Blake Baber

@SchindlerDesign @GreenGCA “Let them eat cake”

@BaberBlake @GreenGCA Spoken like someone who has never played the new course and got locked out by it going private. The feedback I've received from everyone I've hosted says absolutely otherwise.

Listen to the excitement…embrace the challenge to whatever extent you want…the thrill of success is what legendary shots give the game of golf.

JUST IN: On March 14th, a Chinese engineer posted a tutorial explaining how to use passive infrared sensors to detect and track American fighter aircraft without triggering their radar warning receivers. Three weeks later, an American F-15E Strike Eagle is in a crater in central Iran. The IRGC says it was brought down by a “new aerospace defense system.” The system appears to be exactly what the tutorial described. The principle is elegant. Radar is active: it emits radio waves that bounce off the target. Every American fighter carries a warning receiver that detects those emissions. But infrared detection is passive. It reads heat. Jet engines produce heat. A passive sensor tracking that signature emits nothing. The warning receiver stays silent. The pilot does not know he is being tracked until the missile is already in the air. The F-15E is not stealth. But the tutorial was designed for the F-35. The same principle applies: stop looking with radio waves, start looking with heat, and the $1.7 trillion stealth programme becomes a coating on an airframe that is still hot. The tutorial was posted on Chinese social media, translated within days. Three weeks later, the technique appears to have been operationalised. This is the second time passive tactics have brought down a generation-defining American combat aircraft. The first was March 1999, when a Serbian battery commanded by Colonel Zoltan Dani shot down an F-117 Nighthawk over Kosovo using long-wavelength radar and visual cueing. The F-117 was retired within a decade. The lesson: stealth is optimised against specific frequencies. Change the sensor, change the war. Iran’s layered defense integrates Russian S-300 for radar search, Chinese electro-optical trackers for passive acquisition, and Iranian Raad-family missiles with onboard IR cameras for terminal guidance. Radar finds the area. Passive sensors track without emitting. The missile guides on heat. The pilot’s systems detect radar. They do not detect infrared. That gap killed the F-15E. Now consider who built this kill chain. Russia supplied the S-300 base. China supplied the passive sensors. Iran assembled the hybrid. And China is simultaneously the country supplying the rare earth magnets in every F-35 engine, the country blocking the UN Security Council resolution to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the country paying yuan tolls to transit the closed strait, the country co-authoring the five-point peace plan with Pakistan, and the country whose engineer posted the tutorial that appears to have taught Iran how to shoot down the aircraft China helps manufacture. China occupies every chair at this table. Supplier of the components that build the jet. Teacher of the countermeasure that kills it. Mediator of the peace. Blocker of the UN resolution. Beneficiary of the closure. The molecule passes through the strait in Chinese tankers paying Chinese currency while the aircraft designed to reopen it falls using Chinese technology. The F-15E did not fail. The assumption that the enemy would always look with radar failed. And the country that taught the enemy to look with heat is the same country offering to negotiate the peace while its rare earth controls ensure the replacement cannot be built without buying from the nation that taught the enemy to destroy the original. The kill chain starts in Beijing. The peace talks start in Beijing. Both end in the same crater. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@JoelMBeall This guy loves this chair

Pro golf is overdue for a conversation on mallets and counterbalance putters. High-MOI technology has its place in the amateur game, but on tour it's eroding the skill and art form that used to separate the good from great

@FAA_Bryan @LGAairport @SecDuffy @NTSB @FAANews Hey @FAA_Bryan frequent business traveler here, when are we gunna start prosecuting people that evacuate with their luggage? Every single evacuation I’ve been seeing this. People will get killed from this behavior at some point.

I'm headed to @LGAairport to join @SecDuffy in the wake of last night's collision. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this tragedy, their families and loved ones. We'll continue to support @NTSB as they lead the investigation. Please follow @FAANews for more updates.

@SecDuffy @FAANews @NTSB Hey @SecDuffy frequent business traveler here, when are we gunna start prosecuting people that evacuate with their luggage? Every single evacuation I’ve been seeing this. People will get killed from this behavior at some point.

I am on my way to LaGuardia Airport now in response to last night’s horrific crash involving Air Canada Express 8646 and a fire truck that killed two pilots. @FAANews and @NTSB are working closely on this, and we will share updates as soon as possible. Please keep the victims, families and response teams in your prayers.

@SecDuffy @FAANews @NTSB Hey @SecDuffy frequent business traveler here, when are we gunna start prosecuting people that evacuate with their luggage? Every single evacuation I’ve been seeing this. People will get killed from this behavior at some point.

Our prayers this morning are with the families impacted by the ground collision at LaGuardia. The @FAANews is deploying a team to the site to support the @NTSB’s investigation. Here’s the information I can share are this time: -Last night, an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 operating from Montreal (YUL) and a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) collided at about 11:45 p.m. ET. -Of the 72 Air Canada Express passengers and 4 crew members, over a dozen are injured. Tragically, both pilots of the aircraft have passed away. At least 2 Port Authority firefighters sustained serious injuries. -LaGuardia remains closed until 2pm while the NTSB investigates the accident site. We will continue to work closely with the NTSB and share additional updates as soon as possible.

@FAANews Hey @FAANews frequent business traveler here, when are we gunna start prosecuting people that evacuate with their luggage? Every single evacuation I’ve been seeing this. People will get killed from this behavior at some point.

FAA Statement Air Canada Express Flight 8646 struck an Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle after landing on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The accident occurred around 11:40 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 22. The CRJ-900 was arriving from Montreal. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB is in charge of the investigation and will provide all updates. The airport is closed. Visit the NOTAM site for additional information. This information is preliminary and subject to change.

@RepKeithSelf Thank god they can’t kick in my door whenever they want 👀

Unbelievably disturbing. 57 House Republicans just joined almost all the Democrats to ensure the government can shut off your car whenever it wants.

@SenateGOP Help me understand, how does the “working families tax cut”, go to the people that aren’t working, whoes lives are funded by the people working? 🤡

America’s seniors will see a new $6,000 bonus exemption as a part of the Working Families Tax Cut. That’s $93 billion in tax cuts for seniors all over the country.

Incredible you can take a train from Chicago to Texas (2 extremely rich places) that doesn’t have WiFi - @Amtrak @SpaceX @elonmusk pls fix this

@loganclarkhall Who wants to tell him…

“We have plenty of talented people here.” “No you don’t.” I’m sorry but what the f*** is this? American talent split the atom and went to the moon. American talent built everything the modern world takes for granted now. Give me a break. This is insanity.

@TGDefinition Played 9 months ago but doesn’t know Stinger is anti-air. Math ain’t mathing.

HAHAHAHAHA The casuals & streamophobes ain’t gonna like this one

@bennyjohnson Clearly math was not a requirement in the making of this post

I’m convinced we could pay off our entire national debt by doing 3 simple things: 1. Ban all non-citizens from welfare programs 2. Strict, enforceable work requirement for EBT/SNAP/Section 8 3. Mass prosecute welfare fraud with federal prison time for stealing from taxpayers

@Battlefield Why does a short barrel smg have less bloom and beam people at range and an AR with long barrels does not? Does anyone know anything over there?

Week-1 #Battlefield6 stats dropped. Who carried? Share your stats and see where you stand 👉go.ea.com/Xg94Q

@SenAmyKlobuchar Crazy idea. Maybe they should uhh. Go back to work and be net productive instead of a drain on resources while the government subsidizes their life?

Early retirees like Bill & Shelly will see their health insurance premiums increase nearly 300%—from $442 to $1,700 per month if Congressional Republicans refuse to extend the enhanced tax credits. That's an extra $15K a year families can't afford. cnbc.com/2025/10/17/aca…

I didn't know golf had a half time with a 15 min commercial break @USANetwork

hey @USANetwork can we watch golf? that'd be fantastic.

Is this golf with some adds or is this adds with some golf. Hard to tell. @USANetwork @rydercup @PGATOUR

That their actions could result in deaths of other passengers from a flight that should be easily evacuated

Hey @FAA_Bryan @AmericanAir when are we going to address people taking their stuff off of flights in an emergency? either 1. @FAA_Bryan Start arresting and massively fining people 2. @AmericanAir start suing people for the risk of reputational damage from the possibility…