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A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days (thedrive.com)
turkeydance shares Thursday's report from The Drive:
A very unique U.S. Air Force surveillance aircraft has been flying highly defined circles over Seattle and its various suburbs for nine days now... The aircraft, which goes by the callsign "SPUD21" and wears a nondescript flat gray paint job with the only visible markings being a U.S. Air Force serial on its tail, is a CASA CN-235-300 transport aircraft that has been extensively modified... It is covered in a dizzying array of blisters, protrusions, humps and bumps. These include missile approach warning detectors and large fairings on its empennage for buckets of forward-firing decoy flares, as well as both microwave -- the dome antenna behind the wing and flat antenna modification in front of the wing -- and ultra high-frequency satellite communications -- the platter-like antenna behind the dome antenna. A communications intelligence suite also appears to be installed on the aircraft, with the antenna farm on the bottom of its fuselage being a clear indication of such a capability. But what's most interesting is the aircraft's apparent visual intelligence gathering installation...
This particular CN-235, with the serial 96-6042, is one of six that researchers commonly associated with the Air Force's top secret 427th Special Operations Squadron... The 427th occupies the same space with a host of other "black" U.S. military aviation elements, most of which are affiliated to some degree with Joint Special Operations Command and the Intelligence Community... [I]f the military placed the aircraft under civilian control to some degree and with an appropriate legal justification, the U.S. military could possibly fly it in support of a domestic operation or one focused on a foreign suspect or organization operating within the United States... It's also entirely possible, if not probable, that the aircraft could be involved in a realistic training exercise rather than an actual operation... The area could have simply provided a suitable urban area to test existing or new surveillance technologies, too, though this could spark serious privacy concerns if true.
Friday an Air Force Special Operations Command public affairs officer confirmed that the plane was one of theirs, describing its activity as "just a training mission," according to Russia Today.
This particular CN-235, with the serial 96-6042, is one of six that researchers commonly associated with the Air Force's top secret 427th Special Operations Squadron... The 427th occupies the same space with a host of other "black" U.S. military aviation elements, most of which are affiliated to some degree with Joint Special Operations Command and the Intelligence Community... [I]f the military placed the aircraft under civilian control to some degree and with an appropriate legal justification, the U.S. military could possibly fly it in support of a domestic operation or one focused on a foreign suspect or organization operating within the United States... It's also entirely possible, if not probable, that the aircraft could be involved in a realistic training exercise rather than an actual operation... The area could have simply provided a suitable urban area to test existing or new surveillance technologies, too, though this could spark serious privacy concerns if true.
Friday an Air Force Special Operations Command public affairs officer confirmed that the plane was one of theirs, describing its activity as "just a training mission," according to Russia Today.
You are sadly mistaken about what feminism is.
If it was about equality, why is there insane pushback by feminists against anything and everything that disproportionately hurts men? Everything is "male fragility" or "sexism." Must be nice to blame all your problems on people you've never met. Many feminists believe men can't be raped. Think about that for a second: the most unholy crime a man can do to a woman is not even possible for a woman to do to a man.
If it is about equality, why are women not signing petitions to enact selective service for women? Instead, when Congress was talking about forcing women to register for the draft the conversation was always "nobody should have to register for selective service." Where was the momentum to abolish selective service when it only targeted men? Why do the rules have to be changed so you can play?
Why aren't feminists pushing for women's prison sentence to be equal to men's? Why aren't feminists pushing for more balanced outcomes in child custody cases? Why aren't feminists pushing for more men in fields dominated by women?
Simple: because the whole "It is about equality" argument is false, and an easy way to vilify anyone who disagrees with them (feminists). Only a monster wouldn't want equality! You aren't a monster, are you?
Feminists should be less disingenuous about it. They want inequality in their favor, like most humans do. Men only areas: discrimination. Women only areas: Wonderful, and should be mandated by the Federal Government.
Feminists don't want equity of opportunity, they want equity of outcome, and only when it favors them- which is impossible for more than one reason.