Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, February 05, 2009

On this day,

in 1958, one of the biggest 'Oops!' in U.S. military history took place...

Tybee Bomb

The question that is still unresolved is whether or not it poses a serious threat. The U.S. Govt., as usual, takes an 'Ehhhh, don't worry. Be happy!' approach to the issue...

(Why on earth would they be 'practicing' with something like this anyway? Wouldn't a dummy or mock-up work just as well? Military intelligence. Heh. Right.)

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