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    Get Ready: TSA Officers May Be Crabbier Than Usual

    by SharonKurheg December 16, 2025
    by SharonKurheg December 16, 2025

    TSA officers have never had a great reputation for friendliness. Sure, there’s been the occasional diamond in the rough who’s been helpful. But most are, at best, professional – but …

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    Florida Declared War on Chemtrails — and Forced Airports to Report. The Skies Haven’t Noticed

    by SharonKurheg November 11, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 11, 2025

    Conspiracy theorists are going to conspiracy theorize. Just ask Denver International Airport (I love how they’ve embraced being the topic of so many conspiracy theories). But the mother of all …

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    The Secret Fix the Government Didn’t Want You to Know About When It Cut 10% of Flights

    by SharonKurheg November 7, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 7, 2025

    The government shutdown is up to Day #37. It’s the longest shutdown in history. Instead of working together to try to come to a deal, there’s been finger pointing and …

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    Kid Tracking Elon Musk’s Jet Now Following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Jet, Too

    by SharonKurheg May 24, 2023
    by SharonKurheg May 24, 2023

    University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney made headlines in 2022 when he became known for creating bots to track the private jets of Russian oligarchs and other prominent individuals …

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  • Airlines

    Another Country Considering Making Airline Tickets Transferable

    by SharonKurheg September 4, 2022
    by SharonKurheg September 4, 2022

    One of the biggest inconveniences and potential money losses you may encounter when you purchase an airline ticket is when it turns out something happens and you can’t take the …

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  • Travel

    Americans Are Giving The FAA An Earful About Plane Cabins

    by SharonKurheg August 18, 2022
    by SharonKurheg August 18, 2022

    It’s no secret that over the past 40 years or so, airlines have made plane seats more and more narrow, along with continually less space between rows. At the same …

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  • Airlines

    Gov’t Pressuring Airlines To Keep Families Together On Planes, For Free

    by SharonKurheg July 10, 2022
    by SharonKurheg July 10, 2022

    Years ago, ensuring you sat with your family on a flight was easy. You made a reservation, chose your seats, and you were done with it. Then airlines decided that …

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    Hawaii’s Feral Chickens May Disappear Due To Fowl Play

    by SharonKurheg March 9, 2022
    by SharonKurheg March 9, 2022

    If a bill successfully goes through Hawaii’s government, the state’s feral chicken population may soon see its last days. If you’ve been to the Aloha State in the past 30 …

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    Ugh! Problems With Ordering Biden’s Free COVID Tests

    by SharonKurheg January 19, 2022
    by SharonKurheg January 19, 2022

    The Biden administration announced not long ago that they were going to send half a billion COVID tests to U.S. residents, free for the asking. You just had to log …

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    Passport Renewals Will Soon Be Done Electronically

    by SharonKurheg December 14, 2021
    by SharonKurheg December 14, 2021

    For whatever reason or reasons, whether you’re getting a new passport, or renewing an expiring one, it currently takes practically FOREVER. Wait times have been so long that the State …

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