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Seriously, WTF? 😲😲😲

Bound to happen! 🤣🤣🤣

Didn't take long... 🤣🤣🤣

Brit oops! But this was the best bit! p.s. The backstory... "On Tuesday, a Chinook from 28 Squadron based at RAF Benson made a precautionary landing in a field near Wantage following a mechanical issue. Unfortunately, the aircraft soon sank into the field, likely due to the extended period of wet weather that we’ve been experiencing recently. Our engineers deployed to the site to assess the mechanical issue and this has now been fixed; however, the extremely soft ground has made the recovery of the Chinook to RAF Benson very difficult. A tri-Service team of specialists is working hard to safely extract the aircraft from the mud. While it was hoped that it could simply be dug out and then flown home, the risk of damage to the aircraft from this course of action has been assessed as significant and alternative options are being explored, including potentially lifting it from the mud with a crane. We hope to have the aircraft home by the end of the week. We are extremely thankful to the landowners for their understanding and support during this work, particularly the kindness they’ve shown to our team guarding the aircraft during some very cold nights."

I know it's a bit early, and hopefully most of this will be forgotten by October; but if anyone is looking for a Halloween costume...

Anyone who thinks this was a "coup attempt" needs to turn off the television and go oxygenate their gray matter a bit! It was simply a shit storm circus complete with a ringmaster and a full compliment of clowns on both sides. So, what is the road ahead? To be honest, there is a huge opportunity for the Democrats here that I doubt they'll take advantage of because they were just as involved in all this as Trump. I am sure they'll use this to push ridiculous, un-Constitutional legislation as much like the GOP, they have no real vision. Or, more preferably but less likely, they could make a real effort to unite this country but not taking advantage of this modern day equivalent of burning down the Reichstag to advance their absurd agenda for the next two years. Even Obama was smart enough to know to pick his battles, but honestly I am not sure Biden is that acute to such matters. Laying blame solely on one side or the other is the antithesis of "woke" (an overused term by those who think they are more "enlightened" than others, and are mostly wrong about it). Anyone who thinks this was a true coup attempt has swallowed too much misinformation from the media (the third guilty party in this shit show). Biden has a real opportunity to prove he can lead this country better than his predecessor, but I'm not placing much hope in that nor would I in Trump had he won. This country has been paralyzed by both political parties and despite attempts to muster up a third option, that simply isn't going to happen. I don't want to be a pessimist, but there's really not much "hope" to hope for! God help us all!

OK, who called it?!? 🤣🤣🤣

That's from a Who song with a very ironic title!

I think it's already on eBay!

Not arguing that Trump isn't the instigator in today's acts, and it's a shit move on his part (but not unexpected); but there were a lot of elected officials who sat on their asses and allowed the BLM, ANTIFA and other "protests" to occur...

Same could be claimed for what's going on today, as evident below; but we all know we're being fed BS when it comes to "news" reporting...

Abso-fucking-lutely!

Y'all can have it...

No, what's happening in DC right now is not right or justified; but calling this "protesting" wasn't either!

Do people really believe the GOP wanted Trump to be re-elected?

The flying wing design isn't necessarily something new...

Texas COVID vaccine plan... https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/coronavirus/immunize/vaccine.aspx

Santa has great taste in aircraft!

And for those of you in or from Texas (God Bless ya!), here's my favorite Lone Star State Christmas card!

Fuck PCness! I want to thank everyone for another wonderful year of BaseOps, and hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas or whatever you celebrate this year! Hopefully 2021 will be a better year than the dumpster fire that was 2020! Be safe out there!

OK, I'll make it easy for everyone... HOME COVID TEST 1. Open a can of beer, and try to smell it. 2. If you can smell the beer, drink it to see if you can taste it. 3. If you can smell and taste the beer, this confirms you don't have COVID! I did this test 19 times last night, and all were negative! Tonight I am going to do the test again, as I work up this morning with a pounding headache and feeling like I am coming down (STS) with something!