• Space/Science
  • GeekSpeak
  • Mysteries of
    the Multiverse
  • Science Fiction
  • The Comestible Zone
  • Off-Topic
  • Community
  • Flame
  • CurrentEvents

Recent posts

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab BuckGalaxy March 13, 2026 11:46 pm (Space/Science)

The Republic RobVG March 11, 2026 11:40 am (Off-Topic)

The Great Lie of War BuckGalaxy March 5, 2026 9:23 am (CurrentEvents)

Overheard on the internet... ER March 4, 2026 4:37 pm (CurrentEvents)

I hate waking up to war podrock February 28, 2026 11:04 am (CurrentEvents)

The religion of nonreligion can be like nonalcohol beer: What’s the point? BuckGalaxy February 28, 2026 2:25 am (Off-Topic)

MAGAlomania unleashed again BuckGalaxy February 28, 2026 2:21 am (CurrentEvents)

‘We’re Going to the Moon and Mars’ BuckGalaxy February 26, 2026 8:41 pm (Space/Science)

Is This the Most Important Supreme Court Case of the Century? BuckGalaxy February 22, 2026 8:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

Supreme Court tries to do Trump a favor BuckGalaxy February 20, 2026 10:58 am (CurrentEvents)

Role reversal ER February 20, 2026 7:58 am (Off-Topic)

When Will This War End? The Question Is Meaningless. BuckGalaxy February 15, 2026 5:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

Home » CurrentEvents

The world is a complicated place February 8, 2023 10:20 am ER

Things aren’t as simple as they look…or as easy as we’d like.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/us-military-didnt-know-missile-162542911.html

Can you imagine if that missile had failed, for whatever reason, and had fallen down to earth? The aircraft was at the extreme limit of its ceiling, neither it nor the weapon were designed to engage targets in the stratosphere. Even if no one was hurt, or property damaged, how would we look to the world? A few hundred 20mm cannon shells raining on somebody’s farm or in a Wal-Mart parking lot would really be an embarrassment to the nation as well. And of course, the GOP would be blaming it all on Biden.

I figured this out without any particular expertise in the science of air combat, why couldn’t the Republican Party?
Biden certainly didn’t know at first, but he was smart enough to follow the advice of his generals. Can you imagine if Trump had been in charge during this affair? That balloon would be somewhere over Africa by now.

Oh, and BTW, did you see how Joe ambushed the entire GOP into promising, very publicly, they would not go after Medicare and Social Security? He may be an old fart, but he still knows how to maneuver in Congress.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/chris-wallace-says-republicans-played-160723608.html

  • The Balloon Gap by podrock 2023-02-10 16:58:48
    • Well, at least now no one can say Biden isn't serious about attacking inflation... by RL 2023-02-26 20:55:35
      • lol by podrock 2023-02-27 09:31:32
    • If's, ands or buts... by RobVG 2023-02-10 02:28:45
      • Its still an excuse to call Biden incompetent or a coward. by ER 2023-02-10 06:39:45
        • What are you talking about. by RobVG 2023-02-10 11:41:26
          • Lighten up, Rob. by ER 2023-02-10 12:35:28
      • FOX News? by ER 2023-02-08 16:18:31

        Search

        The Control Panel

        • Log in
        • Register