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Four crew members were found safe after they were forced to eject during a mid-air collision between two Navy jets at an Idaho air show on May 17.

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The irony of something so American crashing and burning to the ground is not lost on me. You couldn't stage a better metaphor for where we are at in this country right now.

Funny how authoritarian countries display their military prowess with thousands of human bodies moving in lockstep. More ‘advanced’ western democracies prefer synchronized air displays. At this point I’m torn as to which is more stupid or costly.

Ever since that horrific air show disaster in Germany in the 1990s, I've wondered why the hell people feel the need for this shit.

I live under the flight path of an air show that takes place every Labour Day weekend and the neighbourhood has been trying to get it shut down for decades. It will stop when a plane lands on somebody's house and not before.