First they said we would find out about the displacements on October 6. And then they said it wouldn’t be until October 10. And then October 17th. And now, they’re saying it will be October 20 or later. Seriously, it’s not like people are trying to make plans for the future or anything. You’re not welcome to my patience. You’ve exhausted my patience. So, I won’t know anything until sometime after Monday, October 20, now. They’ve also currently put me on reserve until midnight in JFK on Nov 2nd, and then in training at 0800 in PHX on Nov 3rd.…
What caused the economic crisis Also, Saturday Night Live is suddenly funny again. What’s up with that?
I received an email today which normally I probably would have summarily deleted without giving it much thought, but I was asked to comment on it. Here’s the whole thing in its entirety: Words of Warning and Hope by Lori Kalner Dear Friends, It becomes more difficult for me to write to you these days with a difficult time of dialysis as diabetes advances. Now I must write at least this one last time. Bodie and Brock are gracious and let my voice of warning be heard. I was a young girl in Germany and lived through difficult times. We…
I’ve long-held that the only bias in commercial news media is toward money. Money comes from viewers, listeners, readers… brainwashed entertainment consumers. As Stephenson says, you can sell two things: Products and Entertainment. It’s pretty obvious which things are products, and everything else is entertainment. This includes all TV news and newspapers. The media conglomerates are not interested in any sort of theoretical duty to the public, and all of them, with the obvious exception of Murdoch’s holdings, don’t have any biased agenda. All they want to do is make money, and they primarily do that by selling fear, but…
The important thing to remember is that they’ve only furloughed a portion of those they intend to furlough. If I get furloughed, I’ll be one of the last ones to go because I’m at the top of the portion they may or may not furlough. The good news is that I’m not furloughed yet. The displacement award is now anticipated for early next week, and I fully expect that I’ll get the Dash in Denver, simply because it’s a very junior aircraft and base. Whether that award makes me more or less likely to be furloughed in the future, I…