Saturday, 19 March 2011
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (March 4, 2011) A Marine drives a medium tactical vehicle onto the beach during roll-on/roll-off discharge facility operations as part of exercise Pacific Horizon 2011. During the exercise, Marine and Navy units will establish command and control, construct an 850-person camp, execute maritime pre-positioning force operations, and retrograde and redeploy allocated forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Niegel)
H/T Marc
News..............
'Hide the decline' deconstructed
Newspaper Guild Calls for Huffpo Boycott!
Will The Next Arizona Senator Be The Anti-McCain?
Obama's Puddles
Collectivism and the GAO Report
Chilling threats made against Althouse
A Few Thoughts on the War with Libya
CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion
Some Kazakh motorists trumpet their love of sex
Why haven't I seen this before?
Radioactive Reporting
Libya: the West and al-Qaeda on the same side
Toilets join light bulbs on Sen. Rand Paul's list of necessities burdened by 'busybody' rules
How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine
FBI hunts hacker ring that leaks celeb nude pics online
Chavez in silicone sally
LeAnn Rimes: time for nude pics
Chooks' conjugal visits limited
Father turns in own kids for bullying
xxx marks the spot
Libya crisis: fighter plane 'shot down' as Gaddafi forces attack Benghazi
Yemen: 30 shot dead by pro-regime snipers
Col Tim Collins blames SDSR cuts on 'jealous' civil servants in MoD
Libya: Tripoli on edge as regime enters new phase in fight to survive
World's biggest source of spam email shut down
Japan earthquake: Radiation found in food near nuclear plant
Libya: Col Gaddafi told to leave now or face the bombers
PC Dave can't police the world
Libya: British fighter jets get ready for war
US to close Pakistan embassy and consulates amid protests
Syria: 'four dead' in rare demonstrations
Libya crisis: Egypt shipping arms across border to aid rebels
An Unwelcome Scent of Jasmine: Chinese Leadership Fears Its Own People
Super Full Moon
mSv + Japan...........from Rico
I do love Japan, I REALLY do...no, I am not making this up.
I had a savings bankbook once from the Bank of Yokohama with a cute Tom&Jerry cartoon on the front of it. Cute. Friendly. Non-threatening.
- It was when I found that not only did the Bank NOT pay interest on the savings account, but actually charged me for the privelege of letting them have my money that I suspected the 'cute' cartoons hid a darker reality.
Japanese radiation? NO worries there. Just look at the happy cartoon faces on this depiction of millisieverts (mSv) that is circulating in Japan right now. Cute. Friendly. Non-threatening.
- Compare it to the 'systeme international' table attached. Draw your own happy faces and conclusions.
Me? I think I'll stick with rads as a unit of radiation measurement, and the Fwench 'systeme international' of mSv's can....to use proper British English...sod off!
Spring Break WoW
Too tore up from the floor up to talk right now
Council Winners
- *First place with 4 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit–-Horror Returns; Sleeping Israeli Family Murdered by Arabs, Including An Infant
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Bookworm Room-The nuclear plant problem in Japan — and the problem with ideologues in science
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – Right Truth-A Closer Look at Rep. Keith Ellison’s Past **UPDATED**
- Second place *t* with 1 1/3 votes – The Razor-The Japanese Earthquake Of 2011
- Third place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Colossus Of Rhodey – Ignorance And Hypocrisy
- Third place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room – Coming Soon,The Daley Czar
- Fourth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Opposition To Outrageous Pay And Benefits For Public Employees Isn’t Class Envy
- Fourth place *t* with 1/3 vote – New Zeal – Is Richard Trumka a DSA Socialist?
- Fourth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Glittering Eye – The Policy of the One Horse Shay
- Fourth place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Political Commentator- If a Japanese sovereign debt default was predicted before, what will happen now? (Video)
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 2 2/3 votes! – Sultan Knish- An Open Letter to Harvey Weinsteinsubmitted by Right Truth
- Second place with 2 1/3 votes – Mark Steyn/The Corner – Dead Jews Is No News submitted by Joshuapundit
- Third place *t* with 1 vote - The Chronicle of Higher Education – The Intellectual as Courtier submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
- Third place *t* with 1 vote - The Elder Of Ziyon – Hamas Attacks Unity Rally In Gaza submitted by Simply Jews
- Third place *t* with 1 vote - First Take/CFR – Saudi Arabia’s Missteps Into Bahrain submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Pajamas Media/Charlie Martin – Fear the Media Meltdown, Not the Nuclear One submitted by Bookworm Room
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Gateway Pundit – Madison Students Will Stay After School… submitted by The Razor
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote -BlackFive – Brian DePalma Has American Blood On His Hands submitted by Snapped Shot
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Nick Gillespie/Reason – 3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We’re Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can’t Tax Our Way Out of This submitted by The Watcher
Friday, 18 March 2011
ORIGINS OF THE GREEN BERET
I was recently asked:
Which is "proper" or preferred by these men when referring to them,
"Green Beret" or "Special Forces"?
My reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
INDIAN OCEAN (March 14, 2011) French navy La Fayette-class frigate FS Guepratte (F714) prepares to come alongside the guided-missile frigate USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) as part of a leap frog exercise simulating an underway replenishment as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East. APS is an international security cooperation initiative designed to improve maritime safety and security in Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Jamieson)
H/T Marc
Preparation For Leaving The Forces..............
This guide will assist you in your efforts to 'Fit In' with civilians, when you leave the forces.
Speech:Time should never begin with a zero or end in a hundred, it is not 0530 or 1400 it is 5:30am or 2 in the afternoon.
Words like "deck", "scratcher", and "PT" will get you weird looks; floor, bed, workout, get used to it.
"F *cking" cannot be used to replace whatever word you can't think of right now, try "um" instead.
It's a phone, not a radio, conversations on a phone do not end in "out"
People will not know what you are talking about if you tell them you are coming from Dalton Bks with the CP platoon or that you spent a deployment with the HAC.... no more acronyms
Style:Do not put creases in your jeans.
Do not put creases on the front of your dress shirts.
Do not refer to your suits numerically, your best jacket & trousers are not your number 1's
Wearing A hat indoors does not make you a bad person, it makes you like the rest of the world.
You do not have to wear a belt ALL the time.
Women:Air Force girls are easy, very easy, not all women are this easy and will probably punch you in the nuts if you treat them like Air Force girls.
Being divorced twice by the time you are 23 is not normal, neither are 6 month marriages, even if it is your first.
Marrying a girl so that you can move out of the barracks does not make "financial sense", it makes you a retard.
Personal accomplishments:In the real world, being able to do lots of press-ups will not lead to automatic promotion or help your career in any way.
Most people will be slightly disturbed by you if you tell them about people you have killed or seen die.
How much pain you can take is not a personal accomplishment.
The time you got really drunk and sucked your mates cock in the middle of a bar...... also not a personal accomplishment.
Drinking:NATO is an organisation, not the way you want your tea made
In the real world, being drunk before 5pm will get you a written warning, not a pat on the back from your boss.
Shouting "Naked Bar" at your works Christmas party will have no affect.
That time you drank a bottle of Absinth and shat in your pals suitcase is not a conversation starter.
That time you went to the combat life saver school and practiced giving vodka iv's will probably not impress a civilian.
Bodily functions:Farting on your co-workers and then giggling while you walk away may be viewed as "unprofessional".
The size of the dump you took yesterday will not be funny regardless of how big it was, how much it burned, how much it smelled..... or how clear the photo is.
Under no circumstances must you "skiff" your work colleagues
You can't make fun of someone for their disability, no matter how funny the ailment is.
VD will also not be funny.
The human body:Most people will not want to hear about or see your balls. Odd as that may seem, it's true.
If your anus is sore, don’t ask your colleague on the next desk if he can see what’s wrong with it.
Spending habits:One day, you will have to pay for the things that keep you alive, heat, light, shelter, food, doctor etc etc
Buying a £30,000 car on a £16,000 a year salary is a really stupid idea.
Spending money on video games instead of on nappies makes you a twat.
Interacting with civilians:Making fun of your neighbour to his face for being fat will not make you popular in the neighbourhood.
Real jobs:They really can fire you.
On the flip side you really can quit.
Screaming at the people that work for you will not be normal, remember they really can quit too, You can't tell your secretary to "follow it down" if she drops her pen & taking naps at work will not be acceptable.
Ethnic minorities in your workplace should not be referred to as L E C's or 'Chogeys'
Sport is no longer part of your working week, Monday afternoons are for work like every other afternoon
The Law:Your civvy boss, unlike your C/O can't save you and probably won't, in fact most likely you will fired about 5 minutes after he finds out you've been arrested.
Even McDonalds do background checks, and "conviction" isn't going to help you get the job
Fighting is not a normal thing and will get you really arrested and fired, not yelled at Monday morning before they ask you if you won.
General knowledge:You can in fact really say what you think about the Queen in public.
Pain is not weakness leaving the body, it's just pain.
They won't wear anything shiny that tells you they are more important then you are, be polite.
You no longer have to go to the POL point, just go to the BP garage like everyone else
Read the contracts before you sign them, remember what happened the first time.
H/T Andi B
James Shilling, Raymond Berhalter and Lt. Col. Randall Sealy look at a Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures pod attached to a KC-135 Stratotanker on the flightline March 1, 2011, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The pod is a laser-based countermeasures system designed to detect and employ countermeasures against infrared-guided surface-to-air missiles. Mr. Shilling is the LAIRCM system manager for Northrop-Grumman in Chicago, Mr. Berhalter is the program manager at the KC-135 System Program Office at Tinker AFB, Okla., and Colonel Sealy is the tanker test manager and chief of the Air Mobility Command Aircraft Test Management Branch. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
H/T Marc
News........
Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Mar.17th
Russia's Zhirinovsky calls on Japanese to move to Russia
New Low In Muslim Outrage: Alcoholic Ex-Con Says Rights Violated By AA Prayer Tradition
Another Brick In The Paywall
Crystal Cathedral :"'Gay' is OK"?
Obama's Tactless Diversions
Why I Love Guinness
Has the democratic world ever been so weak and divided?
Ray Nagin clone in the White House
Power Corrupts
Video of tables turning on bully sounds alarm bells
Eight Out of Ten Illegal Aliens Apprehended in 2010 Never Prosecuted
Paul Allen buys Russian fighter jet
How safe are airport security scanners to humans: US study
Sex trade on social network sites on the rise in UAE
Sushi drops off the menu as radiation fear spreads
Paras test supergun on Taliban
We've built a flying saucer, boasts Iran (even if it does look like it belongs in a 1950s B-movie)
Oil, militant Islam and the terrifying dilemma now facing the West
Defence priorities in a changing world
Libya: I’ll attack passenger jets, warns Gaddafi, as US air strikes loom
Pentagon buys social networking 'spy software'
Bahrain police round up opposition leaders and take over hospital
US wine sales top France for first time ever
Japan earthquake: Foreign Office criticised as Britons charged £600 to follow official advice
Why the Bahrain rebellion could prove calamitous for the West
Libya: UN approves no-fly zone as British troops prepare for action
Drone attack kills 38
Robert Mugabe henchmen planning to arrest Morgan Tsvangirai
US wine sales top France for first time ever
The Approaching EU Bailout: Portugal May Soon Go the Way of Ireland
Critics Focus on Accuracy of Nuclear-Plant Information
Nuke Shills, Victims of Japan's Meltdown Too................by Dan Friedman
“The containment structures appear to be working, and the latest reactor designs aren't vulnerable to the coolant problem at issue here.”
-- “Nuclear expert” William Tucker writing in Monday’s WSJ *
“Nuclear experts” have become hot media properties ever since it was announced six days ago that the reactors at Fukushima were in trouble. They’ve been rushed in to minimize the problem (and its potential) in broadcast and in print. Whether by virtue of stupidity or cupidity, our nuke power junkies are trying to downplay the catastrophe Japan faces for the sole purpose of preempting healthy debate and keeping their “movement” alive. But every time they make a soothing statement (“this and this can’t happen here”) a few minutes later we read a headline telling us it just happened. For anyone who’s been paying attention, the pro-nuke shills are making a public spectacle of themselves. They’re getting rolled by reality even before the ink dries.
For a more honest and revealing assessment, have a look at this video here.*
*WSJ, may require subscription
Dan Friedman
NYC
Thursday, 17 March 2011
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