Just WTF are these? Visible from the trolley, Blue line to San Ysidro. Photo by Patty Jones, taken from the trolley window.
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on BREAKING NEWS: In Major Win for Democracy, Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting: “This is indeed breaking news – a beam of sanity finally piercing the gloom. Now it’s time to protect polling…” Sep 14, 19:24
on Donna Frye: Public Gets Kicked in the Gut — Part 2: “George, we’ve been thru this issue with other commenters. Yes, the gross number of votes and voters was/were higher than…” Sep 14, 18:33
on New York Times Editorial Board: ‘Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him.’: “I finally spotted a snippet of info on Bluesky re the Dems trying mobilise about 10,000 people to monitor the…” Sep 14, 18:07
on Donna Frye: Public Gets Kicked in the Gut — Part 2: “Yes but more voters voted in Measure E and Measure C elections than the Prop D election.” Sep 14, 17:05
on Remembrance: 25 Years Since the September 11 Attacks: “Thanks for this editor dude….remembering all the families, and my friend / our hero BIG AL Niedermeyer III PAPD1537! https://papba.org/fallen-officers/police-officer-alfonse-j-niedermeyer-iii/” Sep 14, 13:55
on Kate Session’s Pacific Beach Nursery Helped Turn San Diego Green: “So sad they turned Kate O Sessions park into a Dog Park. there’s not a square inch of PB thats…” Sep 14, 12:30
on Villainizing Democrats Is Trump’s Latest Election Strategy: “Great article. I don’t agree with 10% ownership on Intel fitting’ into the socialistic concept’. Reminds me more of the…” Sep 14, 11:23
on Reader Rant: ‘Amtrak has ruined my vacation, and I’m pissed.’: “Lee, I assumed he meant Amtrak’s decision to cancel the Pass so suddenly, without notice (even to their own employees)…” Sep 14, 10:46
on Reader Rant: ‘Amtrak has ruined my vacation, and I’m pissed.’: “You do know that Amtrak is under the FEDERAL umbrella for funding and administration, yes? So you know that means…” Sep 14, 02:18on Connecting the Dots Between the Awaken Church and Richard Bailey: “Anyone who supports Awaken Church is a creep.” Sep 13, 17:59
on Connecting the Dots Between the Awaken Church and Richard Bailey: “^^^^^what a rich, dont-tax-me republican voter says? ill take “pats says” for 400 Alex….” Sep 13, 16:49
on Connecting the Dots Between the Awaken Church and Richard Bailey: “There’s a District 2 candidate forum at 5:30pm on 9/28 at the Liberty Station Conference Center and another one at…” Sep 13, 14:54
“Just WTF are these…?”
Can’t say for sure but they appear to be drop tanks, carried by fighter and attack aircraft in stores/hard points under their wing or belly for extra fuel for long missions. They don’t actually drop them but they can in an emergency. They’d be empty there of course.