How to Land a 747

Kottke pointed me to this checklist, presumably if you are the civilian closest to the cockpit when the captain suddenly keels over. But also, probably, useful to the would-be hijackers among you. I’m going to store this with the other electronic memos I carry around with me for ready access at any time.

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Timothy Garton Ash:

The time has come for a final report on the 43rd president of the US: “The man who set out to reinforce unbridled American power has weakened it in all three essential dimensions…

As the two men who would succeed him train like Olympic athletes for tomorrow’s foreign policy debate, pause for a moment to complete your final report on the 43rd president of the United States. What would you say?

I would sum up his two terms in four words: hubris followed by nemesis.” (Guardian.UK)