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Somali pirates open fire on U.S. Navy helicopter

Somali pirates holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter as it made a surveillance flight over the vessel, the first such attack by pirates on an American military aircraft, the Navy said Thursday.

The helicopter, which is based on the USS Chancellorsville, was not hit and there were no injuries, the Navy said.

The ship our guys were watching has been held by Pirates since April. April.

Two Northrop Grumman-built Ships — Dewey (DDG 105) and New York (LPD 21) — Delivered On Gulf Coast in the Same Week

PASCAGOULA, Miss. and AVONDALE, La., Aug. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered two ships to the U.S. Navy this week at its Gulf Coast shipyards in Pascagoula, Miss. and Avondale, La. Company and Navy officials signed documents officially transferring custody of the Aegis guided missile destroyer Dewey (DDG 105) in Pascagoula on Monday, Aug. 17 and the amphibious transport dock ship New York (LPD 21) at the New Orleans facility on Friday, Aug. 21.

Northrop Grumman delivered two ships to the U.S. Navy this week: the Aegis guided missile destroyer Dewey (DDG 105) in Pascagoula on Monday, Aug. 17 and the amphibious transport dock ship New York (LPD 21) at the New Orleans facility on Friday, Aug. 21.

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Most red ink ever: $9 trillion over next decade

In a chilling forecast, the White House is predicting a 10-year federal deficit of $9 trillion — more than the sum of all previous deficits since America’s founding.

Murdoc is on the road and posting may be a bit erratic.

Well, more erratic than usual.

NLOS-C Being Put Down
The NLOS-C program is essentially on hold. NLOS-C video here.

Finally Uncensored: IAF Plane “Downed” Iraqi Jet in 1982
Without a shot being fired.

Resurrect the Raptor
Steve Forbes says get more F-22s.

Russia Holds US Humvees as Trophies
Captured awaiting shipment home when the Rooskies attacked Georgia.

Marines Looking at Adjustable M16 Stocks
But Conway is against it.

Boeing delivers B-52 with digital upgrade to Air Force
Combat Network Communications (CONECT). Set your CRM-114 Discriminator.

F-35B “Warthog”
Hanging all sorts of stuff off a Lighting.

How to turn seawater into jet fuel
Maybe we can fight fight rising sea levels by requiring everyone to drive an SUV that gets less than 12 MPG.

New Va.-class sub construction problem
Weapons-handling gear assembled incorrectly.

Operation: Soccer Escort
Out of all the jobs I have done, 90% of my clients arrived at their destination unharmed.

Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration
Says that it was “a mistake” to claim that the Arctic would be ice-free by 2030.

A couple of days back I posted a bit on how the anti-war movement has basically fallen off the radar.

At the end, I wondered how much the media had to do with the story disappearing:

One other thing, though, is that maybe the “silence” of the anti-war voices is due more to lack of coverage by the media. At one point, the anti-war types were the darlings of the newscast. Now, if there are solid anti-war types out there still making noise, decision-makers might rather that no one see or hear them.

Byron York points out this bit by ABC’s Charles Gibbons, who was a major promoter of Cindy Sheehan back in the day:

And you have to be sympathetic to her. Anybody who has given a son to this country has made an enormous sacrifice, and you have to be sympathetic. But enough already.

But enough already.

via Lex.

UPDATE: York has more:
Sheehan: Pro-Obama media want the anti-war movement to go away

Useful idiot discovers that she’s been a useful idiot.

I’ve seen a number of “I don’t like Sheehan but I’ll give her points for consistency” remarks as she heads to Martha’s Vineyard to protest, and I guess that’s a fair way to look at it.

Just don’t equate “consistent” with “right”. She’s consistently wrong.

Dealers stiffed as clunkers pile up

Via Instapundit:

Some New Mexico auto dealers have backed out of the cash-for-clunkers program and more may do so as the federal government takes its time providing cash reimbursements.

Dealers across the state are owed more than $3.6 million, according to a dealers’ group which says that so far Uncle Sam has only written three checks totaling about $14,000.

The whole thing ran out of cash in a week, requiring fast legislation to keep it running. By voting to use more of your money. Now they’re screwing over dealers.

The G can’t run a used car operation but they want to run your healthcare?

Yah. Right.

UPDATE: Here’s a bit of understatement from MSNBC:

Cash for Clunkers success limited by its flaws
Bureaucracy, poor planning may mar the overall impression of the program

A few comments at GunPundit. Video via Sebastian.