Friday, April 28, 2017
A new low in comments by Trump
Trump boasts of highest TV ratings since ‘the World Trade Center came down’
Donald Trump has long been television ratings gold, and, even as president, he has kept his eye squarely on the small screen as a gauge of his popularity, a barometer for his governing agenda and his ability to dominate the airwaves, as The Washington Post's Ashley Parker and Robert Costa reported Monday.
Now, in an interview with the Associated Press released Sunday, Trump set a new standard of hubris even for himself — comparing his ratings prowess to one of the darkest days in U.S. history: Sept. 11, 2001.
“It's the highest for 'Face the Nation' or as I call it, 'Deface the Nation,' " Trump told the AP's Julie Pace, referring to the CBS News Sunday political talk show. “It's the highest for 'Deface the Nation' since the World Trade Center — since the World Trade Center came down.”
Trump said he helped the CBS Sunday morning political talk show score 5.2 million viewers, although it was not clear which appearance he was referring to. Trump's appearance in January 2016 registered 4.6 million viewers, according to TV Newser. His subsequent appearances on “Face the Nation” during the campaign last year got lower ratings, including after a Republican primary debate in February 2016.
Pemberton Goose finished and flying
This is from a guy that has been restoring old planes for a long time, the latest is this one...he is in Spokane Washington....where I lived and worked for almost 10 years, the guy who keeps me up to date is the widower of my first roommate there...we both worked for Ma Bell, and the sender was stationed at Fairchild...
To all:
After 5 years of banging on the Goose most week nights and weekends with a host of skilled volunteers and family N95467 left the surly bonds of earth for the 1st time last Monday April 17 without a hitch. After the 40 min test hop over the airport out test pilot Fred Ball “Mr. Goose” gave rides to all our Goose project volunteers. Right after the ride session training for my son Jay and I started. After 2 ½ intense training days Jay and I were signed off and met insurance requirements. As of Wednesday night Hobbs shows nearly 20 hrs. on the airplane already. Ryan was also able to fly a bit with Fred and get a left seat taste of Goose nirvana as well. In time Ryan will get his MEL and MES in the Goose when Jay and I get up to speed to start training for him.
Our Goose N95467 SN 1161 was manufactured in 1942 as a lend lease JRF-6B for the British Royal Navy. It spent its post WW2 life flying Catalina island, the Caribbean and Alaska until the airplane was worn out and in need of massive repair work. While in the Caribbean it was owned by Charlie Blair and his movie star wife Maureen O’Hare who operated Antilles airlines. . It ended up in Palm Springs at the Bob Pond Air Museum as a static display for the 19 years before we purchased the airplane as a project .We disassembled the airplane and trucked it to Spokane in the Spring of 2012. After completion of our Waco Custom Cabin in the fall of 2012 the Goose restoration took off with an 8000 hrs. effort on major center section ,fuselage and wing repair. This endless effort was followed by all new systems and paint. I have always loved 1942 US NAVY tricolor paint scheme and wanted NAS Whidbey Island livery as we are from Washington state.
The aircraft check out was interesting and new to us as the Goose requires unique tail wheel aircraft techneque . Water work is amazing and we have a lot to learn before tackling other than benign water conditions for now. The Goose is proving to be one of my most rewarding flying experiences to date. Fred Ball our check pilot is a wealth of knowledge and skill with the airplane. Fred has 15,000 hrs. in the Goose and Widgeon. Operating the aircraft in an open ocean with high swells seems at this point unreal. We will keep the airplane in fresh water and easy water for the rest of its life.
My many thanks goes out to the Grumman flying boat operation and owner community which has been inviable to us the last 5 years. Our Fresh Covington R985 Pratts are turbine smooth, powerful and leak tight. Covington builds a great engine. We have 5 Covington engines in our fleet and all of engines give great performance and reliability. The 2 blade 22D30 Hamilton Standard long blade props pull very hard and provide great performance. Other than noise I am puzzled as to why so many Beech 18’s and most Gooses run 3 blade Hartzell props which do not perform as well require min RPM to feather and are extremely expensive?? There is a recurring AD on the Hamilton Standard props but our prop shop turns them in reasonable time and cost.
Addison Pemberton
Thanks Kerry
Thursday, April 27, 2017
The GOP is laughing at you America
You just can't make this stuff up. According to Vox, Republicans have decided to exempt members of Congress and staff from the latest proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act. In other words, all the proposed rollbacks that will affect millions of Americans, won't touch those who wrote it.
Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal
Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.
An incoherent interview with 45
A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace. Where the audio recording of the interview is unclear, ellipses or a notation that the recording was unintelligible are used.
AP: I do want to talk to you about the 100 days.
TRUMP: Good.
AP: I want to ask a few questions on some topics that are happening toward the end of the interview.
TRUMP: Did you see Aya (Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker who had been detained in the country for nearly three years) ...
AP: Can you tell me a little bit about how that came about?
TRUMP: No, just — you know, I asked the government to let her out. ...
TRUMP: You know Obama worked on it for three years, got zippo, zero.
AP: How did you hear about this story?
TRUMP: Many people, human rights people, are talking about it. It's an incredible thing, especially when you meet her. You realize — I mean, she was in a rough place.
AP: Did you have to strike a deal with (Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah) el-Sissi over this?
TRUMP: No. No deal. He was here. He — I said, "I really would appreciate it if you would look into this and let her out." And as you know, she went through a trial. And anyway, she was let go. And not only she, it was a total of eight people. ...
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TRUMP: Yeah, it's funny: One of the best chemistries I had was with (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel.
(Crosstalk) AP: Really?
TRUMP: Chancellor Merkel.
TRUMP: And I guess somebody shouted out, "Shake her hand, shake her hand," you know. But I never heard it. But I had already shaken her hand four times. You know, because we were together for a long time.
AP: Did you expect you would have good chemistry with her?
TRUMP: No. Because, um, I'm at odds on, you know, the NATO payments and I'm at odds on immigration. We had unbelievable chemistry. And people have given me credit for having great chemistry with all of the leaders, including el-Sissi. ...
TRUMP: So it was a great thing to see that happen.
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AP: Do you feel like you have changed the office of the presidency, how the presidency can be used to effect change?
TRUMP: I think the 100 days is, you know, it's an artificial barrier. It's not very meaningful. I think I've established amazing relationships that will be used the four or eight years, whatever period of time I'm here. I think for that I would be getting very high marks because I've established great relationships with countries, as President el-Sissi has shown and others have shown. Well, if you look at the president of China, people said they've never seen anything like what's going on right now. I really liked him a lot. I think he liked me. We have a great chemistry together. ...
From the DoDo's mouth
7 Baffling Moments From Donald Trump’s AP Interview
So many words, so little sense.
President Donald Trump lied about his policy accomplishments, interrupted himself, and went off on a series of incoherent rants during a recent interview with The Associated Press.
The AP released part of the interview last week, but made a fuller transcript available late Sunday. You can read it in full here, but beware: It’s a doozy. The phrase “Donald Trump is unintelligible” was even a top trending topic on Twitter early Monday ― a reference to the 16 times during the one-on-one interview where whatever the president said was apparently impossible to transcribe.
Here are some of the interview’s most bizarre moments:
Shunning reality, Trump said he’s “mostly there” on fulfilling the promises of his first 100 days.
With the 100-day mark looming on April 29, the president has fallen short on every one of the legislative goals he set last year in his “100-day action plan.” Most notably, the Republican health care bill that Trump campaigned extensively for went down in flames. He has also failed to secure funding for the wall he’s hoping to build along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump claimed he’s never supported WikiLeaks, despite havingrepeatedly said otherwise.
When WikiLeaks published hacked Democratic Party emails during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump brought it up at his rallies at every opportunity. But on Friday, when asked about reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is planning to pursue charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Trump sang a different tune.
“Never heard of Wikileaks, never heard of it,” he told the AP. “When Wikileaks came out, all I was just saying is, ‘Well, look at all this information here, this is pretty good stuff’... I don’t support or unsupport.”
This is what he said back in October:
Golf Joke
Two friends who grew old together made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other how life after death was. Their biggest fear was that there was no after life at all.
After a long life, Dan was the first to die. Benny mourned him, and waited for him to come and visit.
True to his word, two months later, as Benny was sleeping, the voice of Dan appeared in his head.
"Benny...Benny..."
"My gosh... Is that you, Dan?"
"Yes, I've come back like we agreed."
"That's wonderful! What's it like?"
"My gosh... Is that you, Dan?"
"Yes, I've come back like we agreed."
"That's wonderful! What's it like?"
"Well, I get up in the morning, I have intercourse. I have breakfast and then it's off to the golf course. I have intercourse again, bathe in the warm sun and then have intercourse a couple more times... then I have lunch (keeping healthy, lots of greens).
Another romp around the golf course, then pretty much have intercourse the rest of the afternoon. After supper, it's back to the golf course again. Then it's more intercourse until late at night. I catch some much needed sleep and then the next day it starts all over again".
"Wow, Dan! Heaven sounds amazing!"
"What heaven? I'm a rabbit somewhere in Arizona."
"Wow, Dan! Heaven sounds amazing!"
"What heaven? I'm a rabbit somewhere in Arizona."
Thanks Randy
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