Monthly Archives: April 2019

Ave Maria

"A gutted roof, blackened stone and a gaping hole where the spire once stood. The scale of the damage caused by a devastating fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral on Monday has been revealed by dramatic images shot from … Continue reading

Posted in Current Affairs, France, Religion | 24 Comments

The Lost Comments

For those suffering from Lost Disqus Comments Anxiety (LDCA), I will write again that I have arranged with Disqus for them to send me a message containing all those comments.  It is queued up and when I receive it, I … Continue reading

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Targeting Hizbullah – TTG

Last week Colonel Lang told us of the latest Middle Eastern goofiness of the Trump administration focusing on our declaring the IRGC a terrorist organization and Pompeo’s truly zany effort to turn the Lebanese government against Hizbullah. If not for … Continue reading

Posted in Borg Wars, Lebanon, Middle East, TTG | 20 Comments

Open Thread 15 April 2019

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Posted in Open Thread | 19 Comments

al-Sisi is evidently not impressed with Trump

"The reasons behind the decision, according to the sources, is that Egypt doesn’t wish to harm its relations with Iran, as well as it doesn’t believe that US President Donald Trump would be elected for a second term. If Trump … Continue reading

Posted in Egypt, Middle East | 13 Comments

Musk does it again. Bravo!

"Payload fairings are the nose cones that surround and protect satellites during launch. SpaceX has yet to re-fly any fairings, but doing so has always been part of the plan. The company outfits each fairing half with an avionics system … Continue reading

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Disqus

I am thinking of disabling Disqus on SST.  Many commenters here find them difficult to deal with and lately they have stopped posting approved comments on some basis that is obscure.  Disabling the service will cause some loss of posted … Continue reading

Posted in Ukraine Crisis | 38 Comments

Falcon Heavy landed all three boosters last night

Mission Arabsat 6A carried  a major communications satellite into a high geosynchronous orbit last night.  This bird will provide service all over the Arab World and East Africa.  This was a commercially funded mission.  Watch the tape.  Enjoy.  pl https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/livestream-watch-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-launch-and-landing.html

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” … Six US Agencies Conspired …”

"Here is what we now know, per intelligence gleaned form federal law enforcement sources with insider knowledge of what amounts to a plot by U.S. intelligence agencies to secure back door and illegal wiretaps of President Trump’s associates: Six U.S. … Continue reading

Posted in As The Borg Turns, Russiagate | 2 Comments

RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 11 APRIL 2019 (by Patrick Armstrong)

IRONY. Putin attended the opening ceremony of the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Moscow Region. In his Russian-built Aurus. His previous ride was a Mercedes. I suppose he would eventually have wanted a Russian-made limo, but I can't help thinking this … Continue reading

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