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A jet carrying the Gonzaga men’s basketball team ordered to stop to avoid collision at LAX

https://apnews.com/article/gonzaga-delta-los-angeles-lax-b04ef8777113ae179a1a0b9d2415b741

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed a runway as another flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport.

The plane operated by Key Lime Air was ordered by air traffic controllers to stop as a Delta aircraft took off. No one was injured.

#press

There's out of touch...and then there's just plain ignorant.

Texas Gov Mistakenly Sends Condolences to Jimmy Carter’s Dead Wife

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-gov-greg-abbott-mistakenly-sends-condolences-to-jimmy-carters-late-wife-rosalynn-carter/

#Abbott #Texas #Carter

The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day after a 71 million increase in 2024

https://apnews.com/article/world-population-census-bureau-fcc8cc23d572ddf91be31a6ec651e0d0

The #US on Monday announced almost $5.9 billion in military and economic aid for #Ukraine, some of the final funds to be disbursed under President Joe #Biden before incoming President-elect Donald #Trump. $2.5 billion for weapons, $3.4 billion budget support.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-30/us-announces-5-9-billion-for-ukraine-amid-final-biden-aid-push

#Russia

"Jimmy Carter’s melancholy fate was to be a largely derivative figure: He was a reaction against his elected predecessor and the precursor of his successor," @GeorgeFWill writes. https://wapo.st/3PmMNjL

Please be sure to suppress this image. It would be most unfair to distribute it widely. I include it here only to ensure that the correct image is suppressed. #auspol

President Vladimir #Putin on December 30 signed a decree transferring shares of the foreign brewing company AB InBev Efes #Russia to the temporary management of the Russia’s Vmeste group of companies.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-putin-decree-beer-breweries-inbev-efes-vmeste/33258466.html

#Ukraine

Apparently Musk fired US workers and replaced some of them with H1B visa holders, at lower salaries.

https://electrek.co/2024/12/30/tesla-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-foreign-workers-using-h-1b-visas-that-musk-want-to-increase/

@jeffjarvis

Trump has no plan, he makes it up on the spot. That is how this con man gets through his narcissistic megalomaniac life, every single day...

#uspol #trump #conman

The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day after a 71 million increase in 2024

https://apnews.com/article/world-population-census-bureau-fcc8cc23d572ddf91be31a6ec651e0d0