Orlando
Not much going on down here yet.  Arrived yesterday without a problem and the floor to the convention opens at 2pm today, so we’ll head in late morning.  I left the Mrs. Pinch at home with a totally ripped apart master bedroom – carpets gone, half the sheet-rock removed, old recessed lights dangling, yadda yadda yadda, so hopefully Paul the Builder will start today. Busy week has me flying home Thursday, watching the start to the flooring installation Fri morning then driving to Norfolk for the last Navy drill.  Home Sunday to help move everything back into the bedroom, then back to work Monday! I’m sure you all are just sitting *breathlessly* as to wha

Truman Tower
Or, as it is properly called, Primary Flight Control, or PriFly. The strategic (it could be best described) location of PriFly atop the carrier’s island lets the Air Boss and the Mini Air Boss keep a sharp eye out on all aspects of the flight deck, from the roundown on the stern to the very tippy-tip of the bow. Back in May of ‘06 I did a post about a funny st

Is Nidal Hasan a Terrorist?
I wrote this little piece up a few weeks ago. Since then, email messages have emerged between Hasan and the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki where Hasan said “I can’t wait to join you” in the afterlife. As details continue to emerge, I think there really is no question. Much has been made if Army Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, should be called a terrorist. Some say the moniker is moot – he murdered 13 people in cold blood and needs to be dealt with on those matters alone. Others eschew such semantical parsing and believe it is essential to label this event for the terrorist act it appears to have been. The fact t

Hasan to Plead Insanity?
So…accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan’s attorney said yesterday his client, paralyzed from the waist down from his wounds, could plead “Not Guilty” by reason of insanity. I’m no lawyer (my parents were married when I was born), but it seems to me that this could set up a bit of a negative precedent for a couple of groups. 1) Kill as many people as you want and claim insanity. 2) Radical Islamic jihadists would get pissed off because all of a sudden the path of the 72 virgins and all that crap – i.e. a suicide mission – turns into, instead of a measure of faith, an indication of insanity.  Not real good for PR and re

Corzine to Head Bank of America?
If Jon Corzine, the just-defeated former governor of New Jersey and all-around Democratic multi-million dollar moronic idiot ends up as the head of Bank of America, you’ll see my account there close faster than stink. Corzine Staff Is Already Preparing To Take Over Bank Of America Jon Corzine is definitely open to running Bank of America. There haven’t been any formal talks between the outgoing New Jersey Governor and the board of Bank of America, according to news reports. Part of the reason for this might be that the chairman of the board, Walter Massey, is on vacation. The