Random News and Notes 28 March
We start off in Florida. Again. This time it involves a different type of Florida Man. Golf great Tiger Woods was involved in a single vehicle rollover accident yesterday. No one was hurt, except the Range Rover he managed to turn on its side. He was charged with DUI in connection with the accident.
This is his 2nd DUI. According to reports he blew zeros but refused a urinalysis at the station.
Dude, you’re rich as balls, hire a f’ing driver.
While California struggles to get a single mile of high-speed rail laid, the Japanese are building trains that go 310 mph. A video from the Chuo Shinkansen development shows the superconducting maglev prototype, which hit a 375 mph world record in 2015, zipping by so fast it looks supersonic. It spotlights Japan’s push to cut Tokyo-Nagoya trips from 90 to 40 minutes.
Maybe we should drop a couple of A-bombs on California. I mean they seemed to work on Japan right?
Some poor sap in California dumped a chick and she went ham on his Tesla. Surveillance footage from a Lake Tahoe garage shows a woman repeatedly banging the car’s doors against a wall and fridge, rubbing the sides, and possibly hitting the hood while hauling her belongings after their breakup.
And that boys and girls is why you don’t mess with crazy no matter how good looking the package. And no, you can’t fix him/her.
There are a few updates on the autoparts lawyer crashout story from earlier this week. Bodycam footage of the arrest has been released, and if anything it is worse than the original video we saw. I am surprised the bailiffs or whatever were so restrained.
The autoparts, one of the FtM variety, is facing a Bar hearing and has permanently closed her alphabet mafia centered law firm.
Epic Fury News
The USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group has arrived in the CENTCOM AO. The ARG includes the Tripoli (obviously), USS New Orleans (LPD-18), USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The USS San Diego (LPD-22) is normally part of the Tripoli ARG, but did not leave INDOPACOM.
The Boxer ARG sailed from San Diego this week and is due in the CENTCOM AO in approximately 10 days. The Boxer ARG includes USS Boxer (LHD-4), USS Portland (LPD-27), USS Comstock (LSD-45) and the 11th MEU.
It appears that the Iranians managed to destroy at least one KC-135 tanker on the ground at Prince Sultan Airbase in KSA.
The last target in that montage shows why most naval vessels are either wood or metal. The GRP (glass reinforced polymer/plastic – aka fiberglass) literally shatters when hit by a bomb.
The Houthi have apparently thrown their hats in the ring. They launched a missile – which was intercepted – at southern Israel overnight.