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USAF takes delivery of the GBU-57A/B Penetrator - now there's nowhere to hide... USAF takes delivery of the GBU-57A/B Penetrator - now there's nowhere to hide www.gizmag.com The GBU-57A/B is a GPS-guided 30,000 lb bomb designed to take out hardened underground targets. It can penetrate 200 feet of hardened concrete before its 5,300 pound warhead explodes. An artist's impression of the GBU-57A/B Military technology has created some fearsome weapons, such as the 5,000 lb GBU-28 Deep Throat bunker buster, 15,000 lb BLU-82 Daisycutter, 15,650 lb Russian ATBIP (Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power), 22,000 lb Grand Slam earthquake bomb, and the 22,600 lbGBU-43 MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast), but if you were hiding under 50 meters of hardened concrete, none of them were going to bother you. Not any more! The U.S. Air Force has just taken delivery of the first GBU-57A/B (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). It weighs 30,000 lb and will penetrate 200 ft of hardened concrete BEFORE it goes off. If you are reading this from an underground nuclear facility in Iran or North Korea , might we suggest some extended sick leave is (or soon will be) in order. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator is that it is a relatively simple weapon. The GBU acronym at the front of the official designation for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (GBU-57A/B or MOP) can be found at the front of the name of almost everything the United States Air Force drops from a plane these days. Not all that long ago, bombs were dropped in large numbers in the hope that at least some of them would hit their target. These days, almost every bomb and missile is delivered with pinpoint accuracy. GBU stands for Guided Bomb Unit, and it means that the 20 foot GBU-57 A/B missile is zeroed in on the target by a GPS navigation system guiding its four lattice-type fins. Not surprisingly, the bomb is intended for only one purpose - to destroy the type of hardened concrete bunkers which house central command facilities and weapons of mass destruction. It's hence not surprising that the program has been hurried into readiness with the growing concern that Iran has developed nuclear weaponry. It is designed to penetrate supposedly untouchable facilities in one piece. The warhead case of the MOP is made from a special high performance steel alloy designed to maintain the integrity of the penetrator case during impact so that the payload can then do its job most effectively by exploding deep underground. The MOP is deployed from high altitude and allows gravity to add momentum to its 30,000 pound weight so that it hits with enormous kinetic energy. Put simply, the MOP hits exactly where it is intended to hit with enough energy to bury itself 200+ feet into hardened concrete, then it explodes its 5,300 pound warhead. The MOP is designed to be carried aboard B-2 and B-52 bombers so there's nowhere that is out of reach. The B-52 has a combat range of nearly 9000 miles , but aerial refueling means it effectively has an unlimited range. During Operation Desert Strike on September 2/3, 1996, two B-52s flew out of Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and disrupted communications in Baghdad with AGM- 86C cruise missiles. By the time the mission was over, 34 hours had expired. Hence it would be fair to say that the B-52 is only limited in its range by the endurance of the four-person air crew The most likely aircraft to deliver the MOP however, is the B-2 Spirit which like the B-52, can carry two MOPs - which means they will not likely see it coming. The largely composite B-2 has vastly reduced infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual and radar signatures, extraordinary aerodynamic efficiency, a long range ( 6000 miles ) without refueling and a massive payload. It is hence a potent delivery system for the likes of the MOP, as it is very difficult for defensive systems to detect, track and engage. With aerial refueling, there is now nowhere to hide.

A man and a woman who had never met before, and who were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train. Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower. At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman saying, “Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold.’" “I have a better idea,’"she replied, “Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married.” “Wow! That's a great idea!” he exclaimed. “Good,” she replied, “Get your own friggin’ blanket!” After a moment of silence, he farted. The End.

This man had what he thought was the best tattoo in the world... Until he went to prison.

He has no electricity and has to ask for rides to town to buy food. I realize he did this to himself, but I feel a bit sorry for him.

Actually his name is Rick..someone should help him, really, he has no drivers license due to 3 or 4 DWI's, has no job, claims that he can't find work cause he can't drive.

CNN has previously reported it was likely that some of the emails stored on Weiner's laptop contained classified information, and fired FBI Director Comey testified that there is no indication Abedin "had a sense that what she was doing was in violation of the law." The fact that Clinton and Abedin previously exchanged classified emails gave federal prosecutors probable cause to justify their review of Weiner's laptop in fall 2015, according to a search warrant application released in December 2016.

There's a 50+ year old guy about a 1/2 mile from me that lives in an 10X10 garden shed with 2 Cats and a Yellow Lab. Been living there for about 5+ years.

From Townhall: John Hawkins Liberals believe in never letting a crisis go to waste; so before the blood cools on the ground after a mass shooting, we always have some variation of the following conversation: Liberals: WE MUST ACT! Conservatives: What do you want to do? Liberals: A bunch of things that will hurt law-abiding gun owners, but won't fix the problem! Conservatives: No, thanks. Liberals: WHY WON'T YOU ACT?!?!? Every time some terrorist, wacko or radical kills people, liberals always want to take guns away from the people who didn’t do it. Their unconstitutional goal is complete gun confiscation, something which would likely lead to mass violence against the people carrying it out along with the prominent people and government officials advocating it. The Founding Fathers understood that if the American people were ever disarmed, it would only be a matter of time until the guns of a fascistic government were pointed at the people. So wise Americans understand that an attempt at widespread gun confiscation in the United States may very well lead to large numbers of freedom loving civilians, cops and military members taking up arms to insure that we continue to live in a Constitutional Republic. Liberals would do well not to forget that. Setting aside the bloodbath that policy would likely lead to, it still wouldn’t solve the problem even if it worked. You can talk about the “success” of gun confiscation in Australia if you like, but it’s not a comparable situation. There are already large numbers of illegal guns in the United States and getting more firearms into the country isn’t going to be a big problem with our porous borders. You want to get rid of guns in the United States? Well, you CAN’T. But of course, calling for gun confiscation in the United States is widely unpopular and so many liberals won’t admit that’s what they want to do. So what other gun control laws could liberals implement that would stop mass shootings? None. If you want to know why, take a look at some of the most prominent shootings in recent years starting with Stephen Paddock in Las Vegas. Paddock killed 59 people with semi-automatic rifles, but he had no criminal record or known mental health issues and he passed a background check with ease. He did apparently use bump stocks on his guns to speed their rate of fire and even the NRA is on board with banning them. Would getting rid of bump stocks have stopped Paddock? No, but it MAY have reduced the body count. Keep in mind that bump stocks replicate a technique that can be learned; so he may have been able to do the same thing without a bump stock given time, practice and motivation, all of which he seems to have had. Then there’s Omar Mateen, the Pulse Nightclub shooter who gunned down 49 with a semi-automatic rifle. The Lone Wolf Jihadi bought his guns legally after passing a background check. What about Dylann Roof? The notorious racist killer who killed black Americans at a South Carolina church? He did pass his background check, but it was because of an error by the FBI screener looking at his application. Unlike the first two names on this list, he did his killing with a semi-automatic pistol. We also can’t forget Adam Lanza. Remember, the crazy kid who killed 26 at Sandy Hook? He murdered his own mother and took her guns. What law stops someone who is ready to kill his own mother? Jared Lee Loughner was forced to leave college because campus officials feared for the safety of students around him, but he wasn’t convicted of a crime. Therefore, he passed a background check to buy the Glock he used to kill 6 people and shoot Gabrielle Giffords in the head. Major Nidal Malik Hasan was caught talking to a radical, anti-American cleric, but our intelligence agencies just shrugged that off. Later, he passed a background check, bought a semi-automatic pistol and used it to murder people at Fort Hood. James Holmes was seeing a psychiatrist, but never spoke of any plans he had to hurt people, which would have legally required her to report it. Holmes passed a background check, bought weapons including a semi-automatic pistol, semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun and used his weapons to murder 12 people in an Aurora, Colorado theater. We can go on and on with this, but the point is that there is no magic fix. Want to reduce the size of high capacity magazines? Once you know your way around a gun, you can change out a magazine in less than 2 seconds. Furthermore, semi-automatic rifles, semi-automatic pistols and shotguns have all been used in mass killings. Banning one class of guns isn’t going to stop it. Additionally, as we discussed, banning all classes of guns wouldn’t end mass killings either. In Europe, where there already are the gun control laws liberals would love to implement, there are still gun massacres. One hundred thirty people were killed in a mass shooting with automatic weapons in France in 2015. Even if every gun on the planet magically disappeared tomorrow, the mass killings wouldn’t go away. In fact, the largest mass murders on American soil were committed with airplanes (9/11) and bombs (Oklahoma City). That seems especially noteworthy given that Paddock also had ammonium nitrate that could have been used to make a bomb. In 2016 in France, a man even killed 84 people by plowing through crowds with a truck. What, are we going to ban vehicles next? Get serious. Once someone’s mind is set on murder, there is no simple fix. So, how do you find the people bent on murder? Most of the time you don’t. Predicting which “moderate Muslim” will be radicalized and become a lone wolf killer is impossible. Predicting which mentally ill person will actually go around the bend and kill people isn’t doable. Some might be better bets to become violent than others, but the vast majority of people with mental illnesses don’t hurt anyone. Maybe getting God back in our schools, pushing Christian values and working on changing our “all attention is good attention” social-media-driven society might help, but I doubt liberals would be on board with any of those things. Long story short, gun control isn’t the fix for mass murders. If you want gun control so badly, move to the South Side of Chicago where it already exists and leave all of us law-abiding gun owners alone.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/29/weather/cold-weather-wrap-trnd/index.html

Motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year Year Deaths Vehicle miles travelled (billions) Fatalities per 100 million VMT Population Fatalities per 100,000 population Change (in percent) 1899 26[5] 1900 36 76,094,000 0.047 NA 1901 54 77,584,000 0.070 47.12% 1902 79 79,163,000 0.100 43.38% 1903 117 80,632,000 0.145 45.40% 1904 172 82,166,000 0.209 44.26% 1905 252 83,822,000 0.301 43.62% 1906 338 85,450,000 0.396 31.57% 1907 581 87,008,000 0.668 68.82% 1908 751 88,710,000 0.847 26.78% 1909 1,174 90,490,000 1.297 53.25% 1910 1,599 92,407,000 1.730 33.38% 1911 2,043 93,863,000 2.177 25.79% 1912 2,968 95,335,000 3.113 43.03% 1913 4,079 97,225,000 4.195 34.76% 1914 4,468 99,111,000 4.508 7.45% 1915 6,779 100,546,000 6.742 49.56% 1916 7,766 101,961,000 7.617 12.97% 1917 9,630 103,268,000 9.325 22.43% 1918 10,390 103,208,000 10.067 7.95% 1919 10,896 104,514,000 10.425 3.56% 1920 12,155 106,461,000 11.417 9.51% 1921 13,253 55.03 24.09 108,538,000 12.210 6.95% 1922 14,859 67.70 21.95 110,049,000 13.502 10.58% 1923 17,870 85.00 21.03 111,947,000 15.963 18.22% 1924 18,400 104.84 17.55 114,109,000 16.125 1.01% 1925 20,771 122.35 16.98 115,829,000 17.932 11.21% 1926 22,194 140.74 15.77 117,397,000 18.905 5.42% 1927 24,470 158.45 15.44 119,035,000 20.557 8.74% 1928 26,557 172.86 15.36 120,509,000 22.037 7.20% 1929 29,592 197.72 14.97 121,767,000 24.302 10.28% 1930 31,204 206.32 15.12 123,076,741 25.353 4.33% 1931 31,963 216.15 14.79 124,039,648 25.768 1.64% 1932 27,979 200.52 13.95 124,840,471 22.412 -13.03% 1933 29,746 200.64 14.83 125,578,763 23.687 5.69% 1934 34,240 215.56 15.88 126,373,773 27.094 14.38% 1935 34,494 228.57 15.09 127,250,232 27.107 0.05% 1936 36,126 252.13 14.33 128,053,180 28.212 4.07% 1937 37,819 270.11 14.00 128,824,829 29.357 4.06% 1938 31,083 271.18 11.46 129,824,939 23.942 -18.44% 1939 30,895 285.40 10.83 130,879,718 23.606 -1.41% 1940 32,914 302.19 10.89 132,122,446 24.912 5.53% 1941 38,142 333.61 11.43 133,402,471 28.592 14.77% 1942 27,007 268.22 10.07 134,859,553 20.026 -29.96% 1943 22,727 208.19 10.92 136,739,353 16.621 -17.00% 1944 23,165 212.71 10.89 138,397,345 16.738 0.71% 1945 26,785 250.17 10.71 139,928,165 19.142 14.36% 1946 31,874 340.88 9.35 141,388,566 22.544 17.77% 1947 31,193 370.89 8.41 144,126,071 21.643 -4.00% 1948 30,775 397.96 7.73 146,631,302 20.988 -3.03% 1949 30,246 424.46 7.13 149,188,130 20.274 -3.40% 1950 33,186 458.25 7.24 152,271,417 21.794 7.50% 1951 35,309 491.09 7.19 154,877,889 22.798 4.61% 1952 36,088 513.58 7.03 157,552,740 22.905 0.47% 1953 36,190 544.43 6.65 160,184,192 22.593 -1.36% 1954 33,890 561.96 6.03 163,025,854 20.788 -7.99% 1955 36,688 605.65 6.06 165,931,202 22.110 6.36% 1956 37,965 627.84 6.05 168,903,031 22.477 1.66% 1957 36,932 647.00 5.71 171,984,130 21.474 -4.46% 1958 35,331 664.65 5.32 174,881,904 20.203 -5.92% 1959 36,223 700.48 5.17 177,829,628 20.369 0.83% 1960 36,399 718.76 5.06 180,671,158 20.147 -1.09% 1961 36,285 737.42 4.92 183,691,481 19.753 -1.95% 1962 38,980 766.73 5.08 186,537,737 20.897 5.79% 1963 41,723 805.25 5.18 189,241,798 22.047 5.51% 1964 45,645 846.30 5.39 191,888,791 23.787 7.89% 1965 47,089 887.81 5.30 194,302,963 24.235 1.88% 1966 50,894 925.90 5.50 196,560,338 25.892 6.84% 1967 50,724 964.01 5.26 198,712,056 25.526 -1.41% 1968 52,725 1,015.87 5.19 200,706,052 26.270 2.91% 1969 53,543 1,061.79 5.04 202,676,946 26.418 0.56% 1970 52,627 1,109.72 4.74 205,052,174 25.665 -2.85% 1971 52,542 1,178.81 4.46 207,660,677 25.302 -1.42% 1972 54,589 1,259.79 4.33 209,896,021 26.008 2.79% 1973 54,052 1,313.11 4.12 211,908,788 25.507 -1.92% 1974 45,196 1,280.54 3.53 213,853,928 21.134 -17.14% 1975 44,525 1,327.66 3.35 215,973,199 20.616 -2.45% 1976 45,523 1,402.38 3.25 218,035,164 20.879 1.27% 1977 47,878 1,467.03 3.26 220,239,425 21.739 4.12% 1978 50,331 1,544.70 3.26 222,584,545 22.612 4.02% 1979 51,093 1,529.13 3.34 225,055,487 22.702 0.40% 1980 51,091 1,527.30 3.35 227,224,681 22.485 -0.96% 1981 49,301 1,552.80 3.18 229,465,714 21.485 -4.45% 1982 43,945 1,595.01 2.76 231,664,458 18.969 -11.71% 1983 42,589 1,652.79 2.58 233,791,994 18.217 -3.97% 1984 44,257 1,720.27 2.57 235,824,902 18.767 3.02% 1985 43,825 1,774.18 2.47 237,923,795 18.420 -1.85% 1986 46,087 1,834.87 2.51 240,132,887 19.192 4.19% 1987 46,390 1,921.20 2.42 242,288,918 19.147 -0.24% 1988 47,087 2,025.96 2.32 244,498,982 19.259 0.58% 1989 45,582 2,096.46 2.17 246,819,230 18.468 -4.11% 1990 44,599 2,144.36 2.08 249,464,396 17.878 -3.19% 1991 41,508 2,172.05 1.91 252,153,092 16.461 -7.92% 1992 39,250 2,247.15 1.75 255,029,699 15.390 -6.51% 1993 40,150 2,296.38 1.75 257,782,608 15.575 1.20% 1994 40,716 2,358 1.73 260,327,021 15.6403 0.42% 1995 41,817 2,423 1.73 262,803,276 15.9119 1.74% 1996 42,065 2,486 1.69 265,228,572 15.8599 -0.33% 1997 42,013 2,562 1.64 267,783,607 15.6892 -1.08% 1998 41,501 2,632 1.58 270,248,003 15.3566 -2.12% 1999 41,717 2,691 1.55 272,690,813 15.2983 -0.38% 2000 41,945 2,747 1.53 282,216,952 14.8627 -2.85% 2001[2] 42,196 2,797 1.51 285,226,284 14.794 -0.46% 2002 43,005 2,856 1.51 288,125,973 14.926 0.89% 2003 42,884 2,890 1.48 290,796,023 14.747 -1.75% 2004 42,836 2,965 1.44 293,638,158 14.588 -0.52% 2005 43,510 2,989 1.46 296,507,061 14.674 0.44% 2006 42,708 3,014 1.42 299,398,484 14.265 -2.79% 2007 41,259 3,031 1.36 301,139,947 13.701 -3.85% 2008 37,423 2,977 1.26 303,824,640 12.317 -11.0% 2009 33,883 2,957 1.15 306,700,000 11.048 -9.7% 2010[2] 32,999 2,967 1.11 309,326,000 10.668 -3.5% 2011[6] 32,479 2,950 1.10 311,588,000 10.42 -2.3% 2012[7] 33,782 2,969 1.14 313,914,000 10.75 2.6% 2013 32,893 2,988 1.10 316,129,000 10.40 -3.3% 2014 32,744 3,026 1.08 318,860,000 10.28 -0.9% 2015 35,485 3,095 1.15 321,370,000 11.06 10.5% 2016 37,461 1.18 323,121,000 11.59

Wifes oldest Son committed suicide about 4 years ago.

Al Gore's always been an Idiot.

I suppose he beheaded his wife and kids because of it.

How about during a war or when we had the draft? Several religions don't allow their members to serve in the Military, Jehovah's Witnesses are only 1 of them, the courts sided with their beliefs.

A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: 'So I hear you're getting married?' 'Yep!' 'Do I know her?' 'Nope!' 'This woman, is she good looking?' 'Not really.' 'Is she a good cook?' 'Naw, she can't cook too well.' 'Does she have lots of money?' 'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.' 'Well, then, is she good in bed?' 'I don't know.' 'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?' 'Because she can still drive!'

http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/30/meredith-vieira-matt-lauer-bag-sex-toys-sexual-misconduct-fired-today/

Or this? https://interestingengineering.com/exploding-stars-affect-our-weather-on-earth-according-to-scientists

https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17410-mini-ice-age-will-hit-the-earth-in-five-years

That was the only time we went "up North" that season so we were determined and rode everyday, my 1972 GMC truck wouldn't start but it was stick shift so another guy in our group pulled my truck till it finally fired.. we stayed at a friends cabin on Pretty Lake, no insulation and only a free standing oil space heater, I should find the pics and post them, only 3 of us didn't get frostbite, I was 1 of the Lucky ones.

We had a guy lost from our group on the night ride in that cold, 2 guys went back looking for him, I stayed with the wives, it took them 1-1/2 hours to find him, I was ready to torch a sled to prevent the girls & myself from freezing to Death while we waited, none of us knew exactly where we were never having rode there before, the lost guy had the only map and he was drunk..LOL.. When everyone was finally together we were all frozen silly so we rode illegally down a road till we came to a bar which was not on any trail, they were very happy to see our group show up and treated us unbelievingly well as we all warmed up at their fireplace and ate Prime Rib..

Coldest we rode was in 1982 Eagle River area, 47 below, lots of sleds were out, more sleds in the bars though.

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!" The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!" The priest said, "Here comes the greens-keeper. Let's have a word with him." He said, "Hello George, What's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?" The greens-keeper replied, "Oh, yes. That's a group of blind firemen. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime!." The group fell silent for a moment. The priest said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight." The doctor said, "Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything she can do for them." The engineer said, "Why can't they play at night?"

The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office, puzzled by the question. As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door'. He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, 'When my garage door was open, did you see my Jaguar parked in there?' She smiled and said, 'No, I didn't. All I saw was an old minivan with two flat tires...

I've even heard Russia helped Trump win, some folks are just stupid.