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I hope it blows over as well, but it is a clear act of war, and some response is required. Doesn't have to be military, but you simply can't allow shootdowns in international airspace.

Seriously Tibs, you suffer from gross reality distortion, based on an out of control political bias. Iran has never stopped it's nuclear weapons program because of some "skilled" US administration, and it never will. Iran is a very bad actor, responsible for many, many US deaths, plays brinkmanship games with its Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and gets is ass kicked every time its Navy gets aggressive. This shootdown will not prove to be a plus for them. Had this been a manned airplane, there wouldn't be an Iranian ship above the water line today.

Making stuff up? Let's start with the second lie, which is that I have ever supported Trump. Never have, and that has nothing to do with Iran. What I have done is fly off a carrier in that area, did my first, (and only), hostile intercept locking up an Iranian P3 with my sidewinder, and threatened to kill him if he opened any weapons doors, became extremely familiar with Iranian air defense, toasted a friend of mine who dropped a 500 lb laser guided bomb down the stack of the Sabalan, leaving it burning, but choosing not to sink it, have followed this situation closely for years, and kind of know what's going on. I am quite confident I am not "making stuff up," and equally confident that if the US decide to take out Iran's nuclear bomb plan, how it will go.

Obama didn't "work." The suggestion that the attempt to build a nuclear weapon was stopped during Obama is pure fantasy. Iran, and especially the Revolutionary guard have been very bad actors for a very long tome under many administrations. They run on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, they shoot at drones in international airspace, and attempt to hack them. I'm guessing there will be very limited response to this. Something, but very limited, and certainly not what has been planned to eliminate their nuclear program, which is going to involve a massive bunker busting campaign, and not yet. What I would expect is that if the Iranian Navy runs one of their little speed boats in an aggressive manner against a combatant, it will be destroyed. The rules of engagement will be interpreted in a manner which will not permit any Iranian aggression. No more "watch, warn and complain."

Every morning I put left over coffee in the microwave. I was always irritated and confuse because when it times out it is always at the back of the microwave with the handle turned out, the most difficult way to retrieve it. What are the odds? Finally, I figured it out. I put the cup in the same way every day, and select the same time setting. Since it rotates at the same rpm, and I set the same time, it simply has to end up in the same place. Now......I select four seconds longer. I have defeated my microwave. Life is made up of consistent small wins. Now the Miami Intl airport elevator is a different problem. If has three floors. Presumably, one third of the time you select it, it should be at your floor and the door open immediately. It is never at your floor, no matter which floor you are on, and I have done this thousands of times. I have given up trying to figure it out. Miami is just a hateful place to be avoided.

Come on Tom. They "get along" just fine.

If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines. Better the guard heaven than fly aboard a carrier. They were horrible.

He also has a longer season than almost any NFL player over the past many years. No problem at all with it.

My Father's family had six boys and one girl. All males served during WWII. The youngest, who would have been my uncle Jim enlisted on the Fourth of July 1944, after his sophomore year at Niagara. He was killed near Florence, Italy on the very day the iconic last film of Hitler was made, the one where he is shown with Parkinson's disease, reviewing the Hitler Youth in Berlin. The sad part, and I didn't find it out until about four years ago when I researched it, was that the German troops he was killed fighting had already surrendered, they just didn't know about it. The only personal effects the family received was a Canisius High School ring, badly mutilated, and a purple heart.

Maybe we can just honor what happened there without castigating generations in a no context argument. The guys who did this deserve whatever accolades they get, the event the attention and respect it gets, and it was an incredible event in pure focus of life, planning and machinery. As always, it never turns out the way it's planned, and in this case especially at Omaha Beach. Still, it would never be done that way now, so the "millenials" can't be put into that context, and their behavior projected. June 6, 1944 was an incredible day that a lot of very young men who did not expect what awaited them counted as their last. Can we just honor that?

Todo bem?

Too much pot. Not enough protein.

'Had our kids," is a bit of odd terminology in a cooking thread," but I got it. If I didn't, hope they're OK and you stick with the low country boil.

Low Country Boil. Easy, good outdoor fun, or indoor in the winter. Simple ingredients: Potatoes/sausage/ corn on cob/shrimp/onion/lemon in Old Bay seasoning. There are others I do that are more complicated, but I've never lost on this one.

All the chat is moderately interesting, not Simms, but Josh. But the "tell" is at the end in the attempt to hit the crossbar. Allen simply snaps the 30 yard throws. No effort. No time. Just flicks the throws effortlessly.

I've been to one at Arlington, the funeral of Chic Burlingame, the captain of America 77 that was smashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. A truly moving experience is to be at the American Cemetery at Colleville-su Mer when they play "Taps" as the US flag is lowered.

The issue in Florida has never been the temperature. Many places have higher temperatures. It is the dew point, which is a measure of moisture in the air, and it is extremely high during the late spring and summer months. Dew points above 63 get uncomfortable, and Florida's dew points are outrageously high.

Low country boil is perfect for Memorial Day. So is the 15 hour pork shoulder on the Primo XL. Alas, neither is happening here, as my kid is going to come over and do his chicken thing on the grill. So.....Instead of being a grill maestro, I'll be reduced to a "side."

My Back Pages with: Dylan, Clapton, Harrison, Young, McGuin, Petty, Cropper: My Back Pages anniversary

Maybe if they let Wood do interviews with ex Bills he'll get Aaron Maybin.

I have a couple of memories/experiences at the Niagara Falls airport. They had a National Guard squadron there that would host me when I was flying in the Navy. When visiting my family, and later when I was dating a Buffalo gal, I would fly there and they would let me park on their ramp. One time, over Christmas holiday, and a week before starting a carrier deployment, I went there with the knowledge that there was a strong snow forecast during the two day period I would be there. Got the OK from the National Guard unit that they would store the airplane in their hangar for the two days. When I landed, late on a Friday, they said they would tow it in on Sat. When I called on Sunday, it had not been towed and was told it had quite a bit of snow on it. Since I was leaving the next day it had to be cleaned up. I got a call at home from some junior watch officer who told me that they had a holiday schedule, and my airplane was not going to be dealt with, and that whomever I talked to wasn't there and my concerns didn't matter. Called back to my west coast squadron. We were leaving for a WestPac cruise aboard Kitty Hawk, and the airplane needed to be back within 48 hours to be prepared for carrier deployment. Anyway, calls were made and I got a call at home that the airplane would be ready for my desired departure time. The other time was more fun. Again, dating a girl from Buffalo, so I was home for the weekend. When I got to the base operations at Niagara Falls on Sunday morning to fly home, there were two other military planes preparing. One was an Air Force T-37, which is a tiny twin engine primary trainer, and the other was a T-2, a Navy basic jet trainer. The National Guard guy who handled our flight plans kind of challenged us to a takeoff competition. I was flying an A-4 Superfox, with the Pacific Fleet Adversaries, and it was really overpowered. Anyway, with family and girlfriend witnessing this, along with the folks from the other two airplanes we agreed. T-37 takes off, does about a 50 degree angle climb and off he goes. Navy T-2 does a little better, but still nothing impressive. I take off, get the gear up at about five feet and level off, hit 320 knots at the end of the runway, and pull to the pure vertical. At about 1000' I did a four point roll, where you roll 90 degrees and stop. Did it four times for the full 360 and I was into the overcast. Tower says, "nice takeoff," and I replied that if anyone complained, (aerobatics in civilian airspace are prohibited), I noticed a flock of birds and had to avoid them.

The comet was overrated. Like the Texas saying.....all hat, no cattle. The wild mouse was the real deal, and ski ball.....Who could forget ski ball? Those summer nights.......... That aside, I still liked Sherkston better.

The Wild Mouse misses you. For me, its house-boating on Smith Mountain Lake, VA.

If you bring your own, don't get caught. Quite serious fine.

I think it's a good idea. Now, instead of having to bribe people, falsely claim to being a row crew athlete or paying someone to take the SAT for you, all you have to do is get an address in a bad neighborhood to give your kid that extra advantage. Much less risk of persecution, and a lot cheaper.