Ed Bott

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116115070748764416

This would be hilarious if it were not so mind-blowingly stupid.

At least it doesn't have the WTF level of the "FAA closes El Paso airspace, then reverses itself the next day" incident from a few weeks ago.

Anyway, I miss having a competent government.

Feb 22 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadDwight SilvermanFeb 22

@edbott I think in this instance, I am grateful for incompetence.

This is like that stupid closure of the El Paso airspace earlier this month.

Show threadclonedhumanFeb 22
@edbott Likely the result of AI decision making.
Show threadgainfullydozyFeb 22

@edbott the El Paso stupid wasn't the closure though, it was the "laser weapons against party balloons", right?

Frankly, I wouldn't want anyone in the air over a place where someone has given laser weapons to complete morons...

Show threadEd BottFeb 22
@gainfullydozy I mean, it’s stupid all the way down, like Wile E. Coyote crashing down a canyon wall.
Show threadgainfullydozyFeb 22

@edbott yeah, that's true. In Mr Coyote's defense, at least he'd usually bring a comically small umbrella to try and slow his fall, or to shelter himself from an anvil, which shows he had some (admittedly feeble) thought for the future.

That's more than we can say for this bunch of clowns.