Nobody Cares: PRS

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

As long as one engine is still functioning the passengers are pretty safe. Modern airplanes are constructed with that case in mind and are able to fly with one functioning jet engine only. The standard covering this is being called ETOPS or Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards.

Depending on the airplane manufacturer and type an airplane is able to fly from 180 up to 330 minutes with one engine.

Since two engines are nowadays enough, four engines became somewhat less popular. Also due to fuel demands.

ETOPS also means that in worst case your route must be calculated that way that any time the nearest airport you can land on in case of emergency must be in reach within this certified time frame.

In 2003 an airplane from New Zealand e.g. was still flying over three hours with one engine only before landing on Kona, Hawaii.

So yes, not such a nice sight to have, but prayers are only necessary if both engines are burst up into flames and gone.

 

[Sid]

If this turns out to be true, our national team should boycot this world championships IMHO.
But most likely (as always) money will talk.

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar as it gears up for World Cup

Guardian analysis indicates shocking figure likely to be an underestimate, as preparations for 2022 tournament continue

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Woods' vehicle was going north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse road, on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes, when it crashed and sustained "major damage," the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

Woods was the driver and only occupant of the vehicle, the statement said.

He was rushed into surgery at a nearby hospital where he was treated for a compound fractures in at least one leg, law enforcement sources said.

Yikes

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

"Where's Bernie?" - the game.

Where's Bernie?

Bernie is an unassuming guy, so sometimes he can be hard to find. See if you can pick out the curmudgeonly Senator as he tries to hide in different crowds.

www.commanderx16.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

So much briefing and counter-briefing


Evernote link because paywall

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Thread

 

[Sovereignty]

The Book That Should Change How Progressives Talk About Race

So McGhee is trying to shift the focus from how racism benefits white people to how it costs them. Why is student debt so crushing in a country that once had excellent universities that were cheap or even free? Why is American health care such a disaster? Why is our democracy being strangled by minority rule? As the first line of McGhee’s book asks, “Why can’t we have nice things?” Racism is a huge part of the answer.

 

[Sovereignty]

Related to previous post.

 

[Ellie]

Baby Shark Is Real! Indonesian Fisherman Hauls In Unbelievable Catch

I did not have this on my 2021 bingo card.

I am once again seeking respite from endless replays of THAT song after this hit local news.

 

[Free]

 

[Ellie]

As I Brit by birth, I really hate to say France is beating the pants off the UK (and the US, etc, etc)

Covid: France rewards frontline immigrant workers with citizenship

"Health professionals, cleaning ladies, childcare workers, checkout staff: They all proved their commitment to the nation, and it is now the turn of the republic to take a step towards them," the office of Marlene Schiappa, junior minister for citizenship, said on Tuesday.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

In the same spirit as service in their Foreign Legion. Serve the country, you’re a citizen.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Ellie]

For when you can afford to choose.

ImportYeti - Find Quality Suppliers

Search 60 Million U.S. Customs Sea Shipment Records Instantly

I spent the last 8 months during lockdown pouring my soul into a website that allows you to visualize virtually every U.S. company's international supply chain. E.x. What products, how much, which factories and where does Lululemon import from? (Just type a company in the search box)

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Minneapolis gives way more to state tax revenue than what it gets back in state aid

New report showcases the outsized role the state's largest city plays in Minnesota's overall economy.

www.axios.com

This echoes what I was talking about in another thread. Notice that the majority of state funding for MN is schools. This is during a time when Democrats have been in charge. We were lucky during the Trump years unlike the Bush years when Republicans at both the national and state level were in charge and cut funding for everything in sight, especially public schools.

That seems to be part and parcel of three beliefs, the first being attempts to defund public schools in favor of charter and private schools, especially when they have a profit motive of their friends ala Betsy Devos, the hatred of teacher unions and in the background beliefs like what we see in this article that cities are subsidized by the larger state, similar to those who believe that on a national level, despite all evidence to the contrary When they get into office, they slash school funding and it falls to property taxes.

Also, remember that Trump refused any aid whatsoever following last years protest damages. We have our own Moscow Mitch in the Senate. His name is Paul Gazelka and he, very much, is a typical lie spewing republican. The greater public may fall for these ruses but these politicians know exactly what they are doing and I see it in the vein of misinformation.

 

[Free]

Marjorie Taylor Greene Slammed By Colleagues For Attacking Congresswoman's Trans Daughter

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) drew fire from her colleagues after she attacked the transgender daughter of a fellow congresswoman, and hung an anti-trans sign outside her office. On Tuesday, Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL), whose daughter is transgender, gave a speech on the House floor in support...

www.mediaite.com

 

[Ryanna Enfield]

She has created a hostile work environment. Any private sector job would have fired her already.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]