Possible photo of J-20 from Chinese Milblog

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:

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 first-hand knowledge to issues of American strategy and tactics in Iraq.” The non-partisan part? Their board of advisers includes Joe Liberman, Lindsay Graham and Ralph Peters, as well as members of the Brookings Institution and Council on Foreign Relations.

Point is, they are kicking off the “National Heroes Tour” in San Diego tomorrow (Friday) to draw attention to their mission as they travel to Washington, DC to meet with legislators ahead of General Petraeus’ expected testimony in April. Events will include appearances/speeches by heroes like Bud Day, Marcus Luttrell and David Bellavia, as well as local heroes. There will be a book signing in Pendleton in the morning, then a party on the deck of the Midway Museum at 6:30 p.m., including a parachute team landing and F-18 flyover, and music and food until 10:00 (Hugh Hewitt will be broadcasting from the ship starting at 3:00).

All events are free. Uncle Jimbo of Blackfive and I will be there to cover the news for the milblogs. Maybe if enough of the local Neptunus Lex/TFD readers plan to show up, we could talk Lex into coming…

Hope to see you there!

It was only about 10 degrees out last night, so I couldn’t manage to stay outside for the whole thing.  But what I did see was really incredible. Go here for more pics…

Trust me, the Lex Lugs (and most of the rest of you) won’t want miss these stories. Comments are pretty good, too.

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.

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).

Story courtesy of Stars and Stripes.

Maybe it’s just me, but whatever punishment the cretins get, it won’t be severe enough.

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 on the game. Both Ontario and British Columbia are debating similar legislation.

Like I said before, I don’t smoke. Nobody is allowed to smoke in our home. And, personally, I think those that smoke around kids are nuts, as in seriously need to have their head examined. So let’s just say that I never ever thought that I would agree with anythinga group like MyChoice.ca had to say.

A spokeswoman for MyChoice.ca, a group funded by the Canadian TobaccoManufacturers’ Council, said the ban is a slippery slope to making it illegal to smoke anywhere.

I guess none of us should ever say never. Smoking in your own home with children present just has to be next. Sure, why not?

Oh yeah, did I mention that this move was made by Nova Socita’s Conservative provincial government? 

 Wreaths Across America was started 15 years ago by a family-owned wreath company in Harrington, ME – The Worcester Wreath Company. They began what has become an annual event – trucking 12,000+ wreaths from northern Maine to ultimately be used to honor our fallen veterans at Arlington National Cemetery and Togus National Veteran’s Cemetery in Maine. 

for more details from a personal viewpoint, go here

And with an escort from The Patriot Guard – I wonder if our own AW1Tim was there…