Sounds like one of the few places in the defense industry that's got things right lately.

This is exactly what we need in the US. Unless and until they stand up to these corporate/government censors, public opinion will continue to be lead by whomever has the most cash.

Oh well, i guess it's back to the jet powered flying squirrel suit.

Sounds like that's exactly what they were doing. UNLIMITED data plans, shouldn't, you know, have a LIMIT.

F-105: thunderchief F-111: Aardvark/Raven (BTW: turned out to be a pretty decent attack plane/anti-radar "Wild Weasel" F-15 Eagle F-18 Hornet Story pretty much correct though.

Why do you have a hammer in an instrument stand in your kitchen?

...and we LIKED it!

DF is an ALMOST great game. The problem is not the graphics so much...it's the utterly confusing command/menu system. The strange progress of its development, for example, implementing bees and armadillos in the face of game-ending crashes or utterly useless military commands, is also frustrating.

...poisoned by Foxconn in China!

When one of the parties has much higher environmental and safety regulations. Of course, this why the wingnuts will tell you we need to dismantle our regulatory systems. Yay! Race to the bottom!

But...why?

For example, they KNEW that the BOP (blowout preventer) was not functioning correctly. one of the 2 control systems was out, and they had been bringing up pieces of the rubber seal in the test fluid. They were cutting corners on their cut corners. You'd think this would serve as exhibit A to silence all the "GOVERNMENT R BAD, CORPORATIONS R GOOD" nutcases in the USA today, but unfortunately it does not seem to have had that effect.

Not at all. They're all against big government, unless they are trying to cram their "morals" down your throat, or looking for a handout, or diverting tax money to their corporate overlords.

..while California doesn't even have a budget. This isn't their job.

Because they are going to need some, and soon. EVERY time they make a change to the privacy scheme, it's ridiculous and gets the whole user base riled up.