Category Archives: TTG

Open Thread – Inauguration Day 2025

Posted on January 20, 2025 by TTG

For a day of ceremony, a lot happened today. Not unexpectedly, I might add. What struck me most was all the pardons and commutations. First Biden gave preemptive pardons to members of his family, Fauci and the entire J6 investigative … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread, TTG | 44 Comments

Dave Chappelle’s SNL Monologue

Posted on January 19, 2025 by TTG

I was in the Middle East years ago after I quit my show. I was trying to find out what I wanted to do with my life. And while I was there, Jimmy Carter flew to Israel. So everybody in … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture and Society, Current Affairs, Humor, TTG | 2 Comments

Drone Industry: American Style

Posted on January 17, 2025 by TTG

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced Thursday. The Cosa Mesa, California-based … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, The economy, The Military Art, TTG, weapons | 3 Comments

What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants?

Posted on January 16, 2025 by TTG

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. The fast-moving fire tested the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s municipal system: The final tank used to maintain … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture and Society, Current Affairs, government, TTG | 32 Comments

Two big launches scheduled for this week

Posted on January 12, 2025 by TTG

SpaceX completed a wet dress rehearsal of its fully stacked Starship rocket Friday, clearing the way for launch this Monday. This mission will set the new record for the largest rocket ever launched, thanks to the slightly taller Block 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, TTG | 5 Comments

DeSantis Pitches Moving NASA Headquarters to Florida

Posted on January 11, 2025 by TTG

While lauding a new partnership among Florida universities and Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis shoehorned in a pitch to have NASA headquarters leave the nation’s capital in favor of the Sunshine State. “There is an interest in moving the … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Space, TTG | 7 Comments

A renewed Ukrainian offensive in Kursk?

Posted on January 10, 2025 by TTG

Ukrainian forces resumed offensive operations in at least three areas within the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast and made tactical advances on January 5. Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted multiple roughly company-sized mechanized assaults in the Berdin-Novosotnitsky direction … Continue reading →

Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis | 61 Comments

True story of “Anna of Kyiv”: SBI launches investigation into formation of 155th Brigade

Posted on January 7, 2025 by TTG

In December, the State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal investigation into the circumstances of the formation of the 155th Mechanized Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv that entered the battle near Pokrovsk. The case is under the control of … Continue reading →

Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis | 36 Comments

Open Thread – 6 January 2024

Posted on January 6, 2025 by TTG

Busy shoveling snow today. It looks beautiful, but it’s heavy. County won’t get around to plowing our road until at least tomorrow. Will post something new tonight or tomorrow morning. Working on an article or two concerning the fate of … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Thread, TTG | 58 Comments

The Livelsberger Manifesto(s)

Posted on January 4, 2025 by TTG

From: dabergmlb <dabergmlb@protonmail.com> Date: On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 10:42 AM Subject: Fw: Re: Initial contact To: Cc: In case I do not make it to my decision point or on to the Mexico border I am sending this … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture and Society, Current Affairs, TTG | 47 Comments