Sunday, November 29, 2009

Did the Boeing 787 fail it's first re-test?

If, as reported by a commenter on Aubrey Cohen's SeattlePI blog, the first re-test 'failed,' remember it's a test of the repair - which was a difficult task in the very confined wing root interior, and conceivably was not a perfect repair. The real test is with one of the airframes on which the modification was introduced before wing attachment, when workers had better access to the area where delaminations occured. Of course, regulators might accept results on the basis of computer modeling (a la A380); Boeing would prefer that to having to devote a second airframe to static test - but if the latter passed muster the only problem would remain with the early airframes that involved retrospective modification. Think it not impossible that this all could still end in tears...

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Obama is not a muslim. He's a goddam ChimpCo protege

No wonder the Public Option got screwed. No wonder the US got screwed.

I remain pessimistic on the ability of Congress to rein in the financial community in any serious way. They just don't have the power.

This is also the reason the US won't get a Public Option.

I remain pessimistic on the ability of Congress to rein in the financial community in any serious way. They just don't have the power.

This too, is why the US will never get a public option. Medical Part E was just to fucking easy.

Because there’s no better misdirection than appearing to be a fool.


In the infamous Operation Midnight Climax, unwitting clients at CIA brothels in New York and San Francisco were slipped LSD and then monitored through one-way mirrors to see how they reacted. They even killed an elephant with LSD. Colleagues were also considered fair game for secret testing, to the point where a memo was issued instructing that the punch bowls at office Christmas parties were not to be spiked.

Perino: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term"

No one ever remenbes the Anthrax.

Deep Thought: Why is cocaine junkie Billy Mays still on teevee?

Further, why is junkie Lush Rimbaugh?