ICanSleepWhenI'mDead

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Immediately after the 9/11 attacks I was a little nervous about flying (my work sometimes required it), but figured the odds of my particular flight being hijacked when everyone was focused on preventing that type of repeat attack were mighty slim. When they quickly determined that the terrorist pilots had minimal flight training, I felt very safe taking night-time flights, especially for short hops. If you are a terrorist with minimal training, you're going to want to make a daytime attack in good weather so that you can hit your intended target, and with as big a fuel load as possible. Other than that, nothing changed for me.

I don't have a dog (plane? drone?) in this fight, but I'm interested in the topic of how the military is currently using drones, and how that capability is likely to develop. For anyone more interested in reading about this than arguing about it, check out: 1. http://www.fas.org/i...ct/uas_2009.pdf (signed in 2009 by the Secretary of the Air Force and by the USAF Chief of Staff) 2. http://www.flightglo...70120000000taAj (about how the USAF "is trying to ascertain how best to formulate its future unmanned aircraft fleet so that it could operate inside contested airspace") And no less than Admiral Mike Mullen, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs, took this position re the F-35 in 2009: 3. http://www.theglobea.../article581131/

You are assuming that the total amount of unpaid wages at each hospital was $1.5 million, but that may not be correct. It might have been less. The article linked in the OP says: If the hospitals' violation of the NY labor laws was clear, they may have agreed to settle for MORE than the total amount of underpaid wages. Why would they do that? Because going to trial would have exposed them to potential liability for lawyers' fees, court costs and statutory penalties over and above the actual wages they failed to pay. Need proof? http://www.icemiller.com/publication_detail/id/1790/index.aspx http://www.robinsonbrog.com/CM/Articles/Wage-Theft-Protection-Act-4-6-11.html There are plenty of examples of class action suits where lawyers' fees and court costs eat up much of the compensation that individual claimants might otherwise have obtained. But unless you have information not disclosed in the OP's article, you have no idea if this is one of those cases.

I always thought it was kind of strange what Flipper could do - - swimming upright and backwards at the same time. Probably an alien scout using TV transmissions to communicate with its home planet.

We shoulda shot Billy Buffalo from a moving train when we had the chance.

If Chuck Knox was still the coach, and blitzers sometimes ran by Wood to toss the QB around, I bet we'd be wondering how many times Wood could get the QB chucked before Chuck would chuck Wood, if Chuck had the authority to chuck Wood if he could.

I dunno, he might be a good fit. A guy who obtained a trademark registration for a cat litter product might be just what an organization that hasn't made the playoffs in this millenium needs: http://www.trademark...b-78756485.html Think of the additional revenues if the Bills put a Sani-Sorb logo on their uniforms.

Wonder if this affects Littman's role? Littman had a Treasurer and/or CFO title in the organization if I recall correctly, but he's a lawyer. Wasn't Littman second only to Ralph on the Bills organization chart before Russ Brandon was promoted? I have a vague recollection of seeing that somewhere (maybe in the Bills media packet, or on company letterhead?). Not sure if that changed after Russ Brandon was promoted. If Littman is being pushed aside, I wonder if a healthy (lucid?) Ralph would allow that to happen? Makes me wonder about Ralph's health, although I haven't tried to research Littman's age, so it might simply be that Littman wants to step away or reduce his role, or harbored resentment at Russ Brandon being promoted to CEO if Littman wanted the job title. All speculation on my part, but when Ralph's top aide for years was lawyer Littman, who maybe got passed over for the CEO job, and now the CEO brings in his lawyer brother, it makes me wonder about possible in-fighting as Ralph fades further from the scene. Or maybe Littman's role hasn't changed at all - - aren't we still under the cap?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gregg-g-brandon/4/397/556

Maybe the Kama Sutra wasn't part of their curved speculum.

Ya gotta admit, though, it makes for some great pictures - - here's one of my favorites:

With headlamps on Full Bright, she got a free ride.

The 17 year old girl who made the crash video on her cell phone called her MOM about it before she called the police? Darryl must have a sister my momma never told me about (Darlene weren't in Michigan that day).

I figure if God wants me to know something, he's powerful enough to make the message cut through the considerable background noise in my life. But then again, my God's as powerful as, what's the term I'm looking for? Oh yeah, - - - God.

OK, so I have techno-geek tendencies - - I admit it. I saw this one today and liked it, but wondered what percentage of the population had even the slightest clue what it meant: On a bright red background with white letters - - "IF THIS STICKER LOOKS BLUE, YOU'RE DRIVING TOO FAST" Darryl says its must be some kind of a Democrat vs. Republican thing - - maybe somebody here could explain it to him?

WTF?

It's more like I'm willing to at least initially check out most anything, hoping it will be good - - because the really good sci-fi stuff can be pretty imaginative. And imaginative doesn't correlate with how big the budget is. There's definitely stuff that I turn away from, though. I think the SyFy channel is a mixed bag. Some stuff is pretty good, but there's also stuff so bad it's comical. I guess I keep hoping for a repeat of my "Terminator" experience. At the time I was unattached and had a job that required very long hours, and I lived near a $1 cinema that showed first run movies on a delayed basis just before they were released on VHS. So sometimes after work I'd spend a buck and go see the 10 pm showing of whatever was playing there to decompress. I stumbled onto the original Terminator movie one night, which I had never heard of, and was blown away by it. Anyway, I hope Continuum thrives - - I like it a lot. If you see much of it, I'd be curious what you think

I realize that, but some people don't read entire threads. Like you, I felt better disclosing it.

I've watched it from the start (although I'm a few episodes behind at the moment) and like it, but I'm a sci-fi fan in general (the genre, not the channel). You might get a less biased opinion from someone else.

No worries - - I just thought I should mention the gift certificate part for full disclosure.

The "list" subscription price has now dropped to $9.99 - - if you use my referral link below you are supposed to get 10% off that price (and I get a $10 gift certificate): http://preseason.nfl.com/nflpl/raf/R3KP9BVA8HPD

I guess that's goin' around - - - Darryl couldn't find Lake Erie this morning.

What color is a mirror?

Odds of him beating the rap may be slim, but he hasn't been convicted of anything yet. Nor has he admitted to violating the law, AFAIK. So there is some slim hope that he can avoid any league discipline.