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Posting from here tonight...




Nov 14, 1943: the destroyer USS William D. Porter accidentally launched a live torpedo at the USS Iowa which just happened to be carrying President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference. The Iowa avoided disaster by making a hard turn. The torpedo detonated after hitting the ship's wake.


The only US battleship with a bathtub.


Kit from 1959. I bet Freija had one of these!




"Tentatively titled THE WAR GAME 2." So, at one point there was going to be a sequel (of sorts) to THE WAR GAME (1966, a docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain) with fundraising cameo from Dustin Hoffman. Clips are from 1984:








The flag at left in the background. I'm not 100% sure of translation, but it seems at least the bottom part of the flag is actually a Stalin quotation that the Ukronationalists are mis-attributing to Bandera.

LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED THIS WAY
POB FOR THE DEATH OF MUSCOVITES
THESE SEVERAL GENERATIONS FEARED YOU

AFTER I'M DEAD, ON MY GRAVE
THAT'S A LOT OF GARBAGE.
BUT THE BEATER OFTEN IS RUTHLESS
SWEEP HIM
-Stepan Bandera

Vladislav Davidzon is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, based in France. Since 2018, he has served as a co-producer for a television series on the effects of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, since 2012, also serves as the European culture correspondent for Tablet Magazine in Paris, France. While working at the magazine, he has been an investigative journalist and researcher with assignments in Russia, Ukraine, England, and Poland. In 2015, Davidzon founded the Odessa Review and served as its chief editor until July 2018. While he was with Odessa Review, Davidzon helped publish 13 quarterly issues over the course of his tenure at the magazine.

His work has been featured in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, World Policy Journal, the New York Observer, and the American Interest. Davidzon holds a master’s degree in human rights and democratization from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights in Italy and earned his bachelor’s degree at the City University of New York.
Atlantic Council

President-elect Donald J. Trump's "nuclear football" briefing on January 19, 2017 as first reported by Jon Karl in his new book, "Tired of Winning" out today from Amazon.




How far will haves & have mores go?


Corbell admitted to Joe Rogan that he was an unpaid intern for the UAP Task Force. He is now seeking another unpaid internship in order to gain more experience in the field. Ha!