Can the Gun Nail the Sled? Land Speed Coolness…& Ann Coulter!
Okay, I was inundated with cool things to talk about today, so I’m going to rush through them pretty quickly and provide some links so you can get the real meat of it. Here’s the million dollar question, though.
1. The Air Force broke the land-speed record. “The new record came about 11:20 p.m., Eastern time, as the rocket sled blasted to a speed of 6,589 mph — 95 mph faster than officials had anticipated prior to the test and 136 mph quicker than the prior record.”
2. The Navy made a really cool space-age electromagnetic gun… “Science got one step closer to science fiction Thursday morning, when the Navy used an electromagnetic railgun to fire a 7-pound slug at seven times the speed of sound.
The record-breaking shot, witnessed by a roomful of VIPs via remote camera at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, also moved the armed forces further down the road to a faster, safer, lighter, cheaper form of firepower.
Moments before, a split screen showed an engineer at a control panel and a target that stood several miles away.
“Armed,” he said.
Then: thick smoke.
Target gone.
Applause.”
3. The question? Can that bitchin’ new nail gun “nail” the sled before it blows something up? And just how useful is that sled, anyway? It delivered it’s “payload” at the end of a track. I can just imagine the conversation as we try to build a track to the front door of an enemy outpost…”Nothing to see here…mass transit and all that…”
(YES - before someone comes along and says, “HEY MORON,” I do know that this isn’t the use intended, it just seemed funny the way they wrote it.
And finally…Ann Coulter…she of such wisdom as:
“If you don’t hate Clinton and the people who labored to keep him in office, you don’t love your country.”—George, 7/99
“We’re now at the point that it’s beyond whether or not this guy is a horny hick. I really think it’s a question of his mental stability. He really could be a lunatic. I think it is a rational question for Americans to ask whether their president is insane.”—Equal Time
“It’s enough [to be impeached] for the president to be a pervert.”—The Case Against Bill Clinton, Coulter’s 1998 book.
“Clinton is in love with the erect penis.”—This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00
SHE is now ready to endorse Hillary Clinton, if Johnny “M” gets the nod for the Republicans…what a scream! I think it’s a ruse. She finally figured out that her endorsement hurts more than it helps, so she’s trying to pretend to root for the other side of the fence. I still think - personally - that she used to be a man. Her Adam’s apple is very pronounced…
I think everyone should go HERE and buy this talking Ann Coulter doll. Can you imagine the fun you could have with it? Push the buttons and let her commentate during the next Democratic debate!
That’s enough…maybe I’ll be back with something related to writing…you never know with me.
–DNW
