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Hall Of Shame! German Navy Attempts To Shoot Down ‘Friendly’ MQ-9 Reaper Drone But Fails Twice


The Daring-class destroyer HMS Dragon is the only Royal Navy ship to be adorned with a dragon on each side of her bow. The Welsh dragons were removed when the bow was repainted during a refit in 2011, but a campaign raised the funds to restore them in 2016.

Leap Year Traditions, Celebrations and Superstitions

    One of the most widely practiced leap day traditions can be traced to 5th-century Ireland. At the time, it was common practice that proposals were solely a gentleman’s privilege. However, during leap day, the roles were reversed and matrimony-minded women were presented the chance to propose to their man instead. In Scotland, the tradition is still taken very seriously, requiring men who refuse a proposal to pay a fine. In the United States, this tradition inspired an American adaptation known as Sadie Hawkins dances, in which girls ask boys to be their dates.

    Known as the leap year capitol of the world, Anthony, Texas, boasts a huge four-day festival celebrating leap day in style. People travel from all over to take part in parades, hot air balloon rides and birthday dinners celebrating leap day babies.

    Many cultures believe being born either on leap day or during a leap year is bad luck. In Scotland, it’s thought that people born on Leap Day are doomed to have bad luck forever. Likewise, in Russia, Taiwan and Italy, leap day is not met with happiness. The Italians have a saying, “anno bisesto, anno funesto,” which translates to “leap year, gloomy year.”

    Those whose birthdays fall on Feb. 29 are known as “leapers” or “leaplings.” They usually celebrate their birthday on Feb. 28 or March 1 depending on their state of residence. The odds of being born on Leap Day are 1 in 1,461, although if you’re lucky enough to beat those odds, you gain exclusive membership to the Honour Society of Leap Year Day Babies. Once every four years, people born on Feb. 29 can celebrate on their actual birthday.

The Logic and Lore of Leap Day

NCSC Wall of Spies Artifact: One of the 16 IBM Selectric typewriters at the US Embassy Moscow found to have KGB bugs in them in 1984. NSA’s Project GUNMAN discovered the bugs after removing, replacing, and examining every piece of communications equipment at the Embassy.





Fun Fact: Actor and artist Tom Wilson and David Brooks (WSJ & later to present a columnist for NY Times) were on the Radnor Pennsylvania High School debate team together and was roomates with Andrew Dice Clay. Brooks later reviewed BACK TO THE FUTURE for the Wall Street Journal. Listen to Tom discuss it at about the 32:40 mark:



Did not know he's also a Pop Fugue Artist.


Screencaps from his short video at Tom Wilson - I AM POP ART

Longer vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsWSLoYQKPo


Cautiously looking forward to this one... Apple TV+ has ordered a series adaptation of the William Gibson novel "Neuromancer."


The 10-episode series hails from co-creators Graham Roland and JD Dillard. Roland will also serve as showrunner, while Dillard will direct the pilot.

Cyberpunk art for Neuromancer:



Cyberpunk 2.0. art by Hubert de Lartigue, Larry Elmore, John Zeleznik, Doug Anderson...




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Remington Rand Univac Ad (1956) & SPARTIVAC: Tonight We Divide By Zero!!




Feelin like a rebel Rogue...hammer down in 22 movie clips from Jim Morrison driving a 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 to Death Proof (2007)...Let's GOooo...