{"id":246,"date":"2007-11-18T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=246"},"modified":"2007-11-18T12:59:54","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T16:59:54","slug":"vote-robot-overlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/246","title":{"rendered":"Vote Robot Overlord!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vote Robot Overlord<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’ll Know If You Didn’t <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Once again Kung Fu Monkey nails it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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John: <\/span>Robot overlords. You are “pro<\/span>-robot overlords”.
\nTyrone:<\/span> They bring world peace, universal health care —
\nJohn:<\/span> At the cost of our freedoms!
\nTyrone:<\/span> MY POINT EXACTLY. We’re already <\/span>giving up our freedoms — our right to privacy, gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And follows up with an embedded video<\/a> of filthy anti-robot-overl<\/strike>protector agitprop. I found this great graphic via kfmonkey comments – thanks flynngrrl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Back in the irrational world, Dear Leader announced steps to reduce airline delays during the holiday travel season by opening some restricted military airspace. When I heard about it, something didn’t ring true – I thought the biggest problems occurred at the endpoints – airport congestion. In fact, I’ve heard a couple stories recently about how competition for good time slots (everyone wants to leave between 7 and 9 AM for example) is driving some of the mess. I waited for the media to shed a little light – nothing. I must have been wrong; certainly, if it were a BS political stunt, someone would say so (some sarcasm there).<\/p>\n

Via James Fallows<\/a> and Get the Flick<\/a> – maybe it’s BS after all – who woulda thunk it?<\/p>\n

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If you can’t figure out how adding two “express lanes”\u009d into the mall parking lot on the day after Thanksgiving is going to help you find a (nonexistent) parking space…you aren’t the only one. I guess knowing you are in the express lane\u009d will somehow make the wait seem better than if you were waiting in the regular lane.<\/p>\n

Oh well. I guess I should be used to all this by now. Just so my non-controller readers will know…<\/p>\n

The military airspace referred to — according to the controllers that work it — has always<\/em> been opened to civilian traffic during the holidays. If there is a thunderstorm (not likely in late November) over the land routes the airspace will come in handy. Otherwise, the only thing it will be good for is extra holding patterns. *<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Air traffic via Making Light<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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