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mnhtnbb's Journal***WORDLE Nov 9 SPOILERS***
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Cancellations and delays at airports getting worse.
This article using data from Flight Aware is an excellent summary of where to expect the worst problems.
Thousands of Passengers Stuck in U.S. as United, American, Southwest, SkyWest, Envoy, GoJet and Other Airlines Cancel 225 Flights and Delays 3,424 More across Newark, Norfolk, Albuquerque, St. Louis, Burbank and Beyond - Travel And Tour World https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/thousands-of-passengers-stuck-in-u-s-as-united-american-southwest-skywest-envoy-gojet-and-other-airlines-cancel-225-flights-and-delays-3424-more-across-newark-norfolk-albuquerque-st-louis/
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I witnessed a detention by Immigration officials
Coming home yesterday through Customs & Immigration at Raleigh/Durham International Airport in North Carolina.
I was on a plane from London. There was a Lufthansa plane from Frankfort which arrived ahead of us. By the time I reached the line for US Citizens and Permanent Residents, there were about 40 people in line ahead of me, some from my plane and most, I think from the Lufthansa flight. It was moving slowly because only one of two Immigration agents was processing people at a normal pace. (There were two other agents available to process people in the line for non US Passport visitors, which was about the same length.) The other agent seemed to be asking extensive questions of the sole woman at his desk. From a distance, she might have been Indian? Middle Eastern? The Research Triangle is home to a sizable Indian population and it is a hub for IT related employment as well as biochemical research related industry. Two orange vested agents walked up to the desk and required her to go with them. There was not an altercation-- no raised voices--but her body language suggested she didn't want to go with them. One agent on each side of her took her by the arm and led her to the elevator. No phones (cameras) are allowed to be used in the area. Signs saying such are posted.
Nobody around me in my line said anything, including me.
I have not heard stories of detentions happening locally. RDU is not a major international hub, and it's one reason I decided to pay the higher price for a direct flight, rather than go by connecting through Philadelphia or Dulles, JFK, or Boston. Not only did I want to avoid the possibility of delayed or cancelled connecting flights, I was concerned about going through Immigration at those larger entry points.
In the 40 years I have been traveling internationally, I have never witnessed someone led away by two Immigration officials. I have seen Customs officials ask people to open their suitcases, after clearing Immigration, but nothing like what I saw yesterday. It was all done very quietly and frankly, may not have been noticed by many of us waiting our turn in line.
ICE arrests and deportations increase in North Carolina | Charlotte Observer https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article312515332.html
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Destroying The White House
I am in a hotel room in Scotland. Been on the most wonderful 2 week trip that will end with seeing an RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) production of Macbeth tomorrow night in Stratford -upon-Avon starring Sam Heughan in the title role.
I've been looking at this painting in my hotel room in Glasgow for several days. With the photo of the demolition of part of the East Wing of The White House this morning, I now know what I want to see: the orange a$$hole reduced to a blob of orange nothingness, like orange paint smeared on a canvas.
What is it going to take to get rid of him? Is there not a single male Republican with cajones in the Senate or House? Are they all eunuchs?
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Two days in a row with a 2! Lucky guess. 
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