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Chris Zappone
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Senior journalist covering aviation @theage @smh / former digital foreign editor / Dark Shining Moment podcast
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Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet stopped operating two Chinese-made COMAC C909 aircraft on October 18 after a six-month lease contract for the planes expired, two sources familiar with the matter said. (Reuters)
A big chunk of space junk in the Pilbara, in Western Australia. (Per the Australian Space Agency).
No More Kings youtu.be/WvOZs3g3qIo (It's a shame Republicans don't have the character to embrace the Constitution these days)
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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Just a little fun with this one.
Who freakin' elected these clowns as judge, jury and executioner? "For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
Qantas among 40 companies caught up in major extortion attempt by hackers www.smh.com.au/technology/q...
What other embarassing people from Pgh?
Oh, yes Politically Correct Operation Linebacker…
Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."
Laughing at Americans’ misery: the GOP. (H/t @andyrosebrook.bsky.social )
About three-quarters of American youth do not meet the minimum requirements to serve, according to the Pentagon. (Nyt)
Remember: calling out their violent ruthlessness is an act of violence.
Obligatory non funny cartoon
How do China’s carrier aspirations sit with a technology that makes aircraft carriers redundant? coldwardaily.com/2016/01/03/c...