Seattle/Redmond or the Bay Area

[KrazyHorse]

Actually, it appears that Calgary got a little too big for its britches and overreached a mite.

[Asher]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Actually, it appears that Calgary got a little too big for its britches and overreached a mite.

The coalition is about one day away from triggering Harper's scorched earth policy. They will rue the day...

[Dinner]

Now it's getting smacked down.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher

The coalition is about one day away from triggering Harper's scorched earth policy. They will rue the day...

Might well.

But I don't think it was planned. If it was, kudos to Harper (though he could have chosen a better time).

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Now its getting smacked down.

San Diego's lack of grammar is confusing my mental parser.

[Asher]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Might well.

But I don't think it was planned. If it was, kudos to Harper (though he could have chosen a better time).

I'm pretty sure this isn't going as planned. The problem is Alberta's deep-seated hatred for Liberals knows no bounds and can overcome reason.

That's why I genuinely LOLed at the thought of a Conservative-Liberal coalition somebody mentioned in that thread. They clearly have no idea the level of resentment of the Liberals there is in Alberta.

[TCO]

shift spam to my gay thread please.

[Asher]

Can you be more specific?

[TCO]

That was sly you luitel *****. You liearned tat froim kitrtuy didnt you.

[Blaupanzer]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
They're trying to outbreed us but it's not working.

Really brilliant.

[Asher]

Forgot to mention this about SAN DIEGO:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wjet_crash1208/BNStory/International/home

F-18 crashes into neighbourhood

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders says two people died on the ground after a fighter jet crashed in a city neighbourhood.

Military officials say the pilot ejected safely from his plane moments before it crashed around noon local time Monday. Two homes were destroyed and a third was damaged.

The F/A-18D Hornet jet crashed as it prepared to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The fiery crash occurred two miles from the base.

The plane crashed near Interstate 805 around noon Monday as it prepared to land at the base, said Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.

Traffic kept flowing on I-805, the California Highway Patrol said. Students at nearby University City High School were kept locked in classrooms, but there was no damage to the campus and no one was injured, said Barbara Prince, a school secretary.

There was little sign of the plane in the smoky ruins, but a piece of cockpit sat on the roof of one home. A parachute lay in a canyon below the neighbourhood.

The middle-class neighbourhood of half-million-dollar homes smelled like a brush fire. Ambulances, fire trucks and police cars choked the streets.

A Navy bomb disposal truck was at the site, and Marines were talking with police. Authorities told observers to leave because the smoke was toxic.

Steve Krasner, who lives a few blocks away in the earthquake-prone region, said he first thought the shaking generated by the crash was the long-anticipated “Big One.”

He was in his kitchen when he heard two loud explosions and looked outside, then heard a larger blast.

“The house shook; the ground shook. It was like I was frozen in my place,” Mr. Krasner said.

“It was bigger than any earthquake I ever felt,” he said. “The flames were billowing overhead.”

Dean Costa, who was about two blocks away at his father's house, said he felt the building vibrate, then made his way close to the crash site and saw two houses on fire and several cars explode.

“It was just crazy,” said Mr. Costa, 22. “There was debris everywhere.”

Ben Dishman, 55, said he heard what sounded like “a loud gunshot” followed by an explosion. He believed the sounds were from the pilot ejecting and the jet crashing.

“It was quite violent,” said Mr. Dishman, resting on his couch after back surgery. “I hear the jets from Miramar all the time. I often worry that one of them will hit one of these homes. It was inevitable. I feel very lucky.”

The F-18 is a supersonic jet used widely in the Navy and Marine Corps and by the Navy's stunt-flying Blue Angels. An F-18 crashed at Miramar in November 2006, but the pilot ejected safely.

Miramar, well known for its role in the movie Top Gun, is home to some 10,000 Marines. It was operated by the Navy until 1996.

[Kuciwalker]

I saw that earlier. It almost hit a school

[snoopy369]

It bothers me immensely that the pilot ejected. I doubt he ejected 'moments before crashing' because, as I understand it, an ejection from a very low altitude would not end up with a safe landing; so he could have used some degree of control to determine the location of the crash, and possibly saved one or both of those lives.

[Boris Godunov]

I for one would prefer an area with increased air force protection for when the Chinese finally invade.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I for one would prefer an area with increased air force protection for when the Chinese finally invade.

All you'd get is a mix of Chinese and American planes falling onto houses...