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Huff Is At It Again

‘Ma’am I Am!’ Sure To Delight—Or Enrage—Readers With Its Outrageously Forbidden Tale

I don't know how many times I've asked myself “What if Dr. Seuss was alive today to write about the transgender movement?” Well, Moron R. M. Huffman must have wondered too, because he brings us this:

I tell you, the man's wasted as simply a doctor.

Why?

No thank you.

A Smart Military Blog

The US Navy's unluckiest ship almost killed a president, and things only got worse from there

The accompanying destroyers then demonstrated mock torpedo attack runs. The torpedoes' primers were supposed to be removed to ensure they wouldn't exit the tubes when fired.
Porter got into position about 6,000 yards from Iowa and commenced its mock attack. As planned, the first two torpedoes did not leave their tubes when fired, but the third torpedo's primer was in place, and it shot out of its tube, heading for Iowa.
Pandemonium erupted on Porter. After being admonished for breaking radio silence earlier, Porter's captain was reluctant to warn Iowa by radio and ordered a warning be sent by signal light.
But in the haste and confusion, Porter sent the wrong message, instead signaling Iowa that the destroyer was reversing at full speed. Realizing the mistake, Porter broke radio silence and warned Iowa of the threat.
Iowa turned to avoid the torpedo, which exploded about 3,000 yards to the rear of the battleship in its wake. All of Iowa's guns were then immediately trained on Porter, as there was fear of an assassination plot.

So not only does Porter accidentally attack the battleship with the president on board, later in the war it shoots down a kamikaze attacker, and even though the Japanese plane didn't hit Porter, it sunk her anyway.

Everyone Is Flocking To Social Media

Scientists Taught Pet Parrots to Video Call Each Other—and the Birds Loved It

Once the birds had learned how to initiate video interactions, the second phase of the experiment could begin. In this “open call” period, the 15 participating birds could make calls freely; they also got to choose which bird to dial up. Over the next two months, pet parrots made 147 deliberate video calls to other birds. Their owners took detailed notes about the calls and recorded more than 1,000 hours of video footage that the researchers analyzed.

For starters, they found that the parrots took advantage of the opportunity to call one another, and they typically stayed on the call for the maximum time allowed during the experiment. They also seemed to understand that another live bird was on the other side of the screen, not a recorded bird, researchers say. Some of the parrots learned new skills from their virtual companions, including flying, foraging and how to make new sounds.

My mistake. They were doing video calls, not social media. I think I can be forgiven for thinking that the birds were on...Twitter.

Musical Interlude

I'll be doing some shooting on the paddy breaks of Louisiana this weekend. I'll try not to provide fodder for part 2.

I Can't Imagine Why

LA business owner says nude homeless camp is deterring customers

The woman, who asked to be identified only as “Debra,” told Eyewitness News that she has owned a hair business near San Vicente Boulevard in Beverly Grove for two decades, but issues with the nearby unhoused population increased more recently.

“I have a nice clientele, but now my clientele is getting to the point where they just don’t feel comfortable,” she said, noting that she is also nervous to stay open past 6 p.m.

One photo taken on Tuesday shows a naked woman lounging on a couch at the encampment.

“I saw the couch one day out there and I think, ‘Oh my God,'” Debra recalled. 

“The next day, I came back and see she’s all over the couch and she’s just naked. She was crying. I felt bad for her, you know? I wanted to like give her something to cover up but I felt like if I do the little things, then I’ll have everyone coming and asking for help.”

Betcha anything she votes Democrat. Sew the wind...

Related: Can We Do Anything About America’s Decline?

By VDH. This last part is what gets me about all of this.

America is in a similar position to where it was in 1861, 1929, 1941, and 1968—only perhaps worse, given in all those cases, there was at least a president and Congress that identified and reacted to the crisis, whereas today our elected government is what caused the crisis.

He's absolutely right. The powers that be want the chaos, which makes things exponentially harder to fix.

To Boldly Go

This might explain why Starship's flight only lasted four minutes

They tried something. It failed. Now they are identifying why, and they'll fix it next time. That's how progress works. “Progressives” don't understand this at all, generally speaking.

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