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10 Short Videos #6108

10 Short Videos #6108

Burning Offerings in Seconds

Epic GTR fake drone 1 Shot

Tilting laptop bed table

The answer is right but the steps are wrong - little kids waiting in line

Tool for reaming out plastic drain pipe connectors for reuse

Umbrella team

Sugar Glider showing off

A drone intercepts another mid-air using expanding foam.

Goose landing

The North Oaks Streetview images on Google are finally gone... but they are still accessible

Strait of Hormuz

Far Side 1987

This whole business about the Strait of Hormuz isn't making a lot of sense. Supposedly, we (the USA) launched a devastating attack on Iran. That should have knocked out all their offensive capability but evidently it didn't. An empty oil tanker can be worth $100 million so I can understand why people would not want to send their ships through the strait if there are still hostile forces operating in the area. 

Strait of Hormuz

Anyway, I'm hearing a lot of noise, but no good explanations, so I asked Google and this is what I got back:

Based on reports as of April 2026, Iranian forces around the Strait of Hormuz have not been fully destroyed despite significant damage from U.S. and Israeli strikes because of the asymmetrical, dispersed, and unconventional nature of Iran's maritime capabilities, which are designed specifically to withstand such an onslaught. 

While U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have destroyed key Iranian missile launchers, ships, and infrastructure, several factors prevent complete neutralization: 

• Asymmetric "Mosquito Fleet": Iran's primary threat comes from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, which relies on a massive, dispersed network of fast attack boats, drones, and uncrewed vessels. These small assets are hard to target compared to large, conventional naval vessels. 
• Geographical Advantages & Hiding Spots: Iran uses its rugged coastline, small islands, and underground naval facilities to hide launchers, making them hard to completely wipe out. 
• Mobile and Low-Cost Drones: Many of Iran's disruptive weapons, such as sea drones and missiles, are launched from mobile platforms on land, making them difficult for intelligence to track and destroy in their entirety. 
• Persistent Naval Mines: Iran has deployed acoustic mines that are challenging to detect. Clearing these would require an extensive and slow-moving mine clearance operation, even while IRGC forces are hunted. 
• The "Human Shield" of Shipping: The Strait is extremely narrow, with shipping lanes running close to Iran's coast. Full-scale destruction of all Iranian capabilities risks civilian collateral damage or catastrophic, immediate oil market shocks. 
• "Destroyed" vs. "Deterred": While US officials aimed to destroy the Iranian navy to remove the threat, the IRGC continues to operate in a guerrilla-like fashion. 

As of mid-April 2026, despite a US naval blockade, Iran still maintains a "strict control" posture over the waterway, using the threat of its remaining capabilities to disrupt traffic. 

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10 Short Videos #6107

10 Short Videos #6107

Why I'm not worried about the Robot Uprising

Chipotle Away!

Hail Damage Repair on a Red Hood

Dog illusion

Chocolate Easter basket

Tidal wave SantaCruz California following the 2011 earthquake in Japan

Motor scooter on dyno

Gymnastics Level: God

Korean Cheerleaders

Rail Leveling: How Dynamic Machines Ensure Smooth Railway Operations

Quote of the Day

From the all powerful Tamara:

“Beware that, when hating on assholes, you yourself do not become an asshole... for when you shitpoast long into the abyss, the abyss shitpoasts also into you.”

This message brought to you by Nietzsche Cheese Doritos, food for thought.

Salvador - Netflix Series

Salvador | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Intense. Salvador, a former doctor, a recovering alcoholic, is driving an ambulance in Madrid. This show covers just about every hot button / social media topic we have and immigration is front and center. Just when you think you know who the heroes are, the curtain gets pulled back and you find they aren't as squeaky clean as you thought.

We saw this show a couple of months ago. I've been meaning to post this, but then today this story from Modernity popped up and kicked me off my duff.

Spain ERUPTS: Patriots ATTACKED By Socialist Mob Over Mass Illegal Migrant Amnesty by Steve Watson

Violence broke out in the Spanish city of Granada when roughly 40 left-wing Antifa extremists tried to shut down a pre-election rally held by the nationalist party Vox in Plaza de las Pasiegas. Police had to form a cordon between the rival groups as fights broke out, delaying the event by around 30 minutes.

8 episodes 50 minutes each