Moving in from the Great Salt Lake, over Brigham City, and into the Wasatch mountains.
Oct 022009
Oct 022009
Back when Boeing was bidding on the TFX (what became the F-111), they studied a *vast* array of designs, some of which were very unusual… and some futuristic, such as VTOL versions and a stealthy design that featured blending much like a modern stealth fighter. At one point they seem to have hosted some sort of open house, displaying a number of these designs in wind-tunnel model form.
Oct 022009
Chicago got eliminated in the first round of voting. Chicago got the *least* number of votes. Apparently the Cult of Obama is not as wide-reaching as the Obamists would like it to be.
Watch the CNN anchor go bonkers.
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Obama’s Olympic failure will only add to doubts about his presidency
Mr Obama was greeted — as usual — like a rock star by the IOC delegates in Copenhagen — then humiliated by them. Perception is reality. A narrow defeat for Chicago would have been acceptable — but the sheer scale of the defeat was a bombshell, and is a major blow for Mr Obama at a time when questions are being asked about his style of governance.
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Let the excuse-making and finger-pointing begin!
Disappointed White House Struggles to Explain Chicago’s Defeat
Axelrod blamed the internal machinations of the International Olympic Committee for the rejection. He argued that the bid by Madrid was led by a former president of the IOC, who was calling in years’ worth of favors, and that Rio de Janeiro, trying to become the first South American host, had a strong case as well.
The IOC ended up choosing Rio to host the 2016 Summer Games.
“I don’t view this as a repudiation of the president or the first lady,” he said. “I think there are politics everywhere, and there were politics inside that room.”
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WORLD REJECTS OBAMA: CHICAGO OUT IN FIRST ROUND
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Rahm Emanuel: Olympic critics get seats
And even as the president and First Lady Michelle Obama were leaving Copenhagen this morning following their appeal to the International Olympic Committee, the Republican National Committee was circulating an email complaining of the White House’s “wrong priorities” (see that below the fold.) The RNC chairman today, chiding the president for “verbal gymnastics” in Copenhagen, noted the newest numbers on rising unemployment back home (see below as well.)
Rahm Emanuel, the Chicagoan who is chief of staff for Obama, has an answer: “You know, we’ll make sure they get some good seats once Chicago does host the games.”
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Oct 022009
Panorama taken last month.
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Oct 022009
Raedthinn is something of a clean freak. But even so, he spends an excessive amount of time cleaning his toes.
Oct 022009
Saw these guys yesterday wandering the highways and holding up traffic.
Oct 022009
Looking towards Logan, UT. Scaled down to 15% from original.
Oct 012009
RARE BOEING JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER DESK MODEL PROTOTYPE!
Here is a S-U-P-E-R and I really do mean super RARE desk top model of the never produced Boeing JSF Joint Strike Fighter! What makes this one rare? This 1:48 scale desk top model was not made from a kit, and not a mass produced factory made model, no. This is a urethane, hand made prototype made in the Boeing model shop. It comes in it’s original Boeing box, and did I mention how scarce this type of model is? This is the only one, and is being offered here at NO reserve! I had to seriously pry this out of friends collection recently by trading three of my models for this one rarity.
Oct 012009
I think this might be one of the best photos I’ve ever taken (actually about a dozen photos merged into a single panorama, but you get the idea):
Below is a link to a “fixed” version of the same view. The latest version of Paint Shop Pro has a “photo fix” option that supposedly makes photos all better. It’s certainly brighter at any rate. Lemme know if you think the “fixed” version is in fact better. What do I know of such things?
