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Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Thursday, March 03, 2022

Blind Men See More Clearly Than This

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 Since my last post, Russia invaded Ukraine and most of the world decided they suddenly loved Ukraine resulting in an outpouring of outrage ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Looking Forward

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  For those who have hope, looking forward is a natural mode of behavior. For those with dashed hopes, looking backward to some mythological...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The World Is Burning–So What?

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The first post of the year 2015 is something I actually started awhile back and forgot about. Lately I’ve been pondering how people deal wit...
Friday, August 15, 2014

A Real Russian Invasion?

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I’ve been watching Putin play the propaganda game with great success against the West this year which has allowed him to take the Crimea wit...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Bitter Cold, Low Blood, and the Beating of Drums

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I’ve fallen behind in posting, so I’m throwing together a variety of subjects into this one to save time. Surviving winter has become a prio...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Japan's Tsunami and Earthquake Remembrance Video

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For the anniversary of the devastating tsunami that did so much damage to Japan in 2011 a couple of videos have been put up. One of them is ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Folland Gnat: A Lightweight Champion

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While my infatuation with very lightweight fighters began with the failed F-20 Tigershark, another stole my affection once I found out abou...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

India's Bantam Weight Fighter: The LCA Tejas Displays

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I've always had a soft spot in my heart for light weight fighter jets and so has the Indian Air Force. They are more committed to the co...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Survival and Pants

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Looking out the window, it appears the world did not end the other day. While I see a fair amount of snow, there is no where near the amount...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

A Short Note to 2012 Doomsday Worriers

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The world is not going to end. Life will continues, so get on with it. Oh and please take my late mother’s advice to “dread only one day at...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

First Flight for J-31, China’s Second Stealth Fighter

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I was reading the Telegraph and ran across the news that the J-31 prototype has flown . Anybody who thinks we don’t need the F-35 needs to w...
Friday, October 26, 2012

The Media Used to Love Presidential Scandals

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Until Obama was elected, that is. One of the uglier cover ups in U.S. history has been playing out since September 11 of this year. The 9/11...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Germany Removing Gold From the Fed

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German courts want an auditing all its gold holdings and has begun moving 50 tons a year from the Fed to Germany. This is very interesting ...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Not Something You See Everyday in the Middle East

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In Libya, protests against the murders of American diplomat Chris Stevens resulted in a crowd attacking an Islamist militia headquarters . I...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Global Tensions Rising: China and Japan

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Things seem to be escalating quickly over a group of islands, with one Chinese general telling his troops to prepare for war with Japan. Thi...
Monday, September 17, 2012

China Doesn’t Just Copy Electronics: The J-21

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The military aviation world got a surprise a couple of years ago when the Chinese government took the wraps off of the J-20 stealth fighter,...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Odds and Ends 9-15-2012

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It baffles me that certain movies are not out on Blu-ray or took many years to get issued, such as Lawrence of Arabia . Having obtained a mi...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

A Short Comment on the Embassy Attacks

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Weakness is never a virtue and never, ever respected in the long run. What we are seeing in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen is the end resu...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

1987 Looks at 2012

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Twenty five years ago a group of science fiction authors were asked to predict where the world would be in 2012 . Most of them were off and ...
Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Yes, Idiots Mistake Sikhs for Muslims

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Something that irked me about commenters on some right wing blogs (not owners or official posters) has been the immediate rejection of the i...
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