TheRealKuni

I feel like if they had video of him porking a young blonde and calling her “Ivanka” he’d realize the damage it could do.

No no, that would give too many senators to people who understand the value of universal healthcare. Can’t have that.

General aviation accidents (what I believe this was) are relatively common. They happen from time to time. This shouldn’t be surprising, not all pilots are experienced, not all planes are maintained perfectly, etc, when the government isn’t regulating it as thoroughly.

Commercial aviation is a different story. It’s incredibly safe, and continues to be. That may begin to change in the USA as hiring freezes make already strained ATC even more overworked. Also FAA and NTSB appointments becoming political can’t be good for anyone. And this administration seems to think all regulations are bad, despite most of them being written in blood.

For now, flying is still exactly as safe as it was a year ago.

Nah, a cursory glance at the article shows it’s about reversing a push by the Biden administration to transition federal locations to using paper straws.

Last summer, the Biden administration announced an initiative to reduce single-use plastics in federal operations.

In addition to working with the private sector, other stakeholders, and state, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, it planned to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.