Pixie Bomb!

Tree got hit by lightning (you can plainly see the lightning track down the side), but... the sight of a burning tree in a cemetery leads many to conclude that it must be the Devil's work. Honestly, if lighting trees on fire is how the Devil promotes evil, then he's not much to worry about, I think.

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Water department used a tad too much potassium permanganate. I'm a little surprised it's not turning the sinks and toilets brown.

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It's depressing, although not really surprising, to see how many are taken aback by the notion that the CIA (and everyone else who has yet to be caught) use net connected devices like TVs to spy on you. Common sense should tell you that when something like that is available, it's going to be used.

Ob's stürmt oder schneit; Ob die Sonne uns lacht...

I'm amazed to learn that the Soviets fielded remote controlled unmanned tanks in WWII. When I first saw that earlier on wikipedia, I thought it was a hoax, but googling on 'teletank' brings up a host of supporting documentation, so...

I'd consider myself to be more knowledgable than average about the history of the Second World War, but this is absolute news to me. The rationale of doing it to reduce Soviet casualties is in sharp discord with my notion of communist morals - the Soviets always seemed willing to me to send their men in waves, and overwhelm with sheer numbers.

I'd wondered back during the bombing of Libya why no-one had ever tried remote controlled tanks, as that seemed an obvious idea to me.

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In the process of searching for that post, I was reminded that on April 13, 2011... I was thinking about Trump for President. I don't even recall what prompted that.

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And, I shall smugly note that I called this one exactly correct. Once we got what we wanted, they can butcher one another to their heart's content.