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Aha. Here we have the stump of a thread that was mostly lost in the database problem of 2015. I was using the HAF search function for "aliens" and this came up. A couple of usernames to conjure with. Then there's SSY and Crow and the list continues . . .

Anyway, a reminder of what sort of individual can get elected to high office in the United States, as if it were required.

"Disgraced ex-GOP rep claims US has a secret 'alien hybrid breeding program'" | Raw Story

QuoteFormer Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made an eyebrow-raising claim on air with a far-right talk show host: the U.S. government is not only covering up the existence of extraterrestrials, but breeding them.

Gaetz told Benny Johnson that he received this information from an official briefing.

"I had someone come and brief me who was in a military uniform, worked for the United States Army, that was briefing me on the locations of hybrid breeding programs where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication," said Gaetz, in a clip flagged by a social media channel following alien conspiracy theories. "An actual uniformed member of the United States Army briefed me on that."

He went on to say that the humans who were "abducted from war zones" and even from "migrant caravans" were forced by the government to interbreed with space aliens and that crash sites of unidentified aerial phenomena often contain evidence of "non-human biologics."

Gaetz did not provide evidence to substantiate that this conversation happened, and did not clarify why he didn't make this public while he was a member of Congress.

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Music / Re: Re: What is the reasoning ...

Last post by billy rubin - March 31, 2026, 04:22:28 PM

KC-135.

i saw one of those burst into flames once, then crash into a prison courtyard. mid air collision.

i found it on the net just now

QuoteThe USAF KC-135 was on an IFR flight plan and executing a TACAN 03L approach to Luke AFB. The AA-1 had departed Sky Harbour Airport and had been released by phoenix TRSA. The AA-1 was heading westerly in airspace designated as a special traffic area and was required to have been at or below 2,000 ft msl. A pilot of another aircraft who was trailing the AA-1 stated that a low broken cloud cover was encountered and he had to descend to about 2,000 ft to remain 500 ft below the bases. He stated the pilot of the AA-1 did not descend but appeared to be skimming along in and out of the bases of the clouds. He noticed the KC-135 descending through the cloud deck followed immediately by the collision. The collision occurred about 5 mi south of Luke AFB at an altitude of 2,500 ft msl. The logbook of the AA-1 pilot indicated this was his first trip to the phoenix area. Luke AFB was depicted on the north side of the sectional chart only. VOR airway #16 was split along an e-w line with the northern and southern halves being depicted on each side of the chart.

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Music / Re: Re: What is the reasoning ...

Last post by Dark Lightning - March 31, 2026, 02:04:20 AM

Funny story. My wife's mother had an alto sax gotten in high school. It was in the attic at their house, and when my eldest son expressed an interest in music, we let him look at it. With a little fiddling, he played, "Happy Birthday", first try. It came out pretty well, even with all the dried up valves. We bought him a viola, and he got good enough to play in the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic. He's in the USAF, and recently returned from deployment in Japan. Glad he's not in the ME with all the stupidity that's going on there. Last deployment, he was in the ME. He currently works on drones, having been pulled off of KC-135 tankers.

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Music / Re: Re: What is the reasoning ...

Last post by Recusant - March 31, 2026, 01:45:19 AM

I hope Harmonie stops by again and gives you an expert answer. My personal experience with woodwinds is limited to playing a bagpipe practice chanter, but I've been a musician since childhood, so I'll weigh in . . .

There is a fairly important distinction between for instance a clarinet and an oboe. The clarinet is a single-reed woodwind while the oboe is double-reed. It gives a notably different sound, and I've heard that double-reed woodwinds are more difficult to master. The fingering positions vary from woodwind to woodwind as well, but somebody who's familiar with one woodwind would generally have an advantage over a complete novice in learning how to get music out of an instrument they've never played before.

Maybe not in my case though. The bagpipe chanter doesn't have keys, unlike most woodwinds. Keys being the metal parts that are used to produce different notes.

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Music / Woodwinds! (Split from Avatars...

Last post by Ecurb Noselrub - March 30, 2026, 09:27:12 PM

Woodwinds question: If you can play one woodwind well, e.g., the clarinet, can you fairly easily make the transition to the oboe or English horn, or some other woodwind?

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Laid Back Lounge / Re: What is the reasoning behi...

Last post by Icarus - March 30, 2026, 03:54:40 AM

Hi Harmonie. Good to hear from you. Please stay in touch.

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Laid Back Lounge / Re: What is the reasoning behi...

Last post by Dark Lightning - March 30, 2026, 01:11:36 AM

Hi, Harmony, it's been awhile since last seeing you post. Welcome back!

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Laid Back Lounge / Re: What is the reasoning behi...

Last post by Harmonie - March 30, 2026, 01:06:07 AM

It's Star Catcher from G3 My Little Pony. I used to play with MLPs when I was little, so I like to sometimes have MLP icons, just because, gotta have some childhood happiness in these dark times, right?

(It was only recently that I realized that the colors of it make it look like it's some pony designed with the colors of the transgender flag, but it's nothing but a coincidence. Still, trans people are cool and don't deserve all of the nonsense against them that's happening right now, so if it's taken that way, so be it. lol.)

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