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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke. From Sky News: Her children Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother had died peacefully following a stroke this morning. Speaking to Sky News, spokesman and friend Lord Bell, who announced her death, said: “We’ll never see the like of her [...] Russian Air to Air Missiles We Got From “somewhere” How do we really know what the bad guys have and what it is that can actually do? The best way to find out is actually have one. Read this interesting story from Defense News to find out more. Here’s a piece: In the high-end [...] The latest and greatest from our friends at Ranger Up/Unapologetically American, now available for pre-order. Share on Facebook Check out this B-36 dropping bombs at Eglin AFB, FL back in the day. Even -fritz- was too young to have been around for this one. See this article about the saga of the last B-36 and how the City of Fort Worth tried to save it What a beast of [...] I would have welcomed this, but of course I’m crazy like that. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — An F-15 fighter pilot with the Florida National Guard put on an impromptu air show in the skies over the western Des Moines suburbs Tuesday morning. “It was coming down really fast — and then it seemed to [...] Dismounting now at Fiddler’s Green. Well done CSM! Made famous to many by Sam Elliot’s portrayal of him in the Mel Gibson film, “We Were Soldiers”, CSM Plumley served his country in three wars. To the men of the 7th Cavalry on those days in Vietnam he served as an anchor and an inspiration. [...] A plane designed with slide rules and imagination first took off. Throughout its career it set world records that have never been equaled. It was retired not because we have something better but to save money. The Lockheed family of the A-12/YF-12/SR-71 were a national treasure and an engineering masterpiece. A real tribute to [...] This would be funny if it weren’t so serious and true… Linked from CDR Salamander Unaware that a microphone was recording him, President Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday for breathing room until after Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign to negotiate on missile defense. “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this [...] World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, ‘the Big E’ makes final voyage, http://fxn.ws/zvx0LM Farewell Enterprise and Godspeed. Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Vaclav Havel, playwright, former President of the formerCzechoslovakia and hero of its Velvet Revolution as the Soviet empire was collapsing has died at age 75. Mr Havel died on Sunday morning at his weekend house in the northern Czech Republic, his assistant Sabina Dancecova said. A former chain smoker, Mr Havel had been suffering [...] What follows is an ad for Vladimir Putin stolen from Wired’s DANGER ROOM… According to the cunning linguists at Danger Room the ad is… Titled with the double entendre (in English, at least), “Let’s Do It Together,” (it) follows a teenaged everyman as he chases after an attractive girl in a polling station. She [...] Floyd Here: Outlaw’s friend and frequent Threedonia commenter 67Cougar notified me that Outlaw, who is soon to retire from the U.S. Army, recently took his last flight in celebration of his career and a job well done. He thought — and we all agree — that it would make a great post. Thank you for [...] This Sunday is Super for more than just the game… it also marks the 100th anniversary of the day God blessed us with the birth of Ronald Reagan. NRO’s The Corner has a series of posts relating Reagan anecdotes… I highly recommend going over there and perusing them. What a great reminder of the [...] Share on Facebook I was channel surfing this morning (I go back to the satin covered ivory tower salt mines on Monday) and came across this (Ben Stiller Show was hit or miss — though he did a killer U2 spoof) on IFC. Anyway… whatever happened to Yakov Smirnoff? Share on [...] Josef Stalin ordered his scientists to come up with half-man; half-ape super warriors. No… really. From The Scotsman: Moscow archives show that in the mid-1920s Russia’s top animal breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, was ordered to turn his skills from horse and animal work to the quest for a super-warrior. According to Moscow newspapers, [...] That you’ve probably never heard about…Project Azorian Here’s the book if you want to read all about it… http://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146909 Share on Facebook |
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