journeyman folklorist: Nationalize Boeing. It is the right thing to do of course and it is also the most humane way to put the executives out of their misery however I am open to other suggestions in that area as well

Nationalize Boeing. It is the right thing to do of course and it is also the most humane way to put the executives out of their misery however I am open to other suggestions in that area as well

NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing Starliner issueswww.chron.com Faulty thrusters and helium leaks have plagued the aircraft, though officials believe there's no danger to the Americans taking it home.

Here am I sitting in a tin can Far above the moon Planet Earth is blue And there’s nothing I can do

And I’m floating in a most peculiar wayyy And I’m pretty sure that handle wasn’t supposed to breaaaakkk

sorry to interrupt but i am self-contractually obliged to inform/remind of this underrated bop here youtu.be/wO0A0XcWy88?...

Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) (Official Video)youtu.be Enjoy Peter Schillings video for "Major Tom" which was released on his album "Error In The System” in 1983. To stay up to date with all new releases on the ...

You can say a lot of things about the song, but not underrated.

I heard it on the radio yesterday!

ooh i hope you bopped along to it even if only mentally or in spirit (like if you were at work or something)

also i thought your shoulder feathers were a perched black kitty at first and was like WHOA - but not exactly disappointed either bc you look stunning in that fit, even if catless 😻

Thank you! We went as Death and Desire for Halloween year before last.

btw idk why but i've (re?)discovered this now thanks to you and i actually thank you and i'll see everyone again someday lol I'MMA BE BOPPIN www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH56...

Major Tom '94 (English Version / Radio Version)www.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by Kontor New Media GmbHMajor Tom '94 (English Version / Radio Version) · Peter Schilling · Boom-BasticMajor Tom '94℗ BeatdisasterRelease...

fair, it seems underappreciated to me in modern local US times + places sometimes ~ would be more accurate, maybe lol in any case never a bad time for a top tier bop

Boeing sending a hitman into space to kill the astronauts a la the "always has been" meme

Door falls off and the thrusters explode on the hitman’s ship

the thrusters backfire like a hillbillys rifle

D'oh

Everything he brings with him made in a different senator's state.

Suggestion

Only tangential but I learned today that the guillotine was the official method of execution in France until 1981(!).

Omg

That said, the criminal negligence in favor of stock go brrrr at Boeing does bring out the Jacobin in me.

Starting to think that THESE are the types of crimes where the death penalty would actually be a deterrent

I believe it was a legal method of execution until then, but not being used (faint memories of high school French class)

Vive la France 🇫🇷 🙃

The last public execution by guillotine was in 1939, after which France stopped public executions. There's actually video of it.

That was just in time for the German occupation and Vichy France. The Nazis probably thought the guillotine was too humane.

Ironically, the guillotinee was German.

You got me straight-up GIGGLING today. This is a good place to be. Thanks!!!

No matter what they do, the bottom line is bringing the manufacturing back in house. I know Wall St would lose their shit but all of this is because everything has been contracted out and these companies cut all quality to meet the contract. Boeing replaced everyone experienced with bean counters.

In 2001 they were warned that outsourcing would lead to problems and did it anyway. www.documentcloud.org/documents/69...

DocumentCloudwww.documentcloud.org

I can't believe knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing led to a suboptimal outcome.

Future airplane Czar

Maybe he just needs to hit his head one more time.

Screaming maniacally as he waves the Boeing flag from a rooftop

I suspect there are viable remedies that are less expensive: - Break up Boeing along product lines, eg. civilian and defense contractors. - Block Boeing’s acquisition of competitors. - Incentive competition and startups.

Pretty sure using "how expensive is it" as the determinant for our next course of action is what got us here.

For what it's worth Starliner is the first time Boeing has had to make something for NASA on a fixed-cost contract.

Indeed, fixed cost contracting isn’t really in their DNA. I had suspected Boeing might not make large profits on the spacecraft, but I never expected it to be this late or this problematic. I am still hopeful it will yet become a reliable alternative for ISS.

I’m pretty sure the myth of “shareholder value” along with financialization of the economy are what got us here. Throw in some poorly conceived M&A activity, and poof, out popped the mess that is Boeing.

Clawing back the looting of NASA would make me unbelievably happy.

NASA was set up to be looted, everything (+/-10%) was built by private contractors The change is the oversight, which has gone away. Used to be, 10 guys worked on it, 3 guys looked it over. Now it's 100 guys built it, 1/3 a guy looked it over

And the guy who looked it over retires from the gov to get a Boeing job after his 20-30 yrs

wait, I don't remember agreeing to be humane

Public executions.

Liquidate Boeing. Nationalize the oil industry, save the planet, eliminate the need to flee to space.

Except blast musk to Mars and nationalize SpaceX.

What did Mars ever do to you? Plus, that's a little too close for my taste. I say we send him out to Pluto for some on the ground science on the whole planet thing.

Good idea!

I mean, we don't have to set his trajectory towards any planet in particular. He needs alone time. Give him some space. 🤣

Nationalise SpaceX and just let Boeing die

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