Open house, and some quickies:

Posted on April 7, 2016 by KG

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Time to Get Serious About the F-35 Program

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52 Responses to Open house, and some quickies:

  1. KG says:
    April 7, 2016 at 07:39

     ‘…When we look underneath the Left’s ostensible demands at the commonalities among their strategies for getting their way, the matter reduces to an observation most memorably phrased by Victor Marguerite: “The fascists cannot argue, so they kill.”…’

    http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.co.nz/2016/04/looking-underneath.html

  2. Robertv says:
    April 7, 2016 at 08:23

    Dictator Obambi

    Taxes

    President Obama has passed a simpler and fairer tax code that closes the loopholes that benefit wealthy Americans in order to help the struggling American families who need assistance most.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/taxes

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwJH2oPWrc

    The Peter Schiff Show Podcast – Episode 157

  3. K2 says:
    April 7, 2016 at 10:08

    Re: F35.

    If you want world beating all purpose weapon systems that will still be world beating in 30 years then they are going to cost a lot of money. They are also, of necessity, going to be highly complex and therefore, at least for a while, have low reliability and take a significant time to debug. If you only want to maintain 2 or 3 companies capable of building world beating weapons systems then you are going to have to pay for keeping them going.

    You can argue about the philosophies behind the procurement of such weapons, but complaining about cost, reliability and schedule delays is just silly because it’s already been baked into the pudding. The result is spending 100 billion on a B-2 bomber and then only building 24 of them. Ridiculous.

    • KG says:
      April 7, 2016 at 10:51

      “…but complaining about cost, reliability and schedule delays is just silly because it’s already been baked into the pudding….”
      If they’d already been “baked into the pudding” then the project wouldn’t be badly behind schedule and wildly over budget.
      And these white elephants can be grounded by something as simple as an internet or satellite outage. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_wacko.gif
      In any case, there’s a damn good argument to be made for simpler weapons in much greater numbers, especially given the increasing effectiveness and numbers of relatively cheap sophisticated ground-to-air missiles.
      The age of the high-tech fighter and of aircraft carriers may be over.

      • Bo Chandler says:
        April 7, 2016 at 13:12

        America and her allies are quite infatuated with spending trillions of dollars creating cutting edge military tools that have no application in any of the many wars they insist on waging.

        Meanwhile they do their best to neglect or scuttle proven equipment and all-but ignore low cost high yield technology that wouldn’t break the taxpayers back.

        The simplest reason is usually the correct one. It’s easier to organise one $1b bribe from a single company than it is to organise 1000 $1m bribes from 1000 different manufacturers.

        • K2 says:
          April 7, 2016 at 18:17

          America and her allies are quite infatuated with spending trillions of dollars creating cutting edge military tools that have no application in any of the many wars they insist on waging.

          You are correct. You only expend that kind of money on weapons which are required to counter an existential threat to the west. Not buying those types of weapons requires making the bet that there will not be an existential threat by a technologically advanced enemy for at least a decade or two, depending on the capabilities of your potential enemy.

          • Bo Chandler says:
            April 7, 2016 at 20:14

            If by “existential threat” you mean “impediment to naked global aggression” then you might be correct.

      • K2 says:
        April 7, 2016 at 18:05

        “And these white elephants can be grounded by something as simple as an internet or satellite outage.”

        I suggest you use the same filter on those kinds of claims that you do on the other excretions of the MSM.

        As for the aircraft carriers you may be right. Perhaps one reason why the uber expensive F35B was developed – a stealth aircraft which can fly off of cargo ships if necessary to maintain sea control. Something that relates to the security of the good folks down under. And if the age of the high tech fighter is over, why are both Russia and China trying to develop one?

        • KG says:
          April 7, 2016 at 18:09

          “I suggest you use the same filter on those kinds of claims that you do on the other excretions of the MSM.”
          I’ll see if I can find the source again, K2. The guy making that clain was an ex-USAF colonel who worked in the Pentagon on various procurement contracts.

          • Jamie says:
            April 7, 2016 at 20:36

            “America and her allies are quite infatuated with spending trillions of dollars creating cutting edge military tools that have no application in any of the many wars they insist on waging.”

            I’m a big believer in the old school

            NZ Airforce should just take a page out of the Warbirds Over Wanaka. A squadron of Spitfires or P-51’s would do the trick nicely I reckon

  4. Ronbo says:
    April 7, 2016 at 10:23

    Robertv says:

    “Who needs Congress?”

    Certainly not the Obama Regime!

    Presidential Executive Orders (Rule By Decree) are so much easier to enact – all you need is a lackey to type up the paperwork and a pen to sign it.http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_wacko.gif

  5. Gregoryno6 says:
    April 7, 2016 at 10:32

    Climate forecasts may be flawed = Pope may be Catholic.

      • KG says:
        April 7, 2016 at 10:53

        From the link:
        ‘It’s all hands on deck to stop the only presidential candidate who wants to save America from the cheap labor plutocrats.

        Cruz has flipped to Trump’s side on every important political issue of this campaign — which only ARE issues because of Trump. These are:

        — Quadrupling the number of foreign guest workers to help ranchers and farmers get cheap labor: Cruz was for it, and now is against it.

        — Legalizing illegal aliens: Cruz was for it, and now is against it.

        — The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal: Cruz was for it, and now is against it.

        — Building a wall: Cruz was against it, and now is for it…’

        • Bo Chandler says:
          April 7, 2016 at 12:59

          Precisely.

          Every asshole in the game was squabbling for the middle-ground before Trump came in and committed the cardinal sin of crapping on the two-party-one-party narrative.

          Cruz was just as spineless as the rest, and if elected you can be sure he’ll jump in the mental time machine and pretend Trump never arrived.

  7. Darin says:
    April 7, 2016 at 13:17

    8.0 second Ford Fairmont http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_cool.gif

    https://youtu.be/0TQDQzV-FxE

    • Bo Chandler says:
      April 7, 2016 at 20:20

      The final race had a surprise ending.

      I thought the Fairmont had it but the other car rocketed in from behind, some 30kph (?) and two tenths of a second faster http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_wacko.gif

      That said, the fairmont seems like the ultimate sleeper. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_yes.gif

  8. Darin says:
    April 7, 2016 at 13:51

    Top five feminist fails-

    https://youtu.be/kfUxhJo-XLM?t=16s

    http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_yahoo.gif

  10. Jamie says:
    April 7, 2016 at 19:47

    It’s thirsty Thursday – Completely off topic here….Does anyone else ever get the feeling they were born into the wrong time and place?

    “Indian Chief Two Eagles was asked by a white U.S. government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years. You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances. You’ve seen his progress, and the damage he’s done.”

    The Chief nodded in agreement.

    The official continued, “Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?”

    The Chief stared at the government official then replied,

    “When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women do all the work, medicine man free, Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex.”

    Then the Chief leaned back and smiled, “Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWs4jrl8Sk

    Take me back then

  11. KG says:
    April 7, 2016 at 20:09

    ‘Dutch people power crushes expansionist Brussels’
    well, not quite…
    ‘..The Dutch people will now have to wait with bated breath to see whether their country’s government and the EU elite will accept their democratic decision.
    Ministers in the Netherlands have already made noises about the result of the referendum not being legally binding, whilst arrogant Brussels bureaucrats have already ploughed ahead with putting the agreement with Ukraine in place…. ‘
     http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/658753/Dutch-referendum-Nexit-Brexit-voters-EU-Brussels-Ukraine-deal

  12. KG says:
    April 7, 2016 at 20:15

    8O
    ‘BRUSSELS’ migration chief has tonight unveiled jawdropping plans to encourage MORE economic migration to the continent despite the ongoing refugee crisis.’
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/658812/Brussels-chief-unveils-EU-master-plan-MORE-economic-migration

    • Jamie says:
      April 7, 2016 at 20:22

      And here I was thinking I’m the crazy one – bloke’s off his rocker

      • KG says:
        April 7, 2016 at 20:23

        Yep. Or taking big bribes?

        • Bo Chandler says:
          April 7, 2016 at 20:41

          As I’ve stated elsewhere. This has nothing to do with economic migration, nor even is it about declining birth rates.

          They could have imported a million Buddhists with little to no incidents.

          They chose muslims because the resultant destabilisation is part of the plan. The inbred muzzie terror will trigger martial law. Brussels will let the troops off the least with zero rules of engagement. The muzzies will be stomped but the troops will never leave.

          Nobody in Europe should be expecting to fight the muslim menace without first having to wipe out their own troops.

        • Robertv says:
          April 8, 2016 at 20:42

          Divide to stay in power.

          http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_cool.gif

          We The Cannon Fodder and Guinea Pigs

  16. Darin says:
    April 8, 2016 at 00:51

    Merle Haggard – R.I.P.

    https://youtu.be/Gv61zBZacpo

    “Are the good times really over for good?

  17. Grog says:
    April 8, 2016 at 05:03

    Peter comments on a link from Snoggeramus about a rehearsal gone wrong.

    http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2016/04/doofus-of-day-898.html

    http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_unsure.gif

  18. rivoniaboy says:
    April 8, 2016 at 19:38

    I think this sentence by Taki Theodoracopulos might resonate with you KG, knowing of your love for beautiful wooden boats.
    “The man who owns the Indian Wells tournament, multibillionaire Larry Ellison, is a pretty disgusting individual, who among many other horrors has also managed to ruin the America’s Cup by introducing ugly, mosquito-like high-tech catamarans, as likely to be sailed by the normal sailor as one is to swim up Niagara Falls.”

    • KG says:
      April 8, 2016 at 19:51

      Amen, Taki! (he’s a great admirer of Velsheda, as I am. She represents the pinnacle of the art of building wooden boats)
      Thanks for that, Rivoniaboy. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_smile.gif

  19. KG says:
    April 8, 2016 at 20:11

    What could possibly go wrong?
    Britain:
    ‘NHS to recruit 400 doctors from India to tackle crisis of GP shortages: And they could bypass training and exams to start as soon as possible ‘