I’m at a Christmas Party at Princeton’s Nassau Inn. I can’t believe people have Christmas parties before Thanksgiving now, but there you are. It’s good to be back home. What’s going on in your neck of the woods? Happy Holidays, deck the halls, and all that….
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Christmas party instead of dancing around naked with a lampshade on your head?
Trust me. You’re better off while he’s blogging.
Christmas? Are you sure? Is there a lot of faded orange and decor? Could it be a late Halloween Party?
Has anybody checked on ej? The Michigan loss is going be tough on the kid.
Michigan lost. Waaaaaaah. 🙁
I’m going to have a Fourth of July party on Friday.
As long as you weren’t wearing white after Labor day, it’s all good.
My team won!!!!!!!!!
what? football – bah…..
Wichita State beat George Mason. Fun game – hope we keep this new rivalry going. “mid”majors roll.
One of my neighbors already decorated her house. Imagine a one story home covered in 75 strings of Christmas lights with three sets of Santa with reindeer on the front lawn and a neon sign in the window that blinks, “Merr Chr stma .” And yes, the “i,” the “y” and the “s” have burnt out. Welcome to Avoyelles Parish.
Sounds like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. 🙂
What is that? Is that an amusement park?
An old Chevy Chase movie. It has its moments – though nothing close to the first “Family Vacation” flick.
GO BEARS!!!!
Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S.
OMG, now they are out looking for something here to bomb. We now are the target!
Published: 11/19/06, 6:25 AM EDT
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) – They’ve become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by “pilots” sitting in virtual cockpits many miles away.
But the Air Force’s Global Hawk has never flown a mission over the United States.
That is set to change Monday, when the first Global Hawk is scheduled to land at Beale Air Force Base in northern California.
“This landmark flight has historic implications since it the first time a Global Hawk has not only flown from Beale, but anywhere in the United States on an official Air Combat Command mission,” base spokesman Capt. Michael Andrews said in a statement.
Beale-based pilots are flying the drones daily on combat missions in the Middle East, Andrews said. The planes are operated by four-person crews from virtual cockpits the size of shipping containers.
The planes are designed to fly at high altitudes for 40 hour-missions covering as much as 10,000 miles, mostly providing aerial surveillance. The aircraft, which can cost more than $80 million each, can reach an altitude of 65,000 feet and send back high-resolution imagery.
The Hawks are among a growing fleet of unmanned aircraft that also includes the missile-carrying Predators and five-pound Ravens that are small enough to be carried in soldiers’ backpacks.
Beale is to have seven Global Hawks by 2009. It is currently the only U.S. base with the drones. Eventually the Air Force’s fleet will include 54 of the Global Hawks, but most will be based overseas.
Just caught a Newsmaker segment on C-SPAN. Charlie Rangel and two reporters for half an hour. Rangel held his own and then some. He answered most questions at length and with candor, including some hard ones. More than once he corrected them when they tried to put words in his mouth. It was fun to watch.
According to my DirectTV guide, the segment will run again at 5:00PM Central. Set your Tivo or make time to watch it if you can.