Bruce Willis: Hollywood Anti-Idiotarian
I’m a bit late in bringing this up, but it looks as if Willis, with the help of Michael Yon, will be attempting to bring the story of Deuce Four‘s days in Iraq to the big screen. Good to see…
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2005 Edwards Air Force Base Air Show
A coworker of mine forwarded me a link to a photo montage from this year’s air show at Edwards Air Force Base. It features the first picture of an F-22 with the missile bays open evertaken in public, among many…
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
I’m always left to wonder if anyone, anyone pays attention to SciFi movies as “cautionary tales”. For instance, while Tetra Vaal is cool in concept, in practice such a system practically reeks of Terminator 2. Yes, let’s put weapons into…
The Ghost City of Cyprus
There are quite a few odd corners of this great world of ours, filled with all sorts of strange sights. Michael J. Totten has had the great fortune of seeing quite a few of those sites, many of which lie…
I Take Kristol’s Meaning, But Have To Disagree
I was listening to Bill Kristol on Fresh Air last night, and during the course of Terry Gross’ interview of Kristol, he said something to the effect of “We want to get Iraq to a place where it’s not a…
The Ultimate Collector’s Item
For a mere £5 million, you could own a Cold War-era British underground city. The city was built to house the Prime Minister and around 4,000 staffers in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack. A few pictures are available…
Puns Are Alive And Well In The Geek Community
It’s a simple recipe, really: take a story about military-trained dolphins being released by Hurricane Katrina. Add a splash of geek irreverence, start the discussion thread off with this comment: Sound a little fishy to me. What could be the…
