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Title: Greta Van Fleet Debut Album. Anthem of the Peaceful Army
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Published: Oct 27, 2018
Author: Greta Van Fleet
Post Date: 2018-10-27 20:25:11 by A K A Stone
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#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Lead singer has a high pitched voice, reminds me of Rush.
Band has more of a Led Zeppelin vibe going for it. Singer sounds more like Robert Plant to me. Some of the critics weren't too kind: After a viral Pitchfork review, which rewarded the record a 1.6 rating on the site's 10.0 scale, said they sounded "like they did weed exactly once, called the cops, and tried to record a Led Zeppelin album before they arrested themselves," fans mobilized to defend the band's honor online. Websites wrote up the incident with headlines like "Pitchfork Destroyed Greta Van Fleet's New Album and Rock Fans Are Pissed." Jokes were made; familiar pop culture battle lines were drawn. Of course, Zeppelin faced the same critical backlash as these guys - but they're young, they'll get better. Pretty good for a debut album. Greta is from Frankenmouth downstate from me.
You are in Michigan. Saginaw, or further north?
In a nearby missile silo... at coordinates to follow. P.S.: Sssshhhhh
Ain’t no missile silos in Michigan. We used to have two SAC bases, but I don’t know if they’re still active or not (Wurstsmith and Selfridge). Michigan’s biggest contribution to America’s war efforts was (and is)...Detroit, the “Arsenal of Democracy”. Militarily, there isn’t much based there - too far away from everybody and everything. The Great Lakes have been disarmed by treaty with Britain/Canada since 1818.
Such authority you speak with... from your arse. "After the Army vacated the property, the Air Force began construction of an Air Defense Command CIM-10 Bomarc missile site to the east of the airfield. The supersonic Bomarc missiles were the first long- range anti-aircraft missiles in the world. They were capable of carrying conventional or nuclear warheads. Their intended role in defense was in an intrusion prevention perimeter. Bomarcs aligned on the eastern and western coasts of North America theoretically would launch and would destroy enemy bombers before the bombers could drop their payloads on industrial regions. The 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) was activated on 1 March 1960 with 28 CIM-10 Bomarc surface- to-air missiles (SAM). The missile facility was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site" https://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Raco_Army_Airfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIM-10_Bomarc Stored horizontally in a launcher shelter with movable roof, the missile was erected, fired vertically using rocket boosters to high altitude, and then tipped over into a horizontal Mach 2.5 cruise powered by ramjet engines. This lofted trajectory allowed the missile to operate at a maximum range as great as 250 miles (400 km). Controlled from the ground for most of its flight, when it reached the target area it was commanded to begin a dive, activating an onboard active radar homing seeker for terminal guidance. A radar proximity fuse detonated the warhead, either a large conventional explosive or the W40 nuclear warhead. [snip]
We had those near us at one point. We called the place "the Nike Site". But that was a long, long time ago. I wrote "Ain't no missile sites in Michigan", and then talked about a couple of closed SAC bases. Just thought of another one: Kinchloe AFB. That's closed too. The Nike sites are gone now too - been gone for a long time. I was speaking in the present tense: there ain't no missile sites in Michigan. By this I meant NOW. Used to be, decades ago? Sure.
At #11, Liberator jokingly indicated he was, "In a nearby missile silo... at coordinates to follow." At #12, you posted, "Ain’t no missile silos in Michigan." At #13, VxH posted "Such authority you speak with... from your arse," and added, "The 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) was activated on 1 March 1960 with 28 CIM-10 Bomarc surface- to-air missiles (SAM). The missile facility was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site" At #15, I indicated that the BOMARC missile was stored horizontally in a launcher shelter. They were not stored in silos. At #16, you post, "I wrote "Ain't no missile sites in Michigan." Not sites -- silos. There was a BOMARC site. That missile did not use a silo. #13 did nothing to disprove your #12, re silos.
Seriously?
I included pictures.
#20. To: nolu chan (#19)
Heh heh. Yes. Ok. I remember the Nike Site, because it had these mysterious "Space Age" white balls associated with it (geodesic radar domes). I see what you were doing. Ok. VxH was actually clutching his pearls and getting the vapors about some throwaway line. I thought you were going down the same sort of spiderhole, that LF was sapping all of our sanity. But now I see. Doesn't that stuff in those pictures look so OLD now? Old and quaint. I remember when it was fresh, new, exciting and very exotic. I remember when Tang was super-cool cutting edge stuff, and the microwave was a miracle.
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#6. To: GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#3)
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Lead singer has a high pitched voice, reminds me of Rush.
#10. To: Deckard (#6)
#11. To: Vicomte13, Deckard (#10)
You are in Michigan. Saginaw, or further north?
#12. To: Liberator (#11)
#13. To: Vicomte13 (#12)
(Edited)
Ain’t no missile silos in Michigan. We used to have two SAC bases, but I don’t know if they’re still active or not (Wurstsmith and Selfridge).
#15. To: VxH, Vicomte13 (#13)
The 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) was activated on 1 March 1960 with 28 CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles (SAM). The missile facility was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site"
The Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc (IM-99 Weapon System prior to September 1962) was a supersonic long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) used during the Cold War for the air defense of North America. In addition to being the first operational long-range SAM, it was the only SAM deployed by the United States Air Force.
#16. To: nolu chan (#15)
#17. To: Vicomte13 (#16)
#18. To: nolu chan (#17)
At #11, Liberator jokingly indicated he was, "In a nearby missile silo... at coordinates to follow." At #12, you posted, "Ain’t no missile silos in Michigan." At #13, VxH posted "Such authority you speak with... from your arse," and added, "The 37th Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC) was activated on 1 March 1960 with 28 CIM-10 Bomarc surface- to-air missiles (SAM). The missile facility was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site" At #15, I indicated that the BOMARC missile was stored horizontally in a launcher shelter. They were not stored in silos. At #16, you post, "I wrote "Ain't no missile sites in Michigan." Not sites -- silos. There was a BOMARC site. That missile did not use a silo. #13 did nothing to disprove your #12, re silos.
#19. To: Vicomte13 (#18)
Seriously?
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