Oh my God! Look at this hilarious story from The Telegraph!
Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school but decided not to because the Vietnam War was over and “we weren’t engaged in an active military conflict at that point”.
The statement is thought to be the first time […]
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We Were (Almost) Soldiers Once…and Young
Published September 8th, 2008 in Effluent Rants, Politics and Military/Technology. 0 Comments
Update: I just sent another E-mail to the Malkin camp at 5:29AM Pacific. I asked for the identity of the person (source) who released the document to her. I’m quite sure it’s not forthcoming.
Update: Comment #24 to the Malkin post had it right:
Not classified but someone distributed a FOUO (For Official Use Only) memo, which […]
Training A New Iraqi Army: The Challenges
Published March 8th, 2008 in Effluent Rants, Politics and Military/Technology. 3 CommentsNational Public Radio has published a relatively bleak assessment of the daunting task faced by the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) when it comes to training a new Iraqi Army. Entitled “Advising Iraqis: Building The Iraqi Army,” the document was written by Lieutenant Colonel Carl D. Grunow of the U.S. Army. You can read the […]
Impending Shoot Down Of American Reconnaissance Satellite
Published February 17th, 2008 in Effluent Rants, Politics and Military/Technology. 0 CommentsUPDATE: Steve at Depleted Cranium takes another completely rational look at the shoot down. Oh, and as far as anyone knows, the shoot down attempt was a complete success!
UPDATE: I cover the domestic paranoia and unhinged-ness (below). BOBG at Sweet Spirits of Ammonia covers the paranoia and unhinged-osity in the Soviet Union Putin Land.
ORIGINAL POST: […]
Awesome Space Shuttle Video
Published February 10th, 2008 in Effluent Rants and Military/Technology. 0 CommentsHere’s an awesome video taken inside the flight deck of the space shuttle during a lift-off. It includes the internal flight deck communications. The person who posted the video says it’s STS-113, flown by shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station in 2002. The crew voices you hear the most are probably mission commander James […]
What Kind Of Military Aircraft Are You?
Published February 9th, 2008 in Effluent Rants and Military/Technology. 0 CommentsYeah! You heard me. Your ears don’t lap over!
What kind of military aircraft are you? I, apparently, am an EA-6B Prowler. How cool!
What kind of military aircraft are you?
EA-6B Prowler
You are an EA-6B. You are sinister, preferring not to get into confrontations, but extract revenge through mind games and technological interference. You also love to make noise […]
Russkies Piss Japan Off…Again
Published February 9th, 2008 in Effluent Rants, International and Military/Technology. 0 CommentsThat’s right. The Russians do it to the United States. They do it to England. They’ve done it to Norway. And they’re still doing it to Japan. From Agence France-Presse:
TOKYO — Japan scrambled two dozen military aircraft and lodged a protest, accusing a Russian strategic bomber of entering its airspace over the Pacific Ocean south […]
Cold War Part II?
Published January 21st, 2008 in Effluent Rants, International and Military/Technology. 0 CommentsThis is from today’s Gaurdian:
Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, NATO told
The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new NATO by five of the west’s most senior military […]








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