Usual Suspects
Remember the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Once upon a time, long, long ago in a country almost forgotten, wise leaders in that oil-using place decided that having some emergency supplies of usable oil was a good idea. Gee, what a good idea! Then, the new leader of that then-oil-independent country decided to turn them oil-import-dependent, so he killed permitting for a […]
Get woke, fly safer, right?
Hopefully none of our DWs and DWettes were flying Wednesday when virtually all continental air traffic was shut down or the first time since 9/11 by “serious FAA system failures”. In December 2021, the FAA, under Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, changed the “Notice to Airman” (NOTAM) to “Notice to Air Missions” — preserving the same […]
Blown Away
F/A-18E Super Hornet A little Under-weigh Replenishment (UNREP) excitement on board USS Harry S. Truman recently. No one wants excitement during UNREP. The results- one Sailor slightly injured, but it cost one F/A-18. Several of our usual suspects send. F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to USS Harry S. Truman blown overboard due to unexpected heavy weather […]
SecDef Austin Positive for Covid
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Several of our usual suspects have sent us the startling news that Secretary of Defense Austin has tested positive for the Covid virus, despite being fully vaccinated and boosted. He is reportedly experiencing mild symptoms, and will quarantine for the next five days per recently updated CDC guesswork. […]
Epstein’s Guards Charge’s Dropped
Interesting timing. David sends. Prosecutors drop charges against two correctional officers in connection with Jeffrey Epstein suicide (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York officially dropped charges against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas – the two correctional officers on duty when Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a federal lockup there. In August 2019, […]
Andrew McCabe gets his pension restored
Andrew McCabe was fired hours before he planned to retire. This firing denied him the ability to get the full pension he was expecting. He subsequently sued the Justice Department. In a settlement with them, Andrew McCabe got his full pension as well as the removal of the statement of his firing from his official […]
Senior FDA leaders stepping down
Two senior officials have resigned from their positions within the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over frustrations with the current administration’s plans to move forward with COVID-19 booster shots without their prior approval, according to a report. 32-year veteran of the agency Marion Gruber, director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research & Review […]
Pelosi Reelected Speaker
Speaker Nancy Pelosi House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won a fourth term to lead the House of Representatives. Despite a handful of defections in a close vote, she managed to keep control of the chamber. She is the first woman to be speaker, and ran unopposed in the election. Live Updates: Pelosi re-elected as House speaker […]
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