History, Politics And Current Affairs

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:01 am Well done, but..1944?

Not sure how that happened. Fixed.

27 September 1991 Mantell Residence Provo, UT Josh was grading papers at the in the den just off the dining area. " Sireli , do you have a minute?" Josh finished his note, set his pen down, and said, "Thank you, my love, for tearing me away from grading papers." Kathy's smile se...

Lordroel wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:03 pm Seems somebody needs a diet:

Troubled Constellation Frigate Is Now At Least 759 Metric Tons Overweight.

https://www.twz.com/sea/troubled-conste ... overweight

Me too, Constellation, me too.

MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 11:04 am ...Sharks are falling from the sky in Myrtle Beach:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hammerhead-s ... 10550.html

Mike

LANDSHARK!

20 years from now, they discover that the artificial hemoglobin causes vampire obesity and arterial plaque...

22 January 1988 Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls, TX Jacqueline Kovacs took orders at various tables and noticed Sophie's eyes on her from the 335th's area, where Captain Blanchard and Sophie were the only two people there this early. Well, time to start the dance. She made her way to the 335th's area an...

I want the future I got promised, with vacations in Luna City and a Beanstalk to geosynchronous orbit and Martian settlements and a Wild West asteroid belt and flying cars and blackjack and hookers...

25 August 1991 Grace Assembly Provo, UT Pastor Dave Fluegel said, "And now that I've finished my sermon, I'd like to call Joshua Mantell and Katherine Barzanian before the altar. Josh and Kathy headed up front, Josh in a dark blue suit, Kathy in a white dress. "These two maniacs walked in...

Mark 17: The Crowd Pleaser

21 January 1988 Officer's Club Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls, TX AFN was doing what their DJ Valerie Salquist called Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , all music, no DJ patter to interrupt the vibe. The lack of covert messages to partisans drove Ivan nuts; they hadn't figured out that the medium was ...

warshipadmin wrote: ↑Sun May 25, 2025 2:12 am Microsoft are about to launch a communication protocol to make it easier for a developer to plug an AI into an app. I haven't got the faintest idea what that entails, but it sounds like a great path for virusses.

I guess we're all going to have to stand All Along the Watchtower.

Sarah Conner was unavailable for comment….. Think of how much fun and excitement you’d have when you find out that your AI Assistant has a cold, as in a virus. We have enough fun with hackers today. The Brave New World of AI hackers running wild is not on my bucket list. As someone said, there must...

Photo: USS Missouri (BB-63) firing main guns at dusk. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) in background undergoing underway replenishment. photo taken most likely after the end of the First Kamthatka Raid codenamed VERMONT CEDAR, 1987. VERMONT CEDAR involved a multi-carrier battlegr...

Photo: USS Missouri (BB-63) firing main guns at dusk. Forrestal-class aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) in background undergoing underway replenishment. photo taken most likely after the end of the First Kamthatka Raid codenamed VERMONT CEDAR, 1987. VERMONT CEDAR involved a multi-carrier battlegr...

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sat May 24, 2025 1:28 pm The fibre optic lines may endure, but the rest ??

All your cloud-based storage, facilities, DRMs, accounts and licensing, subscription apps are toast.

'Local Storage' and 'Open Source' for the win ??

Brrr...

If that's the scenario, we have bigger problems. Like food.

To absent friends.

Photo: a Victor K2 of No. 55 Squadron RAF based out of RAF Honington, visiting RAF Waddington home of No. 55 Squadron RAF which operates the Rockwell/BAe Lancer B.1,1990. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrlRFakWsAAQVEl?format=jpg&name=medium That looks like something out of a Gerry Anderson show. I...

There must be some way out of here

https://www.foxnews.com/world/kim-jong-un-left-fuming-after-north-koreas-new-destroyer-damaged-failed-launch oopsie. I actually feel kinda sorry for the shipyard workers and staff. Things are not going to go well for them. Kim Jong Un is not known for being forgiving and is known for some brutal me...

A Baja War Trophy: a North Korean Koksan 170-mm SP Gun found abandoned in Northern Sonora during the push to Hermosillo by 3rd AD, January, 2010: The Mexican artillery fire plan consisted of "yank the lanyard one time and get the f*** out of there before the counter battery mission hit."