.  @lenkovsky7662  Yes, it is. Ask any bully. However, with the advent of the Internet, things like "terroristic threats" and "harassment by communication" are quite common and prosecutable, unlike someone threatening you over a CB radio.
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  17.  @carolinematusevich889  What part of "ineligible to possess classified documents" can't you understand? It's not rocket science.
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  18.  @carolinematusevich889  I got your "magat" right here!
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  19.  @carolinematusevich889  I see what you did there...
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  20.  @carolinematusevich889  According to the Daily Mail, nine boxes have been seized from the Boston office of Biden 's attorney. Check it out. If you dare.
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  21.  @yehimstone5492  Try 1933. The Ukrainian people couldn't fight Stalin off then but they most certainly can now.
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  22.  @DomnSan  But the car rental place doesn't know how you're going to use the car, now do they?
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  23. ​ @mitchellsmith1593 There's a saying in engineering: "If you haven't solved the problem you haven't thrown enough money at it."
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  24. Too bad you don't like it.
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  25. ​ @wchenful  So, by your reasoning, if there's a poisonous spider in your house you're just going to leave it alone until it bites you?
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  26. ​ @LSDdreams808  If you get in my face and threaten me, I'm not going to wait to see if you follow through because you've already laid your cards out.
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  27. ​ @kimpeater1  From the movie "Nobody": "You killed my brother!" "He was alive the last time I saw him."
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  28.  @wchenful  There are those who would argue your point. Spiders have their place in nature, and what gives you the right to remove them from their place? See my point?
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  29.  @wchenful  The spider is only a threat until it bites you. Neely was only a threat until he attacked someone.
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  30.  @wchenful  Agreed, in which case "intent" becomes a relevant factor. Now, I don't have the answers to the following questions: Was Neely making eye contact with the other people or was he screaming at the wall? Was Neely within arm's reach of any of the other people? The legal system hinges on one word: reasonable. If he wasn't making eye contact and wasn't within arm's length of anyone then it's reasonable to assume that he wasn't threatening anyone, in which case Penny is roadkill. On the other hand, if he was making eye contact and (the "and" is very important) was within arm's length then it's reasonable to assume that he was going to assault someone. This whole thing will play out by people way above my pay grade and yours too. Best to sit back and watch the show.
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  31.  @wchenful  Most of what you say is true, except for the spitting part Thanks to Bloodborne Pathogens, spitting or using other body fluids as weapons is considered "assault with a deadly weapon". But I got your point. The legal system doesn't permit retaliation, nor does it enable prevention of assault.
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  32.  @jennyfromtheblock.7153  The only gun that was used murdered an unarmed Air Force veteran...
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  33.  @Unsupervised_Guidance  You need one every so often. Read Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address...he believed that the American people had the right to overthrow the government, violently if necessary, if they determined that the government wasn't responding to their needs. Interesting reading.
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  34. They got the last laugh on Reagan after all!
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  35. Yeah...who didn't see THAT coming? LOL.
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  36. ​ @richardgesegnet5481 Ever think that going home isn't part of the plan?
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  37. The Kessel Run was a 20-parsec route used by smugglers to move glitterstim spice from Kessel to an area south of the Si'Klaata Cluster without getting caught by the Imperial ships that were guarding the movement of spice from Kessel's mines. From Wookiepedia.
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  38. Boo frickin' hoo...
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  39. Actually, Andromeda was the only sci-fi show that I can recall that traveled between galaxies.
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  40. Go ahead and play, it'll get real when Klaatu and Gort show up.
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  41. The only thing that we're learning is the judge's and prosecutor's lack of knowledge as to how real estate works. The most obvious is the difference between the "assessed value" and the "fair market value". $27M might be a down payment for Mar-A-Lago, but you're not going to buy it for that price. Second issue is the definition of "due diligence". Banks and insurance companies have their own professional staff whose job is to appraise properties for their "fair market value". Just you try to get a million dollar loan from the bank with a $100K house as collateral. Let me know how it goes. But none of this matters, because the judge has already declared Trump guilty. He should just slam his hand down, like he did last week, declare Trump guilty, and get on with it.
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  42. So...since the Brazilian rioters were somehow inspired by the American rioters, and if Trump instigated the American rioters, then by extension Trump is responsible for the Brazilian rioters.
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  43.  @lenkovsky7662  If I wrote a letter to the local paper detailing illegal things you're doing, like running moonshine, for example, and you don't like it you can sue me for harassment and intimidation. If I use ANY ethnic "slur", like Hunky, Johnny Bull, Mick, or Dago, then ethnic intimidation comes into play.
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  44.  @austinlaske6462  Doxxing is common, and "intimidation" is in the eye of the beholder.
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  45.  @JohnDoe-ew3xt  Depends on what you call them. Avoid common racial and ethnic slurs, and have at it, but try to be imaginative and use words from movies.
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  46.  @dovahkiin159  You're right, there are limits. The trick is knowing what the limits are and staying within the lines. If I called you a "lying, dog-faced pony soldier" and you file a complaint, I just say "Hey, President Joe said it first!"
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  47.  @JohnDoe-ew3xt  Any ethnic or racial slur. Watch "Gran Torino" for examples.
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  48.  @totostamopo  In case you haven't noticed, Florida is the only state in which the courts don't automatically dismiss motions brought by Trump's lawyers.
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  49.  @xstlady52  And, as has been proven in New York, Atlanta, and DC, the jury pool is made up of an overwhelming percentage of people who hate Trump. Make the juries equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats and get back to me.
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  50.  @anobelkhoushabeh3831  It would have been ironic if a crazier person had shot him. Happens a lot in NYC.
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  51.  @carolinematusevich889  One or one thousand, it's all the same.
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  52. The comments on this issue are the very definition of a circular argument. It just goes around and around...
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  53.  @msaudrey1112  Nice analogy. Too bad it doesn't wash with classified documents.
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  54.  FreeSpeech orDIE!!!  Ummm... unless she can see you wave your hand that Jedi mind trick won't work.
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  55.  FreeSpeech orDIE!!!  You fool! Jedi mind tricks don't work on me! Wait...pizza... must have pizza!
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  56.  @carolinematusevich889  Found nine more boxes...just before the election.
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  57.  @carolinematusevich889  I like you. You're a skeptic. Maybe try this thing called Ask Jeeves, or Yahoo?
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  58.  @carolinematusevich889  As I've said numerous times, this is a circular argument that keeps going around and around... Your guy did this! My guy did that! On and on it goes. "Fascist autocracy". You act like you actually understand it. Tell me then, what part did the terms of the Treaty of Versailles play in the rise to power of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler? For extra credit, compare the tactics employed by the Blackshirts and those of the Antifa rioters who destroyed cities during 2020.
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  59.  @carolinematusevich889  I also invite you to read Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address. Concentrate on the part where he describes the options for the people to seek redress when the government is not serving their needs.
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  60. Watergate took two years.
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  61.  @northernstar6641  Watergate was little more than a failed burglary, until the investigation began to lead to the White House. Spiro Agnew resigned from office as evidence of bribery began accumulating. Let this play out and see what happens. Why are you protecting the Bidens?
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  62. Maybe it's me, but maybe everyone is following the advice given in the film "Network". People are "mad as hell", and they're not going to take it anymore!
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  63. ​ @richardelliott8352 Google the great storm of 1780.
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  64. Apparently, there are windmills that must be tilted, Sancho.
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  65.  @andie_pants  You sure? Maybe it's the same mentality that makes people set forest fires.
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  66.  @titanproductions3628  you need to watch the end of War Games.
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  67.  @homeworld1765 , with them threatening to nuke Area 51 (which could touch off an interstellar war, by the way), New York, and London, it's apparent that the lessons of the 1980s have been lost.
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  68.  @titanproductions3628  , not so much a "follower" as a "skeptic" and a "realist". A worldwide nuclear exchange is Game Over for Earth for millennia.
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  69. Ukrainians have every right to enter Belarus to destroy Russian military infrastructure. The fact that they haven't is puzzling to say the least.
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  70. 10/8 broadcast: 11 minutes of storm coverage. 1 minute of an election day plot 5 minutes to slam Trump Commercial break. This is journalism?
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  71.  @kaybel5104  You know, I've turned to sarcastic humor because the "debate" around this subject, like most discussions involving politics, is a schoolyard circular argument. It goes like this: "Your guy did X!" "Oh yeah? Your guy did X too!" "So what? Your guy did X worse!" "No, your guy did X way worse!" ...and on and on it goes. See my point?
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  72.  @GC-bm8nl  It's an axiom..."a man can steal more from you with a pen than with a gun."
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  73.  @Unsupervised_Guidance  But by today's standards Lincoln is the very definition of a "domestic terrorist", advocating armed rebellion against the government.
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  74. We're supposed to feel sorry for him somehow, like when Hitler invaded the Sudentenland.
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  75.  @goodred317  Yuengling or Coors Light?
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  76. Gee, the second trove of documents were found in the garage in Delaware behind the bicycle. Who knew?
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  77. All Russia has to do is to go home and stop flooding the neighbors with Russian speakers. Transnistria, Hungary, and Slovakia are next.
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  78.  @scott83074  Take heed, this is what happens when you threaten to drain the swamp and cut off the money supply. Much cleaner than Oswald/Ruby. Never forget, three people can keep a secret...as long as two of them are dead.
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  79. So nice to see the democrat trolls are out early.
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  80. See Kitty Genovese.
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  81. "Kid, I OWN the police! Besides, they never matched the bullet that killed your old man to this gun!"
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  82.  @TRMV  Subpoenas never had a chance to be issued. Trump documents were in a location known to the archives. Presidents can declassify; vice president cannot. Which leads to this question: Why doesn't Obama step up and say that HE declassified them?
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  83.  @delindawhited1385  Two words: Bradley Manning.
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  84.  @LackofFaithify  That's why I gave the source. You can argue with Wookiepedia.
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  85.  @LackofFaithify  Sorry about that. Since Disney took over the franchise "canon" has become difficult to follow.
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  86. So would Spiro Agnew.
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  87.  @OmalySamory  Why? Not only was the impeachment procedure violated but the cooked-up "reasons" have been proven to be false.
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  88. Directions to Ann Arbor: North until you smell it. West until you step in it. OSU fan's bumper sticker.
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  89.  @TheAwesomeness1123  No problem. The FACTS of each case can stand on their own.
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  90.  @Crosss31  CNN set the standard on the definition of a "mostly peaceful" protest. Blame them.
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  91. Anyone who disagrees with the government narrative is a liar and a tool for Fox News. Anyone you see who is on TV or the Internet saying bad things about the government response is being told what to say by Fox News and the Republican party. The Ministry of Truth has spoken...
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  92. By definition, an "insurrection" is typically marked by the insurrectionists being armed, and occupying some building that is commonly the seat of government, be it local or national. It normally is ended by military force. See the Whiskey Rebellion for details.
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  93. ​ @RighAlban They watched "The Dirty Dozen" and figured why not.
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  94. ​ @Svenhansson They're driving Kias??
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  95. I predict... "While the actions of Ms. Willis are tacky to the Nth degree, this court can find no overarching reason to remove her from the case."'
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  96. Here are the simple facts: it's a combination of economics and government fiat. Conesville was in the PJM area. Every year they hold an auction for a "capacity payment" for the projected power needs plus a reserve. Stations not picked up in the auction face closure. Every year, gigawatt-class natural gas stations are being built and these are causing the coal plants to be retired. Your local ISO has a "dashboard" that will tell you a lot of information about the status of your local grid.
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  97. Is there a hashtag for Bread and Circuses?
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  98.  @dav0n  There are a lot of things that The Analyst said that make sense.
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