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    Thank You, Emirates Airlines

    … you correctly notified the authorities that someone had purchased a one-way ticket to Dubai, in cash at the last moment. Did Times Square Bomb Suspect Almost Get Away? | TPMMuckraker CBS News adds that it was only thanks to a tip from Emirates Airlines that Shahzad, 30, was nabbed. Emirates notified the Department of Homeland Security that it had received a last-minute request for an all-cash purpose of a one-way ticket to Dubai — all of which are red flags. Before the arrest was made, law enforcement authorities had already notified authorities that the plane was not to take…

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    United and Continental Sitting in a Tree, M-E-R-G-I-N-G

    … and as a business travel arranger, I’m curious to know how this is going to effect me in the months to come, too. Some of my business travelers may benefit, but many of my guys are based in Houston (CO’s southern hub) and other Midwestern cities – NOT Chicago or Denver (UA’s main hubs). They don’t fly United much except for some of the ones that like the early morning ‘daylighter’ flights to Britain from Washington or Chicago. How the Continental-United merger will affect business travelers – USATODAY.com Now that United Airlines and Continental Airlines have tied the knot,…

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    The Banality of Terror

    So this is the guy? He really does look like a Wall Street trader. And though multiple arrests were made, CNN still used the phrase “lone wolf” in their story. Arrests made in Pakistan in Times Square probe. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Common Sense For British Voters

    Stephen Fry lays it out. Ultimately, vote how you like, but VOTE! How I will vote… « Stephen Fry. More important than my own political views or my own voting intentions are my hopes that nothing I say will stop you from choosing Conservative if you consider it the right way to cast your vote. It may be you will be voting Tory through dyed-in-the-wool instinct and loyalty or it may be that you are someone who once voted Labour or Lib Dem but who has decided that Cameron and the Conservatives will be best for Britain. It’s none of…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    An American Brand Name Heads to Mexico – After Taking Economic Recovery Funds | Crooks and Liars

    Need to edit my “How old is your Whirlpool?” post to point to this… insult to American working people and consumers. An American Brand Name Heads to Mexico – After Taking Economic Recovery Funds | Crooks and Liars. Guess how Whirlpool is repaying American taxpayers for their support: Whirlpool Corporation is shutting down a refrigerator plant in Evansville, Indiana that will put 1100 people out of work. Are they having trouble selling refrigerators in these bad economic times? No. Whirlpool is profitable and still selling plenty of refrigerators here. But they want to ship these jobs to Mexico where they…

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    Shared Links April 12th – April 20th

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    Shared Links March 29th – April 10th

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