Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "DW News" channel.

  1. For decades now we've over estimated the effectiveness of our adversaries--think Military Industrial Complex has something to do with it?
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  2.  @Co-rv-us  Quite a lot has been said about that and it's entirely unnecessary, Biden's bid to cater to the Greta Thornburg's meant crippling US oil and gas production as tho that were a solution to anything. We (US) can be energy independent much easier than most. Germany made big mistake eliminating nuke electric, hope they reverse course on that. US could also supply much LNG to Germany if not for destructive climate hysteria. Gas is a bridge to renewables and has allowed the USA to meet or beat the climate agreements by replacing coal, almost no other nation has...despite also neglecting nukes. BIG respect for Germany for this moment regardless.
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  3. This is nothing, be forgotten next week.
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  4. Solid content, bleak and real. As American I hope my weak rudderless government can still help significantly at least with weapons and supplies.
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  5. Yeah like ignore it just as any other flue.
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  6. Traditionally it was a death sentence to say the things they are now, only thing that may prevent that is if millions are doing it.
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  7. No limits to the evil of tyrants like these. Don't think for a moment Trudeau or Newsom wouldn't do the same if they could.
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  8.  @donaldclifford5763  More than the next 7 biggest national military budgets combined, and most of them happen to be our allies.
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  9. To call for the end of Xi and the CCP is entirely new territory for them, normally that is literal suicide.
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  10. But of course they are in this situation due to mindless emotional "environmental" policies (shutting down nukes?!) and reckless reliance on Russia.
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  11. "Joke acquisition" F'n fool comment by Soy Boy in vid. Sure Elon has some fun with it, work is his life he better enjoy it, but the motivation is dead serious.
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  12. American Progressives are envious--this is the USSA they want for us.
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  13. Alaska fishermen occasionally deal with serious threats from Russia. One captain well within USA waters and chased by a Russian military ship...who ya gonna call?? Big ocean, US Coastys responding but far away for slower craft, fortunately a couple USF F-16s showed up to shake up the Russian ship with low passes. Nice to have the cavalry on call.
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  14.  @donaldclifford5763  Thank cost plus contracts which guarantee waste, extreme cost overruns, thank old American empire legacy and too many bases all over the planet, money politics....many things. How much Gods have to do with it hard to estimate but it can't be good.
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  15.  @joe18750  Sure, but we have existential threatening debt levels, we won't be able to fend off Cuba if we don't slash spending, you must have an economy before anything else is possible. The war machine must be part of those cuts. It doesn't even require less preparedness, massive waste is inherent in the system.
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  16. How many thousands of folks are you willing to kill due to extra ground transportation to possibly save 200?
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  17. "Only" 12 to 13% of Germany's imported NG is from Russia, that's relatively replaceable. Too bad we have a dysfunctional, idiotic American Administration or we could fill that gap alone.
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  18. "Very flexible institutions"--only competitive private enterprise ever consistently achieves that.
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  19. Putin cares about his own legacy and power, nothing more.
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  20. Nothing against the Russian ppl but...economically STRANGLE Russia. My vote.
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  21. Not that your Turdeau or my gov. Newsom are necessarily any better, they just don't have as much power.
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  22. Martha Martha You are apparently the only person on Earth who knows what happened...why don't you share your exceptional brilliance with the FAA!
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  23.  @Birabiro_2000  Your initial post presumed Boeing was at fault. Likely there is at least a bit of truth to that in terms of MCAS and training for it. But the first Max crash seemed (from some accounts) to be utter incompetence in the cockpit, as tho they were extremely drunk. First they took off without authorization from the tower, something you NEVER DO, then they failed to identify the situation, failed to turn off MCAS, failed even to scan the instruments in front of them apparently as they completely miss judged the attitude of the aircraft and exacerbated the situation by rolling into instead of out of the already steep bank angle until they were in an unrecoverable dive. In addition to all that there were reports from previous flights with the same plane of some issues probably the result of attitude sensors (AOA) that either should have been replaced or that particular plane grounded until sorted out but the previous pilots managed to handle it fine. So faulty maintenance and flight operation standards could also be primary contributors. As for the latest crash we just don't know...for both crashes the final verdict is not in. Does that make it prudent to ground the entire fleet? Maybe but how many folks will drive instead of fly which is orders of magnitude more dangerous than the worst airline record of the last 20 yr.s. More driving guarantees more fatalities on the road.
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  24.  @Birabiro_2000  Yes we have to resist the temptation place blame right now. One thing I know for certain--Boeing and every airline operator of the 737 Max are ALL over this, in constant communication and doing everything they possibly can to get it figured out and make sure they are operated safely meanwhile. One of my brothers is a veteran Mechanical Engineer for Boeing Airliners and they intimately dissect every incident that has happened in recent decades to ANY plane (including Airbus) to learn all they can and implement that knowledge...it's how airliners became so astonishingly safe in recent yr.s. For me (also an engineering geek) it's a terrifically fascinating series of events typically with multiple contributing factors both human and system, although pilot error alone is sometimes to blame this looks more nuanced. I can't let go of it until I understand it to my satisfaction. Plus BA stock has been excellent as the company has executed in the last several yr.s., I sold it Monday and will be looking to rebuild my position slowly. (not to sound callous to the human tragedy, lost a couple brothers in my rural area in the last one) But we have to be patient for now. Pardon me caring on!
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  25. All he has is nukes against NATO but that's enough for now unfortunately. They are in NO position to push it beyond slice of Ukraine and will be crushed in minutes if they cross NATO. USA must supply LNG. We can.
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  26.  @joemoore7447  Biden is brain dead. What's your point?
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  27. How do you know the pilots weren't drunk in both cases? The first one sure appears they were high on something besides air.
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  28. Yes and hopefully we can defeat Leftist Tyranny here in the USA and Canada.
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  29. CCP in perpetual outrage w USA...F'em. History says tyrants taking foreign territory will be at your doorstep soon if not confronted sooner. (US does bad things too but the citizenry has power to limit it, if aware)
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  30. It's not Communist ideology they are promoting it's anything that slightly competes with the evil CCP must be cut down to size. Typical tyrants but of course Communism requires destruction of anything individual. A person is worth nothing by definition of Communism.
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  31. Picked a good time tho in the sense that the West severely weakened itself with insane lockdowns and he was waiting for Orange Man Bad to be gone as he promised to bomb Moscow if Putin invaded....cringy as that is it beats real war.
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  32. There are flaws in every plane ever built.
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  33. Who is policing the dialog at an old fashion town square ? This soy "man" frets over NOTHING.
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  34.  @debbydenhardt201  Are YOU responsible for EVERYTHING your government does? Your a TWIT. (look it up) Edit: Also a coward to delete your mindless post.
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  35.  @sjbock  I cringe when Mr. T. says things like: "I'll bomb Moscow if he attacks Ukraine", but notice it didn't happen under Orange Man Bad it happen AFTER he was gone. Coincidence? You decide. I'll take crude brash threats over real war any day. (I have NO IDEA why you posted that, completely irrelevant, Trump isn't in charge of anything, noticing the current Admin is brain dead, just a fact, is NOT an endorsement of an 'apposing option', are you that simple?)
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  36. Our tools are far bigger than yours Sport. Don't push it.
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  37. Send MORE missiles than planned. Putin be damned.
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  38.  @TEN-perez  I toyed with retirement there but pretty happy in farther North Cali too. Good for YOU tho!
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  39. Yeah but it's damn tough to do with a terrorist CCP watching everything--would take about half the population to rise up all at the same time in a broad region. Plus they are well accustomed to living in tyranny.
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  40.  @NMW80  Many may simply disappear with no evidence left behind, that's standard operating procedure. Yes social media is essential and also largely shutdown as a result.
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