Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Space Force HQ to move to Alabama.
The United States Space Force, the most junior, least needed, and most stupid branch of the American military, is moving to Huntsville, Alabama, in part because Donald Trump is demented vengeful twit.
Trump is responsible for the Space Farce in the first place, creating a new branch of the military for no sensible reason, by taking the Air Force Strategic Command, which did make sense, and making it its own branch of the military. At least initially, it's enlisted members were reassigned from the Air Force to the Farce. Officers may have been as well, but those officers in this role above the very senior level would have had little choice in any event.
The relocation from Colorado Springs will be expensive and may impair the ability of the Farce to perform its mission for a time.
President Biden really missed his chance and should have reassigned the Space Farce to the Air Force. Frankly, if I was President, at this point I'd reassign it to the Coast Guard and put the Coast Guard back in the Department of the Treasury, where it belongs. After commissioned Space Cadets resigned I might move it back to the Air Force.
Above the plains, under the clouds
Above the plains, under the clouds: A reporter and his pilot friend flew over southeastern Wyoming, above landmarks and empty quarters.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Sunday, August 24, 2025
UFO's and Military Disinformation. You heard it here first.
Last year, the Defense Department released a report of its investigation of decades of claims that Washington was hiding what it knew about extraterrestrial life. The report found allegations of a coverup to be baseless.
In fact, a Wall Street Journal investigation reveals, the report itself amounted to a coverup—but not in the way the UFO conspiracy industry would have people believe.
The public disclosure left out the truth behind some of the foundational myths about UFOs: The Pentagon itself sometimes deliberately fanned the flames, in what amounted to the U.S. government targeting its own citizens with disinformation.
Wall Street Journal.
My guess is a that large majority of the recent reports fit into this category.
Monday, August 18, 2025
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, August 18, 1945. The last American KIA ...
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, August 18, 1945. The last American KIA ...:
Saturday, August 18, 1945. The last American KIA of World War Two. Anthony J. Marchione.
Sukarno became the first President of Indonesia.
A B-32, an obscure bomber that was a competitor of the B-29.
B-32 crewman Anthony J. Marchione became the last American to die in WWII when the B-32 he was flying in over Tokyo in a photography mission was attacked by Japanese fighter aircraft in spite of the Japanese surrender. The attack on the two B-32s followed an attack the prior day on B-32s in the same locality, which the bombers were investigating. Staff Sergeant Joseph Lacharite was severely wounded and would take years to recover from his injuries.
The plane he was on was named "Hobo Queen"
The Consolidated B-32 Dominator is an almost forgotten World War Two aircraft. A competitor with the B-29, it was produced as a fallback to the B-29, and plans to replace B-17s and B-24s with the Dominator were cancelled due to production delays. 118 were built.
Indian nationalist, who sided with the Japanese during the war, died at age 48 in an airplane crash in Formosa.
The Soviets invaded the Kuril Islands, which was certainly a questionable act given the Japanese having announced their surrender. The resulting Battle of Shumshu was the last battle of the Second World War.
On the other hand, Japanese forces on the Asian mainland continued to resist Soviet advances there, albeit ineffectively.
The Japanese government was clearly having trouble getting some forces to stand down.
Last edition:
Friday, August 17, 1945. The long trip of the U-977.
The Aerodrome: Union reps defy order, flights cancelled.
The Aerodrome: The Aerodrome: Canadian government intervenes in A...: The Aerodrome: Air Canada cancels flights (August 15) due to labo... : Air Canada is facing a flight attendants strike and is basically star...
Strike back on.
Sunday, August 17, 2025
The Aerodrome: Canadian government intervenes in Air Canada strike.
The Aerodrome: Air Canada cancels flights (August 15) due to labo...: Air Canada is facing a flight attendants strike and is basically starting to shut down.
The Canadian government forced the parties back to work.
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