History, Politics And Current Affairs

I have never heard nor read of a single reference to Sir Michael that was less than absolutely honorable and respectful. RIP , and kick Wes Clark's ass when he gets there. Mike There's been a lot of social media noise coming out of Ireland that's absolutely crowing over his death. He was adjutant o...

One report is that they might use Starliner as an up/down cargo carrier.

I liked the first one where the squirrel sticks its head through the hole.

California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk's X posts https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/california-officials-reject-more-spacex-rocket-launches-with-some-citing-musk-s-x-posts/ar-AA1s6Zsb Given some of the reasoning, the commission needs whammed upside the head...

The worst we tend to get in the UK are grey squirrels (yes the ones from the eastern US) eating at bird feeders. Attempts to make them "squirrel-proof" tend to abjectly fail. State side there is a company that makes squirrel proof feeders that work...the most entertaining one is to long f...

How well has the DDG-1000's seakeeping been? I remember there was a lot of talk about the tumblehome wave-piercing hull not being stable. I wonder if you took the hull and power system, grafted on an enlarged/modified Burke deckhouse with flag space, add 2 64 VLS & a smaller VLS just for SM-3, a...

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/08/raccoons-swarm-washington-home-video/75570742007/ This is an example that's even funnier: Raccoons 100: Idiot 0 in Washington state! My parents had bunches of bird feeders in their front yard during the winter. They had to refill many of them eve...

From X/Twitter: https://x.com/mmeJen/status/1843751677418962984 My poor husband. I have to share what happened to him yesterday. So we lost a chicken to a predator during the day over the weekend, we guessed it was a raccoon and we put out a trap. Yesterday we caught a young raccoon in the trap. We ...

Interestingly SpaceX had a restart failure on the 2nd stage of a recent flight so it deorbited, safely, but in the wrong area. FAA grounded all flights, except the one today to launch an ESA probe, until an investigation is done. ULA had an SRB malfunction that didn't impact the flight but it was an...

As the subject says....

https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2024 ... -disgrace/

At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if the services are eventually forced into establishing some “enlisted academy”, 3 to 6 months of remedial education before graduates get shipped off to basic. Or perhaps right after basic. Colleges and universities are already doing it because so many coming i...

Just Willie Nelson is left of the four

RIP Captain Kris Kristofferson
Helicopter pilot in the 8th Infantry Division and Army Ranger.

Actually they thought it was an indoor marijuana growing operation and the raid went sideways quite quickly.... (The numbered part are from the lawsuit) Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via AP Did you ever have one of those days? You know. The kind where things start to suck before you even roll...

Plus the 'Broken Arrow' embedded deep, deep in an US East Coast marsh... Upside, the nuke's safeties worked. Down-side, like a mime's invisible, potentially rabid dog that has escaped leash... On the gripping hand, No-one has dared suggest building a dock, refinery or wind-farm there... Is that the...

The head of the FCC said that Starlink is a probable monopoly because it provides so much service. Umm...doesn't the 'monopoly' exist because no one else has gotten up there yet?

From terminalcwo instagram https://www.instagram.com/terminalcwo/ They are clearing people with abysmal ASVAB scores, taking anti-psychotic/anxiety/depression meds, blood pressure so high they have to be driven, autistic, bi-polar, in-patient psych care, suicidal, potential homicidal, morbidly obese...

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:37 pm ....You definitely don't want to know what's lurking in Chesapeake Bay, the Virginia Capes, or off Charleston.

Mike

Or off Cape Canaveral and New York Harbor.

Operations CHASE & Geranium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Geranium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_CHASE

...Or his role as LOOKING GLASS in By Dawn's Early Light . The last few minutes were absolutely chilling, mostly because of his performance. Mike Also the scene when his character is talking to CinCSAC as the warheads come in. "Happy hunting" and then the data feed goes to static. Just th...

I admire the Conservancy's dedication but the money and interest for what they want to do is not there. The ship needs to be taken away from them and finally put to rest.

All I will say is that anyone who does this and says it 'fun' is insane.

https://youtu.be/6CiVDCMpRHs?feature=shared