War Room Lounge v98: “Yes I’m a gangster and I committed that crime.”

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At the rate the right is adopting all of the worst behaviors of the left, in ten years they'll be saying: "No, I didn't call her a 'baby killer,' I called her a 'baby killa.'"

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[MVelsor]

Congrats Ty, you fucking legend. <45>

 

[Ruprecht]

It just occurred to me that, outside of wars, like zero poor people have ever died in helicopter crashes.

Not quite true unfortunately. At least over here they are frequently used in search and rescue or remote medical emergencies, sometimes in difficult conditions. Although I guess on a global scale of poverty you could say no Australians qualify.

 

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@Crazy Diamond

 

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@Crazy Diamond

this reminds me of the time I lost my right testicle in a surfing accident. years later I was selected for a unique & new medical procedure at the time, to which I had a neuticle installed. that corrected the imbalance I felt & made me whole again. my count went back up & on track & I've been good ever since, though, aside from the yearly checkups where they rig all these wires & pads to my 'nads. past two years have been a lot better because all I have to do now is wear a "cup" that does a complete live real time scan of my 'nads & can check up on my neuticle a lot faster & easier. in a couple of years I'm going to have to get a new one because my count is projected to drop, something about tricking my body more efficiently to operate as if I've never lost a testicle at all. life man, but that's the way she goes.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

This

Bro. I'm glad this is the death of that era of the Democrat party. If Bernie gets the nomination I'll be absolutely disgusted. Fucking Boomers man.

 

[MVelsor]

Bro. I'm glad this is the death of that era of the Democrat party. If Bernie gets the nomination I'll be absolutely disgusted. Fucking Boomers man.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

This

Not quite true unfortunately. At least over here they are frequently used in search and rescue or remote medical emergencies, sometimes in difficult conditions. Although I guess on a global scale of poverty you could say no Australians qualify.

I'm not going to scroll up to figure out the context but if those pasty mountain folk in Europe can teach a Saint Bernard to bring rum to avalanche victims y'all should have at least trained kangaroos for search and rescue.

 

[Prokofievian]

Fucking helicopters, man.

 

[Andy Capp]

@Crazy Diamond

Are you suggesting even dropping you off a bridge won't stop you from tagging me?

There is no angle from me. You have found friends here, I applaud that.

Uh, no. You said, "Like you have done the entire time in the lounge," "Among certain people, there will always be terms invented to point the finger at one group to show/solidify your membership in another." Your emphasis, not mine. So, in what way is that like what I have done "the entire time" in the lounge? Can you provide examples that show such a pattern of behavior?

Alternatively, you could admit what really motivates you.

 

[nac386]

Fucking helicopters, man.

I took a helicopter tour in Hawaii last year, and it was great, but at the same time it never feels 100% safe. Maybe it's because I'm not a helicopter pilot, but I felt like things could very easily go wrong with a single giant spinning blade keeping you airborne and only one second blade to help keep you balanced and moving in the right direction.

I wonder if amateur pilots like Bill Burr are doing a bit of soul searching today. I mean, at some point yesterday he must have thought, "Wow, this coverage could be about me. Maybe we don't have to skip traffic by using a helicopter. Maybe it's okay to slow down a little bit."

 

[MVelsor]

Fucking helicopters, man.

He had so much going on, just read this shit in USA Today couple days ago. I'm still sick.

COSTA MESA, Calif. – In a previous life, Kobe Bryant cared about specific hardware.

He had spent 20 years in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey collecting five NBA championship trophies, two Finals MVPs and one regular season MVP. When he sat in a room of his production studio recently, though, Bryant turned his head toward something he considered more meaningful. He stared at the Academy Award, Sports Emmy and Annie Award that he won for his short film, "Dear Basketball".

They’re at the top for me,” Bryant said in a wide-ranging interview with USA TODAY Sports. “It’s not something that was expected. As a kid, you kind of have the goal of winning championships and all these sorts of things. Being in the industry that I'm in now? It wasn't something that was thought of me winning an Oscar.”

He's founded Granity Studios, a multimedia company that has produced an ESPN+ series that analyzes professional athletes’ performances (“Detail”) and a No. 1-ranked kids and family podcast that teaches life lessons through melodies and sports (“The Punies”). Bryant has overseen the publication of three sports fantasy children’s books and a fourth - “The Wizenard Series: Season One” - hits bookshelves March 31.

Instead of displaying NBA-related memorabilia, Bryant’s workspace features shelves of his published work, other biographies and fantasy novels. As author Ivy Claire said, “sometimes, I forget he’s Kobe Bryant. To me, he’s just a guy with a bunch of book ideas.”

Bryant has overseen his storytelling company that has 12 full-time employees and various contractors. He opened two training facilities dubbed the “Mamba Sports Academy” in Thousand Oaks and Redondo Beach. And he has coached his second-oldest daughter’s AAU basketball team, naturally called “The Mambas”.

"You got to do what you love to do,” Bryant said. “I love telling stories. I love inspiring kids or providing them with tools that are going to help them.”

Bryant realized traditional publishers did not share his ideas. So, he launched his own publishing company. That maximizes his creative freedom and protects his intellectual property. Then, he became just as restless as he did when he played basketball. Bryant admitted “it takes them a little getting used to" when he texts or calls writers at all hours with feedback. Claire mused, “If it wasn’t Kobe Bryant, my husband would’ve wondered, ‘Who is this man calling you all the time at 2 in the morning?’"

Despite those late-night exchanges, Bryant still often reports to his office at 8 a.m. After leaving at 2 p.m. to pick up his daughters from school, Bryant returns around 3:30 p.m. for more work. Beyond obsessing over plot development and sentence structure, Bryant also cares about preparation. Because of that workload, he's rarely watched NBA games after he retired. He only did so if a player asked him to review film. Otherwise, he spent most of his time on his projects or with his family.

That changed last year when his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, wanted to watch NBA League Pass almost every evening. Bryant took her to two Lakers games this season so she could see Lebron James and Anthony Davis, Atlanta’s Trae Young and Dallas’ Luka Doncic. After predicting he would not have the patience to coach NBA players, Bryant has shown he does have it while coaching Gianna’s AAU team the past two years.

“Coaching youth sports is so important to take very seriously because you're helping the emotional development of young kids,” Bryant said. “So it’s understanding not to be overcritical and understanding that (there) are going to be mistakes.”

Next up? Making books into films.

ESPN has renewed “Detail” for three more seasons, which will feature 52 episodes per year and undisclosed guest appearances. “The Punies” podcast will launch its third season in August, which will feature 10 episodes plus a Christmas special. In 2020, the podcast will be produced into an animated television series.

“Our challenge now is taking books and making them into films, feature films and in series, some of which will be animated and some of which will be live action,” Bryant said. “So it's figuring out how to do that, while understanding that owning the intellectual property is absolutely essential. It's fun to figure out the journey, but it’s also extremely frustrating. Things don't move as fast as you want them to... but that's OK.”

 

[Prokofievian]

I took a helicopter tour in Hawaii last year, and it was great, but at the same time it never feels 100% safe. Maybe it's because I'm not a helicopter pilot, but I felt like things could very easily go wrong with a single giant spinning blade keeping you airborne and only one second blade to help keep you balanced and moving in the right direction.

I wonder if amateur pilots like Bill Burr are doing a bit of soul searching today. I mean, at some point yesterday he must have thought, "Wow, this coverage could be about me. Maybe we don't have to skip traffic by using a helicopter. Maybe it's okay to slow down a little bit."

1.44 fatalities per 100,000 hours of flight time. If you spend 1000 hours in a chopper over a lifetime, you're still only 98.6% safe lol. That's a yikes from me dawg.

 

[MVelsor]

I took a helicopter tour in Hawaii last year, and it was great, but at the same time it never feels 100% safe. Maybe it's because I'm not a helicopter pilot, but I felt like things could very easily go wrong with a single giant spinning blade keeping you airborne and only one second blade to help keep you balanced and moving in the right direction.

I wonder if amateur pilots like Bill Burr are doing a bit of soul searching today. I mean, at some point yesterday he must have thought, "Wow, this coverage could be about me. Maybe we don't have to skip traffic by using a helicopter. Maybe it's okay to slow down a little bit."

1.44 fatalities per 100,000 hours of flight time. If you spend 1000 hours in a chopper over a lifetime, you're still only 98.6% safe lol. That's a yikes from me dawg.

They have a lot more moving parts than airplanes between the main rotor, tail rotor, gearbox, and a drive shaft that runs the length of them. They're also all in constant motion and wear out quicker; if any of those parts malfunction, chopper be spinning out of control. It wouldn't look to be either pilot nor mechanical error here though. Human Error in general, maybe. Like, c'mon bro.

http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-27/kobe-bryant-crash-and-helicopter-safety

The investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others aboard a Sikorsky S-76B will probably focus on foggy weather conditions and potential mechanical problems, aviation experts and pilots said Sunday.

Visibility in the region was so poor at the time of the crash, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m. in Calabasas, that the Los Angeles police and county sheriff’s departments had grounded their helicopters.

Bad weather would not necessarily have prevented Bryant’s helicopter from flying, because it should have been equipped with instruments that allow pilots to fly in inclement conditions, experts said. But if not using the instruments, the pilot would have been operating the helicopter under visual flight rules, or VFR, which require good visibility.

 

[tonni]

This


I'm not going to scroll up to figure out the context but if those pasty mountain folk in Europe can teach a Saint Bernard to bring rum to avalanche victims y'all should have at least trained kangaroos for search and rescue.

My mom used to tell me the Saint Bernards are just hungry and that's why they find the people so quickly. I grew up thinking Saint Bernards were merciless killers.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

My mom used to tell me the Saint Bernards are just hungry and that's why they find the people so quickly. I grew up thinking Saint Bernards were merciless killers.

you never saw Beethoven as a kid?

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

My mom used to tell me the Saint Bernards are just hungry and that's why they find the people so quickly. I grew up thinking Saint Bernards were merciless killers.

I guess Beethoven wasn't hit a in Belgium

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

you never saw Beethoven as a kid?

Great minds....

 

[tonni]

you never saw Beethoven as a kid?

I guess Beethoven wasn't hit a in Belgium

I wasn't a retard kid that believed in movies