History, Politics And Current Affairs

Links only https://sofrep.com/news/air-force-grounds-m18-pistols-after-fatal-discharge-at-f-e-warren-air-force-base/ I've been thinking about buying a Sig 320, I think I'll wait. I thought about it too but the reports have been too numerous for comfort. I think I’ll stick with my Beretta You're not...

My Beloved loved Minis but never got to drive one. The closest she got was a Fix It Again Tony 500 rental on a trip to stalk/go to concerts of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees.

Micael wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 3:14 pm The trailer is out:
https://youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE

Seeing some promise here, the Weyland-Yutani android portrayed by Elle Fanning looking potentially to be the most interesting aspect.

She does have a bit of an attitude and a mouth even if she is only half there.

Foods on a stick?

Odin knows what they would be serving at this world's Minnesota State Fair.

Links are a bit broken but this gives you an idea how interesting they can be. https://discoverthecities.com/foods-on- ... tate-fair/

The Thin Pinstriped Line blog has an interesting article about a planned operation by the British armed forces to evacuate citizen from Uganda in 1972. That was when Idi Amin began expelling Ugandans of Indian descent from the country. Britain wanted to have a plan in place in case to remove the Bri...

jemhouston wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:29 am If they want to protect their Artic coast from Russian, Chinese, (US), subs they do.

If for some reason, the Northwest passage is navigable any time of the years, they'll subs as part of the patrol element.

Thank you.

Here is an honest question: Does Canada really need submarines?

Boeing and USAF's problem child is in the news again. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission A U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus tanker lost its boom during an incident today off the coast of Virginia. The KC-46 had been on a F-22 Raptor fighters refueling...

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:58 pm RAF Saxa Vord, in the Orkneys: Sexual Void.

Not Orkneys, the isle of Unst in the Shetland Islands. Shetland is on my bucket list.

I liked one comment on the video that British troops are shaking in terror because somebody at the MOD will think this is a GREAT idea.

Minot Air Force Base seems to have quite the interesting reputation according people around here. I always thought the place looked like a nice place to move too. Mainly due to my wish to experience an Antarctic winter. :D Anyhoo.... Minot Air Force Base is overrun by squirrels The nuclear missile b...

It’s not that simple, as you know. Sensors, comms equipment, guns, etc also need translation to US kit. But that’s not the problem with CONSTELLATION. It’s that the Navy and the US designers keep playing with the design as the poor shipyards are trying to build the damn things. Aware of that. A cer...

Damn.... An author who never had a book that I didn't enjoy.

RIP kind Sir.

Lordroel wrote: ↑Sat May 10, 2025 2:23 pm

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Sat May 10, 2025 2:20 pm Well, that would be spoilers!

Well then finish World War III so we can get the answer, unless you go with Book 2, The Second Last War.

Can we just lock him in a room with a computer and keep him there until he finishes this?

Actually it was discovered in 1976 by sonar during a search for an F-4 Phantom that crashed. A DSRV went down for a look and took some photos. https://www.silentservicechallengecoins.com/ss-coin-f1.html The following excerpt is from "Submarine History Archive: On 17 December 1917, USS F-1 (SS-2...

I got the impressions they were acting like it was a betrayal of NHS to ask for help from the private side. Its not just this series but also other things that give me the impression that the needs of NHS might at times come before the needs of the patient.

On a slightly related note, I'm wondering how many Starlink satellites have a national security addon. There was a report that SpaceX was developing a recon satellite that looked like a normal Starlink one. You could insert them with a regular deployment and it would communicate via the standard pr...

The documentary series is available on Amazon Prime and its very good. It shows the good that NHS does. One episode showed surgery for babies that were born normal but with misshapen skulls that as the brain grows it won't fit correctly and will cause damage. How they use computer models to redesign...

I do know of an PC with Windows 2000 that the motherboard fried and they hand built the new PC and cloned the drive. I guess they did it not so much about replacing a $8 million instrument it was attached to the cost and trouble to dig the machine out of the bunker it was built it, replacing it, and...

Weirdly enough I've been world building a large island off Land's End for the past week and I knew there was an alt-fic of one but couldn't remember the name.

Thank you!