Tonight’s been a  confluence  of past  events.  I’m seeing NASA  July  20,  1969 Apollo 11 again. I was  watching  it  after  midnight on  a flickering  B&W 17″ rabbit  eared TV on crew  rest  Shaw  AFB  SC with   8 AM unescorted  Atlantic  takeoff  to Torrejon AB Spain . Meant 2  refuelings coasting  out  Carolinas  and  just  off Azores over  a  large ocean in  a  4  hr  leg tactical bomber? Touchy  but  just  part of  the job.  Nothing  to see visual or  radar poor radio contact  back then? Nav solution: make a  heading up wind predicted  and  assume  the  drift  will be within  radar  sighting  of  tanker? Answer to  WWCHD . What would Columbus would have  done?

Next  eve Ken Kelly and I had  great  time  looking  for  Flaminco in  Seville. Wasn’t  any! No matter. Actually, I WAS escorted. Had   a   friend’s  left  behind  on reassignment German Sheppard  at my  feet.  Lovely sweet  dog  the  Gilhooley’s ( Gil Cooley) kids  were  still crying over. We  agreed I’d bring her   over past  the 6  mo   Q impoundment  period.  In Spain was  just  border  crossing  by  air. Perhaps  friendliest  thing  USAF ever did, managed  to evade  silly Intl rules.

Just now  watching Nixon impeachment  40 year  hearings on  C- Span AND current  week’s IRS  high crime and  misdemeanor investigations. WOW! EXACT same  charges , REALLY LOUD, stentorian  said,  Barbara  Jordan hit on  Nixon. Where  is the   Demo outrage?  Ranking member,40 years  now, really  poor  in compare holds  his  head in hand like  a Hitchcock pre-assume  villain. Not  even good  theater!

But  there’s  always the  juxtaposition . Some  folk raise   their  right hand  and  swear  to the  truth with honor. Others  sit  with their  left  thumb  up a bunghole  to lie  heads off simply  for  spite and  an otherwise  worthless  lived  life. I can’t  see  much of any  choice.  Viewed  with a  clear eye? We’ve one  Lout long   proven  the  dumbest  poster  on  RB and  several  recents seeking  the title. Game’s  afoot, Watson! 8