Yet another corporation feels the sting of their social media marketing disasters: Ben & Jerry’s Insufferable Overpriced Ice Cream decided that the US needed to be destroyed on July 4. Oddly enough, the American market seemed to not think very highly of that. u stole the milk from cows to make ur ice cream…
So the Russians are claiming that the Ukrainians are gonna blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and then blame it on Russia. That’d certainly be a neat trick for the Ukrainians, since the Russians occupy and control the place. Ukraine claims the Russians are going to blow it up and blame it on Ukraine,…
Alef Aeronautics’ Flying Car Design Awarded FAA Special Airworthiness Approval It’s certainly a unique approach. I’m gratified that the use of “flying car” is actually accurate here… far too often some VTOL aircraft designed for short hops, but not capable of being driven down the road, is called a “flying car.” But this strange vehicle…
Michael Imperioli forbids ‘bigots and homophobes’ from watching his work following Supreme Court ruling I don’t know who that is, but after reading the article, it’s clear he’s a dimwit. The ruling he seems to have a problem with is the one that said that a business owner cannot be compelled to speech they don’t…
A NASA article on the status of the X-57 “Maxwell” says that they’re wrapping up work on it, with no mention of it actually flying: X-57 Project Creates Paths Toward Electric Aviation The X-57 is a modification of an existing conventional aircraft to be all-electric. Lots of new technologies were integrated and apparently some useful…
Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs The court ruled that both programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and are therefore unlawful. The vote was 6-3 in the UNC case and 6-2 in the Harvard case, in which liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was recused. Affirmative action, i.e. systemic racism, is…
I believe I am unanimous when I say… An army – a *small* army – of poorly trained, ill-equipped chuckleheads managed to get within range of Moscow without getting kerploded by the Russian Army and Air Force. There is no getting past the fact that this makes the Russian military and leadership – especially Putin…
Russia accuses Wagner chief of urging “armed rebellion” Ummm… BREAKING: The Wagner Group has launched a military coup and are now fighting against the Russian Army. Around 30 000 Wagner soldiers have now taken control of a large area north of the Russian city of Rostov. A Russian helicopter has been shot down. pic.twitter.com/wEf7Vw63pJ…
The Red Rocks Amphitheater in the foothills west of Denver is a neat place. While I never went there for a concert when I lived in the are in the late 90’s, I went there often enough to hike around and test liquid biprop rocket engines in the parking lot when security wasn’t looking (what,…
