- From the “Oops” Department – Officials at the Democratic Party are looking into how images of the Russian navy were used as a backdrop in a tribute to veterans at their recent party convention in Charlotte. Honestly, who can blame them? The Admiral Kuznetsov looks so much the Enterprise that I’m sure OldNFO has landed there by mistake on more than one occasion. At least that’s how I had it explained to me by a Democrat I know. I guess no-one thought to have an actual Navy veteran check out the footage before it was broadcast to millions of homes nationwide. In related news, an earlier tribute to the Pope featured footage of the Metropolitan of Constantinople, and a slide show on the success of the president’s policy toward the Arab Spring was made up of still shots from Tiananmin Square.
- From the “Strikes Are For Baseball” Department – The teachers strike in Chicago continues. Union official Jethro Q. Walrustitty characterized negotiations as ‘silly’. Parents in Chicago are reportedly scrambling to find alternate plans for the 350,000 schoolchildren who are no longer warehoused in Chicago’s public schools. Considering how terrible their academic progress has been under the striking teachers, I will be curious to see if they do better if left to their own devices for a few weeks, or at least until the first time the teachers get a check from the union for strike pay and have union dues taken out of it.
- From the “Big Boom” Department – Astronomers are reporting that a large explosion has occurred high in the atmosphere of Jupiter. They believe that it was caused by a comet slamming into the planet and causing a fireball the size of Earth. It’s either that or I finally found those illegal fireworks I misplaced a few years ago.
- From the “Cool, But” Department – DARPA has unveiled its new robot for use by frontline troops, dubbed the L3. It is a four-legged machine that appears to be between waist and shoulder-high on a man. It is designed to carry heavy loads and save our soldiers from the wear and tear of dragging their equipment up and down mountains. While I think this might be the neatest thing I’ve seen in a while, I’m pretty sure this is a problem that’s been solved already using actual mules. At least Francis the Talking Mule didn’t require hours of maintenance and refueling all the time.
- From the “Not Encouraging Self Help” Department – A woman in New York is facing eviction from public housing because city officials object to her installing security cameras at her building. She says she did it in response to several robberies in the area. Since she’s prohibited by her mayor and his ilk from owning a better crime deterrent and criminal stopping instrument, I guess a camera is better than harsh language. At least they’ll be able to produce a grainy picture of the goblin for the 11 o’clock news.
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Posted by daddybear71 on September 13, 2012
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