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2022-02-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Santa Monica, CA tweets photo of Russian jet to promote US Air Force Super Bowl flyover

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-14 11:48|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Possibly a hoped for event, considering the origins of the tweet.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-14 11:55|| 2022-02-14 11:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Where are the complaints about the cost of this frivolous flyover, clogging up the pristine sky with earth-warming CO2?

Or were all the usual complainers at the game, maskless?

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-14 12:03|| 2022-02-14 12:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Your intellectual and moral superiors, in perfect position to make your health and financial choices.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-14 12:05|| 2022-02-14 12:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Was it a fully semi-automatic assault MiG with a large-capacity magazine?

Posted by Matt 2022-02-14 12:29|| 2022-02-14 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 The bayonet is a nice touch.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-14 12:52|| 2022-02-14 12:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe Sheryl Crow wrote the copy:

All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard

I like a good МиГ-35 buzz early in the morning
And Hunter he likes to peel the labels
From his Gummint Issued Crack Pipes
He lights them on the bar...

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-14 13:27|| 2022-02-14 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 I've seen this kinda thing happen enough to consider that this was no mistake by the responsible party

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-02-14 13:55|| 2022-02-14 13:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Just as good as when the Air Force birthday was recognized by Southern Command with SU-27s, and the State Department used F-18s.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-14 13:56|| 2022-02-14 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 F-15skis ?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-14 14:57|| 2022-02-14 14:57|| Front Page Top

#10 this was no mistake by the responsible party

Hmmm. Malice or ignorance. Tough choice given that the demographic in question is 'journalists'.

Personally, I'd be fine with Russians jets in the Super Bowl flyover because Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy!

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-14 15:05|| 2022-02-14 15:05|| Front Page Top

#11

F-15skis ?

It was a mail plane. You can tell by the balls.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-14 15:25|| 2022-02-14 15:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Go to your room, swksvolFF. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-14 17:22|| 2022-02-14 17:22|| Front Page Top

#13 Reflect in your lens, Zenza Bronica,
A commune to scare Erich Honecker,
Where bedheaded Rebels
Read ~~Liebknecht and Bebel~~
Alinsky and Zinn: Santa Monica!

Posted by Harry Cromort5858 2022-02-14 18:17|| 2022-02-14 18:17|| Front Page Top

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