FBI CRACKS DOWN ON NURSING DIPLOMA MILLS: Nursing candidates who allegedly participated in the scheme would pay as much as $15,000 for the fraudulent diplomas, officials said. The article says these people still had to pass the “national nursing board exam” but the article is unclear on exactly what that is, or the name of the accrediting organization.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO ORGAN-FARM PRISONERS: Donors would receive at least 60 days but no more than one year off their sentences. Two state lawmakers – both Democrats – claim the bill would “restore bodily autonomy” to incarcerated people. But critics warn it is unethical and preys on inmates’ desperation. You can do better, Democrats; PRC prisoners who have their organs harvested receive immediate release from prison.
HACKED US NO-FLY LIST MADE PUBLIC: And if the discovery of the list on an unsecured server wasn’t bad enough, “Additionally, the hacker claimed they may have been able to exploit their access to the server to cancel or delay flights and even switch out crew members. If this were to be the case, the national security implications of this are alarming,” write the U.S. Homeland Security Committee Members in a letter dated January 26th.
OH, CANADA: Government forces Ontario dairy farm to dump 30,000 liters of milk because they exceeded production quotas. (h/t: Pie)
BIDEN ADMIN DISTRACTS FROM ONGOING SCANDALS: VP Kamala Harris, who is the administration’s point person for space policy, awards space medals to first commercial astronaut crew. Neither of the astronauts receiving medals were allowed to speak during the ceremony. NASA announced that Behnken and Hurley would receive the medal less than 24 hours before the ceremony, and neither the agency nor the White House offered details on why they received the award now or if the White House anticipated making additional awards.
I’ve felt demotivated all month.
You picked the right month to be demotivated.
demotivational
These seem appropriate for Current Year ™….
Me too. Demotivated and extra stressed.
Luckily the month just started yesterday.
I’m thinking I might be able to pass a nursing board exam, and I never went to nursing school.
You used to be able to take the bar exam, and if you passed you could practice law, without a law school degree. But we can’t have smart people taking money away from those big institutions. It would be uncivilized.
In Virginia that’s still allowed, sorta. You can’t just self-study, you have to apprentice yourself to a practicing attorney. It’s called “reading the law.”
A close friend of our family was a practising lawyer (here in Alberta) who’d never attended Law School — he was apprenticed to a lawyer and eventually sat the Bar exam. I don’t quite know how long it took him, but from a few casual remarks over the years I got the impression that he spent less time apprenticing than the standard 3 years Law School + one year of damn-near-indentured-servitude to a law firm that the typical student goes through.
Other than him, though, I’ve never heard of another lawyer in Alberta being admitted to the Bar this way.
Apprenticing is superior to classrooms. You get paid instead of paying. You learn reality instead of theory. You don’t have to sit through all the unrelated mandatory classes.
CA used to allow that. Until fairly recently. They were the last state, IIRC, to require law school. They also had, supposedly, the hardest bar exam in the nation.
You used to be able to that in architecture, and that is how my brother almost became one.
Isn’t that what Kim Kardashian is doing? At least that’s what I heard.
My wife is an RN and teaches for a legitimate one of these programs.
This fraud only gets you to the exam. Even with a proper class the pass rates are low.
The tests tend to be very high on theory and case management, things taught in BSN programs. The people taking these programs have very good practical skills and experience, but zero responsibility for case management.
Also the distinction (right or wrong, but we are stuck with it) between nursing and medicine is not something lay people pay much attention to. But don’t get a nurse and RN started on it…
So how many people did these frauds kill? Or maim?
It seemed like they still had to pass the Big Test.
I’ve read a few of the articles. None mentioned how many obtained an actual license this way.
Organ farming prisoners? Dear God, we’ve almost dropped to the moral level of Canada.
But it’s totally voluntary!
Unlike a payday loan, which is completely different.
Gattaca! Gattaca! Gattaca!
Wrong reference…ORGAN-LEGGERS! ORGAN-LEGGERS!
Attica! Attica! Attica! … No?
From your friendly Human Resources department…..
“You’re a human and we believe you’re a resource” [blank soul-less expression on face]
That sounds like a line from Paranoia!
And if it isn’t, it should be.
I want to see the Selectee list.
I am not convinced Kamala is using ChatGPT to write her speeches in the style of talking to kindergartners.
I wonder what ChatGPT would say if you asked it about Kamala?
“Who?” -Chatbot
You can register an account and find out?
[insert Trump grimace]
“Kamala Harris is a trailblazer and a dedicated public servant who has worked hard to make a positive impact in the lives of people in the United States and around the world.”
See if it’ll compose a poem.
Eh…it will. The surprising one is I asked for a Trump poem and it was fairly even in political adoration that would make any of us throw up a bit.
The Bee says otherwise.
I say otherwise.
Heh that one is true. Apparently the data it has been given in regards to Trump’s words, is all his ‘racist’ stuff or whatever.
Oh, I so hope you are kidding us…
*barf* if not….
Blowjobs are a positive impact.
Artificial unintelligence?
Case in point:
ChatGPT
“A rocket is like a giant spaceship that goes up into the sky. It has engines that burn fuel and create a lot of power to push the rocket higher and higher. The rocket launch is the process of sending the rocket into space.”
Kamala
“Which brings me to May 30, 2020. Bob and Doug returned to the Kennedy Space Center. They suited up. They waved to their families, and they rode an elevator up nearly 20 stories. They strapped in to their seats and waited as the tanks beneath filled with tens of thousands of gallons of fuel. And then they launched. Yeah, they did”
Well, actually, the AI has better style…
“Bob and Doug returned to the Kennedy Space Center”
Somebody horked our clothes, eh!
“I am your father, Luke. Give in to the dark side of the Force, you knob.”
“Look, if you’re not going to take this seriously… I’m out.”
Wait, was that a Hat Tip? It’s been ages since I’ve seen one in the wild.
Yeah, what’s up with that?
They moved the server instance to run on Fedora?
We keep things classy, here.
**snurk**
I prefer tri tip.
Just the tip?
This might be devolving into a Greek tragedy about Poseidon isn’t it?
That was the name of a friends Tri-tip food card!
Meanwhile in Iceland,
“Go away! Pounding pork!”
Nah… doesn’t have the same ring to it…
Paging Tres Cool.
Nice. A link from The Not-Doing-Phrasing-Anymore Times.
Damn how much was he making? The cops had time to arrive, and he was still holding a meat tenderizer.
He has Paul Pelosi fantasies.
Sometimes the pork just won’t soften up on its own, and you have to beat the Hell out of it.
. . .
um . . .
O.O
Kudos to the headline writer.
Police Called Out to Investigate Sound of Resident Pounding Pork
Animals can’t consent.
He’s usually too busy banging the drums… what’s that got to do with Piggy getting her freak on, anyway?
*Butthead laugh*
Pork n’ Rind was the #1 best selling R&B song for a while until R. Kelley was caught trafficking a piglet
Stop the presses, a Democrat just admitted something Elon Musk did was good.
Why is a delivery guy blasting Joey Beltram in my driveway? And what year is it?
I don’t know, the Y2K bug broke the mainframe our simulation is running on. The bugs were compounding slowly until recently.
“Why is a delivery guy blasting Joey Beltram”
So I see phrasing isn’t being done any more*.
*Was it ever?
Organ Farm Prisoners
“Nah, this is fine” /medical ethicist
But it’s still completely unacceptable to sell your organs.
I refuse to donate mine until it is legal to sell them.
I will sign up to donate the day it becomes legal to sell them.
– How much will you give me?
– Nothing.
– It’s worth more than that to me. Let me know when you are willing to negotiate.
Has anyone seen that video of AOC getting all upset over someone getting removed from something? It’s the kind of thing you’d see on Maury Povich right before they send in the bouncer guys to break things up.
When you can’t reason, emote.
George Santos, you are NOT the father!
Nope, that would be Hunter.
It’s also probably a deal breaker for people who want to date her, if that’s what she’s like when she’s angry.
Yes. Apparently removing Omar from a committee for being an anti-semite is violence against people of color.
That was quite the performance.
I guess a link would be too much to ask for.
Not Minnesoda Nice
I can’t even imagine doing this. And the cold doesn’t bother me much.
Wow. Insanity.
To surf, you have to know how to swim, because the waves are unpredictable and unforgiving.
I hope that was just something dumb that the reporter asked. I can’t imagine surfing and not knowing how to swim. Granted, the wetsuit provides some buoyancy, and you’re (supposed to be) leashed to your board, but still.
Just poor writing to the answer given about the dangers it seems.
“”Out here it won’t wait for you. It will dump you under, and you’ll be down there for just as long as the wave wants you to be,” Garet said.”
Better sentence would have been how you have to be a strong swimmer
AKA Lake Superior surfing is RACIST!
Well its right there in the name
Captain Ernest M. McSorley was not a strong swimmer nor surfer
Which is true pretty much anywhere there are waves and hydraulics. I’ve spent a few unpleasant moments underwater pinned to the sand at the ocean floor after effing up while kayak surfing. And this was a dinky little 3′ wave at Virginia Beach.
Yep, Cali waves have introduced my face to the sand bar a few times a wave broke late.
Growing up on teh Cali coast, I had a lot of friends who surfed.
They are that stupid.
Yup
You had ONE job!
In the office we were just talking about deblasio killing the groundhog.
“I have information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of Hillary Clinton” – Fred la Marmotte
VA Glibs: We will be in your area on Tuesday and would like to meet up at Gourmeltz. I realize that most of you work so we could do something in the afternoon.
Dallas Glibs: We will be in your area on Sunday, the 12th and would like to meet up. We have the option of the hotel in Richardson or Plano (we’d probably prefer the latter) so let us know.
He means Gourmeltz in Fredericksburg. Afternoon is best for me.
I didn’t know that there was more than one. LCDR Fish’s buddy’s place.
Sorry, there is only one Gourmeltz location, AFAIK. I was emphasizing the Fredericksburg location, even though most Glibs in the Richmond-DC corridor know where it is.
I’ll setup something in the Glibs forum about this and put reminders in the comments.
I just want to say, Hobbit and the lovely Mrs. Hobbit are wonderful people to have dinner with.
Raymond ShawHobbit is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.VA and Dallas Glibs. Bearded Hobbit has a Honey Harvest stamp of approval. That means that he came to the HH and didn’t kidnap/rape/kill an inordinate number of people there. You should be mostly safe meeting him.
“mostly”
Well, I wouldn’t want to drive anywhere with you, I’m afraid… The road would just go forever on and on or something.
Well you’ll never be lost if you just wander
And he has a wonderful wife. Which you should have mentioned since while Hobbit and I were working, you were flirting with Mrs. H.
Why do you think I’m vouching for him? While he is hobknobbing with the VA and TX Glibs, I’ll be flirting with Mrs H even more.
Disappointing
I can meet in Plano. I tried to talk via Forum but realized personal messaging is down. 12th is a much better day for me. Post hotel details in the forum?
Done.
Well, rat farts. Sunday the 12th is the day of the Hyper Bowl. Maybe we can get together before the game starts or something.
I WFH so I can take a break as long as it doesn’t conflict with my son coming home from school.
Nice. I let Trashy know. I need to hunt up Urthona next.
I’m only a few miles from Gourmeltz so I can handle short notice.
…Ah. I was referring to DFW meetup on the 12th. I am many miles from Gourmeltz.
Ah, sorry. I thought the school reference would rule out a Sunday gathering.
How long can Tonio post happy links?
Answer: 3 weeks.
Good! Feel the anger flow!
Denver Glibs (looking at you Tundra): I’ll be in town in a week for hockey at Big Bear Ice Arena.
Friday, Feb 10
2:15pm – 3:30pm Blackhawks B vs Avalanche B North Rink
Saturday, Feb 11
7:30am – 8:45 am Ducks vs Blackhawks B North Rink
2:15pm – 3:30pm Blues B vs Blackhawks B South Rink
Sunday, Feb 12, 2023
9:15am – 10:30am Seed 2 vs Seed 1 for B team division South Rink
I’ll be there.
Great! We were just going to play the Colorado team a few times, but our hosts invited a few other teams and turned it into a legit mini-tournament.
Our A team will be there too, with the teams in their league. Probably half of Team USA will be in those games.
Great! I look forward to it!
Media gushes over our first black sheriff in Minnesoda
The previous sheriff was our first gay sheriff . How’d that turn out? I’m hoping our new Sheriff doesn’t endanger the public quite so much as the old one.
I swear I’ve seen this movie… is this going to end in a pie fight?
I hear that the sheriff is near.
…and first black woman sheriff of significant avoirdupois…
A trifecta
Elle est épaiss?
Wait! What?
The local proggies have been crowing for a week or so about how Omar is going to keep her seat on the Foreign Affairs committee and it will totes humiliate McCarthy. Now they actually oust her like she is Marjorie Taylor Greene? This shall not stand!
Unfortunately, this will play into her status as a martyr and only make her stronger.
As long as she is bitching from outside the committee, it’s an improvement
Hear hear!
Majorities and committees…how do they work?
Well it used to work where the party chose who got their allotted seats on a committee, but then Pelosi and her gang decided that they would ban the crazy GOPers from committees and also deny the GOP the right to pick who was on the Jan 6th Committee.
Because surely that would never come back and be used on them? I mean when have the Dems stepped on their dick by changing long established traditions for short term gain?
If McCarthy was clever, he’d say this was definitely tit for tat and propose that everyone go back to the old way.
Yeah that was the point I was trying to make. Her own party set this in motion and I agree come right out with both barrels saying its done, now back to normalcy.
Jesse agrees.
I disagree. Look better than them at every point. Don’t look petty. Sure, everyone knows that is half the reason, but make every effort to appear to have a real, solid reason for doing things. Point out, at every opportunity, that she is an anti-Semite, that she is working against the countries best interests.
Don’t look to fall to their level, be better. Hearts and minds, yo.
Look better than them at every point.
Why?
This isn’t debate team.
Unilateral disarmament? Pass. Punch them in the nose, and maybe they’ll be willing to talk about how nobody should get punched in the nose. Get punched in the nose and just take it? Hope your nose likes getting punched.
Not to mention that, on the merits, these are all eminently defensible. Bang a Chinese spy? Long history of leaking and lying? Off the Intel Committee. Seriously, who can argue (in good faith)?
Leaving aside that Omar has approximately zero to contribute, rabid anti-Semitism is as good a pretext as any to get an anti-American off Foreign Affairs.
“I disagree. Look better than them at every point. ”
No one cares.
They did.
And fuck “be better”. That doesn’t work, as the last few decades have shown.
“Who gets to be an American? What opinions do you have to have to be counted as American? ”
Removing you from a committee is the same as deportation.
Every American has a right to be on a Congressional committee? We’re going to need a bigger room.
I’m actually up for deporting that twat.
I’m confident a serious (and fair) investigation would uncover enough fraud that she would fail to qualify as a legal resident. Whether that would mean her citizenship could be revoked (I assume she’s a citizen), I couldn’t say.
It’s practically genocide, really.
You’re being treated with all the same consideration as MTG. See, you’re equal.
Meh, only among the hard-core left.
The rest of America is sick of her shit, and by extension, all the faux cries of racism everywhere.
I have no idea how I’m on this list.
“ We cordially invite you to the 2023 HIE Energy Legislative Summit taking place on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. The summit will include Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussions with Congressional Members and Top-Level Utility and Energy Executive Leaders.”
HIE stands for Hispanics in Energy
Go and streak.
I’m on the train going home.
Seating is 3 and 2. Plenty of single seats, but somebody in the 3 seater always gets to deal with the loving couple who must sit together in his or her 3 seater.
Although one time when I was the unlucky victim the woman was Japanese with white partner. When I had to get off the train I explained and asked her to move in Japanese. She responded back in Japanese, but her expression was priceless.
(Knew she was Japanese when I saw her reading her phone.)
“EXCLUSIVE: Unattractive people are MORE likely to keep wearing face masks in post-Covid era, study suggests”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11702641/Unattractive-people-likely-continue-wearing-Covid-face-masks-study-suggests.html
LOLOL
They’d all be 10s in Lake Wobegon
Well I’m sure as hell bucking that trend.
I’ve been saying this since March 2020.
And yet fatties keep squeezing themselves into yoga pants.
I dont really have an issue with that.
Gross. Like watching a couple bobcats fighting in a sack.
They generally provide free heat in the winter tho.
Tell the truth: Lizzo’s in the spank bank, isn’t she?
She’s kinda petite for my tastes, but hell yeah.
DON’T JUDGE ME!
Dreary & rainy here today, but I got my cabover nook situated
https://ibb.co/tcnwYF2
I read that first as cadaver nook.
I need professional help.
You’re a regular Zoom participant, so I think your mental health is definitely in question 😀
Perfect reading spot. With a doggie. And a cocktail.
Not sure it would hold up to a good caulking, though.
Worth a shot.
^^This
“I got my cabover nook situated”
That’s some euphemism.
Euphemisms are all I got these days
No pie?
Baby steps. The laptop is both real and Hunter’s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/02/laptop-email-suggests-hunter-biden-read-newspapers-not-classified-documents/
That had to hurt coming out.
That came from the WaPo?
That took balls, given the last couple of years of coverage from them.
Udderly enraging.
Nothing cud be worse.
Teat for tat
No whey. That’s terrible.
The journalos aren’t being honest and are printing a teatillating story?
“Kyle Rittenhouse will face wrongful death lawsuit filed by father of one of the men he shot dead during Kenosha riots, judge rules”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11706567/Kyle-Rittenhouse-face-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-father-man-shot-dead-judge-rules.html
Drugs, ass? But this is still bullshit.
Kyle is gonna get plenty of help. I feel bad for the poor assholes who defend themselves against scumbags and are raped by the system.
Really probably just needs normal counsel. Alleging that Kenosha PD and Rittenhouse conspired to set the events in motion for him to take his son’s life should be a stretch for anyone.
This is the kind of case lawyers should be sanctioned for filing with a real court.
“Gentlemen, I’ll not impose sanctions sua sponte if you voluntarily dismiss this garbage from my docket. So, basically, I’m telling you I’m willing to do this the hard way, or the easy way. Your call.”
Gonna be interesting because it was filed back in 2021 before the verdict of the criminal case against Rittenhouse.
Yes, and yes.
“Hunter’s business partner moved 1,850 boxes of sensitive documents from then-VP Joe Biden’s White House office: Lawyers WARNED HIM about including ‘Obama-Biden transition papers’ which Joe ‘likely did not own'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11698207/WH-lawyers-warned-archives-Joe-Biden-donated-UDel-sensitive-docs.html
1,850?
Joe was just getting around to reading them to include in his memoirs. If you can’t trust your son’s business partner who can you trust?
That should keep a lot of FBI agents busy sorting through documents. What’s that? You say they haven’t checked out the trove of documents at UDel yet? I’m sure it’s on their calendar sometime soon like 2025.
Any offspring of a prominent politician needs to be wary of even the appearance of a conflict of interest between his business interests and his parent’s political position.
They beat that drum pretty hard when It was Trump’s daughter and son in law pillaging the treasury.
“ We cordially invite you to the 2023 HIE Energy Legislative Summit taking place on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. The summit will include Keynote Speakers and Panel Discussions with Congressional Members and Top-Level Utility and Energy Executive Leaders.”
HIE stands for Hispanics in Energy
Wear a giant sombrero and a fake mustache.
And sling a couple extension cords bandalero style.
“Voltage? We dont need no stinkin’ voltage!”
Maybe I can wear a t-shirt with the face of that hispanic SDGE employee who got canned for making the OK sign.
https://twitter.com/inkblotistan/status/1621284041914781697
Gah!
That happened a while back.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/09/kind-man-saves-kitten-on-road-then-gets-ambushed-by-rest-of-litter/
What a nice story! Thanks, slum!
It stuck with me, since I was impressed with their small-group tactics.
They had the scout draw him in then sprung the trap.
I would definitely keep the one who took point. Brave little fucker!
‘OH, CANADA: Government forces Ontario dairy farm to dump 30,000 liters of milk because they exceeded production quotas. (h/t: Pie)’
$7 a liter? Y’all are crazy. God bless America.
Yeah, that $7/L number’s deeply suspicious. My local Safeway’s selling it for around $5.65/4L.
‘She credited Behnken and Hurley not just for flying the mission but for years of work leading up to it, advising SpaceX as it developed the spacecraft. “Together, Bob and Doug, and the SpaceX team, worked for years to design a new crew capsule,” she said. “Every part of the capsule, from flight controls and emergency procedures to computer displays and cockpit layout, all of that was shaped by Bob and Doug’s decades of knowhow.”’
Call me crazy but maybe the engineering team behind actually making all that possible should get the medals.
LOL. Engineers are used to getting ignored.
And yet you responded to my post, so who knows?
Did you say something?
Hey! I left a reply in the forum. Verifying hotel location.
Engineers gotta give their own some props.
Yesterday we read about a dude that was facing 11 years for roughing up some piece of shit Planned Parenthood fucko.
Today I’m reading about a guy who raped two little girls and got 180 DAYS!
https://alphanews.org/rochester-man-gets-180-days-in-jail-for-raping-two-girls/
No words.
I’ve come to the conclusion that if pedos cannot be rehabilitated, then they should just get a bullet to the back of the head. Raping little kids is a killin’ offense in my book.
I’ve been seeing all of this MAP bullshit about how they are born that way and can’t help it. Well if they can’t help it, then I don’t want them around.
“I was born with the desire to kill pedos. I can’t help it.”
👆
Yup.
I may not have been born that way, but I certainly identify as such.
I’m inclined to agree with you, which is also why I get aggravated when they keep conflating ephebophiles and pedophiles.
You wanna bang 16 year olds, you’re a sleezebag. You wanna bang 6 year olds, you’re a sick monster.
WTF?
“A 20-year-old from Rochester will serve no prison time after he was convicted of raping two girls between the ages of 4 and 9”
Death penalty.
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1620898183978303489
Wow. You got to click on it to read the picture.
Woodchipper.
The banality of evil. Also the stupidity, that’s not exactly something one should openly advertise.
I’m thankful for her stupidity.
It’s going to ruin her.
Jesus. More Project Veritas:
https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1621274788734943233
“I would take
Pfizerbeing in the SS off my resume.”Same flavor.
And a white knight is the first response.
I wonder if his “targets” may know they’re in an interview and just troll him the whole time. Why would a highly placed Pfizer person speak so candidly to (Im assuming) someone he’s just met? With all the resources any GiantCorp would have, I like to think they’d insist at least a memo went out to tell employees to shut their damn mouths.
That blows my mind. It’s one thing to talk to trusted friends about work – but who the Hell is so dumb as to spill dangerous truths to strangers?
If it gets you laid? Are you kidding?
Yup. The common thread in a lot of the Veritas videos is that some dude is trying to impress his date.
Hey it works for Mossad and the CIA. Sexual blackmail is their favorite.
PV is just getting these guys to talk. The intelligence agencies collect them and put them in their pocket.
Tundra speaks truth. I guaranfrickingtee that escort they paid to butter him up was a smoke show. She was also well coached in how to lead him on. Dude was thinking he was about to get some of that sweet poontang.
“He was well coached”
“He was well hung”
LOL that’s better.
Um… did you watch the video?
Heheheh, not till after commenting.
So what do dudes call it?
PV person was a dude but, yeah.
Because he’s a narcissistic moron who’s never been told he’s an unprofessional ass. Odds are 99% that he uses the black gay identity as a career weapon in our postmodern DIE environment.
And thank god our wannabe rulers are infested with these idiots. If they were all on their game, we’d never have a chance.
I’d heard it was their third ‘date’. Still a valid point, but there was at least some time put in.
“Democrats screamed in fury at the announcement of Ms. Omar’s removal, enraged that Republicans refused to give open hatred of the Jewish people a pass. “If she were white, that would be one thing – but she’s a Muslim woman of color! They’re allowed to hate the Jews!” shouted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, weeping. “This is like January 6 all over again!””
https://babylonbee.com/news/ilhan-omar-blames-secret-jewish-cabal-for-her-removal-from-foreign-affairs-committee
So good.
LOL.
It’s good to have some librul tears again – it’s been a while.
Well fuck.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/02/wrestler-lanny-poffo-dead-68/
Sitting in NOLA Airport. Flight to Charlotte delayed due to maintenance (in Charlotte). Looks like plane is on the way now. But no way I’m making the connection to Richmond tonight. AA says they’ve got me on the first flight in the morning – and that they’ve got me covered for a hotel too because it was a maintenance delay – we’ll see. Free with a shuttle (for a 9 AM flight) is better than staying in the airport….assuming I won’t have issues with my travel claim after the fact.
Yuck. I’ve sat in airports for delays but none long enough to go to a hotel.
I have. Delta put us up somewhere in Queens.
Me too. Beats sleeping in an airport, and have done that as well.
Oh it’s a joy.
Actually Orlando isn’t too bad because sometimes you get to stay in the hotel located inside the airport,.
Sorry to hear it. I have a cheap Kung Fu film tonight if you lack for entertainment.
It’s very possible an acquaintance of mine could be your captain on the NOLA – CLT flight. He flies that route often, in an A321
Hurricanes and beignets for the pescetarian officer! Huzzah!
They are getting good at this, You’ll be fine.
Try to get some drink tickets.
Meal vouchers for sure. Sometimes they’re limited to non-alcohol. Some can be used to reload your Starbucks card if you don’t use in the terminal.
Delta put us up when we missed the only flight to St Martin because we were late getting out of Boston due to a mechanical issue.
Food vouchers, toiletry kits, and a room at the hotel that connected directly to the airport by train.
Not bad, overall, since both Delta and the resort were willing to shift our return date back by a day, for no charge by either.
Ray of sunshine:
https://twitter.com/Malcolm_fleX48/status/1621284585064615939
LOL, dumbass
Dayum!
Very much a “now youse can’t leave” vibe.