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Good Sunday morning December 6.
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This day in Naval History
Dec. 6
1861—During the Civil War, the side-wheel steam cruiser Augusta, commanded by Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott, captures British blockade runner Cheshire off South Carolina.
1917—During World War I, German submarine U-53 torpedoes and sinks USS Jacob Jones (DD 61) off England with the loss of 64 lives. U-53's commanding officer, Hans Rose, in a rare gesture, reports the 38 survivors' drift location to the American base in Queenstown, Ireland.
1941—USS Decatur (DD 341), in Task Unit 4.1.4, while on escort duty with convoy ONS 39, carries out a depth charge attack on a suspicious contact in the North Atlantic.
1941—President Franklin D. Roosevelt sends a letter to the Japanese emperor reminding the Japanese leader of their country's long-standing relationship and his concern about developments occurring in the Pacific area.
1943—USS Raven (AM 55) rescues 16 survivors from U.S. tanker Touchet, which was sunk by German submarine U 193 three days earlier. The entire merchant complement of 50 men survived but 10 of the 30-man armed guard are lost with the ship.
1959—Cmdr. Lawrence E. Flint, Jr., piloting a McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II powered by two GE J-79 engines, betters the existing world altitude record by reaching 98,560 feet above Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The previous record of 94,658 feet was reached in the USSR by a TU-431 jet.
Today in History December 6
1492 | Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo in search of gold. | |
1776 | Phi Beta Kappa, the first scholastic fraternity, is founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. | |
1812 | The majority of Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armeé staggers into Vilna, Lithuania, ending the failed Russian campaign. | |
1861 | Union General George G. Meade leads a foraging expedition to Gunnell's farm near Dranesville, Virginia. | |
1862 | President Abraham Lincoln orders the hanging of 39 of the 303 convicted Indians who participated in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. They are to be hanged on December 26. | |
1863 | The monitor Weehawken sinks in Charleston Harbor. | |
1865 | The 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery. | |
1876 | Jack McCall is convicted for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and sentenced to hang. | |
1877 | Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites "Mary had a Little Lamb" into his phonograph machine. | |
1906 | Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge flies a powered, man-carrying kite that carries him 168 feet in the air for seven minutes at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. | |
1917 | The Bolsheviks imprison Czar Nicholas II and his family in Tobolsk. | |
1921 | Ireland's 26 southern counties become independent from Britain forming the Irish Free State. | |
1922 | Benito Mussolini threatens Italian newspapers with censorship if they keep reporting "false" information. | |
1934 | American Ambassador Davis says Japan is a grave security threat in the Pacific. | |
1938 | France and Germany sign a treaty of friendship. | |
1939 | Britain agrees to send arms to Finland, which is fighting off a Soviet invasion. | |
1941 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a personal appeal to Emperor Hirohito to use his influence to avoid war. | |
1945 | The United States extends a $3 billion loan to Great Britain to help compensate for the termination of the Lend-Lease agreement. | |
1947 | Florida's Everglades National Park is established. | |
1948 | The "Pumpkin Spy Papers" are found on the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. They become evidence that State Department employee Alger Hiss is spying for the Soviet Union. | |
1957 | Vanguard TV3 explodes on the launch pad, thwarting the first US attempt to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit. | |
1967 | Adrian Kantrowitz performs first human heart transplant in the US. | |
1969 | Hells Angels, hired to provide security at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, beat to death concert-goer Meredith Hunter. | |
1971 | Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi recognizes the state of Bangladesh. | |
1973 | US House of Representatives confirms Gerald Ford as Vice-President of the United States, 387–35. | |
1975 | A Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, and a 6-day siege begins. | |
1976 | Democrat Tip O'Neill is elected speaker of the House of Representatives. He will serve the longest consecutive term as speaker. | |
1992 | The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is destroyed during a riot that started as a political protest. | |
2006 | NASA reveals photographs from Mars Global Surveyor that suggest the presence of water on the red planet. |
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Thanks to Dr. Rich
Thanks to Mark …
This video provides one of the most erudite and informative looks at Covid-19 and the consequences of lockdowns. It was remarkable this week to watch as it appeared on YouTube and was forcibly taken down only 2 hours after posting. The copy below is hosted on LBRY, a blockchain video application. In a year of fantastic educational content, this is one of the best we've seen.
Consider the presenter's bio:
Dr. Michael Yeadon is an Allergy & Respiratory Therapeutic Area expert with 23 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He trained as a biochemist and pharmacologist, obtaining his PhD from the University of Surrey (UK) in 1988.
Dr. Yeadon then worked at the Wellcome Research Labs with Salvador Moncada with a research focus on airway hyper-responsiveness and effects of pollutants including ozone and working in drug discovery of 5-LO, COX, PAF, NO and lung inflammation. With colleagues, he was the first to detect exhaled NO in animals and later to induce NOS in lung via allergic triggers.
Joining Pfizer in 1995, he was responsible for the growth and portfolio delivery of the Allergy & Respiratory pipeline within the company. He was responsible for target selection and the progress into humans of new molecules, leading teams of up to 200 staff across all disciplines and won an Achievement Award for productivity in 2008.
Under his leadership the research unit invented oral and inhaled NCEs which delivered multiple positive clinical proofs of concept in asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD. He led productive collaborations such as with Rigel Pharmaceuticals (SYK inhibitors) and was involved in the licensing of Spiriva and acquisition of the Meridica (inhaler device) company.
Dr. Yeadon has published over 40 original research articles and now consults and partners with a number of biotechnology companies. Before working with Apellis, Dr. Yeadon was VP and Chief Scientific Officer (Allergy & Respiratory Research) with Pfizer.
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Thanks to Ed
USS Gerald R. Ford is improving
For a change, a good-news story about USS Gerald R. Ford.
Ed
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Thanks to Mudd
I wonder how long it took her to learn to do this. Damn good looking woman.
- Mud
Hula Hoop Dance
https://biggeekdad.com/2014/11/hula-hoop-dance/#.X8e5Wewq8sY.mailto
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Thanks to Carl
What Happens When You Injure Your Brain? [Infographic] | Daily Infographic
https://www.dailyinfographic.com/brain-injuries
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This Day in U S Military History
1917 – At 9:05 a.m., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating manmade explosion in the pre-atomic age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes 20 minutes after colliding with another vessel. As World War I raged in Europe, the port city of Halifax bustled with ships carrying troops, relief supplies, and munitions across the Atlantic Ocean. On the morning of December 6, the Norwegian vessel Imo left its mooring in Halifax harbor for New York City. At the same time, the French freighter Mont Blanc, its cargo hold packed with highly explosive munitions–2,300 tons of picric acid, 200 tons of TNT, 35 tons of high-octane gasoline, and 10 tons of gun cotton–was forging through the harbor's narrows to join a military convoy that would escort it across the Atlantic. At approximately 8:45 a.m., the two ships collided, setting the picric acid ablaze. The Mont Blanc was propelled toward the shore by its collision with the Imo, and the crew rapidly abandoned the ship, attempting without success to alert the harbor of the peril of the burning ship. Spectators gathered along the waterfront to witness the spectacle of the blazing ship, and minutes later it brushed by a harbor pier, setting it ablaze. The Halifax Fire Department responded quickly and was positioning its engine next to the nearest hydrant when the Mont Blanc exploded at 9:05 a.m. in a blinding white flash. The massive explosion killed more than 1,800 people, injured another 9,000–including blinding 200–and destroyed almost the entire north end of the city of Halifax, including more than 1,600 homes. The resulting shock wave shattered windows 50 miles away, and the sound of the explosion could be heard hundreds of miles away. Coast Guardsmen from the CGC Morrill were landed to provide assistance. This disaster led to the creation of captains of the ports for the major U.S. ports. The Coast Guard was tasked with the new duty.
1941 – President Roosevelt-convinced on the basis of intelligence reports that the Japanese fleet is headed for Thailand, not the United States-telegrams Emperor Hirohito with the request that "for the sake of humanity," the emperor intervene "to prevent further death and destruction in the world." The Royal Australian Air Force had sighted Japanese escorts, cruisers, and destroyers on patrol near the Malayan coast, south of Cape Cambodia. An Aussie pilot managed to radio that it looked as if the Japanese warships were headed for Thailand-just before he was shot down by the Japanese. Back in England, Prime Minister Churchill called a meeting of his chiefs of staff to discuss the crisis. While reports were coming in describing Thailand as the Japanese destination, they began to question whether it could have been a diversion. British intelligence had intercepted the Japanese code "Raffles," a warning to the Japanese fleet to be on alert-but for what? Britain was already preparing Operation Matador, the launching of their 11th Indian Division into Thailand to meet the presumed Japanese invasion force. But at the last minute, Air Marshall Brooke-Popham received word not to cross the Thai border for fear that it would provoke a Japanese attack if, in fact, the warship movement was merely a bluff. Meanwhile, 600 miles northwest of Hawaii, Admiral Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese fleet, announced to his men: "The rise or fall of the empire depends upon this battle. Everyone will do his duty with utmost efforts." Thailand was, in fact, a bluff. Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii was confirmed for Yamamoto as the Japanese target, after the Japanese consul in Hawaii had reported to Tokyo that a significant portion of the U.S. Pacific fleet would be anchored in the harbor-sitting ducks. The following morning, Sunday, December 7, was a good day to begin a raid. "The son of man has just sent his final message to the son of God," FDR joked to Eleanor after sending off his telegram to Hirohito, who in the Shinto tradition of Japan was deemed a god. As he enjoyed his stamp collection and chatted with Harry Hopkins, his personal adviser, news reached him of Japan's formal rejection of America's 10-point proposals for peace and an end to economic sanctions and the oil embargo placed on the Axis power. "This means war," the president declared. Hopkins recommended an American first strike. "No, we can't do that," Roosevelt countered. "We are a democracy and a peaceful people."
1948 – The "Pumpkin spy papers" were found on the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. They became evidence that State Department employee Alger Hiss was spying for the Soviet Union.
1950 – Fifth Air Force jets and Australian F-51 Mustangs were credited with killing 2,500 enemy troops in an attack near Pyongyang. This did not, however, prevent the Chinese communists for occupying the North Korean capitol.
1972 – Fighting in South Vietnam intensifies as the secret Paris peace talks resume after a 24-hour break. The renewed combat was a result of both sides trying to achieve a positional advantage in the countryside in preparation for the possibility that a cease-fire might be worked out in Paris. Tan Son Nhut, one of two major airports near Saigon, is hit by the heaviest communist rocket attack in four years. One U.S. rescue helicopter was destroyed and a fuel dump was set ablaze. In response, U.S. planes bombed suspected Viet Cong positions within 10 miles of the airport. These strikes were followed by South Vietnamese troop attacks against the area from which the rockets were fired. Elsewhere in South Vietnam, fighting continued around Quang Tri, south of the Demilitarized Zone. Quang Tri fell to the North Vietnamese during their spring offensive earlier in the year. South Vietnamese forces reclaimed the city from the communists in September, but fighting continued in the areas around the city.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
DITZENBACK, JOHN
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1828, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: Indiana. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho during the engagement with enemy batteries at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864. Carrying out his duties courageously during the engagement, Ditzenback gallantly left the pilot house after the flag and signal staffs of that vessel had been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse, made it fast to the stump of the highest mast remaining, although the ship was still under a heavy fire from the enemy.
FERRELL, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Pilot, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: Illinois. Born: 15 April 1823, Tennessee. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S. Monitor Neosho during the engagement with enemy batteries at Bells Mills, Cumberland River, near Nashville, Tenn., 6 December 1864. Carrying out his duties courageously during the engagement, Ferrell gallantly left the pilothouse after the flag and signal staffs of that vessel had been shot away and, taking the flag which was drooping over the wheelhouse, make it fast to the stump of the highest mast remaining although the ship was still under a heavy fire from the enemy.
LITEKY, ANGELO J.
Rank and organization: Chaplain (Capt.), U.S. Army, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 199th Infantry Brigade. place and date: Near Phuoc-Lac, Bien Hoa province, Republic of Vietnam, 6 December 1967 . Entered service at: Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Born: 14 February 1931, Washington, D.C. Citation: Chaplain Liteky distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while serving with Company A, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. He was participating in a search and destroy operation when Company A came under intense fire from a battalion size enemy force. Momentarily stunned from the immediate encounter that ensued, the men hugged the ground for cover. Observing 2 wounded men, Chaplain Liteky moved to within 15 meters of an enemy machine gun position to reach them, placing himself between the enemy and the wounded men. When there was a brief respite in the fighting, he managed to drag them to the relative safety of the landing zone. Inspired by his courageous actions, the company rallied and began placing a heavy volume of fire upon the enemy's positions. In a magnificent display of courage and leadership, Chaplain Liteky began moving upright through the enemy fire, administering last rites to the dying and evacuating the wounded. Noticing another trapped and seriously wounded man, Chaplain Liteky crawled to his aid. Realizing that the wounded man was too heavy to carry, he rolled on his back, placed the man on his chest and through sheer determination and fortitude crawled back to the landing zone using his elbows and heels to push himself along. pausing for breath momentarily, he returned to the action and came upon a man entangled in the dense, thorny underbrush. Once more intense enemy fire was directed at him, but Chaplain Liteky stood his ground and calmly broke the vines and carried the man to the landing zone for evacuation. On several occasions when the landing zone was under small arms and rocket fire, Chaplain Liteky stood up in the face of hostile fire and personally directed the medivac helicopters into and out of the area. With the wounded safely evacuated, Chaplain Liteky returned to the perimeter, constantly encouraging and inspiring the men. Upon the unit's relief on the morning of 7 December 1967, it was discovered that despite painful wounds in the neck and foot, Chaplain Liteky had personally carried over 20 men to the landing zone for evacuation during the savage fighting. Through his indomitable inspiration and heroic actions, Chaplain Liteky saved the lives of a number of his comrades and enabled the company to repulse the enemy. Chaplain Liteky's actions reflect great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for December 6, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
6 December
1907: Lt Thomas E. Selfridge flew Alexander Graham Bell's kite, Cygnet I. It was towed by a motorboat tug and stayed aloft for 7 minutes over Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia. (24)
1944: In New York, Roy W. Howard, President of Scripps-Howard Newspapers, received the Frank M. Hawks Memorial Award from the American Legion's Air Service Post 501 for outstanding aid and cooperation in developing aviation. (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. The 27 FEW, a SAC unit from Bergstrom AFB, launched the first F-84E Thunderjet mission in the war from Taegu airfield. (1) (28)
1954: The Curtiss-Wright Corporation revealed the existence of what was believed to be the first rocket engine with throttle control. This control made extended flight range in supersonic airplanes possible. (24)
1957: The Vanguard vehicle failed in its attempt to launch the first US satellite. It exploded on its launch platform. (21)
1959: At Edwards AFB, Cmdr Lawrence E. Flint (USN) flew McDonnell's F4H Phantom II to 98,560 feet to set a FAI record. (9) (24) Capt Walter J. Hodgson flew an H-43B helicopter at Bloomfield, Ct., to a 29,846-foot altitude record for Class E1D helicopters. (3) First Martin Titan II, a large two-stage ICBM, launched. (12)
1961: In a joint Navy-Air Force ceremony, new wings were pinned on American astronauts, Cmdr Alan B. Shepard (USN) and Capt Virgil I Grissom. The new design displayed a shooting star superimposed on the traditional aviator wings of the respective services.
1963: Maj Robert W. Smith piloted the NF-104A Aerospace Trainer, with its ballistic controls (attitude control nozzles on the wing tips, nose, and tail) and a 6,000-pound thrust rocket engine, to 120,800 feet above Edwards AFB. (3)
1966: The first of five Applications Technology Satellites (ATS-1), carrying 15 communications, technology, and scientific experiments, launched at Cape Kennedy. On 9 December, ATS-1 took the world's first high-quality photos of the earth from synchronous orbit altitudes.
1983: The United States and Germany signed the cooperative Patriot/Roland air defense agreement. (4) The National Transonic Tunnel, a wind tunnel to test ultra-fast aircraft, dedicated at Langley AFB. (26)
1985: The Air Force accepted the 18th and last C-23A Sherpa. On 7 December, the C-23 joined the 10 MAS at Zweibruken AB, Germany, with a mission to deliver engines and spares throughout the theater. (8: Dec 90) At Barksdale AFB, La., SAC's KC-10 Extender squadron, the 32 AREFS, reached full operational capability. (16) (26)
1989: Boeing rolled the prototype MH-47E helicopter at Ridley Township, Pa. It had oversized composite fuel pods, an air-to-air refueling system, an internal cargo handling system, and a rescue hoist and Fastrope rappelling system among its new features. The Army expected the first of 50 such helicopters to be delivered in 1992. (8: Feb 90)
1991: Following Cyclone Zelda, the 834th Airlift Division sent six C-130 Hercules with supplies to provide relief to people at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. (16) (26)
1992: Through 20 December, six C-5 missions moved 415 tons of engineering vehicles and equipment to Islamabad, Pakistan, to help with flood damage. (16)
1995: Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. USAF airlifters started moving troops and equipment to Bosnia to support this NATO operation to implement peace between Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. (16) (26)
2002: The AFFTC at Edwards AFB had the X-45A UCAV and a Global Hawk airborne on test missions at the same time. This marked the first time that two unmanned aircraft from two different programs were airborne simultaneously. (3)
2005: During a ten-second ground test at Edwards AFB, the Airborne Laser's megawatt-class chemical laser released enough energy to destroy a ballistic missile in its boost phase. The test met a major program milestone. (3)
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Ayn Rand
Thanks to Shadow and Lancer and Dutch
Had a girl friend from college, who introduced me to Ayn Rand... she sent me her book when I was in Vietnam of all places. Got this from "Lancer" this morning... it reminds me... I think that Rand's thoughts and predictions may finally be coming to pass. It sucks!
Shadow
Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Sullivan
Date: December 5, 2020 at 2:52:59 AM EST
Subject: Ayn Rand
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Thanks to CAP
Jet Fuel Exposure Syndrome Symptoms Explained! - Hill & Ponton, P.A.
Thanks to Mike
Pretty much explains why we're a messed up … Bug Juice didn't taste right with out the proper amount of JP 😊
https://www.hillandponton.com/jet-fuel-exposure-syndrome-symptoms/
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