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"What am I missing?" Sweet, sweet bribes, baby. Or... I mean "finder's fees".

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I wonder when"the market will correct itself"? It's as if Libertarians are naive child-like idiots...

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"Hey, if they wanted to win their suit, they should've become a billionaire like ME."

-SO glad I've been with a credit union for the last 30 years...

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As long as their name isn't Clinton, it's all good. So much for "strongly held American values".

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the market corrected itself when the legal system allowed itself to be sidestepped by arbitration clauses in every contract us peasants are forced to sign to live in the modern world.

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I believe it's any size bag that can fit under the seat in front of you is free. My carry on bag is a small brown paper gift bag about 10" high and holds my meds, my phone, a book, and a sandwich if it's a long flight. I'm a really nervous flyer, and even when the plane lands, I want off of it ASAP, but I can't because of the bin people.

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Around the M^3L+F parts, that look will get you out of most anything. Poor little puppeh

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Didn't have that problem until after they started charging ridiculous amounts for checked luggage.

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everybody should drive from coast to coast (better around the four corners CA-WA-ME-FL) just to have it driven home just what a huge and varied country this is.

. . . and meet people with other viewpoints!

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United Airlines: Never on time, lousy customer service, and now this. I've avoided them like the plague for years and they've just upped the certainty I'll continue to do.

Also, Fuck Wells Fargo for pretty much the same reasons.

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I think that we would find life a little more pleasant if reprobate assholes where just a little more afraid for their lives. It would be interesting to watch some jackass thinking about pulling a 'dick move', to have to spend a second or two thinking 'this might just cost me my life.' Would they improve there behavior or would they willing play 'Russian roulette?' I bet on the later, but to quote Joe Pesci 'I'm not afraid to dig a hole...'

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Plus, you can pack your herbal smoke along with you much more easily

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That's SOP for many airlines, both low-cost and legacy. Some have even gotten away with putting on a puppy-dog face and asking the gate agent "can you pretty pretty please gate-check this for free?", especially on a full flight.

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And on the subject of United: please bring this backhttps://c2.staticflickr.com...

The current Continental color scheme just doesn't do it for me.

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I'm really confused about how any judge could possibly enforce the binding arbitration in an agreement that you never signed because you didn't actually open the account to which the binding arbitration applies. What am I missing?

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