Huh – this is probably not good for the travel industry overall: WASHINGTON (AP) — United Airlines on Monday lost a bid to secure a federal loan guarantee, a fresh setback to the carrier’s efforts to emerge from bankruptcy. The decision by a federal panel barred the airline from making any other attempts to secure government backing.
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If you’re not doing anything for the Fourth of July weekend, try going to Utica and pumping a few dollars into the local economy. It sounds like it’s going to be a fun weekend.
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***Dave pointed me at the Senate testimony of Patricia Friend, president of a flight attendants’ association: We are trained to fight fires in the air, to administer first aid, to evacuate an aircraft in case of an accident, deal with abusive passengers and to give comfort. We receive comprehensive training in how to handle all these situations onboard the aircraft and are now officially recognized for these roles through FAA certification. Unbelievably, almost three years after the horrific events of September 11th, 2001 we still have not been trained to appropriately handle a security crisis onboard on our airplanes. Okay,…
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Hey, one of these might be nice to have…Moon Phases :: Calendars Earlier tonight, David took some nice photos of the moon. He’s still working on some of the features he can use with the Eos Digital Rebel. Man, now I’m starting to think about that camera, too. Stop it, Ginny. Just stop.
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You have to read the whole thing to get the full-bore comedy gold: Selling Son’s Beloved Play Station 2 For Punishment! The funny part to me is not that the kid broke something they had up for auction on eBay or that he drank some beer and wine, but that the parent is more upset about the cost of the stuff he broke/consumed more than the fact that he swilled as much booze as he could get his 13-year old, 6’3″ mitts on. And I see the problem with that, don’t you? It’s good to be childfree.
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TAR5, Episode 1 is set to record automagically on TiVo: (2004) Eleven teams begin their race around the world at Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles; a medical emergency has one team racing to catch a flight; tensions between teams mount as one team tries to keep an alliance; two teams battle to avoid elimination. Tuesday 7/6 8:30pm 2 WBBM Duration: 1:30 Ahhhhh!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Insert mental image of me running around and around going “Aaaaaah!” here. Insert mental image of David making plans to spend that evening in the basement with the door closed here.
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Map & Graph: Countries by Mortality: Contact with powered lawnmower (per capita) …and yes, Moldova is #1! Clever Rance! And now, a song: I’m looking over my dead dog Rover That I overran with the mower One leg is missing, the other is gone The third leg is scattered all over the lawn There’s no use explaining, the one remaining It flew through the old screen door Oh, I’m looking over my dead dog Rover That I overlooked before!
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Announcing a new contest: design a pro-democracy, pro-freedom of choice T-shirt. The catch is, you have to find the model. And that is why there was a wave of international censorship after George W Bush appeared at the window of an Irish castle wearing a white undergarment, rather than his traditional shirt and tie. It would be ridiculously easy to do this, which is why it’s apparently such a big deal that the Irish presidency issued a hastily written memo within minutes of the incident. Unfortunately, some images had already been transmitted by the host broadcaster – which I’m assuming…
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Of the various Amazing Race teams, Dennis and Erika seem the most interesting of the “models and beauty queens” set. After all, nekkid skydiving is quite an accomplishment for a girl. Over at TWOP, we’re wondering about this photo, which was taken at TARcon3, the fan-and-racers party that took place the night of the TAR3 finale in New York (yes, that’s right, the Racers show up – some of them come straight from the CBS party as soon as the winners are revealed). As we’re coming up on the fifth season, TARcon5 will be held in New York for the…
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Salon (subscription) reports the special version Barbara Streisand sang at the recent fundraiser for John Kerry. It’s too good to cut… it may go down the memory hole, so here it is: Here are the lyrics as transcribed by the press pool reporter at the fundraiser. All together now: People I mean G-O-People Who’d believe there’s such people in the world Bush sees a Lotta Condoleeza They’re dividing the planet’s oil According to Richard Poil And they’re all just trainees Of Cheney’s Now Rumsfeld We must get rid of Rumsfeld He’s the spookiest person in the world As for Powell…