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Good Tuesday Morning November 18, 2025 . Well the rain lasted through the night and it is now overcast and cool. The rain is supposed to start up again around 2 this afternoon.
The plumber showed up yesterday morning and found the leak which turned out to be two about a foot apart, They pulled out a couple of feet of drywall and got the leaks fixed. It was not cheap and the wall replacement was even more so we decided to take care of that after it dries out more in there. Classes went well last night even with all the rain and the drive home was wet and wild.;
The List was just about done this morning when I opened up a file that opened up a computer killer and I had to shut down and start all over.so I am a bit behind this morning.
Regards and have a great day..
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/. Go here to see the director's corner for all 93 H-Grams.
November 18
1889 The battleship Maine launches at the New York Navy Yard.
1915 - Marines participated in the Battle of Fort Riviere during the occupation of Haiti.
1922 In a PT seaplane, Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting makes the first catapult launching from an aircraft carrier at anchor, USS Langley (CV 1), in the York River.
1943 USS Bluefish (SS 222) sinks the Japanese destroyer Sanae and damages the oiler Ondo 90 miles south of Basilan Island.
1944 USS Blackfin (SS 322) diverts from her war patrol and picks up captured Japanese cryptographic and technical equipment, along with other secret documents, west of Camurong River on the north coast of Mindoro, Philippines.
1944 USS Peto (SS 265), USS Spadefish (SS 411), and USS Sunfish (SS 281) attack the same Japanese convoy in the East China. Peto sinks army cargo ships Aisakasan Maru and Chinkai Maru. Spadefish sinks auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 156 and Sunfish sinks army transport Seisho Maru.
1962 USS Currituck (AV 7) rescues 13 Japanese fishermen from their disabled fishing boat Seiyu Maru, which was damaged in Typhoon Karen.
2017 The U.S. Navy's Undersea Rescue Command (URC) deploys to Argentina to support the South American nation's search for the Argentinean Navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan in the Southern Atlantic. The boat went missing on Nov. 15. The Argentinian Navy called off the ensuing rescue mission on Nov. 30 and shifted its focus to locating the boat and determining the cause of its disappearance.
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This day in World History
1477 William Claxton publishes the first dated book printed in England. It is a translation from the French of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopers by Earl Rivers.
1626 St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated.
1861 The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia.
1865 Mark Twain's first story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
1901 The second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed. The United States is given extensive rights by Britain for building and operating a canal through Central America.
1905 The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark to be the next King of Norway. Prince Charles takes the name Haakon VII.
1906 Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
1912 Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire.
1921 New York City considers varying work hours to avoid long traffic jams.
1928 Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture.
1936 The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is joined.
1939 The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus.
1943 RAF bombs Berlin, using 440 aircraft and losing nine of those and 53 air crew members; damage to the German capital is light, with 131 dead.
1949 The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days.
1950 The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts.
1968 Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon.
1978 Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after cult member killed Congressman Leo J. Ryan of California.
1983 Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.
1984 The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine.
1991 The Croatian city of Vukovar surrenders to Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces after an 87-day siege.
1993 Twenty-one political parties approve a new constitution for South Africa that expands voter rights and ends the rule of the country's white minority.
2002 UN weapons inspectors under Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the state's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional; the legislature fails to act within the mandated 180 days, and on May 17,
2004, Massachusetts becomes the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage
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Apologies to Al for the late entry
Monday Morning Humor--Across America
Monday Morning Humor |Thanks to Al
Minnesota
• Minnesota became the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, and was originally settled by a lost tribe of Norwegians seeking refuge from the searing heat of Wisconsin's winters.
• Minnesota gets its name from the Sioux Indian word "mah-nee-soo-tah," meaning, "(No, really...) They eat fish soaked in lye."
• The state song of Minnesota is "Someday the Vikings will...(Aw, never mind)."
• The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, covers 9.5 million square feet and has enough space to hold 185,000 idiot teenagers yapping away on cell phones.
• Madison, Minnesota, is known as "the Lutefisk capital of the world." Avoid this city at all costs.
• Downtown Minneapolis has an enclosed skyway system covering 52 blocks, allowing people to live, work, eat, and sleep without ever going outside. The only downside to this is that a Norwegian occasionally turns up missing.
• Cartoonist Charles M. Shultz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in St. Paul. He was the only artist to accurately depict the perfectly circular heads of Minnesota natives.
• The Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota, produces 6 million cans of Spam a year, even though no one actually eats it. Spam is a prized food in Japan & Hawaii--Spam sushi!!
• Minnesota license plates are blue and white and contain the phrase "Blizzards on the 4th of July--you get used to it."
• Frank C. Mars, founder of the Mars Candy Co., was born in Newport, Minnesota. His 3 Musketeers candy bar originally contained three bars in one wrapper, each filled with a different flavor of nougat--chocolate, Spam and Lutefisk.
• Tonka trucks continue to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota, despite the thousands of GI Joe dolls killed by them annually in rollover accidents. No airbags; no seat belts. These things are death traps, I tell ya!
• Author Laura Ingalls Wilder was raised at Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and was famous for writing the Little House series of books, as well as inventing the "Spam diet" which consists of looking at a plate of Spam until you lose your appetite. Much like the "Lutefisk diet."
• The snowmobile was invented in Roseau, Minnesota, so as to allow families a means of attending 4th of July picnics.
• Minnesotans are almost indistinguishable from Wisconsinites. The only way to tell them apart is to ask if they voted for Mondale in '84.
The South:
• Did you hear about the South Carolina redneck who passed away and left his entire estate in trust for his beloved widow? She can't touch it till she's fourteen.
• Emily Sue passed away and Bubba called 911. The 911 operator told Bubba that she would send someone out right away. "Where do you live?" asked the operator. Bubba replied, "At the end of Eucalyptus Drive." The operator asked, "Can you spell that for me? " There was a long pause, and finally Bubba said, "How 'bout if I drag her over to Oak Street and you pick her up there?"
• How do you know when you're staying in a Kentucky hotel? When you call the front desk and say "I've gotta leak in my sink," and the person at the front desk says "go ahead."
• Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Tennessee to 32? It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools!
• What do they call reruns of "Hee Haw" in Mississippi? A documentary.
• How many rednecks does it take to eat a 'possum? Two. One to eat, and one to watch out for traffic.
• Where was the toothbrush invented? Oklahoma. If it were invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush.
• Arkansas State trooper pulls over a pickup truck on I-40. He says to the driver, "Got any ID?" The driver says, "Bout what?"
• Did you hear about the $3,000,000 Tennessee State Lottery? The winner gets $3 a year for a million years.
• Did you hear that the governor's mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas burned down? Yep. Perty' near took out the whole trailer park.
• A new law recently passed in North Carolina: When a couple gets divorced, they're still brother and sister.
• What's the best thing to ever come out of Arkansas? I-40.
• Two Mississippians are walking down different ends of a street toward each other, and one is carrying a sack. When they meet, one says, "Hey Tommy Ray, what'cha got in th' bag?" "Jus' some chickens." If I guesses how many they are, can I have one?" "Shoot, ya guesses right and I'll give you both of them." "OK. Ummmmm . . . five?"
• What do a divorce in Alabama, a tornado in Kansas, and a hurricane in Florida have in common? Somebody's fixin' to lose them a trailer.
• A Mississippian came home and found his house on fire. He rushed next door, telephoned the fire department and shouted, "Hurry over here, my house is on fire!" "OK," replied the fireman, "how do we get there?" "Shucks, don't you still have those big red trucks?"
• Why do folks in Kentucky go to the movie theater in groups of 18 or more? 'Cuz "17 and under ain't admitted."
• What do you get when you have 32 rednecks in the same room? A full set of teeth.
You Live in California when...
• You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
• The high school quarterback calls a time-out to answer his cell phone.
• The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
• You know how to eat an artichoke.
• You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
• When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
You Live in New York City when...
• You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
• You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.
• You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
• You think Central Park is "nature,"
• You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
• You've worn out a car horn.
• You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
You Live in Maine when...
• You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
• Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
• You have more than one recipe for moose.
• Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
• The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.
You Live in the Deep South when...
• You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
• "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
• After five years you still hear, "You ain't from 'round here, are Ya?"
• "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
• Everyone has two first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, etc.
You live in Colorado when...
• You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
• You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the daycare center.
• A pass does not involve a football or dating.
• The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
You live in the Midwest when...
• You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
• Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
• You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
• You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
• When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"
You live in Florida when...
• You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
• All purchases include a coupon of some kind--even houses and cars.
• Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
• Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
• Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
You know you're from Texas when:
• You only know five spices - salt, pepper, ranch dressing, BBQ Sauce and ketchup.
• You design your Halloween costume to fit over Wranglers and cowboy boots.
• The mosquitoes have landing lights.
• You have more miles on your tractor than your car.
• You have ten favorite recipes for deer meat.
• You've taken your kids trick-or-treating when it was 90 degrees outside.
• Driving is better after it's rained because the potholes are filled with mud and you don't have to take those back roads to go "mudding."
• You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only eight buttons.
• You owe more money on your bulldozer than your car.
• The local paper covers national and international headlines on one quarter of a page, but requires six pages for local sports.
• You can write a check at Dairy Queen for two Hunger-Busters and fries.
• At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
• The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
• Your leaf-blower gets stuck on the roof
• You think the start of deer season is a national holiday.
• You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the coyotes won't prowl on your deck.
• You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
• The major county fund-raiser isn't bingo - it's sausage making.
• You find 70 degrees Fahrenheit a little chilly.
• The trunk of your car doubles as a sauna.
• You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry, and your cowboy boots.
• You know four seasons - Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Deer Season
• You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Texan friends.
New state mottos
• Alabama--Heck Yes, We Have Electricity
• Alaska--11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
• Arizona--But It's a Dry Heat
• Arkansas--Literacy Ain't Everything
• California--By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
• Colorado--If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
• Connecticut--Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedy's Don't Own It - Yet
• Delaware--We Really Do Like the Chemicals in Our Water
• Florida--Ask Us About Our Grandkids
• Georgia--We Put the "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
• Hawaii--Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death to Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
• Idaho--More Than Just Potatoes...Well Okay, We're Not, But the Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
• Illinois--Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
• Indiana--Two Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
• Iowa--We Do Amazing Things with Corn
• Kansas--First of the Rectangle States
• Kentucky--Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
• Louisiana--We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
• Maine--We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
• Maryland--If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
• Massachusetts--Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
• Michigan--First Line of Defense From the Canadians
• Minnesota--10,000 Lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
• Mississippi--Come and Feel Better About Your Own State
• Missouri--Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars at Work
• Montana--Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, and Very Little Else
• Nebraska--Ask About Our State Motto Contest
• Nevada--Hookers and Poker!
• New Hampshire--Go Away and Leave Us Alone
• New Jersey--You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
• New Mexico--Lizards Make Excellent Pets
• New York--You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney ...
• North Carolina--Tobacco Is a Vegetable
• North Dakota--We Really Are One of the 50 States!
• Ohio--At Least We're Not Michigan
• Oklahoma--Like the Play, Only No Singing
• Oregon--Spotted Owl... It's What's for Dinner
• Pennsylvania--Cook with Coal
• Rhode Island--We're Not REALLY an Island
• South Carolina--Remember the Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
• South Dakota--Closer Than North Dakota
• Tennessee--The Educashun State
• Texas--Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
• Utah--Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
• Vermont--Yep
• Virginia--Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
• Washington--Help! We're Overrun by Nerds and Slackers!
• Washington, D.C.--Wanna Be Mayor?
• West Virginia--One Big Happy Family... Really!
• Wisconsin--Come Cut the Cheese
• Wyoming--Where Men Are Men ... and the Sheep Are Scared!
I hope these put you in a good STATE of mind for the week,
Al
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Thanks to the Bear. We will always have the url for you to search items in Rolling Thunder
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Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..November 18
18-Nov: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=1462
A bad day for the 105s
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature.
https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
By: Kipp Hanley
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Thanks to 1440
America needs 5X more lithium by 2035, but no new mines have opened since 1967. Meanwhile, current extraction methods are slow, waste tons of water, and emit loads of carbon.
So Vero3 devised a way to not only cleanly produce 9K tons of lithium, they'll generate 2.3B gallons of clean water and permanently store 3M tons of carbon in the process, all from the same 14,000-acre Wyoming site. This first-of-its-kind project is already validated by $25M of federal and academic spend and projects $183M in annual revenue. It's the kind of zero-waste, vertically integrated model legacy operators can't match.
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Thanks to Brett
Daily Memo: Explosion on Polish Railway, Iran's Water Crisis
The blast adds to a list of other suspicious recent incidents.
By Geopolitical Futures
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November 17, 2025
Unprecedented. An explosion on a Polish rail line on Sunday was an "unprecedented act of sabotage," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The blast, which did not cause any injuries, occurred along Poland's main rail link to Ukraine and a vital corridor for Western aid. More damage was found on the same line farther down the route. This follows a series of other incidents in a number of European countries in which authorities suspect Russian involvement. Last week, Russia's Port Alliance group, which operates five major Russian ports, said foreign hackers targeted its systems in a cyberattack aimed at disrupting its business.
Water issues. Iran has launched cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall amid a severe water crisis. According to Iran's meteorological center, rainfall across the country has decreased by approximately 89 percent compared to the long-term average. Relatedly, Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said Iran would consider sending desalinated water from the Persian Gulf to Tehran only in an emergency due to the distance from the south to the capital and the high cost of purification. Large desalination plants are being constructed in Chabahar, Bandar Abbas and Khuzestan, mainly to secure supplies for southern Iran.
Growing rift. China has advised its citizens against traveling to Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan's survival and trigger a military response. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the move was in response to the "deteriorating public security situation for Chinese citizens in Japan" and the "openly provocative statements made by the country's leadership regarding Taiwan." Following the announcement, several Chinese airlines said tickets for routes that included a stop in Japan could be refunded or exchanged free of charge.
Open to talks. Venezuela wants to negotiate with the United States, and Washington may be willing to engage, U.S.
President Donald Trump told reporters over the weekend amid a buildup of U.S. forces in the Caribbean. On Sunday, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier also arrived in the region.
Declining visits. The number of foreign visitors to Russia is declining amid the country's tightening migration policies and international competition for foreign labor. So far in 2025, the number of entries into the country has decreased by almost 1 million compared to the previous year. Just in the third quarter, there were about 4.4 million visits to Russia by foreign citizens, 600, 000 fewer than the same period in 2024.
LPG trade. Indian state-owned oil companies have for the first time signed a one-year contract to import liquefied petroleum gas from the United States. The supplies will amount to about 10 percent of India's total annual imports and will be sourced from the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Staying firm. Speaking ahead of a Cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not settle for anything less than the total demilitarization of Gaza and disarmament of Hamas. He made the comments following reports last week that the Trump administration was considering moving ahead with Gaza's reconstruction, as part of the peace plan signed last month, without ensuring Hamas' disarmament. Meanwhile, according to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Netanyahu by phone about the situation in the Middle East, including Gaza, Iran's nuclear program and Syria.
Syria and Russia. Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov held talks in Damascus. They discussed opportunities for bilateral military cooperation, as well as strengthening coordination on "common interests."
Syria and China. Elsewhere, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. According to China's Foreign Ministry, Wang called for the gradual resumption of bilateral contacts at all levels and Syria's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Crossing the line. South Korea's Defense Ministry has proposed talks with North Korea on the Military Demarcation Line between the two countries and preventing possible border clashes. The suggestion is in response to repeated crossings of the MDL by North Korean troops performing work near the border.
Arms for Israel. Germany will lift its export ban on armaments to Israel on Nov. 24 after a three-and-a-half-month suspension over Israel's military campaign in Gaza. According to a government spokesperson, the reversal is in response to the recent stabilization of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and ongoing humanitarian efforts.
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. From the archives
Thanks to Newell
A chuckle-worthy pessimistic observation of our times:
"We grew up with Bob Hope, Steve Jobs and Johnny Cash.
Now there are no jobs, no cash and no hope.
Please do not let anything happen to Kevin Bacon!"
Scorpio
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Thanks to Dave…..I think
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From the archives….He was ahead of his time and ours
Retired Canadian general receives standing ovation after fiery anti-woke speech
'Can you imagine a military leader labeling half of his command as deplorables, fringe radicals and less-thans and then expect them to fight as one?'
Anthony Murdoch
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Thu Nov 17, 2022 - 5:27 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – After accepting a top award, a retired Canadian general received a standing ovation from senior military officers for giving a rousing speech blasting cancel culture, climate change policies, woke aspects of the armed forces, and leaders who "divide."
The speech was made by retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve on November 9 in Ottawa at a gala event, at which he accepted the prestigious Vimy Award.
During his speech, Maisonneuve, who is a 35-year Canadian Armed Forces veteran, was direct in his take on the current leadership of Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, without directly naming people.
"Can you imagine a military leader labeling half of his command as deplorables, fringe radicals and less-thans and then expect them to fight as one?" Maisonneuve asked rhetorically.
"Today's leaders must find a way to unite; not divide."
Maisonneuve's statement seems to be a reference to a remark made by Trudeau during the anti-mandate Freedom Convoy protest – which featured noticeable support from active and retired members of the nation's armed forces – in which the prime minister said that those opposing his measures were of a "small, fringe minority" who hold "unacceptable views."
In the speech, Maisonneuve lamented how Canada was once a "great" nation, but in recent years has faltered in being a leader in the world.
"Since this is my speech, I get to share what I believe Canada needs to do to take the world stage again," said Maisonneuve. "What will it take? Well, I believe it will take leadership and service. These two crucial foundations of greatness for any nation have somehow become secondary — lost in these days of entitlement, 'me first', 'not my problem' and endless subsidies and handouts."
Maisonneuve noted how leaders "should" take "responsibility" when aspects of a nation fail, and that leaders have used social media as a tool in essence steer clear from being truthful.
He noted how today, "cancel culture still flourishes and there is no call for redaction or amendment even when accusations are proved false. Truth is not a requirement; once cancelled, you are done."
Maisonneuve then took a swipe at today's mainstream press, saying that "balanced journalism is difficult to find," adding that the practice of presenting the truth or "facts" is "no longer compulsory in mainstream media."
"The line between 'news' and op-eds has blurred and too often we are subjected to sermons written not by seasoned journalists but by first-year graduates of woke journalism schools," he charged.
Maisonneuve said that when it comes to forms of "extremism" on both the left and right, it seems to be "flourishing."
"Canada's prosperity is being sacrificed at the altar of climate change as opposed to being used to help the world transition to clean energy. Throwing soup and paint at the world's art treasures is as heinous as it is useless. The perpetrators should be punished, not celebrated," stated Maisonneuve.
Maisonneuve then noted how cancel culture and entitlement have resulted in one not taking "personal responsibility" for their actions, a phenomenon he says has "disappeared from the landscape while the phenomenon of collective apologies flourishes in our country."
"Individuals and groups fight over who gets to wear the coveted victim's cloak. But any role they may have played in their own fate or in injuring others is dismissed as learned behaviour, inherited flaws or generational oppression," pressed the veteran.
Maisonneuve said that "enough statues have been toppled," and that "erasing our history is not the solution."
He then gave his thoughts on new military dress codes which allow for those in uniform to color their hair, grow beards, and have more choices in what they wear.
"Today, I see a military woefully underfunded, undermanned and under-appreciated; a force where uniforms have become a means of personal expression rather than a symbol of collective pride and unity: uniforms are no longer uniform," he lamented.
"The idea of serving in our armed forces is getting little traction. Could it be because the moral contract under which our military serve is broken?"
Ending on a positive note, Maisonneuve said that despite all this, he still believes "we can make Canada better."
"We Canadians live in the greatest country in the world with almost unlimited resources, a tolerant and diverse people, and an educated population who can aspire to the greatest heights. We should be prepared to serve our country and be proud to do so. And our leaders must share this vision."
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This Day in U S Military History November 18
1883 – At exactly noon on this day, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. The bold move was emblematic of the power shared by the railroad companies. The need for continental time zones stemmed directly from the problems of moving passengers and freight over the thousands of miles of rail line that covered North America by the 1880s. Since human beings had first begun keeping track of time, they set their clocks to the local movement of the sun. Even as late as the 1880s, most towns in the U.S. had their own local time, generally based on "high noon," or the time when the sun was at its highest point in the sky. As railroads began to shrink the travel time between cities from days or months to mere hours, however, these local times became a scheduling nightmare. Railroad timetables in major cities listed dozens of different arrival and departure times for the same train, each linked to a different local time zone. Efficient rail transportation demanded a more uniform time-keeping system. Rather than turning to the federal governments of the United States and Canada to create a North American system of time zones, the powerful railroad companies took it upon themselves to create a new time code system. The companies agreed to divide the continent into four time zones; the dividing lines adopted were very close to the ones we still use today. Most Americans and Canadians quickly embraced their new time zones, since railroads were often their lifeblood and main link with the rest of the world. However, it was not until 1918 that Congress officially adopted the railroad time zones and put them under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
1952 – F9F Panthers from the USS Oriskany shot down two Russian MiG jet fighters and damaged a third over North Korea. The Russian MiGs had been operating from a base near Vladivostok.
1955 – Bell X-2 rocket plane was taken up for its 1st powered flight. The Bell X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft designed to investigate the structural effects of aerodynamic heating as well as stability and control effectiveness at high speeds and altitudes. Two X-2 airframes, nicknamed "Starbuster," were built at Bell's plant in Wheatfield, N.Y., using stainless steel and K-monel (a copper-nickel alloy). The vehicles were designed to employ a two-chamber Curtiss-Wright XLR25 throttleable liquid-fueled rocket engine. It had a variable thrust rating from 2,500 to 15,000 pounds. The X-2 was equipped with an escape capsule for the pilot. In an emergency, the entire nose assembly would jettison and deploy a stabilizing parachute. Once at a safe altitude, the pilot would then manually open the canopy and bail out. The first attempt at a powered flight took place on Oct. 25, 1955, but a nitrogen leak resulted in a decision to change the flight plan. Everest completed the mission as a glide flight. An aborted second attempt ended as a captive flight. Everest finally made the first powered X-2 flight on Nov. 18, igniting only the 5,000-pound-thrust chamber. His maximum speed during the mission was Mach 0.95. Following several aborted attempts, Everest completed a second powered flight on March 24, 1956, this time only igniting the 10,000-pound-thrust rocket chamber.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
NIETZEL, ALFRED B.
Rank and Organization: Sergeant. U.S. Army. Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment. 1st Infantry Division. Place and Date: November 18, 1944, Heistern, Germany. Born: April 27, 1921, Queens, NY . Departed: Yes (11/18/1944). Entered Service At: Jamaica, NY. G.O. Number: . Date of Issue: 03/18/2014. Accredited To: . Citation: Nietzel is being recognized for his valorous actions in Heistern, Germany, Nov. 18, 1944. When an enemy assault threatened to overrun his unit's position, Nietzel selflessly covered for the retreating members of his squad, expending all his ammunition and holding his post until he was killed by an enemy hand grenade.
DAVIS, SAMMY L.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Battery C, 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division. Place and date: West of Cai Lay, Republic of Vietnam, 18 November 1967. Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Born: 1 November 1946, Dayton, Ohio. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Davis (then Pfc.) distinguished himself during the early morning hours while serving as a cannoneer with Battery C, at a remote fire support base. At approximately 0200 hours, the fire support base was under heavy enemy mortar attack. Simultaneously, an estimated reinforced Viet Cong battalion launched a fierce ground assault upon the fire support base. The attacking enemy drove to within 25 meters of the friendly positions. Only a river separated the Viet Cong from the fire support base. Detecting a nearby enemy position, Sgt. Davis seized a machine gun and provided covering fire for his guncrew, as they attempted to bring direct artillery fire on the enemy. Despite his efforts, an enemy recoilless rifle round scored a direct hit upon the artillery piece. The resultant blast hurled the guncrew from their weapon and blew Sgt. Davis into a foxhole. He struggled to his feet and returned to the howitzer, which was burning furiously. Ignoring repeated warnings to seek cover, Sgt. Davis rammed a shell into the gun. Disregarding a withering hail of enemy fire directed against his position, he aimed and fired the howitzer which rolled backward, knocking Sgt. Davis violently to the ground. Undaunted, he returned to the weapon to fire again when an enemy mortar round exploded within 20 meters of his position, injuring him painfully. Nevertheless, Sgt. Davis loaded the artillery piece, aimed and fired. Again he was knocked down by the recoil. In complete disregard for his safety, Sgt. Davis loaded and fired 3 more shells into the enemy. Disregarding his extensive injuries and his inability to swim, Sgt. Davis picked up an air mattress and struck out across the deep river to rescue 3 wounded comrades on the far side. Upon reaching the 3 wounded men, he stood upright and fired into the dense vegetation to prevent the Viet Cong from advancing. While the most seriously wounded soldier was helped across the river, Sgt. Davis protected the 2 remaining casualties until he could pull them across the river to the fire support base. Though suffering from painful wounds, he refused medical attention, joining another howitzer crew which fired at the large Viet Cong force until it broke contact and fled. Sgt. Davis' extraordinary heroism, at the risk of his life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for November 18, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
18 November
1915: The 1st Aero Squadron started the first squadron cross-country flight for the Army Air Service by flying 6 Curtiss JN-3s 439 miles from Fort Sill, Okla., to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. (24)
1916: Seven JN-4s of the 1st Aero Company, New York National Guard, under the command of Capt Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, completed the first National Guard cross-country formation flight from Mineola to Princeton, New Jersey. They completed the return flight on the 20th. (24)
1917: With Tellier seaplanes, the Navy began US aerial coastal patrols in European waters flying from LeCroisic, France, at the mouth of the Loire River. 1923: The first aerial refueling-related fatality occurred during an air show at Kelly Field, when the fuel hose became entangled in the right wings of the refueler and the receiver aircraft. The Army Air Service pilot of the refueler, Lt P. T. Wagner, died in the ensuing crash. (18)
1944: Fifteenth Air Force sent 680 heavy bombers to oil refineries in Austria and Italian airfields at Aviano, Villafranca di Verona, Udine, and Vicenza, with 186 P-51s providing air cover over. (4)
1949: An Air Force C-74 Globemaster, "The Champ," flew from Mobile, Ala., across the Atlantic in 23 hours and landed at Marham, England, with a record of 103 passengers. It was the first aircraft to carry 100 passengers across the Atlantic. (20) (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. A USAF fighter group moved to N. Korea for the first time. The 35 FIG, the first fighter group based in S. Korea, settled at Yonpo Airfield, near Hungnam. (28)
1951: KOREAN WAR. F-86 aircraft strafed eight MiG fighters on the ground at Uiju, destroyed four, and damaged the rest. MiG-15s forced three flights of F-84 fighter-bombers to jettison their bombs and abort prebriefed rail-cutting missions near Sinanju. (28)
1952: KOREAN WAR. When USN Task Force 77 attacked the N. Korean border town of Hoeryong in the far northeast, unmarked but obviously Russian MiG-15s flying from Vladivostok attacked the fleet. Carrier-based F9F aircraft engaged several MiGs and downed one of them. In MiG Alley, a 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron pilot, Capt Leonard W. Lilley, scored his fifth MiG kill to become an ace. (28) KOREAN WAR. Through 19 November, six 98th Bombardment Wing B-29s attacked the supply center at Sonchon, 35 miles from the Manchurian border. In clear weather over the target area, enemy interceptors used new tactics to shot down one B-29. They dropped flares so that searchlights could lock on the bomber, and four fighter passes riddled it, which forced its crew to abandon ship over Cho-do. (28)
1954: The first flight test of an inertial guidance system for actual missile use (Navaho X-10) conducted at Downey. (24)
1955: Lt Col Frank K. Everest, Jr., flew the X-2 rocket plane on its first powered flight above Edwards AFB. (3)
1966: Maj William J. Knight flew X-15A-2 to a new speed record for X-15 aircraft by reaching 4,223 MPH. Lockheed delivered the first HC–130P to the ARRS. The HC-130P included a drogue system to permit aerial refueling from HH-3 helicopters. (18)
1967: Flight testing of laser guided bombs started at Eglin AFB. 1970: Through 16 December, MAC C-141s and C-130s delivered more than 140 tons of supplies and equipment from the US and from US bases in the Far East to East Pakistan after a cyclone flooded the country. (21)
1989: Northrop's B-2A bomber completed its seventh test flight. During the 7-hour 17-minute flight, the pilot shut down and restarted each engine. (8: Feb 90)
1994: A C-17 Globemaster III landed at North Field near Charleston AFB with a 161,000-pound payload on 2,100 feet of runway to set a new record and meet a critical program requirement to land fully loaded on a runway no longer than 3,000 feet. (16) (18)
1997: Operation PHOENIX SCORPION. The ANG's Northeast Tanker Task Force (TTF) in Bangor, Maine began 24-hour operations to support the movement of USAF aircraft to the Persian Gulf after Saddam Hussein refused to allow U.N. inspections of suspected weapons of mass destruction facilities. The TTF, with 4 USAF and 10 ANG KC-135s, delivered over 1 million pounds of jet fuel to USAF aircraft during the week-long operation. (32)
Know the Past...
The U.S. Nuclear Propulsion Program (or Manned Nuclear Aircraft Program) began in May 1946. This after Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation, received the first formal study contract. The objective, to determine the feasibility of nuclear energy for the propulsion of aircraft. The Fairchild project known as the Nuclear Energy for Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) began at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN. Work at Oak Ridge proved building a nuclear aircraft was feasible and defined the major approaches to the program. As a result, the Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) joined forces in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Program. In 1951, they contracted with the General Electric (GE) Company at Evendale, Ohio to, "…develop a nuclear aircraft propulsion system through an exacting research, development, design and component-test program on reactors, materials, shielding and an over-all nuclear power plant."
As an aside, the individual in charge of the ANP Program held both U.S. Air Force and AEC positions. Maj. Gen. Donald L. Keirn served from 1950 to 1959 as the AEC assistant director for its aircraft reactors branch and in the Air Force as Deputy Chief of Staff/Development for Nuclear Systems. Gen. Keirn was a fitting choice, tasked by Gen. Hap Arnold in 1941, a major at the time, to lead the Air Force Project Office developing the first U.S. turbojet engine developed by GE. After his retirement in 1959, Brig. Gen. Irving L. Branch wore the dual hats until the program was halted in March of 1961.
The objective of the ANP Program expanded to include the demonstration of nuclear-powered flight. Still in 1952, the Air Force decided that direct nuclear cycle engine developments were progressing well and began construction of a power plant for the Convair B-36 flight testing and targeted for 1956 for the first flight. In 1953 the Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson abruptly cancelled the B-36 experimental flight program, contending "that experimental "proof-of-principle" flights were worthless unless they were performed by a prototype for as an actual weapon systems."
Though Air Force leaders cancelled developments for a B-36 nuclear powered aircraft, a Convair B-36, designated as the NB5-36H and specially refitted to contain a fully operational nuclear reactor however, the NB-36H did not use the reactor for propulsion.
Everything changed in January 1961 as President John F. Kennedy entered his official duties and directed a review of all military projects. Not long after, GE, P&W and Convair all received official contract termination notices in March 1961. As the space race leapt full speed into the nation's purview, it was not long before the Atomic Energy Commission began working with companies to develop nuclear rocket engines (Project Rover) and nuclear ramjet (Project Pluto). These programs had potential here on earth and in space for both military and civilian applications.
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