Sep 182021
Sep 182021
Mossad assassinated Iran’s chief nuke scientist with remote AI gun — report
“Iranian agents working for the Mossad had parked a blue Nissan Zamyad pickup truck on the side of the road connecting the town of Absard to the main highway. The spot was on a slight elevation with a view of approaching vehicles. Hidden beneath tarpaulins and decoy construction material in the truck bed was a 7.62-mm sniper machine gun.” … the sniper who took out Fakhrizadeh did so remotely from Israel, over 1,600 kilometers away, since the hit squad had long ago left Iran.
Say, I saw that movie!
Sep 182021
Sep 172021
If you contributed to my SAC Museum SR-71 photographic trip, you should by now have access to the relevant Dropbox folders with the photos. For those who contributed $10, this includes the “Best of” folder with 94 photos at 1.15 gigabytes. If you contributed at $30 or more for “All The Photos,” you should have access to:
ALCM: 47 photos, 546 megabytes
B-36: 159, 1.99Gigabytes
B-45: 85, 1.05 Gb
B-47: 168, 2.09 Gb
B-52: 179, 2.22 Gb
B-57E: 79, 1.00 Gb
B-58: 283, 3.48 Gb
Misc: 191, 2.36 Gb
SR-71: 280, 2.44 Gb
XF-85: 22, 282 Mb
You should have received a notification from Dropbox of your access to these folders. If you have just the regular personal account or no Dropbox account at all, most of these are too large for them to be allowed to sit on *your* Dropbox account… but you will still be allowed to download the photos, either individually or as a complete folder ZIP file. The description Dropbox gives is a little vague in that regards.
Also, because why not, I’ve added some “bonus” folders including photos taken during previous visits. For those who contributed $50 or more, you should have:
B-47: 75 photos, 89 megabytes
B-52: 53, 204 meg
And for those who contributes $100, you should have:
B-36: 60, 315 meg
B-58: 78, 304 meg
If you’re interested in the photos, or helping me pay for this trip (which included not only car repair/preparations, but also cat food, because *everything* includes cat food), or to help me work on the next couple of books and projects that this trip was in aid of, you can still sign on:
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Note: Amazon still has my SR-71 book, but, jeez, it’s a bit pricey just now at $39. Did it sell out? Dunno. I *guess* that’s a good sign?
Sep 172021
Why France is angry about the US and UK giving Australia nuclear-powered submarines
In response to the trilateral agreement, a French official told CNN on Friday that France has recalled its ambassador to the US for “consultation” — marking what’s believed to be the first time the French have resorted to such a move in modern times.
The French ambassador to Australia has been recalled as well, the official said.
The problem: France had a deal with Oz to provide diesel subs. But Australia changed its mind and wisely went with nuclear subs. Why? Because the Pacific Ocean is friggen’ *big* and the Chinese are getting pushy. Now to get New Zealand on board…
The story also points out that the French Embassy has cancelled/curtailed some parties.
Sep 172021
Strange New Worlds could change Spock in one huge, historic way
And what change are they pushing for? I’ll give you one rather obvious guess.
Strange New Worlds should make Spock queer, and it should do so with the support of the fans and the canon behind it. In fact, since we’re talking about Spock’s passion, it’s the only logical thing to do.
Sigh. Anyone who watches TOS and sees Kirk and Spock being gay for each other *really* doesn’t understand normal male friendship. And such worldwreckers shouldn’t write for Star Trek. But chances are they will, because that’s where society has sunk. “You don’t understand straight men, and you despise them? Here, *you* get to control the narrative!”
Bah.
Sep 172021
Sep 172021
A fan film set in the “Future War” of the first two Terminator films. Nothing at all resembling a plot; it seems to be a proof of concept film to see if the people working on it can replicate the look of the world from those two movies. And while there is some definite low-budget “video game” feel to it… had this come out after Terminator or Terminator 2, we would have eaten it up.
The only Terminator big budget movie I would actually consider seeing now, after the woke disaster that was “Dark Fury,” would be one set in the proper original Future War timeline. With a good budget and modern techniques, it would be easy enough to put de-aged/deep-faked Michael Biehn as Reese, Schwarzenegger’s original Terminator and Michael Edwards as John Connor from T2 into the film.
Sep 162021
Sep 162021
Holy crap.
Clearly what the educational system needs is… more critical race theory.