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2004-08-26 Russia

Russians still probing cause of plane booms

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-26 2:23:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 said Francis, who was involved in investigating the 1996 crash of TWA flight 800 off the Long Island coast.

heh, heh...looks like this development is going to shed a new light on the quality of your work, Franci- boy.

Posted by B 2004-08-26 9:29:50 AM|| 2004-08-26 9:29:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Won't suprise me to hear these planes were dropped on purpose.

This is the song I hum in my head to the tune of Strangers in the Night when I fly now.

Strangers on my flight,
turbans they're packin'.
Wonderin' if they might,
plan a hijacking.
They could pull a stunt,
before this flight is through.

Something's on their minds.
I saw them mutter.
What that in their hands?
Looks like box cutters,
I'm gonna kick some ass,
if they make a move.

Strangers on my flight.
Two smelly people,
and they're not talking right;
and in a moment,
I will grab base ball bat;
and that will be that.
Swing like Joe DiMaggio,
and rip them both a new a-hole.

And if they pick a fight,
and try to screw us,
I'll punch out their lights,
just like Joe Louis.
It would feel so right,
for strangers on my flight.

Ratta Tat Tat Tat,
Budda Bing Bang Boom,
Zooma Zooma Zoom.

Send those bastards to the moon....

BTW, the voice I hear when I sing it out loud is the Chairmans' not Harry Connick Jrs'.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-26 10:14:17 AM|| 2004-08-26 10:14:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bravo!

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-26 11:49:59 AM|| 2004-08-26 11:49:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 :: golf clap ::

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-26 12:39:22 PM|| 2004-08-26 12:39:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Putin is about to commit a big mistake. It's ridiculous to believe that these were two "accidents".
The Russian media are already poking fun at him. Moskowski Komsomolez commented that "despite the gigantic efforts of our state run television we haven't become idiots yet". Iswestija called the crashes the "Russian 9/11". A mathematician calculated that the chances for a "simultaneous" accident were... 1:1 billion!
In the critical paper Kommersant there is speculation that Putin wants to delay the finds until the elections in Chechnya have taken place.
Putin still is up to his old KGB tricks. Those might backfire this time.

Posted by True German Ally 2004-08-26 3:48:55 PM|| 2004-08-26 3:48:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 A mathematician calculated that the chances for a "simultaneous" accident were... 1:1 billion!

Perfectly agreed, except for one small matter.... these are the children of AeroFlot.

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-26 6:01:21 PM|| 2004-08-26 6:01:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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