(06-29-2024, 03:56 AM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: "In the Congo you made a promise to me..."
Another oath from that troubled Republic of the last dinosaur...
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Yesterday, 03:31 AM
It's National Camera Day. This Navy photographer on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), has an impressive rig as he prepares for a reconnaissance mission in a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in 1944. He can shoot with the massive aerial camera or with the Helldiver's rear twin .30 caliber machine guns. Chief Petty Officer Hitchcock used this one over Germany in 1944.
![]() ![]() June 29, 1927: For the first time in 200 years, a total eclipse of the sun was seen in Britain. Few people were lucky enough to witness the spectacle, but those in Giggleswick in Yorkshire were able to see a perfect, full eclipse, which lasted for less than 30 seconds. ![]() June 29, 1956: Marilyn Monroe married the esteemed US playright, Arthur Miller, in a 4-minute civil ceremony in Westchester County Court House in White Plains, New York State. The bride was 30 and the groom 40. The marriage lasted until 20 January 1961, when John F. Kennedy was sworn in Office as 35th president. No coincidence. ![]() June 29, 1967: Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield (aged 34), was killed in a car accident at 2:25AM on her way to New Orleans, Louisiana. Her boyfriend/attorney Sam Brody and Ronnie Harrison were killed as well. Jayne's three children, Mickey Hargitay, Zoltan Hargitay and Mariska Hargitay survived the crash. Contrary to media reports that Mansfield was decapitated are untrue, although she did suffer severe (scalping) head trauma. Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde" was allegedly intimately involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. Kennedy, her attorney Samuel S. Brody, and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli. ![]() In America the barriers on the back of all tractor-trailers today are known as Mansfield bars...a safety feature fitted to trucks & lorries after her accident which took the trucking industry years of gov't litigation before finally implementing through years of trial & failure. The crashed car was saved by a private collector in Florida, where it became a roadside attraction in the 1970s, then was on display by the Dearly Departed Tours & Artifact Museum in LA until the COVID-19 pandemic, when it went into storage, and was never seen again. However, you can get a virtual tour. If interested see this Dearly Departed Tours history vid which has a re-enactment of the fatal crash scenario: Homeless in Texas... ![]() Quote:USS Texas Might Be Homeless in Texas A couple of 14" or 16" shells could eliminate the restaurant problem. Just sayin. ![]() Several hundred vintage photos of mighty Texas at Battleship Photo Archive US Naval tradition dictates that when a pilot mistakenly lands on the wrong aircraft carrier... fellow crew members do their absolute best to remain discreet so as not to embarrass the pilot. Or not! An A-7 from JFK trapped aboard Saratoga that had Hornets. ![]() It happens now & then. When there used to be more than one carrier in a task group, if an aircraft landed accidentally on the wrong ship, some fun was had before sending him "home". In addition, there was always a ransom payment before getting the jet back. Usually tens of gallons of ice cream and the latest reel-to-real 16mm movies. Remember this? Note how casually they lie... ![]() US cites AI deepfakes as reason to keep Biden recording with Robert Hur secret No serious person believes what DOJ says here. That’s a problem. Each time the DOJ does things like this, its institutional capital decays a little more. Bit by bit, eventually the balance of the nation has no faith in its Department of Justice. Obviously many people already came to that conclusion years ago, but not yet everyone. That is cancerous in a republic. Jump in the water’s fine... ![]() LOL, my kids ate apples on his apple farm. Congo to bongos...
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan, from Culture Is Our Business, 1970
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June 30, 1894: London’s Tower Bridge was officially opened to traffic. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become a world-famous feature of the London skyline.
![]() June 30, 1937: The world’s first emergency telephone service “999” was introduced in London. It allowed a caller to contact the emergency services for urgent assistance. All 999 calls are always free. ![]() The system was introduced following a house fire in Wimpole Street on 10 November 1935, in which five women were killed. A neighbour had tried to telephone the fire brigade and was so outraged at being held in a queue by the Welbeck telephone exchange that he wrote a letter to the editor of The Times, which prompted a government inquiry. 999: can somebody help? "What Price Bikini?" editorial cartoon by Bruce Russell (1903-1963) published June 30, 1946. ![]() June 30, 1946: the goddess "Gilda" went atomic. ![]() "The tradition of tagging some tongue-in-cheek message or name upon bombs has been carried out for the A-bomb. The world's greatest potential for large-scale destruction has been dubbed 'GILDA,' after the recent movie by Hollywood star Rita Hayworth." - Radio announcer, June 30, 1946. ![]() The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on June 30, 1946 (July 1st in the states). It detonated 520 feet above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet. Operation Crossroads radio coverage from this day in 1946... ![]() Part 1 of Operation Crossroads radio coverage of the "Gilda" Atomic Test at Bikini Atoll - 1946: Part 2 of radio coverage of the "Gilda" (or ABLE) atomic test at Bikini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsx0fRKlZcY June 30, 1946: Susannah Gregory [1923-1946] jumped off the Arcady building in Los Angeles allegedly after listening to a radio broadcast about the Bikini A-bomb test. In late June of 1946, media hype over the first post-World War II test of an atomic weapon was hitting a fever pitch. News of the imminent Operation Crossroads detonation of the "Gilda" bomb at Bikini Atoll on June 30, 1946 (U.S. time zone) screamed from headlines and blared from radio broadcasts. There was even a (true) story about atomic scientists pasting a pinup photo of screen star Rita Hayworth on the weapon they had named after her hit film. Two weeks after the Able shot: "Extra Added! ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT BIKINI. See for yourself the Most Important Event of a Lifetime!" ![]() BIKINI ATOLL EVACUATION PRIOR TO CROSSROADS ATOMIC BOMB TEST 70594 June 30, 1951: a group of about 30 Japanese soldiers and sailors on Anatahan finally surrendered to the US Navy. The group had been larger but infighting thinned their ranks over the years after they learned how to make coconut wine and began to battle over the island's only woman. ![]() Quote:The strange story of the “Queen of Anatahan” and her 33 menAnatahan is an island in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and has one of the most active volcanoes of the archipelago. Although formerly inhabited, the island is currently uninhabited due to the constant danger of volcanic eruptions. June 30, 1997: Britain handed Hong Kong back to China when the 99 year lease agreed with China expired at midnight. The lavish ceremony on July 1st 1997 was attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles and the Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Luckily I got to visit Hong Kong 3 times before this happened. First time I was shocked by how many British girls were living there and all the British pubs/night clubs. I was naive back then, just did not know. ![]() Exactly one minute before midnight the Flag of the United Kingdom and the flag of British Hong Kong were slowly lowered to the British national anthem "God Save the Queen", symbolizing the end of British colonial rule in Hong Kong as very final and last time. A hiatus of exactly twelve seconds occurred between the British and the Chinese anthems due to a timing misunderstanding. The missing ten seconds during the Hong Kong handover Congratulations to James Donovan who was presented with the Arctic Star on his 105th birthday last week. Donovan is one of the last men to see Bismarck in action. He was serving aboard HMS King George V when the Royal Navy hunted down the dreaded German battleship in 1941. ![]() One of the final sailors to witness the destruction of Hitler’s flagship Bismarck
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan, from Culture Is Our Business, 1970
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June 29, 1974: in music history, "Sundown" rises to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The song will remain at the top spot for one week and would become Gordon Lightfoot's best-selling single. It is about infidelity, but Sundown is not the woman, but the other man who is pursuing her!
![]() LA City Council saves Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home from demolition Troubling updates about the "saved" Marilyn Monroe house: in an exclusive with gossip blog TMZ, “sources close to” property owners Milstein-Bank say they “feel violated by the ruling and don't want to be forced to sell,” intend to fight the designation in court, and allege the property has a leaky roof which the owners do not intend to repair, as “the new designation makes it very complicated.” However, doing structural work that does not change a landmark’s appearance is not complicated: one need only apply for a standard LADBS permit and Office of Historic Resources will sign off. Not repairing a leaking roof would, in effect, lead to demolition by neglect. ![]() TMZ blog Quote:On Tuesday afternoon, the New York Post broke a most unusual Exclusive: a demolition permit was being sought for 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, a lovely 1929 Spanish Colonial hacienda with old trees on a large plot of land. But that’s not why it has its own Wikipedia page. It’s because Marilyn Monroe lived, and died, there…. (continues below) One of the best sources on the Internet for this type of LA stuff refer to: Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles ![]() The Amazing Raze: Why Big-Money Buyers Are Demolishing Historic Homes To end Pride month I give you a gay bar in Terre Haute, Indiana: ![]() June 30, 1973: U.S. top 40 for. The artists at 1-2-3 finally get taste of success. Hadn’t been that long since they were doing a free concert on a nondescript rooftop somewhere. ![]() June 30, 1974: Mrs Kintner posts a $3,000 bounty on the shark that killed her son the day before. Quint says he'll find the shark for $3,000, but kill it for $10,000. ![]() The wait is over, America... ![]() ![]() https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1807518563714072716 The Biden Crime Family is supported by Joe on the taxpayers dollar. They will ride Joe like a Weekend at Bernies. Quote:Ever since Joe Biden’s senior moments were broadcast nationwide in the first Presidential Debate of 2024, everyone has been talking about replacing him as the Democratic nominee. Print edition... ![]() NY Times & other media are now doing the same as what they did with Trump... publishing photo's of their backsides. They reanimated the big guy for this case. So if you or anyone you know has information, perhaps you can help solve a mystery. ![]()
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan, from Culture Is Our Business, 1970
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