Monthly Archives: February 2005

Don’t Get Too Excited About Missile Defense Success

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Yesterday’s successful missile intercept is making the headlines today. But deeper investigation reveals that this is really no big deal.

The Aegis SMD system is basically just a ship-borne version of the well-developed Patriot PAC-3 system, and has been effective is about a half-dozen tests before this one. It’s nice to know that our fleet defense capabilities will soon be ratcheted-up a notch. But the success of the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI), the system which will defend the homeland, has been hit-or-miss (pun most certainly intended). Much of the technology is the same between SMD, PAC-3 and GBI. But the GBI program appears to me to have some engineering management issues.

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Syrian Officer Confesses To Training Iraqi Terrorists

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This from AP:

“What’s your job?” he was asked by someone off-camera. “I am a lieutenant in intelligence.”

Then a second question. “Which intelligence?” The reply: “Syrian intelligence.”

And so began a detailed 15-minute confession broadcast by al-Iraqiya TV on Wednesday, in which the man, identified as 30-year-old Lt. Anas Ahmed al-Essa, said his group was recruited to “cause chaos in Iraq … to bar America from reaching Syria.”

“We received all the instructions from Syrian intelligence,” said the man, who appeared in the propaganda video along with 10 Iraqis who said they had also been recruited by Syrian intelligence officers.

Later, al-Iraqiya aired another round of interviews with men it said were Sudanese and Egyptians who also trained in Syria to carry out attacks in Iraq.

Syrian officials could not immediately be reached for comment on the claims, which were not possible to authenticate independently.

An Iraqi special forces commander, Brig. Gen. Abu Al-Walid, said his forces arrested the men in Mosul on Jan.

It occurs to me that, while a full-scale invasion of Syria may not be practical at this time, turning Lebanon into their own little Vietnam should be quite doable.

On Making Appropriate Choices (Cutting)

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Who am I going to pay attention to when it comes to teenagers hurting themselves? The gal who’s consistantly got a stick buried so far up her butt that the point sticks out of her mouth when she talks, or the gal who used to have a cartoon character of a little dead girl riding to hell in a shopping cart on the banner of her blog?

I’m just sayin’…

Sigh…I HATE When that happens

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Our old CRT Monitor was on its last bit of flicker. The colors were dying. The brightness was set at nuthin’ because if you went higher it simply washed all out, and the contrast was cranked all the way up and still…you couldn’t see much.

So I went to the store and bought this. I’ll be checking it out on a couple of my favorite games and then I’m sure that Beautiful Wife and Boyo will dive into Morrowwind with it.

I know it shouldn’t make that much difference but 20″ vs 19″ is a lot of ocular real estate. Plus, I didn’t realize just how bad the old monitor sucked until this one came on. Yes…I’m trying digital mode for the first time. It seems to like digital mode just fine.

All you geeks out there, please leave comments about the pros and cons of digital vs analog display properties.

And no…I didn’t pay that price for it…I paid less…AND got a $100.00 rebate. I’m not unhappy.

Yes…that does just about wipe out the tax return for this year. Thank you Uncle Sugar for hanging onto my money for me. If it wasn’t for my IRS Savings Account, I don’t think we’d ever buy anything new.

UPDATE: The feline roommates are quite upset with me, especially Miko…who jumped up to get her butt all nice and toasty and managed to stay balanced on the 1 inch width of the new flatscreen for a full 2 seconds before having to jump off. I applauded as she did her “I meant to do that.” cleaning of her face. She’s having none of it.

A Debt Not Paid

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My mother worked in Public Affairs for as long as I can remember. So I always knew what you say at one end of the microphone can be turned into something bad after it gets to the editing room, and then released at press time. Reporters can be sneaky. If they are looking for a story, they will find one ( or make one up). I personally avoid them. The only ones I will talk to are from the military media (AFRTS, AFN…..etc) They have nothing to gain or loose, and off the record is OFF the record.

So, I may distrust the media at large, but I would never have targeted them…….EVER. They are doing their job, just like me.

During my stint at the 1st OIF, in the first days of the SCUD attacks, when the SCUD dive was the dance of the camp, the shelters could only hold so many people. During the day you ran for what ever one was closest; the ones near the operations center of the camp was always over-crowded during the day. A reporter was one of the last to run for shelter, I didn’t know who he was, what agency he was with. I always tried to get the corner of the shelter ( in case it collapse I might be able to survive it). I noticed right away he didn’t even have his kevlar helmet on…. but I had had my flack, kevlar, LBV(load-bearing-vest) M16, and gas mask. I grabbed his arm and pulled him towards me and put him in my corner and moved to stand at the entrace of the bunker.

Why did I do this? Simple… I had on about 15 pounds worth of gear and he didn’t. I didn’t think anything of what I might have lost, if a missile had struck the camp.

I still don’t know his name, but it doesn’t matter, he is a human being and he should expect no less from anyone in the military.

Zen, motorcycle Maintenance, And Queer Eye

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On tonight’s episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy – Michael S. Thom brought out what I might think is the perfect Zen relaxation tool: a motorcycle wheel on a truing stand. I have, since the age of twelve, trued my own motorcycle wheels, and built my own bicycle wheels. And I can think of no more calming redirection of focus, than truing a spoked wheel.

Suppose You Were Jay Leno…

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…And you wanted the ultimate American Gran Turismo car, to counter the 550 Hp twin-turbo, W-12, Bentley (VW) Continental GT?

Bentley_Continential_GT

Well, if I were he, I would first ask how much GM wanted for the one-of-a-kind, 1000+ HP, V-16 Cadillac Sixteen:

Caddilac Sixteen

Of course, GM will likely send that masterpiece to the chopper, before they sell it. So, if I were Jay Leno, I would endeavor to build the equivalant out of a 1966 Toronado. (TLC Rides link to come):


And, of course, I might do as he did, and use my special relationship with the GM big-wigs to finagle a couple to C5 Corvette chassis to lend to the project, as well as a not-available-to-the-public 1000+ HP twin-turbocharged LS7 motor:

Leno_Toro_Engine

Of course, if I were Jay Leno, I would have insisted that GM give up a couple of pre-production C6 ZO6′s, and made a full aluminum frame. I also would have made bucks of the ’66 Toro’, and built the body out of aluminum. Or, better yet, carbon fiber/epoxy composite. And I would have really pushed, to get GM to exercise their worldwide engineering resources, and make this an AWD. After all, no high-roller worth his salt will be driving RWD-only twenty years from now.

But, that said, the Jay Leno ’66 Toro’ is one cool ride.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch…

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“I’m looking for a good cowboy,” Bush said Monday when a French reporter asked him whether relations had improved to the point where the U.S. president would be inviting Chirac to the U.S. president’s ranch in Texas. (link here)

Oh, yeah… (snort)… like imagine M. Chirac (snicker) out on the Crawford ranch (giggle) helping to cut brush (titter) with a chainsaw (snerk!) in August! (Bwhahh-hah-haw-haw!)

So, will he be cutting, while President Bush trims and stacks? (Owww, jeez, I think I pulled a muscle there, laughing so hard!)

Now, want to picture something really, really funny? Imagine all those pompous, blow-dried, elegantly dressed drones from the French news media… standing around in the mesquite brush and dust, and cow patties, waiting for the photo op!! Gotta be careful there boys, when the chips are down!

(Medic!!! I think I hurt something!)

Supporting the Troops????

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Well, I suppose this is an improvement on spitting on uniformed personnel. As for a class assignment, I’m afraid that the spelling in some of the letters needs work, also, not to mention the geography— especially since you can’t get farther away from Iraq than Korea, not without going towards it again. And the historical perspective is a little lacking; for a meaningless, brutal and bungled war, World War I is still win show and place… don’t they teach anything in public schools these days?
If you want to ask about that, here’s a link. Remember, it’s JHS 51, Park Slope, and an air of courteous and civil enquiry is appropriate. It may not get you anywhere, but it is appropriate.

(Original story link courtesy of Rantburg, link to chancellors’ office, courtesy of LGF reader “pookleblinky”)