tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1606192008295562576..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: In the MailBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-58495674687819912872014-03-26T08:04:58.447-06:002014-03-26T08:04:58.447-06:00You were REALLY overcharged! ;-)You were REALLY overcharged! <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-38850949817269386192014-03-26T07:49:15.531-06:002014-03-26T07:49:15.531-06:00Interesting - I got a similar notice from Barnes &...Interesting - I got a similar notice from Barnes & Noble for my Nook. $55 to be exact - which surprised the heck outta me.Kris, in New Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185696221729269932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-43709585801641679192014-03-26T00:53:47.477-06:002014-03-26T00:53:47.477-06:00Buck, none of it is real anymore. Hasn't been ...Buck, none of it is real anymore. Hasn't been for some time. The movies where the bad guys make fake yuan to pay debts to the Tongs... history. Now we move binary and call it paid in full. Banking and Finance bear no resemblance at all to the classic economics taught for generations. It's all myth voodoo and legend now.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-70889626401264284152014-03-25T17:20:27.159-06:002014-03-25T17:20:27.159-06:00Yeah Curtis, never discount the disdain factor, lo...Yeah Curtis, <i>never</i> discount the disdain factor, lol, (For real :) )virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-5706446838989832472014-03-25T15:17:07.590-06:002014-03-25T15:17:07.590-06:00@Curtis: In re: "...will sell us anything we...@Curtis: In re: "...will sell us anything we can pay for..." There's the rub. Our trading partners in the near future may demand payment from us in hard currency instead of hyper-inflated dollars.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-65312235744470366782014-03-25T14:20:33.797-06:002014-03-25T14:20:33.797-06:00I think we'll be OK. It's a pity about the...I think we'll be OK. It's a pity about the Rest of World (ROW) but I've been telling them for years and years that they better arm themselves. There is no substitute for having your very own defense forces prepared to carry out your policies. My policies have come around to the point that I believe the overseas socialists and communists (85% of the world) will sell us anything we can pay for so I see no need to fight for them and pay in blood to uphold their right to sell it to me later at a mark up and with considerable disdain.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-12367703706136178422014-03-25T14:16:56.326-06:002014-03-25T14:16:56.326-06:00I'll be back. I have to rush off now and check...I'll be back. I have to rush off now and check my mail!<br />HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-36936951836655929792014-03-25T10:51:17.777-06:002014-03-25T10:51:17.777-06:00PS: Combine things like this with Obama's deci...PS: Combine things like this with Obama's decision to cease ALL production of the Tomahawk cruise missile (the Navy's ONLY offensive weapon of note outside of aircraft) in 2016 with its "replacement" a decade away--AT BEST(meaning every time we use one we'll be attriting the force towards zero w. no resupply capability) Oh yeah, we'll be able to "step up" alright--MY ASS!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-19485262135377238252014-03-25T10:44:39.814-06:002014-03-25T10:44:39.814-06:00I read about the F-16 cockpit upgrade cancellation...I read about the F-16 cockpit upgrade cancellation in the Daily Report. I'm sure a lot of Lawn Dart drivers are REAL happy about that.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-23790945923889278052014-03-25T10:42:29.098-06:002014-03-25T10:42:29.098-06:00Funny you should quote the good general and show a...Funny you should quote the good general and show a pic of F-16s in the same month the AF Times reveals that DOD is going to refuse for bean-counting reasons (to sink more $ into the 35) to bloc upgrade the Viper w. the latest electronics/radar capability just to barely keep it competitive with the latest Russian/Chicom stuff. You really CAN'T make this stuff up!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.com