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November 22, 1718: The notorious English pirate Edward Teach ("Blackbeard"), was killed by a Royal Navy boarding squad off the coast of North Carolina. He was shot 5 times, with a further 20 knife wounds inflicted.


Blackbeard captured a French slave ship known as La Concorde, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, equipped her with 40 guns, and crewed her with over 300 men.


November 22, 1955: the Soviet Union detonated its first two-stage hydrogen bomb "RDS-37" at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. The bomb was dropped from the Tupolev Tu-16 bomber and detonated at an altitude of 1550 m (5,090 ft) with a yield of 1.6 Megatons, scaled down from 3 Megatons.

Despite the reduction in yield, much of its shock wave was focused back downward at the ground unexpectedly because the weapon detonated under an inversion layer, causing a trench to collapse on a group of soldiers, killing one. It also caused a building in Kurchatov, 65 km (40 mi) away, to collapse killing a young girl.



A scientist in Andrei Sakharov's theoretical lab recalled the test in a collective book of memoirs. He witnessed the RDS-37 test from a viewing station thirty-two kilometers (20 miles) away from the hypocenter. As the countdown reached zero, the first impression he had "was of almost intolerable heat, as if [his head] had been placed into an open oven for several seconds." The shock wave of dust and debris caused by the explosion could be seen and heard approaching and reached the viewing station roughly ninety seconds after the thermonuclear detonation. All viewers were forced to fall down on their faces with their feet pointed toward the explosion to help avoid injury from flying debris. After the shock wave passed, all the viewers stood up and started cheering their success, the Soviet Union became the first to successfully air deliver a two-stage thermonuclear weapon.

After the test, the commission noted three things during the meeting on 24 November 1955, "the design of the hydrogen bomb, based on a novel principle, has been successfully tested; it is necessary to continue detailed studies of the processes proceeding in explosions of bombs of this type; further development of hydrogen bombs should be conducted on the basis of a broad application of the principles chosen as the foundation of the RDS-37 bomb".

69 years later Putin tested a novel medium range hypersonic MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle) missile on the Ukraine. This one was of course conventional, not nuclear. Putin said he would give a 30 minute knock-knock to the target for next launch. Now, if that warning goes beyond 30 min warning then you better be in a very bunker under a mountain.


Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) - MIRV Reentry Compilation | Part II





On this day in 1963, a US president was murdered and two well known authors passed away, Aldous Huxley (age 69) best known for the dystopian novel Brave New World. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 7 times, but never won... And Clive Staples "CS" Lewis (age 64) best known for Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy.


Huxley, at least, made it interesting: At his request, his wife shot him up with LSD a couple of hours before the end, and he tripped his way out of this world.

"We Are Still The Keystone In The Arch Of Freedom." - J.F.K.

Last Speech, Fort Worth, Texas, November 22, 1963.

The Entire Speech:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFqG64Oqac

JFK was scheduled to speak in Austin but never made it. Here is the speech he was going to give:

Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, November 22, 1963 [Undelivered]




On the night of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Bill Grundy anchored a late-night news special for the Granada region, first TV news in the UK alongside Mike Scott, who broke the story on Scene at 6:30 that evening.



Amazing amount of details about "Lee H. Oswald's" Soviet links, defection, the rifle and Russian wife which became known exceptionally so quick AND no Internet!! And the the murder of police officer JD Tippit which is a huge mystery in of itself. Almost like they had a direct hot landline feed from the alphabet agencies.


Reportedly, the Washington-Moscow Hotline was first used by the Americans on the day of the assassination of president Kennedy, only a few months after the link was established.

Hot Line Installed From Washington To Russia (1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXCS_7CIP0c

You can read all about the Washington-Moscow Hotline



November 22, 1993: John Anthony Burgess Wilson died (age 76). He published under the name Anthony Burgess and his best known novel was A Clockwork Orange. In 1971, it was adapted into a highly controversial film by Stanley Kubrick. Burgess said the film was responsible for the popularity of the book which was first published in 1962.


"I should not have written ‘A Clockwork Orange



Prufrock is designed to “porpoise,” directly from the surface, then mines underground, re-emerging upon completion. It is designed to tunnel 6 times faster than The Boring Company's previous generation TBM.




You got nothing on the Yucca Mucker!
Old school tech artifact: tunnel boring machine



By 2008, Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was one of the most studied pieces of geology in the world; between geologic studies and materials science, the United States had invested $9 billion in the project.


North Korea has revived Operation Wandering Soul...


North Korea Deploys a New Weapon Against the South: Unbearable Noise

North Korea’s newest cross-border weapon is noise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMrEpWDfYz0


It's strange that the NYT authors did not note a connection here. The "ghosts screaming" are very likely inspired by this Army operation during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War Ghost Audio Tape used in PSYOPS 'Wandering Soul'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZjZkdkv_is

Bone-chilling sounds of an actual Vietnam War ghost tape which was used by American and ARVN forces in psychological warfare operations against the Viet Cong and Vietnamese Army in 'Operation Wandering Soul'. Known officially as 'The Wandering Soul', and also known as 'Ghost Tape Number 10', the tape was broadcast by US Army and ARVN forces loudspeakers installed on boats, helicopters, and crew-carried  units during "Chieu Hoi" and Psychological Warfare missions in use against the Viet Cong and Vietnamese main army.

Also note that this has long been a tactic used by the US military and law enforcement, from Noriega and Waco to the 1991 Gulf War to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.


THE "WANDERING SOUL" TAPE OF VIETNAM

Throughout history, in war and peace, I have played many roles.

I am inspiration.

I am motivation.

I am intimidation.

I am deception.

I am...PSYOP.

I am the broadcast of reason over radio, television and loudspeaker.

I am the light of truth in print media, leaflet, newspaper, handbill or poster.

I am the force multiplier that wins my country's wars.

I was, I am and I will forever remain...PSYOP.

PSYOP CREED


Friday words...



The wind whispers tales of Eylebourne,
Where streams run swift and willows mourn.
A mysig cottage, nestled deep,
Where secrets hide and shadows sleep.

A titty-toit, a playful bird,
Its song a melody unheard,
Flitting through branches, light and free,
A symbol of wild ecstasy.

The Dub-Skelper, a fearsome name,
A creature of legend, whispered fame,
Lurking in shadows, dark and cold,
A story often, bravely told.

But in the hearth, the fire burns bright,
Chasing away the fearsome night.
And in that glow, we find our peace,
Where worries fade and troubles cease.


Dub Skelper - Parcel O' Rogues / Drunken Piper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSBBzBW-LPA