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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    My combat training example exists because y'all all start out at "no exceptions" but now you're making an exception. It's an illustrative example, now you and I both agree that actually there are some exceptions to the rules, times where they don't make sense.` It's also illustrative, by the...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    Firing blanks toward people is what killed Brandon Lee. If you'll hop back a page you'll see where the IATSE armorer I linked specifically mentions that they take a different set of precautions to not put someone in front of a blank, because they still jet hot gasses and the traps can fail...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    Same question I've asked others. How do you stage and film literally any gunfight where people will point guns at each other and the camera while also: Treating every gun as if it were loaded Only pointing them at someone you are willing to destroy Keeping your finger off the trigger until...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    Reading the statute, I'm not sure Baldwin would get hit by the criminal statute. He didn't cause the death by a non-felony criminal action, and given the standards and practices in use on every other film set (see the prior 10 pages) alleging that he didn't exercise due caution is a tough sell...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    And to repeat myself, per the people on set including the AD, it was not supposed to be a blank. It was supposed to be a dummy round. A dummy round is not a blank. A dummy round contains a projectile and inert primer (sometimes rubber, sometimes just a solid piece of aluminum) in order to...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    There were supposed to be dummy rounds in the gun. Dummies are used for a new where actors load guns, eject live rounds (or sometimes "empties", oops), or point a loaded revolver at the camera. I can make a nice compilation of those kinds of shots if you like. Take 2 seconds and I think you...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    A dummy round literally has a projectile seated. That's what makes it a dummy. So now we know that you wouldn't be able to identify a dummy round.
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    Well no. See, the SOP that if an actor does anything (like messing with ammo, opening the gun) that they're not explicitly told, everything stops and the gun is considered "hot" until it goes back to the AD and propmaster to be checked. That stops someone from doing something shady or stupid...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    So you can tell the difference between a dummy round and a live round? Can you tell me how?
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    So let's go down the list. If a pilot if flying, loses power because a mechanic didn't reattach the dinglehopper, and crashes killing passengers is it the pilot's fault? If a stunt driver drives exactly the course prescribed but their brakes fail because of a mechanical malfunction and they...
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    Alec Baldwin shooting

    How do you make that work on a movie set where you are going to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger to film a gunfight? Answer, you don't, a gun on a film set as a prop is treated differently. Quick point, a movie doesn't have "a producer." A movie has all kinda of producers. EPs are...
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    Ebay optics. Knock off or legit?

    I've had good dealings with Cameraland more than once, but there are other reputable options. If you can be patient, watch for sales around holidays and lurk equipment exchanges. If not, IMO stick with reputable dealers. SWFA/Scopelist has used and demo models occasionally but selections are...
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    Bring back made in USA..

    That's sort of my point though. we don't need an every-steepening tower of Buy More Stuff to head off a collapse, which means that people deciding they don't need to work 80 hours a week to buy a new car isn't what's hurting us, and maybe just maybe we should cast a weather eye at the people who...
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    Bring back made in USA..

    With a $15/hr wage the cost of a big mac would increase by 17 cents. Oh no, the humanity! https://archive.thinkprogress.org/this-is-how-much-a-big-mac-would-cost-if-the-minimum-wage-was-15-184b7523b273/ ZImbabwe and Venezuela's issues don't share a root cause. I presume they were brought up...
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    Bring back made in USA..

    I'm a numbers guy. Show me that government handouts are the problem with real, verifiable numbers.
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    Bring back made in USA..

    Costa Rica also dedicates 7% of their GDP to public education, including college, has a universal healthcare system, and abolished the military in favor of a national guard with no expeditionary capability. I would imagine if we'd spent trillions on education, healthcare, and infrastructure...
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    Bring back made in USA..

    I am familiar with Aaronson and his legacy of promoting Arab-Jewish relations and joint work. He promoted the idea of hiring Arab labor in particular. I am unfamiliar with the story you're telling though. What I will say is that from a market perspective, assuming the story is true and not just...
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    Bring back made in USA..

    "People don't want to work" is a nonsense complaint. Look, the fundamental premise of market economies (i.e. capitalism, even market socialism) is that equilibrium is achieved where the demand curve and the supply curve meet. Well labor is a supply, and jobs are the demand. If we have people...
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    College vs skilled trades.

    Have rich parents and then lie about not having rich parents when people ask how you did it. When I enlisted at 18, I planned to make a career of it and retire at 38 and work part time at a gun shop to pay for ammo. My knees and back disagreed with me, and anyone who served knows how much...
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    College vs skilled trades.

    I don't know what job you're in, that's wild. A CPA in my region starts out about the same as an IBEW electrician. The average for a manager in Tax is $130k, which is the top end for IBEW 1, and there's still room to go up from manager. Unless you're in government or non-profit and you're...

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