u/Golfandrun

Moe Norman was a Canadian golfer who many said was on the spectrum. He was probably the best ball striker to ever play, even acknowledged by Tiger Woods.

There are many stories and examples of him doing bizarre and unusual things while playing. Titleist gave him a lifetime achievement award which helped him live a decent life as he had no idea how to manage money.

He could have done well on the PGA, but some of the players mocked him relentlessly.

I bought a set of hollowers today that might have been used once. One still had the rubber on the tip. 16 inch set of 3 plus the handle for $110 CAD.

I've heard it said that Trump might be using this "threat" as a way to gain support against Iran.

I'm really starting to think they see both the same.

I have an interesting little stump that I cast in epoxy. I began shaving it down with my carbide cutter and all was going fine when all of a sudden a big grab and a chunk came off.

I switched to my bowl gouge and noticed it sounded odd. The chuck had lossened so I tightened it.

The grab and chunk coming off was due to the loose chuck.

Started again and a minute later it was loose again. Repeated over and over.

I've had this chuck for a long time and it has slacked off a few times, but this is another level.

When I tighten it I rotate to tighten from each hole and give it a pretty good turn.

I'm stumped at what is going on. I've turned larger and smaller pieces. I've turned pieces with epoxy and I've turned at different speeds. I have a good sized tenon. Any ideas what's going on? Do the chucks wear out?

I have little doubt Trump is under the influence of Putin and if you look at his record it seems the goal is to tear the US apart.

What has he accomplished?

He has isolated the US from all of it's previous allies.

He has degraded the Presidency to a position that is respected by 1/3 of Americans and Noone else on the planet. That's right. The rest of the world looks at him as a buffoon.

He has degraded the US military by removing much of the most competent leadership.

He has undermined the faith in American intelligence services by constantly taking advice and information from Russia over that of US agencies.

He has degraded the rule of law by committing war crimes at a whim.

He has degraded the public perception of law and law enforcement by having ICE and other agencies ignore protections and laws. He pardons criminals and prosecutes anyone who opposes him by weaponizing the justice system.

He has promoted racism to an extent unseen for 50 years.

He has perverted the US economic system by allowing and promoting the manipulation of stocks and investment.

Most importantly he has divided the American people in a way not seen since the Civil War.

If Putin had a wish list of what he would want to happen to the US, would there be any wish he hasn't received?

I hear so much about putting out wild fires. "We need more water bombers" Trump "I turned on the water in California" "If Canada won't do it......"

Here is the truth. Unless you catch a fire very early water bombers and hoses don't put these fires out.

Two things put out wildland fires:

1. The weather changes. Wind direction or rain.

2. It runs out of fuel. Natural or man made fire breaks. Lakes, rivers, roads or fire breaks built by firefighters.

Water bombers can protect specific locations, delay progress or steer a wildland fire. They rarely provide what's necessary to extinguish a fire. The math doesn't math. Google it.

The amount of heat involved is staggering and water can only absorb a finite amount of heat.

When you hear that not putting fires out is someone's fault it is just political grandstanding.

Let's also talk about Trump's claim Canada isn't managing their forests. There are forest management strategies that will reduce wildfires. Let's consider the scope of these strategies. If you had hundreds of thousands of people totally devoted to these strategies full time you might make a small dent in the situation. They are very labor intensive and the size of the forests is more than most can imagine.

Politicians need to talk about disasters. Unfortunately it seems the latest strategy is to blame situations on someone and make ridiculous threats rather than provide support and sympathy for really bad luck. Shame on these politicians for misleading people for political gain.

Two years ago we sold a rental property and took a large hit for capital gains. My OAS was closed back because my income was too high. I called today because it still hasn't gone back to the previous number. They told me it will be restored at the end of July. Is this a normal lag for the change?

So I just ordered my first laser engraver. I use my wood lathe to turn bowls.

The question. Does the engraver only work on a perfectly flat surface or can it work on a partially curved surface.

I bought it to engrave my name on the bottom which is flat but I'm just wondering if I could get a bit creative.

What about the millions who fought fascism?

So when I think of a President there are words I feel should be able to be used easily to describe them.

Let's give this a go.

Honest

Classy

Intelligent

Calm

Decisive

Respectful

Rational

Compassionate

Confident

I'm sure there are lots more. When I think of Obama I think all these and more apply

What do you think?

So in any real world scenario you would hold the installer responsible for the botched job on the reflecting pool. Now they walk away with no claim against them.

"Your Honor. Our job was perfect and none of this is our fault. The President has said it was because of vandalism and nothing else."

Just a bit of a peeve. I'm rewatching this and it bugs me the Michael Burnam was raised on Vulcan and trained like other Vulcans, but is very emotional. Many times crying or panicking or hugely sentimental.

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Watching the other Star Trek series I don't recall the other Vulcans crying unless there was a very specific explanation (Spock with the spores comes to mind). Why did the write her character as failing her Vulcan control so much? It just seems like a misd.

So I bought some stocks in GE a couple years ago in my USD account. I don't often look at it as the numbers aren't big. It split into two stocks awhile ago. I just took a peek and saw that it was up over 600 percent. Probably too late to add more, but I'm wondering why I haven't heard any talk about it.

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So I just watched this movie and it just makes me shake my head. There are so many issues, ideas and actions that could be a blueprint for what is happening now it's hard to imagine it being a coincidence.

If you haven't seen this movie, you should. It is a history some even try to deny now and that many do not have an awareness of.

Douglas Kelly was not believed in his conclusions afterwards, but was he wrong?

It would be such an amazing thing if similar trials were held sometime in the near future. Unfortunately when an ultimate power exists there is no possibility of accountability for that power.

So the plan is to do worse and worse things until people finally try to remove him by force. Then he will be able to declare martial law. The problem is the majority of Americans just don't care enough.

1/3 support him no matter what he does.

1/3 hate him because he is a disgusting criminal.

1/3 don't know or care enough to have an opinion

How, who, why does this exist? I'm a Canadian and just don't understand the thinking behind this or how it came to be.

A judge or jury or both of citizens come to a decision about guilt and punishment of a criminal and one person with no training in law and against the judgement of the people gets to set a criminal free without any oversight or even the need for any justification.

How does that fit in with government of the people for the people?

The founding fathers made lots of mistakes, but, to be fair, I just don't think they envisioned laws that would or could address a government that blatantly disrespects the Constitution and laws of the country.

A president could call for someone to assassinate an opponent with the promise of a pardon and pay them to to it.

A President could promote an insurrection and promise a pardon for any that helped.

A President could threaten even members of his own party without worry of consequence.

As I said, I'm Canadian and don't understand American politics, but it sure looks like your system is some pretty fucked up shit.

Maybe. If you guys can ever get rid of the present regime (very doubtful) you need to take a hard look at your laws/system and plan for the unlikely event that the criminals take over.

At a minimum you should not allow any member of your Supreme Court to have any political affiliations, including immediate family. They should be appointed based solely on legal qualifications and they should ultimately be able to be removed for cause.

None of your politicians or family, should be allowed to trade stocks.

You should have a law that prohibits politicians from accepting gifts or payments from anyone. (I know you have this, but.....)

Political contributions should be very strictly limited and policed. How does an Elon Musk situation fit into your political situation?

Any member of government should be prohibited from doing business with any branch of government. Let's say you use the same restrictions that are used for lottery employees. (At least, here in Canada there are very strict restrictions on who can win a lottery. Any connection between any employee or family to the winner and the winner is disqualified). Should be the same for business with politicians.

Military leadership, while being accountable to civilian government should not be able to be appointed or fired without serious process and accountability. How can you remove all you JAGs and any top Generals solely based on your political aspirations??

I know this is scratching the surface, but you guys are really messed up. I don't think you will have any real election (I see Putin style elections for you now) in the foreseeable future, but if it did actually happen you have so much work to do.