Five Amazing Facts About the Lockheed U-2
The Lockheed U-2 has been around for decades, but much of the information was classified. A new book is coming out, and it will probably be interesting.
The amazing fact I learned is that due to the operating altitude, conventional jet fuel boils off. To research an appropriate fuel, they turned to Jimmy Doolittle, of Doolittle Raid fame, who was then a VP at Shell Oil.
30% of Americans Think At Least One of the Trump Assassination Attempts Were ‘Staged’
For the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting — when a bullet grazed Trump’s ear and a local firefighter attending the rally was killed — 42 percent of Democrats called it staged, compared to seven percent of Republicans
Perhaps I am too naïve, but I have to think that it’s the meaning of ‘staged’ that gets 4 in 10 Democrats looking like lunatics.
The Nation: The Long Nightmare of Trump’s Border Wall Is Still Going
The Nation: The Long Nightmare of Trump’s Border Wall Is Still Going
That article won’t tell you. It’s more of a Progressive fantasy horror show. The article is awesome because it is pure alarmism. There is no effort to inform, just generate outrage. That aren’t even any pictures or maps to distract from the big scary.
Melania Trump unveils a White House replica beehive buzzing with new colonies on the South Lawn
First lady Melania Trump on Friday announced a sweet new addition to the South Lawn, expanding the White House honey program with a newly installed and fully functioning beehive modeled after the executive mansion.
The queen-worthy new hive, hand-crafted by a local Virginia artisan in the image of the White House, will add two new bee colonies to the property’s existing two.
That seems like a good idea, but it’s not going to stay pretty. Everything about bees is sticky. Melania can probably call Goddard Space Flight Center and get a new mini White House printed up. NASA has large volume 3-D printers, and they are only 6 miles away.
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project
In Trump’s telling, the reflection pool project is a case study in business acumen. The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.
The usual haters will think this is a bad idea and some judge will delay Trump’s project, but I like having a president who wants to fix some shit and has a plausible and economical way to do it.
The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.
Fourteen years ago, the reflecting pool got a $34 million renovation that held up for a few years before having more problems.
Trump says he’s built maybe a 100 swimming pools and has some guys. If it holds up for 20 or 30 years before it needs to be redone, that’s great.
Presidential candidate Trump was frequently attacked for saying, “there are good people on both sides.” at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Now we learn that the bad people on both sides were working together.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), started out as an organization to help poor Black folks in the South. That was back in the day. Now, the SPLC is the organization that decides who or what organizations are racist, or right-wing extremists. The FBI, corporate media and major banks respect their opinion.
Now we learn that the SPLC was paying the White supremacists that they were publicly opposing. That seemed to ludicrous to be true, and the corporate media isn’t explaining it, so I read the indictment from the Department of Justice.
CNN: Trump accelerates research on psychedelic treatments
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order aimed at encouraging expanded research into psychedelic drugs, part of a broader push to explore emerging mental health treatments.
This may be the Trumpiest news ever.
Activists Try to Remove 2,000 Beagles from Wisconsin Research Facility
On Saturday, April 18, at 8:52 am, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office responded to approximately 1000 activists converging on Ridglan Farms in the town of Blue Mounds.
This looks like a war zone. I adore beagles, but these chaotic people are violent thugs. If they had succeeded, they weren’t going to flee the scene with a beagle under each arm. The beagles would have been released into the wild to be eaten by coyotes or face some other grim death.
JP: CENTCOM using underwater drones to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that it will be sending underwater drones to help clear the Strait of Hormuz.
Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage, and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce.
Europe is so embarrassing.
TWZ: F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued
The F-15E Weapons System Officer (WSO), missing since his plane was shot down on Friday, has been rescued after a very risky combat search and rescue operation and fierce firefight in southern Iran.
This is a teachable moment.
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