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James Stout

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

That's why Mad Men, you know, look at all the dead airlines in Mad Men.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Yeah, and that's why you've gotten the degree of monopoly you already have in the airline industry is that these companies sort of bought up the carcasses and did all of these very monopolistic mergers.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Now you just have this thing where, yeah, flying absolutely sucks because it's all just...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

these like, oh God, there's some economics term for it that I'm forgetting right now, but it's all of these sets of monopolies that have like divided up the country into their own basically personal fiefdoms.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

And yeah, that sucks.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

And it's why being on an airplane sucks shit.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

And opposing monopolies is not the reason that we're here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

It's the main reason that we are here right now with Spirit Airlines dead is that the president of the United States unilaterally decided he was going to fight a war against Iran.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

I guess technically bilaterally because BB decided.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

too is really is but like you know the president united like the the the u.s is mad dictator decided to fight a war and that's why this airline is gone yeah but that's that's that's like the main thing that's why it's gone like now in this way yeah somebody needs to photoshop like spirit airlines in heaven with uh the ayatollah khomeini uh just like holding hands together

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Two beautiful souls lost too early.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

He's getting on one final flight.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

See you later, space cowboy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

In other wonderful news, we are pivoting from spirits to ghosts, and we are pivoting to a very interesting piece of reporting from CNN, who has obtained polling data that suggests that...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

The president's new ballroom, which has expended significant political capital from an assassination attempt to attempt to get built, is polling in terms of, quote, Americans who support or believe in new White House ballroom is polling at 28%, which is lower than the percentage of Americans who believe in ghosts and 1% lower than the percentage of Americans who believe in telepathy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Americans love believing in ghosts.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

We do.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

We do love believing in ghosts.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Yeah.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 231

Well, ghosting at 39% I was expecting.