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[EndtheMadnessNow]

Sept 3, 1935:  British racing motorist and motoring journalist Malcolm Campbell clocked a speed of 301:337 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, to become the 1st motor driver to drive an automobile at a speed of over 300 MPH. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding both land speed and water speed records. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He died during a water speed record attempt at Coniston Water in the Lake District, England on Jan 4, 1967.

Mr Whoppit, Campbell's teddy bear mascot, was found among the floating debris and the pilot's helmet was recovered. Royal Navy divers made efforts to find and recover the body but, although the wreck of K7 was found, they called off the search, after two weeks, without locating his body. Campbell's body was finally located in 2001.

The remains of Campbell's body were located just over two months later and recovered from the lake on 28 May 2001, still wearing his blue nylon overalls. On the night before his death, while playing cards he had drawn the queen and the ace of spades. Reflecting upon the fact that Mary, Queen of Scots had drawn the same two cards the night before she was beheaded, he told his mechanics, who were playing cards with him, that he had a fearful premonition that he was going to "get the chop". It was not possible to determine the cause of Campbell's death, though a consultant engineer giving evidence to the inquest said that the force of the impact could have caused him to be decapitated. Wiki

Sept 3, 1939: British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced on BBC radio at 11:15 AM that Germany had not responded to the British ultimatum to remove its troops from Poland, and so "this country is at war with Germany".




That was quick...same day...

Sept 3, 1939: The Citizens Advice Bureau was established. It aimed to help people understand the many rules and regulations introduced at start of the Second World War. Nice touch with the Owl mascot!




Following the formal surrender of Japan in 1945, FADM Chester Nimitz planned to go ashore at Yokosuka without his Marine orderly, reasoning that he was safe because any fanatical holdout would target Gen. MacArthur instead of him. An intel officer warned that the Admiral was more likely to be attacked because the Japanese believed they had been defeated by Nimitz and the U.S. Navy rather than MacArthur and the Army. An excellent marksman himself, Nimitz ordered his aide to the pistol range to practice shooting a .45 Colt before leaving for Yokosuka.


Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, practicing on the pistol range in Pearl Harbor, Dec 15, 1942.


Sept 3, 1950: Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina became the 1st Formula One World Champion, after winning the Italian Grand Prix. He was killed in a car accident on his way to watch the 1966 French Grand Prix as a spectator.




USA #1 on this day in 1966: Donovan - Sunshine Superman




Sept 3, 1976: The Viking 2 lander touched down on the surface of Mars.


While Viking 1 and 2 were on Mars, this third vehicle was used on Earth to simulate their behavior and to test their responses to radio commands. Earlier, it had been used to demonstrate that the landers could survive the stresses they would encounter during the mission.


Do you like missiles?

Do you like *nuclear powered* missiles?

Do you like finding out where the nuclear-powered missiles of questionable utility are stored?

If so, Mr. Reuters has a story for you:

Two U.S. researchers say they have identified the probable deployment site in Russia of the 9M730 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile touted by President Vladimir Putin as "invincible."

Putin has said the weapon - dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO - has an almost unlimited range and can evade U.S. missile defenses. But some Western experts dispute his claims and the Burevestnik's strategic value, saying it will not add capabilities that Moscow does not already have and risks a radiation-spewing mishap.

Using images taken on July 26 by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite firm, the two researchers identified a construction project abutting a nuclear warhead storage facility known by two names - Vologda-20 and Chebsara - as the new missile's potential deployment site. The facility is 295 miles (475 km) north of Moscow.

Reuters is the first to report this development.

Decker Eveleth, an analyst with the CNA research and analysis organization, found the satellite imagery and identified what he assessed are nine horizontal launch pads under construction. They are located in three groups inside high berms to shield them from attack or to prevent an accidental blast in one from detonating missiles in the others, he said.

The U.S. State Department, the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center declined to comment.

The identification of the missile's probable launch site suggests that Russia is proceeding with its deployment after a series of tests in recent years marred by problems, said Eveleth and the second researcher, Jeffery Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

Lewis agreed with Eveleth's assessment after reviewing the imagery at his request. The imagery "suggests something very unique, very different. And obviously, we know that Russia is developing this nuclear-powered missile," he said.

Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists, who also studied the Vologda imagery at Eveleth's request, said that it appears to show launch pads and other features "possibly" related to Burevestnik. But he said he could not make a definitive assessment because Moscow does not typically place missile launchers next to nuclear warhead storage.

Eveleth, Lewis, Kristensen and three other experts said Moscow's normal practice has been stockpiling nuclear payloads for land-based missiles far from launch sites - except for those on its deployed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) force.

But deploying the Burevestnik at Vologda would allow the Russian military to stockpile the nuclear-armed missiles in its bunkers, making them available to launch quickly, said Lewis and Eveleth.

U.S. researchers find probable launch site of Russia's new nuclear-powered missile

There are no depths that Putin won't plunge -- to go after defectors from Mother Russia.


Russian ‘Spy Whale’ Hvaldimir Found Dead Near Norway


Commander Yaste of USS John S. McCain relieved and replaced by Captain Christy after posting a photo of himself "firing a rifle with the scope mounted backward."


Commander of Navy warship relieved of duty months after backward rifle scope photo flap

If you embarrass the Navy your ass gets sent to the meat grinder.

I’m not gonna make any claims about the new commander of the USS John McCain but what’s a fact is they were a featured speaker at an "LGBT Experiences in the Navy" event back in 2021.


LGBT Experiences in the Forward Deployed Navy

On the flip-side it's rather funny that this happened specifically to the USS John S. McCain. Hopefully, she is actually qualified to be a destroyer captain. That ship has had a number of misfortunes with bad captains. Good luck crew!


To recap. The captain of the USS John McCain puts a rifle scope on backwards, and posts pictures of himself shooting it.

He gets relieved of command.

The new captain is most definitely LGBT, but we’re not sure which letter. It’s ambiguous.

All empires fall, bubby.


"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." — Charles Dickens

Painting reminded me of NightskyeB4Dawn.