@WhitlockJason Now you know why Trump was there; he fired the Kennedy Center board last week and appointed himself director. As for the NFL, meet your new commissioner

@MarkDavis “Excellence like this is a distant memory.” Especially in the Meadowlands, where the Giants may not sniff the playoffs (let alone a Super Bowl) until sometime in the next decade, when I may be watching from that big sports bar in the sky

@EdAsante77 Are you surprised?

The heroism of the Buff crews over Hanoi is even more impressive when you consider: 1) The G models sent downtown lacked the most advanced ECM gear found on the B-52Ds, putting the G model crews at a big disadvantage 2) Tactics were dictated by SAC HQ, which (essentially) modified nuclear strike plans for raids on Hanoi. All aircraft on early raids flew the same attack heading, with some waves hours apart—NVA SAM crews literally had time to reload 3) Routing took the Buffs off target on an overland heading—into the face of the jet stream, increasing time in the threat envelope Losses mounted until Brig Gen Glenn Sullivan, the B-52 wing commander at Utapao decided he had seen enough. He sent a message to CINCSAC (:cc copy to 8th AF/CC on Guam) noting that the tactics weren’t working, and suggesting changes. SAC relented; after a brief pause, new tactics were implemented. B-52G were temporarily pulled from heavily defended Hanoi targets; new attack routing took Buffs over the Gulf of Tonkin on egress, so crews of damaged bombers could eject and have a much better chance at rescue. And Buffs began attacking from multiple ingress headings, with times over target compressed into windows as narrow as 15 minutes. The new tactics worked, but it cost General Sullivan his career. He was exiled to run the Air Force Rescue Service and retired in 1974. Sadly, too few airmen know the courage and legacy of Glenn Sullivan

@kennerd996 @Super70sSports He was up for the task; Dawson met his last wife when she was a contestant on Family Feud

@UOJebby @landofthe80s And not to mention a Tony and Emmy winner in Ray Walston, who comes close to stealing the movie as Mr Hand

@RealAirPower1 Thought the USS William J Clinton was already in service:

Want to conduct long-range CSAR in WestPac? The US-2 is your answer. HH-60W is a great platform, but even with tanker support, it can’t reach some of the places where downed aircrew would require rescue. And did I mention the US-2 is a great option for USAF Agile Combat Employment (ACE) support?

The voiceover intro and bumpers was normally provided by CBS staff announcer Norm Stevens; when he took the evening off, the duties were often handled by another CBS veteran, Hal (The Edgggeee of Night) Simms. Other announcers who filled in included Wally King, longtime voice of the CBS Evening News and Bill Martin. And a few minutes after The Late Movie ended, you could hear the same announcer signing off WCBS-TV

@johnquinn83 @Jimfrombaseball You witnessed a rare event; by some accounts, Lindsey’s jackets rarely visited the cleaners, and the broadcast booth took on a certain “air” on hot summer days. By some counts, Lindsey had over 300 jackets in his collection.

@MocklerBassets Mmm…soft and waxy, just the way Jack likes ‘em

@Gusterbear We have it on good authority that Nyxie is a nightly participant in @Gusterbear’s inter-galactic puppy races. Just a quick lap from the Rainbow Bridge around the Milky Way, and back to the starting point, followed by lots of snax

@MocklerBassets @McDonalds @krispykreme @culvers If it’s along an interstate (and most Buc-ee’s are), they will find a way to close the deal.

@RightWingDad Here’s another one: they paid for an expensive, corner lot in a high traffic area; bulldozed the gas station that had been there for decade and put up their clinic. Only cars belong to the employees:

Hope wasn’t a bad dancer—certainly not among Hollywood’s elite, but more that serviceable. But Cagney makes it look effortless, and that is a mark of greatness. Watch the number of times Rapid Robert steals a glance at Cagney; some of that is inevitable when you’re dancing as a pair. He knew Cagney was gliding while Hope was hoofing like crazy, trying to keep up

His father, a Naval Officer with the same name, was awarded the CMOH for his actions aboard the cruiser USS San Francisco on the night of November 13, 1942. When a Japanese shell struck the cruiser’s bridge (killing the task force commander and the ship’s commander), the elder McCandless took the conn and steered the ship through the rest of the battle. He retired from active duty in 1954; his son began his career as a Navy officer four years later. The maternal grandfather of the younger McCandless was also a Medal of Honor recipient…

@FarvaPrice Woah..if that’s the skipper’s visage, what does the XO (usually the hammer on the command team) look like?

If we’re serious about this, Hegseth will convene a latter day version of George Marshall’s “plucking board” of the early 40s and forcibly retire scores of senior officers who are dedicated to Pentagon politics, not war-fighting and effective leadership. That should open the doors for a new generation that can provide the vision and leadership needed to get our military ready for a war that is looming on the horizon. The problem? Careerism infects the lower ranks as well. The current crop of political generals and admirals were recruited and groomed by a previous generation, just as they are looking at Captains, Majors and Lt Colonels who can keep DoD on its current trajectory—the same officers now being plugged into the right assignments and schools, so they can take the reigns in the years ahead

@The_Real_Feisty Why yes—and yes!