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  1. Hey, That's not how I meant it. I thought the point that you were making is that flying can be made nice enough to consider it a meaningful part of your vacation. My point was that, in my opinion, unless you're flying private, no amount of status or upgrades can elevate the current commercial airline experience to being on vacation for me. If it works for you, that's great. I only look to minimize the time in the airport (just in time arrival and known traveler status) and time on the plane (direct flights). I'll also try to sit in front of the wing on an aisle and usually do.
  2. aren't those the only folks who would be looking to buy? Gotta know your market
  3. same
  4. What a shame... WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer’s hand during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison. John George Todd III declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced him. The judge said Todd, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, hasn’t shown any remorse for his role in damaging the country’s “fragile” democratic institutions. “This is not a patriot. This is not conduct becoming of a Marine,” the judge told Todd, 34. Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 12 years and seven months for Todd, who traveled from his Missouri home to attend then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. “As the country approaches anther contentious election year, one that will see a rematch of the 2020 Presidential election that was at issue for the rioters on January 6, every January 6 sentencing sends a message about the importance of democratic values and the rule of law,” prosecutors wrote. After entering the Capitol, Todd repeatedly pushed against officers inside the Rotunda, ignored commands to leave and screamed profanities at police. Todd was carrying a fiberglass pole attached to a flag. When a Metropolitan Police Department officer tried to grab it from him, Todd and the officer wrestled for control of the pole until it splintered and cut the officer’s hand. The officer, Noah Rathbun, needed seven stitches and missed nine days of work. Todd argued that the officer’s injuries were self-inflicted. A different rioter, retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attacking Rathbun outside the Capitol earlier that day. Webster swung a flagpole at Rathbun and then tackled him and grabbed his gas mask. Todd has been jailed since a jury in February convicted him of six counts, including obstruction of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over Trump. “This was a dangerous first, where the peaceful transition to a new presidential administration was disrupted,” the judge said. Todd initially was charged with only misdemeanors, but a grand jury indicted him on felony charges after prosecutors discovered video of him assaulting Rathbun. After his arrest, Todd repeatedly violated the terms of his pretrial release. He moved from Blue Springs, Missouri, to South Carolina to be in his sister’s care. Todd’s attorneys said he is a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who needs mental health treatment, not incarceration. “Incarceration would only exacerbate Mr. Todd’s health and mental health problems,” a defense attorney wrote last year. Todd was a Marine from 2009 to 2013 and served in Afghanistan, his family said. Todd received an “other than honorable” discharge from the military related to his abuse of alcohol, according to prosecutors. More than 100 police officers were injured during the riot. Over 1,400 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related federal crimes. Nearly 900 of them have been sentenced, with roughly two-thirds of them receiving a term of imprisonment ranging from a few days to 22 years.
  5. "Membership has it's privileges'" -A. Lincoln
  6. well they're going to be short a few guys... And you'd have to think more than a few Trumpkins are taking the prosecutions as a shot across the bow. I think if Jan 6th is tried again, the outcome for the participants will be significantly worse. In the form a much more robust and belligerent police force. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/36-months-jan-6-attack-capitol-0#:~:text=Sentencings%3A,sentenced to periods of incarceration. Arrests made: More than 1,265 defendants have been charged in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (This includes those charged in both District and Superior Court). Sentencings: Approximately 749 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated and received sentences for their criminal activity on Jan. 6. Approximately 467 have been sentenced to periods of incarceration. Approximately 154 defendants have been sentenced to a period of home detention, including approximately 28 who also were sentenced to a period of incarceration.
  7. this one better?
  8. I want inflight BJs and to fart febreeze, but that's not how the world works. It's a fair point about wanting to maximize your enjoyment and you have to do what works for you. If you think first class is equivalent to being on vacation, that's cool. When traveling alone, I show up at the airport no more than an hour before the flight departs. I like to get to the gate and walk onto the plane or as close to that as possible. When I used to fly a lot, I had my local airport down and would frequently be one of the last to walk onto the plane. You sit, door shuts, and the plane pushes back from the gate, you just cut 40mins off your flight time. I'd rather miss one flight every 5 years or so than to spend hours sitting around waiting for (or on) a flight. The wife will not tolerate playing airport chicken. Also best money you can spend is on global entry, IMHO You know how to make a small fortune in the airline business?
  9. I think you have to have AI read them out... or cheaper still, txt to voice. After all the payers are custom, and the txt is uploaded to the platform buy the sucker user. Otherwise the hiring and writing the job profile is just too awkward.
  10. Link to Jury instructions... https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People v. DJT Jury Instructions and Charges FINAL 5-23-24.pdf From that link: "Your verdict, on each count you consider, whether guilty or not guilty, must be unanimous. In order to find the defendant guilty, however, you need not be unanimous on whether the defendant committed the crime personally, or by acting in concert with another, or both." "Don't believe everything you read on the internet" -A. Lincoln
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