Because, America

[rmgill]

Also, a note on why the Green factors in heavily. Corporate leadership are given bonuses on ESG score. Making the company more green, diverse, etc, raises the ESG score. ESG score cares NOT about aircraft safety, re-works, aircraft falling out of the sky. 

Short term stock price increases and bonuses for ESG score increases is a perverse incentive for leadership. 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Ivanhoe]

46 minutes ago, Tim Sielbeck said:

 

When I retire in 10 years or so, I am strongly thinking about buying a 1960s American coupe and doing a restomod. Good luck trying to hack a 4 bbl carburetor from DC;

 

 

 

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

Mt thoughts exactly.

[Ssnake]

Which is why they try to phase out gasoline. Good luck with your vintage car, then. Oh, it also need leaded fuel. How long is that going to be available?

[EchoFiveMike]

Burn ethanol.  Use aftermarket heads with proper exhaust seats.  Run 13.8:1 compression, make moar powah!  S/F....Ken M

[sunday]

1 hour ago, EchoFiveMike said:

Burn ethanol.  Use aftermarket heads with proper exhaust seats.  Run 13.8:1 compression, make moar powah!  S/F....Ken M

Change the gaskets of the fuel system, too.

[Ivanhoe]

Hope for the best, expect the worst;

 

[Ivanhoe]

Oy vey;

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/us-faa-issues-ground-stop-advisory-for-alaska-airlines/ar-BB1lNflF
 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop advisory on Wednesday for Alaska Airlines, saying: "All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped."

In a separate statement, the FAA said the carrier "asked the FAA to pause the airline’s mainline departures nationwide." It did not provide a reason for the stoppage.

CNBC reported that the airline's system used to calculate weight and balance for flights was not functioning correctly.

Alaska Airlines and the FAA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

 

Heck, W&B is a mere formality. If center of gravity is aft of the center of pressure, just wait a few. Parts will fall off, relocating CG forward. If things still feel mushy, simply dump the blue tanks. 

 

 

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Ssnake]

We discussed this before, probably in this thread.

 

[Ivanhoe]

[Rick]

This book should do well. 

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/new-book-detransitioners-decrying-gender-affirming-care-return-faith-family-foundations

[JWB]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

A video on the ATF murder in Arkansas:

 

https://youtu.be/d5fC6qFbhH8

 

Edited April 24 by Tim Sielbeck

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[rmgill]

Someone should draft a similar order for that agency head and see if a sheriff will execute it. 

[sunday]

More on the Boeing thing

 

[urbanoid]

Aaand

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Second Boeing whistleblower dies after short illness

Joshua Dean, 45, former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged ‘gross misconduct by quality management’

Joshua Dean, a Boeing whistleblower who warned of manufacturing defects in the planemaker’s 737 Max, has died after a short illness, the second Boeing whistleblower to die this year.

Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleging “serious and gross misconduct by senior quality management of the 737 production line” at Spirit.

In 2018 and 2019, two 737 Max planes were involved in fatal crashes, which killed 346 people. Dean was fired by Spirit last year, and filed a complaint with the Department of Labor alleging that his termination was in retaliation for raising safety concerns.

According to the Seattle Times, Dean was hospitalized after having trouble breathing. He was intubated and developed pneumonia and a serious infection before dying two weeks later.

“He passed away yesterday morning, and his absence will be deeply felt. We will always love you Josh,” Dean’s aunt, Carol Dean Parsons, said via Facebook.

Dean was represented by the same law firm that represented Boeing whistleblower John “Mitch” Barnett. Barnett, 62, was found dead in March from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Barnett spent almost three decades at Boeing, and told the New York Times in 2019 that he had found “clusters or metal slivers” hanging over the wiring of flight controls that could have caused “catastrophic” damage if they had penetrated wires.

He alleged that management had ignored his complaints and moved him to another part of the plant.

Last month, another Boeing whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, told Congress there was “no safety culture” at Boeing, and alleged that employees who raised the alarm were “ignored, marginalized, threatened, sidelined and worse”. He said he feared “physical violence” after going public with his concerns.

US regulators are now investigating Boeing after a mid-air door-panel blowout in January on a Boeing 737 Max 9.

Reuters reported last month that the justice department is now weighing whether Boeing violated an agreement that shielded it from criminal prosecution over the fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/second-boeing-whistleblower-dies

[rmgill]

 

[sunday]

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For good measure, this latest attack on the First Amendment adds a new attack on religion also. The new definition includes “Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.” Accordingly, a Christian Bible study group on a college campus studying a disfavored passage could violate federal law. 

While Jews may be cheering on the outlawing of sections of the Christian Bible, they should not be throwing stones in glass synagogues. This past week, synagogues around the world read from Leviticus 18:22 which states: “You shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, it is an abomination.” That passage is also read on Yom Kippur. When the protestor tents are eventually cleared from the quad, how long before a new definition of “homophobia” is added to ban Leviticus from college campuses? 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/first-they-came-christians-i-said-nothing-because/

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“First They Came for the Christians But I Said Nothing Because I Was a Jew…” OP-ED By Rabbi and J6 Attorney CRITICIZES NEW ANTI-SEMITISM BILL

Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of the new anti-antisemitism bill, which adopts a new definition of antisemitism and provides the government with a way to punish wrong think about Jews and Israel, including anyone who suggests that Jews control the government. According to our government, the way to dispel the myth that Jews control the government is for the government to pass a law that punishes anyone who suggests that Jews control the government.

Under the law, if the Department of Education finds “antisemitism” at an institution that receives federal funding – which is virtually every institution – the government can coerce the school to deal with it by whatever means necessary or else risk losing federal dollars or worse, the Department of Justice will sue the institution into oblivion. This sounds great if the awesome power of the government is directed at Hamas sympathizers threatening Jewish students and causing schools to impose COVID-style lockdowns. The Patriot Act also sounded great when they told us it was for our protection. How is that one working out?

Consistent with the theme of federal criminal statutes, the new definition of “antisemitism” is nebulous enough to apply to nobody and broad enough to apply to everybody. This is perfect for a Department of Justice that enjoys selectively prosecuting its political enemies and turning a blind eye to its political allies. The bill is also right in line with the subtle agenda to gradually erode our free speech; the law does not criminalize speech, it merely encourages schools to destroy the lives of students and faculty who express an unpopular opinion.

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This antisemitism law is bad for Jews and bad for America. Those cheering on this and other new laws that can just as easily be turned against them, should remember the famous poem that applies to all government: First they came for [fill in the blank] and I did not speak out because I wasn’t one of them. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Rabbi Jonathan Gross is a civil rights attorney in Baltimore, MD. He is an attorney for the political prisoners of January 6th. You can follow  Jonathan Gross here on Twitter.

 

[rmgill]

Couple of fire breaks in the law. 

There is a clause that says that nothing in the law is meant to run counter to the 1st amendment. 

2nd a law passed doesn't counter the 1st amendment. Courts will disable the offending portions. Assuming they go through the proper discussions and aren't idiots. 

I'm pretty sanguine about court protections, case law and stare decisis where it concerns the 1st amendment.  I'ts the second where things get hairy because even with clear tests out of Bruin, the lower courts still want to add in requirements for the test or just ignore it entirely and rest on older case law that's less controlling or worse REALLY bad case law like Cruikshank.