New record: from the time they opened the door of the plane to the time I walked into my home: 17 minutes.
That includes stopping to pee and taking an Uber.
The only thing worse than a huge line at the TSA checkpoint is no line at the TSA checkpoint.
They'll stand there and stare at the x-ray of your bag for 15 minutes like they're trying to will a bomb into appearing.
Sorry, TSA people. Your lives will never have meaning.
This rather masturbatory military video popped up on my feed and I watched half of it out of morbid curiosity.
Yemeni launches missile at US jet. US jet evades. US successfully retaliates, spending approximately 100× on munitions, fuel, airtime, etc., as the stuff they destroyed.
The Tomahawks alone cost a minimum of $2M each (times four), to blow up a missile launcher, radar truck, and command post, all equipped with ancient leftovers and hand-me-downs.
The narrator drones on and on about all of the additional aircraft, ships, support personnel, and munitions thrown at these targets in the name of endless overkill and Showing The Already Dead Who's Boss.
The partisans in the comment section cheer, as the country continues to bankrupt itself protecting the commerce of other, unappreciative nations.
Make America Broke Again!
Vibe: prog hard rock / heavy metal / jazz fusion instrumental supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE) playing their arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
LTE is Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, and Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater and Tony Levin from King Crimson.
I'll put a YouTube link below.