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[EndtheMadnessNow]

The container ship MV "DALI" hit the Francis Scott Key bridge outside Port Baltimore early yesterday morning, destroying it completely.



The Ship’s Master is Ukrainian (although allegedly not at the helm at the time of the incident) and the Port of Baltimore is responsible for 25% of all US Coal exports.

The symbolic bridge was named for the guy who wrote the Star Spangled Banner. It was erected at the approximate point where the British anchored to shell Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

It should not be a surprise where the goods aboard the MV Dali came from:



The number of conspiracies already floating around is stunning. Is anyone surprised that armchair experts don't know that the majority of modern large container ships are in some way owned, manufactured, operated, chartered, crewed, or financed by Chinese entities? Or that they have no idea who is involved in the operation of a ship, which systems do what, or how literally any of this works?

Salvador DALI had a painting called "The Broken Bridge and the Dream."




"The English had their grave-robbing rights withdrawn" — German illustration (1924) showing one of Tutankhamun's guardian statues booting a British archaeologist out of the tomb. Artist: Erich Schilling. Published on the cover of Simplicissimus magazine, 10 March 1924.


"The English had their license to desecrate corpses withdrawn."
Leichenschändung means necrophilia. "Corpses withdrawn" is a very soft translation for this word. Haha.

Presumably referring to the dispute between the Egyptian government and archaeologist Howard Carter, who complained that the Egyptian Antiquities Service was interfering in the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter left the excavation site for a year in early 1924.


The Jolly Roger from HMS E54 (British E-class submarine) will go on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum next month. Flown by HMS E54 in 1916, the flag is believed to be the oldest surviving one of its kind. Subs began to fly the Jolly Roger during WWI because the First Sea Lord of the British Royal Navy had stated that submarine warfare was "underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English", and that captured enemy submariners should be hanged as pirates.


At least twice in 2017, the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), (attack submarine) which has been modified to support special forces operations, returned to its home port flying a Jolly Roger. The reason for flying the flag has never been made public. In US silent service lore it means the secret mission was a success, including the rendition of a person and/or object.


What an array of stars. Hitchcock, Lassie, Roy Rogers, Lynda Carter. Two clips from March 26, 1978, when CBS kicked off a weeklong series of specials celebrating the network‘s 50th anniversary.

First up, stars introduced by the day their show appeared.




Ohhh, ouch, punch to the gut...


https://twitter.com/Geiger_Capital/statu...3223690643


The UK has a name for its next nuclear warhead: A21/Mk7 Astraea.


Delivering the UK’s Nuclear Deterrent as a National Endeavour (PDF)

The UK Ministry of Defence subsequently suggested that just like the similarities between the current US and UK warheads, the UK’s replacement warhead will be very similar to the US W93: “It’s not exactly the same warhead but . . . there is a very close connection in design terms and production terms”.
United Kingdom nuclear weapons, 2021

Astraea, Astrea, Astria or Austräa meaning "star-maiden" or "starry night", in ancient Greek religion, is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision. She is closely associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike (daughter of Zeus and Themis). She is not to be confused with Asteria, the goddess of the stars and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. The main belt asteroid 5 Astraea is named after her, and her name was also suggested for the planet Uranus.



According to myth, (probably British aristocrats too) Astraea will one day come back to Earth, bringing with her the return of the utopian Golden Age of which she was the ambassador.


When you realize that the alternate history is our history. Jumping back to where the Nazis didn't win WWII?
Nobusuke Tagomi Meditates to The United States (The Man In The High Castle, Season 1)




The Words of the Day...Pick your winner:



Think I'll go with "Sarha"


"In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory."

― J.R.R. Tolkien


Choose one classic '80s movie from each row to re-watch. Good luck on bottom row!



“As we, like the abductees, permit ourselves to surrender the illusion of control and mastery of our world, we might discover our place as one species among many whose special gifts include unusual capacities for caring, rational thought, and self-awareness.”

― John E. Mack, Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens

Remember...

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities." ― Frank Herbert