I did a lot of reading about this, and the one thing to make me feel better is that these ranges are for missiles that don’t include payloads. This is the thing that Kim Jong Un has definitely NOT been able to do so far — combine the two. That gives folks on the West Coast a little breathing room. It’s not going to…

That’s a scary but valid and explanatory point. I think the slide started with Reagan.

Where are the MOABs when you need them? Now, like right now, would be good time to launch them.

So, so, so, true. On the other hand, New Zealanders, who seem to be more feisty than Americans, are getting very unhappy with the sudden arrival of the Morality-free Billionaires, and have started to hassle, tax, and abuse them big time, so there’s that!

That would be wild — Twitter, the same plague that brought us Trump, could save us from Trump.

Fingers crossed!

Good lord, please don’t remind us.....

I like this breakdown. So accurate.

Either #1 or #4. I mean, isn’t this what we have all been worried about since around 10:30 pm on November 8th?

It’s a good algorithm, and not requiring a lot of machine (or human) intelligence. Odd that United couldn’t come up with it....

So, so, so true. This is how corporations and authorities scam people and muddy the waters. If they can get us, the customers, to argue over who should get booted off, we never end up considering the questions of “why should anyone get booted off?” or “It’s interesting how the Gold Frequent Flyers were not included…

It’s Trump’s country now. They are testing the waters to see what they can get away with and imitating their spiritual master, the giant Cheeto. Make no mistake, this is a test. If customers don’t punish United, and punish it hard, these kinds of abuses will being happening more and more.

Oh, God. You’re right.

OK, this cheered me right up! So cute! So regal!

This, 1,000 %!

No, they don’t “need”  to get him off the plane. They had 18 gazillion other options than asaulting one of their own paying passengers and hauling him bodily off the flight. They didn’t even try raising the compensation past, like $800. That’s way less than what they would be required to compensate anyone who is…

Oh, no, I saw the same thing. It was a festival of nascent Good Germans.

It’s turned into the false equivalency crime of the century, I swear. People raise their voices when they are upset. It’s not supposed to be legally actionable.

Welcome to The Good Germans. If you want to know how this happens, this is how it happens. People focus on the questions of following the rules, or complying with law enforcement, rather than asking themselves and others the question: “Is this right?” or even “Isn’t there so either way to handle this?”

Hilary would be very funny. Maybe she can be one of the roasters, instead of the roast-ee, and they can just sit a giant papier-mâché Cheeto in a chair!