Zipitydew

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[–] Zipitydew 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

only Americans who go to KFC drink Pepsi.

Yes and those people who go to KFC are less likely to be Republicans which is what this graphic is breaking down.

Brands do demographic surveys all the time. Chick-fil-A is the top fried chicken place for self-identified Republicans. And also happens to serve coke products exclusively.

[–] Zipitydew 14 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Or Pepsi and baseball? It should be the NFL and Coke instead of those two.

[–] Zipitydew 1 points 4 months ago

Which is exactly what I'm getting at. She won the popular vote. By a lot. Dropped the ball in swing states. Lost the election because you win through the EC.

A ticket popular on the coasts and only popular there is gambling with losing the EC again. AOC isn't nearly as popular as people here are suggesting. Harris will have tough odds to beat Trump.

A Harris/AOC ticket isn't going to do well in swing states. It only plays well to states that are already solid blue.

[–] Zipitydew -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The entire fucking point of the primary process is to pick the candidate more people said they'd vote for in the general.

Ignoring the results of that process is what got us Hillary. Who the DNC also assumed would get the most votes. Just like you're making assumptions now without any supporting reasons other than opinion and hope.

[–] Zipitydew 0 points 4 months ago (5 children)

-Arizona: Biden 44%, Bernie 33%

-Wisconsin: Biden 63%, Bernie 32%

-Michigan: Biden 53%, Bernie 36%

-Georgia doesn't matter because Bernie dropped out by then but Biden still got 85%

These are all states Harris needs to win again. Where is this mythical progressive vote going to be energized from? It had a chance to pick Bernie again in the 2020 primaries. And did not show up. It sucks cause I voted Bernie 2016 and 2020. But the reality is swing states are where the election is won. And swing states skew moderate.

[–] Zipitydew 40 points 4 months ago

Damn that's so obvious too. Like their whole best seller book scam. You're probably right.

[–] Zipitydew 0 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Biden handily beat Bernie in swing states during 2020 primaries. It sucks because I wish we didn't have to worry about the EC. But we still do. So until it's gone we'll be stuck watching moderate candidates have the best path to winning.

[–] Zipitydew 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They are somewhat deliberately picked. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/31/joe-biden-secret-service-team-trump-loyalty

And the rumors back in 2020 were that Trump made sure his team were all MAGA people. That way he didn't have to worry about snitching. Which was later demonstrated when the USSS just magically up and lost records they should have had from Jan 6th.

[–] Zipitydew 3 points 4 months ago

It's funnier than that. Spirit was Boeing. Before dipshit Jack Welch copycats spun it off. Now they're buying it back.

[–] Zipitydew 1 points 4 months ago

What page did you see those details on in the report? I skimmed it between meetings and will look again later.

[–] Zipitydew 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The new design was vibration tested for five hours both laterally and vertically without failure and the system had a first mode resonant frequency response at 170 Hz and a second mode at 260 Hz. Analysis of the drain tube at 165 Hz demonstrated that with a 5g or 10g input load, the drain tube would fracture after either 200,000 or 21,000 fatigue cycles respectively, at the bend adjacent to the slat track housing. This equates to approximately either 20 minutes or 2 minutes of operation.

Doesn't seem to be major issue there either. Above is a quote from the AAIB report. They're talking about an already redesigned and upgraded drain this plan had installed in 2012. It was found the redesigned part performed better than required. Even when damaged on purpose before testing. The recommendation here is more like hey FAA maybe you should update the test requirements. 20 minutes or 2 minutes of holding up while shit is going wrong might not be enough.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/308139

But even with all this going on the engine was making thrust. Pilot was just worried about flying across the Atlantic with a vibration they noticed was getting worse after 20 minutes in the air. They suspected but didn't even know the engine was blown until back on the ground. The fire was happening in the exhaust stream and not within any part of the plane itself.

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