u/Golfandrun

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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/shrug

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.

I have used resin for the last 7 years. I started with West, but it's really expensive. I have used a couple different resins with pretty good results, but I got caught in the pricing of Magic and it isn't magic. I've had my last 4 projects ruined by the resin not curing. I contacted them and they suggested different reasons why it didn't cure.

My latest project I used no dyes or pigments, the pour was thin, I measured very precisely, I mixed very thoroughly, I pre warmed both parts A and B and I put the piece in a warm room. A week later and it's still pretty much liquid.

I'm not sure if I just got a bad shipment or what else could possibly be wrong.

Does anyone have a suggested product in Canada that is reliable and not crazy expensive?

With the security they have for Trump there is no way someone could get a gun that close. They check everything everywhere.