Belesarius

Folland Gnat, first prototype. I went to the trouble to dig up picks of the exact aircraft shown in the video, G-39-2:


 

 

 

BMP-2 with 125 mm gun. Early 1980s, USSR. 

Caves of Qud looks like a MSDoS error screen.

I thought those guys are cheap up-armor to protect from shaped charges?

Mi-26 - best AA helicopter!
 

Today I learned about the time Israel reposessed a bunch of missile boats; http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Escape-from-Cherbourg

People very rarely go out and shoot people just for being the other gender, hell even Elliot Rodger wanted to kill men too because his poor little feelings couldn't handle the thought that nobody wanted him but instead wanted actually socialized humans, and he was mad at them too. The only one I can really think of who did something straight up like that is Marc Lepine.
 
Incidentally: the worst of tumblr: really not a huge deal. If they want to have their own weird angrily touchy-feely circlejerk, they don't usually delve into straight up agitprop against men like, say, mgtows do.
 
 
 
I have met far too many people who have let their blood flow out of their brain when the subject comes up so to speak to truly believe either gender is significantly picky. Too many guys in bars whose standards sound like a NASA countdown.
 
Weirdly I can't think of any time I've gotten hit on by a dude. Then again unlike some people here despite growing up in an incredibly gay neighborhood I don't go to gay hangouts.
 
 
 
Literally and cheerfully, given the opportunity.

Has anyone noticed if he signs his name with the wrong hand? I watched the series "V" in the 1980s. I know how the alien mind works!

A triple posting about boobs calls for the Total Recall homage!
 

 
And an interesting story about the actress Lycia Naff who was in that scene.

Belesarius has perfected the triple poast.

Tomorrow's post will be about the T-72A "Dolly Parton."

Terry Pratchett reading guide:
 

I'm making a trip to Europe sometime this year. Very good timing for me.

I distinctly remember when his book came out, reading the subtitle and think "yeah, right."

I'm pretty much of the opinion that if you make it through SEAL training, and see combat as a SEAL, you pretty much have nothing left to prove to anyone.  No need to lie about your service to make yourself look better.  The article mentioned his mental state might be a PTSD symptom.  I wouldn't write it off totally, but it sounds like Chris Kyle was a bit of a dick in general.

Never mind look down shoot down, how are you going to get the first spot to get the birds in the air?
 
I'm a first church of high and fast man, but low and fast is even worse.
 
On the other hand making it actually work would be crazy. I have a feeling dealing with something shitting radiation is even worse when you're trying to deal with making it work as intended. Add in a good deal of MacNamoronic decisions and it's not a good time for a manned plane period, let alone one cruising for a troublesome development cycle.

This one came across my feed and I immediately though that this is how my Commieboo comrades would play lawn darts if enough vodak and black bread was involved:
 

T-34-85 strong!
 

You can tell it's an American T-34-85 because it has chrome rims.

How make a thread on SVD barrel in 2 minutes, in easy 3 steps, by Ukrainian 'professional'.

https://www.full30.com/video/a77d5af1e6cf50e26477a46ac62a55df
 
SS pistol in Belt Buckle.

I'm not certain about that de-scenting bit. I've met some stinky ferrets and stinky ferret owners.
 
What I AM certain of is my affection for the 1982 family classic The Beastmaster, starring Kodo and Podo.
 
https://youtu.be/F461FINv3DU
 
(Also, I'm not sure why the YouTube embedding no longer works cause I'm as bright as Dar in that movie...)

This is from Reddit.  Unfortunately, retrieved from the AH forums, but I get info from wherever I can find it. :"I posted this comment in an earlier thread, but the mods removed that thread. I think it's worth repeating here...
A Russian blogger has speculated that a coup may have been launched by a faction of Russia's intelligence community that dissaproves of Putin's handling of the Ukraine crisis.

One Russia analyst sums up what he thinks a variety of stories in the last few weeks amount to - a slow-motion coup in which some security officials in the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Protective Service (FSO) with Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, former KGB, team up against Putin, whose allies are Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov and the Interior Ministry or police, which also commands thousands of internal troops.

Two blog posts from the LiveJournal blogger v_n_zb known as KatrinSha on Twitter provide some insights. This blogger is saying what others including independent newspapers and analysts are saying, but she's putting it together more coherently than most. Some of her insights match those of Andrei Illarionov, former advisor to Putin now at the Cato Institute, who says "the generals are taking over."

The first post concerns Yevgeny Primakov, one of the veteran political "clan" leaders of Moscow, who as a former foreign minister, intelligence chief and prime minister has a lot of influence. (See Lithuanian expert Marius Laurinavičius's piece Primakov Clan’s Trap for the West or a Little about Putin’s Peace Roadmap).

Primakov, who was born in Kiev advocates keeping the Crimea but not annexing the Donbass, so he is something of a "moderate" compared to others although non-Russians disagree with his plan for "centralization" which contains within it Russian homogenization, and Westerners would find his diatribes against "neo-liberalism" quite Soviet.
...
In his speech at the prestigious Mercury Club, where he serves as president, on January 13, 2015 Primakov basically "tore Putin's policy to bits."

He said Donbass should remain in Ukraine

He opposed Russia's self-isolation

He advocated a move away from Russia's role as "the world's gas station" and diversification of the economy

He acknowledged anti-semitism, chauvinism and neo-Nazis as big problems in Russia

Primakov's starkest comment in this speech was:

"There are no grounds to believe the readiness of the executive government to propose a justified plan based on concretely specified actions to turn the country toward diversification of its economy and its growth on this basis."
tl;dr: Certain high ranking officials in the Russian government, particularly Yevgeny Primakov, sincerely doubt that Putin can resolve the Ukrainan and economic crises. They fear that Putin may throw Russia into chaos, so Primakov and his allies could be motivated to depose him

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia...-14-2015/#7468

Russia's media has also suddenly adopted a new tone towards the Ukrainian conflict since Putin went missing:

KatrinSha focuses on events of the last week that she believes will tell us who is really in charge in Russia:

1. The term "Novorossiya" and "DNR and LNR" disappeared from state television channels and the terms "Lugansk and Donetsk Regions" replace them.

2. The "purging" of the "implacable" field commanders among the Russian-backed separatists has begun -- we could note there was an assassination attempt on Mozgovoy and Motorola (Pavlov) is also believed to be targeted.

3. Separatist units have begun to be called "bandit formations" in Russian media

4. Two additional humanitarian convoys have been sent immediately to the Donbass. "This time the quotation marks can be removed from the word humanitarian," says KatrinSha."
 
 
I also had a Daily KOS link, (Yes I know they are as slanted as fuck, but it was an interesting rundown)
 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/14/1371003/-Looks-like-Obama-may-have-outplayed-Putin