AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY: Is this what diversity hires get you?
- On Thursday, a Boeing 777 had one of its 260 lb. tires fall off during take off. It crushed two cars in the parking lot below. Because each strut has six tires, the jet was able to land without incident.
- Things didn’t go so well with the Boeing 737 that had one of its struts fail entirely the very next day. Thankfully, everyone survived the crash landing.
- https://unusualwhales.com/news/united-airlines-boeing-777-loses-tire-while-taking-off-from-san-francisco-crushing-cars-on-the-ground
- https://tiremain.com/blog/what-is-the-tire-size-for-boeing-777
- https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1875335/united-airlines-boeing-737-gear-failure
- https://notthebee.com/article/united-airlines-boeing-737-crashes-off-runway-after-landing-gear-failure
CATHOLIC: Years ago, we chose to abstain from meat on all Fridays. I have a carved wooden fish that says JESUS. On Fridays, it sits on the counter; on the other days, it sits on the window sill. For me, it has always been about honoring the day Jesus suffered in the flesh and shed His blood for us, but since we regularly enjoy vegetarian meals, meatless entrees don’t really count as penitential. However, I am not a huge fan of fish, so I go out of my way to serve fish on Fridays.
FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/WeGotIt2k/status/1766301539432595623 [:17] to hear Dementia Joe say, “Send me to Congress.”
SCAM: Buyers beware. This is yet another Chinese scam advertising on Facebook as a “Veterans with Disabilities” product. Tip offs: Boilerplate website, stock photos (run one or two through Good Image Search), claim to BBB rating that goes nowhere (click it), ACT FAST pressure for non-existent sale (check Amazon … same product for a lot less). Also, the Amazon listing has a majority of one-star reviews with many complaints about the products received not looking like the photo and being of very poor quality and much smaller than claimed.
S&G: CLICK https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1765818289479954838 [2:43] to hear “Maxi Glamour“ testify at the Missouri House against a bill to ban drag shows for kids. The graphic above is a screen shot of the home page of his website.
- https://notthebee.com/article/this-dude-showed-up-to-testify-in-front-of-the-missouri-house-and-im-sure-hes-got-something-important-to-say
- https://maxiglamour.com/
- https://draglicious.com.br/2020/08/11/whos-that-queen-maxi-glamour/
SOTU: [4:28] – Newt Gingrich calls FAUXTUS’ speech the most malicious State of the Union in history. The link below is provided so you can check for yourself whether Newt or MSDNC’s “historian” are telling the truth about Truman’s 1948 SOTU speech.
WORDWAFFLE: I enjoy this game. It forces me to think outside the box … which frequently includes words (e.g., RUPLE) that are not in the solution.
GRAMMY NOTES: I ran into the mom of one of my dd’s occasional high school friends at the drug store one evening. She grabbed me and demanded, “WHAT do you put in your potato soup?!?!“
Huh?
“Angela had it at your house that time she stayed for dinner and she has been asking me to make it ever since, but every time I try, she says it’s not as good as Mrs. BCs. So WHAT do you do?!“
After briefly pondering just how long ago it was that Angela had dinner with us … six months? … I recited “Mrs. BCs Super Duper Exotic Potato Soup Recipe” …
Clean and cut up a bag of new potatoes. Boil uncovered in a big pot with just enough water to cover the taters to begin with, letting it boil off a bit until the taters are forkable.
While the taters are cooking, chop and saute one large onion in butter, with salt and pepper. Then add to the forkable potatoes and water. Dump in a GIANT tub of sour cream, stir and warm through. Serve with a sprinkling of dried parsley on top to make it look like you slaved all day.
She stood there, her jaw agape, eyes bugging out, and exclaimed, “THAT’S IT?!?!” Yup. “JUST SOUR CREAM?!?!” Yup.
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