Shrieking "DOOMSDAY!" To The Clear Blue Skies

I Freely Admit To Nicking The Idea For This Title
 - from The Chameleons, and their song "Shouting Rule Britannia While The Walls Close In", which has a killer instrumental intro.  From the album "What Does Anything Mean Basically?" which is a question I'm sure has occurred to all of us at 2:17 a.m in the darkness.
     Which, as per usual, has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of this Intro* .
     We've already had one post today about aerial harbingers of death - the RAF to you and me - and I've had this one on the back-afterburner for a few days now, so I apologise for so much Death In The Skies.
     Anyhow, I'm sure your either curious or infuriated by now, well Ha!  It's too late, I've already got that click on the traffic listing.
     "Been at the sherry early tonight," I hear you whisper.  "Usually the nonsense starts later on."
     Leaving aside what you think of me and your failure to understand that us aliens have EXCELLENT HEARING, I shall expound.
     For the uninitiated, the Daily Express is a British tabloid newspaper, and we shall skate over it's editorial policy as that would constitute Politics.  Art?

      Erm no.  No.  If these aircraft were launched only when a nuclear strike was underway, then their pilots and crew would get a very stern telling-off afterwards, if anyone is still alive to tell them off.  Conrad is certain these aircraft would be aloft well before DefCon1 is hit, or they risk being blown up on the runway when that first strike comes in.
     Sorry, "If".  If that first strike comes in.  We're trying to educate, not terrify* * .
     

      I'm not sure what they pay journalists or editors at the DE, but they ought to consider increasing it, so they get better writers.  Read that line above - "The aircraft - usually launched at the outbreak of a nuclear attack -"
     Oh indeed?  How many of these nuclear attacks have already taken place?  Oddly enough I don't recall any; I'm sure someone would have noticed.  Do they perhaps mean " - to be launched at the outbreak of a nuclear attack -"

      They then contradict themselves by stating that these aircraft are flown by the US Army, whereas in the previous shot it was the US Navy.  Do get it right!  Then you have the wildly ambiguous statement " - has the capability to launch nuclear missiles".  One would imagine they were talking about this baby -

British V-Bomber carrying thermonuclear missiles

     The E-6B might possibly have a pistol or two on board, which amounts to the total offensive armament it carries.  It's a flying command and control post, which has the capability to authorise and permit the launch of nuclear missiles.  There are none mounted on the plane itself.

One gets the sense that it was - circling

     One gets the sense that some South Canadians are a bit hazy on the concepts of trial, training and security.  You test your aircraft out to see if it's fit for purpose, and thus get the crew trained on what to do.  If that nuclear strike comes in you don't want to have people turning the airbase over for the ignition key, do you?  Likewise, I'm sure the Ruffians would be delighted to have a USAF spokesman inform them ahead of time when the E-6B was going to be airborne and where.
     Oh, and "skywatcher in Colorado"?  Please learn the rules of grammar.

Who?  What?  When?
Conrad hopes that nobody out there will debate the assertion that "Baba O'Riley" is one of the best rock songs ever.  If even a modicum of doubt exists in your mind THE EXIT DOOR IS THAT WAY!
     I was watching a Youtube clip of The Who performing it live in 1977 and was immediately struck by several things, which I will share with you.
     One is that both Townsend and Daltry are energetic performers, bouncing about all over the stage.  Art?

Wildly kinetic

     The second obvservation was that Keith Moon appeared to be having an absolute ball playing drums.

     This chap positively enjoyed himself.  If you brought him and Morrisey together they'd probably explode like matter/anti-matter.
     Right, that's the three hypervelocity individuals accounted for.

     Whereas Our Man On Bass, John Entwistle, appeared to be an oasis of glacial calm.

     To the extent that on some shots he appears to be thinking "Do I know these people?"
     Or, if you like, "Who are they?"

I See Fidel Castro Is Dead
Although, to be honest, Conrad thought he'd kicked the bucket years ago.
     "What!" I hear you exclaim.  "What is this!  Politics AND Current Affairs being mentioned on BOOJUM!"
     Well, no, because you didn't let me finish.  If Fidel had already been dead then he would of course be a zombie.  Which brings me to "Juan of the Dead", an hilarious zombie film from - 
     Cuba.  Ha!  Bet you didn't expect that.  Neither did the Cuban censor, because it is quietly politically subversive.  I imagine the censor's office read the synopsis "Zombie outbreak in Havana", snorted derisively and gave it the rubber stamp of approval.  Check it out, it's well worth seeing.

Cigars optional

*  I'm not sorry, either.  Deal with it.
* *   Wellllllll, perhaps a little bit.