Archive for 'News'
J-20 Stealth Fighter Sighted?
Via Dangerroom – The Chinese milblogs are a passing around fence snaps purported to be the stealthy J-20 5th generation fighter. Looks a bit like the MiG 1.42/1.44 to me. And oddly, it actually looks a lot like the fictional Chinese MiG from Command & Conquer Generals: Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: December 27th, 2010 under Military, News, Photographs, Tech Lust.
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Vets for Freedom in San Diego
I should’ve put this up earlier, but things got busy. Vets for Freedom is a non-partisan, non-profit organization founded by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and headed up by Pete Hesgeth. Their mission is “to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying our [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2008 under GWOT, Military, News.
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Lunar Eclipse
Did you see it? There won’t be another one until late in the year 2010. It was truly spectacular to watch the shadow of Earth pass over the Moon. It took me quite a bit of trial and error (mostly error unfortunately – taking pictures of an object with its own unique luminescence is notoriously [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2008 under News, Photographs.
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The pencil-necked, sunken-chested geek…
Is the new “masculine ideal.” Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: February 9th, 2008 under Gratuitous slap, News.
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Hooray for Old Men!
Castle Argghhh has two great posts about septuagenarian military veterans who obviously know how to take care of themselves (and us). Trust me, the Lex Lugs (and most of the rest of you) won’t want miss these stories. Comments are pretty good, too. Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: January 26th, 2008 under News, Unfiled.
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Supporting the Troops
Scarlett Johansson to headline USO tour set for Mideast ‘soon’ So, when exactly is “soon”, and who do I need to talk to in order to get a mob to wherever she’s going to be?  BZ to Miss Johansson. Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under Military, News.
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The official report from the F15 investigation
In case anyone wanted the excruciating (public) details. The pictures are worth more than the usual word rate, in this case. Sadly, they are given in a lousy power point presentation (.ppt file). Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: January 13th, 2008 under Military, News.
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New Scam, a lot like the Old Scam
Haven’t we seen this before? Story courtesy of Stars and Stripes. Maybe it’s just me, but whatever punishment the cretins get, it won’t be severe enough. Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under Military, News.
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What’s This World Coming To?
Lord help us all. Now the Province of Nova Scotia, in its infinite wisdom, had decided to become the first province in Canada to ban smoking in vehicles with children in them. Apparently, Wolfville being the first in town in Canada to pass such a by-law was simply not sufficient. Because now everyone wants tin [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under Health, News.
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Remember, Honor, Teach
That is the mission of a very special company and something they do every year for our veterans. It’s not a very well-known charitable activity; it’s likely to only get local press as it rolls down the northeast coast. And yet…it should be the first story on every major news outlet in the country.  Wreaths Across [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Military, News.
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