Attorneys for bankrupted conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones asked the state's highest court to rescue the embattled media figure from $1.4 billion in defamation damages a jury awarded to Sandy Hook families after a 2022 trial in Connecticut.
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@#35 ... Pete owns this disaster, unless all involved were new hires. ...
Why do you assume that "all those involved" were hired recently?
Civil servants have served the Country, not the current administration.
If you really want to talk about the issues with the FAA flight controllers, maybe, you should look more at burnout and fatigue than politics.
Jus' sayin'.
FAA issues new rules to combat air traffic controller fatigue (April 2024)
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Passenger jet collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport
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... A passenger jet collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
There was no immediate word on casualties, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport near Washington were halted as helicopters from law enforcement agencies across the region flew over the scene in search of survivors. Inflatable rescue boats were launched into the Potomac River from a point near the airport along the George Washington Parkway, just north of the airport.
President Donald Trump was briefed, his press secretary said, and Vice President JD Vance encouraged followers on the social media platform X to "say a prayer for everyone involved."
The Federal Aviation Administration said the midair collision occurred around 9 p.m. EST when a regional jet that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, crashed into a military Blackhawk helicopter while on approach to an airport runway.
In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, "PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight," in reference to the passenger aircraft. ...
Rap Master Ronnie (Long Version) - Reathel Bean And The Doonesbury Break Crew (1984)
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Lyrics excerpt
...
[Intro]
[Voice]
Ready when you are, Mr. President
[Reagan]
Well, okay, everybody ready? Uh, Nancy?
[Nancy]
Ready dear
[Reagan]
Jim, Mike, Cap?
[Men]
Yes
[Reagan]
Okay, right, let's do it
[Voice]:
Ok, Reagan campaign message for minority voters, take 37
Can it off, Mr. President
[Reagan]
5, 6, 7, 8, uh.. 9..
Ah!
Oh yeah, Lord have mercy
Now let me here a little bass now Nancy
So good, So fine
You're cooking now mama
[Nancy]
Thank you dear
[Reagan]
Al. Smokin'
We're in a grove now
[Man]
That's groove sir
[Reagan]
Groove, we're in a groove now
Slip me a little keyboard cap
Al, you're God
Now that be fine
[Verse 1]
Okay people, gotta get down
Brother Ron Reagan has hit the ground
Gotta believe he's the dude of the hour
Got the glory, got the power
Ronny can communicate, the cat can rap
I even let Nancy sit on Mr.T's lap
Loves the needy, loves them dearly
Love to read graffitti if they'd only print it clearly
...
Live updates: American Airlines plane crashes into Potomac River near Reagan National
www.nbcwashington.com
... small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening, D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed.
Video from the web camera network EarthCam shows the moment of the collision. It shows a big flash upon impact.
The airliner had about 60 people aboard. It's not known how many were aboard the helicopter.
An FAA statement says: "A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided in midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while on approach to Runway 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local [Eastern] time. PSA was operating Flight 5342 as American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas."
There is a massive emergency response unfolding. Fireboats are in the water, and the Metropolitan Police Department also confirmed it is responding.
Fire departments from all around the region are staging at Gravelly Point north of Reagan National.
All takeoffs and landings have been stopped at Reagan National. ...
Early report ...
Inbound plane from Wichita collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. airport
www.kwch.com
... A plane inbound to Washington D.C.'s Reagan Airport from Wichita was involved in a reported collision with a Black Hawk helicopter. The Associated Press reports from law enforcement that an aircraft is down and takeoffs and landings are halted.
Multiple helicopters, including those from the U.S. Park Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. military, were flying over the scene of the incident in the Potomac River. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X that fireboats were on the scene.
Washington, D.C. police say a multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after the crash.
Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center shows two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to conjoin in a fireball.
The airport said emergency personnel were responding to "an aircraft incident on the airfield." ...
@#30 ... Nobody deserves anything they get... and it still plays out do stupid things get stupid results... its not a moral thing... it's life... crap shoot... you can't always win... or you can see there isn't much to lose. ...
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee (1969)
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Mr Kristofferson's original version of this great tune.
[emphasis mine]genius.com