What could *possibly* go wrong?

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Aug 072020
 

How, indeed HOW, could storage of 2,700+ tons of ammonium nitrate in this fashion possibly have gone wrong?

 

I worked with explosives and solid rocket propellant back in the day. Had I come across a bunker of AN or AP stored thusly, all you’d see of me is a hole in the air in the shape of my ass and a burst of unearthly blue light from where I used to be.

 Posted by at 5:00 pm

Antifa/BLM takes intentional blinding to the civilians

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Aug 062020
 

A woman in the Portland area wore a Naughty Party armband within sight of the commies, and they decided to set upon her at her home. Not only do they carry out substantial intimidation tactics (including loud and threatening trespassing), they also physically assaulted her and quite a number of them attempted to permanently blind her. Regardless of what you think about someone wearing an armband like that, trying to blind someone at their own home when they are doing you no harm? Yeah… that *requires* substantial legal repercussions. If those don’t come, then you have to admit that the rule of law, at least in that region, has not just broken down, it’s *gone.*

And if you or someone you know thinks that maiming someone because they wear an armband is acceptable, then prepare for a lot of jackasses wearing Che shirts and Hammer & Sickle insignias to catch paintballs filled with substances more chemically exciting than mere paint.

How would *you* respond to someone intentionally blinding you, your spouse, your children? That’s what Antifa/BLM do. That’s what they *are.*

 Posted by at 8:32 pm

Worms and sci-fi bounty hunters: this is 2020

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Aug 062020
 

Two stories with very different subjects, end up telling the same tale:

Worm Joke Causes Science Twitter Flame War Over Accusations of Sexism and Racism

and

The Mandalorian Star Gina Carano Accused of Racism for Sharing Historical Anti-Nazi Photo

Both basically boil down to: “The Woke are a bunch of humorless idiots who are so obsessed with finding things to be outraged by that they will happily beclown themselves. Mock them at every opportunity.”

 

 Posted by at 2:42 pm

Beirut miscellaneous stuff

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Aug 062020
 

1: The cruise ship Orient Queen was in port opposite the blast… it capsized and sank:

2: A wedding shoot (or at least a photoshoot of the bride) was upended by the blast. Certainly a memorable day…

3: Satellite images of the site, before and after, give an indication of the scale of the event and of the disaster:

 

 Posted by at 2:27 pm

The Best Cthulhu

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Aug 042020
 

I’ve been on a book buying spree these past 8 months or so. I’ve plunked down a *lot* for books on the two aerospace subjects I’m working on my own books of. But in among the piles of aerospace books from Abebooks and Amazon and eBay, there have been a few others that serve no practical purpose beyond “I want it and, what the hell, I’m already throwing this much money away, sooo…..”

One such book that I can heartily recommend is H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu.” The thing here is that I bought an illustrated hardback. the illustrator is a French feller name of François Baranger, and I can unironically say that his take on Cthulhu is spectacular and wholeheartedly recommended. The book is available in both English and French translations, and it looks like there is a French language version of “At The Mountains Of Madness,” (a Volume 1 at least, with mentions on his Twitter of a Volume 2 in the works) so it makes sense to assume that an English version will pop up sooner or later. And when it does, I’m’a buy that one too.

You can get the English version HERE.

The French version HERE.
The French version of “At The Mountains of Madness” HERE.

EDIT: Ah, here we go…

 

 

 Posted by at 10:47 pm

Starship flew!

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Aug 042020
 

After a bunch of failures, a Starship test article flew on up to around 150 meters, translated, popped out some dinky little landing legs, and then (apparently) safely landed itself, though seemingly at a bit of an angle. Woo!

And an official SpaceX video with some more enlightening angles:

 Posted by at 6:20 pm

Shakedown

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Aug 042020
 

Louisville style:

Demand Letter From BLM Activists To Louisville Businesses Lists 5 ‘Repercussions Of Non-Compliance’

The whole multi-page list of demands, including “consequences of failing to bend the knee, are posted HERE.

It’s terribly Orwellian and fascistic with substantial socialist overtones, which should surprise precisely nobody. It will be interesting to see:

1) What percent of businesses in the area bend the knee

2) What happens to those that ignore this

3) What happens to those who post “FU” in their windows.

There is already some forward motion on this. Some Cuban business owners, people who have already experienced the magic and mystery of socialism, have stood up to the bullies.

Cuban Community Rallies Behind NuLu Restaurant After Controversy Over BLM Demands

 Posted by at 5:15 pm
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