May 7, 1915: German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank the Cunard RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire and contributed to the later American entry into the war.
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Eisenhower: "The mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241 local time, May 7, 1945".
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Eisenhower’s Message for the End of the War in Europe
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Our Space Age, by Otto Binder (1965)
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UFO insider? You need to be / have been at least two of these things...
1. American
2. Naval Intelligence
3. CIA
4. Physicist
5. Scientologist
6. Mormon
7. Ordo Templi Orientis
8. Alcoholic
9. Knights of Malta
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Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories
The discussion points out what the UFO community is extremely guilty of, both knowingly & unknowingly. They appeal to authority, and mistake expertise in whatever discipline area with credibility in all. This topic is like a magnate to various credentialed scientists with personal beliefs about the topic, that are used to prop up unfounded conspiracy theories.
May 7, 2010: Iron Man 2 was released... Elon Musk’s cameo.
"As the only remaining superpower, the United States will be wise to resist being drawn into any military intervention on the short end of public support or lacking a clear threat to our own national security. But even a leader able to whip up sentiment for "sending in the Marines" will find it dicey to undertake any prolonged struggle leading to significant casualties. New technologies will focus increasingly on developing non-manned fighting machines by using reliable drones, robotics, and self-propelled vehicles. As we proved in Desert Storm, the technology now exists to preprogram computerized combat missions with tremendous accuracy so that our stealth fighters could fly by computer program precisely to their targets over Iraq. A stealthy drone is clearly the next step, and I anticipate that we are heading toward a future where combat aircraft will be pilotless drones. On the ground and at sea as well, remote-controlled tanks and missile launchers and unmanned computer-programmed submarines and missile frigates will provide the military advantage to those possessing the most imaginative and reliable electronics and avionics. Field commanders can conduct battles and actually aim and fire weapons systems from the safety of control centers thousands of miles away — their targets sighted by the high-powered lenses aboard drone surveillance aircraft which they remotely control. This is not a Buck Rogers scenario; this is around the corner. Tomorrow's most prized military breakthrough may be in the form of a dazzlingly new and powerful microchip.
The Skunk Works has always been perched at the cutting edge. More than half a dozen times over the past fifty years of cold war we have managed to create breakthroughs in military aircraft or weapons systems that tipped the strategic balance of power for a decade or longer, because our adversaries could not duplicate or counter what we had created. That must continue to be our role into the next century, if we are to preserve what we have accomplished and be prepared for the hazards as well as the opportunities for the uncharted, risky future."
Ben R. Rich died from cancer on January 5, 1995. Ben died as he had lived—with courage, good humor, and resolve. At his request, his ashes were scattered from an airplane near his beachfront house on the California coast in Oxnard. At the moment his ashes were released, a Stealth fighter appeared out of the clouds and dipped its wings in a final salute to its creator.
'SKUNK WORKS,' by Ben Rich and Leo Janos
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US ships now get a free pass but NOT Israeli. They do realize those bombs being dropped on them & Gaza are from America, right? I dunno, maybe the US Navy struck a nerve center. Ceasefire until until we rearm you bloody infadels.
![[Image: HcYQY2Y.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/HcYQY2Y.jpg)
US-Houthi ceasefire not expected to spur imminent Red Sea return
Having talked the talk, they resolve to walk the walk.
"No more will we permit Russia to weaponize energy against us... No more will we indirectly help fill up the [Kremlin's] war chests," European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said. Will magic green energy save Europe? Apocalypse survey says, Europe likely to go dark & freeze in winter.
![[Image: 84OsHXL.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/84OsHXL.jpg)
EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027
Eleven allied nations: USA, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Australia came together in Bodø, Norway as U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet and STRIKFORNATO kicked off Exercise Formidable Shield 25.
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15 sec clip of Marines firing HIMARS rocket:
https://x.com/selshevneren/status/1920045456819654793
In the Pacific: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, along with U.S. Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025.
![[Image: m4ekHcl.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/m4ekHcl.jpg)
Eisenhower: "The mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241 local time, May 7, 1945".
![[Image: hKblGch.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/hKblGch.jpg)
Eisenhower’s Message for the End of the War in Europe
![[Image: AUHWZTA.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/AUHWZTA.jpg)
Our Space Age, by Otto Binder (1965)
![[Image: Hc3EJp1.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Hc3EJp1.jpg)
UFO insider? You need to be / have been at least two of these things...
1. American
2. Naval Intelligence
3. CIA
4. Physicist
5. Scientologist
6. Mormon
7. Ordo Templi Orientis
8. Alcoholic
9. Knights of Malta
![[Image: 3ZAvWLE.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/3ZAvWLE.jpg)
Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories
The discussion points out what the UFO community is extremely guilty of, both knowingly & unknowingly. They appeal to authority, and mistake expertise in whatever discipline area with credibility in all. This topic is like a magnate to various credentialed scientists with personal beliefs about the topic, that are used to prop up unfounded conspiracy theories.
May 7, 2010: Iron Man 2 was released... Elon Musk’s cameo.
"As the only remaining superpower, the United States will be wise to resist being drawn into any military intervention on the short end of public support or lacking a clear threat to our own national security. But even a leader able to whip up sentiment for "sending in the Marines" will find it dicey to undertake any prolonged struggle leading to significant casualties. New technologies will focus increasingly on developing non-manned fighting machines by using reliable drones, robotics, and self-propelled vehicles. As we proved in Desert Storm, the technology now exists to preprogram computerized combat missions with tremendous accuracy so that our stealth fighters could fly by computer program precisely to their targets over Iraq. A stealthy drone is clearly the next step, and I anticipate that we are heading toward a future where combat aircraft will be pilotless drones. On the ground and at sea as well, remote-controlled tanks and missile launchers and unmanned computer-programmed submarines and missile frigates will provide the military advantage to those possessing the most imaginative and reliable electronics and avionics. Field commanders can conduct battles and actually aim and fire weapons systems from the safety of control centers thousands of miles away — their targets sighted by the high-powered lenses aboard drone surveillance aircraft which they remotely control. This is not a Buck Rogers scenario; this is around the corner. Tomorrow's most prized military breakthrough may be in the form of a dazzlingly new and powerful microchip.
The Skunk Works has always been perched at the cutting edge. More than half a dozen times over the past fifty years of cold war we have managed to create breakthroughs in military aircraft or weapons systems that tipped the strategic balance of power for a decade or longer, because our adversaries could not duplicate or counter what we had created. That must continue to be our role into the next century, if we are to preserve what we have accomplished and be prepared for the hazards as well as the opportunities for the uncharted, risky future."
Ben R. Rich died from cancer on January 5, 1995. Ben died as he had lived—with courage, good humor, and resolve. At his request, his ashes were scattered from an airplane near his beachfront house on the California coast in Oxnard. At the moment his ashes were released, a Stealth fighter appeared out of the clouds and dipped its wings in a final salute to its creator.
'SKUNK WORKS,' by Ben Rich and Leo Janos
![[Image: 23yVRfP.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/23yVRfP.jpg)
US ships now get a free pass but NOT Israeli. They do realize those bombs being dropped on them & Gaza are from America, right? I dunno, maybe the US Navy struck a nerve center. Ceasefire until until we rearm you bloody infadels.
![[Image: HcYQY2Y.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/HcYQY2Y.jpg)
US-Houthi ceasefire not expected to spur imminent Red Sea return
Having talked the talk, they resolve to walk the walk.
"No more will we permit Russia to weaponize energy against us... No more will we indirectly help fill up the [Kremlin's] war chests," European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said. Will magic green energy save Europe? Apocalypse survey says, Europe likely to go dark & freeze in winter.
![[Image: 84OsHXL.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/84OsHXL.jpg)
EU plans to end Russian gas imports by end of 2027
Eleven allied nations: USA, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Australia came together in Bodø, Norway as U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet and STRIKFORNATO kicked off Exercise Formidable Shield 25.
![[Image: zDppp7E.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/zDppp7E.jpg)
15 sec clip of Marines firing HIMARS rocket:
https://x.com/selshevneren/status/1920045456819654793
In the Pacific: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, along with U.S. Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025.
![[Image: WVg3oNE.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/WVg3oNE.jpg)
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell