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The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian
I’d never heard of this airline before last week. Then I caught a call from someone who’d been booked on them. There was no other way to help him, had to sell him a new ticket on a new carrier, and he’ll pursue refund with them himself.
In the week running up to the collapse of Monarch Airlines, one crew member noticed that something was awry. The soap had run out on a flight back to Gatwick and a request to replenish supplies was left unanswered. A few days later, on Monday this week, Monarch was no more: almost 2,000 staff would be laid off and the travel plans of 860,000 passengers would be disrupted.
Link: The collapse of Monarch: inside the doomed airline in its last days | Business | The Guardian
Airplane’s Terrifying Landing May Put You Off Flying For Good
As a corporate travel deranger, I’ve booked people into DUS – Dusseldorf Airport – many times. Maybe won’t recommend it, or should mention the airport’s reputation for big crosswinds.
Via Huffington Post: Airplane’s Terrifying Landing May Put You Off Flying For Good
Emmy Awards: Jeffrey Wright @jfreewright deserves to win. #Westworld
Absolutely, hands down, Jeffrey Wright deserves the Emmy for best supporting actor. Will he get it?
Deserves to win: Jeffrey Wright
Critics love him on “Westworld†— he has a magnetic screen presence and the ability to deliver a big twist.
Ryanair plane makes emergency landing after losing nose wheel (Woops. Glad no one hurt).
East Midlands is a small regional airport but they do have some international flights.
A Ryanair plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after losing one of its two nose wheels.
Link: Ryanair plane makes emergency landing after losing nose wheel | Business | The Guardian
Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91 | Film | The Guardian
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Holy cow. Harry Dean Stanton, rest well and be remembered.
Harry Dean Stanton, the veteran American actor who ballasted generations of independent and cult films, has died aged 91.
Source: Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91 | Film | The Guardian
Priest who left KKK still hasn’t made restitution for cross-burnings
Remember the family victimized when the local KKK burned a cross on their lawn, but they won a lawsuit? President Reagan dropped by to visit them.
Funny thing, they never did collect on the settlement. The leader of the local KKK disappeared.
Many years later, he turned up as a Catholic priest, and NO ONE wants to talk about him. Not his diocese, not his former diocese, not current and former parishioners, no one. The Washington Post did find a few people willing to talk about him, like old schoolmates who were shocked by his transformation from racist skinhead to priest.
He still had some anger issues, though. He seemed to work through them by protesting at abortion clinics, and by “teaching history.”
But hey, forgiveness is freely offered, right?
Last week, some parishioners were struggling to reconcile the priest they knew with his violent past and failure over decades to make amends to his victims, actions the diocese has now offered to broker and says Aitcheson is willing to do.
Maybe the Church needs to stop protecting racists. It looks a little too much like when they move pedohiles around and protect them, too.
Source: Priest who left KKK is testing parishioners’ ideas about redemption – The Washington Post
Trump Org Was Negotiating For Moscow Tower During Candidacy – Sater
If this had gone through last summer, would it have been a deal breaker for the Trumpist base?
Probably not. Make Moscow Great Again!
Nevertheless, the details of the deal, which have not previously been disclosed, provide evidence that Trump’s business was actively pursuing significant commercial interests in Russia at the same time he was campaigning to be president — and in a position to determine U.S.-Russia relations. The new details from the emails, which are scheduled to be turned over to congressional investigators soon, also point to the likelihood of additional contacts between Russia-connected individuals and Trump associates during his presidential bid.
White House officials declined to comment for this report.
Local stingray is in a great mood
How To President, Part 2 – Visit A Vandalized Golf Course? Not Unless He Owns It
Resident Drumpf may see this item in the Washington Post, but it’s unlikely as his news reading is “curated” for him so that he sees stories that are positive (and mostly about him).
A disturbing image was found on a golf course in Minnesota: https://t.co/m7dnYQ2sMZ pic.twitter.com/xMXHVh0gki
— GOLF.com (@GOLF_com) August 23, 2017
However, since it’s on a golf course, he may feel moved, but it’s not as if it happened at one of his own golf properties, is it?
Source: Swastika found carved into green at Minnesota golf course – The Washington Post