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CDK@CRM-114/AE-35
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astronomer, engineer, artist, recovering gamer (simulations/RPG), guitarist(?), NATSEC nerd, pro-U.S. Constitution, pro-democracy, anti-fascist, Blue idealist/realist, animal communicator, faithful husband, Black, Indigenous, USAF/USAR/USARNG (Retired)
November 22nd will always be frozen in time...
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"Square", as in strictly legal?

Yes. The Electoral College is what it is, especially in 2024.

But in 2016, probably not entirely "fair", unless one is OK with Russian interference in U.S. elections, enabled by U.S. operatives.

www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/u...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just to be clear...
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Correct, because under an actual fascist regime, protesters are either arrested "en masse" or summarily shot.

Fascist regimes are most effectively overthrown by underground guerilla movements, possibly in cooperation with foreign liberating forces.

"blessent mon cœur d'une langueur monotone..."
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I love Scotland.

I spent 10 days in Edinburgh before rotating back to the U.S. from my assignment in England.

I would have liked to have visited Glasgow and the Highlands as well...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Again, this...
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
In 1978, I was supposed to be entering my senior year of college. But instead, it was the year before I joined the U.S. Air Force.

Meanwhile...

And yes, that 03JUL1978 Grateful Dead ticket is still in my wallet...
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
At some point, "journalists" will hopefully understand that providing a platform for Nazi propaganda is idiotic.

The expectation that you would be able to illicit some kind of "new insight" into the motivations of Nazis is the height of arrogance.

Their motivations have been clear since 1925.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Right.

She felt like the song wasn't meant for her.

Of course her delivery is impeccable, but I can understand why she didn't like it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Which one? The original or the re-make?
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Flew?

I wish...

Worked on "Pave Tack" system for the F-111F.

Avionic Sensors (Real-Time, Tactical, EO/IR/Lasers)...
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
!!!☢️!!!

During the first week of November 1983, I was about to rotate back to the U.S. from my assignment with the 48th TFW at RAF Lakenheath UK. During this period, the 48th detached an element of F-111Fs to Incirlik Turkey.

I left the UK a couple of days after Able Archer was over.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes, I actually mashed "Star Trek" and "Twelve O'Clock High"...
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Also, please don't insult these guys...
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Yeah...

I always cry...a lot.

I'm married, but I always watch it alone.

As you know by now Tom, I'm a Black U.S. veteran from a family full of Black U.S. veterans...

"Glory!" operates on so many levels, some of which I'm probably still not consciously aware.

So many messages...

Ancestors...
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
An honor and a privilege...
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My license plates read "332NDFG"...
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
SSG Crosby McKinley Kearsley Jr. (a.k.a. my Dad)
U.S. AIR FORCE 1951-1955 (Korea, 1952-1953)

Happy Veterans Day!!!
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The back of the shotgun bungalow where my Dad grew up (with 5 older sisters) in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

My Dad was very lucky...

Pop-Pop initially worked as a farm laborer...for the youngest son of Rutherford B. Hayes, and then on the N.Y. Central Railroad.

Grandma and Pop-Pop built this house.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Now trying desperately to un-imagine...
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We are clearly operating on the same frequency.

Found my post from about a month ago...
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM