Why Air Travel Is So Expensive and Unpleasant
Just four giants — American, United, Delta and Southwest — now control two-thirds of all air travel in the entire U.S. In a song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie … Read more
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Boney Fingers: Why Should Work Be Life-Sucking?
“Work your fingers to the bone — whadda ya get? Boney Fingers.” This 1960’s Hoyt Axton folk song mocking the vaunted virtue of working hard is being sung … Read more
Making Flying Great Again, Italian Style
CEO changing things at Italian airline to “make flying great again” after flight attendants protest by stripping to underwear. Alitalia, the Italian airliner, which had eluded profitability for … Read more
Movie Review: “7500”
“7500” — a film review by Gary Chew I don’t want to come on like a Luddite, but a newly released film with Joseph Gordon-Levitt sort of tells … Read more
Coronavirus Updates from Around the Slobovian Universe
As part of their mission to keep the world informed, SNN presents these coronavirus updates. Part of the continuing series, Dispatches from SNN (Slobovian News Network). Major Slobovian … Read more
Pandemic Profiteers, Trump and Peter Cottontail
Trump and the Republican Senate are enabling pandemic profiteers, at everyone’s expense. Wartime profiteering is an especially vile form of corporate greed, yet it has been as common … Read more
The Persons, Who Evade From Checking Procedure, Aren’t Supposed for Boarding!
“The Persons, Who Evade From Checking Procedure, Aren’t Supposed for Boarding!” — Sign at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (Ukraine) Welcome, boarding persons to Float Number 285, Ukraine Airlines. We … Read more
Premature Evacuation: Exit Seat Employment
Sitting at the Exit Seat should be a paid position. I’m not talkin’ a fly by night deal – I mean a real job with Layovers in Barstow, … Read more
