Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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I'm to the point when something bad happens like this, I turn off the news or just put it on mute and come back in a few hours. They pass through information with no filter which is fine but it usually turns out to be only about to be barely correct or completely baseless. And some of that comes from authorities and still turns out to be wrong.
I'll put it this way, Chuck Yeager was once asked about the end scene of The Right Stuff where he ejected and he said the only thing that they got right was that an F-104 crashed and he was piloting it. The rest of it was fiction.
I think early reports from the news and internet are just as fictional sometimes.
/random thought
I'll put it this way, Chuck Yeager was once asked about the end scene of The Right Stuff where he ejected and he said the only thing that they got right was that an F-104 crashed and he was piloting it. The rest of it was fiction.
I think early reports from the news and internet are just as fictional sometimes.
/random thought
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I'm to the point when something bad happens like this, I turn off the news or just put it on mute and come back in a few hours. They pass through information with no filter which is fine but it usually turns out to be only about to be barely correct or completely baseless. And some of that comes from authorities and still turns out to be wrong.
I'll put it this way, Chuck Yeager was once asked about the end scene of The Right Stuff where he ejected and he said the only thing that they got right was that an F-104 crashed and he was piloting it. The rest of it was fiction.
I think early reports from the news and internet are just as fictional sometimes.
/random thought
I'll put it this way, Chuck Yeager was once asked about the end scene of The Right Stuff where he ejected and he said the only thing that they got right was that an F-104 crashed and he was piloting it. The rest of it was fiction.
I think early reports from the news and internet are just as fictional sometimes.
/random thought
Seekingalpha:
1. The investment by Delta Air Lines (DAL) in an oil refinery looks risky, according to Reuters' Robert Campbell. The Pennsylvania refinery lost $63M during its first quarter of operation and the prognosis looking forward doesn't look great for the company to see the fuel savings it originally forecast.
2. Airfares came in 0.6% higher during March, according to consumer price data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The year-over-year increase in fares was 3.77%.
It is the media mind you so in order not to be a hypocrite take it with a grain of salt.
1. The investment by Delta Air Lines (DAL) in an oil refinery looks risky, according to Reuters' Robert Campbell. The Pennsylvania refinery lost $63M during its first quarter of operation and the prognosis looking forward doesn't look great for the company to see the fuel savings it originally forecast.
2. Airfares came in 0.6% higher during March, according to consumer price data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The year-over-year increase in fares was 3.77%.
It is the media mind you so in order not to be a hypocrite take it with a grain of salt.
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In other words; the fact a 8 year old kid got killed would not upset a fundamentalist at all.
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Hey quick question: If a reserve pilot gets a GS at the end of the month, do they get their PB days the following month?
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The concept of "Holy War" is supported in the Old Testament by Deuteronomy 20:12 ... "leave nothing that breathes." Israel's god commanded the total and complete annihilation of Canaan including women, children and livestock. I'm no scholar of such things, but the concept seems to have taken hold in all three religions who have their basis in Judaism. So my problem isn't with "Muslims" as much as it is with anyone who reaches back to a political discussion of an ancient war and believes it is some sort of telegraph from God to justify whatever they wish to do to their perceived enemies. IMHO what we have a problem with is spill over from our support for a Monarchy while we preach "democracy." The disaffected in Saudi Arabia take their frustrations out where they can. Their leaders manipulate ancient texts to justify atrocity in the "name of god."
In other words; the fact a 8 year old kid got killed would not upset a fundamentalist at all.
In other words; the fact a 8 year old kid got killed would not upset a fundamentalist at all.
Bar, are you saying there is an objective right and wrong, and if so, what do you base that on?
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The concept of "Holy War" is supported in the Old Testament by Deuteronomy 20:12 ... "leave nothing that breathes." Israel's god commanded the total and complete annihilation of Canaan including women, children and livestock. I'm no scholar of such things, but the concept seems to have taken hold in all three religions who have their basis in Judaism. So my problem isn't with "Muslims" as much as it is with anyone who reaches back to a political discussion of an ancient war and believes it is some sort of telegraph from God to justify whatever they wish to do to their perceived enemies. IMHO what we have a problem with is spill over from our support for a Monarchy while we preach "democracy." The disaffected in Saudi Arabia take their frustrations out where they can. Their leaders manipulate ancient texts to justify atrocity in the "name of god."
In other words; the fact a 8 year old kid got killed would not upset a fundamentalist at all.
In other words; the fact a 8 year old kid got killed would not upset a fundamentalist at all.
That said, I agree with you. Nobody who would place a pressure cooker full of ball bearings in a crowd of people could have any regard for human life no matter how young or old.
My wife's sister and her husband finished the race together yesterday at 3:53. Counting our blessings today that they weren't a little bit slower.
They go into a pay back day "bank" and you can use them as additional vacation days, or use them to drop trips if you save them til a month when you hold a line. They don't automatically show up on your schedule the next month.
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