History, Politics And Current Affairs

:D :D https://newsthump.com/2025/09/09/angel-of-the-north-officially-relocated-to-sunderland/ The Angel of the North has officially been relocated from Gateshead to Sunderland following another massive cock-up by organisers of the Great North Run. “We’ve got no choice,” said Great North Run organise...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gq2gdlnygo There has been a huge screwup by the organisers of the Great North Run in the UK. That's a large, mass participation half marathon that takes place each year around Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 2025 version was last weekend. Unfortunately the medals give...

This has popped up on a few locations recently, https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250828-to-defend-against-russian-tanks-finland-and-poland-consider-restoring-wetlands Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground ...

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Sun Sep 07, 2025 10:42 am

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 06, 2025 9:05 pm Wasn’t that a (dubious) claim made by a doctor who treated Mitterrand?

It could be. For the life of me I can’t remember where I read it now. I can see a profitable day ahead of me now trying to scratch that itch, so much for mowing the back garden!

He was one who did make that claim.

Yep, thats what it says.

Maybe its one that pops into existence and pops out again.....

Could be worse...could have had Evri dropping the package off somewhere......

Meanwhile in Glasgow

The mega-Amerikabomber was another of those frantic flailings, like the V2 and V3, along with the mobile siege-gun whatsits... I'll give the V-1 a provisional pass, given it was cheap, nasty and could out-run all but a scant-few Allied fighters... I've read that there were proposals to fit hangars ...

Quite a few article, wiki included, class the Icteneo II as having AIP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ict%C3%ADneo_II The most important innovation in the Ictíneo II was its air independent propulsion for underwater navigation. A reaction of zinc, manganese dioxide and potassium chlorate heated the ...

He’s done various crazy stunts in the past such as clinging onto the outside of aircraft. I think he may have outdone himself for the new MI movie though, jumped out from a helicopter with his parachute on fire 16 times: https://x.com/tomcruise/status/1930682304894239114?s=46 I may have to go see t...

Can they be air launched....asking for a friend....

Mmhh cluster SAM....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp6W0DvSHMY&t=2393s

But if I'd had my way, we would now be commissioning the first Flight IIIA Arleigh Burkes with a stretched hull, the forward missile magazine extended to 64 rounds, provision for AGS in place of the five inch gun (retaining the Mark 45 as an interim), additional VLS silos amidships for ESSM and wit...

I couldn't get into Alt Hist.

This shouldn’t be a surprise, as I’ve said virtually exactly the same thing earlier in this thread, and you reacted with a similar post on September 12 2023, albeit with question marks rather than shocked face emoticons. I’ve never watched any of the television series of Star Trek; I don’t watch mu...

Simon Darkshade wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 9:50 pm
The only other possible reason I can find is some sort of Star Trek reference, which means nothing to me, as I’ve never watched the show.