Michael E. Kanell
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Michael E. Kanell
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Economics writer, cat guy, I love that dirty water
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Personally, if I were writing this up, I wouldn’t wait until the 4th graf.
Current NYT story Helene Cooper and Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington President Trump warned airlines and pilots on Saturday that the airspace near Venezuela was closed, ratcheting up what his administration has characterized as a war against drug cartels. In a post on social media "to all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers," the president wrote that the airspace "above and surrounding Venezuela" should be considered "closed in its entirety." Mr. Trump did not go into further detail in his post, but it came after he warned on Thursday night that the United States could "very soon" expand its killings of suspected drug traffickers in the waters off Venezuela to attacks on its territory. As president of the United States, Mr. Trump has no authority over Venezuelan airspace. But his social media post could deter airlines from flying into and out of Venezuela and is bound to cause havoc with air travelers, further disrupting
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I know. It's a shame.

It's like a bunch of these companies started out like Google with this 'Don't be evil' mantra, got a couple years with the capitalist winds under their wings and said, 'Hey, y'know what? Evil works just fine for us.'
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Addendum:

Tesla, evil company now run by unstable and dangerous neo-Nazi, was named for a brilliant, innovative eccentric scientist.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Defend your colleague. Defend your profession. Defend your damned integrity.
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM