I hope you weren't flying

 

The FAA shut down the air traffic system last evening. 

My first thought was:

It is cyber attack?

Turns out, no. Well unless attacking ourselves with faulty software is considered an attack. Kind of like scoring an own goal in soccer (football).

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November 14, 2026

I thought the following summarized the situation pretty well--

The confidence we are supposed to have in the basic systems that keep this country running, like the planes, food, and the public health infrastructure, is being shattered by people who were never qualified to lead those agencies in the first place. Maybe the best way to describe what is happening is that if you hire a bunch of clowns, you will get a circus. [highlighting mine]

Tonight, standing in the White House briefing room after every flight in America had been grounded for hours, Sean Duffy made a statement that was more accurate than he probably intended. “We don’t deserve this, America.”

He is right. We do not deserve this America. We do not deserve an America where the aviation system collapses because it is being run by reality television stars. We do not deserve an America where babies die of measles because the man running public health says that vaccines are dangerous, even though he chose to vaccinate his own babies.

We do not deserve an America where the people entrusted with keeping us safe are more concerned with protecting the president than protecting the American people. We do not deserve this America. Sean Duffy is absolutely right about that. (Hope For America article:Trump hired clowns. Now we have a circus)

Trump and his gang have been in charge with both houses of Congress for two years. Why hasn't this been fixed? I took a snapshot of flights from Palm Beach to Baltimore this morning. There was one seat left! Bring in the clowns.

In local stuff this morning:

November 14, 2026

It is COLD this morning. It is 56 degrees! We have not experienced cold like this since the freeze during February.I guess we need to get used to the cold since we are heading north for Thanksgiving!

I did not realize how cold it was this morning until I took Finnegan out. It was cold!

I know, those living in northern climes are laughing at me for thinking 56 degrees is cold. But, we are still experiencing daytime temperatures in the mid-80s. 

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL