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North West Airlines Pilots have some explaining to do

By Joe Weber | Published: October 23, 2009
1. Northwest Airlines Flight over-shoots Minneapolis.  By 150 Miles - Two pilots were in the cockpit.  Finally, a flight attendant knocked on the door and asked what the hell was going on.  I’m one of those guys that hits his chronometer on his watch when the pilot announces the flight time.  I’d be asking some [...]
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Sotomayor Day Two

By Joe Weber | Published: July 15, 2009
(photo from: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) 1. Sotomayor Passes Day Two - The Nominee tries to convince her critics that she’s not biased towards minorities, she doesn’t think the fact that she’s a “Wise Latina” gives her an upper hand intellectually, and that she won’t have empathy trump reason.  (From The Hill) 2. Dems want to pay for [...]
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Fake Umpires get seats behind home plate

By Joe Weber | Published: May 14, 2009
Watch the upper left of the screen, front row. Genius!  When the guy puts on the mask?  Highest of high comedy.
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Counter-Terrorism Chief shows off the goods

By Joe Weber | Published: April 9, 2009
1. Scotland yard Big-wig shows off secret document by mistake - Geeze man!  C’mon!  Put it IN the folder!  Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief had his career self destruct after a photograph of him holding a secret document, face out,  started making the rounds.  On that document?  Some details of an operation against a suspected Al-Qaeda cell [...]
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Citibank falls for Nigerian Scam

By Joe Weber | Published: February 23, 2009
1. Citibank falls for the ol’ Nigerian Email Scam - To the tune of $27 Million. But, well… it wasn’t email. Nope, they sent packages with “official looking documents.” Ahhhhh… well… totally understandable then. (From the NY Times) 2. Some Graph says the Recession should end this year - “Research [...]
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