Parrothead Jeff

As I have mentioned in previous posts, life has not been very easy or relaxing of late. Loved ones are going through much worse times than I am and while I’m doing my best to keep my spirits up, there are times I can only describe as uninspired. That said, I have a [...]

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DropMaster, Inc.

A Lightweight, Disposable Air Cargo Delivery System
CopterBox can deliver up to 100 pounds of emergency supplies from a wide variety of aircraft with drop speeds of up to 140 knots. The corrugated paper box employs three rotor blades that use the principle of autorotative lift to slow it and its payload to a gradual [...]

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Steeljaw Scribe » Chronicles of Naval Aviation: The Battle of Palmdale
PALMDALE - Some old-timers may remember it, and a few local history buffs jokingly refer to it as the Battle of Palmdale. But those who moved to the city as part of the post-1980 population boom may not realize Palmdale is one of few Southern [...]

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Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Valedictorian Sues School for Religious Liberty
During her 30-second message Erica spoke about her faith in Jesus Christ. Afterwards, she was escorted to see the assistant principal, who said she would not receive her diploma because of the speech she had given. Principal Brewer later indicated that her comments [...]

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FOXNews.com - Report: Shuttle Discovery to Carry Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber Into Space - Science News | Current Articles
As part of the “Star Wars”‘ 30th anniversary celebration, NASA has agreed to carry the prop weapon into orbit and jettison it in space, according to collectSPACE.com.
A quick Google seach of Nasa.gov failed to turn anything up about [...]

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Tailhook Daily Briefing: Thumped at Swim Call!

This video showed up the other day on the Tailhook Daily Briefing and it immediately made me think of good ol’ Lex .
For those of you out there who have yet to read the written works of Neptunus Lex, you’re missing out - big time ! [...]

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Got a problem with drug smugglers? Australia knows how to handle it !
LiveLeak.com - Royal Austrlian Air Force F-111 sinks North Korean Drug Ship
No, they didn’t bomb the ship while it was manned, they had seized it earlier and decided to use it for maritime strike training. Great idea if you ask [...]

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FOXNews.com - Mother of U.S. Soldier Needs Way to Get 80,000 Cans of Silly String to Iraq - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Shriver got the idea from her son, a soldier in Ramadi. Before entering a building, troops squirt the gooey substance, which can travel about 10 to 12 [...]

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FOXNews.com - President Ahmadinejad Says Iran Ready to Fill Power Vacuum in Iraq - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that a power vacuum is imminent in Iraq and said that Iran was ready to help fill the [...]

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FOXNews.com - Report: U.S. Troops So Close to Bin Laden His Bodyguards Considered Killing Him, Themselves - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
NEW YORK — A patrol of U.S. soldiers was so close to stumbling on Usama bin Laden’s mountain hideout along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border during [...]

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