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[EndtheMadnessNow]

Re: "The Battle of May Island" - huh, new to me and with over 12,000 comments guess I need to watch it!


Two years ago today during a Pentagon press briefing we learned of the "RED JANUARY" incident thanks to Pentagon reporter Jeff Schogol. One ping only.


C-SPAN (Kirby smugged it off as a nothinburger)


Damn!! Hate it when that happens!


Air Force Times


Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Jan 21, 1922 – Jan 22, 1994) aka Ernst Stavro Blofeld (1969) aka Sergeant Big Joe (1970), aka "Kojak" (1973–1978)



Telly Savalas recorded a mostly-spoken interpretation which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in March 1975,] and has the shortest title of any song to reach No. 1 in the UK.




Not only was she explosively sexy, but her voice could blow you away.


The nuclear themed 45 sleeve for an ABBE LANE four song disc from RCA Española and was released in Spain in 1958 with the offerings: "Que será será, ¡Ay! Que Me Vuelvo Loca, Banana Boat (Day-O), and Very Satisfied, the last track written by her then husband Xavier Cugat, who was 32 years older.
In New York City, he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II. He was also a cartoonist and a restaurateur. The personal papers of Xavier Cugat are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya (Library of Catalonia). Abbe Lane was his 4th marriage (1952–64), and his 5th to Spanish guitarist and comic actress Charo (1966–78). He died 27 October 1990 (aged 90) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Born Abigail Francine Lassman on December 14, 1932, American singer and actress established herself as the "femme fatale". Lane was known in the 1950s and 1960s for her revealing outfits and sultry style of performing.

Lane attracted attention for her suggestive comments, such as "Jayne Mansfield may turn boys into men, but I take them from there." She was the first female star of the Italian television, where she appeared in various shows starting from 1955. She said she was considered "too sexy in Italy". She has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and she's still alive.

"The Swingingest Sexpot In Show Business"

Abbe Lane - Que Será Será




The greatest trick he ever pulled was convincing the world he was national defense.

Are we still here? We haven't been reduced to incandescent plasma yet? Above is one of the most manifestly revealing nuclear test photos ever made. It was produced May 25, 1952 during a blast code-named Fox, in exercise Desert Rock IV under Operation Tumbler–Snapper, and captures the essence of what atomic weapons really are—a demonic force unleashed that can't be shoved back into its pit.

Shot FOX, a 300-foot tower detonation, was fired in Area 4 of Yucca Flat at 4 a.m. on May 25, 1952. During Shot FOX, the largest single activity was the Army troop observer program, part of Exercise Desert Rock IV. Approximately 950 exercise troops from the 701st Armored Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, witnessed the shot from trenches 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) southeast of ground zero. An additional 500 observers from the six continental armies and the service schools also witnessed the shot from the same location. The observer program included psychological testing before and after the shot and a tour of the equipment display area.
Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER (9 page PDF)


The decline and incineration of Western civilization.


Alas, Babylon is a 1959 novel of an early example of post-nuclear apocalyptic fiction and has an entry in David Pringle's book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels. The novel deals with the effects of a nuclear war on the fictional small town of Fort Repose, Florida, which is based upon the actual city of Mount Dora, Florida, approximately 35 miles northwest of Orlando, Florida. The novel's title is derived from the Book of Revelation: "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come."

In the story, a missile from a fighter jet causes an explosion in Syria that the Soviets mistake for a full scale NATO nuclear strike. They retaliate with a full strike, the U.S. retaliates with a full strike, and that's all she wrote. The End.  Actually, not really. That's the first act. Frank wrote plenty more, none of it fun.

John Lennon, known for his pacifist views, was given a copy of Alas, Babylon by journalist Larry Kane in 1965. Lennon spent all night reading the book, fueling his anti-war fervor and envisioning the world's population attempting to crawl their way back from the horrors of a nuclear catastrophe.

An adaptation of Alas, Babylon was broadcast on April 3, 1960, as the 131st episode of the Playhouse 90 dramatic television series. It starred Don Murray, Barbara Rush, Burt Reynolds, and Rita Moreno.



The attention from True Detective resulted in increased sales for The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, to the point that it began to outsell Atlas Shrugged.


The UFO file, the great Enigma.


"Where are we headed? Who knows? We hardly recall where we come from."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dichtung und Wahrheit.


"When the Soul wants to experience something, she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it."
— Medieval Mystic, Meister Eckhart


Sculpture of Meister Eckhart and John I, Duke of Brabant at Town Hall Tower, Cologne by Elisabeth Perger.
Eckhart von Hochheim (c. 1260 – c. 1328), The Order of Preachers, commonly known as Meister Eckhart or Master Eckhart was a German Catholic theologian, philosopher and mystic.


MAGA - Make Aliens Hunky Again.