In this grainy photo, you can see what Harlem financial consultant Malinda Knowles was wearing just before she headed to LaGuardia Airport to catch a JetBlue flight to Florida last year. It seems Knowles's attire just wasn't modest enough for the pilot, who allegedly refused to fly the plane with her on board. She says it's because somebody thought she wasn't wearing anything under her baggy T-shirt, and after dragging her off the plane for a degrading underwear inspection, the pilot still wouldn't take off.
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Harlem Woman Sues JetBlue For Kicking Her Off Flight For Wearing Shorts
Call For Photos: Show Us Some (Cargo) Shorts
The above photo was part of a series of LIFE magazine photos around the rise of shorts. It was captioned: "Patrons inside P.J. Clarke's saloon (in New York City) include men wearing shorts, a new fad." Thank you people of 1953, for making men in shorts a thing. The current temperature is 62 degrees, and we aren't going to get this again until... who knows when. It's supposed to snow on Tuesday. For those who aren't in front of a computer all day, do the rest of us a favor while you're out there on the streets soaking up the almost luke-warm temp and document it—we want to be a part of niceweathaggedon, too. Send us your photos of flip flops, bare legs, and that ever-shameful rite of spring: the cargo short.
Bloomberg's Favorite Epithet is Unconscionable
Apparently, Mayor Bloomberg uses the word unconscionable so much that the Times poured 969 other words into analyzing the verbal tic. According to the article, Bloomberg’s U-bombing is definitely excessive; he drops the heavy pejorative in situations that don’t merit it, like when a reporter dared ask him if his trip to Israel was calculated to woo Jewish voters. (“That’s unconscionable. You should be ashamed to ask that question,” he reportedly snapped.)
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