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Don Surber delivers commentary on another week of news. He’ll make you think, laugh, cry. Relax and enjoy.
ITEM 1: Via Katewerk, unemployment fell to 4.1% in the USA and rose to 6.7% in Canada in October.
Looks like the 51st state is going to have to settle for being a territory like Puerto Rico.
Puerto Pooro.
There are, conservatively, a trillion problems a day that arise in the United States. I would, as a conservative, like government involved in as few of them as possible.
But because government at all levels is so huge? It crowds out all the private spaces – and with them the perception that private solutions are possible.
The airport was slammed. We checked in at the kiosk. Checked our luggage. Then stood in a four-mile line so that TSA agents could fondle us. Then we rushed to our terminal, hauling our baggage, just in time for…Our flight to be delayed.
Based on the limited information that has trickled out, the public has begun to form their own opinions as to the cause of the air tragedy at Reagan National Airport. And the conversation keeps returning to two explanations. Both are deeply troubling.
Does the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) really protect we the people from disasters in the air and on the ground?