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UA Pilots Protest Taxpayer Takeover of Pension
Details are still slightly hazy, but « United’s pilots are fighting the weird backroom maneuvering » which resulted in us taxpayers getting soaked with the responsibility of the pilots’ pension fund, thanks to United’s epic and clueless executive mismanagement: ‘Pilots at United Airlines will fight plans for an involuntary bail-out of their pension scheme, threatening to unravel…
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Blow Out
I was going to get a good start on my riding program by biking every day, but alas, it was not to be. I biked five miles on Saturday the first, but as I was returning, I noticed the rear tire was low. So I went to the gas station at Packard/Stadium to air it…
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RIP Shirley Chisholm and Robert Matsui
The bad news continues to pour in as the Republic lay dying: « Shirley Chisholm passes at age 80 »: ‘Chisholm, who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969, was a riveting speaker who often criticized Congress as being too clubby and unresponsive. An outspoken champion of women and minorities during seven terms in the…
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