(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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06-30-2024, 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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07-01-2024, 02:51 AM
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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07-01-2024, 05:10 AM
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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Yesterday, 03:05 AM
July 1, 1908: SOS was adopted as the international distress signal. In Morse code, SOS, is signified by 3 dots, 3 dashes, then 3 dots (· · · – – – · · ·). SOS was chosen because it could not be misinterpreted as being a message for anything else.
![]() I don't know when/who started it, but when I was in the Navy, "SOS" stood for "Shit On a Shingle", military slang for chipped beef on toast. It sucked, I hated it, we all did. I always opted for peanut butter & jam sandwiches. July 1, 1914: the ships of the U.S. Navy officially became DRY under General Order No. 99 signed by Secretary of the Nay Josephus Daniels. Most ships spent the previous night having parties and mock funerals. British, French, German, and Dutch sailors rushed to any nearby American ship to help consume the last of the booze. ![]() Grape juice was once the unofficial drink of the Navy Editorial cartoon that appeared on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on July 1, 1946. Cartoon by Casey Orr [1890-1967]. ![]() PHOTO OF THE DAY: The Ice Cube Mask, used as a hangover cure in America (1947). ![]() You might need one for summer nuclear politics. Originally invented by none other than Max Factor Jr., to cool down hot Hollywood actresses. For the HOT summer I recommend the dunk & diet regiment... ![]() July 1, 1989: Cher began shooting the video for "If I Could Turn Back Time" on board USS Missouri (BB-63). The Navy's hopes of using it as a recruiting tool were dashed when Cher changed into a revealing leather strap outfit that caused the video to be banned by several TV networks and the Navy admirals decided no more thinly dressed celebrities onboard warships. Well, with their recruitment quotas at a historical low, maybe they should rethink that idea. Today is Indiana Jones Day! The Indiana Jones franchise began when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg met to discuss making a movie based on the classic adventure serial DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY. Lucas wanted to make a B movie modeled on those serials and conceived The Adventures of Indiana Smith, featuring a daring archaeologist named after his Alaskan Malamute dog. Spielberg hated the name Indiana Smith. Lucas shelved the Indiana Smith project to focus on creating his own space opera, Star Wars (1977). Lucas and Spielberg ultimately decided to create the original character of Indy. ![]() Don Winslow of the Navy is a 1942 Universal Pictures Serial film based on the comic strip Don Winslow of the Navy by Commander Frank V. Martinek. It was theatrically released in January 1942. IMDB | The 4 hour film is on Youtube. Don Winslow of the Navy (comic strip) was an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and was distributed mostly by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955. The title character was a spy-chasing lieutenant commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film serials that began in 1942. Original comic book stories also appeared in Fawcett Comics titles starting in 1943. Although created primarily as a Navy recruitment and propaganda tool, the strip received high marks from Coulton Waugh for “excellent suspense, and ingenious, spine-joggling situations.” Ron Goulart credits Don Winslow with "intrigue, spychasing, beautiful women, and villains with names like Dr. Centaur, the Dwarf, and the Scorpion." Maybe the Navy should resurrect this comic as a recruitment tool! You can read the Feb 1943 comic issue here Don Winslow of the Navy (radio program) was an American old-time radio juvenile adventure serial. It was broadcast on the Blue Network from October 19, 1937, until May 26, 1939, and was revived for a second run from October 5, 1942, until January 1, 1943. July 1, 2007: Smoking in England was banned in all public indoor spaces, including, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, and most workplaces. The smoking ban had already been introduced in Scotland (March 2006), and Wales and Northern Ireland (April 2007). Naturally, Australia implements a similar ban in 2007. ![]() It's July, but look what Frieja's sis across the pond made me do... ![]() July 1, 1972: The 1st Gay Pride march in England took place in London. The date was chosen as it was the nearest Saturday to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 1969. The crowd taking part was estimated as 200 people. In 2022, Royal Mail issued stamps in commemoration. You can view the Royal Mail Pride stamps here. "Thought the internet needed a better copy of this quote from the 1977 Nixon-Frost interviews. We've kept the video rolling after the quote for you to see the rest of Nixon's argument defending his statement." Nixon - "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal" (7 min): Look, this is progress... before, only the directors of the CIA and FBI could sign off on that. ![]() The Nation | Supreme Court Rules on Presidential Immunity, Requiring a New Hearing to Determine Which Acts of Trump's Were "Official" Acts This I think will push the DC trial way past the election. Monday's Joe Boketto Biden on regime vorfreude words... ![]()
“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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8 hours ago
Happy World UFO day! "It's not just drones and balloons."
![]() July 2, 1996: Aliens positioned their ships at major cities around the world. ![]() Due to confusion over whether "M"-rated films (Mature-not recommended for children under the age of 15) were suitable for children, "M" was renamed to "GP" (for General audiences, Parental guidance, in 1971. On February 11, 1972, "GP" was revised to "PG." Frogs (1972) was one of the first films to earn a "PG" rating. ![]() Many of the 500 Florida frogs and 100 South American cane toads purchased for use in the film escaped during production. Drive like an Egyptian... ![]() Prince & Princesses of the Holy Roman Empire ![]() During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776 actually occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain's rule. July 2 was the day the Declaration was adopted but the 4th was the day it was published and first signatures were attached to it. John Adams thought July 2 would be marked as a national holiday for generations to come. The late historian Pauline Maier also said that arguments over the how to celebrate the Declaration arose between the Federalists (of John Adams) and the Republicans (of Thomas Jefferson) and that the Declaration and its anniversary day weren’t widely celebrated until the Federalists faded away from the political scene after 1812. Jefferson and Adams both passed away two days later, on the Fourth of July, 1826. When is the real Independence Day: July 2 or July 4? ![]() 1902 American cartoon about celebrating the Fourth of July Caption: "A False Alarm on the Fourth" Uncle Sam tells Lady Peace: "It's all right. There's no fighting. The noise you hear is just my family celebrating!" Other information From the Library of Congress prints and photographs division Library of Congress description: Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings and wearing a gown labeled "Peace" that all the noise she hears is for the celebration of the Fourth of July. Celebrating with Uncle Sam are several figures labeled "Alaska, New York, Texas, Mass., Hawaii, Porto Rico, North, South"; one disgruntled figure labeled "Philippine" is climbing over a wall, also an African American is sitting near Uncle Sam. Some are lighting strings of firecrackers, "Texas" is shooting guns, and "Mass." is firing a cannon in the direction of the wall "Philippine" is climbing over. The U.S. Capitol building is in the background and a dove with olive branch hovers over the figure of "Peace". Stepford Biden's house of cards appears to be crumbling... ![]() President Trump's sentencing postponed by Judge Merchan until Sept 18 in NYC If by chance Kamala Harris is the next president of the United States, we deserve to be taken over by China, Islam or Aliens, whichever is quicker. (Non) compos mentis: The Latin expression compos mentis literally means "master of (one's) own mind". It is used to express that one is "in possession" of one's mental capacities. The word Latin word compos (perhaps derived from the adjective indeclinable potis, 'capable', 'he who can') is generally used with the genitive of that which the subject is in possession of: the mind (mentis), the soul (animi), the self (sui). In today's speech, and especially in the field of law, the expression is used with the negation 'non compos mentis' to indicate a person who is insane or who is in defect of his full mental capacities and, therefore, cannot be held responsible for his actions. ![]() ![]() (Good movie) Ms. magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1972 ![]() Holy voter suppression, Batgirl! What comics reveal about gender and democracy
“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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