An illustration showing the interesting high temperature materials used on the 1960’s ASSET re-entry lifting test article.
Jun 152016
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Jun 152016
Obviously Hillary and Trump are out. I’d been considering Gary Johnson, even though he’s pretty lackluster. But now… all I have are people to vote *against.* Why? Behold:
Gary Johnson Shoots Himself in the Foot: Throws Out Austin Petersen’s Gun
Short form: after clinching the Libertarian nomination, Austin Petersen, another Libertarian candidate, gave Johnson a replica of George Washington’s flintlock pistol. A little odd, but I guess a nice gesture. But hotel guests saw Johnson dumping the pistol into a trash can, fished it out and returned it to Petersen.
Weak. Weeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaak.
Jun 142016
Who said todays kids ain’t got no chops?
Yeah, well, let’s see *you* do a cappella dubstep…
And if that musical interlude doesn’t float yer boat, try “Come Be PC:”
Or “Ain’t No Rest For The Triggered:”
Jun 142016
Some future releases in the PDF-diagram line. Obviously some are a little further along than others, and some will be multi-sheet diagrams…
Jun 142016
Another interesting tidbit has come out about Omar Mateen: he was a registered Democrat. Snopes has confirmed that in 2006 he so registered… but of course, Snopes then goes on to hem and haw: “His U.S. political affiliation (if any) at the time of the shooting is unknown.”
Now, it’s true: it has been ten years since Omar registered as a Dem, and that’s a good long time. But imagine the media firestorm if he had registered as a Republican or a Libertarian. Yeesh.
So, what have we got?
Gay. Muslim. Person of color. Child of immigrants. Democrat. And has made great strides in the holy quest of getting the Evil AR-15 banned. Omar Mateen is a political correctness wet dream.
Jun 142016
Qatar convicts Dutch woman held ‘after being raped’
She got roofied, knocked unconscious, raped and then reported it… and then got convicted of having sex outside of marriage and has been fined $824. The only good part of the story is that she’s also being deported, which, under the circumstances, is a definite bonus.
The article also points out that further hijinks like this are afoot in 2022, when Qatar hosts the Fifa World Cup. That’s apparently some sort of Gathering of the Juggalos-type get-together for a bunch of drunk British hooligans to come and watch some teams play a paint-dryingly-boring childrens game and riot.
Jun 142016
WFTV sources: Arrest of alleged accomplice in mass shooting expected
Basically no data beyond the headline, so let the speculating commence!
All kinds of possibilities here. Low-end “accomplices” would be some schmoe who just helped him carry stuff, or did straw purchases, that sort of thing… knew they were doing something illegal, but weren’t really “in” on what the plan was. Maybe it was the gun store owner, arrested as a political showpiece. Maybe it was the imam who might have helped radicalize him. Maybe it was his current wife (?) who may have known the plan. Speculation free-fire zone!
Jun 132016
Orlando Shooter Was Reportedly a Regular at Pulse and Had a Profile on Gay Dating App
So, the attack was carried out by an ISIS-loving gay Muslim extremist. Expect that this added wrinkle will only make some people more certain that American right-wing Republicans (especially Christians) are to blame. In fact, you can see that in some of the comments there.
This goofball could turn out to also have been a card-carrying member of the Communist Party and some people would *still* blame the Republicans…
Jun 132016
After comments and some discussion, I’ve slightly revised the MIS ship. The forward fuselage is slimmer, the aft flare more pronounced; the details on the aft flare changed a bit. The top version is the previous iteration of the design. Comments?
Jun 122016
In May, 1968, Popular Science ran an article about the then-current F-111. The article, illustrated with a painting by Bob McCall, described both the USAF and USN versions in generally glowing terms, but also points out the problems (and corrects surmises that the Navy might ditch theirs, and build a whole new plane). I’ve scanned in the article and posted it up at Dropbox for $4 and up APR Patreon patrons. There is a two-page spread of the McCall painting; I’ve stitched it back together and tried to patch it up. The full-rez version of that is included as well. For patrons, it’s in the 2016-06 APR Extras folder.
If interested, check out the APR Patreon.
