How do you feel about spiders?The situation in Egypt is interesting on several levels. Must have lots of people nervous in places like D.C., Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip.... I heard one news person say the unrest will please Tehran, who would like to see a destabilized Egypt. It would give them more influence in the region.
Another guy said one of Washington's concerns is all the military hardware we've sold Egypt over the years. Fighter jets, tanks, guns and everything in between. Into whose hands will it fall if the current govt. collapses? That's a lot of U.S. technology.
So I was wondering if we couldn't do something to prevent military and other sensitive U.S. made equipment from ever going where we don't want it or being used in ways we don't like. With all the technology we've got, including the stuff our govt. has that we don't know about, it should be possible. Embed a self-destruct chip in everything that gets exported that might come back to haunt us. In some cases it should probably be a tiny explosive device, but in others it could be some kind of transmitter that would disable and fry the electronics. These chips would be secret and hidden, like the VIN numbers that only the cops know about, and they would be triggered by a signal from a satellite. If anything goes wrong a techie in a bunker somewhere receives authorization, types a few key strokes and a satellite miles above the earth sends out the signal. Suddenly, F16's fall from the sky, Abrams tanks roll quietly to a stop and radar systems give off a puff of smoke before going dead.
Come to think of it, that may be what GM has been doing with their cars for the last 20 years.
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I sent a message to the guy with the lights and told him my next move was to begin leaving negative feedback and filing with PayPal. I got a message back saying they had been shipped Monday and I should receive them soon. OK, I'll give him Monday. But an old man driving an Opel could get them from Seattle to Phoenix in that amount of time.
If you get BBC-A (for America) you just gotta find and watch Top Gear. Wild!
We're going to play "The Closer" in my class Sunday.
I told Pam,
you know how when you don't feel like exercising but you do it anyhow, and once you begin it feels good? That's how shopping is, except it doesn't every feel good.
I HATE TO SHOP
I need some new clothes for Sunday but shopping for pants and shirts is the worst. That stuff is way too expensive. We stopped at Kohls tonight to look at shirts and they want almost $30 for a dress shirt! They're having a sale; buy one and get the next one for half price. So, can I just buy the second one? 'cause that would make it almost the right price.
Another guy said one of Washington's concerns is all the military hardware we've sold Egypt over the years. Fighter jets, tanks, guns and everything in between. Into whose hands will it fall if the current govt. collapses? That's a lot of U.S. technology.
So I was wondering if we couldn't do something to prevent military and other sensitive U.S. made equipment from ever going where we don't want it or being used in ways we don't like. With all the technology we've got, including the stuff our govt. has that we don't know about, it should be possible. Embed a self-destruct chip in everything that gets exported that might come back to haunt us. In some cases it should probably be a tiny explosive device, but in others it could be some kind of transmitter that would disable and fry the electronics. These chips would be secret and hidden, like the VIN numbers that only the cops know about, and they would be triggered by a signal from a satellite. If anything goes wrong a techie in a bunker somewhere receives authorization, types a few key strokes and a satellite miles above the earth sends out the signal. Suddenly, F16's fall from the sky, Abrams tanks roll quietly to a stop and radar systems give off a puff of smoke before going dead.
Come to think of it, that may be what GM has been doing with their cars for the last 20 years.
If you have a Kindle or other e-reader, or just a laptop:
Free books by Project Guttenberg
I sent a message to the guy with the lights and told him my next move was to begin leaving negative feedback and filing with PayPal. I got a message back saying they had been shipped Monday and I should receive them soon. OK, I'll give him Monday. But an old man driving an Opel could get them from Seattle to Phoenix in that amount of time.
If you get BBC-A (for America) you just gotta find and watch Top Gear. Wild!
We're going to play "The Closer" in my class Sunday.
I told Pam,
you know how when you don't feel like exercising but you do it anyhow, and once you begin it feels good? That's how shopping is, except it doesn't every feel good.
I HATE TO SHOP
I need some new clothes for Sunday but shopping for pants and shirts is the worst. That stuff is way too expensive. We stopped at Kohls tonight to look at shirts and they want almost $30 for a dress shirt! They're having a sale; buy one and get the next one for half price. So, can I just buy the second one? 'cause that would make it almost the right price.
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