No one had checked in years, he said, “to see if new tools were being made,” typical of maintenance problems that had “been around so long that no one reported them anymore.”
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Thursday, December 04, 2014
#YouCouldOrderAFewMore: Air Force shares one wrench to attach nuclear warheads between three missile bases (they Fed Ex it back and forth!)
From The New York Times, Nov. 13, 2014:
"Pentagon studies of America’s nuclear missile infrastructure released in November included the revelation that nuclear warheads had to be attached with a particular wrench, even though the Air Force only owned one with which to service 450 missiles housed at three bases. Consequently, one official told the New York Times, 'They started FedExing the one tool' back and forth."
No one had checked in years, he said, “to see if new tools were being made,” typical of maintenance problems that had “been around so long that no one reported them anymore.”
No one had checked in years, he said, “to see if new tools were being made,” typical of maintenance problems that had “been around so long that no one reported them anymore.”
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Poem: The Grey Ambassador
By Jack Brummet
Flybys,
crop circles, and other maneuvers
Were executed
To demonstrate their capability.
After the flybys, came landings, and contact.
The visitors
Did not appear hostile.
Some say we were softened up
By E.T., Klaatu, and ALF
And thought this was a mission of mercy.
If they figured out how to get here,
And have come to make war,
We can't stop them.
If they "come in peace"
To teach what they learned
The Hard Way,
Let’s get started.
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Were executed
To demonstrate their capability.
After the flybys, came landings, and contact.
The visitors
Did not appear hostile.
Some say we were softened up
By E.T., Klaatu, and ALF
And thought this was a mission of mercy.
If they figured out how to get here,
And have come to make war,
We can't stop them.
If they "come in peace"
To teach what they learned
The Hard Way,
Let’s get started.
Drawing: Faces #960 (scratchboard/reversed scratchboard) - weightless training
By Jack Brummet
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Monday, December 01, 2014
Congressperson Michelle Bachmann covers Macklemore's "Thrift Shop"
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
Michelle Bachmann, the soon to be retiring U.S. Representative, posted a video today in which she quotes/covers Macklemore's Thrift Shop. I'm going to miss The Representative.
Michelle Bachmann, the soon to be retiring U.S. Representative, posted a video today in which she quotes/covers Macklemore's Thrift Shop. I'm going to miss The Representative.
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
Presidents Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho and Barack Hussein Obama
click to enlarge
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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Poem: [you can’t see earth]
By Jack Brummet
1
You can't see earth
From the dark side of the moon
But maybe that changes
With the accelerating deceleration
Of the moon and earth.
A waning Gibbous moon
Dangles 1.3 light seconds away,
The Sea of Tranquility
A menacing sinkhole.
From the dark side of the moon
But maybe that changes
With the accelerating deceleration
Of the moon and earth.
A waning Gibbous moon
Dangles 1.3 light seconds away,
The Sea of Tranquility
A menacing sinkhole.
2
The moon
And the fog
Are in cahoots
The moon
And the fog
Are in cahoots
And
the fog slithers in,
Wraps itself around houses,
Trees, shrubs, and churches,
And threads its way
Wraps itself around houses,
Trees, shrubs, and churches,
And threads its way
Along
the ground,
Like a horror movie fog.
I wonder if the fog and moon
Really trigger
Like a horror movie fog.
I wonder if the fog and moon
Really trigger
Mayhem,
madness, and murder?
3
Do our brains have tides?
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Do our brains have tides?
After the Elks football game, Springerville, Arizona 1972
By Jack Brummet
This is a pretty interesting photographic print I found in a Goodwill about 20 years ago. I can't decipher the photographer's name, but the legend in pencil beneath the print says "Homecoming Springerville, Arizona. Elks. 1972."
This is a pretty interesting photographic print I found in a Goodwill about 20 years ago. I can't decipher the photographer's name, but the legend in pencil beneath the print says "Homecoming Springerville, Arizona. Elks. 1972."
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Friday, November 28, 2014
"The Fish from April": let's go humaning!
By Jack Brummet
I can't find the book in which this originally appeared. Wikipedia Commons, and Tineye.com show numerous people who have used the image, but so far, no hints as to what book where this first appeared. In any case, we'll call it context unknown and share it with you. There is a class of images that focus on animals turning the tables on their homo sapien oppressors, of which this is clearly one.
I can't find the book in which this originally appeared. Wikipedia Commons, and Tineye.com show numerous people who have used the image, but so far, no hints as to what book where this first appeared. In any case, we'll call it context unknown and share it with you. There is a class of images that focus on animals turning the tables on their homo sapien oppressors, of which this is clearly one.
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
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