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Straits, Monster, and ammo

| April 13, 2026 | 32 Comments
Straits, Monster, and ammo

Opening with the Straits of Hormuz. They are a) open b) closed or c) some weird combination of the above. Depends who you talk to. Now, the Iranians say they are open to civilian ships who pay their “toll” but not military ships. The US says we are reclosing them (which makes us different from […]

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The Right to Repair

| April 7, 2026 | 17 Comments
The Right to Repair

  Anyone follow the recent John Deere controversy, in which Big Green/Yellow is supposed to allow folks to fix their own equipment? Buy a Deere, have a problem – and find out it is a factory-only repair, regardless of whether you could make said repair blindfolded and suspended upside down.  This one seems to be […]

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Virtue Signalers Arrive in Cuba

| March 24, 2026 | 33 Comments
Virtue Signalers Arrive in Cuba

Ship of Fools Delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba last week as part of a solidarity caravan transporting humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis. Members of “Our America Convoy to Cuba” arrived by air from Italy, France, Spain, the United States and several Latin American […]

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Monday Minis

| March 23, 2026 | 12 Comments
Monday Minis

Remember when it was found that some popular workout apps could potentially reveal unit locations? Well, it happened again, in a BIG way. A French naval officer revealed the location of the Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the Marine Nationale, by publicly posting a run via smartwatch to the popular app last week. The […]

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Sailors Save Man From Submerged Car

| March 18, 2026 | 5 Comments
Sailors Save Man From Submerged Car

Navy sailors leap into action to save Pensacola man from submerged vehicle By Mike Brantley ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) – A 37-year-old Pensacola man is alive thanks to quick action by two Navy sailors who witnessed the man’s car plunge into Bayou Chico Creek Sunday night and become submerged. The Florida Highway Patrol said the […]

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Floating Drones

| March 18, 2026 | 8 Comments
Floating Drones

Guess it is not a surprise that in addition to all the Air Force drones we hear about (think Predator and Reaper…the ones with cool names) that the Navy is quickly developing new ones as well. Given that we’ve known how to make stuff float for many centuries, and fly for less than two, you […]

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Missiles everywhere

| February 25, 2026 | 4 Comments
Missiles everywhere

Believe it was Dr. Gonzo himself, Hunter S. Thompson, who slightly altered the classic phrase into “When the going gets weird, the weird get weirder.”  Trust me on this one, this was a man who knew weird – take his word for it. Today, is missile level weird. Starting off, our old acquaintances in Iran […]

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Green? Energy

| February 9, 2026 | 32 Comments
Green? Energy

Sweetwater, Texas. Nice enough place – first town of any size out of Abilene headed to El Paso. Who would think they would be at the center of a green energy controversy? One of the parts of the bill of goods sold us on green energy is how “clean” it is. Everything making energy from […]

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