3rd self-drive crash for Tesla!

10 August 2016 /19:07 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

For at least the third time a Tesla being operated on autopilot crashed, this time it was in China, and this time the driver lived.

The self-drive ‘Autosteer’ crash happened in Bejing, last week.  For some reason the Tesla sideswiped a […] Continue Reading…

More of your taxes going out-of-country: U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster!

10 August 2016 (09:39 UTC-07 Tango 01) 20 Mordad 1395/06 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/08 Bing-Shen 4714

Near Miami, Florida, there’s a warehouse full of food and even vehicles paid for with your tax dollars, but none of it’s for you!

This is a pic of USAID ops being directed through DoD’s U.S. AfriCom […] Continue Reading…

World War Three: 116th Snake River’s 2015 NTC Rotation

Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne. D Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Oregon Army National Guard. Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

In August 2015, the 116th Cavalry (Cav-al-ry, not Cal-vary) Brigade Combat Team (Idaho, Montana & Oregon) […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: 60 years, the KC-135 flies through the Cold War & beyond!

09 August 2016 (13:15 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Mordad 1395/05 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/07 Bing-Shen 4714

60 years ago Boeing created the cargo hauler/airborne fueler for the U.S. Air Force, called the KC-135 (it is not a 707, its development was actually started before the 707).  

Here’s a USAF ‘remember when’ and current operations video about […] Continue Reading…

Republicans block your access to military bases!

09 August 2016 (12:46 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Mordad 1395/05 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/07 Bing-Shen 4714

According to a recent U.S. Air Force news report residents of three U.S. states, and one U.S. territory, can no longer use their locally issued drivers licesense as identification to enter a U.S. military base.

It’s because Minnesota, Missouri, Washington and […] Continue Reading…

Obama deploys Texas militia on historic Middle East dominating mission!

08 August 2016 (15:44 UTC-07 Tango 01) 18 Mordad 1395/04 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/06 Bing-Shen 4714

“It’s the first time that an engineer brigade headquarters has had this type of mission within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. We have had other engineer brigades in Iraq and Afghanistan other times but they have had different types […] Continue Reading…

Russian Antonov delivers KC-130J simulator to U.S. Marines in Japan!

“We don’t do many jobs like this. It’s a great opportunity for our crew to carry some cargo for MCAS Iwakuni.”-Sergei Nenashev, radio operator of the Russian operated An-124

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Jacob A. Farbo.

08 August 2016/08 августа 2016 (15:14 UTC-07 Tango 01), 18 Mordad 1395/04 Dhu […] Continue Reading…

“It’s brutal…like standing in a line for a guillotine!” 10,000+ jobs killed in one month! : July 2016 U.S. Tech/Communications layoffs

More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in July 2016:

Sweden based telecom company Ericsson warned of global layoffs, including in the United States, due to an 11% drop in sales and a 26% drop in profits.

Arizona: The Arizona […] Continue Reading…

News you didn't know mattered