History, Politics And Current Affairs

I’ve noticed that a lot of delivery drivers have developed the habit of simply leaving stuff on our doorstep. Without so much as knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell. As we’re right on the street that’s not great. Sometimes we only realise that there has been a delivery when checking our em...

The idea that NORAD keeps a tracking solution on Santa also alludes that they also have a firing solution on him as well.

I wish we could get Teal'c: Private Eye

I'm going to say something as a military veteran, as a science fiction fan, and as a Star Trek fan: Stories about basic training are going to be one of the following: About as interesting as watching paint dry; Utter shite; Both. Training is dull for anyone not actually going through it. The Camp Ar...

kdahm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 4:52 pm Private Rudolph's delay to duty is also being delayed due to the necessity of being refitted with TCAS and ADS-B equipment, in accordance with the S.2503 ROTOR act.

Yeah, Santa needs a better collision avoidance system than listening for Rudolph to yell, "OH S***!""

I do NOT want to think of how that beastie handles a compressor stall or unstart with the engines that far apart.

Nathan45 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 2:55 pm

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:44 am Concorde?

That’s FIREFOX!!!

But this time the telepathic commands are in the Queens English rather then Russian....

"You must think in Received Pronunciation."

18 December 2025 "Oval Office" Presidential Business Suite Ritz-Carlton Hotel Philadelphia, PA It wasn't oval, but it was the President's main working office when he wasn't in the Situation Room, the hotel sub-basement PEOC, or evacuating to a Continuity of Government facility. President ...

Photo: The USS America (CV-66) with an F-14 about to land seen through the periscope of Royal Navy's Trafalgar class HMS Trafalgar (S-107) during the liberation of Iceland, 1987. https://i.redd.it/ghauz6pdrqa91.jpg Even though it was a "friendly" sub, there are still only two types of shi...

Do they need to designate one astronaut or cosmonaut as the parking valet?

Mongo like candy...

The Backfires aren't just a "Force in being." They fly strikes into Florida and the Southeast with standoff weapons like the AS-4 and AS-6, along with anti-shipping strikes. By the time of Brownsville, though? They've either been shot down, destroyed on the ground, or are grounded due to ...

Unless ComBloc intelligence in the planning stages for such a flight had been perfect and their luck during the actual execution exquisite , there’s every chance that such an attempt would’ve seen the fleeing Backfires intercepted by CONUS-based Eagles, or encountering a carrier-group that promptly...

the jafar were pretty bad shots unless they were "good" jafar.....but accountin how cumbersome those firing sticks they had were.... stormtroopers still are the worst ever by far. sterling SMG lasers should be far better than that. (Holds up staff) "This is a weapon of terror. It is ...

(Colonial Anthem Intensifies)

....It might be AI, but man oh man, it's GOOD AI. On the other hand, the Willing Suspension Of Disbelief(TM) needed for this will be incredible. For a one-off movie where nothing really changes, okay - but now they've just stopped the attack on Pearl and have become part of the USN? Made for some g...

As far as I'm concerned, those two are accessories after the fact to murder, and should hang. No, that is not a euphemism or hyperbole. I am being literal. These morons are responsible for the security of nuclear weapons and we have two instances of airmen on base playing stupid games with guns tha...

As far as I'm concerned, those two are accessories after the fact to murder, and should hang.

No, that is not a euphemism or hyperbole. I am being literal.

Has anyone else watched this yet? I watched this over the weekend and overall I thought it was a good movie. I have some opinions on parts of this, but I'd like to see what other people have to say. At the very least, it shows why you need a multi-layer missile defense system. It covered a lot of t...

Wasn’t there an issue in US intelligence downplaying any info about the invasion since they knew the Soviets weren't going to invade. They were afraid if Reagan found out he would take action to stop it, including shooting first. Yeah, there was that, in part. (Reminding self to redo Round Perditio...