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[Biff Pocoroba]

his explanation of supply and demand made for a good laugh today

That's our Energy Secretary. Didn't he want to drop the Commerce Department too?

[Electromatic]

Just Google search for Amelia Earhardt, it's the big news of the day. A History Channel doc is claiming that she crashed near the Marshall Islands, and was taken into Japanese custody, soon after somehow dying. They've turned up a photo in the National Archives that was probably taken by a spy for the US. In the photo are two people who look like they could be Earhardt and her navigator who was with her. There's also a boat in the background towing something which is the same size as her plane. Apparently, people in that area have long claimed that she crashed there. I don't think it's going to be accepted as definitive proof.

If it goes like the rest of their "documentaries" (DB Cooper) they'll stretch for 2 hours or 3 days and not really conclude anything or discuss anything new.

I used to like Modern Marvels, now pretty much everything they do is crap.

[Monkey_Driven]

Just Google search for Amelia Earhardt, it's the big news of the day. A History Channel doc is claiming that she crashed near the Marshall Islands, and was taken into Japanese custody, soon after somehow dying. They've turned up a photo in the National Archives that was probably taken by a spy for the US. In the photo are two people who look like they could be Earhardt and her navigator who was with her. There's also a boat in the background towing something which is the same size as her plane. Apparently, people in that area have long claimed that she crashed there. I don't think it's going to be accepted as definitive proof.

If it goes like the rest of their "documentaries" (DB Cooper) they'll stretch for 2 hours or 3 days and not really conclude anything or discuss anything new.

I used to like Modern Marvels, now pretty much everything they do is crap.

The world is only so interesting.

[Jorge]

What the fuck

A flight attendant smashed wine bottles on a man who tried to open the exit midair, FBI says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr- ... 900156dc91

Hudek had ordered a single beer before takeoff, and appeared sober, according to the FBI.

The Boeing 767 had been flying about an hour — crossing over Vancouver Island — when Hudek rose from his first-class seat and walked into the bathroom.

He was inside about two minutes, according to the affidavit. Then he “lunged toward the forward right exit door of the aircraft, grabbed the handle” and tried to pull it open.

Two flight attendants immediately tried to stop Hudek, wrote an FBI agent who later interviewed people on the plane. They called for help when he pushed them away and kept trying to force the lever that held the door in place, the agent wrote.

Dustin Jones, seated just behind the first-class curtains, told KIRO-TV that a flight attendant ran toward the back of the plane and announced: “Code 3.”

A flight attendant asked passengers for help and called the pilot, according to the FBI agent’s affidavit. The pilot reported the emergency and swung the plane back toward Seattle.

A second attendant kept trying to subdue Hudek but was punched and knocked to the ground.

A man got out of his seat to help. Witnesses would tell the FBI that Hudek punched him in the face repeatedly and hit him with a bottle of red wine, of which several were lying around.

Having fought off the initial resistance, the FBI agent wrote, Hudek went back to the door and kept working on the lever.

By now, other passengers were scared. Hudek had raised the lever halfway up, according to the affidavit. Flight crew members would later tell the FBI agent that had the plane been flying at a lower altitude, the door could have opened.

A flight attendant picked up a wine bottle, then a second one, and smashed them each over Hudek’s head, according to the FBI.

“Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full liter red wine bottle over his head,” the FBI agent wrote, “and instead shouted ‘Do you know who I am?’ or something to that extent.”

[Norah]

that's fucked up

[E.H. Ruddock]

Man I would have loved a go at that guy. What a fucking dickhead

[doone]

Makes you wonder if he was on something.

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

Makes you wonder if he was on something.

It's America dude. Everybody is on something.

[The Argonaut]

It makes you wonder why there aren't better security protocols for when someone flips out on a plane. "I don't know, but him with a bottle of wine or something."

[Norah]

What should the protocol be?

[Simple Torture]

Are air marshals not a thing anymore?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Are air marshals not a thing anymore?

This was an international flight leaving the U.S. I don't think we put Marshals on those, do we?

[Rangi Guy]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/ ... -a-hot-car

A US mother facing child neglect charges for leaving her 5-year-old son in a scorching vehicle complained about being put in a hot police car after her arrest.

[The Argonaut]

What should the protocol be?

I don't know, hit him with a bottle of wine or something?

[Stickman]

Right, cause arguing with a cop about leaving your kids in the car is gonna smooth things over.
Officer takes mother to task for leaving kids in hot car

[E.H. Ruddock]

Right, cause arguing with a cop about leaving your kids in the car is gonna smooth things over.
Officer takes mother to task for leaving kids in hot car

See two posts above yours.

[Simple Torture]

Two-hour standoff in Medford after driver bares axe at Kiss 108

On Monday afternoon, local and state police surrounded a red sedan outside of Kiss 108 studios in Medford.

The driver was reportedly at the station to request a song on the radio, ”My Axe″ by Insane Clown Posse. NBC Boston reported the man went into the studio, requested the song and showed the secretary the axe. When he returned outside, police had already been called and he reportedly threw the axe at the officers but did not injure anyone.

Officers reportedly said the driver was highly intoxicated, apparently “huffing” an unknown substance and drinking beer.

Witness Greg? Gross was working on demolition on the second floor of the building and was by the loading dock when the standoff first started. Unable to access his car due to the police perimeter, Gross was forced to stay on scene, watching from an estimated 30 feet away, he said.

http://medford.wickedlocal.com/news/201 ... t-kiss-108

[bune]

Yup, that's Medford.

[malice]

Yup, that's Medford.

muh-fuh

[Norah]

Yup, that's Medford.

muh-fuh

nobody actually says that

it's med-fihd