Good Saturday Morning May 1.
I hope that you all have good start to your weekend.
Regards,
Skip.
This day in Naval History May 1
1811 The American brig Spitfire is stopped by the British frigate Guerriere off Sandy Hook, N.Y., and the American seamen are taken aboard. On May 6, the frigate President, commanded by John Rodgers, was ordered to protect American shipping off Sandy Hook.
1822 60 men from USS Alligator, USS Grampus, and the chartered ship Jane, capture four pirate schooners near Sugar Key, West Indies.
1898 The American squadron, commanded by Commodore George Dewey, defeats the Spanish squadron under the command of Rear Adm. Montojo at Manila Bay, Philippines.
1934 Lt. Frank Akers makes a hooded landing in an OJ-2 at College Park, Maryland, in the first blind landing system intended for an aircraft carrier.
1943 USS Pogy (SS 266), in attack on a Japanese convoy, torpedoes and sinks the Japanese gunboat Keishin Maru off Iwaki, Japan.
1945 Bomber aircraft from VPB 11 and FAW-1 sink Japanese cargo vessel Kyugkoku Maru off Mokpo, Korea.
1951 During the Korean War, AD-4 Skyraiders from Squadron VA-195, USS Princeton (CV-37), attack Hwachon Dam using aerial torpedoes, the only use of these weapons during the Korean War.
1980 - 11 Navy ships begin operations assisting Coast Guard in rescuing Cuban refugees fleeing Cuba in overcrowded boats
Today in History May 1
408 | Theodosius II succeeds to the throne of Constantinople. | |
1308 | King Albert is murdered by his nephew John, because he refused his share of the Habsburg lands. | |
1486 | Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund expedition to the West Indies. | |
1805 | The state of Virginia passes a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation. | |
1863 | The Battle of Chancellorsville begins as Union Gen. Joe Hooker starts his three-pronged attack against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. | |
1867 | Reconstruction in the South begins with black voter registration. | |
1877 | President Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. | |
1898 | The U.S. Navy under Commodore George Dewey defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines. | |
1915 | The luxury liner Lusitania leaves New York Harbor for a voyage to Europe. | |
1927 | Adolf Hitler holds his first Nazi meeting in Berlin. | |
1931 | The Empire State Building opens in New York. | |
1934 | The Philippine legislature accepts a U.S. proposal for independence. | |
1937 | President Franklin Roosevelt signs an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II. | |
1941 | The film Citizen Kane--directed and starring Orson Welles--opens in New York. | |
1944 | The Messerschmitt Me 262, the first combat jet, makes its first flight. | |
1945 | Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, escapes the Fuehrerbunker as the Red Army advances on Berlin. | |
1948 | North Korea is established. | |
1950 | Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen. | |
1960 | Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane is shot down over Russia. | |
1961 | Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba. | |
1968 | In the second day of battle, U.S. Marines, with the support of naval fire, continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do. | |
1970 | Students from Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, Ohio, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia. | |
1986 | The Tass News Agency reports the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. | |
2011 | Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear. |
1898 The Battle of Manila Bay »
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30 April 1975 Many call this the Day of Sorrow – many call it, also, the Day of Betrayal –
From the net, with a small addition -
Thanks to Dutch
The fall of Saigon happened 30 April 1975, two years AFTER the American military left Vietnam. The last American troops departed in their entirety 29 March 1973. How could we lose a war we had already stopped fighting? We fought to an agreed stalemate. The peace settlement was signed in Paris on 27 January 1973. It called for release of all U.S. prisoners, withdrawal of U.S. forces, limitation of both sides' forces inside South Vietnam and a commitment to peaceful reunification. The 140,000 evacuees in April 1975 during the fall of Saigon consisted almost entirely of civilians and Vietnamese military, NOT American military running for their lives. There were almost twice as many casualties in Southeast Asia (primarily Cambodia) the first two years after the fall of Saigon in 1975 than there were during the ten years the U.S. was involved in Vietnam. Thanks for the perceived loss and the countless assassinations and torture visited upon Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians goes mainly to the American media and their undying support-by-misrepresentation of the anti-War movement in the United States. As with much of the Vietnam War, the news media – especially Walter Cronkite - misreported and misinterpreted the 1968 Tet Offensive. It was reported as an overwhelming success for the Communist forces and a decided defeat for the U.S. forces. Nothing could be further from the truth. Despite initial victories by the Communists forces, the Tet Offensive resulted in a major defeat of those forces. General Vo Nguyen Giap, the designer of the Tet Offensive, is considered by some as ranking with Wellington, Grant, Lee and MacArthur as a great commander. Still, militarily, the Tet Offensive was a total defeat of the Communist forces on all fronts. It resulted in the death of some 45,000 NVA troops and the complete, if not total destruction of the Viet Cong elements in South Vietnam. The Organization of the Viet Cong Units in the South never recovered. The Tet Offensive succeeded on only one front and that was the News front and the political arena. This was another example in the Vietnam War of an inaccuracy becoming the perceived truth. However, inaccurately reported, the News Media made the Tet Offensive famous.
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Compiled by Brent Hunt, Naval History and Heritage Command's Communication and Outreach Division
Welcome to Navy History Matters—our weekly compilation of articles, commentaries, and blogs related to history and heritage. Every week we'll gather the top-interest items from a variety of media and social media sources and then link you to related content at NHHC's website (history.navy.mil), your authoritative source for Navy history.
H-Gram 029: "April is the Cruelest Month".
T.S. Eliot once wrote, "April is the cruelest month." Although upcoming H-Grams will be chockfull of U.S. Navy victories—Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, Battle of the Philippine Sea, Operation Neptune (Invasion of Normandy), and the capture of U-505—this H-Gram covers a litany of disaster. In his latest H-Gram, Director Sam Cox discusses Exercise Tiger (the deadly rehearsal for the Utah Beach D-Day landings in April 1944); U.S. Navy aircraft losses during the Cold War; the turret explosion on USS Iowa in 1989; and a history of previous U.S. Navy gun, ammunition, and powder accidents. If there is a moral to these incidents, it's that peace or war, training or operation, the Navy is always an inherently dangerous business. To learn more, read H-Gram 029 at the Director's Corner. Also, as promised in last week's edition of Navy History Matters, we've published Exercise Tiger: Disaster at Slapton Sands, an essay by COD's Adam Bisno, at NHHC's World War II: 1944 pages.
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Thanks to Paul
A note on John Junek
I just wanted to add a little to the highlights of John Junek's career. I was in the squadron with him at VF-24, and got to enjoy his friendship. Between the lines, it needs to be added that he was the best F-14 radar system operator I have ever seen. Since we were the second F-14 airwing, we were packed with several superstars like Bill Craig (Howdy) who knew the system and airplane backward and forward. I was lucky enough to fly with some of the other amazing greats like Ho Chi Bien and can attest that I know the difference between great and the best. J squared was the best. He was brilliant, skilled, talented, and a great mentor to all the RIO's. That is all beside the fact that he was a great, fun addition to the ready room. please pass this on to John's son and anyone else who knew us in the old days.
Worm
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear
LOOKING BACK 55-YEARS to the Vietnam Air War— For The List for Saturday, 1 May 2021... Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968)
LOOKING BACK 55-YEARS to the Vietnam air war...
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 1 May 1966 "Quagmire then, quagmire now"
http://www.rollingthunderremembered.com/rolling-thunder-remembereed-1-may-1966-quagmire/
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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This Day in U S Military History…….May 1
1785 – Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaiʻi, defeats Kalanikūpule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The Battle of Nuʻuanu, fought on the southern part of the island of Oʻahu, was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha I's wars to unify the Hawaiian Islands. It is known in the Hawaiian language as Kalelekaʻanae, which means "the leaping mullet", and refers to a number of Oahu warriors driven off the cliff in the final phase of the battle. The Battle of Nuʻuanu began when Kamehameha's forces landed on the southeastern portion of Oʻahu near Waiʻalae and Waikiki. After spending several days gathering supplies and scouting Kalanikupule's positions, Kamehameha's army advanced westward, encountering Kalanikupule's first line of defense near the Punchbowl Crater. Splitting his army into two, Kamehameha sent one half in a flanking maneuver around the crater and the other straight at Kalanikupule. Pressed from both sides, the Oʻahu forces retreated to Kalanikupule's next line of defense near Laʻimi. While Kamehameha pursued, he secretly detached a portion of his army to clear the surrounding heights of the Nuʻuanu Valley of Kalanikupule's cannons. Kamehameha also brought up his own cannons to shell Laʻimi. During this part of the battle, both Kalanikupule and Kaiana were wounded, Kaiana fatally. With its leadership in chaos, the Oʻahu army slowly fell back north through the Nuʻuanu Valley to the cliffs at Nuʻuanu Pali. Caught between the Hawaiian Army and a 1000-foot drop, over 400 Oʻahu warriors either jumped or were pushed over the edge of the Pali (cliff). In 1898 construction workers working on the Pali road discovered 800 skulls which were believed to be the remains of the warriors that fell to their deaths from the cliff above.
1944 – The Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, the 1st jet bomber, made its first flight.
1972 – North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri City, the first provincial capital taken during their ongoing offensive. The fall of the city effectively gave the communists control of the entire province of Quang Tri. As the North Vietnamese prepared to continue their attack to the south, 80 percent of Hue's population–already swollen by 300,000 refugees–fled to Da Nang to get out of the way. Farther south along the coast, three districts oof Binh Dinh Province also fell, leaving about one-third of the province under communist control. These attacks were part of the North Vietnamese Nguyen Hue Offensive (later called the "Easter Offensive"), a massive invasion by North Vietnamese forces designed to strike the blow that would win them the war. The attacking force included 14 infantry divisions and 26 separate regiments, with more than 120,000 troops and approximately 1,200 tanks and other armored vehicles. The main North Vietnamese objectives, in addition to Quang Tri in the north, were Kontum in the Central Highlands, and An Loc farther to the south. Initially, the South Vietnamese defenders were almost overwhelmed, particularly in the northernmost provinces, where they abandoned their positions in Quang Tri. At Kontum and An Loc, the South Vietnamese were more successful in defending against the attacks, but only after weeks of bitter fighting. Although the defenders suffered heavy casualties, they managed to hold their own with the aid of U.S. advisers and American airpower. Fighting continued all over South Vietnam into the summer months, but eventually the South Vietnamese forces prevailed against the invaders, retaking Quang Tri in September. With the communist invasion blunted, President Nixon declared that the South Vietnamese victory proved the viability of his Vietnamization program, which he had instituted in 1969 to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese armed forces so U.S. troops could be withdrawn
2007 – First Silver Star Service Banner Day (SSSBD) sponsored by The Silver Star Families of America (SSFOA). SSFOA is a service banner organization dedicated to supporting and assisting our wounded, ill, injured and dying active duty and veterans and their families of ALL branches of service from ALL wars. May 1st is meant to be a day set aside to honor their service and sacrifice; to bring remembrance to those so deserving of our thanks. Since 2007, SSSBD has been observed by all 50 states (including over 3,000 cities, towns and counties), the District of Columbia and Guam. The day has also been endorsed by Resolutions in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as by the POTUS.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
MULLEN, PATRICK (Second Award)
G.O. No.: 62, 29 June 1865. Second award. Citation: Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Don, 1 May 1865. Engaged in picking up the crew of picket launch No. 6, which had swamped. Mullen, seeing an officer who was at that time no longer able to keep up and was below the surface of the water, jumped overboard and brought the officer to the boat, thereby rescuing him from drowning, which brave action entitled him to wear a bar on the medal he had already received at Mattox Creek, 17 March 1865.
O'NEILL, STEPHEN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 7th U S. Infantry. Place and date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 1 May 1863. Entered service at: ——. Birth: St. Johns, New Brunswick. Date of issue: 28 September 1891. Citation: Took up the colors from the hands of the color bearer who had been shot down and bore them through the remainder of the battle.
SMITH, MAYNARD H. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization. Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 423d Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bomber Group. Place and date: Over Europe, 1 May 1943. Entered service at: Cairo, Mich. Born: 1911, Cairo Mich. G.O. No.: 38, 12 July 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty. The aircraft of which Sgt. Smith was a gunner was subjected to intense enemy antiaircraft fire and determined fighter airplane attacks while returning from a mission over enemy-occupied continental Europe on 1 May 1943. The airplane was hit several times by antiaircraft fire and cannon shells of the fighter airplanes, 2 of the crew were seriously wounded, the aircraft's oxygen system shot out, and several vital control cables severed when intense fires were ignited simultaneously in the radio compartment and waist sections. The situation became so acute that 3 of the crew bailed out into the comparative safety of the sea. Sgt. Smith, then on his first combat mission, elected to fight the fire by himself, administered first aid to the wounded tail gunner, manned the waist guns, and fought the intense flames alternately. The escaping oxygen fanned the fire to such intense heat that the ammunition in the radio compartment began to explode, the radio, gun mount, and camera were melted, and the compartment completely gutted. Sgt. Smith threw the exploding ammunition overboard, fought the fire until all the firefighting aids were exhausted, manned the workable guns until the enemy fighters were driven away, further administered first aid to his wounded comrade, and then by wrapping himself in protecting cloth, completely extinguished the fire by hand. This soldier's gallantry in action, undaunted bravery, and loyalty to his aircraft and fellow crewmembers, without regard for his own personal safety, is an inspiration to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Thanks to Tim
From UK EAGLE .... date unk in 60s
'The era of this dit is when garage petrol pumps had round clock dials and punctures were not yet a thing of the past. Remember them? Welcome back to the sixties.
Eagle was alongside the South Railway Jetty in Pompey Dockyard for a three week Self Maintenance Period. Repairs to the boilers were also scheduled and so shore-side steam was provided to the galleys. At least, that was the plan.
Day One, poor steam pressure, 'hands to dinner' basically became soup and sandwiches. Day Two no improvement and angry chefs. Day Three the Commander decided that if hands wished they could fall-in on the jetty at 1200 and march to Pompey Barracks for dinner. The take-up was abysmal so from Day Four shore leave was granted from 1200-1400 so hands could make their own lunch arrangements. Well, we all know what comes next, don't we!
At the Cdr's Table for Defaulters one of my division was charged with being twenty-three minutes adrift.
The conversation went something like this:
"So, Naval Airman Johnson, what's your excuse?"
"Well sir, I was in the King's Head see, 'aving a pork pie an' a pint for me dinner like, when after a while I says to meself, Johnson I says, I wonder how much time I've got left? An' looking around I looked out the pub winda an' noticed a clock on the building opposite. I realised I still had forty minutes to go so I has another pint, didn't I? And it was only when I got outside sir, I realised I'd been lookin' at a petrol pump in the garage forecourt opposite".
During 'lockdown' Navy Wings started to collate your stories and we have fifty 'dits' for you to enjoy and serve as a focus of remembrance. This collection celebrates the funny, incredible and heroic actions of the aircraft and those that served in the Fleet Air Arm.
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This from 2015 Not likely to see this again
Thanks to Gloria
Subject: And the Mother of the Year is...
Last week, in Baltimore, a mother responded to seeing her son on tv participating in the looting/riots...
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Moose thanks to Mike
If you think a train is impressive going through deep snow,...watch this!
http://i.imgur.com/aj4iuMB.gifv
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS
FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR MAY 1
THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
1 May
1913: Army airplanes flew in their second maneuvers, when Lt Thomas DeWitt Milling in a Burgess tractor and Lt Roy C. Kirtland in a Wright airplane flew reconnaissance from Texas City for the 2d Division. Lt William C. Sherman and Lt Eric L. Ellington rode as observers with Milling and Kirtland, respectively. (24)
1925: Ward T. Orman and C.K. Wollam won the National Balloon Race at St. Joseph, Mo., landing at Reform, Ala., after covering a distance of 941.468 kilometers, or 584 miles. (24)
1934: Using a Berliner-Joyce OJ-2, Navy Lt Frank Akers made a blind (instrument only) landing at College Park to demonstrate a system designed for carrier use. (20)
1941: Barrage balloon operations transferred from the Air Corps to the Coast Artillery Corps.
1943: MEDAL OF HONOR: A bomber, with Sgt Maynard H. Smith as gunner, came under intense enemy fire while returning from a mission to enemy-occupied Europe. Smith, on his first mission, elected to fight a fire, administer first aid, man the waist guns, and fight intense flames alternately. For his actions, Sergeant Smith received his medal. (4)
1945: Operation CHOW HOUND. Eighth Air Force sent nearly 400 B-17s from England on a mercy mission to drop nearly 700 tons of food over German-occupied Holland. The Germans approved this flight and promised not to shoot down the bombers if they flew along specified routes. Eighth and RAF bombers flew five more "Chow Hound" missions during the next week and delivered nearly 7,900 tons of food. (7)
1958: The Air Force redesignated the Florida Missile Test Range as the Atlantic Missile Range. (6)
1959: Construction of the first Titan I launch and support facilities began at Lowry AFB. (6)
1960: Soviet air defenses shot down a U-2 from Incirlik AB while flying from Pakistan to Norway. They captured Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pilot Francis Gary Powers near Sverdlovsk. (4)
1962: SECDEF Robert S. McNamara told the British that the US would not support the Thor squadrons in England after 31 October 1964. (6) Construction ended on the first squadron of Model A Minuteman I facilities at Malmstrom AFB. SAC also activated its third and last Model A squadron, the 490 SMS, there. (6)
1963: The Bell Helicopter Company successfully test flew its Wing Ding, a winged helicopter designed to lift heavy loads. The Air Force Weapons Laboratory established from R&D elements of the Air Force Special Weapons Center and became the tenant unit at Kirtland AFB, N. Mex. The USAF dedicated the General H. H. Arnold, the first Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship, at Port Canaveral. The 6511th Test Group (Parachute) dropped a full size test module of the Apollo manned spacecraft from a modified C-133 during the first test of the earth landing system. (3)
1964: PROJECT ADDED EFFORT to phaseout first-generation ICBMs began by taking the first Atlas-D off alert with the 576 SMS at Vandenberg AFB. (6) (12)
1965: The YF-12A (SR-71 prototype) set nine FAI records at Edwards AFB: 2,070.101 MPH for straightaway speed; 1,642 MPH for a 500-kilometer closed course; 1,688 MPH for a 1,000-kilometer closed course; and 80,257 feet for sustained altitude in horizontal flight. Col Robert L. Stevens and Lt Col Daniel Andre set two records, while Maj Walter F. Daniel and Capt James Cooney set the other two. (3) (9)
1967: A UH-1F helicopter in Ohio completed the first two-way communication to a NASA ground station in Australia via satellite relay. (16)
1968: ANG tactical refueling units completed a year of overseas duty on a continuous basis without mobilization. This was the first operation of its type in Guard and Reserve history. (26)
1974: For the first time, a KC-135 refueled a C-5 in an operational setting. (18)
1983: Operations BAHAMAS AND TURKS. MAC's Twenty-Third Air Force supported South Florida's Task Force on Organized Crime. Two 20 SOS H-1s and aircrews deployed from Hurlburt Field to the Bahamas, where they flew surveillance missions to help local police capture drug traffickers. In its first year, the task force seized or destroyed $114 million in cocaine, $179 million in Marijuana, ten vessels, and 17 aircraft, while apprehending 72 people. (2)
1992: Through 11 May, after race riots in Los Angeles, MAC aircraft airlifted troops, police, and their equipment to southern California. (26)
1999: Operation ALLIED FORCE. The AFRC mobilized its first units to support this operation. Eventually the command called six tanker wings and one rescue wing to active duty. (21) Operation ALLIED FORCE. The 171 AREFW (Pennsylvania ANG) received an order to deploy about 400 personnel and 14 KC-135Es for this operation. Additionally, the ANG mobilized the 117 AREFW (Alabama), 128 AREFW (Wisconsin), 141 AREFW (Washington), 151 AREFW (Utah), and the 161 AREFW (Arizona). (32) Operation CORONET NIGHTHAWK. The Air National Guard shifted its drug interdiction program with fighter aircraft in the Caribbean region from Panama to Curacao with the pending closure of U.S. military bases in Panama. (32)
2001: The Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards AFB after a mission to the International Space Station to deliver a robotic arm, a multipurpose logistics module, and an UHF antenna. (3)
2003: END OF MAJOR IRAQI FREEDOM COMBAT OPERATIONS. President George W. Bush declared the major combat operations in Iraq to be over on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in a speech before 5,000 crewmembers. (22) END OF Operation NORTHERN WATCH. The Operation NORTHERN WATCH mission ended. Between 1 January 1997 and the final NORTHERN WATCH sortie on 17 March 2003, more than 100,000 American, British, Turkish, and French airmen had rotated through Incirlik AB to enforce UN Security Council resolutions north of the 36th parallel in Iraq. (22)
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Thanks to DR
Subject: MORE: The Big Speech\RICH
Hi to all -
Biden's Speech
Wow - after only four months, Biden consented to actually speak to congress - well, not to all of them, but to a select few - for their health and safety, of course. Of course, the troops, which were supposed to have been sent home, are still there, to serve and protect - democrats - from Americans. Most of his speeches have been rated by 'Pinocchio' ratings, one to four. This one might have been rated by 'yawns'. Nevertheless, Nancy and Kamala, sitting behind Joe, popped up and down like a Jack-in-the-Box, applauding and cheering. And, not a copy of the speech in sight for them to tear up. But something was missing.... What could that be? I know, the ladies did not wear their cheerleader uniforms, with the big letter "B" for Biden on them. And, they did not have pom poms to wave, just their expensive outfits. Personally, I would rather gargle with wasabi sauce than listen to Biden... but that is just me.
His speech drew a whopping 11.5 million viewers. That is likely more than actually voted for him, but I digress. Trump speeches, by contrast, averaged about 45 million +.
There were some interesting, and troubling, items in his speech. For example, the biggest problem we face in the coming months is not China, Covid, nor Russia, but 'white supremacy'. That explains why the FBI is tracking and interviewing people who went to Washington January 6, and not Antifa and BLM as they loot and burn and murder. And why we are appointing transgenders, who cannot be deployed or fight, to our military. Those folks require constant, and expensive, medical care to maintain the illusion that they are not the sex they were born as. You just cannot place such people on a battlefield, with no drug treatments now, can we?
Of course, as he has always promised, Biden is planning to raise taxes, a lot. He needs money for his multi-trillion-dollar spending programs, to create 'equity' - which is the opposite of 'equality'. See, Biden looked at the economic boom of the last several years, and said 'That was not true, it did not happen. It does not work.' So, he wants to take an economy that was growing faster than it had in decades, and return it to the era of the failed Obama policies - which was the worst economy since the stock market crash of 1929. That worked. Well, it did - who are you going to believe - the facts, or your democrat leaders? It worked because it made people poor, dependent, and subject to the whims of government. And we know this from every single place democrats have ruled, that was the result.
Very frightening, Biden said that rights guaranteed by the constitution are 'not absolute'. All those things that the government is prohibited from doing are a real obstacle to democrats, and they have spent decades trying to undo free speech, right to worship, gun ownership, and even the crime of slavery.
Biden also wants 'universal pre-K'. This is the woke way of saying, as did Hitler, 'Give me a child until he is six years old, and at sixty, he will still believe in me.'
Their party sounds more like Caligula, than Lincoln.
Tim Scott (R-SC), who is black, answered Biden's speech, and said, plainly and clearly, 'America is NOT a racist nation.' Naturally, all the racists on the left attacked Tim, calling him all manner of racist names. Even tried to portray him as 'privileged' - well, not white privilege, that would not work, but privileged - just because he came from a poor family who used to pick cotton. (Tim said his family went from 'cotton to congress in one lifetime') By the way, no such response when Kamala also said this is NOT a racist nation.
Rudy Giuliani
He is the third lawyer to be raided by the (In)Justice Department, all of whom were Trump supporters. They did a Gestapo style raid on his apartment, seeking all his 'electronic devices' on a very flimsy excuse, probably illegal. It was, in fact, a fishing expedition, to find something, anything, to accuse him and Trump of. Oddly enough, Rudy has offered these to the department for over a year, and they refused it. When they came to his apartment, they missed some items. Rudy asked if they also wanted these 'hard drives'. What is on them, they asked? Why, said Rudy, these are Hunter Biden's hard drives (copies), showing his acting as an agent for Ukraine (the very thing they were accusing Rudy of doing), and also his pedophilia, and other international financial deals - all without being listed as a registered agent.
Why, at this point, you might think Rudy had asked them to drink Clorox to fight the Covid! They backed off faster than a child removing his hand from a hot stove, and said 'No, no, we don't want those.....'
Have you noticed that all those investigations of Hunter have stopped? No news stories, either. And, he got a big book deal, and a new job teaching at Tulane University? Hustling cash from foreign leaders seems to pay quite well, please ignore his romps with hookers, drugs, and children.
Vogue Magazine
They have opined that having babies is somehow 'environmental vandalism'. Glad I am not a child in their family. Hate to live a life thinking I was a disease.
Michigan
The Gretch is at it again. These folks have no shame, do they? While demanding lockdowns of all her state, she took off for Florida - incognito. No commercial flights, and no requests for a security detail from Florida when she, and her Director of Health (the one who retired, receiving a large cash settlement, after granting immunity to everyone for their Covid response,) to have a little fun in the sun.
Delaware
The officer, ambushed and beaten by a gang banger, has died. The perp has now been charged with murder. This will be a little more difficult for their Attorney General to sweep under the rug.
Oregon
The Governor, Kate Brown (D), has again declared draconian rules for the state. No outdoor activities, church services limited to 25, shut down most businesses, and much more. Really over the top. The people of the state have about had enough of lawlessness and oppression, and some have taken action.
The city of Baker City declared itself a 'Sanctuary City' from all of that. They very carefully researched how to do this, and then announced it. The phones have not stopped ringing with other cities asking 'how can we also do that'. We may be on to something here.
Meanwhile, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, long a supporter of the rioters (at least till they tried to burn down his house, forcing him to move), asked people to help identify members of Antifa who are doing all this crime. Now, there is a video posted, showing someone dressed like Antifa, wearing the usual mask, threatening Ted that he may be next in the bloodletting, if he dares interfere. Supporting such people usually comes back to haunt you.
Well, it has been another exciting day. What will tomorrow bring?
Rich
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A repeat from the List archives
Thanks to Carl
You have seen and heard all of the Cialis or Viagra commercials? But what really happens when you ask for help with an erection lasting more than 4 hours?
I walked into a drug store and asked to talk to a male pharmacist.
The woman I was speaking with said she was the only pharmacist and since she and her sister owned the store, there were no male employees. She asked if she could help me.
I said that I really would have preferred to speak with a male pharmacist.
She assured me that she was completely professional and whatever it was that I needed to discuss, I could be confident that she would treat me with a high level of professionalism.
I reluctantly agreed and began by saying, "As a shy man, this is tough for me to discuss, but here goes. I get erections every day that last more than four hours. This condition causes me a lot of problems and severe embarrassment. I was wondering what you could give me for it?"
The pharmacist said, "Just a minute, I'll talk to my sister."
When she returned, she said, "We discussed it at length and this is the absolute best we can do:
* 1/3 ownership in the store, * a company pickup truck, * a king-size bed and
* $3,000 a month in living expenses."
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