Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread

[WLJ]

Something tells me that you're not using an upside down flag to send a distress signal over a significant distance, so its really a moot point no matter what flag is being used.

Beatty used flag signals at the Battle of Jutland, only the distance (5 nautical miles) and atmospheric conditions, including smoke from his own ships, made the flag signals unreadable to some parts of his squadron and it resulted in the scattering of Beatty's forces and effectively neutralized his 5th battle squadron at a critical juncture of the battle.

Beatty and his signal officer, who's name escapes me at the moment, had a history of repeatedly screwing up flag signals even before Jutland. That plus Beatty's habit of keeping Jellicoe in the dark about not only his own movements but that of the German's as well...yeah

[K Frame]

Beatty and his signal officer, who's name escapes me at the moment, had a history of screwing up flag signals even before Jutland. That plus Beatty's habit of keeping Jellicoe in the dark about not only his own movements but that of the German's as well...yeah

Ralph Seymour.

Seymour didn't have... a very good grasp of how to prepare signals for clarity of intent -- not just flag signals, either, but also wireless and searchlight signals.

What happened at Jutland was a different matter, however. The signals were standard course change signals, which had a very definitive format with no "wiggle room" for interpretation, but were delivered by flag when conditions dictated they should have been delivered by either wireless or by searchlight.

[WLJ]

Yeah, Seymour.
And I should have said signals in general.

[WLJ]

Wouldn't have bothered me if both Beatty and Seymour had retired or shoved somewhere quiet, like maybe off the fantail of the Lion  , after Dogger Bank. But Beatty had his political connections

[dogmush]

THIS.......this is some A1, primo thread drift.

[WLJ]

Back on topic

When in doubt photoshop

https://twitter.com/Wolfe_50/status/1504120583927345152

AFT/AFL-CIO scrapped tweet with Ukraine flag upside-down, but the next attempt was so bad it also got deleted
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/03/16/aft-afl-cio-scrapped-tweet-with-ukraine-flag-upside-down-but-the-next-attempt-was-so-bad-it-also-got-deleted/

[dogmush]

More like MS Painted it.

[K Frame]

Wouldn't have bothered me if both Beatty and Seymour had retired or shoved somewhere quiet, like maybe off the fantail of the Lion  , after Dogger Bank. But Beatty had his political connections

Which he used, in part, to cover up his many mistakes and failings at Jutland. It's also very interesting how Beatty began to turn on Seymour after the war when in depth analyses began to show just what a jackwad Beatty had been.

The problem with Winston Churchill's quote about Jellico is that it should have been directed at Beatty. But, Churchill loved Beatty because they were very much alike personality wise, while Jellico was, by nature, reserved and cautious and slow to act until he had fully assessed the situation. 

[K Frame]

THIS.......this is some A1, primo thread drift.

It's what we do.

Or, to paraphrase Adm. the 1st Earl Beatty, "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody threads today."

[WLJ]

It's what we do.

Or, to paraphrase Adm. 1st Earl Beatty, "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody threads today."

I was trying to figure out a way on how to fit that in somewhere.

[WLJ]

Which he used, in part, to cover up his many mistakes and failings at Jutland. It's also very interesting how Beatty began to turn on Seymour after the war when in depth analyses began to show just what a jackwad Beatty had been.

And getting to fiddle with the written history of Jutand as First Sea Lord

[K Frame]

More like MS Painted it.

Looks more like a really bad "mask and Krylon" job.

Jesus...

[cordex]

Back on topic

When in doubt photoshop

https://twitter.com/Wolfe_50/status/1504120583927345152

AFT/AFL-CIO scrapped tweet with Ukraine flag upside-down, but the next attempt was so bad it also got deleted
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/03/16/aft-afl-cio-scrapped-tweet-with-ukraine-flag-upside-down-but-the-next-attempt-was-so-bad-it-also-got-deleted/

Doesn't an upside-down flag typically indicate distress?

 

[Doggy Daddy]

Doesn't an upside-down flag typically indicate distress?

 

Get here late, didja?

[K Frame]

I was trying to figure out a way on how to fit that in somewhere.

[K Frame]

Uh oh, I think this thread is in distress...

[Jim147]

To get back on subject, was the woman of the year a rear admiral? Just asking for a friend.

[RoadKingLarry]

To get back on subject, was the woman of the year a rear admiral? Just asking for a friend.

Let's rephrase that question for accuracy.
Is the faux Rear Admiral that may have been selected as woman of the year actually a woman?

[Perd Hapley]

https://babylonbee.com/news/the-babylon-bees-man-of-the-year-is-rachel-levine

UPDATE: Since announcing this award, we've been told that Levine actually identifies as a woman. We have still chosen to give the award as his self-identification has no bearing on the truth. Congratulations, Rachel Levine!

[Ben]

Well, okay.

[WLJ]

Hook a generator up to that spin

[WLJ]

Joy Reid is losing what little grip on reality she had left.

    Bottom line: DeSantis is building his 2024 campaign on a Trump-on-steroids menu of pro-COVID, anti-LGBT, anti-Black, anti-teacher, control-the-women, undiluted fascism. The far right loves it and Florida Republicans are too scared of him to get in the way. https://t.co/oKgjFohfvO

    — Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) March 14, 2022

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/03/17/joy-reid-declares-that-florida-under-iron-fisted-fascist-ron-desantis-is-basically-gilead-with-palm-trees-and-bikinis/

[Ben]

I could not imagine having a kid in the current public school system at the elementary school level.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/03/17/teacher-records-themself-coming-out-a-trans-finds-it-difficult-to-explain-to-fourth-graders/

[Ben]

Also, on Fox Business Channel of all places, they are playing a "gen cool" campaign commercial. All about how cool it is to be a transgender kid. Absolutely peer pressure that is going to screw up a bunch of mixed up and impressionable young kids for the rest of their lives.

Where is that asteroid? Alternatively, I'll take Putin throwing some nukes our way.

[RoadKingLarry]

Also, on Fox Business Channel of all places, they are playing a "gen cool" campaign commercial. All about how cool it is to be a transgender kid. Absolutely peer pressure that is going to screw up a bunch of mixed up and impressionable young kids for the rest of their lives.

Where is that asteroid? Alternatively, I'll take Putin throwing some nukes our way.

Hope springs eternal!