Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, January 28, 2018

32 On

The Space Shuttle Challenger blew up on liftoff thirty-two years ago today.

The flight of Challenger was a disaster that epitomized expedience over safety.

4 comments:

B said...: I remember that day and incident vividly.; 1/28/2018 9:43 PM
Deadstick said...: Blew up at liftoff? Not exactly. Combustion gas coming out of the leaky O-ring seal impinged on a structural member and went through it like a cutting torch. When the vehicle lost its rigidity, oscillations in pitch and yaw overpowered the guidance system until it got sideways and broke up under aerodynamic forces at 48,000 feet.; 1/28/2018 10:51 PM
bearsense said...: ... and I lost a friend and classmate.; 1/29/2018 10:04 AM
Comrade Misfit said...: Deadstick: That's kind of close to quibbling. The damned thing blew up 73 seconds into the flight. Whether it went "boom" on the pad or "boom" at 60,000' or whether or not it went "boom" after it started breaking up or whether or not it would have survived without the severe wind shear earlier in the flight is of little matter.; 1/29/2018 12:37 PM