‘Clouds of Intellectual Self-Regard’
Posted: January 15, 2015 Filed under: Politics, Think Tank, White House | Tags: Air Force One, al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Democratic Party (United States), Family of Barack Obama, Hawaii, Michelle Obama, Oahu, Presidency of Barack Obama, Restaurant, United States 1 Comment“Obama entered the presidency trailing clouds of intellectual self-regard. His carefully cultivated persona was of a uniquely thoughtful, judicious, deliberative, evidence-driven man comfortable with complexity. The protracted consideration of Keystone supposedly displayed these virtues.”
“Now, however, it is clear that his mind has always been as closed as an unshucked oyster.”
— George Will
“I concur.”
[VIDEO] First Video: Lost WWII Japanese Mega-Submarine Discovered off Hawaii
Posted: December 4, 2013 Filed under: History, Science & Technology, War Room | Tags: I-400 class submarine, Imperial Japanese Navy, Oahu, Submarine, Terry Kerby, World War II 1 CommentFirst view of a World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy mega-submarine, the I-400, lost since 1946 when it was intentionally scuttled by U.S. forces after its capture. It now sits in more than 2,300 feet of water off the southwest coast of O’ahu.
The I-400 was one of the “Sen-Toku” class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built until nuclear-powered subs were invented. It is 400 feet long and could travel one and a half times around the world without refueling.
The new discovery of the I-400 was led by veteran undersea explorer Terry Kerby, Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) operations director and chief submarine pilot.
