It would save me a heck of a lot of pain and suffering. ( Stolen from Spike).
Continue reading“Fix the link”
I used to say that to a friend of mine on the staff-whenever I went down to visit him in TFCC. Because in the Eisenhower Battle Group in 1994-1995, the link picture ( Link-11 primarily and some Link-16) was always f*cked up. The blame normally lay with a weak track
Continue readingGenbaku no hi
As is my custom on August 6-I try to honor the day that life changed forever in Japan, in an event that haunts them still today. Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola
Continue readingSome thoughts on the S&P
First and foremost-they are in no position to judge. These are the same goons who who rated subprime-backed securities as just fine and dandy. Now they think they they are qualified to pass judgement on US fiscal policy? Really? Second, as has widely been reported-they had their numbers wildly wrong.
Continue readingDid he really say that?
You know, when Roughhead became CNO-I actually looked on it as a good thing. An initially he did try to reverse some of the insanity of the previous years. But now-heading out the door-it would appear Admiral Roughhead has been binging on the Kool Aid: Asked about layoffs under the
Continue readingSince the markets are going to tank on Monday anyway…..
Thanks to the credit rating down grade from S&P. ( And who made these assholes the king of the world anyway?). Might as well have some fun with it:
Continue readingThe final letdown……..
One of the biggest PR mistakes the Navy ever made was to take part in the filming of the Final Countdown in 1980. I streamed the movie tonight on Netflix-I was really suprised they had it available for streaming. For those who are not so long in the tooth-The Final
Continue readingThey just opened a gym in our new building.
Don’t laugh-there is more truth here than you realize.
Continue readingPolitical foolery on the other side of the globe…
Spike has been running some great commentary on the effort by Hong Kong domestic helpers to win the right of abode in the Fragrant Harbor. Its a fascinating story-full of the kind of cheap slander all us gweilos used to be accused of ( and still are in certain corners):
Continue readingAnother bad deal from our Galtian overlords
While most of Congress was bending over backwards to suck Grover Norquists kneecaps, you probably missed this little tidbit from our legislative betters on Capitol Hill: Every right-thinking person abhors child pornography. To combat it, legislators have brought through committee a poorly conceived, over-broad Congressional bill, The Protecting Children from
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