- Somebody launched a missile. From the sea off California. Who? Who dunnit? Ain’t nobody sayin’. However, “It could be a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine … to demonstrate, mainly to Asia, that we can do that.” Uh huh. And they say us little gun owners are obsessed with making “phallic” statements. “Hey, China baby, take a look at my … er, projectile.” *
- The IRS re-affirms Radley Balko’s libertarianism.
- And Politico — not known for its right-wing slant — excoriates Obama in stronger-than-ever terms. Appears that this is a White House insider attempt to wake the boss up. A pretty desperate attempt. If the man didn’t get A Clue after the election of Scott Brown … then still remained Clueless after last week’s national Dem debacle …
* UPDATE: Per DrillSgtK in the comments section, The “missile” might not have been a missile at all.
My gummint is me, and I didn’t launch anything. 😉 In fact, some would say I don’t work at all.
It’s not a gummint missile-it’s a test of the WalMart Suborbital Strike Force..
Radley Barko’s IRS problems. Good luck, and lots of patience. They border on the impossible to deal with-they’ve had my middle initial wrong for decades(they have it as two letters)-once ever half-dozen years or so, I’ll call and tell’em. So far, it’s still wrong. It’s like the Three Stooges meet the Vogons.To be honest, I think the Three Stooges(and the Vogons) could do a better job.
here is a very plausible explanation to what was seen. It was a contrail that looks like a missile because the earth is round.
here is a link with the math and diagram.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/09/mystery-missle-launch-off-california/
Thanks, DrillSgtK! I added your link to the body of the entry. Several sources seem to be leaning toward the “missile” being a jet. Good clarification.
Kinda ruined by smar-ass remark, though, didn’t it? But it’s good to know. I was surprised (in the original linked article) to learn that during the Cold War, the U.S. apparently did fire missiles “just to show the Soviets that we could.”
….darn, my theory on it being a nerd who built a missile to see if it would launch, is now crushed…..anything is possible when it’s near L.A….
From CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/10/california.contrails/index.html?iref=allsearch
Best part: “Why the government is so badly organized that they can’t get somebody out there to explain it and make this story go away … I think that’s the real story,” Pike added. “I mean, it’s insane that with all the money we are spending, all these technically competent people, that they can’t get somebody out there to explain what is incredibly obvious.”
“… explain what is incredibly obvious …”
Yep. Another good point. But I’ve been thinking about this. It could turn into one of those “Don’t believe anything until it’s been officially denied” situations. If a government spokesthing comes right out and says, “It’s a jet contrail,” how many people will take that as sure evidence that it really was a missile, after all?
Did you read the comments on that page?
There were some pretty convincing well detailed arguments it wasn’t contrails.
If it’s an aircraft, where are the lights, and the wings?
Where are the lights? washed out by the sun. It is the most plausible explanation i’ve seen if the military says it was not something they did.
The expert the missile side pulled out, a former assistant secretary, sounds a lot like an appeal to authority, other than having seen a few missiles fired, how does he know it was a missile? And to claim that it was to show Asian nations that we could launch an ICBM? Does anyone think that any Asian nation did not know we could do that?
A few of the comments on the CNN site do make plausible rebuttals, but none come close to the theory explained on the Watts up with that dot com.
If someone comes up with something at that level countering the Watts argument, I could back that too. Either way, the end result is that nothing happened that had any effect on us other than some extra media news. So i’ll go back to work on getting my garden ready for winter.
Bit to do about nothing!
oops! big to do about nothing
I thought I had read that the military finally admitted it was doing missile tests there at that time. But now I don’t remember where I read that.