Tag Archives: Department of Defense

Are we there yet?

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Naomi

Oh yeah. When Harper’s Weekly Review reported that, “A top U.S. military advisor told American soldiers that they should prepare to fight in outer space,” my first thought was, “Wait — aren’t they already in outer space?” And as I … Continue reading →

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Is this the bottom of the Trump bottomless barrel? It’s got to be close

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Naomi

From Twitter just now. (We have no permanent Secretary of Defense, and the DOD has not, I just learned, held a briefing in a very long time.) This may be the ubermetaphor for the Trump administration. One of the ubermetaphors. … Continue reading →

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The Remote Controlled Abrams Tank

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Naomi

Source: The Remote Controlled Abrams Tank – Hammacher Schlemmer Maybe it’s the very, very bad week we’ve all suffered through, but… I saw this thing in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog and thought: “Is HS revealing itself to be a subtle … Continue reading →

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