"This is #EmolumentsForceOne. Are we clear to land?"

"..."

"Are we clear to land?"

"..."

"Hello?"

"This is Loreena Hobbit (or whatever her fuckin' name is). I'm the nation's 'acting' air traffic controller. #ElonMuck fired everybody else. I have never been in an air tower in my life, but I represented #KingShart in one of his losing trials."

"Well, can we land this flying palace?"

"Well, I wouldn't. #HogsHead is flying one of his helicopters up here somewhere."

#Hogshead #ChunderRoad OK. So Atrios calls him "Leaky Pete " [ Is A No Show ]
I guess there was a TV show called "Sneaky Pete" and maybe he's playing on that.....BUT
"Sneaky Pete" was/is also a term for home-made alcohol of various sorts. The name coined at least as far back as Prohibition. There are, of course, tunes using the term. Notably

Champion Jack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7R1EseIvYQ

and Lee Morgan!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9oJHqfMG0

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