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by 330west
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:20 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: USA Gun Laws - My Opinion, what's yours?
Replies: 69
Views: 6193

Re: USA Gun Laws - My Opinion, what's yours?

I don't think it was ever about making America safer but rather making insecure and fearful Americans feel safer. That's not a fair assessment. The 2nd Amendment was intended to allow citizens to take up arms and defend the country and themselves against tyranny. Whether that be from outside or ins...

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by 330west
Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: USA Gun Laws - My Opinion, what's yours?
Replies: 69
Views: 6193

Re: USA Gun Laws - My Opinion, what's yours?

If anyone has seen the Jim Jefferies comedy segment that goes around Facebook everytime there is a shooting he makes these points. - For those whom think that you are going to take on the government. "You do realize that the government has drones right. You are bringing guns to a drone fight!!...

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by 330west
Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: VP Pence is anti-Gay?
Replies: 20
Views: 2681

Re: VP Pence is anti-Gay?

Duplicate

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by 330west
Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: VP Pence is anti-Gay?
Replies: 20
Views: 2681

Re: VP Pence is anti-Gay?

Yes, he's anti-gay. There's this really great thing called Google. Give it a try.

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by 330west
Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston aviation - 2017
Replies: 1559
Views: 195181

Re: Boston Aviation - Part 13

I must admit - I'm actually quite surprised that Korean isn't already flying BOS-ICN. Let's hope Air India comes and fulfills the quest for Massport for a direct flight to India (BOM/DEL). So far, Massport has been able to fulfill key markets - the only exception being India. I would have predicted...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: LATAM Brasil eyes LIS and BOS in 2018
Replies: 41
Views: 5773

Re: LATAM Brasil eyes LIS and BOS in 2018

I think GRU-BOS nonstop will struggle off-season. There is a Brazilian community and a large number of Brazilian students in Boston. Not the best customers for year-round service. JJ/LA might go for a mix where the tag is run from JFK off-season, and a GRU-BOS nonstop is run peak season. There's a ...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:26 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston aviation - 2017
Replies: 1559
Views: 195181

Re: Boston Aviation - Part 13

I do not understand anything in Spanish - http://www.travelquotidiano.com/trasporti/latam-airlines-aprira-a-marzo-la-nuova-rotta-roma-san-paolo/tqid-294335 But this was created or updated 30 mins. back. Wow! BOS-GRU would be good - if this were true then the only quest on Massport destination that ...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JetBlue to start BOS-MSP 3xday on May 3 2018
Replies: 119
Views: 15434

Re: JetBlue to start BOS-MSP 3xday on May 3 2018

Not that I'll ever be using this but I think they might have done well to have the final MSP-BOS departure kicked back to about 5:30-6pm to better accommodate business travelers. Problem with that is that it would miss TATL departures from EI and LY. I figured that was their rationale however is th...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:09 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JetBlue to start BOS-MSP 3xday on May 3 2018
Replies: 119
Views: 15434

Re: JetBlue to start BOS-MSP 3xday on May 3 2018

It is loaded in the B6 website. BOS - MSP 6:30 AM - 8:48 AM 1:02 PM - 3:21 PM 7:29 PM - 9:50 PM MSP to BOS 6:00 AM - 9:50 AM 9:30 AM - 1:21 PM 4:01 PM - 7:58 PM B6 has timed this well for business passengers from both sides. Now, B6 only has CVG left. Wait for DL come back. Not that I'll ever be us...

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by 330west
Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:46 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.
Replies: 25
Views: 2383

Re: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.

af773atmsp wrote:
Mods, can you tell 330west that if he doesn't like fun then he should go somewhere else.


A whiney little bitch or an idiot? Not sure which is a worse way to go through life.

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by 330west
Sun Oct 15, 2017 8:14 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.
Replies: 25
Views: 2383

Re: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.

Someone's triggered. Just answer the question slimeball. I have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Anything I say may be used against me in a court of law. I have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questionin...

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by 330west
Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:45 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.
Replies: 25
Views: 2383

Re: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Rick’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation-...

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by 330west
Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:35 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.
Replies: 25
Views: 2383

Re: McDonalds PR stunt gone wrong.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Rick’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation-...

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by 330west
Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:27 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Here Comes TrumpCare
Replies: 293
Views: 14827

Re: Here Comes TrumpCare

wingman wrote:
Forget about his Fox News base. They'd be eating dog shit if Trump told them it'd bring back coal.


They don't need to be told to eat dog shit, they're already doing it on a daily basis ... Chick-Fil-A, Denny's, Arby's, etc.

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:11 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Re: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

I still stand by my original statement that the pharmacist interviewed should have action taken against him for releasing this kind of information. I think this is a violation of HIPPA. That said, I wonder if some of these are being filled for family members who can not afford medication? For sure ...

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:52 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Re: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

Let's be honest here, people. This isn't a Democrat or Republican thing. This is the fact that the ruling class lives by its own set of rules, we peasants be damned. They should be subjected to drug tests to hold their office. I think I'd rather have the type of senator or congressman who enjoys a ...

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:03 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Re: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

I still stand by my original statement that the pharmacist interviewed should have action taken against him for releasing this kind of information. I think this is a violation of HIPPA. That said, I wonder if some of these are being filled for family members who can not afford medication? He didn't...

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:54 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Re: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

I still stand by my original statement that the pharmacist interviewed should have action taken against him for releasing this kind of information. I think this is a violation of HIPPA. That said, I wonder if some of these are being filled for family members who can not afford medication? He didn't...

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Re: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

I'm sorry but I don't see why diabetes is mentioned, why would that prevent someone from making laws ? Now something that affects the brain, obviously that's another story, but then again there are elections, if people are fine electing politicians that haven't all their head, who are we to say no ...

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by 330west
Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:35 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Clean Power Plan repeal
Replies: 30
Views: 2272

Re: Clean Power Plan repeal

Nobody cares about this? I have heard a beautiful talk from Jan Terlouw yesterday (google him). He said many true things, two most memorable: - our duty is to leave the earth a bit better then we found it - goods and services should be priced the right way (so the current cost plus the cost the pro...

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:40 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Cop that arrested nurse.....FIRED !
Replies: 14
Views: 1500

Re: Cop that arrested nurse.....FIRED !

salttee wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:
Good.

Yea after 30 years as a patrolman, shagging calls and working shift it would be a bit much to leave him completely out in the cold.
With his temper he's probably supporting at least one ex-wife anyway.


He'll make a great mall cop.

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:09 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston aviation - 2017
Replies: 1559
Views: 195181

Re: Boston Aviation - Part 137

So I heard that AA is going to yank IFE from all their narrow-body aircraft. Since (aside from a couple instances) everything flown through BOS is narrow-body...even those transcontinental flights on 737-800s...what do you think that will do to their business? This seems rather draconian. Yanking m...

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:32 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boston aviation - 2017
Replies: 1559
Views: 195181

Re: Boston Aviation - Part 13

VS4ever wrote:
Terminal B consolidation of UA and AA/US will be completed by end of 18 and AA/US will then have the space to provide WN with I believe I have heard 7 gates in B.


Without significant reconstruction, can the AA pier be reconfigured to accommodate more than seven gates?

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:12 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Your Top Ten Favorite TV Characters Of All Time
Replies: 97
Views: 7739

Re: Your Top Ten Favorite TV Characters Of All Time

Here are mine: 1. Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents) 2. Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls) 3. Andros (Power Rangers in Space) 4. T.J. (Power Rangers Turbo/Power Rangers in Space) 5. Tommy Oliver (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers/Power Rangers Zeo/Power Rangers Turbo/Power Rangers Dino Thunder) 6. Jen Sco...

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:10 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Cop that arrested nurse.....FIRED !
Replies: 14
Views: 1500

Re: Cop that arrested nurse.....FIRED !

I hope he lost his pension too.

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by 330west
Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers
Replies: 22
Views: 1988

Member(s) of Congress being treated for Alzheimers

Congressional pharmacy has reportedly delivered Alzheimer’s drugs to members of Congress By Christina Prignano GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 11, 2017 A D.C. pharmacist says his pharmacy has filled prescriptions for “pretty serious health problems” for members of Congress, including drugs for Alzheimer’s dise...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:19 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: If you won the lottery
Replies: 31
Views: 2014

Re: If you won the lottery

Bad idea, you would want your global headquarters to be in a tax friendly environment, which London is certainly not. Anyways, my choice..... https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts-for-sale/quite-essential--91721 Yes I know it's a yacht and not a plane, but that's the way I would go. "Tax fr...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:02 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone
Replies: 335
Views: 13876

Re: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone

Mike Pence is a spineless moron. Again, this had nothing to do with the Presidency or the military. Trump inserted himself into the protests and attempted to make it something it never was. Lest we forget, the protests began under Obama. As Maverick noted, reports are out indicating Trump begged th...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: If you won the lottery
Replies: 31
Views: 2014

Re: If you won the lottery

I would buy a nice little flat in central London as my global "headquarters" as well as whatever city I happen to be living and working in at the time if not living in London at the time. I lived in London before, and yearn to move back one day. SmithAir747 Bad idea, you would want your g...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Welcome Back, Steve Scalise
Replies: 10
Views: 1343

Re: Welcome Back, Steve Scalise

jmdc861 wrote:
Sorry, saw his interview with Chuck Todd and this guy is more pro-gun than ever. Totally baffles me!


He's a brain dead hick.

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by 330west
Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino
Replies: 383
Views: 18456

Re: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino

jetero wrote:
(Ain’t nobody going to hurt you in Podunk Iowa, MSPNWA. Except maybe a mass shooter.)


Ain’t nobody going to hurt you anywhere unless you go looking for it.*

* Except a mass shooter. That said, you probably still have a better chance of hitting the lottery.

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by 330west
Tue Oct 03, 2017 11:49 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino
Replies: 383
Views: 18456

Re: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino

Why is it that you people need to have guns anyways? Are you that afraid of the world that you can't leave the house without a lethal weapon? I own a firearm, I carry a firearm, but, and this is a huge but....why someone needs to own 10 firearms, let alone automatic rifles is beyond me, there is no...

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by 330west
Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:21 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino
Replies: 383
Views: 18456

Re: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino

You can talk about it all you want. Fact is taking guns away from law abiding citizens won't help (Chicago) We are country with an Amendment that lets us have guns. This will never change. Banning automatic weapons won't stop mass shootings because then you will want to ban semi autos etc. The USA ...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Librarian Rejected Dr Seuss Books Donated by Melania Trump
Replies: 16
Views: 1695

Re: Librarian Rejected Dr Seuss Books Donated by Melania Trump

Have several friends that used IJR.com as proof regarding an subject. I tell them IJR is nothing more than a bunch of bloggers that take a news story and fix towards their agenda. Back to the books. I would imagine that the school already has these books, probably located near the pre-school/Kinder...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:51 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Librarian Rejected Dr Seuss Books Donated by Melania Trump
Replies: 16
Views: 1695

Re: Librarian Rejected Dr Seuss Books Donated by Melania Trump

She had a point. Cambridge is one of the most affluent and well-funded urban school departments in the country. The last thing they really needed was $150 in children's books from FMOB. There are literally thousands of places where that would have been a more meaningful gesture on her behalf.

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by 330west
Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino
Replies: 383
Views: 18456

Re: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino

If this guy was able to get presumably 450+ hits in ten to fifteen minutes of shooting from what seems like a considerable distance, how likely is it that he had some kind of military training?

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by 330west
Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: We are the Un-United States of America
Replies: 64
Views: 3651

Re: We are the Un-United States of America

No need for that. Just relocate all the straight white men between 30 and 70 w/o college degrees earning less than $80k a year to the state of Alabama and give them all the booze, heroin and guns they want. So who’s going to repair your AC, fix your car, take care of your plumbing problems, and so ...

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by 330west
Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino
Replies: 383
Views: 18456

Re: Shooting at Las Vegas Casino

But you can't deny the obvious fact that if the shooter wasn't white and was black or of dark-skin complexion, the headlines all across Western media, particularly right-wing outlets, would be calling it a terrorist attack even before all the facts are in. This attack in Las Vegas is just sickening...

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by 330west
Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Trump criticized for Puerto Rico response
Replies: 65
Views: 3352

Re: Trump criticized for Puerto Rico response

If Hillary Clinton had won and President instead of Trump, would she have been able to do better as to TX, FL, PR and USVI with these massive disasters? Puerto Rico and USVI obviously present distinct challenges but there certainly wouldn't have been such a disparity in tone towards assistance and ...

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by 330west
Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:03 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: We are the Un-United States of America
Replies: 64
Views: 3651

Re: We are the Un-United States of America

No need for that. Just relocate all the straight white men between 30 and 70 w/o college degrees earning less than $80k a year to the state of Alabama and give them all the booze, heroin and guns they want. So who’s going to repair your AC, fix your car, take care of your plumbing problems, and so ...

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by 330west
Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:00 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: We are the Un-United States of America
Replies: 64
Views: 3651

Re: We are the Un-United States of America

No need for that. Just relocate all the straight white men between 30 and 70 w/o college degrees earning less than $80k a year to the state of Alabama and give them all the booze, heroin and guns they want. Wait! Don't forget Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham! No women. You don't want these pinheads p...

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by 330west
Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:44 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Trump criticized for Puerto Rico response
Replies: 65
Views: 3352

Re: Trump criticized for Puerto Rico response

If Hillary Clinton had won and President instead of Trump, would she have been able to do better as to TX, FL, PR and USVI with these massive disasters? Puerto Rico and USVI obviously present distinct challenges but there certainly wouldn't have been such a disparity in tone towards assistance and ...

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by 330west
Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:48 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: We are the Un-United States of America
Replies: 64
Views: 3651

Re: We are the Un-United States of America

No need for that. Just relocate all the straight white men between 30 and 70 w/o college degrees earning less than $80k a year to the state of Alabama and give them all the booze, heroin and guns they want.

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by 330west
Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:46 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Satanic Temple's Plan To Troll Anti-Gay Bakeries
Replies: 1
Views: 438

Satanic Temple's Plan To Troll Anti-Gay Bakeries

This is perfect... The Satanic Temple Has An Ingenious Plan To Troll Anti-Gay Bakeries Devil’s food cake, anyone? By Curtis M. Wong LGBTQ rights advocates will be watching the Supreme Court closely this fall, when justices will decide on an anti-discrimination lawsuit brought against Colorado’s Mast...

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by 330west
Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:53 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Walmart cutting back on Christmas creep?
Replies: 23
Views: 1530

Re: Walmart cutting back on Christmas creep?

1337Delta764 wrote:
FYI, I was in our local Walmart as of this past Wednesday and they had the Christmas trees up on the floor.


Praise the lord!!!

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by 330west
Fri Sep 29, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA CEO: "we'll never lose money again"
Replies: 85
Views: 14384

Re: AA CEO: "we'll never lose money again"

I happen to love American Airlines. I have always been treated with wonderful customer service by their employees, as well as when I flew on Us airways. I did love American Airlines - I flew around a hundred thousand miles with them(and BA, Cathay and Qatar) each year for the last five. I've had a ...

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by 330west
Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:23 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone
Replies: 335
Views: 13876

Re: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone

So because the majority believes in something it's right? It wasn't that long ago that the majority of Americans opposed civil rights for black people and more recently equal rights for gay people. Please tell me that you are not equating standing in attention during the national anthem to these ho...

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by 330west
Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:12 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone
Replies: 335
Views: 13876

Re: Global Citizen Festival take a knee everyone

I'm sorry that my pointing out that number of children being murdered while in the government run foster care system is more than the total number of unarmed people killed by police in the US has made you feel like I am arrogant and am telling you what to care about. I know in your mind this is all...

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by 330west
Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:58 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Paul Horner, writer of fake news about 2016 election, found dead
Replies: 38
Views: 1750

Re: Paul Horner, writer of fake news about 2016 election, found dead

Super80Fan wrote:
330west wrote:
Super80Fan wrote:

Spoken like a true inner city school recipient.


I'm not sure you understand the meaning of the word recipient.


Pretty sure I do. You receive a garbage diploma from a garbage school.


Trust me, you don't. The phrase 'inner city school recipient' makes no sense at all.

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