- One of my kids asked for this shirt for Christmas. Interesting, considering my place in life. I thought it would be something simple to buy, but it’s sold out and hard to find at any reputable company. Unfamiliar with it, research tells me The National is a band comprising two sets of brothers from Cincinnati, where my father was born and grew up, and my adopted sports city. Per AI:
- The National, an American rock band, is often referred to as “Sad Dad” music, which can be a term of endearment and a bit of a dig. The band’s music is known for its brooding tone and personal lyrics about love, loss, and depression. Some say that the band’s members were older when they found success, which is part of the reason for the “Sad Dad” label.
- The National, an American rock band, is often referred to as “Sad Dad” music, which can be a term of endearment and a bit of a dig. The band’s music is known for its brooding tone and personal lyrics about love, loss, and depression. Some say that the band’s members were older when they found success, which is part of the reason for the “Sad Dad” label.
- Trading in a car you’ve owned for a long time and buying another without consulting anyone is one of those big post-divorce stages that make you realize you have moved on.
- Y’all know I like my presidential history. I found this nugget when I went down my last rabbit hole and found it hard to believe until I found multiple sources.
- On the night of October 14, 1990, Delta Force conducted a successful mock attack on the President by HALO jumping onto the White House lawn.Lew Merletti, the Special Agent in Charge of Presidential protection secretly flew to Fort Bragg and presented Delta with a challenge to come up with the most devastating small-footprint ambush they could think of targeting the President at the White House, the Delta commander accepted the challenge.
Some ground rules were set; the Delta operators could not use their clearances or classified information to devise the ambush; they had to use recon and publicly available information only. Figure out the weak point in the system and break it.
Delta trained for 8 weeks and, on the night of October 14, 1990, conducted a HALO jump onto the White House lawn. Secret Service special agents on duty were not notified of what was going to happen beforehand, but live ammunition was collected from them just before the mock attack, giving an indication that something might be going on.
One of the special agents on duty that night, a sniper on the White House roof, recalled what happened. “All of a sudden, there were these Delta guys on the lawn. It was that fast. It was a ‘holy shit’ moment for everybody involved.”
After the mock attack, the Delta Force commander gave Lew Merletti an infrared photograph of one of the Delta operators, in harness, as he was landing on the White House lawn. Merletti taped the photo to a wall in his office with the words “No comment” written underneath.
A microwave Doppler radar system was installed on the White House roof as a result of this mock attack.
Source: Chapter 18, pages 274-276 of Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins by Annie Jacobsen
Here’s a PDF of the whole book, but some of you may feel uncomfortable downloading it or accessing a website with an iffy URL and totally written in Russian.
- On the night of October 14, 1990, Delta Force conducted a successful mock attack on the President by HALO jumping onto the White House lawn.Lew Merletti, the Special Agent in Charge of Presidential protection secretly flew to Fort Bragg and presented Delta with a challenge to come up with the most devastating small-footprint ambush they could think of targeting the President at the White House, the Delta commander accepted the challenge.
- After this guy did the first-ever front flip (summersault) during a long jump competition. It was banned the following year.
