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Boeing has started publicly marketing two concepts for a stealthy, tailless, supercruising strike fighter to replace its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet after 2025. Both twin-engine concepts, which feature optionally-piloted cockpits, resemble a modern-day replacement for the ill-fated A-12 Avenger. The carrier-based stealth bomber project was cancelled in 1991 amid cost overruns and technical problems. But the provisionally 9g-rated airframes also reflect the air-to-air performance once provided by the Grumman F-14, which the Super Hornet finally replaced in 2006, says Dave Thieman, a programme development official in Boeing's advanced global strike systems division. Talk of replacing the F/A-18E/F, which entered service from...

Just flipped on the tv, came to FR, did a search and found this from May 4th: Times Square car bomb suspect reportedly sketched map depicting Staten Island FerryNo more yet, they are interviewing passengers who say that "the ferry SPED UP and hit the dock..." TIN FOIL HAT ON.

67% of self-described Progressives believe that restrictions on housing development (i.e., regulations that reduce the supply of housing) do not make housing less affordable. 51% believe that mandatory licensing of professionals (i.e., reducing the supply of professionals) doesn’t increase the cost of professional services. Perhaps most amazing, 79% of self-described Progressive believe that rent control (i.e., price controls) does not lead to housing shortages. http://econjwatch.org/articles/economic-enlightenment-in-relation-to-college-going-ideology-and-other-variables-a-zogby-survey-of-americans http://volokh.com/2010/05/06/the-further-left-you-are-the-less-you-know-about-economicsr/

Now this ought to make some news. But of course Daily Kos is the Obama bias website that first introduced his fraudulent computer generated Certification of Live Birth on the Internet when questions about his eligibility were getting serious during the campaign. One out of 4,819? Man, that's a lot of tweets. So with the announcement this week of Former Louisiana House Republican David Duke stating he is launching a Presidential Exploratory Committee and now this is going to give a lot of publicity for Don Black's Stormfront in the coming days.

Somebody had a Thread up last night saying that "Sara mentioned a couple of times that The Constitution talks about 'inalienable rights'. Conflating the Constitution with the DOI".......Well I listened to the tape and "NO" she didn't say that She interprets it correctly. Sarah Palin: ....Founding Fathers crafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution that allowed Judeo-Christian beliefs to be the foundation of our lives; And the Constitution of course, "Essentially" acknowledge that our unalienable rights don't come from man they come from God...." Bill OReilly: "You are correct...that the Founding Fathers did base not only the Declaration of...

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/ http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/05/equity-plunge-yen-connection.html45 minutes before US equities went into a waterfall dive, the Yen went into a skyrocket rally vs. the US dollar (inverted on the above chart). The Yen went up 4 cents (Vs the USD) within an hour The Yen and the stock market magically stabilized at exactly the same time, right at the equity bottom. What stabilized the market?The yen dropped versus all 16 major counterparts after the Bank of Japan said it will pump 2 trillion yen ($21.8 billion) into the banking system and the nation’s finance minister said the Group of Seven nations will discuss Greece’s...

by Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Rancher Rob Krentz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those who testified. The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who...

Jacqui Smith, a Labour party member of parliament for the Redditch constituency in Worcestershire in west central England and the UK Home Secretary was defeated for re-election by a conservative candidate. Smith, who was the Stalinist-style politician who banned Michael Savage from entering the UK (the Home Secretary oversees the UK Border Agency), lost by about 6,000 votes. She was caught up in a scandal where she used the public purse for money she claimed related to reimbursable expenses related to her official duties, when it turned out to be used in part to purchase porno movies.

CNBC and Bloomberg just said the Bambi is holding a presser immediately following the release of tomorrows unemployment numbers. The significance of which, is that he has never done that. So, what gives? Doom and Gloom, attempting to calm the masses in the face of bad numbers? Or more green shoots, lollipops and unicorns?

NFL. Not the National Football League -- the "no-fly list." Here's what you need to know about it: It doesn't work. No matter what the Obama administration claims, putting a name on the "NFL roster" doesn't mean an Islamic terrorist can't buy an airline ticket and get on a commercial airline flight. The NFL didn't work on Christmas Day to stop Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the underpants bomber, from getting aboard a flight to Detroit while wearing his defective homemade bomb. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano initially said the attempt to bring down a commercial airliner had been "foiled" and described...

Some CNBC Stock Analyst commenting on the supposed trading error just said that we have in place some kind of shield rules or regs that are in place to stop such a mistake. That its not possible to make that kind of mistake for the very reasons we witnessed today. They are openly speculating this was intentional and not an error and say that we need to demand full disclosure of actions and events that led up to the sell off. So to those in the know here, is this true, the shield regs/rules, and if so what kind of...

Fasten your 401k's folks.......

EAST HARTFORD (AP) — Police in Connecticut say three people have been killed and another wounded in mid-morning shootings at an East Hartford apartment complex.

Georgia man accused of traveling to Tennessee for armed takeover of courthouse

  Courtesy Australian Government Department of DefenceAbout 300 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and Australian soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force (MTF1) have conducted a targeted security operation through the Southern Baluchi Valley over the past two weeks to better facilitate Afghan government development opportunities.Commanding Officer of the 1st Mentoring Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain said that Operation JENUB FAYDA ('Southern Advantage' in Pashtu) concluded without incident and highlighted the important role that Australian troops play in training local Afghans to participate in ongoing operations."One of the local elders said that increased security would help build local...

Arnold Schwarzeneggar wishes that but he can't because he says the Constitution will not allow a foreign born person to become President unless the US Constitution is changed or amended to allow it to happen. As we all know no foreign born citizens, native born citizens or naturalized citizens can run for president. Only a Natural Born Citizen can be President. Amending the constitution so a foreign born citizen could run for president would seriously put this nation at risk from a person who was born with allegiances to another country. It would be a national security risk. John Jay...

Strongly and primly states he wil NOT TOLERATE any backlash toward islam etc....more passion in chastising good citizens in advance of any "intolerance" than passionate outrage at the perp!

“The Dragon Lies Bleeding” – Hammerfall “Ride through the valley in thunder and rain. The battle is raging, redeem this domain. The castle of Eden lies silent above. Darkness surrounded us, away we must go. I look through the eyes of the world. I see there are strangers among us. Awaiting a sign from above. To conquer the power and the glory. Enter the battle, our will to enchain. Bringing us forward, defeating the pain. Into the meeting with swords made of steel. Were standing together the secret reveals. I look through the eyes of the world. I know...

President Obama has today appointed Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern to the federal deficit-reduction commission. And I say, why not? After all union thugs like Stern are one of the root causes of federal deficits so he should know all about them.

China says diplomat beaten, injured by Houston police; US says State Dept taking it seriously