Yes, he worked on the 787, which was the plane in question. That in and of itself isn’t evidence of malfeasance, wrongdoing, or some specialized knowledge that only Barnett himself could know.

I reiterate my point. Given how the legal system works (namely discovery), if Barnett had truly damaging potential evidence or…

A fucking huge-arse aerospace company and defence contractor who’s trying to stem their haemorrhaging stock price after a series of high-profile screw-ups? Hmmm...

I was stunned she beat Viola Davis, but the Oscars went through a stretch (maybe a reaction to superhero movies and other franchises) where it seemed to go out of the way reward the movies seen by the absolute fewest people.

Haha, I was also going to go the route of denoting the exact characters, but you did a bang up job.

Granted, I don’t think that 2016 was an upset for Stone over Portman, and I do think that Frances deserved beating Streep and Robbie in 2017 (Three Billboards was fantastic).

I will continue to say that Nomadland was not…

I’d argue since two of their main factories are still in Washington (Everett and Renton), and those factories produce every other plane except the 787, the appellation is appropriate. 

The only reasons Boeing would do it are that they felt what he was still going to say would be absolutely 100% guaranteed to ruin them, or that they are just incredibly stupid.

Exactly.

Boeing was facing their greatest amount of heat back in 2019 when he initially spoke out, and he was only 2 years removed from his position at the company (even though he likely had no direct dealings with the 737 MAX airframe).

The reality is that Boeing’s heat is mostly due to failures of the 737 MAX. This…

No? Just wanna jump onto the internet and argue and fight for arguings sake because Lily didn’t win? Obviously yes.

My apologies for the misread. Hard to tell through text (and websites like these).

There are two different things at play.

1. A fundamental legal criticism to the reading and interpretation of the 2nd Amendment.
2. A logistical understanding of how to implement it in regards to what has occurred in the last 230+ years of the US being a nation.

I personally think that the 2nd Amendment, as written, is…

I think the writers of the Constitution never really considered that the American people would vote enough for a corrupt authoritarian-aspiring clown to get him/her into office. Rather shortsighted on their part, especially considering their “solution” of an Electoral College.

True, but people seem to be ignoring some very important facts

This guy was already known to Boeing as far back as 2019, which was the aftermath of the two crashes due to the faulty MCAS system. Those are/were much more serious by every stretch of the imagination than this most recent door being blown out (due to…

I think the most interesting part of the movie was having such a passive protagonist.

I agree.

This was an incredibly strong year, and the trend for Best Picture for the last couple years have been films which are more visually arresting in a manner that Scorsese hasn’t really done in awhile (excluding CODA). KOTFM, while beautiful, visually looks like a Scorsese live-action movie, which we’ve seen in…

Did you actually see Flower Moon? It does end on a happy note and there is a “white savior” in that one too.

I’m still retroactively smarting for the fact that Casino only got one Oscar nomination (Sharon Stone for Best Actress). I just looked up the nominations for Best Picture that Oscar season, and you had Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, and Sense and Sensibility.

The last 3 listed are out for me, Apollo 13 was…

I was thinking about this last night, and come to a realization: Best Actress winners, by and large, have been for very exhuberant, “showy” roles, especially in the last 20 years. For example:

2022: Michelle Yeoh - Showy
2021: Jessica Chastain - Showy
2020: Frances McDormand - An understated exception
2019: Renee…

I don’t see nor hear anything quacking.

The only reason this guy is notable is because of the current investigation against a private company who is already facing a shitstorm. The likelihood that he’d know any specific revelations pertinent to issues relating to the 737 MAX (an airplane he didn’t work on) seems minor.…

Exactly.

One of the emblematic traits of conspiracy theories (and theorists) is that they presuppose two things that are often incompatible: that whomever is in on the conspiracy is all-powerful and all-knowing (thus able to get done what they wany to get done), but they’re also so incompetent that they’re easy to…

As someone who isn’t operating the vehicle, how would you determine at what point a person can’t board? Do you use BAC? That wouldn’t work universally, because BAC doesn’t effect everybody the same way at the same levels. If it’s just the eye/smell test, you’re now raising the potential of (admittedly warranted)…