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Sept 5, 1947: Bikini Soil Drug




The Navy had quietly put Boeing, Anduril, Northrop and General Atomics under contract to design new loyal wingman drones that can be launched from carriers. Lockheed will do the "common control".


EXCLUSIVE: Navy taps four aerospace primes to design autonomous drone wingmen



Helluva story...Months after Trump visited North Korea, a SEAL team botched a mission to intercept Kim's communications, in a panic killed several shellfish divers and sank their bodies, abandoned their spyware and called for a risky extraction in shallow water. America is back.


How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

Apparently SpecWar sneaks into North Korea now & then for snoop 'n poops — but the SEALs crossed paths with a vessel and, worried they were blown, killed everybody on board and RTB'd without planting their surveillance equipment!

Congress never briefed about the botched NK raid, per the Times.
The Times implies the SEALs target was a comms switch or similar gear, not unlike Ivy Bells and other past ops, that required physical access to tap.

The raid, per NYT, had no tactical ISR for fear the Norks would spot it. And space ISR wasn't granular or operational enough.

With regard to the office politics, it's also possible that decision makers decided on the risky SEAL raid because they could launch it quicker than a more covert intelligence agency-style plan to recruit real Koreans and have them plant the tap.

The fact that somebody inside the family has given this whole thing, lock, stock and barrel, to the Times suggests that it's already well known in international spy circles and that the SEALs involved have forthcoming books about the various NK raids.

"You may know them as cold cases. We call them classified."

Back in the 90s I was somewhere off the coast of South Korea, near to North Korea with two platoons of SEALs and two platoons South Korean SEALs and a sub lurking nearby with possibly another platoon of SEALs. We drop them into zodiacs along with their diving equipment and packs of who knows what and they sped off towards NK. We would pick them up later under cover of darkness. Far as I know, nobody was left behind, but they all looked totally exhausted with cuts & scrapes. Never did learn what they were doing, told never ask but of course I had to ask one of the SEALs as he was same rank as me and his reply was, "training mission, we do this shit all the time in freezing fuckin cold ass water". Maybe it was and maybe it wasn't.


Vladimir Putin’s special envoy and CEO of the sovereign wealth fund of Russia, Kirill A. Dmitriev posted "WWG1WGA From Dark to Light" on his page just days after sharing a post about Q+.


https://x.com/kadmitriev/status/1964069066110300376

FYI, Dmitriev was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York and a consultant at McKinsey & Company; schooled at Stanford & Harvard.


Goliathus: the adult African goliath beetle (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are among the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight. Goliath beetles measure from 60–110 millimetres (2.4–4.3 in) for males and 50–80 millimetres (2.0–3.1 in) for females. They can be found in many of Africa's tropical forests, where they feed primarily on tree sap and fruit. Unlike in Australia, these won't kill you.




Physicist & former director of AARO, Sean Kirkpatrick unleashes on Rep Anna Paulina Luna and her lunatics...










We certainly have been saturated with Karen histrionics the past five years. The word "histrion" comes from the Latin histrio, which meant "actor" or "mime," and which in turn is a loanword from the Etruscan hister. Histriones were originally actors in Ancient Rome who entertained audiences with exaggerated gestures, costumes, and dance...Jesters, and from this comes the term "histrionic," which describes theatrical or exaggerated behavior. Awful lot of that on the world's stage.

Words...

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The Virginia City branch of the Bank of California was established in Virginia City, Nevada Territory on Sept 6, 1864. The vault was robbed of $32000 by armed robbers in 1927. Note: The Bank of California office building in Virginia City is now occupied by the Ponderosa Saloon, which still has the walk in vault.


The Historical Marker Database


With the war over and his job done, Admiral John S. McCain Sr. returned to his home in California and died Sept 6, 1945, just four days after witnessing the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. He had earlier joked that he was planning to celebrate the Allied victory in the Pacific by creating three new cocktails named "Zeke," "Jill," and "Judy" after types of Japanese planes. "Each time you drink one, you can say 'splash one Judy' or "splash one Zeke," McCain said.




Sept 6, 1947: On Saving Europe...





Sept 6, 1947: Operation Sandy: The US Navy successfully fired a German V-2 rocket from the aircraft carrier Midway, marking the first launch of a large rocket, and the only time for a V-2, from a ship at sea.




Sept 6, 1962: COG begins Exercise SPADE FORK nuclear readiness drill simulating Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus. Ending just weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the Spade Fork scenario, the first weapon to hit the United States was a decapitation strike at the president's Hammersmith Farm residence in Newport, Rhode Island. The exercise was timed to coincide with the command post exercise High Heels II, the military parallel to the civilian Spade Fork.





Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Jack Schmitt and Commander Gene Cernan were on a Geology Field Exercise in central Nevada on Sept 6, 1972. They visited the Lunar Crater and the Pancake Range.


Lunar Crater National Natural Landmark


Sept 6, 1982: the Danish frigate HDMS Peder Skram accidentally launched a Harpoon missile due to a technical malfunction. The so-called 'Whoopsie Missile' ("Hovsa Missil" in Danish) traveled 34 kilometers at low altitude, severing several power lines before eventually striking a group of trees and exploding. The fireball and subsequent shockwave annihilated four nearby unoccupied summer cottages and caused minor damage to a further 130 buildings in Lumsaas, Denmark. Amazingly, no one was killed nor injured.




Curtis 'Bombs Away' Lemay gets a shout-out around the 4:45 mark on this CNN meltdown clip.


E.J. Antoni's real X acct is @RealEJAntoni

As you might imagine, the left is having a nuclear core meltdown over Trump’s new pick for BLS chief, Heritage Foundation conservative Heartland Institute think tank & economist, E.J. Antoni had a now deleted X account, “@phdofbombsaway” that smeared Kamala Harris, mocked LGBTQ people, and pushed all kinds of colorful conspiracies.


Looking for black people in this video. Not finding them.

You see, in DC the worst crime is in predominantly black neighborhoods. As of 2020 census, 41% of the DC population is black. So where are all the black people in this Soros funded "protest"?

I'll tell you why there are so few: DC's black population is the primary beneficiary of Trump's crackdown on DC crime. These "protesters" are all white Democrat self-appointed "elites" who live in crime-free Northwest DC (or the DC suburbs) in their $2+ million homes.

White Democrats (not all obviously) feel a congenital need to virtue signal, even if it means killing black people. Then they go home in their lulu yoga pants, Allbirds loafers and Subaru Forester, where they open a $200 bottle of wine and celebrate themselves over all the "good" they did today. Pathetic!





Daily Roman update:



Catullus 16 The shade of late R. Lee Ermy just chuckles.

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The ZOMBIE tanker USNS Walter S Diehl has risen from the dead. Diehl was towed into Brownsville, TX on Dec 24, 2024, for scrapping but her Automatic identification system (AIS) has been hijacked by another ship and is now off the West coast of Africa.


It's either being monitored by milsat since it's plastered on social media, captured or sunk by now.


It's 2025 and a former Nazi flagship is passing through the ditch!




Naval magazine "Proceedings" Photo of the Week: The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), operates in the Norwegian Sea above the Arctic Circle, 30 August 2025.


4K Mega size image

September 6, 2025: Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine coming into Faslane, Scotland. Large photos


But of course, a moron from BulwarkOnline has no clue about his own nation’s military Kevlar. That is the US military’s Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) for Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and also for the Philippine National Police.




DOD is now DOW... Department of War. The United States Department of War & War Office 1789-1947...Re-established 2025. Per the White House - legally it is still the Department of Defense. The Department of War is a "secondary title" and note it was changed by executive order, not law.

Trump's 200th Executive Order...


RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR



WE ARE THE WAR DEPARTMENT

U.S. Department of War Brand Guide

The date "MDCCLXXVIII" and the designation "War Office" are indicative of the origin of the seal. The date (1778) refers to the year of its adoption. The term "War Office" used during the Revolution, and for many years afterward till 1947, was associated with the Headquarters of the Army.


IDIOCRACY was a documentary...




Never ending saga...


Miami Herald, New York Times seek to unseal records on Jeffrey Epstein’s estate

And...


DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret

According to downtown Julie K. Brown, there were two payments made in 2018 to two of his female assistants, one was Sarah Kellen — and another to an assistant/co-conspirator, possibly Nadia Marcinkova, who also worked for him. The banks flagged the payments and that is why the feds found out about them.

Marcinkova was very popular on twitter (@Flyglobalgirl) with aviation buffs from 2014 to mid 2019; then she disappeared.


If you reside in the USA you can watch it free on TUBI.


UFO contact, the government, and a time machine all meet up at the Integratron, a Joshua Tree desert mystery dome inspired by Tesla, free energy, conspiracy, and alien help. Starring Howard Hughes employee-confidante George Van Tassel, Nancy Karl, Daniel Boone.


Dorothy - Raise Hell - It's Saturday night!

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Happy National Beer Lovers Day to all who celebrate.


The date is tied to the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law) of 1516, which specified that beer could only be made with water, barley, and hops.

“You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline, it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer.”
― Frank Zappa

The earliest alcoholic beverage, a mead-like mix of rice, honey, and fruit, was brewed by the Chinese around 7000 BCE, and evidence of the first barley beer comes from the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, where pottery with beer residue has been found. The "Hymn to Ninkasi," a Sumerian poem from about 1800 BCE, describes a recipe for a beer made from barley bread. The oldest chemical evidence of fermented grain, a beer-like gruel consumed by Natufian people in Israel, dates back 13,000 years, suggesting intentional brewing even before the development of agriculture.

Early beer was likely an accidental discovery, formed when grain-based gruel, left exposed to wild yeasts, fermented into an alcoholic beverage, but the 13,000-year-old Natufian beer shows that deliberate brewing predates agriculture, a key part of the controlled process of brewing today. Brewing required soaking grains, a process known as malting, then drying, and grinding them into a coarse powder before being mixed with water.

Beer was a fundamental part of daily life in Mesopotamia and Egypt, seen as a gift from the gods, and even used as daily rations and as payment for labor. It spread from the Middle East and Mesopotamia to Ancient Egypt and across the Mediterranean and Europe. During the Middle Ages, European monasteries became centers of brewing. Hops, which reduce spoilage and improve beer, were introduced to Germany in the 11th century and then spread to other parts of Europe. The use of lager yeast, which causes yeast to sink, became popular and led to a style of beer called "lager" (from the German word for "to store").


Possibly the first to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, James White arrived at Callville, NV (formerly Callville, Arizona Territory), by raft on Sept 7, 1867. White's claim was unlikely and disputed, but not disproven.


Hell or High Water: James White's Disputed Passage Through Grand Canyon in 1867 by Eilean Adams (2001)   Read or download



Mermaids and Tritons in the Age of Reason


Bess Lovejoy explores the treatment and mistreatment of Julia Pastrana, one of the most famous "human curiosities" of the 19th century...


Julia Pastrana A “Monster to the Whole World”


Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis) fossils near Berlin, NV were discovered in 1928. At least 40 unique fossils of Ichthyosaurs have been identified there. Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park was established in 1957. The first photo below was taken Sept 7, 1955 at the site.


I'm amazed the Google van took this dirt road to explore the area.


The Galactic Federation considers what to do with humanity, as seen in the adaptation of HG Wells The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) The last 4 minutes & 30 seconds is also worth hearing.



Synopsis: An ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.

"A Modern Aladdin Who Could make Women Do Things!" "We'll start the Golden Age, somewhere in the afternoon..."



Sept 7, 1978: a flying saucer landed at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum, carrying the Electric Light Orchestra!






Ranch Rock 86 music festival was held outdoors at Pyramid Lake, Nevada on Sept 7, 1986 with Kingfish, Problem Child, and others in a tribute to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia was recovering from a diabetic coma he fell into in July 1986.


Bob Weir Live at Ranch Rock '86 at Pyramid Lake (song tracks played @ Archive.org)

Grateful Dead Forum that still gets the occassional post about this festival.



In September 1994, the UFO subject saw renewed interest in the UK with the BBC2 premiere of The X-Files. This coincided with a time of numerous books being published on the topic of alien abduction.


This may be true as the power of suggestion is a very powerful tool used to control. This doesn't mean these things are not happening...just that "they" are USING these happenings to their advantage, to divide. Lies by politicians have been used for millenia to divide truth, and people all the time.


Conspiracy author and researcher including The Gemstone File (1992), Black Helicopters Over America (1994), The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro (1996), Casebook on the Men in Black (1997), "Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control" (1998), Saucers of the Illuminati (1999), James "Jim" Keith died at 49 in surgery in Reno, NV on Sep 7, 1999 under "mysterious circumstances."



For some late night listening, Jim Keith talks about the history of Men in Black during this Art Bell interview from 1997:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iVpHVlW78Q

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September 7, 2005: Apple introduced the iPod Nano. Steve Jobs: "Ever wonder what this pocket is for?"


Bought two for Christmas that year. Apple discontinued the iPod Nano on July 27, 2017.


Sept 7, 2008: during one of the nation’s worst housing crises, the George W. Bush Administration seized control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the United States, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.




Surf pioneer Ron DiMenna passed away yesterday at the age of 88. After serving as a U.S. Marine in the 1950s, DiMenna helped surfing become a mainstream sport by founding Ron Jon Surf Shop in 1959 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey which grew into an iconic franchise. The flagship store HQ in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is the largest surf shop in the world.




I've heard about this so-called $75-$90 trillion value before and now the Kremlin deal maker is touting it. Note his American counterparts are inside Trump's cabinet so aside from the Russo-Ukraine war there may be deals being brokered behind the curtain. The 2021 Statista-based estimate focuses on proven reserves of coal, gas, oil, timber, gold, and rare earth metals for Russia. The chart for the US doesn't list Lithium deposits recently discovered.




The music video (with female vocal) is for the song "Where Are the Men of England" by Richard Inman, inspired by a speech he made in 2019. I agree with Gen Flynn, it is quite good...


https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1964124667385630980


Preppin for Monday morning bombing run...


https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/196...5194925361





US Treasury sec Scott Bessent: "We are ready to increase pressure on Russia, but we need our European partners to follow us."

Unlike India, the Europeans are prepared to set their own houses on fire in the hope that the fire spreads to Russia. Meanwhile, the knife attacks will continue.


Treasury secretary says U.S. and European Union must partner to 'collapse' Russian economy


The Truth About Viking Age Women - Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen




Follow the Yellow Brick Road...



The Secret of Oz (2009)
Documentary, History [1 hr 55 min]
Andrew Nance, Brent Robinson, William T. Still
Director: William T. Still
Writer: William T. Still




The winning numbers in Saturday night's drawing were: 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62 with Powerball 17.


2 tickets -- sold in Missouri, Texas -- win massive $1.8B Powerball jackpot

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There's a meme going about...

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Sept 9, 1947: a team working on the Mark II aka Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard University, funded by the US Navy, recorded the first actual "computer bug" when an error was discovered to be caused by a 'moth' stuck to a relay component. The team included RADM Grace Hopper who helped popularize the terms "computer bug" and "debug".


Mark II photos: Guide to the Grace Murray Hopper Collection


Sept 9, 1965: James Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam and captured. Routinely tortured during his 7.5 years in the "Hanoi Hilton", he disfigured his own face by cutting and beating it so that he could not used for propaganda purposes. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1976. If we goto war with China I hope our current Navy has few iron nail Admirals like this guy.



And of course iron ball Marines.

Col. LeRoy Barton, 102, is one of the few living Marines who has served in three wars. Barton joined the Marines as a pilot during WWII and later flew combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. Over his 32-year career, he flew 56 different aircraft while logging 6,500 flight hours. He currently lives in North Carolina.


One Marine, Three Wars


William Shatner — From Ancient Astronauts To Battling Giant Spiders... (Future Fantasy, Feb 1978) from which we learn that Shatner's LP WILLIAM SHATNER LIVE was produced by Richard Canoff, former member of the Chicago rock group Flock, and that it was recorded at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.




The name of the IDF strike on Hamas's leadership in Qatar is "Operation Summit of Fire," according to the IDF.

"One good plane deserves another good bomb."

After the generous gift from the Qatari Government this year to Donald Trump of a Boeing 747, the USGOV have just returned the favor through their proxy.


Axios: Israeli strike in Qatar "took place when Hamas leaders met to discuss the Trump administration's proposal. A source with knowledge said some Hamas leaders even traveled to Doha from Turkey for the meeting. A senior intelligence official said 'the entire Hamas A-list was in the building'"

Reported footage of the Israeli airstrike on Doha

Back in October 7, 2023 Bibi warned the world...and he certainly delivered on his promises. Israel:


Killed the Gaza negotiator
Killed the negotiator’s family
Killed the Iranian negotiators
Bombed West Bank
Bombed the Qatar negotiators
Bombed the capital of Iran
Bombed the capital of Lebanon
Bombed Yemen
Suspected of bombing the The Freedom Flotilla (twice)
Bombed, invaded & neutered Lebanon
Bombed, invaded & neutered Syria
And whole lot more in between. Who's next?


Obviously a lot of people are not happy with Bibi, but note the Hamas and their allies have rejected every peace proposal since 2005 and no country wants to host the Palestinians.



Sept 9, 1988: DEFENSE PLAY, a Monte Markham joint release. It’s time for more high school kids with computer-tech skills!

Now, if the film’s "Ancient Future" backwash to teen-tech romps WarGames and The Manhattan Project, and the presence of Monte Markham (as the military dad who heads the top secret shenanigans), doesn’t stir the cockles of your mainframe, this is the movie that answers the question: "Whatever happened to Boof from Teen Wolf?"

The "David Lightman" for this go-around-the-mainframe is Scott Denton (David Oliver from Night of the Creeps; passed away at 30 in 1992), just another one of those 30-year-old high school students with a knack for computers. He’s the project’s team leader alongside Karen Vandemeer (Susan “Boof” Ursitti).

This time, instead of the U.S. Air Force firing up the WOPR, they’re firing up a (stock footage) Saturn V (in 1988, no less, although the shuttle program was in full swing) from Vandenberg AFB topped with a top secret (and aren’t they all) satellite.


What’s the Airwolf doing here? Blue Thunder? Nope, it’s just a drone.

If you’re into the nostalgia of Apple IIs, dot-matrix printers, and dial-up modems running those drone forefathers, then enjoy the show. While this received a limited theatrical release and ended up on VHS, it’s never been — and more than likely never will be — released on DVD. Amazingly, there’s a VHS rip to watch on YouTube.

Caveat Mainframe: Director Ulli Lommel (Blank Generation, The Boogeyman), never one to not cheap-jack the films of others, has his own WarGames brat with a high-tech mini-copter that came out in 1987 as I.F.O. – Identified Flying Object — that was reissued to video as Defense Play.


Rage, rage...


Nepal's prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns after anti-corruption protests led to deadly clashes.

So the media is telling us this violent  "Gen Z" rage erupted because they want their social media back. Burn the country down. Really? BS!!

It appears fake NGO leading the protests "Hami Nepal" is funded by and working with US-based corporations and US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funded fronts targeting next door China. Hami Nepal boasts of connections to NED-funded projects like the anti-China "Free Tibet" campaign and is partnered with US corporations like Coca-Cola.


Love birds finally marry...


Iran-Contra figures Oliver North and Fawn Hall secretly marry 40 years after scandal

If Bluemont, VA and Clarke County sound familiar it is because that is the location Mount Weather.

Oliver North's House Bluemont, Virginia


NSFW!!!
"Both employees were based at FEMA’s remote Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center near Bluemont, Virginia — a hardened facility built to protect the country during national emergencies, terror attacks and even nuclear strikes."


EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Employees Discharged For Sending Filthy Sexts, Watching Porn On The Clock

Back in the 90s a shipmate tango'd with a filipina and lost his top secret clearance, thereby losing his job and resulting in a discharge.

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So the bombing worked? Iran bending the knee.


Iran, IAEA announce agreement on resuming nuclear inspections


Qatari's will be proclaiming "Perfidious Albion"!


Perfidious Albion is a French-derived phrase referring to England as treacherous or deceitful in international affairs. "Albion" is an ancient name for the island of Britain, and "perfidious" means disloyal or treacherous. The term originated in French diplomatic circles, has a long history in English usage, and popped back up again during discussions around Brexit.


Imagine trying to explain to someone in 2019 that in 2025 a certain country would be drone bombing Greta Thunberg.


https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1965196986111721611


MV Thamesborg Runs Aground in the Northwest Passage/Franklin Strait.

Short vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlf2ee-sU38

Winter is coming, and that place wants you dead.




Things most people don't see (much less experience) the US Navy doing and doing very well. As a junior sailor I did this more times than I can count. During calm seas this is a boring uneventful operation. The most exciting time is Mail Call and pray the helo doesn't drop the bag into the drink. During rough seas with the occasional rogue waves is a whole other story.




News from the high seas...

U.S. Destroyers, Norwegian Navy surveilled by Russia in High North

Next U.K. Pacific Carrier Deployment Will Feature Unmanned Ships in Strike Group, Says First Sea Lord

The Coyote and Roadrunner. Not the cartoon characters but the drone interceptors. Neither is made by Acme.

Coyote, Roadrunner Loitering Drone Interceptors To Arm U.S. Navy Destroyers

By the time "Golden Dome" goes operational it may be too late...

China Military Unveils Mosquito-Sized Drones for 'Special Missions'

Over 10 years ago there were reports via US Air Force that microdrones no bigger than insects were being developed to 'bite' targets. Unlike Israeli style assassination strikes this would greatly reduce collateral damage, though a host of other nightmarish scenarios may/will develop.

Coast Guard Caribbean Anti-Trafficking Missions Continue as Military’s Role is Redefined

Meanwhile...


https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1965546005467914641

Geography Trivia:

Ukraine is the largest country in Europe (ex-Russia): 233,030 sq mi (~600,000 km²) with an estmated population of 32.8 million.


Venezuela is 50% larger than Ukraine: 353,841 sq mi (~900,000 km²) with an estimated 29 million people.

Granted bread basket versus a whole lotta jungle and Venezula has the world's largest oil reserves though it's not sweet crude like in the Middle East & Russia. Back in the 20th century we (USA) were best friends with Venezuela. Today, it's back to gunboat diplomacy to bleed the country dry economically & force Maduro to kneel.

Good informative vid:




End the madness now!


https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1965443128195731891

Remember when it used to be "report commies to..."


NBC News poll finds huge support for restricting smartphones in school.



Any conversation around banning smartphones in schools really ought to give historical context, such as mentioning the great beeper panic of the late 1980s and early 1990s.


The Forgotten War on Beepers

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Sept 10, 1813: American naval forces under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry defeated and captured an entire Royal Navy squadron of six ships at the Battle of Lake Erie. The battle was a major victory that gave the U.S. control over the strategically important lake.


This painting, which hangs in the U.S. Capitol, is a larger version of Powell's Perry's Victory on Lake Erie (1865) that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse.


Eureka! The US southwest changed significantly on Sept 9, 1850. With the Compromise of 1850, the State of California was admitted to the US as a free, non-slavery state, the 31st US State, with its capital initially set at San Jose.


The Greek word "Eureka" has appeared on the state seal since 1849, when California sought statehood, and means "I Have Found It."

The words were probably intended to refer to the discovery of gold in California.

Archimedes, the famed Greek mathematician, is said to have exclaimed "Eureka" when, after long study, he discovered a method of determining the purity of gold.

In 1957, attempts were made to establish "In God We Trust" as the state motto,  but "Eureka" was made the official state motto in 1963.

The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. Senate. Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. In addition, an act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico that also established a territorial government in New Mexico.




Sept 10, 1910: Thomas Diller, well known farmer: 0
Cat, probably not well known: 1




"I Am Pledged to Preserve Law and Order—MY Order!"
(Sept 10, 1963 in the Evening Star)





Sept 10, 1993: Tonight, THE X-FILES premiers!

And so it began. The "truth" is a moving target.




Bibi wasn't joking.


https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1965702017202172323


Somebody assassinated Charlie Kirk and twitter goes down hard. A very dark day in America.


Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event

“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence, that is when civil war happens.”
— Charlie Kirk

President Trump Delivers Remarks on Charlie Kirk:




I guess this is where we are...




Are we there yet?



His overall view is worth considering today, given what is happening in the United States. The telltale signs of entering a "time of troubles" are the attempts to escape it by returning to a perceived past time of "greatness" and a leap into the future (AI, technocracy, etc.)

From 1918 to 1950, Toynbee was considered a leading specialist on international affairs; from 1929 to 1956 he was the Director of Studies at Chatham House, in which he also produced 34 volumes of the Survey of International Affairs, a "bible" for international specialists in Britain.

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Sept 10, 1813...


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Somebody assassinated Charlie Kirk and twitter goes down hard. A very dark day in America.
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“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence, that is when civil war happens.”
— Charlie Kirk
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I guess this is where we are...
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Are we there yet?

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His overall view is worth considering today, given what is happening in the United States. The telltale signs of entering a "time of troubles" are the attempts to escape it by returning to a perceived past time of "greatness" and a leap into the future (AI, technocracy, etc.)

While today's tragedy evokes all manner of thoughts and emotions,
I have to wonder what is so big, somewhere-else, that we are not supposed to see.

Charlie Kirk's gifts were endearing, to many, and 'insane' to others...but, a 'big' assassination...placed on him...when school shootings, Ukrainian immigrant's stabbing, IDF taking out opponents in Qatar...?, It's like a symphony that keeps your hairs standing on end...needing the next 'fix'.

Will Charlie Kirk be old news...by Saturday...or Sunday?