Posted in: FA Cup thriller as Man United beats Liverpool 4-3 to ease pressure on Ten Hag See in context
What a thriller that was at Old Trafford. Hating life at work this morning having been up past three for the match, but absolutely worth it to see the best performance out of Man United in recent years. We may be floundering in the league but happy to see United heading back to Wembley. Diallo was certainly the hero of the night but I'm sure he caused many a heart attack in the final minutes for getting sent off for his shirtless celebration.
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Posted in: Ohtani and wife arrive in S Korea for Dodgers-Padres MLB opener See in context
If I were him, I would have walked beside her instead of her following two steps behind...
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Posted in: New Zealand seizes black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 after more than 50 injured during flight See in context
Peter Neil
if momentary loss of electrical power occurs, the autopilot may disengage. the aircraft may return to a previous trim setting.
or the pilots could overreact control input to the out of trim condition after the autopilot disengages.
You can't intentionally make a wide-body airliner pull that many G's that instantaneously using its control surfaces. The pilot can't do it using control inputs and neither can the autopilot. It's not physically possible.
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Posted in: COVID lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: study See in context
Thanks China.
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Posted in: The number of serious traffic accidents caused by distracted drivers, such as those using smartphones while driving, hit a record high in Japan in 2023. See in context
I would think the current cost cutting and design trend by auto makers to consolidate too many control functions like climate, media, etc. in touch operated digital screens contribute to this statistic. Adjusting your A/C settings or changing the music you're listening to while driving can be as difficult and distracting as using a smartphone. There should be a healthier balance of digital controls and physical switches and buttons if safety and ergonomics are priorities.
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Posted in: New Zealand seizes black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 after more than 50 injured during flight See in context
Philosopher's Stone
It's not hatred. It's logic.
You're still wrong. It's not logic. It's physics.
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Posted in: Couple sent to prosecutors after unvaccinated dog injures 7 See in context
It needs to be confirmed for the victims who were bitten that they have not been infected with rabies, so the dog in question will have to be put down so a rabies test can be conducted post mortem. It's the only way. The other six dogs can be vaccinated and should be put up for adoption with their previous owners legally banned from ever owning dogs again.
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Posted in: New Zealand seizes black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 after more than 50 injured during flight See in context
Philosopher's Stone
I know it's hard to be rational when you hate Boeing so much, but the control surfaces on an airliner like this physically can't produce the violent movement or sudden drop in altitude that would result in injuries to the passengers of this severity. Only naturally forming turbulence can cause an altitude drop severe and sudden enough to slam passengers into the ceiling of the cabin.
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Posted in: New Zealand seizes black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 after more than 50 injured during flight See in context
And that's why you always wear your seat belt throughout a flight. If everyone seated on this flight was properly buckled up I'd bet the number of injured personnel would be much lower than 50.
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Posted in: Japan's GSDF fails to determine cause of helicopter crash in 2023 See in context
Indigo
request a Chinese investigation Please!
Yes, good idea, if fiction is what you're after. The cause certainly would be promptly determined and publicized, but it would be whatever the party decides the public should be told was the cause.
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Posted in: Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality See in context
Well done Russia! And hats off to JJE for evening showing up here.
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Posted in: Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech? See in context
Sweeney isn't sharing the location or movements of Swift or others since there's no way for him to know if they are actually aboard the aircraft. They may be on the planes or they may not be. He's only sharing information on the location or movements of the aircraft, mere property, owned or contracted by these public figures, and that shouldn't be protected information or a crime.
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Posted in: MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's biggest mysteries See in context
Open-minded
Airworthiness directives, ranging from minor to serious, are issued for aircraft types all the time. What matters is whether any wide spread defects that could have caused this crash were discovered fleet-wide after airlines inspected their airframes following the directive you linked (or any others). The answer is there weren't and there was no grounding of B777 fleets, and Bordeux's offhand claim that the aircraft design or production was the cause of the disappearance is groundless. Blaming this incident from a decade ago involving an airframe built 22 years ago on issues Boeing Co. has had only in the last several years is asinine and doesn't change the fact that the B777 has statistically been one of the safest airliners in the air since its introduction.
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Posted in: MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's biggest mysteries See in context
Bordeaux
The problem was the poor construction of the airplane. You simply need to see the news in the past year about BOEING...
Absolutely unfounded. The MH370 was a 12 year-old B777, one of the safest airliners ever produced, and there were no known issues with this particular aircraft. You have zero evidence that the disappearance was due to a design or manufacture problem with this type of airframe.
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Posted in: Bitcoin briefly hits all-time high, less than two years after FTX scandal clobbered crypto See in context
It's still just smoke and mirrors and an environmental abomination that produces nothing.
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Posted in: Singapore PM defends exclusive deal to lure Taylor Swift See in context
theFu
You went to Singapore for English? As in their English language? Now that's funny.
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Posted in: Singapore PM defends exclusive deal to lure Taylor Swift See in context
リッチ
Couldn't agree more. Singapore is soulless and its allure is skin deep, like Dubai. Not surprised to hear that Singapore prevented people in its neighboring countries from enjoying the biggest entertainment event in recent years and a bit disappointed that Swift was complicit.
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Posted in: Upskirt photos lead Japanese high school to redesign cheerleader uniforms See in context
Cheerleaders wear shorts/briefs under their skirts so why the need? It's no different from wearing a swimsuit?
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Posted in: Gonoi attends White House ceremony for women of courage award See in context
Lola
How ironic that most comments here are not about the substance but about the outfit.... I wonder if the discussion steered in the same direction if it was about a male award recipient...?
What irony? Most, if not all, of the posters above already support her receiving and deserving this award so why are you surprised that there's little debate about the "substance"? The complaints above about her attire aren't based at all on her sex/gender so why are you trying to turning this into a feminist issue?
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Posted in: Gonoi attends White House ceremony for women of courage award See in context
The award is well earned and congratulations to her, but why in god's name did she, or anyone associated with her, think it's appropriate to wear a judogi to a formal ceremony at the White House? It defies common sense. She may be a judoka, but only as a personal pursuit and not as a professional or national representative, and most importantly it has absolutely nothing to do with the reason she's being honored. It isn't a national costume and I doubt that even an Olympic judoka in her shoes would have worn it for this occasion. To say that it somehow represents her struggle is a ridiculous stretch and I'm surprised that the U.S. side allowed it.
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Posted in: Man City's 3-1 win against Man United provides reality check for Ratcliffe See in context
Well that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It also would have been a much closer match had the officiating been more fair.
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Posted in: F1 champion Max Verstappen wins season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix amid Red Bull turmoil See in context
Max is once more driving on a completely different level from every other driver on the grid. And Adrian Newey is an absolute genius. Definitely not a fan of Ferrari, but I loved the fight Carlos put up this race and I'm going to be pulling for him this season.
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Posted in: Japanese student at Yale urges Gaza ceasefire as U.S. universities quiet dissent See in context
Desert Tortoise
I openly sympathize with the Palestinians. None of this should surprise anyone. The anger and frustration have been building for four decades. Anyone who has been paying attention knew something was going to happen and soon after the brutal way Israeli police and military forces busted head inside Al Aqsa Mosque, and the expulsion of Muslims from the mosque so Jews could enter and hold Jewish religious services inside. Imagine the anger if Muslims in the US forces, oh lets say Catholics out of one of their Cathedrals at gunpoint then held their Friday prayers there. It's the same thing. Right wing governments in Israel have been grinding the Palestinians under their army boots for five and a half decades. The government of Israel back in 1948 signed an agreement with the UN guaranteeing the right of Palestinians expelled in 1948 to return to Israel. But rather than adhere to that agreement successive Israeli governments have taken more and more land from Palestinian Arabs, dividing up their remaining land into little isolated pockets separated from each other by highways that only the Jewish may legally drive on and by big walls. And when the anger finally boils over into violence some here act indignant and blame the victims. Yeah, it makes me angry. Israel needs a good hard butt kicking to learn some humility.
You used 224 words to justify terrorism, and you never mentioned Hamas. Not even once. Amazing.
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Posted in: Baldwin used gun as 'pointing stick' on 'Rust' set, court hears See in context
Gasp. Baldwin didn't respect the firearms on set or firearms safety? Shocking...
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Posted in: Japanese student at Yale urges Gaza ceasefire as U.S. universities quiet dissent See in context
Desert Tortoise
You take my land and anything that happens as a result is on you.
You're actually legitimizing, even one iota, the atrocities Hamas' committed on 7 October? Because that's what this statement does.
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Posted in: Japanese student at Yale urges Gaza ceasefire as U.S. universities quiet dissent See in context
A Yale law student who can't comprehend the definition of genocide. How sad, but not surprising.
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Posted in: Japan spending survey shows one region really likes to drink See in context
They clearly forgot to poll Okinawans...
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Posted in: Moldovan breakaway region appeals to Russia as spat with pro-Western government worsens See in context
JJE
This article is about the hopes and aspirations of the people of Transnistria.
Under the hammer and sickle? Thanks for the laugh!
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Posted in: Theater company Takarazuka admits harassment of deceased actress See in context
The deceased woman could and should have quit if she couldn't hack it and nothing prevented her from doing so. She was a 25 year-old with 7-8 years of experience at Takarazuka and its not unreasonable to expect her to be responsible for her own well being and choices. Theater life, especially one as busy as Takarazuka, is tough and demanding, but the thousands of current and past members live with it and thrive (without killing themselves), or leave and move on. It's evident from the published investigation report that most of the reprimands she received were warranted and that she clearly was having a difficult time. Is the company blameless for the strict and high-pressure culture she lived in? No, but it shouldn't be held responsible for her choosing suicide over the many other options she had. Also, she has/had a sister who is also currently a performing member of Takarazuka so it's disingenuous of the parents that they didn't have any problem with having two daughters living and working in this environment (and the fame/status) for close to a decade but now do because of one of them made an unfortunate choice.
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Posted in: With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from stereotypes that have long dogged it See in context
The modern version is just a commercial form of pop music.
Modern country is no more commercialized than hip hop, which IMO has strayed further than country from its roots. Beyoncé’s just crossed over from one genre over-commercialized and populated by poseurs to another.
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