You stole my profile pic.

...and the winner is no friend of our country.

Ok I think it is time to enforce the TOS! No more politics because I was about to say something that would have made way too much sense and made people actually think about reality and how small their minds are about a lot of things politics and how ..... oh well.... let us just get back to being doom and gloom.......:eek:

That and cash out your 401 all at once (if you can?), blow off the tax bill and go. Apparently everyone else is doing it so why not join them? Oh, and if you have a mortgage stop paying it about a year before you skip town. My neighbors haven't paid theirs in over 18 months just because it's not in their best interest. Un-effin-believable.

DAL Seating
 

What do you guys consider a better seat for a 4 hour DH to/from training, emergency exit row or economy plus or comfort or whatever the hell its called?

Thanks Scoop

Um... the NYT's Nate Silver's model is based on polls. If the polls are accurate, he's accurate. If they're not, he's not. Garbage in, garbage out.

Turns out, the polls were. He got 50 out of 50, but you know who got 49 out of 50 without having to do anything more than an @average formula? The real clear politics average of the electoral college with no toss ups.

RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Electoral Map No Toss Ups

Same in 2008, Silver 49 out of 50, RCP average 48 out of 50 missing on the two closest toss up states.

So before you award him with ESP, hand it to the inventor of the rather pedestrian formula: @average. Which has a tendency, on average, to be more accurate and far more clear than Nate Silver's hidden probability formula.

Now the guy who picks right without ever doing a calculation, that'd be ESP.

The problem with that is we've had an opportunity to see what happens when you stick your head in the sand (see Europe). When the bill comes due it is not a pretty sight. But hey, I see your way of looking at it: pretend it doesn't matter who would have won and the end result would have been the same...enjoy the ride until the wake up call comes. Votes have consequences, and unfortunately we've chosen poorly.

Whichever isn't the middle seat...


I go for the EC seat if its available, some jets have the winged headrest, and you do get more recline in addition to the extra legroom...

Cheers
George

Well, that's the thing. I think of Clinton back with American in 97, which was after his re-election as well when he'd have nothing to gain or lose politically. I really just don't think politicians want the mess of a major airline strike even if they're pro union. Sometimes it's not about reelections but headlines and headaches. Just imho though.

Ironically had a UAL 744 guy on the jumpseat tonight. Very long and interesting conversation about their "mess." He said they're anger towards the CAL MEC, their own MEC and the company has many of them willing to go the UsAir route. We'll see.

You know with all of the warnings about the pending fiscal cliff, I will say this, I'm glad our management team seems hell bent on ensuring we're profitable even in a recession. A CBO warning of an early 2013 deep recession? I don't know, but they'd be in better position than everyone else, imho.