A nice quiet day at home with family.  Remembering and praying for those who gave all.

Blinken seems to be guiding the ship in Ukraine wit the paused elections, etc. Makes me wonder if it is a trial run for here.

Dang, Lucifer, you are good.

Wouldn't that be an insult?  calling Lucifer "good"?

Things not recognizing what they’re supposed to drives me nuts too, like when my phone refuses to recognize my hearing aids.

But why would the camera not work when it does connect to the controller?

I was having the same problem.  I opened up the drone and found a small transmitter in there with Chinese writing on it.  I removed the transmitter and all works well now.
(Actually, I wrote down all the steps so I didn't miss one or get it out of order.  I made sure the battery and controller is fully charged.  And then I found that the little usb to lighting cord from the controller to the Ipad mini was frayed and replaced that.  Now it works perfectly; . . . more than half the time).

And by like I don’t mean “like”.

There is something wonky about that scope.
I agree.

Is it a staged photo-op?

The photo was on the Navy Times web site, until a marine pointed it out.  They pulled the photo.
Also, I don't think anyone puts the front hand grip that far back, except maybe a T-Rex.