Remember that F-14 pilot who shoved a Fox 2 up the tail of an American RF-4 during an exercise over the Med back in 1987? Exercise 'Display Determination' was a joint USAF, USN and NATO exercise, part of which was designed to test the US Navy's fleet defense. The USAF launched a single RF-4C from Aviano to find the fleet, try to sneak in undetected and (hopefully) snap some pictures of the USS Saratoga. Defending the fleet was a two-ship of F-14 Tomcats, including one commanded by the least experienced pilot on board the ship, LtJG Timothy Dorsey.

Dorsey first intercepted the RF-4 while it was being refueled outside the playground by a KC-135, and actually joined up in trail on the jet after it left the tanker. The RF-4, aware of the two Tomcats behind it,  executed a sliceback maneuver to get down on the deck and make a run-in on the ship. Dorsey, relying on all of his 240 hours of tactical brilliance, radioed to the ship that he had a bogey inbound toward the fleet. "Clear and free" the ship responded, indicating that he was free to engage and 'fire' on the target - engage and fire as in simulated, because after all this was an exercise and the 'target' was of course known to everyone as a friendly. The rest is history and well-documented in a Chicago Tribune article from 1988. Miraculously neither of the RF-4 crewmen were killed in this egregious display of aerial idiocy and buffoonery.

RF-4C aircraft similar to the one splashed over the Med back in 1987 by recently promoted Rear Admiral Dorsey. 

Dorsey had this to say about the incident:  "Under no circumstances do I consider myself trigger-happy. If called upon to do so, I've been trained to react decisively and smartly. In this most unfortunate mishap, I believe that I indeed reacted decisively and, at the time, with the information I had received and interpreted, believed I was acting smartly." Yeah...

The investigation board decided that Dorsey would be allowed to keep his wings but would never again be allowed to fly a USN aircraft. Reduced to shoe clerk status, Dorsey became an intel officer and eventually drifted over to the Naval Reserves to mark his time and earn a retirement. Uh, not so fast. He didn't retire, and in fact was just promoted to Rear Admiral! WTF?

For Dorsey, it didn't hurt that at the time of his crime his old man happened to be a Navy Vice Admiral, who reportedly shot down his own wingman over Vietnam several years before. Apparently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Flying rubber dogshit on a cargo ship outta Hong Kong woulda been too good for this guy!

More details on this buffoon and how his dad saved his ass are over at MilitaryCorruption.com!

Back in 2005 the NCAA went after 19 colleges and universities who had what they considered "hostile and abusive" logos and mascots "demeaning" to American Indians. Most schools jumped on the PC bandwagon without a fight, but a few like the Florida State Seminoles were able to get tribal approval and keep their nickname. The Univ. of North Dakota has been using the Fighting Sioux moniker since 1930 when it replaced the "Flickertails", whatever a flickertail is. In 1969 the Sioux tribes of ND had no problem with the school's logo in an agreement providing educational benefits for native Sioux in the state.

In 2009, the NCAA threatened to bar UND from hosting tournament play unless they once again garnered support from the Sioux. For a school that has won seven Div I NCAA Hockey titles and placed 2nd five times, along with three NCAA Womens Basketball titles, that kinda sucks and could potentially cost a lot of money. Matters got worse when one of the two tribal councils refused to honor their 1969 agreement - the leaders of the dissenting council had their own agenda and wouldn't even put it up for a vote, knowing that it would pass.  Bending to PC pressure that never really existed from the majority of Sioux, UND agreed to drop the name in 2010. But the fight wasn't over - less than a year later a pissed off state legislature passed a law requiring the nickname be retained. The law was repealed seven months later after pressure from the Board of Higher Education and just in time for the NCAA playoffs.

A petition to repeal the repeal of the state law was held this week and the citizens of ND, including many native Sioux, voted overwhelmingly to put the issue up for a statewide vote. Part of that vote stipulates that the law go back in effect while the state gears up for this crucial referendum that has cost millions of taxpayer money and wasted a tremendous amount of everyone's time. In response the NCAA reaffirmed its position that the school will not be able to host or display the Fighting Sioux logo at NCAA tournaments... so nothing has really changed in seven years. But it's good to see the public take a stand against ridiculous PC maneuvers by a couple of asshole institutions like the NCAA and the state Board of Higher Education. Go Fighting Sioux!

Three years ago we predicted that manned Close Air Support (CAS) would be a thing of the past  by the year 2020 (Latest stats on USAF Drones). USAF HQ just hastened our prediction today, announcing they will mothball six tactical fighter squadrons, including four squadrons of the venerable (and awesome) A-10 attack aircraft as part of Obama's plan to gut our nation's military.

Units on the chopping block are the 107th Fighter Squadron at Selfridge ANG Base, MI.; the 163rd FS at Fort WayneANG Station, IN.; and the 184th FS at Ebbing ANG Base,AR. Throw in Iowa's 124th Fighter Squadron (F-16) and two other un-named active duty units flying A-10 and F-15's. That's 10% of our fighter force -- Gone in 60 Seconds.

Not to worry though. Jackwad Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says the pilots in the axed squadrons would transfer to other units, including those that fly unmanned aircraft like MQ-9 Reapers and MQ-1 Predators.

“What we are doing is re-missioning the units,” Schwartz told reporters at the Pentagon Jan. 27. “In other words, for example, a unit that was operating manned aircraft might transition to a remotely piloted aircraft mission. And so, their fundamental skills will still be employed but in a different way.”

Yeah, right.

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No, this isn't a Photoshop'd image of a giant phallus, it's just the latest salvo in the USAF's war against piloted aircraft (Welcome to Outsourcing, Gentlemen!). Argus One, a dirigible-looking thing created by the World Surveillance Group (WSG), is currently undergoing tests at an "undisclosed base" - - can you say Groom Lake, aka 'Area 51'?  Argus One can hover over a target area at 10-20,000' and provide real-time recon datalinked to some MWFIC who undoubtedly will give the order to launch some other drone to take out the target.

We've been talking about the de-manlyfication of the USAF for quite some time (The Future is Officially here...), but this is some really cheap-ass shit!!!

Bring back the Lockheed Skunk Works, I say!

Minhee Cho has a pretty cool name as it is, but a server from a Papa John's pizza joint in New York City gave her a callsign of his own, as evidenced in the following sales receipt. PJ has taken to Facebook to issue a public apology to the woman, as this image captioned " 'Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't 'lady chinky eyes'' goes viral on Twitter:

As we start the last year of all that great Hope and Change that was promised, the EEOC is trying to ram a little change of their own down the throats of American businesses. Under the guise of the American Disabilities Act, the agency wants to do away with the high school diploma requirement that most companies use to screen prospective employees. The letter of intent states that if the job applicants can prove they were unable to graduate from high school  due to a disability, they cannot be discriminated against in the application process.

If implemented, this will open up a huge can of worms and further aid in the dumming-down of the American workforce. Were you a druggie in your teen years and never graduated? Not your fault, you suffered from addiction! Couldn't pass high school math because you were thick as a brick? No problem, you obviously had an 'aversion to numbers' disability. And lets not leave out the percentage of those millions of kids who popped pharmaceutical speed for their ADD and ADHD disorders who never graduated either..see where this is going?

The Doofergods believe that the EEOC plug needs to be pulled immediately, and the agency re-booted and re-coded to incorporate a little common sense!

This picture sums it all up nicely!

A new bill in Congress

YGBSM!

From the AP:

An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation.

Keemonta Peterson pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment. The 30-year-old Portland woman must also undergo mental health treatment.

Peterson called 911 and the boy was rushed to a hospital last October after her botched effort left the infant bleeding uncontrollably and in intense pain. A prosecutor says (s)he has fully recovered.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Eric Bergstrom told Peterson on Monday that "the reality is you love your children and had absolutely no intent to harm your child."

(Ok, ok, I edited the story slightly. The baby's fine...maybe.)

No, the reality, Judge Bergstrom,

Hi.

I have few events while on the 617 Squadron dispersal, some humerous, some could have been serious.

There's a new erk on the dispersal (erk - aircraftsman) and I get the job of showing him round the Lincoln on a need to know basis. Its a cold day and as the NAAFI wagon had just been, we took our grub up into the nose out of the wind.  When break was over, we tidied up and before I could stop him the new lad threw his dregs down what looked like a drain in the floor.  It wasn't a drain, worse!  There was a bang and a thud and a ten man dinghy came out of the wing root. The look alike drain was the flotation switch for the dinghy in case of a ditching at sea!

[Ed. note: this email came in on a couple of fronts and after confirming the details I decided to post it in its entirety. Sad what our military has devolved into!]

Letter #1.

Remember when it was Fighter Weapons School?
12/17/2009 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- An Air National Guard MQ-1 Predator pilot marked the beginning of a new era Dec. 12 as the first unmanned aircraft pilot from a reserve component to graduate from the Air Force Weapons Instructor Course at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School here.
Maj. Tammy Barlette, from the Arizona Air National Guard's 214th Reconnaissance Group based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, completed the five-and-a-half month course along with three active duty UA pilots. They were the first to attend the school in its 60-year history. The school, regarded as having the U.S. Air Force's premier weapons and tactics training program, provides graduate-level instructor academic and flying courses. Its graduates are regarded as top authorities in their respective fields.
"I've been through a lot of training but nothing as difficult as this," said Major Barlette, a former A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot who left active duty to fly Predators over Iraq and Afghanistan full time with the Air Guard.
"The course is intended to make you the best instructor you can be for your squadron, weapon system and the Air Force," she said. "They teach you how to get to the root of a problem and find solutions.  It's constant studying, briefing and flying."
Within the first month she had to get qualified to fly the MQ-9 Reaper. The course requires UA pilots to have dual qualification in both the Predator and Reaper so that they can routinely fly training missions with various platforms to include A-10s, F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons.
The school, initially created for fighter pilots, now integrates Airmen from 22 different aircraft and specialties. The addition of UAs is an indication of their value in current conflicts and the need for their inclusion in the broader Air Force mission.
"Our training was focused on preparation for the next conflict," said the major. "The course taught us to keep a focus on the future so that, when required, a vast array of weapon systems can integrate in any number of situations. I feel like I have a better grasp of how all of these capabilities compliment each other, and I think officers from other Air Force communities got a better understanding of what (UAs) bring to the fight." Back at her unit, Major Barlette will be her commander's resident expert and will be relied upon to teach fellow Predator pilots how to improve operations.
"Everyone else in the unit will be marching behind her so we can learn how to better serve our customers: the troops on the ground," said Lt. Col. Randy Inman, 214th RG commander.
"We're very proud to have Major Barlette represent our unit, the state and the Air National Guard," Colonel Inman said. "We recognize the historic significance of her accomplishment and I know it was one that did not come without personal sacrifice."
One year ago Major Barlette was five-months pregnant with her second child when she learned of her selection to attend the school. Accepting the appointment meant she would have to leave her 1-year-old daughter and new-born son the following July.
"I talked it over with my husband and he said, 'You have to go. We'll figure out the rest.' He was very supportive, and my parents, who live in Tucson, helped us out tremendously," said Major Barlette.
Though Major Barlette admits the family separation was difficult, she says her new qualification as a weapons instructor will serve her and the UA community well.
"I just wanted to go to the school to get answers. I wanted to get better and I wanted to help my squadron get better," she said.
According to the major, weapon school patch-wearers from UA units across the country will enjoy the added benefit of being able to cross check ideas with each other.
"It's starting to connect us all," she said.

No one puts Baby A-Rod in a corner.

Well, maybe no one but Cameron Diaz and Fox Sports.

Sure, we all saw the shot during the Super Bowl of Baby A-Rod getting fed by his mama-san, but when I ran it through my filter removal software, the real image came through!

These virtual animation clips we wrote about are getting even more popular. Here's a take on shoe-clerking in the USAF:

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If your 3 year old were groped in Sunday School like this - you'd go to the police... but when the government does it, what recourse do you have?  Anybody been lucky enough to go through this "enhanced pat down" BS lately?

A couple thoughts:
How about wearing a bathrobe and flipflops to the airport... or better yet a Scottish Kilt and Tartan Sash...and nothing else! 

Phil Davison is a passionate man, and wants to be the GOP nominee for Treasurer of Stark County Ohio. Unfortunately, this speech didn't do too much to help convince the GOP Executive Committee who gave the nod to someone else.

He claims to have a Masters degree in communications, but his drivel reminds me more of an old Cheech and Chong skit or that of a professional wrestling promoter. Only dummer.

Saber Qashor, a 30 yr. old Palestinian man, was recently sentenced to 18 months in an Israeli hoosegow. His crime? "Rape by deception", or lying through his teeth to some Israeli chick in order to get laid. Saber claims that in September of 2008 he was approached by an Israeli woman while he was parking his bike in downtown Jerusalem. Hoping to cash in on the opportunity, he introduced himself as "Dudu" (a popular Jewish nickname), while neglecting to mention that he was both married and a father of two. He closed the deal within half an hour - an impressive bit of work in anyone's world.

Apparently the 'victim' got a little peeved when she found out that Saber (cool name btw) was not of the Hebrew faith, and two months later had him arrested. The Doofergods think this sets an AWFUL legal precedent, and for the sake of  all dudes out there just tryin' to get a lil' something, we hope this huge bit of twisted logic never finds its way into the American courts.  I mean, what's left when you take the art of bullshit out of the mating equation?

 Granted there's an awful lot of politicians out there who possess the intellect of a sack of wet mice, but Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is well on her way to charter membership in the Dooferbook's Hall of Numbskullery.  She's the one who back in 2005 asked scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab if the Mars Pathfinder had taken a photograph of the flag Neil Armstrong planted there in 1969. At the time she was a member of the House Science Committee.

Yesterday, the now member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee  offered this stunning bit of insight about Vietnam. For the record, she graduated from Yale in 1972 and went on to earn a law degree from the Univ. of Virginia. Draw your own conclusions about Affirmative Action.

Arizona's response to the LA City Council's proposed idiotic boycott of the state over their new immigration law:

" If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation.

I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy."

Two Navy F-18 'SuperHornet' drivers recently saw their careers go up in smoke thanks to an awesome flyby they performed at the start of a GA Tech football game last fall, according to Navy Times. A Rear Admiral who investigated the case claimed the flight lead "failed to provide effective [crew resource management] for his flight and allowed an unsafe flyby to occur with nearly tragic consequences" and grounded them permanently. The pilots were members of Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Oceania NAS, and are both GA Tech grads.

On top of the "Idiots" tag, this story also picks up a "Political Correctness" tag. I mean, since when is CRM part of being a fighter pilot?

Steve Burton, a bank clerk in Palm Springs, CA, recently attended his 20th high school reunion. Wanting to make a splash, he came costumed as  a highly decorated US Marine LT Colonel, adorned with the Navy Cross, a Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, a Purple Heart, and dozens of other lesser awards. He chronicled his martial exploits on his own blog page, and shared the many heroic 'battles' he fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. (On his blog, he also appears as a Master Gunnery Sergent, below). Unfortunately for Steve, a classmate of his who also attended the reunion was a real-life Navy Commander. Sensing this guy was more full of shit than a table of six the day after a meal at PF Chang's, Cmdr. Colleen Salonga posed for a photo with him and quickly alerted the FBI.
Steve earns a Dooferbook trifecta tag for his blatant buffonery, supreme idiocy,  and indefensible douchery - plus a Fail tag to boot!

If you've already made plans to grace your loved ones with the Obama Chia (From the YGBSM Dept....) this Chistmas, you might want to consider this little old-time favorite to complement your gift-giving goodness. According to the Sock Obama Co. this exclusive offering " is  'Change You Can Believe In' and is inspiring millions of stuffed animal lovers  around the world." The company also offers a "Sock Biden" - without the non-PC connotations of the Obama sock monkey model...

Last year before the election we reported on the "Obama Youth Junior Fraternity Regiment", a paramilitary-like political youth group  that was set up in a Kansas City charter school. It seems that post-election, the political indoctrination of our kids has reached out to more public schools. The first number in the medley is sung to the tune of "Jesus Loves the Little Children"; the second to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Lyrics follow...

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Lyrics
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Song 1:
Mm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said that all must lend a hand
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said we must be fair today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said red, yellow, black or white
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

Yes!
Mmm, mmm, mm
Barack Hussein Obama

Song 2:
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!"

Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one!
The first black American to lead this great nation!

Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans
To make this country's economy number one again!

Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!

So continue ---- Mr. President we know you'll do the trick
So here's a hearty hip-hooray ----

Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!

McDonald's has jumped on the PC bandwagon and created a new website called 365black.com because they believe that "African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year — not just during Black History Month."  But do we really need this? Celebrating cultural diversity and all is cool (who doesn't like St. Patrick's Day?), but seriously, what's the point of this site? To show the black community how much they "care"? McDonald's is a huge multinational corporation whose only real "care" is to turn a profit for their shareholders. So what they're really saying is,  "Hey, black people, make sure you stuff your faces with lots of Big Macs, McRibs and McNuggets because we made a black-only site that shows we really care about 'you people'!" 

(And speaking of PC appelations, why aren't there any African-Canadians?)

The Lockerbie bomber was released from jail today and returned home to Tripoli. Obama of course vehemently 'objected' to the release, and implored the Libyans not to greet the little prick as a conquering hero. So what did they do? They gave him a hero's welcome!

Back in the old days our Commander in Chief would have scrambled some Eagles, intercepted the aircraft, arrested the terrorist swine and made him serve out the rest of his sentence in some ass-pounding prison. Who needs change?

The War on Terror -now officially referred to as an "Overseas Contingency Operation"- is apparently becoming a kinder, friendlier war,  as evidenced by the story below.

Air Force Gen.: Warplanes may buzz enemy before bombing under new Afghanistan strategy

Air Force may buzz before bombing in Afghanistan

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — The Air Force general in charge of the air war in Afghanistan says a new strategy means warplanes in some cases may be buzzing rather than bombing some insurgents.

Lt. Gen. Gilmary Hostage said Thursday that his job is to support the strategy of winning Afghan support as formulated by the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. As part of that, McChrystal imposed restrictions on air power to limit civilian casualties.

Hostage told reporters at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina his forces can easily drop bombs with pinpoint accuracy.

But the three-star general said that at times, it may be better to fly low over enemy forces and disperse them with noisy warplanes that threaten with firepower but don’t immediately unleash it.

Bearing strong witness to the law of unintented consequence, the first scorecard is in from the government's 'Cash for Clunkers' program and the numbers don't look so good. Seems four out of the top five models being purchased are foreign ones - Hondas and Toyotas to be exact - nullifying whatever lame idea Congress had about resuscitating the US auto industry. Your tax dollars at work! Full Story

Moon hoax conspiracists point to the "waving" US flag on the moon as proof positive that the Apollo landings were faked. Ignoring the fact that the flag was bracketed by aluminum framing beneath the stitching - and the law of inertia - filmmaker Bart Sibrel has it all figured out. Sibrel, a numbskull conspiracist (and recipient of the Buzz Aldrin knuckle sandwich) claims, "The wind was probably caused by intense air-conditioning used to cool the astronauts in their lightened, uncirculated space suits." Yeah.

So who made the US flag that Armstrong and Aldrin planted forty years ago today? No one can say for sure and it is still a contested issue. Delores Black, a seamstress from Wisconsin, claims she made the flag for NASA and has her signature on the inseam to prove it - a pretty safe boast unlikely to ever be confirmed. In his book "All We Did Was Fly to the Moon", Dick Lattimer claims that the 3'x5' flags were purchased off the shelf at a local Sears store and modified. Fearing another "Tang" situation, NASA chose to keep the source quiet. [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWghCdIqedA 400x300]