History, Politics And Current Affairs

Here’s a link to the original documentary about the failed recovery of Kee Bird:

https://youtu.be/Zlvjr0jqSv4?si=6-c7iuhLA2Z2RqEt

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Thu Sep 11, 2025 4:18 am Flossy and Jang's kill, photographed from the east side of the base.

That FENCER has been turned into a good FENCER…

jemhouston wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:55 pm

Wolfman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 7:21 pm Nobody ever claimed that the leadership of Venezuela was smart…

The theory was they weren't suicidal, that's in doubt.

Hmm, good point.

Nobody ever claimed that the leadership of Venezuela was smart…

Photo: a Lockheed SR-71A is refueled by a KC-135Q/T after having completed a overflight of the Rump Soviet Union, the two planes are over the Far Eastern Republic with both of them operating from Japan, 1996. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GzsS2siW8AA9E0e?format=jpg&name=900x900 The CFM-56 (F-108)...

We're not going to invade Venezuela over this. Maduro has to be more of a pest-like invading the Dutch Caribbean Islands, say, before we start pulling triggers. Now, mining the shipping channel into the oil terminal at Maricaibo and on the Mexican side at Vera Cruz, OTOH.... Different story. I thou...

We're not going to invade Venezuela over this. Maduro has to be more of a pest-like invading the Dutch Caribbean Islands, say, before we start pulling triggers. Now, mining the shipping channel into the oil terminal at Maricaibo and on the Mexican side at Vera Cruz, OTOH.... Different story. I thou...

Guys, check this out!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-174B_Gunslinger

The existence of his Rolodex was an open secret. The contents of said Rolodex, however, were a different story…

And something's dropped out of ONI's archives, posted on their website today Remember the Koni FF that was found adrift with the entire crew missing except for the cat? Apparently, the director of ONI sent a Polaroid of the cat, lounging on the bridge chart table like the ship is his personal yacht...

If I may pay tour guide. The state aquarium is next door to the Lexington. Also south of Corpus Christie is Kingsville and the King Ranch. https://king-ranch.com/. There are tours twice daily. I've been there five times, and found it interesting every trip. In Kingsville, you have the King Ranch Mu...

She’s got the actual Tomcat used in the filming of TOP GUN spotted where Cat 2 used to be.

jemhouston wrote: ↑Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:30 am

Wolfman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 21, 2025 12:58 am I visited Lexington in Corpus Christi this morning…

A lot of going up and down. When I went last year, I enjoyed it and will hit it again.

I certainly enjoyed visiting her.

I visited Lexington in Corpus Christi this morning…

The idiots have a constitutional right to open their mouths to show people how ill informed they are. Just as people have the right to express their displeasure without using force on them. The tower tells an aircraft to take off over them, then you haee to. Not following tower instructions can and...

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 5:31 am Did better than that: our departure took 512 right over those clowns.

Serves them right.

I thought that was the IRL Virginia-class…

jemhouston wrote: ↑Tue Jul 29, 2025 3:56 pm OOC, if I had anything to say about it, I wouldn't have all three flying B-29s in the same spot for too long. I'm not so worried about some idiot doing something to them, than a tornado hitting them.

They are a national level treasure that needs protecting.

OOC: You’re preaching to the choir!

OOC: Just a reminder that there are three flying Superfortresses ITTL, Kee Bird’s recovery from the ice was completely successful…

I think the only folks Josh would ever tell about what Sophie said are God, Himself, Christ, and St. Peter if they were to ever ask (which I doubt they would)…