Does anyone remember this amazing story? On July 2, 1982, a truck driver from California flew 16,000 feet into the sky in a lawn chair. Larry Walters, 33, from San Pedro, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard. He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet. He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet. For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall. Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, California, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around." The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Larry — and inspired the movie Up.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims she did not know about former President Biden's cognitive decline while he was in office:
"I didn't know, but I do think that those who did know should have acted upon that information."
@ImMeme0 The lady videoing is in the wrong. Establishments can ask you and stop you from recording video. Also she’s being a racist bitch. I’m conservative and I disagree with this cunt
‼️The Democratic Downfall of Portland and Oregon…
-Second worst place in America to invest
-6.5 million square feet of commercial vacancy
-The top 20 office towers have lost 57% of their combined value in 5 years
-6,700 jobs lost… 25,000 in population loss
-Ranked 80 out of 81 in real estate attractiveness
-Over 2000+ overdose deaths in the past few years
-Homelessness grew from 4,500+ in 2020 to 11,400+ in 2024
-The overall crime rate is higher or nearly double on specific crimes than the national average
-Portland’s combined tax rate for top earners is the second highest in the nation at 13.9%
-Oregon’s current fifth graders posted bottom-of-the-barrel math scores that were measurably worse than those in 45 other states
-CNBC reports Oregon is one of the worst states for business
-Oregon is listed as the fourth-worst place to move to
-Office buildings are 30% empty… The iconic U.S. Bancorp Tower just sold for $45 million—80% less than it sold for in 2015
-Major employers like Wells Fargo, Standard Insurance, and Unitus Community Credit Union have fled downtown or left entirely
-Portland City Council was proposing defunding the police in favor of park funding just last year
-The state’s economists say Oregon is in a growth recession or near-stagnation
👉🏻 Just a reminder that Oregon has a Democrat Supermajority and they have filed so many lawsuits against Trump that we have lost count, so any policies that have ruined this state or Portland should land squarely on them.
But yet they still blame Trump?! 🤔😵💫
@RepGregLandsman Why not celebrate. How about we show how all you Lib fucktards waste our tax dollars on illegals and treason. Oh and rep Greg Landsman, Go fuck yourself! Show some Pride for your damn country
I am horrified. I cannot believe it.
I analyzed public databases and media reporting on violent confrontations with ICE over the past year.
Just 9 counties accounted for TWO-THIRDS of violent confrontations with ICE in America.
This is twice all violent confrontations in the remaining 3,134 counties COMBINED.
A violent confrontation in these 9 counties was 590 TIMES more likely than any of these other 3,134 counties.
590 times.
I plotted these 9 counties, and I found that all 9 counties are sanctuary jurisdictions run by Democrat politicians that resist immigration law enforcement.
These violent confrontations are RARE in states and cities where local officials cooperate with law enforcement.
BREAKING - Days after numerous daycare centers in Minnesota were exposed for taking millions in federal funds but having no children, it’s now been revealed those same centers maxed out donations to a Somali candidate who threatened to blow up a bus full of kids in Washington.
Demonstration of the farce that modern refugee policy has become.
Seeking refuge in another country only to turn around and vacation in the country you fled?
What a joke.