3/22/2011
Strykers and LAVs and Rosimaks, Oh My!
Plus a couple of other random 8 Wheeled Combat Vehicles, from the Brigade.
FYI: The Rosimaks are the ones that look like turretless Strykers on steroids, sometimes with chain link fence bolted to the sides (they belong to the Polish troops in Ghazni province, Afghanistan). They also have turreted (30mm) versions.
And no, those aren't Strykers with 25mm turrets. Those are Canadian LAV IIIs. The Stryker was built on the LAV III chassis.
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QOTD
From Marko:
Chernobyl resulted in fewer than a hundred deaths, and a few thousand people with radiation-related health problems, mostly from the area 20 miles around the plant. That’s the worst nuclear accident in history, and that death toll is unacceptable, and proof that nukes aren’t safe, despite the fact that hundreds of reactors worldwide have been running for decades without any accidents...More miners die every year digging for the coal that runs coal-powered plants than people have died of nuclear accidents in the history of the technology.
And I will remind everyone out there with green-energy delusions: Cheap energy is the key to the modern economy, and to improving the standard of living for everyone. The only reliable, renewable energy source that can even come close to supplying cheap energy on a reliable basis is hydropower. Which ya'll hate. Don't try to give me any of that "We should use solar/wind/unicorn farts" BS because it can't even come close to supplying what we need, when we need it, on a reliable basis.
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3/20/2011
It's Official
CNN can no longer be considered a serious news network. (From DailyCaller via Insty)
400 reporters for Prince Billy's wedding, but only 50 for Japan? Why don't ya'll just go ahead and change your name to something more fitting, like TMZ-2?
And interesting thought: I wonder what the BBC's ratio is? How about al-Jazeera? (I'm not going to add Fox News; I'm sure they're just as royal/celeb addled as CNN.)
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