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Just saw this article and wondering if BENIN is getting more dangerous....?? Subj: Jet Blue Pilot kidnapped in Africa Sat, Jun 16, 2012 JetBlue Pilot Kidnapped And Held In Africa Released After Being Held For Eight Days In A Village In Benin A JetBlue pilot was recently abducted in Africa and held for eight days in a village in Benin before being released, according to authorities from the West African nation. http://www.aero-news.net/image...u-BeninMap-1203a.jpg K. Shawn Bischoff of Fort Lauderdale, FL, who JetBlue confirms works for the airline, had traveled to Africa to "conclude a commercial transaction for gold" with individuals who had solicited him on the Internet. When he arrived in Africa, he was abducted and held until being recognized at a border crossing eight days later. Bischoff's captors demanded ransom payments from his parents, making unspecified threats against him, according to Benin police spokesman Florent Djimasse. The South Florida Sun Sentinal reports that as authorities got closer to the kidnappers, they apparently panicked, an put him in a cab to be taken to Lome`, where he had first arrived in Africa. Police recognized Bischoff at the border. He was freed, and the four kidnappers with him were arrested. Police in Benin say the investigation is continuing, but Djimasse reportedly had harsh words for the people living in the village where Bischoff was being held. He chastised them for not reporting a white person being held hostage there, saying it could not have gone unnoticed by everyone. U.S. and African authorities are not releasing further details of the incident, though the State Department and the FBI are both reportedly involved in the investigation. FMI: www.state.gov, www.fbi.govShare on stumbleupon Cheers, 470EDDY | ||
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No place is safe if you are as stupid as this guy. I don't think I will ever fly JetBlue again. STAY IN THE FIGHT! | |||
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Your not joking! If you try the same stunt in "civilized" NYC you will get robbed as well | |||
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That dumb ass isn't safe anywhere . Amazing. | |||
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+1 You can't fix stupid. Stupid in West Africa just is a little more dangerous. Mike | |||
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Actually, NYC is quite safe these days. In fact, it's the world's first police state, what with all the cops and cameras everywhere. And if you are, in fact, a petty criminal and get caught in the act of ... say ... selling cigarettes on the street, it's not out of the realm of possibility that you will be beaten to death by a jack-booted, para-military unit - eight or ten men strong ... and all in the name of law and order. The real criminals, however, the world's most dangerous criminals (the Wall Street Guys) still walk free. But you're right about one thing: You will get robbed (by the Wall Street Guys) - and you don't even have to live in NYC - or even visit it!  <> <> <> | |||
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Not necessarily "in the name of law and order" but more in the name of NY collecting the horrible tax they impose on the sale of cigarettes. Can't have some poor guy on the street corner selling untaxed smokes. | |||
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True enough. It might bring down the whole economy. <> <> <> | |||
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Amazing! He can fly a plane, but unable to think for himself?? | |||
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Are you one of the Occupy Wallstreet hipsters? | |||
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No, actually - though my world-view is probably quite similar. Are you one of those Wall-Street <> <> <> | |||
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Has that happened? Oh...........you must mean that guy who got caught then resisted arrest and died of an asthma attack! He was also arrested by police based upon an order given by one the most liberal lunatics in this country..........but it's the cops fault they where required to enforce a law passed by legislators.....yeah I get it! Those cops aren't like Obama where they get to disregard laws passed by our lawmakers 'cause they just don't like 'em....... . | |||
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Definitely Not! I hate them....hipster scum as well | |||
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For once I'd like to see some inside trader ... or especially a few of those who were responsible for the 2007/8 meltdown ... get taken down, choke-holded, hand-cuffed and stomped by a SWAT team ... right there on the steps of the NYSE. Now that would be something to see. <> <> <> | |||
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I would like to see that too as long as you throw a few of those pathetic socialist occupiers in there as well | |||
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HA- This was a SPOOF!! Thanks for the comments guys.....I was thinking of the Captain on Jet Blue that went Bonkers on a Flight several years ago and several passengers had to take him down....thought it was the same guy trying some gold trading!! I actually had a friend...who I used to think a lot of....and an African hunter, as well as elected official....actually fall for a Nigerian e-mail scam!! REALLY...he thought he was going to be rich!! I really had a belly laugh over that!!...and it has gone down hill from there!! Cheers, 470EDDY | |||
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Reagan and Bush prosecuted over 1000 individuals as a result of the savings and loan crisis, getting 839 convictions. Since then, no one has gone to jail. For all the hand wringing Obama does over the GFC, he has failed to send anyone to jail - or even try. | |||
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Tropic-Hunter it was The Dodd-Frank Act that forced banks to repackage home shit-loans they were forced to make to those wholly unable to repay. The banks repackaged them and sold them as A+ bonds. Your politicians at their finest. | |||
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Money, Power and Wall Street - the entire 4-part series Occupy everything! <> <> <> | |||
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Are you hoping for a revolution?? | |||
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Don't forget up front the GREEDY Mortgage Brokers, who were slathering themselves with huge salaries and bonuses while committing FRAUD on the buyers of new mortgages....some of which were getting BIGGER with every payment....because the monthly payments were set so low they didn't cover interest, let alone principle!!...coupled with NO QUALIFICATION as to ability to pay back!! GO FIGURE...a money SCAM fraught with FAILURE...and it cost us ALL!! Cheers, 470EDDY | |||
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So how this thread morph from is it safe to hunt in Benin to how greedy and corrupt Wall Street is ? | |||
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Know what, you're right. I'm done....sorry to the OP. | |||
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How was this thread ever about how safe Benin is in the first place? 470: the fault lies of both sides of the table when it comes to mortgages. I own a lot of rental properties that gives me a lens into the financial history and decision making of lots of people. The average person in America can't do basic math - to wit, your complaint that they were screwed by mortgage brokers. Or my other favorite: refinancing to take money out of a house to spend it on something to keep up with the Joneses, like say, a markhor hunt. | |||
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Isn't everyone? The Trump Revolution! The Sanders Revolution <> <> <> | |||
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First of all, who are you Trophic hunter and from where? You seem shady at best... " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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AZ Writer- you are a numbers type with expereince in making rentals pencil....not everyone is!! Example, nurses working for my wife...in hot and rising real estate market...upbringing here in US always teaches that your HOUSE IS YOUR CASTLE and always stretch to make the best investment in your life!! Well, they were following their upbringing...and they are medical/scientific people....working with "trusted Bankers who are supposed to be honest and forthright people- ie PROFESSIONALS!" HA....they were self serving greedy Buggers.....bound for their bigger bonuses and the Demos had made sure there were NO QUALIFICATION barriers for mortgagees!! WHACK, the deed was done....and the trap set for catastrophic failure....and DODD-FRANK was the lynch pin....and the dominoes set to fall....and the rest is history!! This deviation was all related to financial scams the pilot got into in the Benin story I posted...it was a SPOOF anyway.... Cheers, 470EDDY | |||
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