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    The US Presidency 2020

    I found this one informative and amusing.  ;) "He Predicted Trump’s Win in 2016. Now He’s Ready to Call 2020. Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully predicted the future." Featuring Allan Lichtman...
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    Word association (just for fun)

    Pie 
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    Word association (just for fun)

    Teachers pet
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    Word association (just for fun)

          JFK
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    Toronto: Love it or hate it?

    A Million $ isn't what it used to be.  :not-again:  Especially in GTA real estate.
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    CP-140 Aurora

    Thanks for the links Ping Monkey. Thats why I love this site.  :salute:
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    CP-140 Aurora

    Can you expand on 'self defence systems' ? That sounds active vice passive.
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    Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes

    "The Landing" in Airplane (1980)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2iIq3zaP6k
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    A.O.C. and the Jurassic Jerks

    Posting just because it's so well written and humourous: A.O.C. and the Jurassic Jerks For the Cave Man President and his party, clubbing women is not a path to victory. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/opinion/aoc-yoho-trump-2020.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
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    'The Last Full Measure’

    "The Last Full Measure’ Review: Remembering a Fallen War Hero This fact-based story directed by Todd Robinson follows the quest to get a Medal of Honor for a pararescue medic who died in Vietnam." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/movies/the-last-full-measure-review.html Watched this movie on...
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    18Jul20 Avro Lancaster

    Just a bit more on buying a seat for a warbird flight: http://lonestarflight.org/flight-experiences/flight-pricing $250 to $300 US I used to work/volunteer in this museum. Well worth a visit if you are ever in the area. Everything's big in Texas.  ;)
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    18Jul20 Avro Lancaster

    de Havilland Canada Chipmunk$225.00  ;) per seat Number of Passengers: 1 Length of Flight: 20 Minutes Membership Required: Yes Tax Receipt Amount: $70 https://www.warplane.com/aircraft/flights/buy.aspx   
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    John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80

    John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80 By Katharine Q. Seelye, NY Times Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle of nonviolence who was bloodied at Selma and across the Jim Crow South in the historic struggle for racial equality, and who then carried...
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    Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes

    "First" Reminds me of the day I was out jogging on the base and a 104 was making various maneuvers on the approach end of the runway. Quite an unusual thing to see being done with a 104. Met the pilot a few days later and he said something to the effect "Oh I was trying different speeds and...
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    A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life

    The one thing that stands out to me from going to university is reasoning. Writing papers, studying a topic in-depth to truly understand what factors influenced the outcome. Hopefully graduating and for the rest of your life being able to rationally, "scientifically" think through a...
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    Air Operations Support Technician (AOS Tech)

    Yes, the reg force ground crew. It's a long time ago, can't really recall why the reserves where there. Summertime employment? The reserves I met were from the Montreal area.
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    Air Operations Support Technician (AOS Tech)

    CFB Baden summer 1981 we had RCAF reservists coming over to do the same work as laid out in the video. Maybe that's where the idea came from.
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    A Deeply Fractured US

    Thanks for the article, thoughtful bias-free analysis, as far as I can see. :)
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    US Presidential Election 2020

    Quote from: Thucydides on April 20, 2017, 17:34:47 If the Dems are this dysfunctional in 2018 and 2020, then a long Trump Presidency is assured. "Is Trump Toast? There’s a persuasive argument that the 2020 election is already over. Only two of the past six presidents before Donald Trump lost...
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    Australia: "2020 Defence Strategic Update and 2020 Force Structure Plan"

    As always the presence of a real threat to national security sharpens the interest in all things military. "he growth of China’s national power, including its military modernization, means China’s policies and actions will have a major impact on the stability of the Indo‐Pacific to 2035."...
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