In The News

Comparing today’s news with yesterday’s, and trying to make sense of it all.

And The Satellite-Guidance System Takes Over

It was the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB aka Mother of All Bombs) that was used on April 13, 2017 in Afghanistan. Designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, MOAB is the most powerful conventional bomb ever used [...]

Plans To Debut 8K TVs In Year 2018

While most of us are just getting used to the notion of 4K televisions, there is talk of plans to debut 8K in the year 2018. Sharp and Foxconn are building in Guangzhou, China as several states in the U.S. [...]

Super Bowl 51 (LI) Details

New England Patriots VS Atlanta Falcons February 5, 2017 NEW ENGLAND: 34 ATLANTA: 28 Game time: 6:30 PM EST/5:30 PM CST/11.30pm GMT Frequency: WHAM AM 1180 kHz Network: Fox Updates: ESPN Weather Report: Houston, TX Controversial Commercial: Born The Hard [...]

Coming Up For Fresh Air

If there was an alleged tweet from the newly elected leader telling them to keep it, I wonder what the item was… An underwater drone perhaps? And did the newly elected leader tell them to keep it? Let them keep [...]

Fleet Week In Baltimore

You can bet your DUF6 that the big buzz was in Baltimore this past week. Why hex yeah, climb aboard the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. This was at a cost of $46.9 million, including a $28.3 million [...]

The Ship That Would Cost $13 Billion

The Ship That Would Cost $13 Billion

Austerity say ye? Not enough food for the poor, or lack of shelter for the homeless? No funding for crumbling infrastructure? What about a warship that will cost taxpayers approximately $13 billion ($12.8 billion + $4.7 billion R&D) and possibly [...]

Watch: My Sword Is Bigger Than Yours

A Pittsburgh store owner pulls out a bigger sword than the would be robber had. The robber alias swordsman and accomplice can be seen fleeing out of the store and trotting down the sidewalk. You might want to do a [...]