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11 years ago @ Nicole Peeler - (More) Thoughts on Sex... · 0 replies · +1 points

" D. H. Lawrence also explores sexuality and character in great detail, but he is inchoate and crazy, bless. "

Hahaha :-)

Nicely said.

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Perhaps vindicating Ap... · 0 replies · +1 points

"Riddens"?

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - British and French Off... · 0 replies · +6 points

How is this for an idea.
France and Britain buy one carrier each (of a common design) and operate them independently according to their own national agenda.
However, they buy a third carrier(same design) together, which is used predominately for the training of their personnel - and would have a mixed nationality crew.
The two independent carriers would conduct operations and exercises and deployments etc, but would not be used for training purposes normally. They would be full time fighting ships essentially, that would only need to come offline for major refits etc.
New crews and training, work-ups, etc, could be carried out on the joint carrier. That could ensure close operational cooperation experience with the two navies, and the carrier would not need to ever get too far away from home waters - under normal circumstances.
However, in a real emergency, the third carrier could be pressed into service as required. An agreement could be worked out in advance between France and Britain about how that could work.
This would cut costs and spread the costs, and increase commonality of equipment and training. ???
PS. They would probably have to go with a catapult design for all three.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - IISS Says China Now Ha... · 0 replies · +2 points

Lets try an interesting word game...
"Killing 350 million people is not the problem. US citizens will destroy their corrupt government first before facing the Chinese military. The Citizenry of the US is not our enemy."
There, fixed it for ya.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Helicopters Equipped W... · 2 replies · +2 points

Agreed. :-)
It tells you where to fly away from.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Helicopters Equipped W... · 2 replies · 0 points

Another technological wet dream that wont go anywhere.
I imagine at best it would give a zone indication like the early missile warning devices in aircraft.
And be about as useful.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Those 260,000 Stolen D... · 0 replies · +1 points

Wouldn't he have to be an American to be a traitor...???
Seeing as he is Australian - wouldn't that make you statement assinine at best!!!

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - B-1B Lancer Fleet To t... · 0 replies · +3 points

Interesting recent article by Richard Aboulafia
( http://www.richardaboulafia.com/shownote.asp?id=317 )
Saying amongst other things:

5. Heavy defense spending. A few wingnuts decry “Obama’s defense cuts,” but the FY 2011 budget is bigger than any we had under George W. Bush. A $140 billion procurement budget is as good as it gets.

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Putin Declares New Rus... · 0 replies · 0 points

Is that like You-are dead (you're).
Or bring out Your dead...???

13 years ago @ Defense Tech - Retired U.S. and Chine... · 0 replies · +1 points

" Points taken in regard to the difficulty of bringing a peasant country into the modern era. But you do realize that some of what you said sounds like apology for tyrannical misdeeds. The Great Leap Forward was done for the same reason, and it didn't end too well for the people. "

Yes, the GLF & Cultural Revolution were epic clusterf**ks on an appalling scale based on ideology and arrogance. At some point we need to let it go and move on though..?

" When the people have little to no say in what is done, even if it is supposedly on their behalf, there is a recipe for abuse. "
Suddenly I had visions of TARP and Bank Bailouts - or is that being too cynical? LOL.

Being skeptical is OK, thats fair enough because they do have ground to make up, even if and when they become more open and representative...

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