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Two Supreme Court Roundups In Two Cities In One Day
Or, from one swamp to another swamp.
This morning, at 11:00 ET, I spoke at the "Scholars and Scribes" Supreme Court Roundup at the Heritage Foundation. And this evening, at 6:00 CT, I spoke at the Houston Federalist Society's Supreme Court Roundup. It has been some time since I did two events in two cities in the same day. (Back in 2012, I visited six airports in thirty-six hours.) Today's travel was not easy to execute.
The event at Heritage wrapped at 12:15. Approximately one minute later, I was in a waiting Uber, en route to Reagan National Airport. I placed the suitcase next to me to avoid having to waste time going to the trunk. Boarding for my flight began at 12:25, as I was crossing the Fourteenth Street Bridge. I arrived at the curb of Terminal 2 at 12:31. I made it through security and to my gate in about six minutes. I scanned my boarding pass at 12:38, just after they called my name before closing the boarding. I was in my seat by 12:40. I landed in Houston around 3:00, with plenty of time to spare before the evening event.
Why did I engage in this insane turnaround? As it turned out, today there were thunderstorms in both D.C. and Houston. (Summer travel is actually worse than winter travel, as airports can remain operational during snow, but not during lightning.) Looking at the radar, I realized there was a good chance that my original flight, which was slated to leave D.C. at 3 ET and land in Houston at 5 CT, would be delayed. So I called an audible and switched to the earlier flight. I would rather rush to the airport to try to catch the earlier flight. If I had missed it, I would just wait for the later flight.
As things turned out, my prediction was correct. My original flight would be delayed about two hours, and I would have missed most of the FedSoc event in Houston.
This may sound obsessive, but whenever I travel, I track the weather in both my departing and arriving city, and also keep an eye on all flights between those airports that day in case I can switch. I also track the inbound flights (that is, where my flight is coming from), and the weather in that city. And in rare cases, I will track the weather in the inbound's inbound city. I was recently flying from LaGuardia to Dulles, and by tracking three flights ahead, realized my late-night flight would likely get cancelled, so I switched to Amtrak and taxi'd to Penn Station. It is very, very rare that I am on a cancelled flight, in large part because I am proactive about getting off those flights. As Gary Leff from View from the Wing explains, inclement weather is like the Zombie Apocalypse--you have to keep moving.
You can watch the Scholars and Scribes event here:
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I am sorry, but travel is really stupid. It wastes time, discomfort, money, risk, global warming, and the humiliation of being groped by TSA geniuses. Sitting in a narrow seat for hours is idiotic, when you have a beautiful comfortable home with all the room and amenities one could wish for. The video chat has made travel toxic and almost a crime against humanity. Travel does give an opportunity to open a convo with a rando in the next seat. All of them have extreme, crazy stories. These are of no use to anyone.
In Josh's case, add the risk of being confronted by crazed Antifa scum, and having to run away. I don't know if Josh could carry a can of bear spray through TSA. I would support Josh's suing these permissive left wing schools for their negligent security, no guards after prior Antifa attacks.
If you believe in man-made global warming, you're even a bigger fool.
Josh, alone, is putting out 200 lbs of carbon dioxide each hour of jet travel. Is that a good thing in your book? What does he get in return for that environmental abomination?
Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ), particulate matter, water vapor at altitude have triple the effect of global warming as carbon dioxide.
You may be correct. The sun may be the cause. We are overdue for Maunder Effect which may deploy a mini Ice Age. I don't know the conclusive answer. I do know that unnecessary jet travel is immoral and irresponsible.
Pretty sure as big of a brain Josh has, he’s not the only passenger on the jet, and since I really want you to rend your garment, military jets routinely dump fuel (right in the air, where do you think it’s going?) so they’re not to heavy when they land
Oh, and there’s worse things than Greenhouse Gases that jets dump, Nome Sane?
Frank “making a dump of my own’
Watch out for that blue ice. It is not from a Slushie.
Josh has con law prof privilege. Destroy the environment to spout utter lawyer gibberish about decisions. These are all feelings, mood swings, hanger, the wife yelled this AM, local culture, self interest, interest of sponsors, garbage decisions. None has a shred of external validation, save for a few fat guys with guns. Then lawyer gibberish is found to justify them. I bet I could give a Justice $50. and have them write the opposing decision with equal fervor and eloquence. Solid legal reasoning is total after the decision bullshit.
You're wrong, I'd pay him $51,
Love Runway 1 departures out of DCA, if you’re on the Port side you get a great view of JFK’s Infernal Flame (how many billions of tons of CO2 has it put out?) Lee’s Mansion and the tomb of the Unknowns, but you’re an amateur with the Travel, try JFK to ATL to DEN to Grand Junction CO, then a 3 hr drive to Vernal UT to do VA exams 8am Monday, and that’s not the worst trip I’ve done
Frank
See the YouTube vids for airport thrills. Here are 100 from your seat at home.
https://youtu.be/k5yvzTw08K8
How many G's can YouTube pull? it's not the same, it's like how jerking off to Porn isn't the same as...
bad example.
But the one landing that scared the whee out of even a well seasoned flyer as myself??
Runway 1 at ASE (I'd tell you, OK, it's Aspen CO) 7,800 MSL, between 2 13,000 ft tall mountains, Windier than a Chucky Schumer/Jerry Nadler debate, I felt like Shatner in that Twilight Zone Episode
Frank
The video title is false advertising. Josh is not a scholar.
and he's not a doorknob either, why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?