You’re the second FA commentator I would put into MOD procurement if it was within my power. Honestly, there is more forward and lateral thinking in the quality comments on this blog than in the entire Department itself.

I’ve been traveling to Europe and the UK every few months since roughly 2005 for my work, and there is a noticeable difference. Maybe you don’t realize it because you live there and it’s been gradual, but the change — particularly in London — is palpable to anyone who’s paying attention. The neighborhoods have…

Nice post, Jackass!.

I have spent time in the UK as well as various parts of Europe and we could learn a bit from them about taking care of our own rather and providing basic human comfort to people in need.

Your attack on the UK is especially stupid since they are our staunchest ally and would follow us to Hell and…

The United Kingdom will never turn into a third world shithole Buzz. That is happening in places like Flint, Michigan, not Lancashire.

S/L,

He drives a British car, which while awesome, might color his views on the country.

Yep, the TF-14 guys were great to work with and completely blunt about their shortfalls. As operators, they were frustrated by the sinking budgets for the MOD. I will say this, they maintained an airbridge to Cyprus and brought me along for a few trips pre-war. Much appreciated. Of course their Jaguars and Tornadoes…

I wish Disney would figure this out. Wife and I have loved going there before kids and with them. But they want to pin you down on everything 6 months ahead of time. Hard to have fun when your constantly checking the time for your next appointment.

I'm thinking she's been swapped a few times

My guess is that she’s not numbers matching...

Yikes! Speaking of blasphemous mods...

“’Hot dame with a lustful look’ is all I need to say!” the ad man (smelling slightly of booze) said defensively, tossing the layout on the editor’s desk at 4:55 pm.

I think the issue is not the range at all. But the $30,000 AFTER Rebates part. That means that GM believes that you should pay ~$40,000 for a compact car that if powered by an ICE would be no more than ~$20,000

So for $30 grand AFTER rebates, I can get a sub-compact shoebox or I could spend $24 grand and get a Focus ST that I could have some fun with that'd go 300 miles. Or spend 20 grand on a similar vehicle that may not be fun but would average 32 mpg and pay for itself in purchase savings. The tech may be willing, but the…

First, the Typhoon is overall a better aircraft than legacy FA-18, and marginally better than Rhino (although Rhino is cleared to carry everything in the inventory, while Typhoon isn’t). And it was put into service in the same time frame as Rafale and F-22, regardless of the in-fighting. It is actually quite a good…

My grandfathers both worked in defense and one ran a large company you’ve heard of (the other was a senior manager). If you think there’s no corporate doings behind world events or that those corporations aren’t behind policies that take us to war for the benefit of shareholders, then I’m afraid you are hopelessly…

That actually makes complete sense. The RN seems to share more similarities in doctrine with the US Marines than they do with the Navy. I wonder if they worked something out where RN pilots get some training time in US F-35B’s while the US gets an extra flattop to train and test with. The QE will need at least a year…

Here is a note that a Labour treasury minister actually left on his desk in 2010 when he left. The Prime Minister has waved this note at the opposition benches during PMQs.

Sorry, but it sounds like you have a problem with the idea of taxes as a concept. Taxes are a necessity of governing; what those taxes are used on are ultimately up to that governing body, but as a general guideline should be used for the betterment of those thus governed. To have control to the extent that you could,…

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