Plan B Forum

The two things Reagan pushed were 'Brilliant Pebbles' which was space based and consisted of thousands of satellites equipped with missiles to attach incoming ICBMs; and project Excalibur which used laser beams. Neither came to anything, IIRC.

Jamey Noel was Sheriff of Clark County IN (just across the river from Louisville) until an investigation by Indiana State Police led to his arrest last November. He is accused (and of course he is presumed innocent unless he is found guilty) of using something like $5 million of public funds for his...

This week will be 40 years exactly since I moved to the US. I thought it would be for three months but I'm lazy - they kept paying me so I thought I'd stay a while. I'm not a citizen so I don't vote - still pay $2000 every few years for my green card - I have never felt the urge to become a citizen ...

And the loopies are out in force. Daily Mail is reporting that 23 Ohio River barges broke free in Pittsburgh, and the local cops closed down the downstream McKees Rock Bridge as a precaution. Makes sense to me and well done those cops. In the comments section we have this from JulesBoys who apparent...

You're right RR - it was the prosecution - I just looked it up. So my point about calling him for cross-examination is wrong.

I have just heard on NPR that Johnson has offered MT Greene (R-GA) a position as Advisor to the Speaker because she has been saying mean things about him. I think he has just booted himself up to a 9.95.

I ran a lab dealing with environmental samples, analyzing them for toxic metals and PCBs and pollutants of all types. Because samples and testing results could be used in prosecutions against those who contaminated ground or rivers or marine waters or air, we had to have very strict chain-of-custody...

/Users/andrewclifton/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/derivatives/D/DA7C7D0D-EC78-47A4-B8E2-4A0FFD6BF450_1_105_c.jpeg (I think I have posted that as an image - my Mac sometimes has trouble with these so someone will have to let me know if that works. It should be an image of a shadow...

For years now the prevailing wisdom has been that Havana Syndrome is really only mass hysteria in a new format and possibly just a new vehicle for lawsuits designed to get USG payouts for frivolous claims. I'm normally cautious when I see this sort of stuff on the intertubes but this has, at least o...

Nailed it, Sue! Having said that, if I were forced to pick between McCarthy and Mike Johnson I think I'd choose McCarthy. On a 1 to 10 scale of odiousness Johnson is a 9.9 (TFG has a permanent claim to the 10-spot here) while McCarthy is only a 9.5.

And the Daily Mail is reporting (yes, yes, I know - the words daily and mail and reporting should never be in the same sentence) that about half the US population do not believe the simple explanation that an out of control ship accidentally banged into the bridge supports. 45% believe in one of a n...

I recall the last eclipse when Trump went outside and peered up at the sun. I wonder how these guys know when the eclipse would be? I know, they listen to the scientists who did the calculations of where and when. I have yet to hear of the Trumpites who 'did their own research' to find out how to se...

There was a Guardian piece about this a couple of weeks ago. A bit more detail than the MSN piece lib quoted.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... ve-existed

Both my parents smoked when I was kid and I was fervently against it. Then in grad school I fell in with a dope-smoking crowd and in those days we used to mix resin with cigarette tobacco and roll a big joint and pass it around. The dope smoking phase passed quickly enough - lasted maybe a year at t...

And another R caught for trying - apparently successfully - to submit multiple votes. Iowa woman found guilty of voter fraud in support of Republican husband Kim Taylor of Woodbury county given eight-month custodial sentence for helping Jeremy Taylor fraudulently win election https://www.theguardian...

Trump’s Easter message: @realDonaldTrump HAPPY EASTER TO ALL, INCLUDING CROOKED AND CORRUPT PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES THAT ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO INTERFERE WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024, AND PUT ME IN PRISON, INCLUDING THOSE MANY PEOPLE THAT I COMPLETELY & TOTALLY DESPISE BECAUSE THE...

I wish we could unsee things.

I read enough Arabic to know that the last word (i.e., leftmost: كيتي ) in Joe's title is 'kitty' or at least a transliteration thereof. I can't read the rest.

My recollection - and possibly I am confusing this with another case - is that she was genuinely confused about her situation thinking that she had 'paid her debt to society' which is why she submitted a provisional vote. We can argue that the law should be changed (should ex-felons be allowed to vo...

We're gonna need a bigger cross!