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Title: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: ABX on May 19, 2017, 05:30:59 pm
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Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign of a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. In common parlance the term refers to those Air Force aircraft specifically designed, built, and used for the purpose of transporting the president. The Presidential aircraft is a prominent symbol of the American presidency and its power........


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBmN6_s-KY


Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: ABX on May 19, 2017, 05:31:49 pm
After some of the articles we've seen lately, this is just a little lesson in clickbait headlines and why not to trust and react to just a headline. In this case, it is technically an accurate headline but not what your first instinct the story would be is.
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: geronl on May 19, 2017, 05:38:04 pm
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Polly Ticks on May 19, 2017, 05:41:02 pm
Heck, I'm just glad it didn't say "THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS DANCING!!!!!"
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 19, 2017, 05:48:05 pm
D@mn! Used to be they just went for the hubcaps.... **nononono*
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: EC on May 19, 2017, 05:50:36 pm
Quick! Start a witch hunt!
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Polly Ticks on May 19, 2017, 05:56:07 pm
Quick! Start a witch hunt!

There we go!  That's the spirit!
 :beer:
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Cripplecreek on May 19, 2017, 05:56:47 pm
After some of the articles we've seen lately, this is just a little lesson in clickbait headlines and why not to trust and react to just a headline. In this case, it is technically an accurate headline but not what your first instinct the story would be is.

There is some real garbage being intentionally posted in an apparent effort to incite anger.

Its garbage but its apparently OK for at least one poster to do so.
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Wingnut on May 19, 2017, 06:06:39 pm
Quick! Start a witch hunt!

Which Witch?
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: Mom MD on May 19, 2017, 06:10:00 pm
Which Witch?

Not Hillary   I prefer she stay lost
Title: Re: Air Force One Missing? The President's Plane Is Missing!!
Post by: geronl on May 19, 2017, 10:55:11 pm
I watched the whole movie after coming to the thread earlier, it's alright but a bit obvious IMO (obvious that the aide was the baddie)