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Wiping down my dash at the end of an evening, I see your read-more, over-hear your rant in the tags, so I pour you a drink.

The teacher asks Trump if he would like to lead the class in a discussion of the word “tragedy”.

So he asks the class for an example of a tragedy. One little boy stands up and offers, “if my best friend who lives on a farm is playing in a field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that’d be a tragedy.”

“Not quite”, says Mr. Trump, “that would be an accident.”

A little girl raises her hand: “if a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.”

“I’m afraid not,” explained the president. “That’s what we would call a great loss.”

The room goes silent. Trump searches the room. “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy? “

Finally at the back of the room, little Johnny raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says, “If Air Force One, carrying you was struck by a missile and blown to smithereens; that would be a tragedy.”

“Fantastic!” exclaimed Mr. Trump. “That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”

Fisheye Placebo by Yuumei

Darrow went bankrupt after the 1929 Stock Market Crash, so when he saw his neighbors playing the game, he copied down the instructions, and published his own version of the game.

Then he sold it to the Parker Brothers who popularized the game. Darrow became a millionare within the year. Despite this, Hasboro currently lists him as the sole creator on their website.

Magie was amazing, and not just for her game. She liked to mock societal standards of the time through theater and even made national headlines mocking the institution of marriage. She supported herself until her mid 40s, proving that marriage was not the only option for women, before tying the knot herself.

CFR Title 14, Chapter II, Subchapter D, Part 382, Subpart E, Section 382.67, Subsection (e)

“As a carrier, you must never request or suggest that a passenger not stow his or her wheelchair in the cabin to accommodate other passengers (e.g., informing a passenger that stowing his or her wheelchair in the cabin will require other passengers to be removed from the flight), or for any other non-safety related reason (e.g., that it is easier for the carrier if the wheelchair is stowed in the cargo compartment).”

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Now that you know, speak up.

Here’s an example of the smallest allowable wheelchair closet with a wheelchair in it.

The closet must by law be labeled as a wheelchair closet even though the flight attendants will often claim it’s the “first class closet” or the “flight attendant luggage closet.” Sometimes it‘s labelled with a wheelchair symbol and sometimes it’s spelled out in words.

If your wheelchair fits in the overhead you can also choose to put it there if you prefer. People who have a rigid manual wheelchair often put all the removable pieces (back, wheels, etc.) in the overhead if they’re on a plane with a small closet so only the frame is at risk under the plane. 24” wheels which are standard for a manual chair fit into the overhead. By law you can take up as much overhead space as you need for medical equipment and it doesn’t count against your carry-on allowance. Here is a pair of 24” wheelchair wheels in the overhead.

On a plane with a larger closet a rigid wheelchair can go in the wheelchair closet. Here’s a larger wheelchair closet with a rigid chair in it.

Pediatric rigid wheelchairs will often fit in the small wheelchair closet so if you have a small chair it’s worth trying to see if it will fit. Don’t take the flight attendants’ word for whether your chair will fit in the closet. They have no idea and they will basically always say any chair will not fit.

Here’s a wheelchair strapped to a row of seats on a plane that did not have a wheelchair closet.

“Dear Citizen,

In order to deliver on our promise to save America, we knew we needed to tackle our country’s biggest issue: wealth inequality. The richest 0.1% of Americans have as much wealth as the bottom 90%.

Our lawyers wouldn’t let us pursue our first choice - a campaign to eat all the rich people and live in their homes - so we settled for something more achievable. Today, Card Against Humanity has redistributed your wealth.

Using the survey you filled out when you signed up, we identified the 100 poorest recipients and sent them each  check for $1,000. To see how this $1,000 is impacting these peoples lives, read their stories at CardsAgainstHumanityRedistributesYourWealth.com. The next 10,000 poorest recipients got a $15 refund check.

You got nothing. And if you don’t like it, tough titties.

I love you,