2020 archive
Sacrificed for by Your Country
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I would have phrased it somewhat more circumspectly–well, a lot more circumspectly–but methinks Atrios may be onto something.
Droning On 0
During a test flight, a drone went rogue in Latvia. From El Reg:
Latvian news agency LETA added: “During a controlled test flight on Saturday, communication with an unmanned aerial vehicle owned by drone manufacturer SIA UAVFactory was lost. The company’s representative, Jevgenijs Sinikovs, confirmed that the aircraft can fly for up to 90 hours, and added that its gliding in orbit depends on the wind.”
The story adds that flight restrictions have been put in place pending recovery of the wanderer.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Demonstrate politeness whilst utilizing your automotive conveyances.
Stray Thought, Long Time Out Dept. 0
You know the Sports Department at my local rag is getting desperate from the lack of sports news when they run the results of the Canadian Football League draft on the sports page where they would normally have box scores.
I can’t find it on their website, but I saw it with my own eyes.
Anniversary 0
Despite Disney’s attempts to turn today into “Star Wars Day” (whatever the heck that means, this is what deserves to be memorialized today.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
You must pack some heat in case those leaves you are raking decide to fight back, do you not?
Supply Change, Reprise 0
The Washington Monthly explores why, even as we as shoppers are greeted by shortages and empty shelves at our grocery stores, farmers are dumping milk and killing livestock because they are unable to get them to market.
They pose this questions; follow the link to see how they answer it:
(Syntax error corrected.)
Decline and Fall 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear is not sanguine.
Covidiocy 0
AL.com’s Francis Coleman has had enough of fools and their foolishness.