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The Office of Personnel Management run by Musk's team sent a weird "deferred resignation program" email a couple of days ago to federal employees offering an inducement to resign. It had a must-resign-by date of February 6th. Many view it as an implied threat, including the nation's air traffic controllers. Does the recent mid-air collision at Reagan National Airport (DCA) teach us anything about management style?

Trumpenstein loves starting a fight Chaos feeds his canine delight Now watch disaster Start to come faster Despite that bad bump during flight Are your airplane pilots all right? When boarding please check if they’re bright For the fare you pay As prez I can say If they’re not white don’t make the flight PSA you’re now cleared to land Fear not as the outcome is grand We will stir up hate Make our country great That’s why only I'm in command

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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 2/3/2025 1:11:00 PM

Your writes a warming light in this dark frosty fright. I’m horrified by the smack that comes out of his mouth and at the same time can’t look away. My condolences to all my neighbour that didn’t vote for him. Sad to watch your institutions gutted willy nilly. xomo

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/4/2025 6:58:00 AM

We're watching the replacement of constitutional democracy with oligarchy, which has been ongoing. However, under Trumpenstein, this has accelerated into warp drive. It just means that citizens will have no control through our elected representatives on where our money goes. It seems to me our allies are trying to ride this out...good luck with that. It's going to be bad.

Jan Allison

Date: 2/3/2025 11:49:00 AM

Ive been following the tragic news of the crash - Trumpenstein showed little compassion for the passengers/crew and their families just the chance to have a political rant. Just think 4 years of the moron and his musky rat at the helm. I worry for the world. thing you will like my post today! hugs Jan xx

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/3/2025 11:58:00 AM

Hi Jan, I’ll take a look shortly. It was a new low in accident discussion—he is a very spoiled character who takes pleasure in seeing others suffer. He’s sociopathic and nothing will change it since he thinks he’s god. Welcome to planet trump…we’ll see how long his honeymoon lasts.

Ink Empress

Date: 1/31/2025 11:47:00 PM

Dear duke, As someone that is a nervous flyer. I found videos of the mid air collision so haunting and so sad, saw some videos of victims families too. Sigh it was surely a mystery how it could have happened. I wish for a world with no racism. Brilliant rhymes as always. Pleasure reading you today Hope you are doing well there Sending you light always

Duke Beaufort
Date: 2/1/2025 8:11:00 AM

Hi IE, It will likely come down to several factors including putting airplane and helicopter traffic too close together, not enough attention from controllers, bad piloting technique by the helicopter pilot, and the difficult conditions inherent in night operations. Hopefully, this type of thing will be prevented in the future, but our US president's interference in the federal workforce does not bode well for safety and tranquility. His most recent racist inferences were definitely disturbing. The people who work controlling aircraft go through extensive training and many who can't do the job are weeded out. So, Trump's idea that diversity equity and inclusion played a role in this accident is a reflection of his selfish and dangerous self-promotional thinking.

Arthur Vaso

Date: 1/30/2025 9:41:00 PM

Simply loving it, another great write!

Duke Beaufort
Date: 1/31/2025 9:53:00 PM

Hi Arthur...I was speaking to a pilot friend. As a result of that conversation a third verse came to be. Take care!!

Sotto Poet

Date: 1/30/2025 3:05:00 PM

My good friend Duke you wrote a fantastic limerick poem that criticizes Trump's leadership style, focusing on his tendency for disruption and conflict, which might have catastrophic effects. The reference to air traffic controllers and a recent mid-flight crash highlights the possible real-world risks of his leadership. Your word choice is informal and colloquial, giving the poem a conversational tone. Words like "weird," "fight," and "chaos" convey a feeling of disorder and instability, suggesting a critical assessment of the new office management style.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 1/31/2025 5:50:00 PM

Hey there SP...I don't think this accident is the last disaster we'll be seeing in the near future. I also don't think we'll live better by making people in the rest of the world suffer. In any case, time will tell. Hope you are well.

I Am Anaya

Date: 1/30/2025 8:32:00 AM

"Just press send" and maybe you'll get the promised severance pay...NOT. The Maro Lago contract workers were stiffed!!!! I missed reading my morning political cartoons, and whoa what a doozy, I see the comment YOU made below, too funny. I was thinking along the same lines. Trump spoke, "Airtraffic controllers hired by the former administration, slams DEI policies for this tragedy, blaming diversity. Recruiting intellectually deficient, wt? with a list of unqualified mentally retarded", aya yaee! What? I don't understand him. Unbelievable, well he said "bullshit" on the air!! Igor makes for a great Loonytoon. lol, Duke

I Am Anaya
Date: 2/1/2025 9:49:00 AM

He is definitely stirring up hate in his presumptuous bigoted rants! The Blackhawk piolets were white! O'Hara. Rest their souls. The dispatchers were understaffed and there is more to come, and one was let go from his shift early that night.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 1/31/2025 5:52:00 PM

Anaya, it is certainly hard to watch. The goal seems to be to get rid of as much government as possible and move anything we really need over to private industry (for a fee). Money is at the root of all of it. Smiles!!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/30/2025 8:16:00 AM

- I've heard of planes that are completely gone ... and leaving behind no trace ...just sharing a thought, Duke - hugs

Duke Beaufort
Date: 1/31/2025 5:30:00 PM

Anne-Lise, that has happened in the not so distant past. Sometimes, we discover missing wreckage in wilderness areas that are remains of crashes from many years ago. When a plane crashes in the middle of an ocean, it may be lost for a long time if not forever. I'm glad you mentioned it!!! Take care!!

Lin Lane

Date: 1/30/2025 6:24:00 AM

Oh my that can’t be true! He swears he’s all about unity. Trumpenstein has screws in his neck and a loose one in his head. Duke… you call it like you see it.

Lin Lane
Date: 1/30/2025 7:54:00 AM

I read about the Blackhawk/AA crash over DC. The rain storm in your AI depiction is the perfect background for Trumpenstein's Reign of Terror (ie during the French Revolution)

Duke Beaufort
Date: 1/30/2025 6:59:00 AM

Hi Lin...It's the "management by fear" style that's so counter-productive in the long run. The NTSB won't list it as a cause, but the worry about employment conditions tends to make people including air traffic controllers perform worse. The alternative conspiracy theory explanation (which I state as a joke)...the helicopter was rushing to deliver booze and a prostitute to a certain defense department official at the pentagon.