by me, Kerry Burgess, 09/27/2026 03:15 AM
Thirteen years.
Yesterday marks thirteen years since I abandoned Seattle and moved back here to Spokane metro. where I first lived a few months during summer 2004. Because of my personal participation in Ironman triathlon.
Another thing very important to me lost forever now. I was going to participate every year after that until I could no longer participate. Going out for a jog now would probably kill me from heart-attack because of this stupid desk.
Thirteen years ago and that was after many years of only trying to get away from it.
I understand now they probably did not follow me out here from Seattle. Maybe one of two of those Gestapo sons-of-bitches might have. No, there were already those Gestapo bastards out here in Spokane. And certainly lurking in dark corners all around the entire USA. Those Seattle scumbags simply told the Spokane scumbags I am here now.
Thirteen years.
Reading this article now referenced in entirety below I decided to make this pointless note.
Sloppy Drunk Pete Hegseth: Holy shit, Senator! (hiccup) We were clueless! We had no idea they were smart, that country that has been at war for decades now since the 1980s!
Not For Merit.
Would Iran ever use a nuclear-weapon? Who would want to be their Hiroshima moment?
The correct answer is no and none. Iran is smart enough to know that first use of a nuke is guaranteed suicide for them and their soon-to-be converted-martyrs.
I would say Nancy Mace for President
But no, I like her. I think she's cool.
The only people that make it to that level are irredeemably crooked.
And just like the vast majority of USA people, they are cowards.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Family" - tv series Season 4 Episode 2 - 10/01/1990
Jean-Luc PICARD: Is this brotherly concern?
ROBERT Picard: No. Curiosity. What did they do to you?
PICARD: You know what happened.
ROBERT: Not precisely. I gather you were hurt. Humiliated. I always thought you needed a little humiliation. Or was it humility? Either would do.
PICARD: You don't know, Robert. You don't know. They took everything I was. They used me to kill and to destroy, and I couldn't stop them. I should have been able to stop them! I tried. I tried so hard, but I wasn't strong enough. I wasn't good enough. I should have been able to stop them. I should! I should!
ROBERT: So, my brother is a human being after all. This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. You have to learn to live with it.
Stargate SG-1
"Past and Present"
TV-series season 3 episode 11, 10/15/1999
(from internet transcript)
KE'RA
There are two people inside of me, and one of them is a monster. In time, she will win.
Stargate SG-1
"Past and Present"
TV-series season 3 episode 11, 10/15/1999
(from internet transcript)
[At the far end of the table, O'NEILL appears lost in thought.]
CARTER
Sir?
O'NEILL
Oh. I was just thinking about amnesia. It doesn't quite track with Linea's nickname.
TEAL'C
The Destroyer of Worlds.
O'NEILL
Yeah, that one.
CARTER
Well, actually, in sort of a sick way, it does. Ke'ra said herself their society was on the verge of collapse, despite their efforts. This world is in trouble, Sir.
TEAL'C
Perhaps Linea was experimenting with other ways in which to destroy worlds.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nancy-mace-warns-iran-draining-122608384.html
Yahoo! News
Where is the Buzz?
Nancy Mace Warns Iran Is Draining US Defenses by Forcing $4 Million Interceptors Against $50,000 Drones
Terra Watts
Sat, September 26, 2026 at 5:26 AM PDT 4 min read
Congresswoman Nancy Mace warns that Iranian drones costing $20,000-$50,000 are being countered by American interceptors priced at $4 million each.
Congresswoman Nancy Mace warns that Iran could exhaust American forces without a single victory, as the numbers show how expensive interceptors are to down Iranian drones worth just tens of thousands of dollars.
On her TikTok account, the South Carolina Republican compared the cost of American interceptors to down Iranian Shahed drones at $20,000 to $50,000 apiece, with the $4 million price tag of Patriot interceptors used to shoot them down.
"We can build cheap. We can build butter. We copied Iran's own drone for $35,000. We can build one of those," Mace claims. "The Pentagon finally built something affordable, and they had to steal the design from somebody else. They stole it from Iran. We stole it from Iran."
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But that's not all, she continued, addressing Congress. "So back to the president's deal. The Senate needs to vote on the War Powers Act," Mace continued. "And when it costs $4 million to stop a $50,000 drone, the enemy doesn't need to win. He just needs to keep sending us the bill. He just needs to keep dropping those 50,000 drones until we're broke, until we no longer have any more missiles."
"And by the way, Iran still has plenty of ballistic missiles," she adds before concluding her post with the request from her viewers: "I see you're not following me. Hit the follow button now."
Third-party estimates corroborate Mace's numbers. According to Euronews, Shahed Aviation Industries created the Shahed in 2016, and it is affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The drones cost $20,000-$50,000, while the Patriot interceptors used to counter them cost $4 million apiece. The media suggested that this cost disparity is a major pillar of Iran's defense strategy, which aims to make war too expensive for an enemy to afford.
The pressure was visible as soon as the war began. According to The Kyiv Independent, more than 800 Patriot interceptors were used to destroy Iranian drones in just three days after the war began. In turn, Arab News cites a closed-door briefing that took place on March 3, during which Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine reported to legislators that the drones' cheapness, small size, and capability to operate in swarms allowed them to overwhelm air defenses, as was reported by CNN on the same briefing.
The $35,000 drone Mace mentioned in her post is the Low Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, also known as LUCAS. According to Newsweek, SpektreWorks, an Arizona company, produced the drone, and its producer claims the aircraft has been reverse-engineered and has a wingspan similar to Iran's Shahed 136. Also, according to Fortune, U.S. Central Command reported that the drones – which are modeled on Iran's Shaheds – became the first-ever one-way attack drones to be used in combat in the course of Operation Epic Fury.
Moreover, there might be more of these drones. As per a Drone Warfare analysis, the Pentagon's chief technology officer valued the drone family at $55,000 or less, while the inventory was limited to several dozen units two weeks into the campaign.
Mace calls to vote on the War Powers Act, as the Senate revisits the issue. According to CBS News, the Senate on Thursday rejected the resolution to limit President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran by a 49-50 vote. Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Kentucky), and Thom Tillis (North Carolina) joined Democrats in supporting the resolution. At the same time, Democrat John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) voted against it. CBS News adds that administrations of both parties have claimed for decades that the concurrent resolution process under the 1973 War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional and can't bind a president.
According to NPR, meanwhile, the war powers measure passed the House last week with 220 votes, including seven Republicans. Also, Trump warned in a speech at the United Nations this week that a peace deal with Iran could be reached after November midterm elections. Additionally, NPR reported that at least 19 American servicemen have died in the war since February, per the Defense Department.
As Mace outlines in her podcast, she has her own proposal to end the war. As Where Is The Buzz reports, she proposed a plan to end the war with Iran in this episode.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 03:24 AM Pacific-timezone USA Sunday 09/27/2026
