The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can't Fly On Cloudy Days

The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can't Fly in Cloudy Weather

100th F-35 Being Built, None Yet Operational

In January, the Lockheed Martin production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, reported it was well along "in the final phase of building the wings" of the 100th F-35 constructed by the Bethesda, Maryland, company.  Of the first 99 F-35s, none are yet operational.

The F-35 isn't even close to fully operational - it can fly only on sunny days.  It can't fly at night.  And it can't fly in clouds or near lightning.  We know this because the Pentagon tells us so, in a report written for the Secretary of Defense by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, J. Michael Gilmore.

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Bonus video related to the F-35 pentagon story.

Scene from the movie Pentagon Wars.

Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution

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Europe is a mess.  Thatcher was right about the Euro.

Niall Ferguson on Bloomberg yesterday.

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The first cell phone.  The most hyped phone of all time.

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Fed President Janet Yellen on QE Moderation

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Comments

[citizen]

No offense to them - but those chinese peasants make bad aeronautical engineers :(

Maybe the navy can convince Iran to fly these, since their new laser wont work on cloudy days either :)

[DailyBail]

Mayor Against Illegal Guns Busted For Demanding Gay Sex At Gunpoint

http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/04/mayor-against-illegal-guns-busted-for-demanding-gay-sex-at-gunpoint-2506168.html

[DailyBail]

A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?_r=0

Completely ridiculous.

[DailyBail]

Judge rules Stockton, Calif., to enter bankruptcy

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-01/stockton-bankruptcy-decision-only-the-beginning

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The people of Stockton will feel financial fallout for years after a federal judge ruled Monday to let the city become the most populous in the nation to enter bankruptcy. But the case is also being watched closely because it could answer the significant question of who gets paid first by financially strapped cities — retirement funds or creditors.

[DailyBail]

Bye Bye Banksters – Hello BRIC

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/03/31/bye-bye-banksters-hello-bric/

[DailyBail]

The U.S. Government Believes that the Founding Father Were Terrorists

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/04/the-u-s-government-believes-that-the-founding-father-were-terrorists.html

[DailyBail]

Regulators close fifth US bank in 2013

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/04/05/regulators-close-fifth-bank/g2fNxaBavKuz7wrNT2MKLP/story.html

[DailyBail]

The $175,000 mattress

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-175000-mattress-2013-04-05

[DailyBail]

Maryland Residents Facing 'Rain Tax'

http://www.dailyfinance.com/on/maryland-rain-tax-stormwater-runoff-chesapeake/

[DailyBail]

Critical Warning No. 13: Stockman’s ‘Apocalypse’

http://www.marketwatch.com/Story/story/print?guid=0E7D730E-9E2F-11E2-A906-002128040CF6

Paul Farrell

[DailyBail]

China public telling officials to jump in a lake

http://english.caixin.com/2013-04-09/100511556.html

Check out this photo.

[DailyBail]

Sizing up J.C. Penney for a buyout

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sizing-up-jc-penney-for-a-buyout-2013-04-09

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J.C. Penney shares plunge to 12-year low

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lessons-from-the-jc-penney-disaster-2013-04-09

[DailyBail]

Wall Street, Baseball Salaries See Post-Steroid Austerity

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street--baseball-salaries-see-post-steroid-austerity-162103564.html

[john]

The IRS Had No Authority to Waive NOL Rules for GM (and AIG, Citigroup)

Think wind...

Now for something that can fly on clear or cloudy days...

http://www.cervelo.com/en/bikes/s-series/s2.html

[hp]

The Israelis stold and sold the tech data to China before the paint had even dried.

[SKINFLINT]

Maryland raises gas taxes to fund projects to add more pavement that will cause runoff into the bay. The Washington Post is very happy to tell me how glad I should be about the state of affairs on this subject, which of course I am.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marylands-gas-tax-victory/2013/04/05/89f4b152-9e00-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

And in a case of in your face my local reps decide they want to add even more pavement over an existing wetland and more runoff into the bay. Cost is a chump assed $50 mil. Fuck it, it’s pocket change for a dumbass such as myself.

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/airport-expansion-back-on-track/article_dc4d3a8c-6810-51f6-8ec2-2d6e5cf86fe2.html

Maryland passes strict gun control law.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/maryland-gun-control-bill_n_3018087.html


And after stiffing the tax payer to pay for water run off and raising taxes on gasoline and other dumb shit Lord Cuntlory decides to take a tax payer funded fucking trip to Disneyland, er, Denmark for a circle jerk of congradu fucking lations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/omalley-headed-to-copenhagen-for-transatlantic-progressive-conference/2013/04/09/a28cdbe4-a158-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html


One can only hope that Lord Cuntlory comes into contact with anal warts, then have to explain to his bride how this came to be.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427679

[DailyBail]

Nice, john. That was bicycle porn.

http://www.cervelo.com/en/bikes/s-series/s2.html

I used to ride quite a bit, before I started the website.

[John]

Getting mine tonight. Signed up for a 150 mile event.

[SKINFLINT]

150 miles. John you are nuts.

[John]

I lost my virtue and my mind. I'm enjoying every minute of it and I'm not going to look for them either!

[Howard T. Lewis III]

This was intentional. It matters not why. Look at what the swine of America chooses for their leaders. Self righteous pigs, or self righteous pacifists.