Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

"Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore."




Sept 14, 1857: the newspaper officially shortened its name from New-York Daily Times to The New-York Times. On April 21, 1861, The New-York Times began publishing a Sunday edition to offer daily coverage of the Civil War. The hyphen in the city name was dropped on Dec 1, 1896, soon after the newspaper was bought by Adolph S. Ochs.


1967 | A Modern Identity Takes Form in Ancient Lettering | 150th Anniversary: 1851-2001; Banner Headlines and Comic Strips


Sept 14, 1939: Igor Sikorsky flew the first American practical and amphibious helicopter, the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300.



Henry Ford Museum  |  Sikorsky S-46 / VS-300 / VS-300A

VIDEO description:

Aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky’s decades-long dream of building a helicopter finally paid off in 1938, when he convinced the United Aircraft executives to let him develop a machine that would revolutionize the aviation industry.

Then, as Sikorsky’s newest creation lifted off the ground vertically and with him inside it, the VS-300 became America's first practical and amphibious helicopter. The experimental machine was also the first helicopter to use a single vertical-plane tail rotor configuration for anti-torque successfully.

But it was when the helicopter broke a long-held record by the Germans that the world really paid attention, setting the stage for the development of larger and better helicopters born out of the passion and perseverance of one man…

The Marines Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion successfully completing its first fleet mission in Sept 2021, recovering a 15k lb US Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk (Marines giving Navy a ride for once). The MH-60S Knighthawk was sitting on a high altitude ridge in very rugged terrain near the California-Nevada line on July 16 following a hard landing. The helicopter was supporting a search and rescue effort for a lost hiker. All four crewmembers survived without injury and were rescued the following day.


CH-53K King Stallion logs first successful fleet mission


FLAMING CLOUD OR DEATH'S HEAD
"And so it is that we enter another period of tension & fear-which will soon produce hate. We are in a pre-war situation. All the earmarks are there. But this time it is different...And this time, there's the bomb."




China surveillance & control expanding...


China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability

I'll bet the CCP also collected a cheek swab from everyone too.


Did The Economist folks ever watch the show, Utopia? The British version. Or Children of Men.


Don’t panic about the global fertility crash


No surprise that Nokor Surveillance has grown more pervasive. Now showing: Final Destination...


North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV, UN report says


Reads like a dystopian sci-fi horror flick...


N. Korean overseas workers face systematic control from selection to workplace

The Western mind cannot rationalize this kind of "Minority Report" (and host of other dystopian films) surveillance and draconian totalitarian life. Well, at least I can't. You'd think by now there would be a resistance faction that rises up and fights back. But, I guess that only occurs in the movies. I mean afterall, if you were born and raised in a prison would you know the difference between slave and freedom? Looking back on the brainwashing stories from the Korean War it appears after generational practice the Nokors have mastered this insidious art form.

N. Korean smartphone app evolved from simple ID tool to permanent surveillance platform

N. Korean workers at Chinese fisheries surrender 90% of wages to state


The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has announced its first successful test-firings of a ship-mounted electromagnetic (EM) railgun against a target vessel at sea. I wonder how many shots is possible before the barrel has to be rebuilt/replaced.


Japan Successfully Fires Ship-Mounted Railgun at Target Vessel for First Time