Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

July 26, 1875: Carl Jung was born in Kesswil, Switzerland. He began as a follower of Sigmund Freud, but then had major reservations about psychoanalysis and established and developed analytical psychology as a comprehensive psychiatric alternative to Freud’s methods. Solitude makes you feel Junger?



July 26, 1894: Aldous Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey, England. He’s best known for the dystopian novel, Brave New World. Huxley died 7 hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963, and consequently his death received very little media coverage. C. S. Lewis also died same day.




July 26, 1945: the Royal Navy heavy cruiser HMS Sussex was struck by a kamikaze near the Dutch East Indies. The Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" failed to penetrate the ship's side plating, leaving only a distinct imprint on the hull. Built British strong!




July 26, 1927: Danny La Rue (Daniel Carroll), was born in Cork, Ireland. He was Britain’s foremost cross dressing variety performer during his heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, and was known as “the grande dame of drag”. Among his celebrity impersonations were Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Judy Garland, Margot Fonteyn, Marlene Dietrich and Margaret Thatcher.






July 26, 1959: Lt. Col. William Rankin ejected from his F-8 Crusader at 47,000 ft and fell through a thunderstorm cloud. He then spent 40 minutes being whipped around as lightning bolts shot by him. He suffered immediate frostbite, and decompression caused his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth to bleed. His abdomen swelled severely. He did, however, manage to make use of his emergency oxygen supply. His parachute opened prematurely where God took him for a wild ride. He eventually landed in a forest, noting his watch read 6:40 pm. It had been 40 minutes since he had ejected. His next ordeal was searching for help and eventually was taken to a hospital at Ahoskie, North Carolina. He returned to active duty shortly thereafter. WTF!? Only a Marine could have possibly survived riding thunder for 40 minutes, in minus 50F air & free falling into a forest!


Lt Colonel William Henry Rankin - The Marine who ‘rode the thunder’

His story was covered in the March 2, 2017 episode of The Dollop Podcast


July 26, 1971: The Apollo 15 moon mission was launched, and became the 4th to land on the Moon. Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the Apollo program and the first "J mission" (thorough scientific investigation & surveillance of the Moon), with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science than earlier landings. Apollo 15 saw the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.




July 26, 1982: The arcane practice of "topping-off" ceremony was completed on Trump Tower.


Donald Trump Celebrates Completion of Trump Tower


After braving political chaos, major train disruptions and threats of defecating in the Seine, the Paris Olympics has kicked off.

Vive la République, Vive la France!! Très belle cérémonie:




Florida setting the example...

Squatter, 37, sentenced to 40 years in prison for illegally taking ownership of PCB condo
Hobbs has committed similar acts in other places, like New York, and he was sued but never arrested. On the bright side he now gets the free housing he was looking for, but on the flip-side 40 years is a waste of tax dollars. Deport to Gaza would be cheaper.


Friday night words to herald in the weekend and pay no attention to the dillbrains...




July 26, 1986: USA #1 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer