Yes, Realpolitik and all that. Still, we need more of what 4jim posted. War is never good. Killing is never righteous.

Hey! For your information, the Yugo was a great... yea ok. It was trash. So bad it was kinda good? Or cool?

Tell them, “some of them are listening. And grinning wide”. We don't hold it against anyone. Pilots are ok in our book. Be safe.

My wife and I fly relatively often and we make a game out of “how much of the Captain’s announcement are we going to understand”. Usually the “ladies and gentlemen” is clear - and protracted. It is then often followed by the fastest and most garbled speech ever. Then “sit back and enjoy the flight”.

It was an (american) power cord that damaged our beautiful Airbus.

As others have pointed out, Norwegian lawyers, teachers, carpenters don't necessarily want to get to work with sweat circles on their clothes.

Did they tell him how bad the chip really is and that it will almost certainly fail soon? If yes, I retract the “hapless” comment. If no, Neuralink is liable.

Waiting for the “Boeing wasn’t at fault, the dumb pilots crashed perfectly fine planes” apologists.

Even if there was no risk (any surgery, and that includes the brain type, comes with risks), do you want a useless lump of silicone and metal living in your skull? I’d say no. They knew it was a dud and implanted it anyway. That’s Mengele-level “medicine” right there.

This should never have been approved for use in humans. The product is faulty, fix it. Don’t test it on some hapless man.

FDA has lost all credibility with me. Not now, a long time ago. Fast-tracking useless or dangerous drugs, letting Muskboi use humans like guinea pigs. A shame.

Really? That's pretty low.

I was also amazed at the headline. “Will now get you arrested”. Now?!? Wasn't it always?

But why? Why be armed? What in the name of crap motivates someone to holster a weapon on themselves and bring it to an airport? Or a Starbucks? Or a church?

Ouch.

“Investigators found that an electrical cord plugged into the plane after landing generated sparks which caused the fire”.

There is nothing I hate more than the cheapskates who board the flight only with “carry-on”: a huge duffel bag, roomy enough to hold a corpse, small enough to fit in an overhead bin. In the WHOLE overhead bin.

I’ve seen a few in the wild and they look great!

You can try to cast it in any light you want. That doesn’t change the fact, that the 737 MAX is a faulty design. The sooner it gets retired, the better. Now, the 787 is innovative and has some years of service ahead of it. If only Boeing didn’t cut corners and cover up bad practices. Now they all need to be inspected,…

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