History, Politics And Current Affairs

Pdf27 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 04, 2026 7:17 am

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 10:57 pm

King George’s hair looks like someone melted down and hardened a plastic badger.

That right there is a keeper.

Mike

Can you think of a better description?
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Pdf,

Never in a million years.

Mike

King George’s hair looks like someone melted down and hardened a plastic badger.

That right there is a keeper.

Mike

I thought we could use a little more lighthearted stuff on the board lately, this details a B-52s desperate attempt to return to Seymour Johnson (seriously) air base with a leaking fuel take and 2 mark 39 bombs yielding 3.8 megatons. Also dropping nucs on Denmark sovereign soil allready has a prece...

We got about 4" of snow (or as we would have called that in Cleveland, 'Tuesday') which was mostly gone by this afternoon. But still a lot of moisture on the ground and the low tonight is going to be 11.

Mike

David Newton wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:15 pm

Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 6:55 pm What was he thinking?

Probably something along the lines of uuuuuuuuuuh, unnnnnngh, duuuuuuuuuuh!

"Sir, it wasn't my fault - he had the big 48 piece box of Crayolas!!"

Mike

...I believe the technical term for CPL Rosa's current situation is, "deep shit".

Mike

As I recall, we’ve also nuked Spain, New Jersey and Arkansas. ...AND South Carolina. Mike Oh yeah! And as I recall, that one is still buried in the swamp somewhere waiting to “cook off”! Nightwatch, Ours was Mars Bluff SC - a B-47 on its way to the UK with a live weapon in the bay accidentally got ...

I thought we could use a little more lighthearted stuff on the board lately, this details a B-52s desperate attempt to return to Seymour Johnson (seriously) air base with a leaking fuel take and 2 mark 39 bombs yielding 3.8 megatons. Also dropping nucs on Denmark sovereign soil allready has a prece...

...Ran across this on TwiX today and it definitely got my attention. Short summary - during the 1947 Royal Cruise, HMS Vanguard may have come within an ace of a flat-out mutiny due to conditions on board. Based on the documents that are included in the post, I think the report is accurate. Intereste...

....What's impressive is that it looks like he was the first guy to do it on his own. A cool story - when Coke managed to beclown itself in the mid-80s with New Coke, most of its competitors knew well ahead of time that it wasn't going to work out quite the way Coke thought. But most didn't have the...

"....Oh, I'm afraid the the Monroe Doctrine is still quite operational...."

Mike

...Dave Barry's usual December masterpiece. I don't care if you're Conservative, Liberal, or Raving Loony, this is funny . Mike https://substack.com/home/post/p-182456375 This shit is usually only funny when it’s true. It doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive however! (Can we borrow your raccoon pl...

...Dave Barry's usual December masterpiece. I don't care if you're Conservative, Liberal, or Raving Loony, this is funny.

Mike

https://substack.com/home/post/p-182456375

....So, apparently the last ICE Jaguar - an F-Pace SUV - came off the line on 19 December, headed straight to a museum. Sometime next year, an all-electric GT will start coming off the line, with a 150,000 pound price tag. Wondering what my friends on the other side of the Pond see in the future for...

...Merry Christmas to one and all - we're headed to M2's in a few for dinner, and the Cadet will be here tomorrow with his Mrs.

And I intend to spend the next four days in blissful peace and quiet with the Fair Melissa.


Mike

Davion Highlander wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:40 pm

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sun Dec 14, 2025 11:15 pm ...No idea and I'd like a lawyer, please.

Mike

You called...?

Mike

Micael wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:30 am

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Sun Dec 14, 2025 11:15 pm ...No idea and I'd like a lawyer, please.

Mike

Your finest work since the 1986 Cleveland balloon mayhem.

Micael,

What can I say - it's a gift.

Mike

...No idea and I'd like a lawyer, please.

Mike

Sukhoiman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 4:50 pm but you are boarding boats at some point to get to indonesian islands and Oz anyway....so maybe you cheat that way where required along the way earlier too...shrug

...See now, Mr. Wilman would have told the boys that the buses would have to be amphibious.

Mike

London to Calcutta by Bus

TBH, this sounds like a pitch for an ep of The Grand Tour.

Mike