There is a distinct sudden silence here.
May 062022
May 052022
Boeing *used* to have their headquarters where they actually made stuff. Then they moved to Chicago (far, far away from their manufacturing capabilities), and since then their ability to make stuff has been… kind of a joke.Now they’re moving to the region of D.C. Their ability to make stuff can be assumed to be at an end.
Boeing will move its headquarters to DC area from Chicago
Maybe Elon Musk could buy Boeings factories? It’s not like Boeing will have much further need for them, now that they will be a full-time Lobbying Corporation.
May 042022
As always, interesting and entertaining and jam-packed with some of the best Anglo-Saxon words.
May 042022
Well, this should prove an interesting tale, especially when they figure out the motive:
Attacker had an ill-defined weapon… apparently it looked like a gun, but was a knife… and apparently it could hurl the blade. “Ballistic knives” are fundamentally kinda useless weapons, only cool to those in middle school, but they’re also often illegal which seems to be the case in California. Since they are illegal in California, and since a criminal certainly would not break the law in California, it’s a mystery what the attacker actually had.
I’m 50/50 on whether the attacker was politically motivated or just bog standard bugnuts. In either case, it’s reasonable to assume that public displays of humor are likely going to decline a bit.
May 042022
After the unprecedented (and I’m led to understand illegal) leak of the Supreme Court preliminary opinion on overturning Roe vs Wade, the violent insurrectionists, yearning for the glory days of 2020, are back to doing what they do: violence.
Pro-abortion protestors smash windows tonight in Los Angeles: pic.twitter.com/HwGyOqGd0Z
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 4, 2022
Pro abortion activists are now openly calling for and threatening violence and unrest. pic.twitter.com/LeE2QaGzEW
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 3, 2022
With a healthy (?) dollop of Current Year Progressive Discourse:
Happening now in Foley Square, NYC. People are REALLY angry that it will be more difficult to kill babies. pic.twitter.com/Cco6sLxfKn
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 3, 2022
May 022022
If this is true… boy howdy will the fallout be *amazingly* entertaining.
ENGAGE LOKI MODE
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
If true, this could well result in the Democrats seizing further control in November, since they will be able to use this to fearmonger. In any event, politicking in the next few months will be energetic.
Man, I wish I could invest in Libs of TikTok.
MASHUP! Pro-abortionists are losing their minds over the thought of not being able to kill babies. pic.twitter.com/0oqFZyMpu5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 3, 2022
May 022022
Previous footage showed a little drone dropping something akin to a grenade, doing damage to soft targets. Here’s one apparently kerploding a *tank.* WTF??? It drops *two* bombs, so it’s clearly not one of those dinky camera drones, but something bigger, but it still seems like a whole lot of bang for the buck.
May 022022
Russia Will Quit International Space Station Over Sanctions
12-month notice, it seems. Kinda curious what Russia thinks they’re going to do in space on their own. Team up with China, maybe?
May 012022
A photo-illustrated article on some of the feline survivors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. If you’re a fan of cats… prepare for a “Jurassic Bark” sort of response.
Saving Private fluffy: how Ukrainians rescue pets and zoo animals from war
May 012022
Horror footage shows moment Chechen commander killed while boasting about victories
He’s jabbering away, filming himself with his cell phone …
… when something comes zipping in and explodes right next to him. The moment of the explosion is not captured well, as you would expect with a millisecond-moment on a crappy cell phone… but what is caught – badly focused, motion-blurred, jarred, etc. – looks like we’re seeing this guys soul being sent directly to Hell:
Neato. A Chechen fighting for Russia to invade another country? Hell would seem an appropriate destination.
Note: I saw the video yesterday, but durned if I can find it again. Oh well.
UPDATE: link to the video after the break. I have also put three frames there… “normal,” “uh-oh” and “transporter malfunction.” Seriously: modern pseudo-Star Trek *loves* horrible things and horrible people; I’m surprised I haven’t seen horrible transporter screwups. If they decide to do such a thing, that third frame could serve as a template. A disturbing template.