• Nukes already?

    Seems unlikely, but… Deranged Putin has ALREADY tried to detonate nuclear bomb but was scuppered in last-minute ‘sabotage’, insider claims The article seems distinctly lean on actual details and evidence. Claim is made that *two* attempts to test nuclear weapons – including an underwater test in the Barents Sea –  were aborted due to emergencies…

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  • That didn’t last long

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    Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister Just a thought: Britain voted for Brexit largely on the promise of getting immigration under control. But since Brexit, Britain seems to have done nothing towards getting immigration under control. How about trying to get immigration under control?

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  • Whoopsie-doodle

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    Dramatic Scene as Jakarta Mosque’s Dome Collapses in Fire Looks like it was a sizable structure. Apparently being repaired when it caught fire.  Notre Dame and the Big Butter Jesus feel yer pain, fellers.    

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  • It’s done with a thermotrockle.

    Ronald Reagan chats with a Nazi in “Desperate Journey:”   The dialog from IMDB:   [Major Otto Baumeister has told the captured crew that, since they know the location of an underground Messerschmitt underground factory, they will feel his iron fist. Now he separates Flying Officer Johnny Hammond from the rest, questioning him for intelligence] …

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  • This didn’t age well

    From the long irrelevant ACLU, dated June 11, 2020: Defunding the Police Will Actually Make Us Safer So how’s that going? Let’s check in with CNN (September 25, 2022): Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement is grappling with heightened violent crime Shocking. Who, I ask you,…

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  • Cops vs robots

    Ukrainian police use AK-47s (or maybe AK-74s, I can’t tell) to try to take out Russian anti-civilian buzz bombs. The *claim* is that they shot one down, but that’s hard to determine form the footage… it could well be that the thing just crashed where it did because that’s where it was aimed. They really…

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  • Tip Jar

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    This is a copy of an old post from the original blog. Just making sure that these PayPal button things copy over properly. If ya wanna hit the tip jar, hey… I’m not gonna argue.     Tips Small $1.00 USDMedium $5.00 USDLarge $20.00 USDWacky $100.00 USDIn. Sane. $500.00 USD ———– Photo Tips Small $1.00…

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  • This is ridiculous, and I kinda want one

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    A rotary cell phone where a lot of the functionality is mechanical. It’s a real device that is available for pre-order as a kit, for a price that seems remarkably reasonable ($390). Since it is not manufactured by a major phone or electronics company, I imagine that you’ll be SOL if anything goes wrong with…

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  • Recent project

    Here’s a look at Book 4. Some of the diagrams I do are completed in just a few hours. Some take considerably longer… several to many man-days, sometimes spread out over months as I dial in details. This one was sort of mid-range. The most complex and time consuming are typically the diagrams of aircraft…

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  • this seems a little unwise

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    BU researchers create hybrid COVID virus, causing friction with the government The “new” version is deadlier (at least to mice). Now, I can see value in such work… create a nasty variant so you can *cure* or create a vaccine against said nasty variant before it pops up naturally or is created and weaponized by…

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