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incanti: post-hurricane house in Jersey

theendhasarrived — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:02:00 -0500

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post-hurricane house in Jersey

This is why I have a hard time taking anti-obama people...

theendhasarrived — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:34:15 -0500

This is why I have a hard time taking anti-obama people seriously.

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theendhasarrived — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:58:40 -0400

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RUSSIA VIOLATES U.S. AIRSPACE The U.S. Northern Command and...

theendhasarrived — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:02:00 -0400

RUSSIA VIOLATES U.S. AIRSPACE

The U.S. Northern Command and joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command said two Russian bombers violated U.S. airspace near Alaska during recent arctic war games.

Disclosure by the command in charge of U.S. homeland defense followed a report in the Free Beacon quoting U.S. officials who said the Russian aircraft had threatened U.S. air space but did not cross into it and were met over the Pacific by U.S. F-15 interceptor jets.

“There was a single out-of-area patrol by two Russian long range bombers which entered the Alaska ADIZ that were visually identified by NORAD fighters,” John Cornelio, chief spokesman for Northcom, said in an email response to questions about the recent war games.

ADIZ is the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, a line of airspace surrounding Alaska used by the military to monitor aircraft threats.

On Capitol Hill, a senior House Republican expressed concern over the Russian war games.

“These latest reported actions show what the Russian Federation thinks of the ‘reset’ the Obama administration desperately continues to push,” said Rep. Michael R. Turner (R., Ohio), chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee.

“Incursions into our airspace, along with their threats to attack our missile defense systems, show President Putin’s aggression in the face of President Obama’s ‘flexibility,’” said Turner.

Turner was referring to open-microphone comments made by the president during a meeting in March with then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Obama was overheard telling the Russian leader not to pressure him during the election and promising “more flexibility” in negotiations with Moscow on missile defenses after his presumed reelection.

Washington and Moscow remain at odds over U.S. and NATO plans to deploy missile defenses in Europe that Russia regards as a threat to its strategic forces and that the United States insists will be limited for use against Iranian missiles.

Cornelio, the Northcom spokesman, identified the Russian aircraft were Tu-95MS bombers that “are capable of carrying a variety of payloads, including nuclear weapons.”

“NORAD continues to monitor and identify all flights approaching the Air Defense Identification Zone,” he said, noting that Russian jets observed international flight rules and their activities “were conducted in a professional manner.”

“As is their right, the Russian Air Force continues to fly in international airspace,” Cornelio said.

Cornelio declined to answer further questions, including whether the Russians notified the United State in advance of the Alaska air intrusions and whether national command authorities were notified.

Cornelio sought to play down the Russian’s arctic war games, which a Russian military spokesman said simulated attacks on “enemy air defenses” and other strategic targets.

“Russia and NORAD routinely exercise their capability to operate in the North,” Cornelio said. “These exercises are important to both NORAD and Russia and are not cause for alarm.”

The spokesman said the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone is not a “defense line” but a zone of identification marking air space.

He said the majority of the Russian exercises were “conducted mostly within Russian airspace and over the central Arctic Ocean, far from the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones.”

Other defense officials said the exercises, which began June 18, coincided with the meeting in Mexico between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Obama. Both leaders appeared unfriendly toward each other in photos and videos of the summit encounter.

Officials said the administration made no protest of the incursions and kept details of the transit into U.S. airspace secret until the exercises appeared in the U.S. press.

Some 30 strategic nuclear bombers and support aircraft, including refueling tankers and airborne warning and control aircraft, took part in the maneuvers that ended Monday.

They included the Bear H and Tu-160 Blackjack nuclear-capable bombers.

The arctic exercises by the Russians are raising concerns among European and North American governments regarding efforts by Moscow to seek control over the resource-rich arctic territory, a strategic transit point for international bombers since the Cold War.

Defense officials believe the Russian war games simulated strikes using long-range cruise missiles against the U.S. missile defense interceptor base at Fort Greely, Alaska, as well as strikes on strategic radar systems based on the Aleutian island chain.

The maneuvers also likely practiced targeting the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

A Russian military spokesman, Air Force Lt. Col. Vladimir Deryabin, was quoted in Russian press reports as saying the purpose of strategic exercise involved “practice destruction of enemy air defenses and strategic facilities.”

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familyephemera: My cousin Gail recently dropped this off on me,...

theendhasarrived — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:57:59 -0400

Better survival through topiaries.

Best be more than "snacks" at that bar.

Close quarters for 2 weeks!

Nope, I don't miss the Cold War.

familyephemera:

My cousin Gail recently dropped this off on me, and just in time for a class I was teaching on the Cold War. This is an official Government publication on what to do in case of a nuclear attack. It was printed in November of 1966 and sent to my Uncle John. It was a joint publication between the Department of Defense and the Office of Civil Defense, which was a forerunner of Homeland Security (for those of you too young to remember).

The book has various things one should do to help survive a nuclear war, ho ho. Things like planting shrubs to lower the amount of fallout affecting your house / shelter. Or other handy tips like items you may want in your shelter. Also, the longest the book mentions you could be in there was two weeks?!? That’s it? And even if it was just two weeks, some of those shelters look a wee bit cozy. Then again, they appear to be just barely underground so most likely the occupants wouldn’t have to worry about it since the initial blast would vaporize them.

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theendhasarrived — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:13:06 -0400

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"There’s a loneliness that only exists in one’s mind. The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when..."

theendhasarrived — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:58:17 -0400

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theendhasarrived — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:23:08 -0400

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this was very hard to see at the beginning but i saw it and it was heart breaking!

This…freaks me out..if i see one of these come over the...

theendhasarrived — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:17:37 -0400

This…freaks me out..if i see one of these come over the horizon chasing mankind…you better say your prayers well…..let’s just say it will be a rather greasy end.

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