re: #180 Decatur Deb
That’s created a naughtrage too, from both left and right.
Lobbying from Boeing is my guess. They’re looking at few-to-no orders for the F/A-18 after next year as the F-35 comes on stream, so they asked for the Hornet to be given a high visibility role.
The other reason is NORAD concern that Vladimir Putin will try to ruin Christmas by ordering his new SU-34s to shoot Santa down or worse, force him to land in Russia. The NSA informed NORAD that Santa’s planned routes for the year were handed over to the FSB by Edward Snowden.
/Kidding about that second part.