H/T Shelly
Monday, 1 March 2010
Video of the Day: Video of Charles Lindbergh's flight
Win Perkins, a real estate appraiser who specializes in airport properties, has posted on his web site a video he created of Charles Lindbergh's preparation and flight, including the famous and risky takeoff in the Spirit of St. Louis . According to Perkins, this is unlike any other presentation of the takeoff footage. Perkins said he assembled news footage from five cameras that filmed Lindbergh's takeoff from Roosevelt Field, Long Island and mixed it with enhanced audio from the same newsreel sources.
When you click on the website address below, you get a photo of the cockpit gauges in the Spirit of St. Louis . It seems like you are in the plane with Lindbergh flying the plane. Episode #3 comes up ready to play.
But there are 4 sequential episodes. I suggest you first go to full screen to view the episodes. Then click on "Contact" to the left and select Episode #1, then watch them in order, #1 through #4.
I was glued to the screen through all four episodes.
I knew Lindbergh was seeking to be the first to fly the Atlantic and win a cash prize, but I did not know that two other aviators were at the same Long Island aeroport preparing to try the flight and win the prize. Lindbergh was the first to take off.
What guts it took for Lindbergh to overcome the odds against him and accomplish this amazing feat.
Select "Contact" after each clip to choose the next Episode
Watch it Here
H/T Canis 61
The Corrigans Do It Again.......
The Brothers have informed me that the single is due out soon.........
MOVIE REVIEW: THE HURT LOCKER
Early into my military experience, my buddies and I learned that the Army ruins war movies for you, for life. Atomic hand grenades, pistol rounds that cause bodies to explode, etc. This film is at least SOMEWHAT realistic, from a technical point of view.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
Surrounded...........from Rico
During the 2008 Presidential Election campaign, then Sen. Barack Obama actually said to an audience:
"Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself."
OK, let's do exactly that whatever-your-name is, you Metrosexual-Marxist-Muslim.
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News.......
True Honor
History's oldest hatred
Gordon Brown 'on course to win the election'? You've got to be joking
Barack Obama's first medical: president smokes too much and should improve diet
China 'should sprint to become the world's most powerful country'
Can Britain afford not to build £5bn Royal Navy aircraft carriers?
Obama administration embroiled in illegal removal of Haitian children
US steps up diplomatic pressure on Russia over Iran sanctions
Somali insurgents ban WFP as four million go hungry
Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to report
Zimbabwean deminers clear deadly legacy of Falklands war
Canadian Researcher Snaps Sasquatch in Vancouver
Should White Hegemony be recognized as a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act?
and finally.......
Video: A Silent Rotor Blade Paves the Way for Super-Stealth Choppers
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Toddler Property Laws........
If I like it, it's mine.
If it's in my hands, it's mine.
If I can take it from you, it's mine.
If I had it a week ago, it's mine.
If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
If it looks just like mine, it's mine.
If I think it's mine, it's mine.
If it it's near me, it's mine.
If it's broccoli, it's yours.
They have it all figured out.
H/T DML
THE BESLER STEAM PLANE
A converted Travel Air 2000 biplane made the world's first piloted flight under steam power over Oakland, California, on 12 April 1933.
Details and footage . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
In your pocket?............from Rico
"Is that a stack of Federal Reserve Notes in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"
- Benyamin Bernanke
The US Dollar was formally devalued by forty-percent in 1933.
Today, what you are seeing (er....NOT seeing, thanks to the MSM and the FED) is the same thing...just more gradually, and informally. So far.
The dust has not yet settled.
DARK ENERGY
STORMBRINGER to NASA:
You can't break the laws of physics unless you're in a Disney movie.
STORMBRINGER to Thomas Friedman:
You are a typical liberal with a typical liberal loser attitude.
Dark Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . harnessed by STORMBRINGER
Round 1: The Conservative Blogger Debate -- The War On Terror!
Sponsored by a group of very fine blogs, Motorcitytimes and Makes My Brain Itch take the initiative on Round 1 of Conservative Debate and pose the following question to Russ, of That's Right, with The Classical Liberal being asked to Rebut:
One of the conservative arguments against the current prosecution on the war on terrorism is the fact that, as conservatives, we should not be involved in nation building In Iraq and Afghanistan.
Please explain you position with respect to the fact that after our post WWII reconstruction efforts , Germany and Japan have become our 4th and 5th largest trading partners. The exchange of goods accounts for 10.6% of all of the United States foreign trade.To put this in perspective, China accounts for 12.0% of all U.S. foreign trade (2008 numbers).
Here is Russ's Response; here is CL's Rebuttal.
Wyblog is following the debate, as are Mind-Numbed Robot and Washington Reb. Stay tuned for updates and commentary!
Plus, The Boob War takes a fortuitous turn!
Sunday, 28 February 2010
French President Outraged Over Dubai
"Of all of the reactions regarding the al-Mabhouh elimination, the most infuriating thing is concealed in the response of Nicolas Sarkozy, who defined the terrorist's elimination as murder."
More at DoubleTapper
Happy Anniversary!................from Rico
Happy Anniversary!
Yes, Mar 2010 is the Anniversary of Mar 2008 when our system took a big 'dump' on all of us!
- It's been 'dumping' ever since!
Let's see...
- 10 million unemployed
- $11 trillion 'lost' in household net worth
- $8 trillion in real estate losses
- 3 million foreclosures
- the end of the "Big 3" automakers (only FORD is left standing)
- dozens of states (and cities and towns) bankrupt....don't get me started on FDIC
And Dear Reader Buraq has put us ALL hugely in debt.
Great. Wonderful. Super.
So! How's that "hopey-changey" shit working out for YOU?
WTF!!!! Serious Duck Blind..........
1st level hides 4 boats underneath and has room for 2 hunters and 2 dog doors.
2nd level has a full kitchen with fridge, 2 stoves,
electricity for lights, living room with 2 couches and satellite, TV,
theater seats around the "porch of the blind" to shoot 14 guys comfortably
side porch has a running toilet
stainless steel grill for cooking whole ribeyes for lunch.
all the mojos and mallard machines are hard wired to car batteries.
3rd level is the "crows nest" with room for 3
It's about 25' up in the trees and most of the time you are cutting down on the ducks
H/T Jackie G
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