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And Again...
SteynonLine ^ | February 1, 2025 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 02/01/2025 6:15:32 AM PST by Twotone

Forty-eight hours after a midair collision that the President correctly says should never have happened, a second plane has fallen from the skies - thirty seconds after takeoff in Philadelphia - and crashed into a nearby row of houses, where it exploded "like a missile":

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It was a Learjet air ambulance bearing a sick child and her mother plus two doctors and two pilots. Presumably they had been visiting the city's world-renowned children's hospital. All are dead. The casualties on the ground are not yet known.

~Yesterday some commenters argued I should not be speculating on the DC crash until the investigation has been completed. That's the same argument the dirty stinkin' rotten corrupt FBI give us about presidential assassination attempts and pretty much everything else. Increasingly in America, speculation is all there is ...because the "investigation" is never "completed". Hours before the second air crash of the week, Powerline printed excerpts from the latest mailout of Abe Rosenthal's Commentary's email:

Here's a current-events quiz aimed at regular news consumers: Why did Los Angeles officials ignore dozens of warnings about the county's failing water system in the run-up to this year's wildfires? What caused the Dali cargo ship to crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge almost a year ago? Who was the captain of that ship? Why were security bollards not in place on Bourbon Street when a terrorist attacked New Orleans on New Year's Day? What was the ISIS-inspired jihadist who carried out that attack doing in Egypt and Canada in the summer of 2023? And why did a gunman shoot and attempt to assassinate Donald Trump last July in Butler, Pennsylvania?

Don't feel bad about not knowing the answers. You never got them.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: answers; marksteyn
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1 posted on 02/01/2025 6:15:32 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Add Las Vegas shooter to the list. There are so many. Sigh.


2 posted on 02/01/2025 6:20:22 AM PST by JustSurrounded
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To: Twotone

Incisive and insightful, as Mark always is.


3 posted on 02/01/2025 6:23:59 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Twotone

Number one on that list should be: Exactly where did the Covid virus come from?

As we all know, that virus killed millions and disrupted entire economies. Yet we are told next to nothing about its origin. Something happened in some Chinese lab…maybe.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 6:28:25 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: Twotone

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5 posted on 02/01/2025 6:34:50 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: null and void; ransomnote; rx; rxsid; Red Badger

We sure do live in interesting times


6 posted on 02/01/2025 6:37:18 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Twotone

Two DEI crashes in 2 DAYS.


7 posted on 02/01/2025 6:37:31 AM PST by BobL
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To: PubliusMM

I would much rather have him do the EIB show instead of Clay and Buck who just talk about their testosterone levels and high T merchandising.


8 posted on 02/01/2025 6:38:04 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Twotone

Another question: could the plane’s sudden stop and drop have been caused by a collision with one of those SUV sized drones?


9 posted on 02/01/2025 6:42:14 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: AbolishCSEU

“Capitalism” has its drawbacks…


10 posted on 02/01/2025 6:42:52 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty ( )
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To: Twotone
THIS one is even more mysterious.

It apparently just nose dived straight in.

11 posted on 02/01/2025 6:47:51 AM PST by knarf (Ther )
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To: Twotone

I said to my wife this morning that if this second crash was presented as, a 44 year old jet that was based in Mexico crashed on takeoff in icy conditions in Philly….the story would not sound sinister. It would “make sense.” You would read it and say, “Yeah…that sounds tragic, but I get it.”

Instead…we get Twitter Pilots talking about missiles.


12 posted on 02/01/2025 6:51:00 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: knarf

Hopefully the Trump administration will push for answers.


13 posted on 02/01/2025 6:53:38 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Twotone
See why the Deep State considers it so important to get someone loyal to them into the FBI Directorship (to keep their crimes and shenanigans hidden)?

The DS must be denied and We The People, via Kash Patel, must be requited!

14 posted on 02/01/2025 6:55:30 AM PST by rx
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To: SaveFerris
Good thing that my business went bankrupt and so I have not had to set foot on an
aircraft of any type since 911. (True - I have not flown since.)

Corruption and EVIL continue to destroy the prosperity and potential of the USA and
all of Western Civilization.

15 posted on 02/01/2025 6:59:52 AM PST by GaltAdonis ( )
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To: AbolishCSEU

Agreed, AbolishCSEU, but I’m not sure he’s physically up to the demands. At least when he’s writing, he can take a break whenever necessary.


16 posted on 02/01/2025 7:01:00 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: Twotone

Interesting times.


17 posted on 02/01/2025 7:01:15 AM PST by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Twotone

Thirty seconds after takeoff -the first thought I had was: “could they have collided with a drone?” There are many of those hazards in the air around urban areas.


18 posted on 02/01/2025 7:03:25 AM PST by elpadre
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To: Twotone

I am getting completely gobsmacked by the sheer stupidity of commentators who are supposedly “experts” when these things happen.

On the Philly crash, comments about “the plane possibly stalled”. No idiot, before you can even fly solo, you have to learn how to recover from a stall. Without an engine a plane is just a real heavy glider. Push the nose over, pick up airspeed, then level out. Can usually be done in 1-2 hundred feet of elevation, they had 1600ft. You do not fly at full speed at a 45 degree angle to the ground!

Most likely cause of Philly IMHO is either a) O2 tank exploded or b) Drone Strike took out control surfaces and at least 1 engine. It did appear it was on fire when it was coming down.


19 posted on 02/01/2025 7:07:12 AM PST by RainMan ((Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861))
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To: Twotone

And because information is being intentionally withheld, the Internet fills with conspiracy theories. One that I find plausible ... will the second tragedy occupy all of media bandwidth and take the public's eye off the first tragedy so it can be memory-holed? Who was on-board the helicopter and who was on-board the jet?


20 posted on 02/01/2025 7:10:52 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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