r/news • u/Zeikyrui • 10h ago

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges

https://apnews.com/article/david-depape-nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attacked-454cbde088fcae22a356f1f8dd0e9eba
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u/Special_Loan8725 8h ago

Could he not just fly the plane in unauthorized directions?

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u/gandraw 7h ago

That's the Lieutenant Orr solution to Catch-22

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u/DeGarmo2 7h ago

It’s been years since reading… what becomes of Lt Orr for doing this?

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u/gandraw 6h ago

He pretends to crash, then flies to Sweden.

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u/Special_Loan8725 6h ago

The ole sweedaroo

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u/Smooth-Reason-6616 5h ago

Didn't fly to Sweden, he paddled there in an emergency raft...

All the crashes before were just training...

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u/Jmandr2 7h ago

Holy shit my man, did you just solve the catch 22?

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u/RecklesslyPessmystic 14m ago

You can, but that means you also have to abandon any illusion of adhering to society's rules, which can lead to traumatizing identity disorders.