RSS- Yuriy Butusov on the “difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction”
- “Project 2025 Is A Blueprint For Business Disaster”
- The smoke signals were correct. Biden bails out of the presidential race, right on schedule!
- “CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say”
- Efforts escalate to get Biden to withdraw as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president
- Duck Punt Sailing Around the World
- An old British soldier’s thoughts on the Trump assassination attempt
- The federal criminal case against Trump about classified documents is dismissed because the special counsel was illegally appointed
- Assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally; a wound is in his right ear area
- Model rocket nails vertical landing after three year effort
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Yuriy Butusov on the “difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction”
There is a critically difficult situation in the Pokrovsky direction, which requires immediate systemic and considered decisions of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Over the past seven days, the enemy advanced 6 km in the direction of Mirnograd-Pokrovsk. On … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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“Project 2025 Is A Blueprint For Business Disaster”
Project 2025: A Road Map to Oblivion That playbook is Project 2025, a 900-page report developed by the Heritage Foundation and a large coalition of conservative groups to help a second Trump presidency hit the ground running. “If we are going to rescue … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Politics, TTG
71 Comments
“CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say”
Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients’ computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, TTG
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Duck Punt Sailing Around the World
Time for a change of pace. I’ve sang the praises of the West Mersea duck punt before. Such a marvelously simple and honest craft, whether in its native West Mersea salt marshes of Essex, England or in the tropical waters … Continue reading
Posted in Messing about in boats, TTG
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An old British soldier’s thoughts on the Trump assassination attempt
DJ Trump must be pleased his attacker was such a poor shot. This recent attempt on his life proves, when anyone can obtain an automatic rifle everyone is at risk, even those with a Secret Service detail to protect them. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Society, Current Affairs, TTG, United Kingdom
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Model rocket nails vertical landing after three year effort
Model rocketry has always taken cues from what’s happening in the world of full-scale rockets, with amateur rocketeers doing their best to incorporate the technologies and methods into their creations. That’s not always an easy proposition, though, as this three-year … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Space, TTG
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“US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow”
WASHINGTON — Come 2026, the US Army can begin deploying some of its new, longer-range munitions to Germany under a new agreement the two nations inked ahead of the NATO summit. “The United States will begin episodic deployments of the long-range … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Russia, The Military Art, TTG, weapons
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“Before Biden can save Ukraine, he must use the NATO summit to save himself”
CNN — The NATO summit was long planned to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, to lock in longterm military support for Ukraine and even to future-proof the West against a possible second term for Donald Trump. But no one expected the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Policy, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Eric Newhill on rigged elections
Johnson, Giuliani, the Kraken, etc. are all mostly nonsense. Highly unprofessional hacks, going off half-cocked. I say “mostly” nonsense because they were intuitively correct that there is something systematic occurring. From what I can see, it must be originating from … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, government, Politics, TTG
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Navy Super Hornets carrying air-launched SM-6 Missiles participating in RIMPAC exercise
The two missiles sport the designation XAIM-174B (or NAIM-174B) and were carried by Super Hornets belonging to the VFA-2 and VFA-192 taking part in RIMPAC 2024 exercise. On Jul. 2, 2024, an F/A-18E Super Hornet belonging to the VFA-192 “Golden … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, weapons
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