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Ginvincible said:
That story is a blast from the past! His story was the talk of the playground growing up. He really was a champion of the people here.
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Playground growing up ?? That incident was from 1982 when I wasn't even born . How old are you anyway ? I always thought of you as someone in his late 20s perhaps & from the East Coast or the mid West .

Are you from Californication ? Coz then we'd have two of you with the the other one being sweetie . I'm sure you're acquainted with sweetie. Sweetie's so conspicuous that even in a sniper's camouflage sweetie would stand out. Sweetie's that campy. Ja ? @Innominate
Ginvincible said:
Fun fact his fine was reduced because his lawn chair wasn't on the list of things that requred an air worthiness certificate. Not so fun fact, he basically failed to monetize his stunt and he committed suicide 10 years later :(
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Oh that's unfortunate !

His line will live in though - "A man can just sit around. "
 
_Anonymous_ said:
Playground growing up ?? That incident was from 1982 when I wasn't even born . How old are you anyway ? I always thought of you as someone in his late 20s perhaps & from the East Coast or the mid West .
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Youre basically right, but there were so many iterations of his stunt as commercials and jokes on late night TV even 10-20 years later. The dude really was a cult hero, especially among children.

The Simpsons and Spongebob had episodes where they redid his stunt and of course the movie UP took a lot of inspiration. There was always some pervasive belief that enough colorful birthday balloons would help you fly.
 
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President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost.

Trump in a social media post announcing the agreement said it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

"The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!" Trump wrote.

Rodriguez's government in a statement said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels. It said the agreement could draw $100 billion in investment into Venezuela's oil industry and yield over $209 billion in taxes for Caracas.

Rodriguez in a posting on Telegram predicted the deal "will have a significant impact on our nation's revival."

The agreement allows for the United States to partner with an unnamed private operator in Venezuela to create a new private company to take hold of the reserves, according to a U.S. official familiar with the contours of the deal.

The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, added that Rodriguez granted the company 100-year rights to develop the oil fields.

The deal gives the United States 55% effective output of the new private company -- including an ownership stake and rights to buy oil at cost. The company would be the second largest corporate holder of proven reserves after Saudi Aramco, according to the official.
 
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