• Sequentialsilence
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    2 days ago

    Do they not make you file permits anymore for shining lights into the sky?

    I know when I was doing festivals we had to file permits for all of our light shows noting the exact time it would start and end. They would put a TFR in place surrounding our festival until it was over so planes and helicopters wouldn’t get blinded by the lights.

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      2 days ago

      This operation is being run by people who fucking bulldozed a whole wing of the White House itself without permit nor permission. They DGAF if an airplane crashes because of their piddling wrestling match to make themselves feel all grown up.

    • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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      They’re the White House. Even during ‘liberal’ control they’re the ultimate authority in the executive branch. Any and all executive branch agencies report to them. Who would they file for permits with? They’re ultimately the ones in charge of the people issuing permits.

      And since that’s the case there’s no real reason for a permit if you don’t care about the material consequences and there are no possible legal consequences. If anyone crashes due to this, the White House will just blame the pilots, which will cause the NTSB to just blame the pilots, which will cause Congress to wag their finger and make a commitee no one attends or ever mentions again, which will cause a few news stories about how ineffective congress is, and by that time Donald Trump will be beheading brown children on live TV via a comically large fan and no one will care about the lighting at this stupid arena most Americans don’t even know exists.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        Who would they file for permits with?

        The city of Washington DC.

        I’d love to see a single scrap of evidence that liberal administrations do not bother with permits, please.