Brian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social‬

Serendipity comes in many forms.

At least in "Babylon 5" President Clark had the courtesy to kill himself.

King Missile now has the sequel to their classic song "Detachable Penis."
Get back in the studio guys!
"Inflatable Penis" damn near writes itself!

Visiting the Skeleton Coast is on my wish list, but I'll give the seal-eating lions a wide berth. Like the seals, I don't run very fast these days.

Martin Maryland bombers in North Africa, 1941.

And just when the RAF was getting the Martin Baltimore which was faster than a Blenheim, carried more guns and had a bigger bomb load capacity.
And was primarily used for photo-reconnaisance.

So nice and chewy! And they can't run away like a gazelle!

Gotta keep their bread buttered no matter what it might cost them.

Amazingly four of the eight submarines attached to the Italian Red Sea Flotilla sailed from East Africa to Bordeaux, France in a trip of over 12,000 miles that took from March to May, 1941.

Better as sausages. The spices help significantly.

If you see this post a chef

Probably got the idea when listening to an album from The Sweet from 1975.

Judging from the expressions, they're downwind of their king.

They're more "reactive" today than anything else.

I think this is more of a "Do Something!" reaction from what passes as our current administration. Much like the fly-over in DC during the Epstein survivor's press conference.
And it will look good on Fox News or OAN.

Servile little critter? Definitely.
Lickspittle? Absolutely.
Toady? Obviously.
Good boy? Nope.
No wonder his father ignores him.

US Marine 155 mm M777 howitzer.

Six inch shells really don't care where they're flying. Let's just hope the Marines care where they're pointing their artillery.

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

Whiskey Pete Hegseth declares war on Pacific Ocean fish.
And closes the I-5 (the corridor between San Diego and the L.A. area) for seventeen miles.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Pantera at Massawa, Italian East Afica, 1940.

In April 1941, as the Italian colony was falling to British troops, the three sisters were ordered to attack shipping near the Suez Canal. Leone struck an uncharted rock and was destroyed by the two surviving sisters who were subsequently scuttled on the Saudi Arabian coast on April 4, 1941.

Italian destroyer Tigre, taken in 1938.

In 1935 all three ships were stationed in Italian East Africa. Their only service in World War 2 was an unsuccessful attack on a British convoy in the Red Sea in October 1940 which was fended off by the British light cruiser Leander, a destoryer and three sloops.

The Leone class destroyer Pantera, approximately 1930. Note the straight stem, and the 4.7 inch twin mounts on the foredeck, between the stacks, between the torpedo tubes amidships and aft of the mainmast.

The three Leone class destroyers (Leone, Pantera and Tigre) were originally designed for the Regia Marina as scout cruisers. Commissioned in 1924, they displaced about 2,200 tons and carried eight 4.7" guns mounted fore, aft, and amidships as well as six 17.7 inch torpedo tubes.
#NavalHistory

Open bar?

On the bright side, HMS Victory, having been surveyed and about to be turned into a prison hulk, was instead ordered to be rebuilt and rejoined the fleet in April, 1803.

There is still speculation among historians that the main reason the British Empire was founded was the constant search for something good to eat.

The perfect way to go to a protest fully armed.

I love proofreading. Just wish I could do it on my own work.

That's pretty much every day, depending on your feed.

The Many Deaths of Ted Cruz, Episode One.
Pursued by a group of Native Americans on horseback, Ted flees on foot across the prairie, not knowing there is a cliff edge just up ahead hidden in the tall tall grass.

Did they keep the drugs for themselves?

Looks like a half-Windsor knot.