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Oklahoma is not OK

Remind me that I should not order cocktails, if ever I have the misfortune of visiting this place. I have had cocktails that have caused my head to explode; or so it seemed. My veins are another matter. Yikes!

Sounding Gongs and Clanging Cymbals

A present day economical expression, in context, is :Lip Service Though I speake with the tongues of men & of Angels, and haue not charity, I am become as sounding brasse [1] or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1  (1611 King James Bible) As I understand it, the Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer in the State of California. CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 5  EXECUTIVE SEC. 13.  Subject to the powers and duties of the Governor, the Attorney General shall be the chief law officer of the State.  It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced.  The Attorney General shall have direct supervision over every district attorney and sheriff and over such other law enforcement officers as may be designated by law, in all matters pertaining to the duties of their respective offices, and may require any of said officers to make reports concerning the investigation, dete

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces in the sea?

I was discussing an aviation condition called INCERFA (uncertainty) that is declared when an aircraft fails to report or arrive within 30 minutes (I thought or remembered 15 minutes) of schedule. Malaysian 370 (MH370) should have contacted the Vietnam Flight Information Region or Area Control (Ho Chi Minh) within 30 minutes of the last transmission (the one often mistakenly said to be "all right good night." ) So the communications are or were: Radar at 01:19:24: Malaysian Three Seven Zero contact Ho Chi Minh 120 decimal 9 [1] Good Night (this is the radio frequency 120.9) Cockpit at 01:19:29: Good Night Malaysian Three Seven Zero The next transmission at or before or about 01:50:00 should have been something like: Ho Chi Minh Good Morning Mayasian 370 level at 350 (a fight level, for these purposes roughly equivalent to 35,000 ft.) At around 01:50:00 or thereabouts, upon not hearing from MH370, Ho Chi Minh should have done something. This because the