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Business, Economics & Tax Policy 6.0: Nope, it only found woven strands

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alfablue said:
Of the Rocky Mountain states, Montana is the most liberal, by a pretty wide margin. As a matter of fact, one could really call it more centralist than one side or the other. It's an interesting state.
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At one time, there were a lot of mines in Montana, and unions had a stronghold there. Not sure that's really been the case in the past 15 years or so, between job losses and the meth crisis.

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Colorado?
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Colorado is liberal now, but only because liberal transplants in the Denver/Boulder area, I-70 corridor, and ski resort counties have outpaced conservatives elsewhere. Colorado Springs was the megachurch capital of America about a decade ago, not sure if it still is or not. The rural ranching counties and towns are all pretty deep red, as you'd expect.
 
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I had always heard Rocky Mountain conservatives are a different breed then the Southern/Prairie knucks. As in they're more libertarian and less into the fundie social religious BS. NH was the same way and still is to some extent although its been overrun by MA transplants in recent years.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Colorado is liberal now, but only because liberal transplants in the Denver/Boulder area, I-70 corridor, and ski resort counties have outpaced conservatives elsewhere. Colorado Springs was the megachurch capital of America about a decade ago, not sure if it still is or not. The rural ranching counties and towns are all pretty deep red, as you'd expect.
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We're still pretty darn mega churchy, focus on the family-y etc. The rural ranching part is somewhat split, the northern half ranchers are whiter and redder (to the point that the NE corner wants to form a separate state), while a lot of the southern ranchers are browner and less red.

To Rovers point, they are just as fundie but maybe a little more discreet about it. The don't tread on me flags fly all over the place, but don't think they aren't perfectly happy to tread on others (especially teh gays).
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
At one time, there were a lot of mines in Montana, and unions had a stronghold there. Not sure that's really been the case in the past 15 years or so, between job losses and the meth crisis.



Colorado is liberal now, but only because liberal transplants in the Denver/Boulder area, I-70 corridor, and ski resort counties have outpaced conservatives elsewhere. Colorado Springs was the megachurch capital of America about a decade ago, not sure if it still is or not. The rural ranching counties and towns are all pretty deep red, as you'd expect.
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IMHO, Colorado is also more engaged in the "difference war", whereas Montana is just center. It easily goes one side or the other without really that much angst. They are the one state that seems to carry on who actually did the hard work building the state from just a territory (the women). And not just carry on, but embrace it. I also have the impression that race matters less there- it's always been a mash up that everyone just accepted.
 
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Bad news for Boeing. Swing and a miss.

Frankly, Boeing does not currently produce an airplane in the 110-130 seat category, no matter how much they insist the 737 MAX 7 fits that description.
 
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I’m sure Boeing would rather miss on tariffs than the A380 entirely.

Boeing made the right bet. Airbus on the other hand farked the big one.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
That, I do not dispute. Especially after talking to the pilot in charge of Delta's A350 program.
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Speaking of planes, I have no idea what we flew back on the Honolulu to Dallas leg, but it was by far the most comfortable airplane I have ever been on. It had sh-t footroom because they all do, but everything else was awesome. It also felt brand new, as opposed to the "this thing feels like it's been off warranty since the Carter administration" garbage that usually makes the long legs.

Can I figure out my plane from my flight number? It was United, flew from HNL to DFW on 1/20 at around 6 pm maybe?

The interior looks like a Dreamliner but the first class (where we did not sit) was much spiffier, each pair of seats an angled cubical with half divider walls. Never seen anything like it. The UI on the entertainment system for us in steerage was excellent as well, no doubt to calm us as Hindu cows as we plunged to our fiery deaths.

<img src="https://hinducow.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/inflight_safety_card_by_youhavetofight1.jpg" />
 
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Kepler said:
Speaking of planes, I have no idea what we flew back on on the Honolulu to Dallas leg, but it was by far the most comfortable airplane I have ever been on. It had sh-t footroom because they all do, but everything else was awesome. It also felt brand new, as opposed to the "this thing feels like it's been off warranty since the Carter administration" garbage that usually makes the long legs.

Can I figure out my plane from my flight number?
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I'm gonna guess you can. Knowing many of these folks that are into ships and airplanes...you'll get your answer.
 
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Kepler said:
Speaking of planes, I have no idea what we flew back on the Honolulu to Dallas leg, but it was by far the most comfortable airplane I have ever been on. It had sh-t footroom because they all do, but everything else was awesome. It also felt brand new, as opposed to the "this thing feels like it's been off warranty since the Carter administration" garbage that usually makes the long legs.

Can I figure out my plane from my flight number? It was United, flew from HNL to DFW on 1/20 at around 6 pm maybe?

The interior looks like a Dreamliner but the first class (where we did not sit) was much spiffier, each pair of seats an angled cubical with half divider walls. Never seen anything like it. The UI on the entertainment system for us in steerage was excellent as well, no doubt to calm us as Hindu cows as we plunged to our fiery deaths.
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HNL-DFW? You mean IAH? I mean, I know Texas cities are all the same to you ;), but United's hub is in Houston.

Had to have been a 787. United has been rolling out their "Polaris" overseas first class, in the pattern you described.

Was there "mood lighting" (dusk, sleep/sex, dawn), even in economy? Boeing calls that the "Sky interior".

EDIT: The safety card doesn't really help if you didn't get a shot of the cover. :p Though I see the diagrams have those weird "curve-hooked" winglets now. So yeah, 787.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Was there "mood lighting" (dusk, sleep/sex, dawn), even in economy? Boeing calls that the "Sky interior".
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Yes and it was f-cking great. I am extremely sensitive (go figure) to light and it was exactly what I needed to reinforce my sleep pattern.

I gotta say, for a 18-hour odyssey across 5 time zones with a 5-hour layover stuck in the middle, and with bronchitis, it was not hell. Dr. Mrs. had a kid kicking the back of her seat for the first outbound leg until she turned around and gave the mother the look her priest warned her never to use on a white person, and that sh-t stopped immediately.
 
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Also: every single one of the thousands of USB 2 (micro?) rechargers in DFW was loose. People were running their phones to adapter plugs right next to entire rows of unused USB chargers, because they all shimmied when you tried to connect them.

Somebody did not stress test that technology.
 
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Kepler said:
Nope, DFW. I was as surprised as you (pleasantly, as I really like DFW).
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Well, it's definitely a nicer airport than IAH. Especially Concourse D, which is usually American's domain.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Was the plane painted like this? Or this?
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I can't even remember what make of car I drive. Sh-t all looks the same to me.

Would it make sense for us to be United on the way over and American on the way back? The layover on the way over was PHX.

Like I said: cars, clothes, planes, equipment -- it's all just fungibles. I have literally no memory of who makes anything. I still don't recognize the Toyota logo and I drive a Toyota. I think.

I recognize Nissan, though. ;)
 
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I'm laughing my arse off now. I'm one of maybe 3-4 people on USCHO who notices or cares about this stuff (and at least one of the others - MNS - works in the field). :D
 
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