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  1. US citizen shot dead after hijacking small plane in Belize A US citizen hijacked a small Tropic Air plane in Belize on Thursday at knifepoint, injuring three others before being shot and killed, police said. The assailant pulled a knife while the plane was in air, demanding the domestic flight take him out of the country, Police Commissioner Chester Williams told journalists. The hijacker was identified as US citizen Akinyela Sawa Taylor, Williams said, adding that it appeared Taylor was a military veteran. The plane circled the airspace between northern Belize and capital Belize City as the hijacking was underway, and began to run dangerously low on fuel, the police commissioner said. Taylor stabbed three people on board, according to Williams, including the pilot and a passenger who shot Taylor with a licensed firearm as the plane landed outside Belize City. That passenger was rushed to the hospital, as was Taylor, who died from the gunshot wound. Williams said that it was unclear how Taylor boarded the plane with a knife, though he acknowledged that the country’s smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers. The attacker had been denied entry to the country over the weekend, according to police. The plane had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, off the coast. Police said it was unclear how Taylor reached Corozal. Belizean authorities have reached out to the US embassy in the country for aid in investigating the incident. Luke Martin, public affairs officer for the embassy, told journalists that it had no details on Taylor’s background or motivation so far. According to information released by the airport, Taylor was a teacher in the United States. He was listed online as previously being a football coach at the McCluer North High School in Florissant, Missouri. An employee at the school told Reuters that Taylor did not currently work there.
  2. Let's take a peek at your voting record and social media before we determine what kind of white you are.
  3. So the ship's wifi is working?
  4. Department of Homeland Security
  5. Do they have a lump?
  6. The first rule of Golf Course Hockey Fight Club...
  7. Go Isotopes!!!
  8. Fun low budget shoot 'em up filmed in the South.
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    West Wing

    Love WW. Unfortunately, it aged about as well as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
  10. Andy Hopper is dumber than a box of rocks, so of course he represents Wise County. He was trying to defund UT. Fortunately, Lauren Ashley Simmons was there. Andy, that's not true.
  11. Maybe Arizona could use that for their version of the tush push.
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    Getting old sucks

    I had someone throw this at me once. They obviously never had astigmatism.
  13. I'm standing tall beside you, asshole. I was in retail corporate mid-management. My soul made me leave that gig.
  14. Holy crap this guy was lucky.
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    Below Deck

    Read that yesterday and it made me smile. Daisy really got fucked over. Wihan needed to go. He was a poor Bosun. The Greek seemed like a nice guy, but he's still got personal issues so here's your plane ticket. New Bosun seems solid, not sure about the deckhand.
  16. The shotgun story pretty much removed any doubt.
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    Favorite Dead Comedian

    Damn, I thought he died back when they were making "I'm Dying Up Here." No offense.
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    Favorite Dead Comedian

  19. Everybody knows you use Xanax before flying and wake up when you land.
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