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I\u2019m sure everyone heard the news.\u00a0 American Airlines has a policy about cell phones.\u00a0 Baldwin ignored the policy.\u00a0 Baldwin was removed, acted like a spoiled child, and then appeared on SNL to do what SNL does: mock those who challenge its prepubescent sensibilities.\u00a0 Funny?\u00a0 Not really.\u00a0 Most of SNL isn\u2019t really that funny, at least […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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