Wednesday, January 31, 2018

An Apt Political Metaphor

›
A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural Virgini...
4 comments:

Fifty Years Ago

›
The Tet Offensive was underway. It was a flawed plan from the start. The North Vietnamese leadership had convinced itself that, if they c...
2 comments:
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Visiting Florida Next Week?

›
You might want to swing by Cape Canaveral: SpaceX will attempt the first launch of its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on Feb. 6, the co...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Pro Tip for Criminals

›
By now, one would think that most people would be aware that having your cellphone turned on and with you is a bad idea when you're comm...
6 comments:

Shorter United Airlines: "We're Sorry That We Kicked You Off the Airplane so You Couldn't See Your Mother Before She Died. But We'll Send Flowers to Her Wake."

›
It just boggles the mind. At least they didn't have the cops drag her physically from the airplane. This country essentially has an ...
3 comments:
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Nice Business You Have Here. It'd Be a Real Shame If Something Happened to It

›
That was, of course, the line that was used to extort money in protection rackets. Fail to pay your "street tax" and a garbage ca...
1 comment:

32 On

›
The Space Shuttle Challenger blew up on liftoff thirty-two years ago today. The flight of Challenger was a disaster that epitomized expe...
4 comments:

Bangity; Testing 1, 2, 3.

›
I stopped by my local range and tried out a M&P Shield in 9mm. I put fifty rounds through the rental gun. It seemed pretty nice. I ...
6 comments:

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

›
The Kawasaki P-1 :
Saturday, January 27, 2018

International Holocaust Day.

›
Good thing they sent Rex Tillerson . Trump would have likely commented that "bad things were done on many sides, on many sides." ...
2 comments: