The Mother of All Drones

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/484/language/en-CA/The-Mother-of-All-Drones.aspx




A profile drawing of the very same de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee as used in the demonstration for Winston Churchill. Note the red undersides of the upper wingtips – applied to later production models and used to help gunners see the angle and direction of flight at a distance. A steam catapult was used when the aircraft was launched on floats. Image via WingsPalette

Arms Identification With Wikipedia, Holiday Photographs, and Shoe Size Conversion Charts

https://bellingcat.com/resources/case-studies/2014/07/27/arms-identification-with-wikipedia-holiday-photographs-and-shoe-size-conversion-charts/
On February 12th 2014, the following video from Kafr Zita, Syria was uploaded to YouTube, showing what was claimed to be the remains of a cluster munition
It showed the remains of a munition that previously hadn’t been documented in the conflict, and it was claimed to be a type of cluster munition, but the question was, what type?

They could just open the Treasury doors for everyone to pillage, and just roll some dice to decide the winner

http://time.com/money/3117303/vote-lottery-cash-prizes/

On Southern California Public Radio, Fernando Guerra, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, suggested a radical solution to increasing voter turnout: Enter all voters automatically into a $1 million lottery.

“Wouldn’t we get a lot of people who know nothing about politics or the candidates jumping in and voting and just checking the box so they could get a million bucks?” the radio host asked Guerra.

“Absolutely,” Guerra responded. But, he added, that might not be a bad thing. “That might produce better results. There is no data to show that uninformed voters make worse decisions than informed voters."

Uninformed voters need to be able to decide policy, too.   It's only taxpayer money, right?