Youtube comments of Colonel K (@Paladin1873).

  1. A greater understanding of WWI and its aftermath is critical to understanding WWII and its continuing aftermath.
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  2. Lee is largely overlooked by military history, perhaps because he had no interest in self-promotion and PR. He just wanted to solve technical problems and shoot the enemy at every opportunity.
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  3. Every accident I've ever read about was a chain of specific events that, if interfered with, would have prevented tragedy. From this I have concluded we are always one or two links away from disaster. We just don't always realize it.
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  4. "The real people that Ukraine needs don't fly the F-16, they maintain them. These are the people who keep the jets in the air. The pilots just go up and break them." Truer words were seldom spoken.
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  5. I may not believe in John Titor, but I do believe in his advice.
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  6. Giving away shoes and soap isn't about helping Africans; it's about feeling better about yourself. Killing people with kindness has a long tradition.
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  7. If you want a suggestion, I recommend you cover the unidentified aircraft from the 1980s and 1990s known euphemistically as Project Aurora. I worked in air defense development during the late 1980s and heard stories from radar operators who saw hypersonic tracks on their systems that nobody could (or would) explain. It remains something of a mystery today. Was it real, fake, or a cover story for other black projects? I'd enjoy hearing Hecklefish's opinion.
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  8. The homeowner lacks both situational awareness and critical thinking skills. He is lucky to have survived.
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  9. I was a young USAF lieutenant stationed in Texas in 1979. I may be recalling a different event, but a SAC Minuteman missile crew commander was reassigned to our organization about this time and became my office mate. He told me about the incident and initially thought it was a very realistic drill until the point where they inserted the launch keys. Then the order came to stand down. He was told the mistake was due to the Soviets having conducted an unannounced dual test launch, which was something they had never done before. Our satellites immediately picked up the flares and sent the warning message before calculating the trajectories as being nonthreatening. Perhaps it was a different event, which if true, gives me a case of the willies. Sleep tight America - your Air Force is awake.
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  10. The only thing missing from this video was Hecklefish.
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  11. “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.” - Eric Hoffer
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  12. Being a native Floridian myself, I see nothing unusual about his behavior.
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  13. By the time such armor is feasible we may have to defeat plasma rifles.
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  14. I was born and raised in north Florida where Seminole culture was long popular (Florida State University was only 20 miles away). While working for the BSA in the early 1990s I was associated with the Tribe in a rather obtuse way. One of my fellow Scout executives was part Seminole and we had a popular member of our council board who was a Seminole. We called him Chief because he had served in the Navy during WWII (including being part of the flight deck crew aboard the USS Hornet when she launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan). There was an ongoing debate about FSU's merchandising and marketing arrangement with the "Unconquered People", the name the Seminole Tribe of Florida gave themselves because they were the descendants of the 300 Seminoles who managed to elude the US Army troops sent to round up all Seminoles and transport them west for resettlement. At the time the FSU Seminoles were the biggest name in college football and the Tribe was enjoying the celebrity status and the earnings it brought them. Apparently this incensed the Oklahoma Seminole Tribe because they weren't benefiting from any of the profits or notoriety. When I mentioned this to Chief, he derisively scoffed at the idea and remarked that they hadn't earned the right since they were the ones who surrendered and left. I never broached the subject again, but his comment always stuck with me and made me realize there are many hidden layers to Indian societies and history. Thanks for bringing one forgotten aspect of it to life.
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  15. Oh great, the FBI has taken charge. :face-pink-tears:
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  16. A very close friend of mine in San Antonio, who was a class 3 firearms dealer (machine guns, silencers, etc.), was retained by one of the Branch Davidians' lawyers to examine the firearms seized in the raid and offer his opinion regarding whether or not any of them had been illegally converted to full automatic. He told me the remains of the AR15 receivers he was shown were in such a state that he could not make a determination one way or the other. However, very shortly after his visit the ATF descended on his home and began an unannounced inspection of his records by multiple ATF personnel. They spent the next three days conducting a detailed examination of his bookkeeping and his inventory, but could find nothing out of order and reluctantly left. However, the message they had sent was clear, so Ken called the Davidian attorney who had hired him and told him he could not continue helping them with their case research. He was a nervous wreck for quite some time following this incident and remained fearful he was now on ATF's radar (I think he was, but that's another story). Anyway, I agree this entire tragedy was grossly mishandled, resulting in an outcome that was far worse than Ruby Ridge. As one gun editor so eloquently and succinctly wrote after the affair died down, "Ultimately, it was a contest between a man who thought he was the son of God and a government that thought it was God."
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  17. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  18. Tattoos, beards, beer bellies, and criminal behavior. I'm old enough to remember when these were descriptions of the suspects.
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  19. “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
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  20. Given its occasional role as a bomber, you'd think the Bombay would have had a bomb bay.
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  21. I think he considered size when he said "equivalent". The Soviets had somewhere on the order of 400 divisions in total, which would equate to about 200 western divisions in size, so 120 -150 western equivalent divisions in Europe would have been about right. The quality of these units varied greatly, with the Guards units being rated equal to their western counterparts. At the tactical level, Soviet weaknesses would include inferior aviation fuel, electronics, air-ground coordination, and artillery fire control. At the operational level their lack of an effective Navy and advanced heavy bombers would have put littoral regions and key industry at severe risk. An even greater problem for Soviet forces was their logistical pipeline, which was overstretched and quite vulnerable. The greatest potential threat they faced, and one for which they had absolutely no defense or counter-capability, was atomic bombs. Their mere existence created a strategic problem for Stalin that would only be solved in 1949 when his scientists developed a Soviet bomb. The Soviets were well aware of this problem in 1942, which is why they developed such an effective spy apparatus in the USA and Great Britain. It successfully penetrated the Manhattan Project and saved the USSR years of research and development. What's particularly maddening is our own counterintelligence services knew about much of this but were hamstrung in trying to stop the penetrations. The resulting cold war, proxy wars, and Red Scare became hallmarks of the 1950s and 60s.
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  22. The First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade) should have been covered. The Marine Raiders were also left out.
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  23. I agree with your conclusion. Misfires were not uncommon in both flintlock and percussion firearms under field conditions. Test firing in a dry environment is not comparable to carrying a loaded pistol in a pocket on a rain-soaked day and then attempting to discharge it. It may be apocryphal, but I've been told Jackson cursed the man while beating him with his cane, claiming he could not tolerate a fool who did not know how to properly load a pistol. It certainly seems like something Jackson would say.
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  24. I read a book about the Los Banos Raid a few years back. It is a riveting story that beats anything Hollywood could have dreamed up. The debt we owe the Filipinos is only rivaled by the one we owe the Chinese, who suffered immensely for helping the Doolittle Raiders escape the clutches of the Japanese invaders in 1942. It's all history worth remembering.
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  25. In Soviet Russia you were either a sadist or a masochist. Everyone else suffered, emigrated, or died. Roskossovsky learned to love Big Brother.
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  26. My sister drove a Gremlin in high school. One Sunday afternoon it was parked alone on a quiet street in front of our grandmother's house. They were sitting on the front porch watching the empty road when another vehicle approached from the opposite direction, traveling slowly. Suddenly it crossed the median and smashed into her car before driving away. When our father found out, he was relieved nobody had been hurt, and doubly relieved it had been the Gremlin. It was the only family vehicle which had collision coverage. We concluded the driver must have been drunk or else he really hated Gremlins.
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  27. In October 2002 a group of Chechen militants seized a Moscow theater and took nearly 700 spectators and performers hostage. In the ensuing rescue operation, some 130 hostages died—mostly as the result of inhaling a narcotic gas released by security forces that was meant to incapacitate the Chechens.
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  28. My pick would be the 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal where the USS San Francisco joined the IJN in a game of who can put the most shells in the USS Atlanta.
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  29. One person who served on a converted yacht in the early days following the US entry into WWII was Ernest Borgnine. I've watched some videos of him talking about such duty and it was eye opening. The training and equipment they had was subpar. That any of these vessels survived the war must be attributed to the men who served aboard them and a bit of divine intervention.
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  30. Jonathan, I can add some details to your presentation. During the 1980s and 90s I did a fair amount of business with Olympic Arms and often dropped by their plant outside of Olympia, Washington on my frequent trips to that state. Offhand I don't recall the name Bell, but I did chat a lot with the founder and owner of Olympic Arms, Bob Schuetz. The company originally began as SGW (Schuetzen Gun Works) and over the years offered an array of new production firearms, parts, and accessories aside from their AR series. These included the Safari Arms 1911 pistol, a plastic framed version of the Whitney Wolverine 22 pistol, and a bolt action magnum rifle originally manufactured by Bauska as the BBK, but rebranded the UltraMag. The AR was their bread-and-butter, and at the time they were the only such manufacturer demonstrating any innovation. As a result, in the 1980s they created some unique AR-based firearms before such things became so commonplace as now. This included a 7.62x39 AR and a series of pistol caliber carbines and conversion kits in 9mm, 40 S&W, 45 ACP, and 10mm. I purchased and still have a couple of their early 9mm kits. I had Bob modify them by replacing the traditional plastic handguards and barrel nuts with steel free-floating handguards with integral barrel nuts. This allowed me to quickly change barrel configuration from 4" carbine to 10" carbine. As you correctly assessed, in early production kits and carbines they used STEN mags because they were readily available and cheap. These magazines did not have a piece of metal welded onto the rear of each magazine. Instead they fabricated an aluminum block which was inserted into the magazine well and retained in place by snapping into the original lower receiver magazine catch. The bottom of the insert protruded from the magazine well and held a spring-loaded lever that functioned similarly to an AK mag release. Each STEN mag was fitted with a small Fillister head screw in back that would snap over the top of the lever as you inserted it into the magazine well. This held them securely in place. How effective was this arrangement? To be fair, we are talking about STEN mags, so it really depended upon the quality of the mags an owner purchased. I presume there were some complaints because Bob also devised another setup that used unmodified Sterling L2A3 magazines. The aluminum insert for this setup was very similar to the one for the STEN but not interchangeable with it. This system did not last long because Sterling mags were not nearly so common or affordable, but I did acquire one of these kits as well. I believe it was in the early 1990s they began modifying STEN mags to the style used in your sample. This simplified the kit by eliminating the adapter block. What I do find curious about your rifle is the fact that it has a 20" barrel. All the ones I remember from their advertisements were carbine length or shorter and used bolt carriers without any lightening slots cut in them. A full rifle stock might necessitate a lighter bolt carrier because of the longer spring it uses. Of course, the company was willing to accommodate the end user with most any modification he sought. If you wish, I can email you pictures of my kits for reference.
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  31. IRONY: “This is the most tactless speech I have ever heard. The Germans are a stupid people. They always do the wrong thing.” (President Woodrow Wilson, Treaty of Versailles Conference, 1919)
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  32. Shows what too much carbon dioxide can do to a fella.
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  33. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Now how do I get back down?
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  34. End no-knock raids for all but the most life-threatening situations.
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  35. In 1978 Guns & Ammo ran a story on a massive revolver built by Bruce Woods. He used a shortened 460 Weatherby Magnum case and called it the .457 Super Magnum. If memory serves me correctly, he was getting rifle level performance out of this hand cannon. I think the revolver itself was called the Woods White Horse Magnum. He also made one in 45-70. I may still have the magazine in my collection.
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  36. ...except the Phoenix is supposed to rise from the ashes. Maybe the Japanese Defense Force has a new ship named the Taiho.
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  37. I prefer my ketchup shaken, not stirred.
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  38. You didn't mention Eddie Albert, Sterling Hayden, David Niven, or Anthony Quayle, who all served as spies or special operations officers. Jimmy Stewart's highest rank was Brigadier General. There was a myth he was a Major General which Ronald Reagan unintentionally helped propagate. When Reagan eventually learned the truth, he asked Stewart why he never corrected him. According to Reagan, Stewart responded, "Well, Dutch, because it sounded so nice when you said it."
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  39. My grandmother was an American visiting Germany in the early 20s. She met and married my grandfather in 1923. They continued to live in Berlin for a year or two before her family encouraged her to bring her new husband to America. Part of their concern was the German economy and part of it was concern over government stability and the rise of Nazism. It proved to be a wise decision.
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  40. I have learned over the years to trust Victor's analysis of history.
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  41. In the mid 1980s I went through a military acquisition program with an officer who had been assigned to the PA-48 evaluation program. He considered the airplane to be something of a cruel joke. The Mustang was very long in the tooth by then and Piper was having great difficultly keeping them in a serviceable state. I think your analysis of the problem and the ultimate "low cost" solution is correct.
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  42. When I was in Saudi Arabia in the 1980s I dated a Lebanese girl of Armenian extraction. She told me an extraordinary tale of her grandfather, who had been the chauffeur of a Turkish colonel embroiled in the genocide. According to her, the colonel fancied a beautiful young Armenian woman he had spotted along the road. He offered her a ride and ordered his driver to take them to a remote location in the countryside. He then dismissed the driver and proceeded to rape the girl. Her screams alerted the chauffeur to what was really happening and he became so enraged that he killed the colonel. He placed the now hysterical girl in the car and drove off. Knowing death awaited him for his actions, he chose to escape the country in the car before anyone could find out. Together they eventually reached Lebanon where they married and raised a family. Is this story true or exaggerated? I cannot say, but it was obvious she believed it. Given the horrendous behavior of the time, it certainly seems plausible.
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  43. My sister-in-law was part of the educated class who left Venezuela thanks to Chavez's heavy-handed and grossly incompetent leadership/dictatorship. Even though the country appears to have hit rock bottom, they are trying to dynamite the hole deeper.
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  44. The Battle of Britain would have looked even weirder if the slip-wing Hurricane had been fighting the Fw-159.
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  45.  @Algebrodadio  Soviet forces in 1941 were larger than German forces and had much better tanks, including the T-34 and KV1. But there is much more to an Army than its basic armament and size. When it came to training, leadership, and command and control, the Germans proved to be vastly superior to the Soviets. As a result, they crushed them in the first six months of the war. The Soviets responded by trading land for time. Eventually they got their act together, but it took a year or more before they could launch truly effective counteroffensives. By this point the Germans were way overextended on all fronts and beginning to fracture. When the war ended it was now the Soviets who were way overextended. I presume your statement that western forces in 1945 were smaller than the German forces in 1941 is predicated on the number of "boots on the ground" in Europe, because the US military alone in 1945 numbered exceeded 12 million men, dwarfing the German military at its zenith. The majority of them were not serving in Europe, and it is true that the total number of Allied troops immediately available there was certainly less than the number of Soviet forces present. However, all factors must be considered when planning a campaign. The Soviets had no adequate counter to Allied air and naval capabilities. Their focus was entirely on army and army air support operations (frontal aviation). This placed a premium on huge tank formations, massed artillery, ground attack aircraft, and wave infantry assault formations. Over half their soldiers were armed with submachine guns instead of rifles because of their emphasis on close assault. This lack of flexibility could be exploited by the west, especially since their logistics train was very long and difficult to maintain. Most Soviet equipment was inferior to American and British equipment, and the Soviet forces did not have sufficient forward basing of support and maintenance elements to keep their equipment running. Soviet tanks might have looked impressive with their heavy armor and large caliber guns, but our antitank capabilities could effectively neutralize it. Western Europe is not the plains of Russia, making massed armored assaults much more difficult to execute. The Soviets had another problem to contend with that the western countries did not. They were not seen as liberators by the nations they overran, meaning they had to devote much of their resources to internal security. Had the west attacked them in 1945 (as Patton wanted to do), the Soviets would have retreated quickly. The only question is how far they would retreat. Putting them back inside their own borders would have been sufficient. Going any further would have been a mistake unless we were willing to go nuclear. But the political reality of the day was that we had no desire to do this, nor did the American or British public want to drag the war on for another year. That's why we had the cold war for 44 years. It was not an ideal solution, but its the hand that history dealt us. All the rest is mere speculation.
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  46. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  47. My Mom's boyfriend, Fred, was assigned to 3rd Army HQ after he was wounded during a firefight which cost him his Sherman tank and crew. I once asked him what it was like working for Patton. He laughed and said he yelled a lot at the officers but left the enlisted men alone, which was fine with Fred, who was a sergeant.
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  48. Slightly more than 14 years after the incident I reached my first active duty assignment at the Medina Annex. I can assure you that the old hands working there were still talking about it. Whenever I told local San Antonio area residents where I was stationed, they would mention the incident, which took place in one of the more isolated areas of the Annex. On the few occasions when I drove to that side of the Annex I would look for the missing igloo. It wasn't hard to spot the grassy depression between the orderly rows of igloos. With the passing of time I doubt many people today know about it. Although it was not a lethal accident, the fact that so many of the buildings at Medina housed radioactive material at one time or another did result indirectly in fatalities of another kind. I personally knew two members of the Air Force Gunsmith School (now Combat Arms Training and Maintenance) who had operated for several years out of one such structure. They were the only men from the school who were still alive. The rest had succumbed to cancer while still in their fifties.
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  49. I wasn't even aware someone who was not a member of parliament could become prime minster.
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  50. I greatly appreciate how you integrate force capability with strategy, tactics, design, acquisition, training, logistics, industrial capacity, and manpower issues.
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  51. When I entered active duty in the US Air Force in 1978, we had a first sergeant who was a former Canadian RCAF Lancaster gunner from WWII. I estimated by now he had over three decades of combined service in the RCAF and USAF. He was a rather heavyset fellow who somehow managed to get a weight exemption and was able to avoid the annual physical training test. Instead, he was assigned to timing our mile and a half run. I suspect he derived some fiendish delight in watching so many officers sweat and grunt as some of us struggled to make our best time in the warm Texas sun. Oh well, I figured he'd earned his stripes the hard way, so I held no grudge.
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  52. My late friend, General Bob, flew P-38 intercept missions against the Japanese balloons. At the time the operation was top secret because the government did not want the Japanese to know any of their balloons had reached the US. He never shot one down, but did sink an enemy submarine that looked an awful lot like a whale. 🙂
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  53. I thought Professor Fate won that race. :)
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  54. Here's a thought. Let's do an exchange program with other countries. For each person they send us who wants to be free of government intrusion and prefers honest work in the private sector to government care, we'll send them ten people who love socialism and hate America. Such a deal.
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  55. Tell Ian at Forgotten Weapons. He may want to add these to the Ebonian Army table of allowances.
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  56. This is a refreshing change, seeing Officer Friendly behave so well, so politely, and so shrewdly. This video should be used for police officer training. I hope this cop makes chief someday. He'd certainly be head-and-shoulders above the ones who were chiefs when I lived in San Antonio during the Jurassic Age.
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  57. Yours is the most thorough retelling of the Makin Raid I have yet seen. Semper Fi!
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  58. Kudos for mentioning the long forgotten hero of China, Bob Short, and for covering the Demon. You may not be aware of this, but the Demon sired an offspring, the Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Falcon trainer. My Dad's best friend owned and operated one in north Florida when I was kid. At the tender age of six he took me up in it. I sat in my Dad's lap while Bill put the plane through its paces. What I remember most was how loud it was and how steeply it could climb. Sadly, Bill was killed in it a few years later when the engine stalled during takeoff due to insects (mud daubers) clogging his fuel line.
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  59. The French police need taller cars.
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  60. As I recall, the F-104 was designed to be an air superiority fighter, but often served as point defense interceptor. With such short legs, limited payload, and few missile options, I don't think it would have made a very practical escort fighter. The F-102 and F-106 were designed as ground radar guided strategic interceptors to shoot down the Russian Bears and would have made poor escort fighters. The F-105 was really a tactical nuclear bomber pressed into the fighter-bomber role. My own boss flew F-100s in Vietnam on fighter-bomber missions, a role it was not originally designed for. He considered it the last true Air Force fighter until the advent of the F-15. The F-4 did excellent yeoman service in whatever role it was pressed into. It had to be galling for the USAF to accept this Navy fighter because we didn't have anything comparable at the time (we did soon develop the F-4E with an internal gun and leading edge slats for greater maneuverability). This was largely blamed on the "bomber mafia" that had forever ruled the Air Force until about the time we left Vietnam. Once the "fighter mafia" completed their takeover, they pushed hard for the F-15 and F-16. I came on active duty in the middle of all this in 1978, almost a decade after the F-104 was retired from the USAF. I was initially stationed next to a Texas Air Guard unit that was flying the last of the F-100s. Within a year these were retired and replaced by F4D Phantoms. Five year later I watched as the very last F-105s, all Wild Weasels, landed at Kelly AFB to be turned into static displays and training aides for our Air Base Ground Defense program. Now they're all gone , these century series fighters, and much of the romance seems to have disappeared with them.
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  61. Bainbridge and Decatur figured largely in my early family life. My father was born to a prominent family in Bainbridge, GA, the seat of Decatur county. My great uncle built the Stephen Decatur Hotel there in 1942, where I later spent many Sundays visiting my great aunt, running about the hotel, working the switchboard, playing in the TV lounge, and having supper in the dining room. But most of all I remember the large portrait of Commodore Decatur in the hotel parlor. Now they are all gone but the memories, not even a footnote in the history guides.
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  62. My Dad's business partner flew the gunship version of the B-25 during WWII. He told me that when the 75mm cannon fired, it felt as if the plane stopped moving momentarily. The noise was so deafening to the crew that they never fired it again.
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  63. I remember being assured during the Falklands War that newer US Navy combat ships would have survived the Exocet damage because we had superior damage control systems, better defensive armament, and steel superstructures. Imagine my dismay when a few days later I sat in a briefing that quickly dispelled any such notions. I'm glad to see the Navy did respond quickly and positively to the threat.
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  64. Pride and arrogance can be more lethal than a well placed cannon ball.
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  65. Steve Lehto covered this yesterday on his channel, but he did not have a copy of the video or search warrant. He was of the opinion the detective colored the facts about where the cell phone ping really occurred in order to get the search warrant. I don't discount this theory, but I think your presentation is more accurate. It saddens me to think our local law enforcement agencies are mimicking the ATF these days. I'm glad nobody was physically harmed and I understand the ACLU is helping grandma with her lawsuits. Sic 'em, boys.
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  66. "They will live a long time, these men of the South Pacific. They had an American quality. They, like their victories, will be remembered as long as our generation lives. After that, like the men of the Confederacy, they will become strangers. Longer and longer shadows will obscure them, until their Guadalcanal sounds distant on the ear, like Shiloh and Valley Forge." James Michener, Tales of the South Pacific
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  67. He was the type of warrior every American should strive to emulate.
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  68. In other words, nothing has changed in Russia.
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  69. I never considered myself lucky when I discovered a baloney sandwich in my lunchbox. I do recall having to remove the red plastic ring before making cold sandwiches or frying it in a pan. It would always balloon up when fried. I'd cut slits in it and try to deflate it, but in the end I had a warped piece of deli meat. My wife spent her early youth in Detroit and enjoyed baloney purchased at the local deli. She still insists it was much better than the dreaded Oscar Mayer variety. It's all a load of baloney to me. I can afford to buy better lunch meat now. I don't know about a year from now.
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  70. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  71. Sounds like the pilot was tougher than the aircraft. I'm glad he survived.
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  72. In 1978 I worked with a man who lived through the Texas City disaster. In 1947 Dick was residing in Texas City after having survived two years of combat in the Pacific as an infantryman. He told me he as was watching the blaze from over a mile away when the ship exploded. His military instinct took over and he jumped flat onto the dirt. A man standing near him did not and was decapitated by flying debris. A similar disaster, but on a smaller scale, took place in my mother's hometown of Richmond, IN, in 1968, killing 41 people and destroying or damaging 20 buildings. We had visited this tranquil community of 44,000 residents only a year prior. Ever since the tragedy the population of Richmond has steadily declined and now numbers fewer than 36,000. It can happen anywhere, anytime . . . on a sunny day, on a sunny street.
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  73. I'm surprised nobody has made a movie about Benz and Bertha.
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  74. Yep, the video definitely speaks for itself. Shredding the Constitution one boot heel at a time.
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  75. Suspects name is Shamsud Din Jabbar. Must be Southern Baptist.
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  76. I have a couple books on the Thompson that mention this aircraft and include a few photos, but your information about the plane is more detailed. In the 1920s the Thompson Model 1921 sold for $200 - $225, so fitting out a Junkers with 30 of them would have cost well over $6000, or the equivalent of $112,000 today. This does not include the necessary modifications required or the cost of the 100 round C-drums. These drums were far less common than the 50 round L-drums because of the weight and bulk issue (8.25 lbs loaded). So equipped, a fully loaded Thompson would have weighed 19 lbs. Since the butt stocks were removed from at least 28 of the guns, the weight would be a little less, but the rigging necessary to hold them in place would bring that weight back up. The total load-out for 30 guns would be about 570 lbs. Sixty spare drums, fully loaded, would be an additional 495 pounds, bringing the total weapons load to 1065 lbs, a not insignificant sum in those early days of aviation. I don't see how 28 drum magazines could be swapped in four minutes even if the plane was stationary on the ground. This would equate to 8 1/2 seconds per gun. Assuming you had a container holding four drums (total weight at least 33 lbs), in 34 seconds you would need to grab the first box of drums from their storage rack, move to a row of guns, pull back the actuator knob on four guns, engage their magazine releases and slide out four empty drums, insert four loaded drums, stack the empty drums in the container, return it to the storage rack, and begin the process again. Now try doing this while the plane is bouncing around in the air. Swapping magazines would have been the least of your problems. The experiment failed due to a number of factors. Aiming was highly problematic, and the muzzle velocity of the 45 ACP round out of a Thompson barrel was only 920 fps. Compare this with the 2800 fps of a typical 30'06 bullet fired from a Browning machine gun. This meant the aircraft would have to fly danger close to its intended target if there was to be any hope of hitting a target, much less inducing a ballistically significant wound on the intended victims. I believe the Soviets attempted something similar and in typical Soviet fashion, went to even greater extremes.
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  77. The officers may have had a valid excuse in assuming he might be in trouble, but the detention that followed indicates they simply wanted to harass him.
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  78. Since a judge executive in Kentucky cannot sign a search warrant, who did sign it, or does a warrant actually exist? If it does exist and cannot be served after 10 PM, why was it served late, and why was it served by the city police instead of the county sheriff? And why did the police get the address wrong? Oh yeah, and why did they kill the homeowner?
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  79. Our family hardware business began in 1869 and ran through three generations and five stores, finally closing in the 1990s. In all that time we never faced a situation such as this. I hope you win your case all the way to the SCOTUS. Hopefully they will overturn Kelo v. City of New London (2005) in the process.
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  80. Big screen TVs, baby.
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  81. I'm part of the over 50 crowd and I don't have any war stories to share, but I do have some personal anecdotes. After I retired to rural Montana I decided I needed a bigger thumper to deal with any predators that got too close to my home, family, pets, or livestock. Over the course of a couple of years I engaged wolves, coyotes, and cougars at ranges from under 20 meters to over 100 meters with a scope mounted FAL in 7.62 NATO. The result of these encounters was apparently all misses. The FAL proved too awkward to swing and engage at close range, plus the scope made it difficult to judge where to aim. Even when using the scope at 100m meters on coyotes, I was missing them by a wide margin as they ran. My takeaway from this was a need for a light handy iron-sighted carbine, so I returned to using the AR15. While not ideal bear medicine (I have other long guns for them), the AR remains king of CQB and out to 250 meters without a need for any sight change or fancy optics.
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  82. "It's a jungle out there." "Where, the Congo?" "No, the Bronx."
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  83. I imagine many people must have gone after him in civil court. After all, who didn't want a Tweed suit back then?
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  84. Was there ever a braver or more determined crew than that of the SS Stephen Hopkins? Captain Buck was posthumously awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his actions, as was US Merchant Marine Academy cadet Edwin Joseph O'Hara, who single-handedly fired the last shots from the ship's 4-inch gun after everyone else had been killed. Navy reservist Lt. (j.g.) Kenneth Martin Willett, gun boss for the 4-inch gun, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. In my book every man on that shipped deserved the Medal of Honor.
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  85. Folks, you don't win the Medal of honor; you earn it. It's not a competition. As an aside, my Dad once met Eddie Rickenbacker and when he asked him how old he was, he replied, "I am 74 years young."
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  86. I served with a Marine major at SOCCENT (Special Operations Command Central) in the late 1990s. I regularly saw him in the latrine rubbing ointment on his bald head, so out of curiosity I finally asked him what it was for. He told me he had been asleep in the Marine barracks in Lebanon when the bomb went off and awoke buried in a pile of rubble. Ever since then he had to keep his scalp moist so tiny particles of still embedded concrete could escape.
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  87. The greatest threat to humanity is not war, disease, or famine. It is the unchecked bureaucrat, the gray man who operates invisibly among us, faceless and uncaring, devoid of soul, and devoted to the mantra that the process is the solution.
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  88. McNamara was brilliant and arrogant, making him his own worst enemy. He got as much wrong as he did right. His assessment of Boeing was probably correct. I spent four years working on an air defense program they honcho'd. It was beyond their level of expertise and it suffered for it.
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  89. I like the way this man thinks. 😜
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  90. I spent 30 years in the Air Force and was unaware of how serious were the early teething problems of the BUFF. I presume you know what the last "F" really stands for. 🙂 The last B-52 was manufactured in 1962. Many of the later models went through Kelly AFB for complete rebuilds and upgrades more than once. Boeing overbuilt them so well, that such a feat was made possible.
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  91. My late friend, Brig Gen Bob Clements, flew P-38s in the Pacific. After the war he flew P-51s. He preferred the P-38 because he had several Mustang engines seize up in flight, which isn’t a big problem with the P-38. He loved the Lightning so much that his moniker became P-38 Bob.
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  92.  @historiand9473  If size alone assured victory in battle, then world history would be far different than it is. Over 30 million Soviets did serve throughout the war, but never all at once. When you count the dead, MIA, captured, wounded, and those released from active service, the total Soviet forces available in 1945 was about 16 million. This still constituted the largest conventional military force in the world, but it was one which was highly imbalanced and focused almost exclusively on massive armored formations. The Soviet Air Force concentrated on close air support of the Army. The Soviet Navy was small and ineffectual. These forces were spread out over vast territories that were populated by people hostile to the Soviet regime. The Soviet supply system was barely able to sustain them. These were weaknesses the west could easily exploit through air and sea power. By the end of the war all military forces were seasoned and battle hardened, so this factor is a wash. As for the estimated 2.2 - 4.4 million Axis battle deaths, western Allies accounted for 400,000 of these, and the Soviets were responsible for all the rest, between 80% - 90% of total Axis loses through death. The western Allies accounted for the vast majority of Axis forces captured during the war, around eight million, while the Soviets captured about three million (some sources say closer to six million, but half died in captivity). The likely reasons for this imbalance include the Soviet penchant for shooting or starving POWs and the Axis soldier's desire not to be captured by them, therefore traveling great distances to surrender to western forces. The attrition rate between Soviet and Axis forces was 4 to 1. Based upon this figure alone, the USSR would need four times as many men as the western Allies in order to defeat them on land. They held at most a 2:1 advantage in the west in 1945 (without counting former Axis forces), and these soldiers were at the end of a very tenuous supply line. You mentioned that the west supplied only 10% of Soviet supplies but failed to note just how critical many of these supplies were to them. Among the most critical were aviation fuel additives and advanced electronics. With these supplies cut off, Soviet aviation and command and control would suffer greatly. Regarding civilian deaths, the American-British air campaign resulted in 350 - 500 thousand German deaths. During that same period Soviet forces killed an unknown number of civilians. Estimates run into the millions, but it is impossible to determine how many were the result of partisan executions, accidents, starvation, disease, or NKVD action. It is known that the NKVD executed 135,000 Soviet soldiers during the war. It's all academically moot because only the USA had nuclear weapons in 1945, and there is no way Stalin could have countered their use and he knew it. The USSR would have retreated without our need to fire a single shot if we had threatened him with them. We did not, and eastern Europe suffered under a 44 year reign of Soviet domination. Regarding North Korea, we did capture it, then China intervened. MacArthur had asked for permission to use nuclear weapons to attack Chinese airbases and staging areas. This was denied, making the war one of attrition. The Chinese rotated over half their military through Korea during the war and suffered higher casualty rates than in WWII. Chinese losses were 400,000. North Korean losses were estimated to be about 200,000. We lost 38,00 men in three years of fighting. Total UN loses were 200,000. Civilian deaths were 600,00 in North and a million in the South. In the end the old boundary line along the 38th Parallel was restored. Before you poke fun at history, try studying it more deeply.
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  93. Suspects name was Shamsud Din Jabbar. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, move along.
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  94. "They will live a long time, these men of the South Pacific. They had an American quality. They, like their victories, will be remembered as long as our generation lives. After that, like the men of the Confederacy, they will become strangers. Longer and longer shadows will obscure them, until their Guadalcanal sounds distant on the ear, like Shiloh and Valley Forge." James Michener, Tales of the South Pacific
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  95. "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford
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  96. My Mom's boyfriend, Fred, was assigned to Patton's staff after his Sherman was destroyed and he was wounded. He said Patton never bothered the enlisted men, but often cursed out the more senior officers. Fred was a sergeant, so he was safe.
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  97. Our systems also had issues and on at least one occasion in the 1970s an alert was sounded when two simultaneous test launches were detected in the USSR. My office mate had been one of the Minuteman crew commanders on duty when this incident occurred. As he put it, this was either the beginning of Armageddon or the most intense unannounced drill they had ever gone through. He was sweating bullets and one or two steps from launching his nukes when the stand-down message arrived. God only knows how many close calls both sides had during the 45 year cold war. Thanks for telling this story about a man I had never heard of before now.
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  98. I had the honor of dining one evening with the Brigadier and staff of the Household Calvary while they were deployed under field conditions in Egypt during exercise BRIGHT STAR 98. I tip my hat to the British Army, perhaps the world's most experienced campaigners. They know how to go to war in style. What they took afield would baffle any American expeditionary planner.
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  99. TR was also a progressive and most eager to enter America into WWI.
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  100. Via el catsupo!
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  101. Simon, you left out what may be the only successful combat use of airborne tanks after WWII. That was the insertion by parachute of ten M551 Sheridans by USAF C-141 Starlifters during Operation Just Cause (the 1989 invasion of Panama). My brother was the navigator on one of these ten Starlifters.
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  102. I've read a long account of this journey before, but your retelling is much appreciated. I do think it would make a grand adventure movie, assuming Hollywood didn't go Titanic on it.
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  103. "We decided we were stronger together than apart." This theme seems to be losing some of its appeal today.
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  104. That was not General Cota at 18:40. That was actor Robert Mitchum playing Cota in the movie The Longest Day.
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  105. From moped to mo-dead.
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  106. It must be gut-wrenching to research and tell these stories, but they deserve to be remembered. Thank you.
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  107. Why do they keep showing these young teen photos of him?
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  108. I learned more about John Quincy Adams in five minutes than was taught to me in all my history and civics classes.
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  109. Sounds like they all were mad as a hatter.
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  110. In the 1980s I worked with the Department of Defense security dog training program at Lackland AFB, TX. They trained all the dogs used by the federal government. We had dogs which failed to complete their certification and were at risk of being destroyed. The most common reasons were runaway behavior and refusal to release their bite on command. I acquired some shock collar devices which were used to correct their behavior. The dog in this video would not have been certified or would have lost his certification. Perhaps West Virginia has lower standards, but I can't see how this could be ethical.
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  111. The fascinating history of everything and anything.
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  112. "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war." - Winston Churchill
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  113. As a kid in the 1960s I remember watching Van Johnson in the 1951 movie "Go For Broke" where he played a platoon leader who is initially distrustful of the Nisei under his command. The film is notable for also starring six 442nd veterans and for showing the racism the Nisei faced, as well as their own internal cultural differences (islanders vs. mainlanders). It's a movie worth watching.
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  114. It didn't help that conservative US Congressman Larry McDonald (D-GA), who was also president of the strongly anticommunist John Birch Society, was killed on that flight. Yes, there used to be such a thing as conservative Democrats.
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  115. "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife" - Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1921)
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  116. An unexpectedly emotional and somewhat tragic backstory to the books.
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  117. In the 1980s I became associated with a colorful character by the name of Vito Cellini. He was born in America of Italian immigrants, but his family moved back to Italy when he was still a young boy. Nevertheless, Vito rightfully considered himself an American. During WWII he was drafted into the Italian Army and sent to fight in the Balkans. Vito was very disgusted by the behavior of many Italian troops, so he stole a light machine gun and a motorcycle, then headed into the mountains to join the Partisans. He fought with them until November 1943, by which time he longed to return to Italy and check on his extended family. He was finally able to cross the Adriatic Sea in a small cargo vessel and arrived at Bari the day after the devastating Luftwaffe raid. Vito saw firsthand the carnage the Germans had created and he mingled among the many people still suffering from the effects of mustard gas, though at the time nobody understood what was happening. Over seven decades later he described this incident and much more in a biography of his life.
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  118. If they ever build another large warship, I think they should name it Godzilla.
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  119. Don't mess with Texas or Texas Rangers.
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  120. I get the impression we reassigned our incompetent admirals to shore duties while the Japanese reassigned their competent admirals to shore duties.
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  121. There's no telling where that confounded jazz will lead us. I see no good coming from it.
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  122. "We can contend with evil that men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect us from what they do in the name of good." - Herodotus, from his third essay
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  123. I never stole a tank, but when I was about seven years old my grandmother left me on a playground in Bainbridge, GA, which was next door to what I think was the local National Guard Armory. In those days there was a Tank Company from the 121st Infantry Regiment assigned to them. They had what I think were M103 heavy tanks (120mm guns) parked there unattended. I started climbing on them and discovered a hatch had been left unsecured. As a result I was able to crawl around inside the vehicle and pretend I was Sgt Saunders from the TV series Combat!. I found it very roomy, but I was probably no more than four feet tall at the time. Ten years later I was marching in our high school ROTC unit behind a couple of these massive beasts as we paraded down the main street of the Florida state capitol. I believe these 60 ton monsters belonged to the 8th Tank Battalion (4th Marine Div) of the Tallahassee Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Tallahassee, FL and were about to be retired.
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  124. I learned about him only a week ago when a friend sent me an article on his life. Amazing how the internet still can spread good stories quickly amidst its usual noise.
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  125. There are liars, damned liars, and FBI statistics.
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  126. The Soviet intercept theory strikes me as being preposterous for a host of reasons, not the least of which is the impossibility of arranging a controlled crash in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night. An accident is a much more plausible theory. During this same time period my Dad was aboard a C-124 in Alaska. He was a young Air Force B-29 engine mechanic heading home on leave when one of the massive Pratt & Whitney R4360 radial engines caught fire. Dad quickly donned his parachute in anticipation of a bailout over the rugged terrain, but an old master sergeant told him to settle down and let the crew handle it. Sure enough, the pilot was able to smother the flames and they continued on to their destination using the power of the remaining three engines. Dad was always wary of Globemasters after than (not that the B-29 was any safer or reliable). Whatever the cause of their demise, may God grant them eternal peace.
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  127. Despite their sacrifices, particularly during the first six months of the war, the US government still has not granted VA benefits or similar privileges to the US Merchant Marines of WWII even though they were granted former WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots).
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  128. Suspicious cable cutting in the Baltic Sea. Better call Sal.
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  129. It is regrettable that there has never been a movie made about these men and these times.
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  130. Were any underwater cables severed in the execution of this accidental collision?
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  131. Herein we see one of the unintended consequences of modern society's morals and laws. In the past you could defend your property with deadly force. Now you risk prison time for doing so. Any advantage given to the criminal comes at the expense of the victim.
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  132.  @scallopohare9431  How do we know that is true? Indeed, how would you know that is true? Our minds often recall details inaccurately, and as times passes we tend to reshape and merge memories without ever realizing it. For example, I recall the Swedish authorities arresting a crazy Muslim foreigner and prosecuting him for the crime, just as I remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison.
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  133. A pony is just a horse with a Napoleon complex.
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  134. We never called it S-A-C. We always called it SAC (pronounced "sack").
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  135. I'm a retired logistics planner. Your report appears spot-on to me.
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  136. Shortest presidential campaign in history.
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  137. My brother was a USAF C-141 Starlifter navigator in 1991 and had to evacuate American military families from Clark Air Base in the Philippines following the Mt Pinatubo disaster. Each person was allowed to bring two suitcases with them. Everything else was left behind for local scavengers to salvage (steal). We ended up closing Clark AB and the US Navy base at Subic Bay. These peacetime losses dwarfed the damage done at the Pompeii airfield in 1944.
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  138. Damn, that neighbor acted like it was no big deal. I noticed he didn't offer any first aid either.
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  139. A line from Peter Hart's "Gallipoli" seems appropriate when discussing the MK14 torpedo debacle. ". . . if they typified any . . . trait, it was a lunatic persistence in the face of the obvious."
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  140. I'm a native Floridian and grew up during this period. I was in military school in Deland, FL in 1971 when Walt Disney World first opened. The commandant of our school announced we would be going there by bus. You should have heard the cheers that aroused. The place had only been open a short while and half the rides did not work, but we had a blast. I can still hear "It's a small world after all" ringing in my ears almost 50 years later (Will somebody stop the music!). After we returned from our day trip, the commandant somberly announced the school would be closing due to a lack of funds. Such much fun and misery in a single day.
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  141. Seeing the photos of Dr. George Hodel and learning of his potential involvement in the Black Dahlia murder reminded me of a child murder case in San Antonio, TX several decades back. It too remained unsolved, though the police did have a strong suspect in a former colleague of mine. However, there was never quite enough evidence to successfully prosecute him and the case was eventually abandoned by the DA. What bothers me now are the similarities I see between Hodel and my former associate. He too had a doctorate, though in psychology, but more disturbingly, he bore a strong resemblance to the man. I realize these are not valid reasons to suspect him, but I've long harbored the thought that he might be the killer. This video unexpectedly brought these suspicions back to my conscious memory.
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  142. I see the makings of a whole new series titled "Life with Indie" .
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  143. Simon, THANK YOU for not saying "Congressional" Medal of Honor or using the terms win and winner. Your descriptions were most accurate as presented.
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  144. In the 1980s I was hosting a small arms demonstration at Lackland AFB for the USAF Security Police when I spotted an airman who was a dead-ringer for my kid brother. I had a 35mm camera with me and photographed him. I still have this photo, and whenever I have shown it to family members and friends, they find it hard to believe it isn't my brother. I chalk it up to the law of probability rather than supernatural hocus pocus.
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  145.  @Hero.Lone-Wolf  I have little doubt the Soviets were planning both defensive and offensive operations against the west in 1945. This would have been expected. We had plans before WWII to attack and capture Canada in case the UK surrendered (something that many people thought likely). The whole purpose of a plan is to determine what is and is not feasible. The fact that the plan was labeled "Unthinkable" indicates there was no real desire to execute it, but we weren't entirely sure what Soviet intentions would be after the fall of Germany, so having a plan is a wise move. When you say "no one can defeat Soviet Union" you need to be more specific. There were four conventional ways to counter the USSR in 1945. They included holding the line where it stood, pushing the Soviets out of eastern Europe, invading the western part of Russia, or occupying all of Russia. There would have been no reason to occupy all of Russia, and it would not have been feasible. Occupying western Russia would have been feasible but undesirable because it would have led to an unending war of attrition as Russia rightfully tried to recapture its sovereign territory. Pushing the Soviets out of eastern Europe was militarily quite feasible but had no political support in the US or UK. This would have happened only if the Soviets had tried to take all of Europe. In such a scenario there would have been very strong political will to stop them. We very likely would have rearmed Germany and turned them into an ally to defend western Europe, but I doubt we would have allowed them to accompany us as we pushed east in a counter-thrust to end the Soviet domination of eastern Europe. The fact that we alone had the ability to build more A-bombs, and were doing that, would have convinced Stalin that the prudent move would be to retreat to his own borders rather than fight. The Soviet Union was at the zenith of its conventional power, but it had been terribly mauled by four years of combat with the Axis. The lands retaken were scorched and in ruins. The Soviets wasted no time stripping Germany of its industry and shipping it back east to offset its many losses. By comparison, the USA had been virtually untouched and was continuing to produce ever greater quantities of war materiel. In the Battle of the Bulge the American forces were caught by surprise in what was supposed to be a quiet sector of the front. Typical of a surprise, this led to instances when some troops panicked. They were green and had not seen any combat. But this situation quickly remedied itself when wiser heads took charge. From the start the Germans faced stiff resistance in the north and were not able to achieve their initial goals there. The rumor of the massacre of American PoWs at the Malmedy crossroads on 17 December, spread like wildfire and stiffened the spines of many soldiers who then decided to stand and fight where they were. Within a week the situation had stabilized and by Christmas it was reversed and the Germans began their retreat. There was concern by American generals that the Germans might reach Antwerp, and a rumor was started by a captured German officer that Eisenhower and Montgomery were being targeted by Otto Skorzeny's commandos for assassination or capture. This rumor was take seriously because Skorzeny was the man considered responsible for liberating Mussolini from his captors in 1943 (actually it was German paratroopers, but the SS hogged all the glory). As a result, Ike was forced to spend a few days around Christmas under heavy security. He was so angered by it that he finally said to hell with it, if the Germans wanted to kill him, let them try. When Montgomery learned of the rumor, he boldly went forward to the American sector in his staff car, only to be arrested by US soldiers who did not recognize him. It has been reported that Eisenhower was quite amused by the incident, saying it was the best thing Skorzeny was ever responsible for. This must be the loose bowels you were talking about, except it isn't true. Bu contrast, how many times during 1941 and 42 did mass panic and surrender take place among Soviet forces? How many millions of Soviet soldiers died or were captured as a result? France fell in 1940 because the French were still fighting the last war and dismissed the notion the Germans could go around their fixed fortifications. Unlike Russia, they could not trade land for time to regroup after realizing their massive mistake. Their presumed superiority in arms was a lie. Technically, they had more tanks than the Germans, but a huge number of these were of WWI vintage. The French had poured everything into the Maginot Line, and realized after Poland was quickly captured that they lacked enough modern armor and modern aircraft to effectively counter the Germans. They tried to rapidly modernize their ground and air forces in 1939, but it was too little, too late. They had squandered a window of opportunity to attack the Germans while they were preoccupied with Poland, but the French suffered from divided leadership and their will was lacking. When the French surrendered in 1940, only a portion of the country was occupied. The whole of France would not be occupied until 1942, as a response to the Allied invasion of Tunisia. If you want to poke fun at the French, be my guest. I take the position of Patton when he said, " I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me." The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was something Stalin had agreed to earlier in the war, once Germany was defeated. It was not necessary for a US victory over Japan because by that point the Japs had no way of bringing their forces home from China and Manchuria. They were bottle up there and we had the waters around Japan completely saturated with ships and subs. There is little doubt the Japanese feared the coming invasion by all Allied forces, but they were preparing for it. The whole nation was ready to die for the Emperor. The idea that they would fight to the death against American invaders but were afraid of Soviet invaders makes no sense. The A-bomb showed them the absolute futility of fighting on. We no longer had to invade them. We could continue to systematically destroy their cites with fire bombs or A-bombs. The invasion, if it came, would still be a bloodbath. The timing of the A-bomb attacks and the Soviet capture of Manchuria collectively formed a one-two punch that convinced Japan to supersede unconditionally.
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  146. I do like some of Dali's work, but it seems as though the surrealists ranged between nutty and nuttier.
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  147. One of my ROTC instructors came to us directly from the C-141 product improvement program that resulted in the B version (which my younger brother would later serve aboard as a navigator). He told our class that when he began work on the upgrades he encountered a problem engineers were having with a lubrication oil delivery system. Someone had decided the plane needed to remain airborne over 24 hours, so this required developing a reserve oil reservoir and the means to pump it where needed. He was a pilot, not an engineer, but he quickly realized the team was designing a Rube Goldberg device. He pointed out that there was no place in the world where a C141 would have to fly that would take 24 hours to reach, so why were they wasting their time on this project goal? The powers-that-be eventually agreed with his logic and the entire system was scrapped, saving weight, cost, and sanity.
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  148. After 100 years, NY is now required to comply with the Constitution.
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  149. It reminds me of the assassination of Albert Patterson, a disabled WWI hero, lawyer, and crusading reformer who fought political corruption and organized crime in Phenix City, Alabama until he was murdered shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for Alabama Attorney General in 1954 (making him a shoe-in for AG). So outraged were citizens of the state that the governor sent in the National Guard and declared martial law. Over 700 people were indicted for various crimes, of which 400 were convicted and paid fines or served some time, but three of them were charged with the murder of Patterson. This included Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller, Circuit Solicitor (district attorney) Arch Ferrell, and most stunningly, State Attorney General Si Garrett. Only Fuller was convicted, while Garrett never went to trial, having committed himself to a mental asylum in Texas to avoid prosecution. While there his mental condition deteriorated to the point that he was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. In the end Albert Patterson's son, John, was elected state AG and later became governor. A 1955 movie of these events, "The Phenix City Story", is brutally heart-stomping reenactment of the actual events.
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  150. The Chief of Naval Operations was Admiral Ernest King.
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  151. “I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a reason for withdrawing from a friend.” - Thomas Jefferson If only Americans today felt such congeniality, what a happier and stronger nation we would be.
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  152. It's the same with road guards and traffic lights.
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  153. I live in Montana. We are the second or third largest state in terms of the percentage of residents who have served in the military. You're right about the name, though. It's even worse if you consider the fate of the last of the four ships named after our capitol city, Helena. Next to the Lewis & Clark Library in that city is a small park where rests an anchor, propeller, and bell to commemorate the four cruisers named Helena and the 168 men lost on the last one when she went down in 1943 after having survived damage at Pearl Harbor and two major engagements with the Japanese in the South Pacific in 1942.
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  154. If your country does end up with Chinese aircraft, I believe you will suffer from buyer's remorse in the long run. This has been the case with Russian aircraft in the past because the technical support packages that came with them were not sufficient to maintain the fleets. This has much to do with Russia's logistics philosophy which dictates the return of aircraft to the factory for both intermediate and depot level maintenance and upgrade. I don't know if the Chinese follow this same practice, but I do know their production standards and ability to deliver in a timely manner are questionable. Also, the CCP will use any opportunity, including favorable loans, gifts, and bribery, to worm their way into a country so they can establish a base of operation from which to exploit the host country. One way to tell if this is their plan is to look at their technical package. Does it include a lot of spare parts, test equipment, tools, and on-site training for your Air Force technicians? Will they provide you with data packages that allow you to repair and fabricate your own components? The Chinese play the long game and have suckered a number of countries in recent years. I know the Philippines has had their fill of them. Caveat emptor!
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  155. Sometime here isn't right. We have a SOFA (status of forces agreement) with Japan which covers such issues. The US military would have to agree to his arrest in order for the Japanese authorities to detain him and our government would become involved in the case.
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  156. As an officer I was told to never accept an Article 15 because it is a career killer. For the enlisted it normally is not. It is a pity there was no positive outcome to your story. Covering for another guy may seem noble, but the risk remains that the same guy may foul up worse in the future and the cost to somebody will be more than two weeks of picking up trash.
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  157. I can't fully embrace either theory, but I agree that both were factors to some degree. When the Great War ended, the victors pretty much picked up their marbles and went home, leaving a political vacuum where once there had been stable governments. But equally important, the vanquished were people not familiar with self-government, but they were familiar with, even comfortable with a degree of autocratic centralized rule. The more brutal their respective former governments had been, the more willing they were to acquiesce to or endorse violence themselves. They were promised freedom, but what the majority most wanted was stability. Their fears of famine, joblessness, economic ruin, and Bolshevism were well justified, especially after the ruinous terms of the Treaty of Versailles were forced upon them. One did not have to be clairvoyant to see where all this eventually would lead.
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  158. Will Hollywood be releasing a movie version of "How the Cold War was Fun"?
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  159. I had to endure Jimmy Carter as governor when I was in college, then as President after I graduated and went into the Air Force. He has always portrayed himself as an honest, down-to-earth peanut farmer. I know better. It helped that a former governor of Georgia, Marvin Griffin, was a close family friend of ours. He once confided in me an incident about the real political of nature of Carter that I have no reason to doubt is true. Just thinking about the good men we lost in the aborted Iran rescue mission still makes me mad as Hell.
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  160.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  The Air Force sees no reason to speak a foreign language just so the hired help will understand us.
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  161. Last year I built an early Colt style Dissipator using a hodgepodge of new and retro parts, including a 16" pencil barrel, A1 stock, C7 upper receiver (A1 style upper with A2 brass deflector), triangle handguards, and a full length rifle gas system. Getting it to cycle reliably required some experimentation to find the right balance of buffer, buffer spring, and BCG. One of the tricks I learned was to use a standard length buffer, but with its metal weights replaced with light plastic. The end result was the softest shooting AR I've ever owned. It's also one of my handiest and lightest ARs. I suspect any of the AR makers could develop something like it, though I would recommend installing an 18" barrel as an added precaution.
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  162. At age 16 my grandmother took her first airplane ride on a dare. That was in 1917. While she never developed a love for aviation, my Dad did. He even once restored a 1929 Curtiss Robin (shown in my logo). Roscoe Turner once contacted him about purchasing it. I don't know what became of that letter.
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  163. Who doesn't love indecisiveness in a presidential candidate?
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  164.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Yes, it was, but Americans back then understood how important such censorship was to our survival and victory. If only this patriotism had extended to turning out the lights at night along the seaboard, how many more merchant seamen would have survived the war?
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  165. The F35, like the Global Hawk (one of my staff officers called it the Global Dork), had very long development periods and many teething problems before they became effective weapon systems. This is typical of cutting edge technology. If I had to pick a currently operational sh*t aircraft, it would be the Boeing V-22 Osprey. After 35 years of development, you'd think the bugs would be worked out of it, but no, the fleet has once again been grounded.
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  166. "Truth comes out through argument, open debate." We have an entire generation of youth who don't want debate because all they ever received was indoctrination. They can't respond effectively to debates so they ban it or shout it down.
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  167.  @ivanvoronov3871  The United States Amy Air Force was the most advanced and powerful in the world. The USSR had no way to effectively counter it or a nuclear strike. Soviet leadership was very pragmatic and rational when it came to matters of political survival. They would have chosen retreat over annihilation of their central authority. This does not mean the Soviets would have capitulated to any or all western demands. What they would have done is traded land for time and try to delay this as much as possible with extended negotiations. The west would have been satisfied with their troops returning to the Russian border. The Soviets would then have developed a nuclear force of their own while simultaneously trying to undermind and topple the newly formed Balkan and central European states through propaganda, terrorism, and any other means short of invasion. In the end communism would still collapse, but the Russian desire for buffer states against foreign invasion would remain as strong as it does today. Given Russia's history, I can't see them ever deviating from this desire, regardless of their form of government.
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  168. Early in my military career I had a chance to buy one of Vorbeck's slouch hats, but the asking price was beyond my meager means at the time. I only knew who he was because a college classmate had been a huge fan of his due to his interest WWI history.
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  169. I'm a regular viewer of your program, but this one touched me in a personal way and brought back memories from my early youth. It's hard to believe it has now been over a century since WWI ended. I say this because I can clearly remember, as a small boy, visiting my grandparents in Tampa, Florida every summer. During The Big One my Grandpa had served aboard a Navy minesweeper as a boatswain's mate. After the war he joined the American Legion, serving in a variety of capacities, including Post Commander. Forty years later he remained quite active and still served as a committee member at American Legion Post 5, USS Tampa, on Bay Shore Boulevard. The Post was named after the USS Tampa, in honor of a Coast Guard cutter which was sunk with all hands to a German U-boat in WWI. This was the largest loss of life of US Navy personnel to known enemy action in WWI, and because so many of the crew were Coast Guard, this tiny service suffered the greatest loss of life per size of any branch of service. Being a Navy veteran of the same war, Grandpa always tried to honor and remember these men. Almost every day would find us at the Post, where there was always something exciting for a kid to do. I pretty much had free run of the place, so at any given moment I might be sitting on the old torpedo near the flag pole, helping scrape old paint off the building, shooting pool and sharing a "short" beer with Grandpa (I was about five years old), or watching a few veterans play cards and chat with Grandpa, whom they called Sam. At the end of the day I'd help him fold the American flag and put it away. He was always very serious when we did this, and he taught me how to properly fold and respect the flag, and why it was so important. On membership night I'd help out in the bar (I got pretty good at working the tap and sliding long neck bottles of Budweiser and Busch-Bavarian beer down the slick waxed surface of the bar). Each month the wives prepared large dinners for the great hall, and entire families would show up to participate in the always popular BINGO night, with everyone sitting below the beautifully haunting stained glass memorial of the USS Tampa. On quieter evenings, I would sit on the Post 5 veranda with my grandparents, slowly swaying in the rocking chairs, while watching the lights of ships as they entered and left the harbor, the smell of salt air strong in the warm evening breeze. I loved that old Legion Hall, and each visit there brought a new experience to my young eyes. About the only place I recall being off limits was the second floor, so naturally curiosity got the better of me, and not yet able to read and heed the sign chained across the creaky old staircase, I once sneaked upstairs to discover a musty room full of WWI era parade rifles sitting in wooden racks. Next to them were two old machine guns that now lay silent, coated with years of dust. Like the torpedo, the machine guns were defunct and forgotten relics, but the rifles still performed a solemn duty whenever the Legionnaires were asked to provide an honor guard for the funeral of a comrade, and during Memorial Day services, where they would thunder loudly as a volley of blanks was discharged to salute the fallen. They're all gone now, the veterans, their wives, even the old post itself. Another post was built some years later in a new location. Presumably, they still have the torpedo and the memorial. As for me, I will always have the memories. Thanks, Grandpa.
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  170.  @scallopohare9431  I'm also a fossil from the Jurassic Age when rote memory was a common learning technique. The problem is, unless there is audio and/or video documentation, we have no way of proving or knowing our recollections are accurate. Few people possess such cognition and recall skills. Are we 50% accurate, 80%, 99%?
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  171. In case nobody mentioned it already, there is the memoir of a P-39 pilot in the Pacific titled "Nanette: Her Pilot's Love Story".
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  172. You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war. - Churchill
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  173. I was working at CENTCOM when the USS Cole was attacked. For quite some time prior to that event the nation of Yemen had been declared a terrorist haven, but the US State Department had softened its stance on the country. Even so, I was surprised when I read a message in 1998 or 1999 that stated US Navy vessels would begin making port calls for refueling. At the time I asked one of our Navy staff if he considered this a wise decision, given that nation's past record. He shook his head, shrugged, and pointed upstairs. Like all important matters, these decisions were made well above our pay grades by people who were looking at the "big picture". That picture did not seem to include a proper risk assessment, nor did it incorporate lessons learned from the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon or the 1996 bombing of the USAF barracks in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, when the Cole arrived in port, her gun crews were held to absurdly strict rules of engagement which prevented any proactive defense of the ship. The rest is history. When I think of all the avoidable tragedies that occurred during my 30 years of service, the biggest takeaway has been how often complacency kills (and how few are ever held accountable for it).
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  174. The heroic action of the crew of Liberty ship Stephen Hopkins deserves more that passing mention. In the short but fierce close range battle the crew of Stephen Hopkins fought back with incredible valor despite being greatly outgunned. As the Armed Guard crew of the ship's lone 4-inch (102 mm) gun fell, volunteers replaced them, including US Merchant Marine Academy cadet Edwin Joseph O'Hara, who single-handedly fired the last shots from the ship's 4-inch gun before he too was killed. O'Hara and Captain Buck were both posthumously awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for their actions. Navy reservist Lt. (j.g.) Kenneth Martin Willett, commander of the Armed Guard detachment which originally manned the ship's 4-inch gun, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The fifteen survivors of the attack spent a month at sea in a lifeboat before finally reaching Brazil.
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  175. Move over Lassie and Rin-Tin-Tin; there's a real law dog in town.
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  176. No, it would be a mistake making it a felony charge because it would only create another criminal case to prosecute. A more feasible solution is to make it grounds for automatic dismissal of all charges (assuming the equipment was determined not to be faulty). In this situation a sheriff or police chief is going to be far more pissed at an officer who turns off his bodycam because it affects his leadership directly and indirectly affects his job security.
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  177.  @JMAC479  Why do you find it necessary to mock and lie?
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  178. My late cousin was a slave laborer in the last year of the war. She was assigned the duty of assembling electronic components for the V1 flying bomb. She told me she sabotaged as many parts as she thought she could get away with. The guards were dumb schmucks who couldn't tell a working part from a defective one, and most likely were just glad not to be serving in combat units. Their job was to intimidate and control the prisoners, so they were given standing orders to shoot anyone who violated the rules, such as smoking. Despite this fact she often would snatch cigarette butts from the floor that the guards dropped, then hide them up her sleeve. When the guard wasn't looking she'd take a quick puff and hide it again. I was appalled that she took such grave risks, but she simply shrugged and said, "When the penalty for any infraction is death, you really stop worrying about it. You know they're going to kill you someday, so the threat has little impact." If this attitude was endemic to slave laborers throughout the Reich, I can see how small acts of sabotage could have great consequences. By the way, if you ever decide to buy a Fieseler Storch light observation plane, make sure it isn't one of the French built ones. According to legend the French workers urinated in the glue to weaken the binding of the wooden airframe. As another aside, I once owned a Belgium made FN Hi power pistol with German proof marks. It was manufactured during the Occupation and had a large chuck of steel missing from inside the bottom of the slide. The pistol worked fine but I often wondered when and how that defect occurred.
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  179. A lot of fighter pilots badmouthed the Falcon as unreliable. Thanks to field modifications ordered by Colonel Robin Olds during the Vietnam War, the AIM-9 Sidewinder largely replaced the AIM-4 Falcon in relatively short order. Like many others, I shared this low opinion of the AIM-4 when I entered active duty in 1978. By this point the Falcon was slowly being phased out, but its tarnished reputation remained. During my first assignment I was tasked with supervising the writing of airmen promotion tests. We would bring in senior NCOs each month who were technical experts in their chosen Air Force Specialty Code. One of the teams I supervised was composed of air-to-air missile technicians, so it wasn't long before I asked them why the Falcon was so undependable. One of the NCOs had served under Robin Olds in Vietnam and he shook his head at my comment, then responded by saying, "Lieutenant, there was nothing wrong with the reliability of the AIM-4. We caught hell from the pilots, but we told them they were employing them incorrectly. The missile was doing exactly what it was designed to do." I want to thank you for setting the record straight about the how the Falcon missile system worked and why this led to its poor success rate. Maybe a few old retired missile techs are nodding their heads in approval.
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  180. You mowed me over with this one. I suffered from a lawnmower accident at 16, and have despised the chore ever since. When I retired I decided not to have a lawn, and instead made a large rock garden with flowers, shrubs, waterfalls, and ponds. Beyond that are pastures and trees. My biggest problem now is keeping the grass at bay, which is accomplished by a combination of weed blocker, mulch, hand weeding, grass trimmers, and horses. It's more irritating and slower than mowing, but I only have to do the manual labor a couple times, once in the spring and again in the summer. if only somebody would invent a weeding robot.
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  181. My Grandpa was a railroad man during WWI and exempt from the draft, but he quit his job to join the US Navy. He served on a mine sweeper as a coxswain, then after the war he was very active in the American Legion. He was always proud of his WWI Navy service, and I was always proud of him. At the age of five he taught me the manual of arms with my Kaydet toy rifle. He, and men like him, were my inspiration for becoming a career Air Force officer. Watching this presentation, I see a bit of Grandpa in all of those sailors, and I am so very grateful that you have included them as a part of history that deserves to be remembered.
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  182. He's not a real judge. His title is judge executive. It's an elected post in KY and more akin to county manager.
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  183.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  That's about the size of it. Romantic as the notion was, such thinking will only get you killed that much faster in the modern world. There is no such thing as a civilized age where war is concerned.
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  184. When I was in college in the mid 1970s I took a couple of photos of the Akutan Zero. It was rusting away in the backyard of a small private museum in downtown Atlanta. I compared the numbers on it with historical documents in the college library and they matched. About a year ago someone told me I was mistaken and this was a different Zero that has since been sold to a warbird museum on the west coast and is awaiting restoration. I don't know who is right, so if anyone has additional information, feel free to chime in.
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  185. I agree with Manning's assessment of Earhart's flying skills. In aviation circles Noonan is remembered by some for his pioneering work, while Earhart is seen as a socialite amateur pushed by her wealthy husband beyond her abilities.
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  186. Small world. My Dad trained as an aircraft A&E mechanic at Spartan before joining the Air Force in 1947. My Air Force career began almost to the day Robin Olds' career ended. He was a fighter pilot's fighter pilot and an idol to us young wannabe lions. I also think he was one of the last of the old breed of career cockpit jocks. The USAF has long frowned on promoting officers who follow a single career path. Men like Jimmy Doolittle, John Boyd, and Chuck Yeager will be hallowed forever, but I doubt they will ever be duplicated. The technocrat and budding A.I. have replaced them. God save us all.
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  187. Decades ago I watched a documentary on the Vietnam War, which contained a scene showing an Army LT COL sitting on an emergency room operating table, calmly discussing with the surgeons the need to remove one of his legs which had nearly been blown off. He then sat back and let them proceed. While I have never suffered such a grievous wound, I have received several violent non-combat injuries that required immediate action. At first there was no pain, perhaps due to shock and disbelief. Then instinct took over and I did what I must to reach medical aid. Only later did I experience pain (quite a bit of it), but thankfully we have drugs to mitigate it. I can't imagine how men of the past were able to deal with it. The passing of time during recovery must have been agonizingly slow.
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  188. His son, Philip, did not fare so well. He was murdered by Congressman Daniel Sickles of NY in 1859 for having an affair with the congressman's wife. Sickles pleaded temporary insanity and walked. This was the first time such a plea was used in a US court.
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  189.  @kentvesser9484  Certainly possible. They could have billed him as the Navy's answer to Alvin York, but the Marines might have gotten pissed. Shooting snipers is sometime of a specialty of theirs, one which they take great delight in doing.
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  190. I didn't realize until now that Biden had a role model.
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  191. Does this analogy work if Russia invades California? Actually, would they have to invade or would Gavin invite them in? 😚
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  192. If the green tech industry could harness the power of wishful thinking they would generate a surplus of energy.
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  193. When I was in AFROTC during the Jurassic Age we were taught that the Thomas-Morse Scout (S-4) was the first American designed and built fighter. The only problems were it was actually designed by an Englishman and was relegated to stateside advanced flight training during WWI.
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  194. It must have been difficult for the ships crew when on shore leave, having to carry their stainless steel balls around in wheel barrels.
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  195.  @fus149hammer5  A lot of folks like to rag on John Wayne for not serving in WWII, but I don't think they are privy to all the facts. Did you know Wayne tried to enlist, but Republic Studio had arranged a deferment for him because he was their major breadwinner, then they threatened him with a lawsuit for breach of contract if he persisted? He did in fact apply to work for the OSS but was turned down, although he performed a private mission for William Donovan, head of the OSS, while touring the Pacific (basically assessing MacArthur's use of OSS assets). Maybe he didn't try as hard as men like Gable, Stewart, and Niven, but they were single or widowed and without any dependents to support.
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  196. Thanks for telling the unvarnished truth about Greg Boyington, the Ty Cobb of American WWII fighter pilots. I read Boyington's autobiography in college while the TV series was airing its first season. It is an entertaining book in which he freely admits to being combative and an alcoholic, but there is much he whitewashes. It wasn't until several decades later that I learned some darker facts about him which even this video did not touch on. To say he was a self-serving SOB is an understatement and perhaps this sentiment is best summarized by the last line in his biography. As I recall, it was "Show me a hero and I'll show you a bum." This idea certainly applied to Pappy, but I'll be damned if it ever applied to men such as Joe Foss, Jim Howard, and Tex Hill.
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  197. That was a very nicely sugarcoated story, Indy. I understand that the YouTube overlords would not approve of anything more in-depth, so you had to avoid discussing the overtly communist meanings of Karenga’s Seven Principles of Kwanzaa, or mention how members of his United Slaves went on to murder several of his former Black Panther brethren. Now do an episode on the five traditions of FESTIVUS. My personal favorite is the Airing of Grievances.
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  198. The US government constantly claims Social Security is solvent, so how does raising the debt ceiling shut down the program?
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  199. He had the potential to be a great artist, but he squandered his talent. Few of his works impress me because a child with a crayon could have created them. That doesn't stop investors from paying ridiculously obscene prices for them, but their goal is not sensual reward, it is profit on a future sale. The old devil must be laughing in his grave. His victims . . . not so much.
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  200. Probably ADT. They tend to be proactive.
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  201. I have never heard this story before. He really deserves to be remembered.
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  202.  @ivanvoronov3871  Soviet armor can't move when its fuel is cut off and key bridges are destroyed. They would not be fighting wakened and poorly equipped German forces. They would be confronting US and UK forces in their prime. And they would not be fighting on a single front. We would be attacking them from all sides, including the far east.
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  203. Thanks for the details, Larry. To me, any ship built during the the 50s -70s would have been considered a newer ship, so I think your comments dovetail with my own. We were briefed at the time that the real advantage of steel over aluminum was its higher melting point. If anyone had illusions of steel actually stopping a missile, they need only consider how shape charges easily burn through tank hulls to be dispelled of that myth. The only vessel I am aware of that might have been able to stop a missile from fully penetrating its hull or gun turrets is a battleship, but even it has vulnerable spots such as the superstructure and teak decks. What is your opinion on this?
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  204. Sounds like a bait and switch scheme.
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  205. He was one of the great heroes of the Air Force research community.
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  206. First American fighter with a cutting edge swept-wing design? No, that would be the F-86 Sabre.
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  207. I know my first thought after making any large bank withdrawal is to grab a hotdog and Slurpee at the local stop-and-rob.
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  208. I agree. He became complacent. We were taught to make them lay spreadeagled on their stomachs, palms up, legs apart, head turned away so they couldn't watch us. Then we cuffed them from behind. That was back in the early 80s. Maybe techniques have changed since then.
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  209. or the right country.
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  210. It’s only truly distinguishing feature is the full double-stacked magazine. This must make for some girth near the trigger. The only advantage I can see to this arrangement is that it may mean a higher magazine capacity, which translates into fewer reloads when shooting bound hostages in the back of the head.
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  211. I was completely unaware of this atrocity. "No one who speaks German could be an evil man." (from the Simpsons "Cape Feare" episode (1993))
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  212. Me thinks the real motive behind raising the minimum wage is to increase government tax collection.
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  213. You mentioned the 1994 B-52 crash at Fairchild AFB. This was a particularly tragic event because it was completely avoidable. The week had begun ominously enough when a former serviceman entered the base hospital and killed five people before being shot by Security Policemen. Preoccupied with the investigation, the wing commander overlooked or dismissed repeated complaints regarding the dangerous flight behavior one of his senior pilots. The failure of the wing commander and his deputies to ground this individual would result in the death of four men, including one squadron commander who refused to allow any other members of squadron to fly with this pilot. Numerous serious safety violations were well documented, but nothing more than verbal reprimands had ever been issued. The safety officer on the flight was a colonel who was about to retire, and this was to be his last mission. As a result, his family had gathered at the field to greet him upon landing. Instead, they witnessed the crash, which was recorded on videotape. It is a sickening thing to watch. The findings of the accident investigation uncovered a serious pattern of abuse and failure of leadership which led to the court-martial of the Wing Commander and his conviction for dereliction of duty. Small solace for those left behind.
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  214. As if the operation wasn't cocked up enough, there was the busload of Iranians that were detained near the secret landing site of Desert One, followed by the destruction of an illegal fuel truck being driven by a smuggler. His passenger was killed, but he escaped in an accompanying pickup truck. I was attending Squadron Officer School (SOS) at Maxwell AFB, AL at the time. All of the students at Maxwell (Air War College, Air Command & Staff, SOS) were hustled into the big blue bedroom (auditorium) for a classified briefing. To say we were dumbfounded by what we were shown and told is an understatement. One of my classmates was a CH-53 maintenance officer. He knew how complex and difficult these helicopters were to maintain. He considered that part of the plan to be very unrealistic. Nor could any of us understand why mine-laying Marine helicopters were chosen for the mission, as they were ill-suited to the task. The Air Force birds were designed for such clandestine work. I was later told it was done for security reasons. I was also told each service wanted a piece of the action, possibly making such decisions more political than practical. At the time I made a comment to one of my classmates that if Ronald Reagan was elected President, then these eight servicemen would not have died in vain. Perhaps something worthwhile did arise from the ashes of this failure.
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  215. Thanks for retelling this extraordinary story. I have never heard of this American hero, but his adventures are worthy of a movie.
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  216.  @billhamilton2366  The 75mm gun worked but it proved to be less effective than hammering a ship with eight or more forward-firing .50 caliber machine guns, rockets, and bombs. Our friend was flying anti-submarine patrols off the east coast of the US and during his tour of duty I believe he only got one crack at a sub. The question of whether or not he hit it, sank it, or even if it was a sub and not a whale, remains a mystery to this day. By the way, I had another friend who flew P-38s, and he made a similar claim off the California coast. Of course, I suppose they could have been Japanese and German whales.
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  217. "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent" Adam Smith
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  218. Le Boche will laugh so hard when they see it, monsieur, that they will be unable to shoot straight. That is our defense.
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  219. Always a pleasure to hear from Tommy Atkins. I once had the satisfaction of briefly working with the Household Cavalry during an exercise in Egypt. Fortunately, one of my junior offices had liaised with the British before, so he advised that we arrive at suppertime because "They lay out the silver". After six weeks of Army field rations (I was Air Force), the chance of receiving a proper meal proved most enticing. We were not disappointed!
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  220. This is news to me, but I've been retired since 2007. Prior to that I was a CENTCOM logistics planner from 1994-2000, so I kept track of prepropositioned stock levels (which had dropped dramatically thanks to Desert Storm) and the location of all afloat support assets (Army, Navy, and USAF). I also deployed to Bright Star 98 and ended up running the traffic management office for the exercise. It was a joint operation that included a Navy officer who spent his entire tour planning the reloading of the RO/RO ship in Alexandria, Egypt. During OIF I worked at the Air Staff as a Logistics Readiness Officer where monitoring the status of all USAF Prepo was a major concern. I cannot fathom what senior leadership is thinking now. I must presume this is an economy move intended to save a few dollars. The future cost in human life and treasure is a bill I doubt any of these flag officer will ever have to pay, but somebody will.
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  221. Nice to see cops move in quickly and secure the perp instead of standing around yelling orders at him or pumping more holes in him.
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  222.  @stanleyrogouski  That's a bit harsh. Nobody has a perfect track record. I think Halsey turned around the Guadalcanal campaign and boosted American morale at a desperate low point in the Pacific war. I agree he screwed up in the Philippines and pulled a Navy version of Clark marching triumphantly into Rome instead of cutting off the German retreat. Had it not been for the amazing courage and tenacity of the sailors in Taffy 3, the invasion of the Philippines could have turned into a real disaster.
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  223. Jazz killed Lenin. Long live jazz!
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  224. My grandmother's next-door neighbor bought the first color television in our town. I remember watching "Bonanza" on it in 1959 , complete with pink horses and a purple sky.
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  225. Another amazing David vs. Goliath adventure at sea.
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  226. The YAK-130 is three decades old subsonic trainer/light strike aircraft that poses no threat to Israel. The Iranian drone carrier is converted cargo ship that can easily be sunk.
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  227. Chaplain was actually English. He never gained US citizenship and later became a pariah in this country. I guess to the Japanese we all looked alike.
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  228. Ronald, I'm a former fuels officer myself, but by the time I went through the Supply Officer and Fuels course, it was being taught at Lackland AFB (Medina Annex) where I started my career. As an aside, the Supply, Transportation, and Logistics Planning Officer career fields are now a single merged career field called 21RX Logistics Readiness. However, their enlisted equivalents remain separated, so the 2F0XX (fuelies) still enjoy their semi-independence, living at the far end of the field where they can host BBQs and beach parties without interference from Group or Wing leadership.
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  229. That's not necessarily so. I'm an American and I strongly support free enterprise, as do many companies and politicians. However, there are corporations and politicians who prefer protectionism for themselves and their constituents. We call this protectionism and crony capitalism, and they are both immoral and self-defeating. However, sometimes striking back is justified when there is evidence that an opponent is using unfair tactics (price supports, subsidies, under-pricing). In these cases it is fair to ask for a level playing field. In the video it appears that is what Boeing was doing, asking that Bombardier sell their product at cost or above. Not addressed is why the US government imposed a 300% tariff, which strikes me as being excessive and punitive.
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  230. This is what happens when Normans conquer your country. They corrupt the language.
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  231. Thank you, Simon, for using the word "citizen" instead of the incorrect term "civilian" when describing police and public interaction. I'm surprised you did not mention the very recent court case where a criminal barricaded himself in a home, only to have the police shoot it to pieces. The Department successfully refused to fully reimburse the owner for the $100,000 worth of damage, citing the precedents you addressed.
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  232.  @puppylove3781  Hecklefish rules! (He's only saying what we're already thinking)
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  233. Who knew that progressives and puritans shared a common antipathy?
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  234. I was told just the opposite by one former B-52 navigator I knew. Regardless, the movie remained a SAC favorite for years. A friend of mine who served as a missile launch officer did tell me that the launch sequence depicted in another movie (I forget which one, but I think it was Damnation Alley) was so accurate that SAC changed its procedures. How accurate or true such stories are is anybody's guess, but they do make for fun conversation.
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  235. The debate I'm seeing right now isn't about whether Space Force should have a Guard element. It's about turning Guard assets into Space Force Reserve units without the consultation or approval of the affected state and its governor.
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  236. "They will live a long time, these men of broadcast television. They had an American quality. They, like their innovations, will be remembered as long as our generation lives. After that, like the men of early radio, they will become strangers. Longer and longer shadows will obscure them, until the terms CBS, NBC, and ABC sound distant on the ear, like roll film and LP." - With apologies to James Michener
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  237. "We can contend with evil that men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect us from what they do in the name of good." - Herodotus, from his third essay
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  238. History is never boring when The History Guy tells it.
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  239.  @ryansta  I agree. Snap judgments tend to get us in trouble. In my youth I sometimes was quick to question what some veterans recalled as being true when what I had read in many other sources contradicted them. My Dad taught me to show deference to them out of respect, if nothing else. Then as I grew older I found there were many exceptions to what I had learned, so maybe Mark Twain was right when he warned us it was better to remain silent and be thought a fool rather than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
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  240. Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. Again?
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  241.  @historiand9473  There were quite a few KV-1s and T-34s available in 1941 but they lacked trained crews and good communications. This doomed most of them in the early fighting. Germany had some good tanks, the MKIII and early MKIV, but they also used large numbers of MKII and even MKI, just as they had in Poland and France. It was their organization, tactics, training, and leadership that carried he day. The German soldier in 1939-42 was probably the best in the world. The east and the west had a lot of catching up to do. By 1943 the situation was finally reversed in the Allies favor.
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  242. If I owned 25 miles of coastline I wouldn't be wasting my time digging tunnels and plotting the demise of my neighbors. I'd be building hotels and planning to become the next Monte Carlo of the Mediterranean.
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  243. I read his biography, which was quite interesting. There has been lively debate regarding the veracity of the story where his shot went through the enemy sniper's scope and into his head. MythBusters even tried to recreate the incident under control circumstances, but failed. Can you shed more light on the actual event?
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  244. Somewhere in the ether electrons are laughing in Russian.
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  245. ​ @26th_Primarch  If such a mission requirement exits, I suspect better designs would be forthcoming. Few aircraft in history were so perfectly designed that they remain relevant today. The DC-3 (C-47), B-52, and C-130 certainly come to mind, but each of these planes has either been upgraded into virtually new aircraft (DC-3 and B-52) or been superseded by improved variants (C-130). The Army has very capable attack helicopters and the USAF has little need for a light attack aircraft. The A-10 has proven unbeatable so far. The reality is the Air Force cannot afford to field large cadres of small planes with limited capabilities. It must rely on smaller numbers of very mission flexible high performance aircraft. Drones of various sizes will likely prove to be the most affordable and safest solution.
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  246. This is what happens to anyone who hits the bottle once too often.
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  247. No lack of courage on the Allied side, just inexperience and inferior equipment, the same fate that awaited Japan in two years.
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  248. “I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a reason for withdrawing from a friend.” - Thomas Jefferson
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  249. Of course he was a CIA assassin. He even produced a show about it called "The Hit Parade".
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  250. My understanding of free blacks owning black slaves was that it was generally done to keep family's together under the color of law (no pun intended). However you slice it, slavery as eventually practiced in America drifted far from it's Bible origins in Exodus where a man had to be freed in his seventh year of servitude. Our society is still feeling the aftereffects of this evil.
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  251. It's hard to tell the bad guys from the bad guys in the Spanish Civil War.
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  252.  @MajesticSkywhale  You should have said "None, they all committed suicide."
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  253.  @lancerevell5979  I once received a reprimand from a Navy Chief. It was in lieu of going before the boss, an Army BG. It was really verbal counseling and did not enter my record. The Chief was polite and formal, but also serious. He explained how my error in judgement could have jeopardized the unit's security clearance. I admitted my mistake and promised not to err again. I was an Air Force Major at the time.
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  254. I'm from a flying family and was in my senior year of high school when this happened. I remember my Dad discussing the disappearance with several other pilots, one of whom commented that Don Jonz had once written a dismissive article about the dangers of airplane icing. Another mentioned that Hale Boggs was a heavy drinker, so perhaps everyone aboard had imbibed before takeoff. All of this is pure speculation and may not contain an ounce of truth, but I'd sooner believe weather and incompetence were the culprits before I would accept a Mafia conspiracy theory.
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  255.  @donnacorrell3527  Good humored rivalry and ribbing between the services is a long cherished tradition. Don't take my comment too seriously.
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  256. The Sullivan brothers were another legend reinvented by the Navy to preserve and enhance morale at home. The true story of them serving together puts a bit of tarnish on their reputation and their loss pretty much destroyed their family as well, if the accounts I've read are true.
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  257. A message of hope instead of hate.
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  258. My brother was a navigator on a C-141 Starlifter at the time and participated in the mass evacuation of US military personnel and their dependents from the Philippines (Operation Fiery Vigil). Very little could be taken, a couple of suitcases per person. In the end we abandoned both Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base. Since 1988 the US government had been in difficult negotiations with the Philippine government over a treaty involving lease renewals for both bases. Between the acrimonious talks and the devastation wrought by the volcano, the US military decided to permanently abandon Clark. When the US refused to agree to massive increases in basing right leases, the Philippine Senate voted down the treaty, thus forcing the US Navy to leave Subic Bay by the end of 1992. Clark later became an international airport, a special economic zone, and home to the Philippine Air Force. Subic Bay is now a large industrial and commercial complex, but the recent bankruptcy of a major South Korean shipbuilding company there has left Filipino bankers owed over 400 million dollars. Two Chinese firms have offered to take over the shipyard, sparking fears within the Philippine government of what that could portend in the long run. The Philippine Navy also wants to take over the yard for military construction. As an aside, in recent years both the US Navy and Air Force have made frequent stopovers and conducted limited joint operations with the Philippine military. These acts of goodwill serve as a counterbalance to the looming Chinese juggernaut. Will history repeat itself?
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  259.  @LND209  What reason would I have to lie? I don't prosper from doing so, the story is not about me, and it doesn't put anyone in a particularly favorable light. I only recounted it because it is a small part of the history of this awful event and may serve as a warning to others of what they can expect if they ever run afoul of our government. You can choose not to believe it is true, but I suggest you heed its warning.
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  260.  @F1ghteR41  I don't recall because I had no reliable way to measure it. The short barrel was designed to accept a MAC-10 or comparable suppressor. I put an AWC MK9 on it and it matted perfectly with the short steel handguard. The longer barrel could also accept a suppressor, but this added to the overall length. Now you have me curious. I think I may have an old VHS tape of me shooting it. If I can find it and time the shots, I'll post a followup response.
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  261. It's going to make life very hard on career criminals.
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  262.  @AndyFromBeaverton  There was an old joke in the AAF that the Mustang could beat the P-38 at every task except returning home with one engine out.
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  263. I'm glad I never had to learn English history in depth. If wars were won by feasting, Or victory by song, Or safety found in sleeping sound, How England would be strong! - Rudyard Kipling
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  264. And once Iran gets it money back, what prevents them from reneging on the deal or snatching more American citizens as hostages for future negotiations?
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  265. From what I've read, Mao largely sat back and let Chang's armies do the bulk of the fighting against the Japanese, which by 1945 had left the Nationalist forces worn down. Like all good communists, Mao was a great lying conman and even had infatuated members of the OSS, who incorrectly assumed he was more trustworthy, capable, and better able to save China than Chang. Stilwell was no help as he managed to irritate and alienate all of his allies, including American commanders. In the end it was George Marshall who recommended to Truman that we abandon the Nationalists and let the communists win the simmering civil war that had resumed in full force following the Japanese surrender. China would suffer terribly for this mistake in Western judgment and would not begin to emerge from the murderous nightmare of Mao's leadership until after his death. And now we have Xi champing at the bit to start WWIII over Taiwan.
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  266.  @michaelmayfield4304  I suspect it is because nearly everyone posting here is prior service. While I enjoying poking a little fun at the squids, jar heads, grunts, and coasties I've known, I also maintain a healthy respect and admiration for the work and risks they undertake. It keeps us Airmen warm and cozy at night knowing they've got us covered while we relax in front of the 80" wide screen TV, sipping our cocktails.
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  267. And you should be able to sue the cop directly. Suing the department is the same as suing your community since the taxpayers end up paying the bill.
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  268.  @fernandoi3389  Dr. No Mayo, I presume.
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  269. “I support free speech, just not hate speech.” “I support physics, just not gravity.”
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  270.  @jasonirwin4631  About 20 years ago I was asked by a retired BG friend who had been an Air Force doctor to offer my opinion to a retired colonel who was working for the VA (he also happened to be a Medal of Honor recipient). I was very blunt and suggested we get rid of the VA hospital system and replace it with a portable health insurance card that could be used anywhere. Neither the general nor the Colonel were impressed by my suggestion. I still think it's a good idea. By the way, I've been retired for 16 years and never use the local VA hospital for anything. I don't need the hassle and maybe my not using it will free up space for some poor vet who has nowhere else to turn.
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  271. I always raise this point to people who don't understand why the Donbas and Crimea are critical to Ukraine's survival as an independent sovereign country. Russia's systematic approach to strangling Ukraine began when they took over these areas one by one. The invasion was simply the culmination of this long term plan.
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  272. Wow, the modernization program had them looking like brand new designs.
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  273. They were giants and always will be.
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  274. Did I hear you mention Hadrian was the successor to Trajan? Would that be same the Hadrian of Hadrian's Wall fame in Britain?
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  275. "Even though it's a Hi-Point, it can hurt ya." That's an understatement. My brother is a criminal attorney who has defended more than one client charged with killing someone with a Hi-Point.
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  276. This is actually a crime and should have been prosecuted by the DA or the state.
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  277. Well done (no pun intended).
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  278. I'm reminded of a scene in the movie EXODUS when nurse Kitty Fremont (played by Eva Marie Saint) falsely assumes British General Sutherland (played by Ralph Richardson) must be Jewish simply because he shows some compassion for the Israeli cause and people.
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  279. So the birds were on an acid trip. How Californian of them.
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  280.  @420GratefulHippie  Remember what happened once the truth came out in the 2006 Duke Lacrosse team case. DA Mike Nifong resigned in disgrace, was disbarred, and briefly imprisoned for violating ethics standards. It is rare, but sometimes justice is served. I think this case deserves similar treatment.
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  281. Which window did he fall out of?
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  282.  @jimgraham6722 Yes, it was even worse - 334 dead, 186 of whom were children.
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  283.  @maynardcarmer3148  Yep. It made me shake my head and laugh out loud at the same time.
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  284. Curious there's no cure for Curie's radium papers.
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  285. There's no way canned beer tastes better than bottled beer.
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  286. Well, you just solved one mystery for me. I spent over six years assigned to the Pentagon. Not long after I retired and moved to Montana I was approached by a woman in a bookstore who noticed the leather jacket with Air Force logo I was wearing. She asked me where I had been stationed and after I told her, she very seriously requested that I be candid and tell her about the aliens at the Pentagon. I suppressed my laughter because it was obvious she was sincere, but no amount of denial on my part would convince her the story was not true. Now I know where her idea likely came from.
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  287.  @ivanvoronov3871  True, but the bombers will get through.
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  288. “Long live anarchy, mother of order!” I'm still laughing at that one. I hope our CHICOM overlords don't ban you for saying such things on YouTube.
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  289. Well done. It is interesting to see how each generation has remembered The Great War/The World War/The War to End All Wars/The Big One/The First World War. I wonder how WWII will be remembered a century later when all living memory of it is gone.
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  290. Don't screw with South Africans.
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  291. It's a skewed population sample within the prison. Only those who behave well get this treatment. I'd be curious to know what alternatives they have to influence the rest of the prison population.
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  292. The author of the book on which the movie is based was Pierre Boulle, himself a Free French agent who was captured by Vichy loyalists in Indochina in 1943 and subjected to harsh treatment. After the war he wrote the highly fictional novel. Your recounting of some of the actual events is a rare and refreshing treat for those of us who have studied WWII history and would like to see the record set straight. To this end I'd like to tell a highly truncated companion story involving a late friend of mine who was born and raised on the island of Bali before the war. His father was the military commander of colonial Indonesian forces there, so Carl enjoyed a privileged, but strict and colorful military upbringing. As luck would have it, Carl was attending the Dutch version of West Point (or Sandhurst) in Holland when his home country was invaded by the Germans. He spent the rest of the war serving in the Underground, eventually assisting British ground forces during their drive to liberate the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the Dutch East Indies remained independent but unable to assist. This became a moot point when the Empire of Japan invaded the Indonesian island chain in January of 1942. His father's engineering battalion retreated to the jungles and fought the Japanese for months until their supplies ran out. After their surrender they became part of the group of Dutch POWs who were pressed into constructing the Railway of Death. Carl would not see his father again until he returned to the Far East following the Japanese surrender in 1945. It was then that he learned the details of his father's plight. Major (later Colonel) Hazenberg's experiences in many ways mirrored those of both LTC (Brigadier) Toosey and the fictional Colonel Nicholson. When he refused to order his men to work on the railway, he was beaten and put in a hot box, but he did not break. Eventually the camp commander had to negotiate a deal with him. In exchange for their labor, he promised adequate rations and medical care, an action which saved many lives. When the war ended the Japanese commander surrendered his sword to Major Hazenberg, who later gave it to his son, Carl. I have seen and handled this sword, which remains in the family to this day.
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  293. After the Japanese attack on the Philippines in Dec 1941, Navy Lt John D. Bulkeley and the members of his six PT boats in MTB Squadron 3 were attached to a support ship that contained an ice cream maker and huge stores of ice cream mixture. Bulkeley and his men dined on ice cream at all hours of the day, intent on not letting it fall into Japanese stomachs. This had to be good for crew morale since nothing else was going right for them. Bulkeley later received the Medal of Honor for extracting MacArthur from the small fortress island of Corregidor when he was recalled to Australia by President Roosevelt.
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  294. I recall the movie "Malta Story" contained a scene of the Ohio limping into Grand Harbour in Malta. It was an amazing feat and a very close thing, deserving of a movie by itself.
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  295. No matter how you look at it, this is a tragedy that was building for a long time. Everybody lost something.
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  296. I believe the core mission of Safeguard was to defend our underground missile silos so they could survive a first strike and retaliate. Detractors claimed it could not protect our major urban centers, but that was never its intent.
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  297. Have you done an episode on the Chinese incursion into Vietnam in 1979? That's another oddity of war.
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  298.  @solarnaut  Sol, I can actually top that. When my wife and I were first married we lived in a small house on my tree farm. All we got was UHF and VHF reception, and it was poor even with the aluminum foil I added to the rabbit ears (it didn't work on the UHF loop antenna). Even though this was in the mid to late 90s, I couldn't afford to add cable or satellite TV, so when we built a larger house, I installed a roof antenna for better reception. I had "cleverly" mounted it to a pole which itself was held in place by two extended brackets that I'd bolted to the outside wall of our second floor bedroom. We soon discovered that the best reception could only be achieved by "tuning" the antenna for each channel. The only way to do this was for me to rotate the antenna, but the only way to rotate it was for me to climb out the rear bedroom window onto the back deck roof, walk to the edge of the house, and carefully lean around the corner so I could just barely grab the pole and twist it. Meanwhile, my wife, who was in our downstairs living room checking the reception, had to repeatedly run up the stairs and shout to me the result of each minor twist. When a major change in antenna direction was required, my only option was to take a short ladder onto the deck roof and use it to climb onto the main roof of the house, then move to the edge of the roof where I could get a good grip on the antenna and rotate it as much as needed. In these situations my wife had to run up the stairs and into the bedroom, lean out the back window, shout the results to me, then dash back downstairs to check the progress before running back up again for the next report. Mind you, this feat was normally performed at night. Rainy nights were particularly challenging.
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  299. Another of Pyke's creations did come to fruition, the First Special Service Force, aka Devil's Brigade, a joint Canadian-American commando force that saw action in the Aleutians, Italy, and France during WWII.
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  300. I'll wait and see, but I won't be holding my breath, especially if he says "mistakes were made".
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  301. The story of the unknown Czech slave laborer who sabotaged the German 20mm shells is is quite plausible. My late cousin was a slave laborer at a V-1 plant where she regularly sabotaged the guidance instruments she was assembling. The penalty, if caught, was death, but as she once told, this was the penalty for virtually any infraction, including secretly smoking discarded cigarette butts (which she also did).
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  302. During the Cold War my good friend, Bud, spent part of his career stationed in W. Germany. At one point the situation thawed enough that he was able to take leave with another Air Force NCO and spend a couple of weeks traveling through the East Bloc in a VW Minibus. They took along blue jeans, Playboy magazines, and whiskey for horse trading with the locals. It was quite an adventure which included drives over dangerous mountain passes, encounters with border guards (where their trade ware came in handy), and even a run-in with an overbearing Russian tourist that did not end well for the Russian when he picked a fight with Bud's friend (who happened to be a USAFE wrestling champ). This last incident, while applauded by the locals who detested the pompous Russians, resulted in a lot of back road driving in an earnest effort to avoid contact with any authorities who might want to discuss the recent incident with them. As a result they ended up in Transylvania, which he described as primitive and inhabited by very superstitious peasants who were wary of outsiders. They spent the night camping at what was supposedly the ruins of one of Vlad's castles. The area was darkly forested, not unlike the setting of many Dracula movies. His friend was so creeped out by the place that he sat up most of the night holding a tire iron that happened to be shaped like a cross. Come morning, Bud went down to the stream to wash up while his partner slept, tire iron still in hand. After a few minutes he heard yelling from the minibus, "Bud! Bud! Where are you?" He rushed back to find his friend seething, almost in panic because when he awoke he saw Bud's sleeping bag crumpled on the ground and camping equipment strewn about. He was nearly convinced a vampire or werewolf had gotten him. Bud burst into laughter and this only angered his friend more. When he finally calmed down, they agreed it was time to leave the place. Bud later told me he was secretly glad they did; he just didn't want his macho friend to know the place gave him a touch of the willies too. The impact of Vlad the Impaler lives on!
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  303. The battle earned its nickname of Bloody Ia Drang.
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  304. What worries me is that you may be right.
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  305. I wonder if we'll have a repeal day for lock-downs.
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  306.  @thurin84  Read what Wilson wrote in the 19th century and you will see it matches the socialist/progressive ideology of today, i.e., government knows best. The details will always change to match the ethos of the moment, but the organs of the state remain supreme and in control.
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  307. The Karens have been fighting for their freedom since at least WWII. They are the only "Karens" I respect.
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  308. Hercules and Cato - sounds like a pair of superheroes. I wish you'd do a story on that most foul character, Provost Marshall William Cunningham. I suspect he was more hated in America than Benedict Arnold and Banastre Tarleton. A fictionalized account of his death at the gallows in 1791 for forgery attests to how deep this sentiment ran.
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  309. I'm old enough to remember when Banana Republic was a mail order clothing company, not the country I live in.
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  310. In the role of blocking the attacker, yes, the security team failed. In their other roles they succeeded. We studied the photos and video footage of the shooting when I went through protective service training in the USAF a year later. Our instructor pointed out that a police officer assigned to screen the crowd was looking at Reagan instead of the public, thus providing Hinckley an opportunity to penetrate security. As Hinckley opened fire, Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy spread his body in front of President Reagan and was shot in the abdomen. Meanwhile, the agent in charge, Jerry Parr, quickly shoved Reagan into the limo. As he was doing so, the President was hit by Hinckley's last bullet, which had ricocheted off the armored body of the limousine. According to forensic evidence, had Parr not pushed Reagan so violently into the car, the President would have been struck in the head instead of the arm and abdomen. While racing toward the White House, Reagan's only complaint was of a broken rib which he assumed was caused by Parr's action. But when Parr noticed blood frothing on Reagan's lips, he instantly realized the President had likely been hit in the lung, so he diverted the limo to George Washington Hospital. Collectively, the actions of the Secret Service that day saved Reagan's life. As an interesting aside, Parr first considered becoming a Secret Service agent while still a boy, after watching Ronald Reagan in the 1939 movie "Code of the Secret Service". How's that for coincidence or providence?
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  311.  @K1ddkanuck  If you had ever served in the military you would know that the services ribbing each other is a time honored tradition.
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  312. When I saw how differently Candace was dressed when she interviewed George Farmer, my first reaction was it seemed a bit provocative, then I thought perhaps this is her English fiance. It turns out my hunch was right. He appears to be a splendid chap, and she certainly is a lovely, intelligent young lady. I hope they have a long, loving, and fulfilling life together.
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  313.  @fastyaveit  During the war a movie was made about the Sullivan brothers. My Mother saw it before it was pulled from the theaters over adverse morale concerns. They weren't the only brothers to serve on the same ship, and contrary to popular belief, there were no regulations preventing it. Such an opportunity was seen as a good recruiting tool. After their loss, it was seen a good rallying cry.
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  314. Famed stunt pilot Bob Hoover once wrote about flying a captured CR42 while stationed in Italy. He really enjoyed the handling of the obsolete biplane. I'll bet he would have loved the DB variant. It certainly appears as though it could have given the early Wildcats and Hurricanes a run for their money. It would have beaten a Gladiator in performance.
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  315. I suspect Poon Lim and Eddie Rickenbacker would have gotten along famously.
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  316. The movie, Wake Island, does a credible job of reflecting the intensity of the fighting, though it has been reported that the Chinese extras employed to play Japanese soldiers kept falling down "dead" en masse every time the director yelled action and the guns started firing. He had a hard time convincing them that not all of the enemy could die. Some of them had to survive in order to capture the island. Apparently, this displeased them (small wonder). It's also worth remembering that, despite the implication of the movie's last battle scene, most of the men and their leaders did in fact survive the war. Of course, a valiant Alamo style death tends to stir the hearts and minds of Americans more effectively than the banal truth. Anger and revenge have their usefulness in wartime.
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  317. This Brevard County shootout between Deputies Potters and Thoman and Mr. Deadly Dreadlocks is a case poor situational alertness and poorer tactics. In the originally released video the Sheriff is seen extolling the professionalism of his officers (roll eyes), while deflecting any potential criticism of their actions by lambasting the perp and our ineffective judicial system (all true, but irrelevant in a gunfight). I can only presume he has a reelection campaign to consider, hence his attempt to turn this sow’s ear into a silk purse. My takeaway is about 180 degrees opposite that of the sheriff. Given the lax behavior and poor police procedures used by these officers, it is indeed a miracle they survived this encounter. For example, I do not understand why Potters or any officer would have music playing in his patrol car. Nor do I understand the stationing of the officers such that the detained people are between them. Each officer, but in particular, Potters, keeps looking away from the potential threat. Once the firefight starts, Potters develops tunnel vision and is about two seconds behind the action. With the sheriff repeatedly claiming the perp put the baby at risk, could you explain why it is Potters who keeps firing into the vehicle when its only occupants are a two month old baby and a puppy? Deputy Thoman is a bit more alert, though he appears to be suffering from diarrhea of the trigger finger and has to reload at least twice. His first reload occurs at the worst possible moment. Fortunately, the perp’s weapon had failed by this point or I fear both deputies would have died. I know I am Monday morning quarterbacking, but I believe more alert and tactically aware officers would have been less likely to end up in such a desperate fight for their lives.
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  318. I feel sorry for his son, Rolf, but he is guiltless of his father's sins. I suspect Josef Mengele has been accused of many things he did not do or had no real control over. Of course, the things we know he willing did are more than enough to condemn him to Hell, presuming the Devil was willing to take him.
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  319. You're a real Poe-t.
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  320. Kingfisher, if you're thanking me, I'm not sure I've done anything to deserve it, but on behalf of everyone who has ever served this country in peace or war, I'll accept it.
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  321. Ed Nash, the Paul Harvey of aviation storytelling.
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  322. In the mid 1980s while I was stationed in San Antonio and working on my Master's degree at night, a classmate of mine was working on a B-52 rebuild program at nearby Kelly AFB. He arranged a tour for us of their facility (a large hangar at Kelly). The planes entered one end of the hangar and as they slowly progressed through it were completely gutted, rewired, reskinned, and refitted with updated electronics and new engines. Essentially, what came out the other end many months later was a brand new aircraft. It appears the Air Force is about to do it again for the umpteenth time. I think part of the reason for the BUFFs longevity is the fact that the first generation jets were very overbuilt to begin with, ensuring a long and fruitful service life where feasible.
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  323.  @danielw.8356  To be fair, they damn near did. They conducted the lion's share of the fighting and dying, and they inflicted massive losses on the Axis. Their contribution to victory should not be underrated or overrated. By the end of the war they were a well worn and nearly spent force, but one that still would have been tough to defeat had WWIII started in 1945. We would have beaten them, but at what cost? That remains a mental exercise, but I strongly suspect they would have quietly retreated to prewar borders had we truly threatened them.
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  324. The Medal of Honor is not won; it is earned. This isn't the Olympic Games. It is life and death.
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  325. We studied the Pantelleria operation as part of our AFROTC progam in college, but you went into far more detail in your presentation. Many air power advocates still believe victory can be achieved from air and space without resorting to nukes or guided asteroids. This theory will only become reality when the enemy cannot hide far enough underground to avoid destruction. Perhaps the answer rests in tiny programmable drones that can selectivity target and kill their victims, rather than weapons of mass destruction that ravage entire populations.
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  326.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I suggest doing a story on the Montagnards of Vietnam and the Karens of Burma. Like the Hmong, they have not been treated very kindly by recent history.
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  327. Coastal defense and the coastal artillery so vital to that defense are long overlooked topics of American military history. A visit to any one of these historic sites quickly conjures up images of what life behind those thick walls must have been like for the soldiers stationed there, be they Spanish, English, French, or American.
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  328. And how many of these people have any serious technical training or education in the hard sciences, much less basic economics?
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  329.  @whatilearnttoday5295  Maybe, but he can't issue warrants, so who did? And if there is no warrant, these guys are just digging that hole even deeper.
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  330. “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.” - Eric Hoffer
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  331. A national treasure if ever there was one. I wish we could clone Thomas Sowell.
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  332. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  333. Compared to a 100 or 200 round belt, it is low capacity. Magazine capacity has been the bane of many LMGs.
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  334. Is there a subtle warning in The History Guy's Christmas message that though the current times seem dark, there was a much darker time 81 years ago? Yet the world survived, so there is hope for our future as well. Merry Christmas to all and pray for a better tomorrow.
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  335. My home county remained dry until the early 1970s.
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  336. I think some were used in the 1916 Punitive Expedition into Mexico where they saw some limited combat use.
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  337.  @Von_Splatterblast  Yes, I've seen the Pirates of Penzance. I was spoofing Jimmy Stewart's expression (apparently not very well).
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  338.  @LND209  Because I know I'm telling the truth. He's simply behaving like a troll. Believe whichever one of us you prefer. It does not matter to me.
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  339.  @EnderX25  They sound like New World Canaanites, only worse.
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  340.  @danielw.8356  And yet one has to wonder, could the alternatives have turned out any better or would they have been far worse? Time to visit the alternate realities and find out.
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  341.  @kaczynskis5721  As a native born and raised American citizen, my grandmother was not subject to our immigration laws. Her husband, my grandfather was "grandfathered" in. In 1937, when they returned to Germany with my young father to advise other family members to emigrate immediately, the situation had worsened greatly. Most did get out, but just barely, and entry into the USA took quite a while.
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  342.  @mixedmartialanarchist6469  And his kids.
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  343. You sound like a Marine.
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  344.  @FGBFGB-vt7tc  Maggie Thatcher said the problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money. Venezuela's answer is to print more. At least they won't have a toilet paper shortage.
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  345. Colt 45 Malt Liquor.
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  346. If I had been in his shoes I would have invented gunpowder, made a primitive firearm, and ruled Rome wisely.
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  347. I never visited Chanute, but my Dad went through the aircraft engine maintenance course there in the late 40s. He told me he and one other airman had already earned their A&E ratings before enlisting in the Air Force, so the instructors told them to just sit in back and remain quiet while they taught the rest of the students. Lots of bases are shuttered now, and others have since merged. For example, Lackland started out in WWII as an annex to Kelly. They were later split into two bases. Now, what remains of Kelly has become part of Lackland. The only constant is change.
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  348. Thanks for clarifying that point. has anyone ever done a retrospective on the Soviet incident?
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  349. He's well learnt now.
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  350.  @ryandavis7593  If you don't want it to happen again, you'd better take a stand against what is taking place before our very eyes as many of our indoctrinated youth are hellbent to erase the very history we are talking about. We don't need another remake of the new Soviet Man, the Red Guard, the Master Race, or any other totalitarian ideal.
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  351. 0 for seven?
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  352. There is no clear evidence the men were purposely brought into the Malmedy field to be gunned down. It is possible they were shot because one or two POWs tried to escape. Once the shooting began, bedlam broke out. When it was over the Germans systemically inspected the bodies and shot each potential survivor at close range. A few American prisoners did successfully escape, and so the word very quickly spread of the massacre. Every participant of the battle that I knew over the years did remark to me that the incident steeled them to fight. I know 911 had that same effect on me. It still does.
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  353. As goes the great library of Alexandria, so goes the Mark Twain Branch of the Detroit Public Library.
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  354. I watched the movie version years ago. It's a great story of courage and desperation, probably driven in part by the fact British merchant seamen were docked pay when their ships went down and they were left adrift.
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  355. Breslau was my grandfather's hometown.
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  356. I meant to include Lee in my list but forgot. Good catch.
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  357. The Army and Marines had a similar problem in Iraq - a critical shortage of active duty combat convoy drivers. Most of these capabilities resided in the Guard and Reserve forces, but within a couple of years they burned through them and had to rotate them home for a break in service. The Army was also stripping ADA batteries and armored units of drivers, but it wasn't enough, so the USAF and Navy were asked help out. We retrained many of our personnel for the job and stood up special flights for such deployments. This went on for several years until a lot of combat drivers discovered they could make more money as contractors performing the same missions. That was nearly 20 years ago.
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  358. I know from firsthand experience during the Katrina disaster that the leadership of the city in 2005 paled in comparison to that exhibited in 1788. Thanks for reminding us of this nearly forgotten history.
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  359.  @biohazard_613  Yes, and it is primarily Air Force Red Horse units doing the reformation work, ably assisted by the Seabees. It's a team effort.
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  360.  @JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries  While conducting an inspection visit to the USAF Gunsmith Shop at Lackland AFB (Medina Annex) in the 1980s I examined several early model M-16s (the USAF received the first major batch around 1963). The rifles had recently been refurbished by the shop and looked new, but what caught my eye was the marking on one of the receivers. I regret I did not have a camera with me so I could maintain a permanent record and proof of what was handed to me. Unfortunately, the years have clouded my memory a bit, but I am certain it was marked either XM-16 or AR-15, and yes, it was select fire.
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  361. Death Hunt was pure fiction and painted the heroes as villains and the villain as a hero.
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  362. When I'm dictator of the world, all hats will have brims or bills.
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  363. Much like 911 where the only effective response to the terrorist attacks was conducted by an ad hoc unorganized militia formed about United Airlines Flight 93.
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  364.  @jiveturkey9993  I think many Americans were largely indifferent, but not anymore. Now they're mad. I believe the CCP has a very rocky future, what with the entire world pissed at them. Some countries will kowtow, others will resist. Soft power only gets you so far. It's hard to bribe or coerce a man when your actions have resulted in the death of a loved one or the loss of his livelihood.
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  365. Jimmy Carter, the great malaise himself, was the master of the muddle.
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  366. Do historians have any idea how many human sacrifices were committed each year on average by the different native groups?
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  367. In the 1980s I stopped at a service station in Houston, TX where the attendant proudly displayed a coin, letter, and photo of then Vice-President George Bush. The letter thanked him for repairing his limo during a visit to that city. I suspect they have protocols for everything. It certainly is good PR.
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  368. "Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill, 1948 “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana, 1905 I know a number of people who have had innocuous programs and comments blocked by YouTube, Amazon, and Facebook. They too are flummoxed by the opaque nature of these hosts. Personally, I suspect the wonks who run these companies haven't a clue either, nor do they care. Most likely it's bean counters trying to fill their daily quota of rejections. The Gulag mentality is strong in these organization, Obi-wan. Do not despair. When enough people become frustrated, they will either change their wicked ways or succumb to the economic forces of replacement upstarts eager to garner a disenfranchised audience.
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  369.  @ramseylarson8307  I do not see the logic in your thinking. Everyone is biased. Hanson's opinions are well grounded in documented history, so I'll take his biases over those of others who have not studied or learned the lessons of history. If you are sickened by the thought of him having a cable TV show, then are you sickened by every other talking head?
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  370.  @tundralou  The USA did not ratify the 1925 Geneva Gas Protical until 1975. At the time of its signing, several major powers, including the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union, explicitly reserved the right to use the forbidden weapons for retaliatory purposes. Also, the 1925 document failed to address the production, storage, testing, and transfer of the forbidden weapons, a failure that allowed countries such as the Soviet Union and the United States to amass large supplies of chemical and bacteriological agents.
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  371.  @hermespsychopompos8267  Quite true. That's what happened to Orson Bean and Margaret Mitchell - both senseless losses to entertainment and literature.
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  372. I'm curious to see how effectively Ukraine can mount a counteroffensive and how will the Russian troops react if they are surrounded and cutoff? Will they capitulate or fight to the bitter end? Much of what is about to happen will depend on the steadfastness of NATO's continued support for Ukraine with the correct mix of arms and training. The longer these operations drag on, the last likely I think NATO will be willing to support them. And how will the West react if Ukraine tries to recapture all of its lost territory? Will Putin resort to tactical nukes? The world wonders.
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  373. Nose art is great for morale, or was until our country decided women should serve in combat roles alongside men. I'm not sure what could replace it without offending somebody somewhere.
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  374. It's a pity the officer didn't show the same awareness.
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  375. Your Dad was a true mustang. I'm sure ADM Byrd appreciated this and recognized the potential in him. I thank your Dad for his service to this country in three wars.
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  376. I remember a comedian who would roll up his leg cuffs, hike up his socks, and march like a spasticated tin soldier through the neighborhood while babbling nonsensical sounds at the top of his lungs. He claimed nobody ever assaulted him. I guess you could call that proactive defense.
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  377. So many older men died. It amazes me how much life had to be lost before decisive corrective action was taken. As for the fine, it equated to $9 per man killed, such is the value placed on them.
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  378. I may be showing my age a bit, but back in 1959 a short-lived, but popular, western series titled "Johnny Ringo" made good use of a highly modified LeMat revolver. The show was created by Aaron Spelling and produced by Four Star Productions (so called because it was formed by major motion picture stars Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer). The series starred Don Durant as former-gunfighter-turned-honest-sheriff Johnny Ringo (yeahy, they really rewrote history there) and Mark Goddard (better remembered later as Major Don West in "Lost in Space") as his trusty deputy. Ringo's "seven shooter" was really a 10-shot Lemat that had been converted to fire nine 44 rimfire blanks and one dummy shotgun shell (using a pistol blank insert). The writers called it a "410" because they thought that sounded bigger than 18 gauge or 20 gauge (roll eyes). The gun had been acquired by producer Dick Powell, who I believe was a collector. It was in nonfunctional shape at the time, so he had the gunsmiths at Hollywood's premier prop gun company, Stembridge Gun Works, modify it so it would break open and close in a fashion similar to a S&W Model 2 or Model 3 revolver. Actually, it was a very clever conversion, and one that I am surprised LeMat didn't think of. Indeed, it's a pity nobody is offering such a pistol today. After the series ended, Powell gave the gun to Durant, who owned it until his death in 2005. I don't know what became of the revolver after that, but it certainly would be an interesting find for "Forgotten Weapons". If you want to learn more about the Ringo revolver, I suggest you visit the Johnny Ringo website, specifically page http://www.johnnyringo.net/lemat.htm. It contains links to more information, including a somewhat inaccurate article from a 1961 issue of GUN WORLD. Keep up the good work!
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  379. Ah yes, the joys of youthful discovery. Did you ever put gasoline in a Styrofoam cup (the poor man's napalm)?
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  380. Wasn't introducing tobacco to the white man payback enough?
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  381. Kudos to you and your law student. For anyone who thinks that under the given circumstances it was reasonable to release a dog on your client, I would ask if they would have been okay with releasing the dog on a juvenile or a small child.
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  382. My favorite P-39 story was told to me by a family friend when I was a kid. He was an Air Corps air traffic controller in Florida during the war. He was assigned to gunnery range duty along the coast one day when a gaggle of P-39s came straggling along in very loose formation. While each pilot struggled to retain his relative position, our friend radioed the lead aircraft and ordered them to obey the large red warning flag by circling until ordered to proceed. He further advised them that the ground crews were replacing worn-out targets. The flight leader mumbled something unintelligible and rolled into a dive. He was followed successively by the rest of his flight. Horrified at the tragedy about to unfold, our friend screamed repeatedly over the radio for them to brake off their attack. Instead they hammered away with cannon and machine gun fire, peppering the range into a cloud of dust that obscured everything from view. As the aircraft loosely regrouped and proceeded home, he turned his attention back to the range where the smoke was beginning to settle. To his utter astonishment, not a single man had been injured, nor a single target hit. It turned out the pilots were all Chinese nationals going through advanced fighter training. Note: To my knowledge the Chinese Air Force did not operate the P-39 or P-400, but these planes were used a lot for fighter transition training.
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  383. How many governments actually recognize and actively endorse the right of self-defense? I can't think of a single one that doesn't introduce needless impediments to this most basic human need.
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  384. I just finished reading "Devil Boats" to my wife. While it contains some common errors, such as repeatedly referring to PTs as being of plywood construction, and perpetuating the myth that RON 3 sank or heavily damaged the IJN cruiser Kuma, it also contains details of many of the better documented actions of PTs in the Pacific war. Near the end of the book the author describes a shore action on the island of Tidore (off Halmahera island in eastern Indonesia) involving the heroics of the crews of PT 179 (Betty Lou) and PT 180 (Marie). I took pause while reading this account aloud to my wife because her late uncle was the gunner's mate on Marie. The supporting fire his gunners gave to the men when they were ambushed ashore resulted in all of them escaping safely back to their boats. He rarely talked about his service in WWII and never mentioned this incident, not even in a letter my wife had coaxed him into writing for my 50th birthday. Like so many PT men, he tended to open up only when among his old shipmates at their annual reunions. One can but wonder how many sagas were left untold. Videos and books barley scratch the surface, but they will have to do, so thanks, Mark, for your continuing efforts. Sometimes they touch a personal chord when we least expect it.
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  385.  @dalenincehelser5747  Dale, everything you said is conjecture. Some officers do end up working for industry manufacturers and for consulting firms because they bring much needed expertise to those firms. Most do not. I am of the latter group. There is a lot more to the cost of operations than simply the number of planes you have. The personnel, logistics, and maintenance tail consumes about 80% of the USAF budget. There was no panic in the USAF over the Enforcer. It was hardly even noticed and treated more like a bad joke. The A-37 and the AT-28 before it, also had minimal capabilities and were wholly unsuited to a modern battlefield, which is why we got rid of them. We simply cannot afford to maintain the large cadre of pilots and support personnel required to be dedicated to a very limited capability aircraft. These days it would be hard to recruit that much talent anyway. Instead we chose far more advanced designs that can do any mission. The gap you are talking about in addressing low threat air support environments is being filled by drones. Even drone resupply and rescue are being tested.
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  386. This illustrates the harsh meaning of the expression "Chinaman's chance".
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  387. The robber's friends must be ragging on him hard.
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  388. You did your homework. As for Bonnie's involvement in the killings, there has been great debate. I don't much care either way. Like Clyde, she needed killing. Hamer was the the man to do it. The only thing you left out was the controversy over who called out for them to surrender, Hamer or Sheriff Jordan? I suspect both men did. In the fusillade that followed it is generally agreed that Deputy Oakley fired the first fatal shot into Barrow. After that it is anyone's guess who shot whom.
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  389.  @incredibleadventures1027  They were the ones who insisted we do something better with our lives, so we did. One brother became an attorney, another an airline pilot, and became an Air Force officer, retiring at the rank of colonel.
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  390. I'm more of a mustard man.
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  391. That story almost brought a tear to my eye. She may have started life a Mongolian mongrel, but she became a Thoroughbred Marine.
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  392. Grierson's Raid by Union cavalry wasn't as long, but was far more effective. Morgan's Raid was a fool-hearty effort that was doomed to failure. You never operate behind enemy lines without an achievable mission statement, good intelligence, a solid support plan, an effective escape route, and the shortest possible timeline. It appears Morgan lacked all five. In many ways it reminds me of the ill-fated 1876 Northfield, MN raid by the James-Younger Gang. Guile, dash, and surprise will only carry you so far, no matter how fearsome your reputation.
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  393.  @timschmidt4466  Only gringos call it kechupo in Spanish.
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  394. Great name for a sub. Tragic end.
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  395.  @MajesticSkywhale  The one commentator said "The British Secret Service, the OSS, whatever they were called." Roll eyes.
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  396. Reinventing scoundrels and turning them into heroes and saints is an old tradition that remains active to this day. Only this morning I read that paintings depicting George Floyd as Jesus Christ hang in the Catholic University of America's campus ministry office and its law school.
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  397.  @TestTestGo  It's both. It forms the route of several languages. I took Latin in high school.
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  398. So Ryan thinks the Falling Down Parasols are the best infantry brigade on the planet, eh? I know some Clucking Chickens and 82nd Speed Bumps who would disagree with that claim. But, hey, I'm Air Force, so I just came here to watch the hired help in-fight. :yougotthis:
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  399. Excellent review. Now for the nitpicking :) Truman may have said "won" but military medals are not won, for it is not a competition wherein only a few are allowed to be recognized. The CMH, like ever other medal, is earned. On a separate note, I remember reading about the Cochise affair as a boy. I realize that western photos from this time period are either scarce or nonexistent, but the images you used appear to show post-civil war soldiers, based upon the weapons and uniforms. I believe the Army of 1861 was equipped with the 1858 Hardee hats (one side of the brim pinned up), forage caps, and kepis. I don't think any flat brimmed slouch hats were in use at the time, though uniform variations during the conflict were so common that the term "uniform" hardly seemed to apply. Nevertheless, the photos certainly provide a feel for the time period.
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  400. Sal is very knowledgeable, tactful, and calm.
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  401. Typical Marine, always showing everyone how tough he is. ;-)
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  402.  @Wolfeson28  It is both. Above two-star rank all positions are temporary political promotions. The fact that only one person - a Marine LTC - was ethical enough to say out loud what everyone else was thinking is an indictment of our entire senior military leadership. These generals and admirals do have clout to counter extremely bad decision making. They can offer mass resignations. The last time this was seriously contemplated was during the Vietnam War when the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff planned to march into LBJ's officer and tender their resignations because of the way he was mishandling the war. One by one they each chickened out until the last general arrived at the White House alone, sat in his car for a while to ponder if his lone resignation would accomplish anything, then decided to drive away. He regretted his decision for the rest of his life. I'm not sure this current crop even considered the idea or ever would.
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  403. There are two flyspecks in Georgia about 120 miles apart named "Hopeful" and "Needmore". I always thought they should merge. Then there's Sopchoppy, FL, which is a name derived from the mangling of a the local Muskogean Indian word. Of course, growing up, we thought it might have been named after some sort of Asian cuisine like chop suey, or possibly had something to do with slopping and butchering hogs.
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  404. In my early youth I spent my summers in Tampa, FL, where my grandfather, a WWI Navy veteran, was very actively involved in American Legion Post 5 on Bay Street, just off Bayshore Blvd. The Post, which was named after the Tampa, had a beautiful stained glass window inside which contained the names of the crew and a figure of the ship, and was dedicated as a memorial to the men of the USS (USCGC) Tampa. Her sinking represented the greatest single combat loss of active duty US military personnel at sea in WWI and (proportionally) the highest number of causalities of all the services. Ten percent of her crew were native Tampians. When Post 5 relocated to Kennedy Blvd, the stain glass window went with it.
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  405. I forgot to mention Leslie Howard, who was killed while performing courier/propaganda service for the British government.
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  406. You give them eyes, but they do not see. You give them brains, but they do not think.
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  407.  @LND209  That's about what I expected you to say.
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  408. I don't know; every time they reincarnate a TV show, it's worse than the original.
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  409. I'm trying to figure out which part of this BB broadcast is fake news. It seemed spot-on to me.
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  410. Alaska's governor is sharp.
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  411. I well remember the Firestone radial tire fiasco of the late 70s. The steel belts on all four of my 500 series tires separated, but when I took the car into a Firestone dealership, they refused to warranty them, claiming my tires weren't part of the recalled lot. I stopped buying Firestones after that. Being a Ford family member, I continued to acquire their vehicles, but they always came factory equipped with Firestone tires. I'd swap them out with Michelins as soon as they wore down sufficiently. When the next round of faulty Firestone tires were recalled because of Explorer rollovers, our local Ford dealership did replace them for free, but they were out of Michelins, so I had to settle for Goodyears (or was it Goodrich, who can keep those two names straight?). That incident was the final straw for Ford, which severed its nearly century long relationship with Firestone. The final indignation for me came when I retired from the Air Force a few years later and tried to rent a U-Haul trailer. Because of the rollover issue, U-Haul refused to rent me anything, despite no longer having Firestone tires on my vehicle.
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  412. I've heard the story before, but it still chokes me up.
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  413.  @kcody5646  Not in this particular situation. I was running the Combined Movement Control Center, serving as chief ground transportation officer for all personnel and equipment movement within Egypt during the exercise.
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  414. Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies, Burnt the fire of thine eyes? . . . And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? . . . What the anvil, what dread grasp? Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
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  415. Will Ukraine become a testing ground for new weapons and tactics the way Spain did in 1936-39?
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  416. It's possible some GI's resorted to vigilante justice against their peers, but there was no such policy enacted by any US military unit. If a commander had attempted it, he would have found himself quickly relieved of command and subjected to judicial punishment. There were instances of GIs murdering POWs, and these were sometimes covered up by their superiors, but it was not an official policy. Patton once caught a good deal of flak from Ike over such an incident which he had tried to ignore and sweep under the rug. The guilty soldier was killed in combat a few weeks later so the matter was dropped, but Ike's warning stood.
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  417.  @ryansta  It's not impossible to ground-loop a tricycle gear airplane, but it is uncommon. If the brakes or nose gear are damaged or defective, or if you turn too quickly at high speed, it might happen. Both the P-38 and P-39 use tricycle gear, but the P-39 nose sits very high. Perhaps this is a contributing factor. On the other hand, ground looping is quite common with tail draggers.
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  418.  @sparky6086  I was fed a lot of baloney when I was at Georgia Tech. The good news is, unlike today, none of it came from my professors.
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  419. @FukAzz RS I rather doubt that. The Korean airliner was shot down because Soviet air defense at the time was incredibly paranoid (as was top Soviet leader Andropov) and rather incompetent. Of course, the same might be said of the crew of the USS Vincennes when, in 1988, it mistakenly downed an Iranian airliner, thinking it was an attacking fighter. Then there is the case of the Malaysian airliner that was destroyed by a Russian made missile fired from the pro-Russian separatist side of Ukraine in 2014. And now we have the latest tragedy, the downing of a Ukrainian airliner by jittery missile men in Iran just a few days ago. Ascribing other motives may provide some sense of rationalization, but the cold hard truth is that nobody has cornered the market on the tragic, criminal mishandling of air defense.
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  420.  PatchesRips  Michener is not speaking about the causes for which they fought; he is speaking about the sacrifices they willingly made and the fact that eventually time will forget them. In this he spoke the truth. Fewer and fewer people are interested in the history of the Civil War or even WWII. There are those who have long condemned the South for supporting slavery, and many today who now condemn America for dropping two Atom bombs on Japan. I suspect the woke generation will eventually condemn MLK because he opposed homosexuality. Judging the past, then erasing the parts you don't like, is a fool's errand that will only lead to greater mischief in the future. It is the reason for the saying that those who do not study and learn from past mistakes are condemned to repeat it.
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  421.  @gtarulli  I read an article about his deed in a magazine that contained the painting. From everything I've read and heard over the years (admittedly not that much), the Merchant Marines of WWII really got the short end of the stick. They were repeatedly denied veteran's benefits long after the war even though Congress authorized them for other civilian organizations such as the WASPs. I guess they never had the glamor and popular support they deserved, especially in the early years of WWII when their casualties exceeded those of the US military. I also read that in the British Merchant Marines you did not receive pay, benefits, or medical care if your ship was sunk by enemy action because you failed to honor your contract obligation. This kind of treatment makes sweat shops look attractive.
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  422. The whole time you were describing these events I was thinking that it reminded me of Eddie Albert. I didn't know his last name was actually Heimberger. I remember seeing an old TV show (it might ave been "This is Your Life") where a former sailor was introduced and he described how Eddie Albert dove in and rescued him after he fell overboard. It might have been during the Tarawa invasion.
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  423. I'm American and my parents always told us to clean our plates as kids. I still do.
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  424. The Germans seem to run hot and cold on such matters. If memory serves me correctly, the German officers advising the Turks were appalled by the Armenian genocide. And during their WWII campaigns in Yugoslavia there were SS soldiers who complained about the murderous behavior of some Ustasha units. Even Hitler was appalled. Go figure.
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  425.  @jamesdeen3011  It is, but I believe Joe Foss was a man of great character who would not have been too off-put by the slight if it was perceived to have been done for the good of the Corps. From a purely pragmatic perspective, not being fully recognized for your accomplishments is a minor annoyance when you consider how many men never came home or returned with shattered bodies and psyches.
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  426. After President Reagan (praised be his name) fired those PATCO members who joined in the illegal strike, the remaining controllers, supervisors, and military controllers took up the slack. PATCO leadership warned the public that military controllers were subpar and could not possibly handle the heavy flow of traffic in places like LAX, O'Hara, JFK, Dallas, and Atlanta. One Air Force controller politely disagreed and responded that he had worked the busiest airport in the world in the 1960s and 1970s, Tan Son Nhat, South Vietnam. PATCO found itself with very little public support and some of its members were arrested for their unlawful actions. Over the next few years the FAA hired new controllers to replace the fired members. In the process of replacement they determined that many positions had been overstaffed and subsequently the number of needed replacements was reduced. In 1993 Clinton ended Reagan's prohibition on the rehiring fired controllers and eventually 850 former controllers returned to work. PATCO itself was decertified and replaced by a new union (NATCA). Many of the same demands made by PATCO (shorter hours, better pay and retirement programs) remain a part of the NATCA bargaining position, but to date NATCA has not resorted to the disastrous tactics of PATCO. Perhaps it is a lesson Harold may learn the hard way. We shall see.
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  427. Almost parallels the story of the USS Indianapolis.
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  428. That seems reasonable. 🤔
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  429. Thank you Simon. It's so rare to hear anyone tell the rest of the story behind this photo (the only other time I can recall was when I read an article about it in a magazine about three decades ago). To answer your question, what would I do in this situation, I don't know, but I do not condemn the general for his actions. The country was in chaos during he Tet Offensive, and he could not allow such a dangerous man the opportunity of escape.
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  430.  @Strype13  I am reporting you to the lizard people for your blasphemy.
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  431. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  432. The best parts of the movie are the intense battle scenes, one after the other. They are unrelenting - as is the music.
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  433. I just pray they don't do their version of "The Full Monty".
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  434. Liberators were not well loved by their crews. They could not fly as high as a B-17, so had to suffer through more flak. Nor were they as rugged as the B-17. Pilots became fatigued while flying them, as you pointed out. And B-24 bases were further away from London than B-17 bases, so the B-17 crews were visited more often by war correspondents who showered them with praise. Lastly the B-17 (in my opinion) was more romantic and better looking than the B-24.
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  435. The H was a rare bird. We had one on a pedestal mount at Hanscom AFB near Boston, MA when I was stationed there from 1986-1990. I believe it's still there.
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  436. My nephews celebrate Festivus.
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  437.  @glennriviere7807  Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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  438. A family friend who served in WWII ended up in Czechoslovakia at the end of the war. He said the meaning of the nod and shake we reversed in Czech culture, which led to numerous misunderstandings between the local girls and the GIs.
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  439.  @stanleyrogouski  And there's an Admiral Halsey on The Orville sci-fi series. That name has legs (sea legs).
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  440.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  My grandfather always said history is an agreed upon error. I have long accepted this notion, and thus I am always glad to see different points of view on any given topic. It gives it more depth and dimension and infuses it with the human touch.
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  441. How does accurately predicting the election outcome warrant an FBI raid?
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  442. It may be a small consolation, but at least he was able to keep warm until then. 🤨
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  443. Break out the Lugers!
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  444. In regard to the Catholic Church's demand for celibacy, I believe it had more to do with practical financial concerns than Godliness. It saved the Church a lot of money since it only needed to tend to the needs of a single individual. In addition, if he had no family of his own, a priest could not pass down to them any wealth he obtained while serving the Church. In some respects the US military once operated under a similar premise when it forbade a soldier or sailor to marry without the permission of his commanding officer. I believe this rule still holds for military academy cadets, though I have read pregnant cadets are allowed to remain. Indeed, under a new law these women can take up to two years leave and return to finish their studies. So much for good order and discipline.
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  445. At 14:58 you can see multiple hits on the asphalt from the officer's patrol carbine. This is about the level of marksmanship I would expect in this situation. He was lucky he did not shoot himself, another officer, or an innocent bystander. I was not aware shooting through the car window or leaning out the side window to fire was something any cop did except in old gangster movies.
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  446. "turn off the gas, cut off the oil, and let 'em all freeze and boil" - from the classic 1979 comedy song "Freeze a Yankee"
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  447. My Air War College paper centered around American involvement in small scale actions and began with a description of the long forgotten Polar Bear Expedition. It is an early example of mission creep, or as others have said, "When you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your original objective was to drain the swamp". Somalia comes to mind.
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  448. The USA is a republic, not a democracy. The founders studied Greek and Roman history and understood the dangers and shortcoming of democracies, which is why they created the foundations for a republic. For over 100 years we have seen these foundations undermined by the continual growth of a centralized progressive bureaucratic state, manned and regulated by appointed administrative experts who write and enforce rules and regulations that have the force of law. In the process we have strayed far from the Constitution. Many Americans no longer understand it or comprehend and appreciate our collective history. This is the real danger.
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  449.  @billwill7383  The B-70 gets my vote for the most beautiful airplane ever built, followed by the Spitfire and Staggerwing Beech.
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  450. I think today the Brits would call him a real nutter.
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  451. Thank God we're not still living in 2009 when the problem was getting out of hand. 🙂
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  452. Reagan did more than make wartime training films, but in later years his political enemies often tried to paint him as a coward for never having served in combat. In so doing they conveniently avoided any mention of the fact that he had voluntarily entered the Army Reserve in 1937 as a private in the US Cavalry and earned a commission as a second lieutenant. In Oct 1941 he was called to active duty, but Warner Brothers filed a deferment, requesting a delay until his last and arguably best movie, Kings Row, was completed. He entered active duty in April 1942 and tried repeatedly to get reassigned to an overseas posting but was denied due to his poor eyesight. Like all good soldiers (and airmen, for he was transferred to the USAAF), he did as he was ordered. Postwar his career suffered, as did the careers of many prewar actors, and he became more involved in politics. The rest is history, but not forgotten.
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  453. Just ask the ATF.
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  454.  @diegoharo7943  Which is why I'm puzzled he let his guard down. It is obvious from the outcome the officer made a huge tactical mistake that nearly cost him his life. He turned his back on the perp. Perhaps he felt he could do this because his partner was covering him or because he was standing right outside the station house. It's a false sense of security as past history has shown us, particularly when dealing with potential psychopaths and drug users.
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  455. That's the movie version. The truth is somewhat more subdued but no less fascinating. King went on to become a decorated Commando, was promoted to Captain, and served again in the Korean War where was again cited for bravery. He retired a major and later drowned in a driving accident in New Zealand in 1962.
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  456. I don't blame the rifle for operator errors.
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  457. It was aliens. One of our lizard overlords casually mentioned it to me the other day.
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  458. I would have included the Liberty ships because of their mass construction, though the Victory ships might be a better choice because they were structurally sounder and considerably faster.
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  459.  @slv8535  It was originally designed to be an air superiority fighter even though it couldn't turn worth a damn or operate at low speed. In its early years of service It did assume the role of point air defense interceptor against incoming Soviet bombers until teething problems were resolved with the F-102 and F-106. It was also modified for use as a fighter-bomber in the Vietnam War and for NATO air forces. By most accounts I've read it performed this role fairly well, but one need only look at the high loss rates to know it was not the best aircraft for the job, nor was it a plane for inexperienced pilots.
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  460. The fact that the descriptions given by each witness closely jibed is often treated as a sign of them having rehearsed their parts.
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  461. Truly a group of unsung heroes, these salvage men.
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  462.  @laktisandpipik9265  I got tired of picking out all the errors. A hundred years from now they'll probably think these actors were the real soldiers. (sigh)
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  463.  @melindacadarette3447  Same here. Praised be plastic wrap, Tupperware, and refrigeration!
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  464.  @gta4everrr  Reminds me Vietnam It's a jungle out there in Clearwater.
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  465. The distinction between pirates and privateers is reminiscent of that between ninja and samurai.
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  466. Admiral Lee knew what the hell he was doing and deserved the Medal of Honor for this action alone, but received a Navy Cross instead. I suppose if he'd been killed during the engagement, the Navy would have insisted on the higher award. I doubt it mattered to Lee. He won the day and changed the course of the war in this part of the Pacific. Yet for some reason all the stories we read and hear are about Callaghan and Scott, two admirals who are best remembered for their failures around Guadalcanal. I am curious to know why the South Dakota had so many electrical problems during this latest fight when Washington did not. I know they were different class ships but they were built during the same time period.
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  467. "They will live a long time, these men of the South Pacific. They had an American quality. They, like their victories, will be remembered as long as our generation lives. After that, like the men of the Confederacy, they will become strangers. Longer and longer shadows will obscure them, until their Guadalcanal sounds distant on the ear, like Shiloh and Valley Forge." - James Michener, Tales of the South Pacific
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  468.  @Seawitch907  That does not appear to be a 20 year old in that photo. He looks about 14. Video of him walking around the rally shows a different looking full grown man.
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  469. Judging from their official statement, the city has admitted they have bad cops, but deny the whole department is corrupt. That's an interesting defense.
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  470.  @willhiggins9563  We could have defeated, even captured North Vietnam at any point, but LBJ, the man who insisted we go into Vietnam in force, refused to take decisive action. Nixon inherited the mess LBJ created, but by this point the mood of the American public was swinging to somewhere between indifference and antagonism, rather like the feelings now about the war on terror. North Vietnam decided to play the waiting game at the Paris Peace meetings, but by late 1972 Nixon had had enough of it and launched Linebacker II which quickly broke the North. They very much feared an invasion was coming, so they sued for peace in earnest, and were amazed we settled for so little when victory was within our grasp.
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  471. My earliest flying memories are riding around in a CAP Piper PA12 my Dad flew and maintained (he was a licensed A&E mechanic) back in the late 1950s. The CAP shack (and it was a shack) was attached to a small open hangar that housed the plane. Originally thye operated an old Fleet biplane, but it was replaced by the PA12 Super Crusier. Most of the CAP members were WWII and Korean vets who wanted to log some cheap or free flying time. During WWII it was about the only way a civilian pilot was allowed to do any private flying, so it was great incentive to join and use your plane for the cause. The Navy was doing something similar with private yachts early in the war. As an aside, I spotted a rare Luscombe Phantom in the photo at 27:16. They only built 25 of them. This was a plane my Dad always wanted to own. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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  472. They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.  (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  473. It is easier to create a working unified field theory for physics than it is to explain the machinations of the State Department.
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  474. I guess it isn't just old soldiers who never die, but just fade away. This is another great story, like those of other Imperial German Navy ships and crews of WWI such as the SMS Emden and SMS Wolf. C.S. Forester must have envied these true life adventures, or even used them as inspiration for some of his work.
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  475. Your assessment of lumber retail markup sounds about right. Pre-pandemic I could buy lumber at Lowes with a 10% military discount. Now I get none because I was told their markup is less than that.
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  476. Bruce, the mission of protection personnel is to block attackers and their avenues of attack where possible, quickly remove their charges from the scene to a more secure location when it is not, and stop the attack, in that order. It is not to shoot people, even those who deserve it, unless absolutely necessary. Remember, there are far more innocent people standing around than bad guys, and you don't want to injure or kill them by mistake. To say that Secret Service agents are willing to take a bullet for the President is not an exaggeration.
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  477. That's okay. Here in the USA we don't teach much French history. What a pity.
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  478.  @bideni408  The average student today thinks anything prior to the year 2000 is ancient history.
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  479. Lord, I didn't even recognize Phil. I guess we've change a lot in 45 years. Anyway, he was spot on with his analysis.
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  480. I normally watch The History Guy at 2x speed (challenging though it is), but this one I had to play at normal speed. The Captain was a major influence on a lot of us who grew up with The Lone Ranger, Sky King, and Lassie. In our house it was practically sacrilegious to skip the Wizard of Oz at Halloween time or Captain Kangaroo helping to MC the Thanksgiving Day parades. I truly pity those who missed the golden age of television. I doubt the internet will have anything equivalent. For those who have never heard Captain Kangaroo's theme song, here is a link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSW-LJJHH3U
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  481. Wow, a Fleet. My Dad used to fly one in the late 1950s with the local Civil Air Patrol. Somewhere I have a color photo of it in flight.
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  482. The Irish are always at their best when fighting.
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  483.  @danielseelye6005  Isn't that usually the reason for the fighting?
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  484. My Dad often did business with a survivor of Task Force Smith, the first US combat force sent to Korea at the opening of hostilities. He was seriously wounded and initially left on the battlefield for dead. He claimed he was later recovered by graves registration troops (or possibly medics) who assumed he was deceased until he moaned. Reportedly, one of the men said, "Hey, this one ain't dead yet." This account often puzzled me because Task Force Smith retreated after seven hours of fighting and in disarray. Many wounded and missing soldiers were left behind in the confusion. Some of them were captured and executed and some managed to evade the NK troops and return to friendly lines over the next five days, but it would be two months before US forces retook the area. Oh well, his wounds were serious enough that he was shipped stateside and missed the Frozen Chosin debacle.
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  485.  @aliceshaw8265  Why do you feel the instant need to engage in an ad hominem attack on me? I said nothing about the LDS church nor did I imply anything about my faith or anyone else's faith. As for the sources of my information, they came from a friend of mine who is a practicing Mormon and from an old television series that recreated supposedly true western adventures. This is why I posed my remarks as both a question and a lore rather than as statements of fact. If you know the truth, please provide some useful details. If you don't know, please do not engage in character assassination of a person you know absolutely nothing about. It does you no credit.
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  486.  @donaldmartin4980  No, I checked it for accuracy afterwards and nothing had shifted. It's simply an awkward rifle to maneuver quickly and easily. This is equally true of the AR10, G3, M1, and M14. From a well supported rest they perform well. Offhand or from an unstable support they are trickier to handle than an AR15.
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  487.  @donaldmartin4980  Yes, I keep a Rossi 16" Model 92 handy that is loaded with 180 grain Bear loads. I often take it with me when I walk the dog. I also have a Rossi Rio Grande in 45/70, but it is simply too large and unwieldy when compared to the 92.
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  488. A US citizen is hijacked on an international flight and the US government has not intervened to rescue him?
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  489. It's hard for many Americans today to understand why the United State government deprived over 100,000 of its citizens and legal residents their basic freedoms for the first three years of the war. Contrary to popular belief, not all people of Japanese ancestry were interned. Only a small percentage of those living in Hawaii were interned, and those living outside of the west coast military exclusion zone were unaffected, though they were relatively few in number. The primary motivation for the relocation and internment was fear. Japanese 5th column operations were quite common in Asia and the Pacific rim, so the concern was not unwarranted at the time. Indeed, polling showed overwhelming support, even demand, for such action. It is only in retrospect that Americans have become ashamed of these actions and accepted that racism played a significant role as well. But to keep matters in perspective, Americans and Europeans living under Japanese control during WWII received far harsher treatment, more in line with those of the Nazi overlords. This too is a story worth telling.
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  490.  @Parents_of_Twins  I believe this channel exists for entertainment purposes (and to make money for its creator). I treat it the way I treated Capstick's books on Africa. It is not to be taken too seriously. Given the price of ammunition these days, I rarely shoot anything remotely exotic. I do prefer heavy-for-caliber projectiles, but not punishing recoil. I don't shoot creatures that are a half mile or further away. Bullet placement and penetration are and will always remain king and queen.
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  491. Sounds like a rather pointless life.
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  492.  @Epitome613  Aw, shucks.
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  493.  @k8zhd  We didn't get a color set until 1970 and I remember the time spent fiddling with the controls. Did you ever have to walk around with the rabbit ears in your hand, searching for a sweet spot?
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  494. This is the first time I have heard of this tragedy.
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  495. Quite true, but at least one movie made during the war did not change the names of the principal characters, and that was "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo". It remains an astonishingly honest film, full of depth, love, fear, bravery, and sacrifice. I still feel the pathos that movie evokes when I reflect on the horrific sacrifices paid by 250,000 Chinese civilians in the aftermath of the raid. Many decades later I watched a film of one of the Doolittle Raiders, who had returned to China to thank the people for their efforts. As he spoke and recounted the price in lives to his audience, he lost his composure and cried. Who woundn't be moved by such a scene.
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  496.  @blshouse  Tell 'em there's a building full of lock boxes in the town.
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  497.  @cydonia3333  Nobody is being deceived. My point is that good policing does not require bullying tactics. He handled the whole situation very professionally.
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  498. I know the designer, John Garand, did pronounce his name Gerund, but every WWII or Korean era GI pronounced it Gah-rand. As for Marsh Williams, he was brilliant, but almost always cantankerous in the extreme. Now tell the story of the AR15/M16 and the actual role Gene Stoner had in its development. Few people know he did not create the rifle; he developed its predecessor, the AR10. The role of scaling it down went to Jim Sullivan, now largely forgotten.
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  499.  @veng3r663 In Lee's case the mistake was more understandable and freakish, but theoretically avoidable. No live ammo was involved. The projectile from a dummy round became stuck in the revolver. When the dummy rounds were removed and replaced with blanks, nobody noticed the missing projectile from one of the cases. When the blank was fired, the stuck projectile existed the gun just as a regular live round would have.
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  500. Maxwell Smart must have been a descendant of Wood.
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  501. Keep up the good work. Many of the stories you report are ones that I have some sketchy knowledge of, but often I lack the details. Some of the stories are completely new to me. All of them are interesting.
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  502. That happened to me once in Switzerland. Beautify manicured country, cultured and educated people . . . they couldn't wait for me to leave.
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  503.  @tomricketts7821  FBI investigation? LMAO
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  504.  @nokiot9  About 22 pounds loaded with a bipod. Many soldiers and Marines removed the bipod to save weight. The WWII version of the BAR had two settings - slow and fast. On the slow setting you could get off single shots, but since it fired from an open bolt, there was a delay before it slammed home and fired. This made accurate aiming difficult unless you used the bipod or some sort of rest to stabilize it.
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  505. I have never understood why Callaghan and Scott received the Medal of Honor for that cock-up. I can only presume it was done for morale and propaganda reasons.
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  506. I believe the photo at 3:21 is Lt Col Joachim Peiper. If I am incorrect, then a lot of books and articles from the past will need to be corrected.
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  507. That's interesting and on the surface tends to counter John's assertion that everyone should carry OC spray. Perhaps a bit of training is in order.
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  508. I had the same thought while watching this episode.
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  509. Years ago, after we removed the 7.62 miniguns from the AC-130, we received complaints from folks on the ground that the 20mm was too risky to use when the enemy was danger close (like small grenades going off). 30mm is much worse, but gunships can no longer afford to operate at lower altitudes where rifle caliber arms are effective because the aircraft become too vulnerable to ground fire. Experience is a bitter teacher.
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  510. I'm old enough to remember when Richard Pryor joked that "justice" really meant "just us" in court. Modern wokeness requires that such humor no longer be tolerated. They must have an inordinate fear of mockery and lampooning, whichever said of the political spectrum they fall.
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  511. My kind of preacher.
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  512.  @cliffbird7237  How do you know he's an American, and why do you denigrate us? I'm an American without a trace of English blood, but I have long admired Winston Churchill. No man is perfect, and certainly Winnie was as flawed as the rest of us, but in the world's darkest hour he was the man with the greatest insight and the greatest ability to stay the course until victory was assured.
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  513.  @regularguy2807  Neither side engaged in the battle knew this, but it does not matter. The British forces were determined to seize New Orleans and control the entire Mississippi River. Had they succeeded in this mission and been been told of the treaty after the fact, do you think the British general would have ceded control back to the United States? No, he would have notified London of their new bargaining chip and recommended they use it to their full advantage, which I very strongly suspect the British government would have done.
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  514.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I had read the scope was in the Marine Corps collection, but your video indicated the rifle was stolen, so does that mean the scope is missing as well?
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  515.  @jamesdeen3011  I honestly don't recall. Their video may be out there in the ether somewhere. Whether debris, the bullet, or the scope itself killed him, I can't say. All I know is Hathcock got him and that's all that really matters in war.
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  516.  @LVQ-so5th  If that were the case, you'd think he would have immediately vamoosed. You can never predict how people will behave in such a situation.
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  517. I would love to see a movie or miniseries that covers the lives of the original apostles and early disciples of Christ. History did not stop with his death and resurrection. It was only the beginning of a new era.
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  518. Thinking outside the box, the IAF could borrow a page from the USN and use F-35s to refuel F-35s. This might work for one strike package, but I doubt they'd have enough aircraft to handle two near simultaneous strike packages.
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  519.  rwsthedemonking  I wouldn't fire the cops. They did what they thought was necessary to protect themselves and others. I would suggest that both the federal and state governments pass laws to ensure that property owners are properly reimbursed for any damages caused by police departments. This may require setting up some sort of insurance fund, which means Joe Taxpayer ultimately foots the bill. The courts should only get involved if the citizen believes he has not been adequately reimbursed. As for ordering people to assist law enforcement even to the point of risking life and limb, this seems to fly in the face of a SCOTUS decision that said police are under no obligation to protect individual citizens, only the community at large. It mean the police get have their cake and eat it.
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  520.  @evensgrey  Another noteworthy member of this fraternity is Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger II. Although a pilot, rather than research physician, he performed the very first extreme altitude experiments by riding balloons to altitudes eventually exceeding 100,000 ft and descending by free-fall at over 600 MPH before opening his parachute. This called for titanium cajones.
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  521.  @jermsbestfriend9296  Could you be more specific?
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  522. @GaslitWorld f. Melissa B Yeah, we pale-faced Caucasians can't keep a poker face.
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  523. New names for old countries always make me suspicious. Can you imagine lathering your face with Myanmar Shave? Thankfully the Karens are old hands at jungle warfare and resisting tyranny.
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  524.  @beibei93 You mean Detroit is not a success story? 😉
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  525. Show me the child and I will find a problem.
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  526. I follow Sal on YouTube. He is sharp as a tack and his videos are engaging. Who would have thought shipping was so interesting?
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  527.  @ajvanmarle  Houston, we have a problem.
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  528. Politicians and bureaucrats practicing medicine, what could possibly go wrong?
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  529. ​ @destinywilliams801  Only if you consider the petty vindictive behavior of the drill instructor to be a virtue and a sign of strength rather than an abuse of his authority.
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  530. If I'd been the homeowner I would taken him down and stolen his ammo. Imagine what you could get for a 100 rounds of 5.56 today.
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  531. Better than bringing back the flu itself.
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  532. "If it bleeds, it leads" has been a hallmark of the news media since its inception. I first heard the expression 40 years ago from a friend in radio, though I expect it is far older than that. I agree with your assessment. After I retired form the Air Force I moved from DC to rural Montana where there is no TV reception. I use the internet and print media and am much happier and healthier as a result. The reason is because I get to pick and choose when to watch the news and which news stories I want to see or read. I access a variety of sources and people I have some trust in (including Ryan), but even then I have to keep my BS meter well tuned.
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  533. Well done, Ed. That was a good intel summary of an issue the public press has been ignoring until recently. Perhaps the pendulum of Taiwanese support by the free world is finally swinging in their favor, but will it swing fast enough to prevent China from attacking them or will it hasten CCP action to fulfill its ultimate goal of reunification by force? The world wonders.
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  534. "It's not creepy at all". The judge said otherwise, Indy :)
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  535.  @willhiggins9563  Try any well written history on the Vietnam War, but find the ones that focus on the politics more than the battles. One really good source I can recommend is FOUR STARS. There are several scholarly works put out by the DoD, such as THE EAGL'ES TALONS by Drew and Snow (Air University). If you want to read more personal accounts, try THUD RIDGE for a pilot's view of the early air war over North Vietam. I grew up during the war and have known a great many veterans who served and fought in it. To a man, they believed it was the politicians who held us back from winning it. I agree. This is why we should never enter into any conflict where don't have a clear intent to win, and win quickly because the American public are an impatient lot.
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  536. My favorite quote from the "Battle off Samar" was by a sailor who, upon seeing the Japanese inexplicably retire just as they were about to annihilate Taffy 3, yelled, "Dammit, boys, they're getting away!" Those men needed wheel barrels to haul their stainless steel balls.
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  537. My daughters read all of Laura Ingalls's books. Now they are being band by the new enlightenment.
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  538.  @theoneural  Beware the crabcats!
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  539. I started each Saturday morning with old Popeye and Bugs Bunny cartoons and ended sometime after lunch with the animated Lone Ranger and Jonny Quest.
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  540. Here's a couple of names I can suggest for it: Easy Pickings, The Custer Cluster. Meanwhile, the Germans have just announced their new main battle tank, the KF51 Panther, or as I like to call it, Rommel's Revenge.
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  541. It wasn't just GM that was building crappy cars in the late 1970s. When I graduated from college I acquired a brand new Ford Granada Sport. At 13,000 miles the transmission went out for the first time. The paint started to peel, the vinyl half-top rotted, and then there were those awful Firestone 500 tires and their chronic belt separations. Maybe I dodged a bullet by not owning a Citation, but I still got zinged. I do not miss that era at all.
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  542. Long ago I read an interview with a former Naval Intelligence officer who conducted the Luciano interviews. As I recall, he said Luciano exaggerated his knowledge and ability to provide contacts and support for operations in Sicily and Italy. Whatever the actual case is, I suspect Lucky was mainly in it for himself. That seems to be the underlying creed of Mafiosos.
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  543.  @caniconcananas7687  According to the Free Dictionary both spellings are acceptable forms. I studied both Latin and Spanish in high school, so while my ancestors may have been barbarians, I am a cultured barbarian, thank you.
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  544. When I was a teenager my Dad told me a story of Doctor Bell which is perhaps apocryphal. Supposedly while serving as an assistant to Bell, Doyle witnessed a memorable example of the doctor's keen abilities as an instructor. Bell was demonstrating to a class of medical students how to detect the presence of sugar diabetes by dipping one's finger into a vat of urine and tasting it for sweetness. He then had each student come forward and duplicate his example. Once the entire class was again seated he informed them that the real purpose of his demonstration was to emphasize the importance of the power of observation. "Had you but paid closer attention to my actions, you would have noticed that I dipped my middle finger into the vat, but tasted my index finger." What student was likely to forget that lesson?
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  545. Minor correction; the Doolittle Raid was 18 Apr 1942.
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  546.  @mindeloman  Grandpa had an Ambassador DPL with front seats that fully reclined. It was perfect for dating.
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  547.  @massengineer7582  By law, all able-body male adult citizens (those not already serving in the military) are automatically considered members of the militia, organized or unorganized. The well-regulated reference means they should meet periodically and practice (drill). More importantly, the militia clause is not a prerequisite for owning any firearm; it is an explanation why private citizens (the people) should own firearms that are suitable for the common defense.
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  548. The cowboy actor Tim Holt, son of famed Hollywood star actor Jack Holt, was a B-29 bombardier who was wounded over Tokyo on the last day of the war, giving him the dubious honor of being the last official casualty. I could not find a date for this injury, so the story may be inaccurate. If you do not remember Tim Holt, he appeared in John Ford's "Stagecoach" and co-starred in Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons", John Huston's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", and John Ford's "My Darling Clementine".
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  549. Ed, while I was stationed at the Pentagon from 2001 - 2007 I had partial responsibility for COOP (Continuity Of Operations Plan) which included evacuation by helo of critical personnel. Without going into classified information, suffice it to say the air assets available were a joke. I doubt that has changed much. Even if you had a fleet of modern helicopters standing alert, there simply isn't enough real estate around the critical office buildings to land and retrieve anywhere near the number of critical personnel required to relocate operations to other sites in a timely fashion.
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  550.  @jasonthomas9596  Yep.
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  551.  @Edax_Royeaux  When I was very young I used to watch a TV show called The Silent Service (available on YouTube). It was reenactments (sometimes slightly embellished) of true stories about US subs, mostly set during WWII. It's a great series, with a lot of future stars and familiar faces. It was created and produced by retired Rear Admiral Thomas Dykers, a former WWII sub commander. I think you'll enjoy watching it.
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  552.  @andyberry2025  I never minded exercising command over other personnel, but I usually left the control to them and their own devices. If they screwed up, it was my responsibility to take the heat, not theirs. And I've got the singed tuchus to prove it.
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  553.  @Wolfeson28  You may well be right. If so, don't expect any of our current senior military leadership to get sacked over the debacle in Afghanistan.
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  554. I remember the incident, but I did not recall so many people being shot. Just what was the princess's husband, Mark Phillips, doing during the escapade beside being scared? I would have expected more from a British Army officer.
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  555. The Colt automatic the Webley went up against was the 1905 model. When the 1911 was developed, any advantage the Webley had was lost.
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  556.  @dalehill6127  "Tomorrow is another day . . . without electricity." Cue end theme.
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  557. "Corn whiskey, corn whiskey I like you pretty well, You've killed all my kin folk and sent them to Hell, You've sent all my kin folk on rotgut and rye, And I guess you'll send me when I'm ready to die" "Corn Whiskey" The Limeliters, 1962 (from their album "Our Men in San Francisco", 1963)
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  558. You're deth-spicable! 🙂
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  559.  @IvanBaturaChannel  It was the dictator Noriega who repeatedly broke both Panamanian and international law in order to remain in power illegally. It was Noriega who was heavily involved in illegal drug tracking into the USA. And it was it was the Panamanian National Assembly that declared a “state of war” with the US on 15 December 1989, which was several days before we invaded. That was a pretty dumb move. The killing of an American military officer at a roadside checkpoint proved to be the last straw for Bush. As for the War Powers Act, the Congress has never enforced it because they know it will be challenged before the Supreme Court as being unconstitutional. So your argument boils down to this. Is any nation obligated to obey a treaty when other parties to that treaty are violating it?
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  560. A lot of onion farmers got skinned.
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  561. Have you done an episode on screen legend Hedy Lamar's greatest invention, the frequency hopping technology for wireless guided torpedoes in WWII? It's still used today in such common items as Bluetooth headphones.
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  562.  @machintelligence  Small world. I wonder if he and John knew each other.
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  563. What most strikes me is how much men age and mature after a few years of war. Stewart was no exception.
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  564.  @rlud304  Not even that anymore.
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  565. I wonder what Charles Russell thought of Remington's art.
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  566. I'm familiar with Hall and her remarkable career. I'm also familiar with Aaron Bank, but after reading Peter Kemp's books I developed a much lower opinion of him. Have you considered doing a Forgotten History episode on Bank?
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  567. That's true, but in 1992 a circus elephant named Kelly went on a rampage in Palm Bay, FL, and had to be killed by police officers. There's even horrific video of her being shot multiple times by one officer using a 9mm handgun. She was finally dispatched with a rifle. In 1994 an elephant named Tyke was killed by a fusillade of bullets fired by Honolulu police after she killed her trainer and ran rogue during a carnival show.
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  568.  @MrJest2  My parents got cable around 1965. Suddenly we went from one and a half stations to seven, if you counted the weather channel. It consisted of a clock, barometer, thermometer, and wind gauge mounted on an oscillating table to allow the stationary camera to effectively pan back and forth.
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  569.  @dannyd8625  Your late uncle was luckier than that Royal Navy officer from WWII who lost every ship he served on (six as I recall). All the same, your uncle sounds like somebody I'd loved to have met as long as it wasn't aboard his ship. 🙂 Correction, four ships.
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  570. WRNS can be such deadly little birds.
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  571.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Complete BS is a more accurate description. The movie made Johnson the hero and portrayed some of his pursuers as either villains or incompetent clowns. The portrayal of the Canandian flying ace was particularity insulting.
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  572. For almost two decades I've been using Duracell batteries (mostly AA, some AAA, C, ad D) at COSTCO. I do get occasional leakage, but not so often that I'd quit using them. Having seen the lithium performance, I may switch to them This makes me wonder why the only silver oxide batteries I can find are button type.
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  573.  @zonian1966  I hope it wasn't one that I'm using. :face-blue-wide-eyes:
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  574.  @lookythat2  Thanks, I did not know about the AIM-26 so I looked it up. Apparently it became operational, but never entered widespread service like the Genie. By the way, my brief research also revealed the only USAF aircraft to launch a live nuclear armed Genie was an F-89J which now sits 90 minutes away from me as a static display at the Great Falls airport.
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  575. I didn't know Barney had a part-time job at the 7-11.
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  576. The C-47 of salvage ships.
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  577. What is an off duty intervention policy? Is it standardized across agencies?
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  578. None of the technology you mentioned from the past invades the human body. Helping those who cannot move, see, or hear is a laudable goal. Artificially enhancing one's IQ or importing thoughts not our own, not so much.
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  579. He deserves his own separate video, as do many of the now forgotten Filipino and American guerilla fighters.
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  580. Now that's steampunk!
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  581. Any place that has cold beer, schnitzel, and potato latkes is a good place.
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  582. How do you define very capable? When we went into Afghanistan we had to provide the French with basic logistic support because their capabilities were extremely limited. That was 20 years ago. Maybe they've improved since then.
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  583. Disappearing into the Canadian Mist, he wasn't a Robin Hood but a Curtiss Robin Hood (as pictured in my logo).
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  584.  @ok-zc1mm  Indeed there were. Lindbergh held a reserve commission and wanted to be recalled, but FDR said no for both political and personal reasons (he hated Lindbergh's isolationist work before the war). Lindbergh went around FDR by going to the Pacific as a technical advisor. While there he taught P-38 pilots how to lean their engines to greatly increase the fighter's range and he demonstrated to the Marines that it was possible to double the bomb load of their Corsairs. LeMay was a newly promoted major when we entered WWII. He was one of Arnold's handpicked boys and was expected to lead the way in the first few years of combat because of his competency, fearlessness, and aggressive nature. He did not receive his first star until September 1943. Jimmy Doolittle was a pioneering race pilot with a doctorate in aeronautics, but he had to fight to get back in the military (he had resigned his regular commission before the war and accepted a reserve commission, which was something regular Army officers looked upon with disdain). Eddie Rickenbacker was too old to recall to service and also an enemy of FDR, but he performed inspection tours and fact-finding missions for the government, one of which resulted in his being lost at sea for 23 days. He eventually received the medal for Merit, a civilian award equivalent to the Legion of Merit in the military. If any of these men had been caught or killed by the enemy, it would have been a serious blow to American morale. I have to wonder, do we have such people today in positions of fame and influence?
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  585. The description Schuck gave of his bailout process is similar to that described to me by Adolph Galland when I met him. He said the Allies assumed the Germans were using ejector seats in their fighters (a few did, but not very many). In reality the pilots were using a procedure whereby they released their harnesses, jettisoned the canopy, tucked their bodies tightly, and kicked the stick forward with their feet so the plane would rapidly drop away from them. The resulting effect gave the illusion of ejection. Galland then pondered why the enemy didn't do the same thing. Perhaps some did, but most accounts I've read of bailouts involved climbing out of the cockpit and jumping clear or rolling inverted and falling out.
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  586. In college I saw a documentary of German WWII propaganda movies. In one scene, whcic was set in a British run Boer concentration camp, the arrogant British camp commander is inspecting the terrible conditions the Boer women and children are suffering under before declaring there is nothing wrong. Since the majority of Boers were actually of Dutch origin, and Holland was struggling under the boot of Nazi oppression at the time this movie was made, the irony did not escape me. No doubt German audiences had a different view and probably nodded approvingly at the portrayal of the Brits as evil incarnate. It would seem comical today if the subject matter had not been so dark.
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  587. Lest We Forget... They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  588. I recommend the Bronx cheer replace the Olympic salute.
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  589. Its service with the fleet was fleeting.
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  590. Holy crap.
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  591. Will you be sharing any of your proceeds with the local Indian tribes? 🙂
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  592. A pilot at our local airport restored several WWII trainers in the 1970s. I went up with him in his North American SNJ (Navy version of the AT6 Texan trainer, aka the Harvard in Commonwealth use). He too sourced parts from anywhere and everywhere, including spent 22 LR casings which he discovered worked well enough as ersatz brass fittings on the engine. When he later sold his collection, I heard from my brother that the new owners were aghast once they uncovered the "workmanship" applied to these planes. Oh well, they weren't the first customers he had suckered.
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  593.  @austindavies6371  I've only seen photos of the Victor, which looks like a giant insect to me. I once saw a Vulcan put on a demo at an airshow. It was much more graceful, rather like an oversized Douglas F4D Skyray.
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  594. Watching this video reminds me why I did not go into beltway work or join a military related industry when I retired. I get to live on my rural retreat and have only traveled out of state twice in the last 16 years.
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  595. She was the embodiment of the French spirit.
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  596. The ship that would not die.
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  597. If a right is granted, it isn't really a right; it is a privilege that can be revoked on a whim.
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  598.  @gogamarra  In the 1970s my human factors professor at Georgia Tech was Dr. Randall Chambers, who had been one of the lead human factors researchers during the early days of the space program. He once told me that Deke Slayton had developed a heart murmur under high G loading that prevented him from flying any of the early missions. But Slayton would not give up and stayed with the program far longer than most astronauts, eventually getting his chance to go into space when NASA started using rockets that no longer generated tremendous acceleration.
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  599.  @henlohenlo689  Then why did the officer approach and question the guy in the first place? He obviously thought something was out of whack.
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  600. I know you meant no disrespect, but the Medal of Honor is not won. Like ever other decoration, it is earned.
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  601.  @Hollows1997  As far as I can tell Winston and Marlborough taste about the same, but I don't smoke cigarettes.
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  602. Love the victory bounce on his asp at the end.
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  603. NATO.
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  604. The reason I watch American Thought Leaders is because there is a great deal of thought presented in each episode.
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  605.  @mikenodine6713  No, we never put any nuclear armed cruise missiles aboard a C-5. By the time the cruise missile program came along we had long since stopped flying with nukes aboard our aircraft (Chrome Dome missions) because we had too many Broken Arrow incidents. We did once air drop a Minuteman missile out of a C-5 and successfully launched it. It was largely a publicity stunt intended to let the USSR know we had such a capability if we wished to develop it further. I've little doubt the concept scared the hell out of some Soviet war planners.
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  606.  @NrthrnKnght  That's easy enough to answer - because they would be searching for intelligent life.
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  607.  @mikecurtin9831  Your comment does not correspond with anything I posted. I'm talking about what a tragedy it would be to erase the past.
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  608.  @INoticeTooMuch1  The Soviets had a very well developed spy apparatus in the USA and the UK, and yes, they did take advantage of scientist and academics who were naive or even pro-communist. The Communist planted a seed in the 1920s-40s that has slowly flourished across the campuses of western universities for almost 100 years. Of course, to the young college student of today, what they believe in is not communism or socialism; it's progressiveness (roll eyes).
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  609. These accounts remind me of the the book "The Long Winter" wherein Laura Ingalls described how Pa got lost in a South Dakota blizzard and managed to survive by sitting it out ensconced in a heavy buffalo robe. When morning came he discovered he was within sight of his farmhouse.
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  610. I know the 94th "Hat in the Ring" Sqn flew them, but they had a nasty habit of shedding wing skin and they could be tricky to fly. Eddie Rickenbacker used them before his squadron switched to the more robust SPAD XIII.
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  611. Of course there were giants on Guadalcanal. They're called Marines.
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  612.  @jamesdeen3011  You are welcome. I wonder where the actual rifle scope is today.
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  613. As you have shown, the history of African slavery is not a simple black and white story (no pun intended).
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  614. Maybe, but he's always spoken this way and acted accordingly, which is why it is extremely unlikely he will be elected President.
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  615.  @insight1428  The economies and liberties of the USSR and Yugoslavia failed miserably. That's why neither country exists any longer. Free enterprise has advanced human knowledge and technology beyond anything ever imagined and brought much of the world out of abject poverty, no matter which metric you use. And it did it in less than 200 years. Free economies go through periods of highs and lows, but always the overall trend is upward. Government taxation, overspending, and meddling with economies is what brings about inflation and extends recessions and depressions longer than they should be.
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  616. "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. "Up, up the long delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle, flew; and, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God." This sonnet is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. It was written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., an American volunteer pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War, who served in a Spitfire squadron until he was killed on 11 December 1941 after he bailed out too low following a collision with another aircraft near Ruskington, Lincolnshire county, England. He was 19 years old. What a loss to the literary world.
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  617.  @ceoatcrystalsoft4942  And how does one defend himself when CA won't allow the average Joe to carry a firearm for self-defense?
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  618. I would like to correct a popular misconception at the beginning of this video. John Chivington was never a US Army Colonel. He served in the U.S. Volunteers (USV), a sort of forerunner of the National Guard. As with state militia forces, the USV augmented the Regular Army in times of war but was separate from it. No Regular Army unit participated in the Sand Creek Massacre, nor did all of the USV forces join in. Captain Silas Soule refused to obey Chivington's orders, and he stood down his company, but they watched the unfolding horror, which he later described in gory detail at an official Army inquest. His testimony was very damning of Chivington and helped turn the nation against him, thus ruining Chivington's planned political aspirations. Soon afterwards, Soule was murdered in retribution. His killer, Charles Squier, though wounded by Soule, escaped, but suffered a most deserving fate five years later in Central America when his legs were crushed, resulting in gangrene and death. Despite his past crimes, his body was buried in Mississippi with honors.
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  619. Was poison gas used against the Arabs by British forces in the Mideast? I can find no information confirming this, only conjecture and unsubstantiated claims.
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  620.  @danam0228  Because they do a job the rest of us can't. Same thing for professional athletes, entertainers, surgeons, etc.
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  621. I think he was confused by the fact that the B model did have an optional .30 caliber nose gun for the bombardier to man.
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  622. I hope both Sweden and Finland join NATO. It would be a good move for them and a poke in the eye for Putin.
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  623. Please quit saying "police and civilians". In the USA the police are civilians. If you want to make a distinction, try using the term "private citizens".
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  624.  @dungareenavy5970  You have my sympathy. The Carter era Montgomery GI Bill was an insulting joke. I used it once and gave up, then switched to Tuition Assistance. Years later when the GI Bill was revamped I found out I did not qualify for it because of the $50 I had gotten from the Montgomery Bill. I was told not to worry though because the law cancelling the original GI Bill in 1976 had changed to grandfather in my class from 1977 because we were committed to federal service in 1976, but had been overlooked. There was just one catch; we had to enter our first day of continuous active duty by Dec 31, 1977. I was activated on 15 Jan 77, so once again I did not qualify. The good news is nobody ever spat on me or called me a baby killer like those poor Vietnam era guys. Anyway, I still managed to make a career out of it and I didn't end up with a watered-down retirement pay scale when I did retire.
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  625. Up next, the truth about crabcats.
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  626.  @ittapupu7406  I was speaking metaphorically, but I suspected somebody would falsely assume it was meant to be taken literally. If you've read my other comments, you will know I never said anything regarding doomer fantasies. I said I believe in being prepared for emergencies and having the means to survive and rebuild your life if the worst happens. It needn't be a national or worldwide cataclysm. The loss of loved ones, a career, or a home can be devastating to those who are not prepared spiritually, skillfully, or financially to deal with the crisis. But all crises pass in time and the world moves on.
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  627. A friend of mine served in the Old Guard. He was not assigned to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but to protecting Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger. Height and fitness standards were stringent. Each soldier was armed with a 1911 and five rounds of ammunition. My, how things have changed since then.
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  628. Some of the egregious behavior demonstrated by law enforcement, prosecutors, DAs, and civic board members is reminiscent of the plot of a charming 1943 movie “A Stranger in Town" where an incognito US Supreme Court Justice gets caught up in the corrupt politics of a small community while simply trying to enjoy his summer break fishing. It's really worth watching.
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  629.  @eddiemccullough7502  When Fred was on Patton's staff he spoke about how Patton treated the enlisted members there. He never mentioned how Patton behaved in the field, probably because Fred did not accompany him into the field.
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  630.  @krbailess  You are very welcome. I only wish Fred was still alive to comment. Since he's not, I'll leave you with a Patton quote I found long ago and kept on my desk. As a career staff officer myself, I can attest to the fact he was wrong about reproducing. "The typical staff officer is a man past middle life, spare, wrinkled, intelligent, cold, noncommittal, with eyes like a codfish, polite in contact, but at the same time unresponsive, cool, calm and as damnably composed as a concrete post or plaster of Paris cast; a human petrification with a heart of feldspar and without charm or the friendly germ; minus bowels, passions or a sense of humor. "Happily they never reproduce and all of them finally go to hell." P.S. If we do go to Hell, then it can only mean he'll be there to greet us.
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  631. I first about this incident while in college during the mid 70s. It appeared as an article in an aviation historical journal. I'm glad you were able to to recite this significant event in the annals of aviation.
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  632. A riot is an ugly thing, und I think that it is just about time dat ve had one!
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  633.  @blainelytle341  Peace and long life. 🖖
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  634. They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep. Their soul melteth away, because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. So when they they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their distress. For He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. (Psalm 107: 23 - 30)
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  635. Here in Montana the Public Service Commission just approved a 28% rate hike for electricity. On top of that, winter weather arrived suddenly last week. We went from 65 degree days to 5 degree days overnight. We're back into the 30s and 40s now, but the warm days are gone. There is no way an EV can survive here or be economical even if there were no production issues. Reality won't allow it.
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  636. So said Danny DeVito.
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  637. One of my JROTC instructors in high school had been a H-21 crew chief in South Vietnam in 1963. Because of the engine concerns it was necessary for him to periodically inspect it during missions. This required him to don a safety harness and swing outside the door while inflight. Whenever they were carrying passengers, he would announce it was hot and planned to step outside to cool off. He always enjoyed the looks on their unsuspecting faces when he did so.
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  638. I must respectfully disagree with the decision to engage with the AR. The officer was not using a carbine; he was using what appears to be a full length rifle with a 20" barrel. This means increased velocity and greater penetration. However, my greatest concern is the scope or reflex sight mounted on his AR. Due to the fixed carrying handle it is placed high above the normal line of sight. At such a short engagement distance it is likely his shots were falling lower than he thought. Couple this with the current emphasis on firing until the threat goes down, and you have the ingredients for a lifetime of regret. I truly feel sorry for this officer, the child, and her family. In another era this man would have been taken down or chased off by store customers and staff, negating such a powerful response from the police, but testosterone has long been in short supply among the citizenry of our major metropolitan areas. That is a sad commentary on the state of the American male.
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  639.  @jamesdeen3011  I can only make an uneducated guess. I suspect that for many years after the War the senior USMC and Navy leadership were trying to protect the reputation of the Corps and by extension, maintain high American trust in the organization. Today it may have more to do with bureaucratic inertia and indifference, or a desire not to besmirch the reputations of those senior officers and Navy Department civilians who covered up Boyington's many misdeeds. If a historian wants to deconstruct a war hero, he can do so with the information currently available, but don't expect the Department of Defense to assist. It does not benefit the organization to acknowledge the skeletons in the closets of famous WWII leaders such as MacArthur, Patton, Eisenhower, or Mark Clark (well, maybe Clark could be exposed with minimal damage).
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  640. And that, my friends, is why I joined the Air Force.
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  641.  @thurin84  That would depend on what you meant by right wing. I am referring small government conservative/libertarian thought, not the European concept of right wing meaning fascist.
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  642. Whether chasing the euro, dollar, yen, or yuan, nearly all government and corporate elites share the same basic desire - power.
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  643. Not mentioned in the video was the fate of one of its officers, Ensign Allen G. Brewington, who was a mustang (an officer promoted from the enlisted ranks) and a veteran of nine patrols, including one in Haddock for which he had earned the Silver Star. He had been seriously injured in an automobile accident on Saipan along with fellow Lagarto officer Lieutenant Walter R. Shaw (also a mustang with three war patrol credits). Shaw later succumbed to his injuries, but the fate of Brewington is unknown. Both officers were replaced by Lieutenant (junior grade) Walter B. Phelps (four war patrols) and Lieutenant Robert J. Williams (five war patrols). I did not see Williams's name listed among the deceased crew.
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  644. I was attending Georgia Tech when this fiasco took place. Unbeknownst to us at the time, our AFROTC class instructor was called away to assist a chaplain with a death notification. One of the 18 Air Force Security Policemen killed in the crash of the U Tapao bound CH-53 was from the Atlanta area. He later told us it was the last thing he ever expected to do while stationed in the heart of Atlanta, GA.
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  645. Imagine he is your husband or father—yikes!
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  646. At 28:23 you state that FDR invited the entire US Olympic Team to the White House, with the exception of Jesse Owens. Everything I've read claims that FDR refused to invite any members of the team to the White House and made it a point to stay out of the controversy surrounding American participation in the 1936 games. In so doing, he was preserving a 40 year tradition of keeping politics out of the Olympics. I think the myth that FDR snubbed Owens is a result of comments Jesse Owns made afterwards, including "I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the president either" and “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was our president who snubbed me…The president didn’t even send me a telegram". Taken out of context, one would assume Owens was singled out for abuse, but I can find no evidence to support this claim. Similarly, there are numerous reports that Hitler refused to shake hands with Jesse Owens after his wins. Some stories claim he left the game stand each time Owens won, but these statements have been proven false or incomplete. Hitler did not leave, and while it is true he did not shake hands with Owens, he did not shake hands with any athletes - with the possible exception of German and Finish winners. By Owens own admission he did exchange waves with Hitler after each of his wins (Dolf must have loved that 🙂). There is one point of controversy that has truly become forgotten history. Although the IOC (International Olympic Committee) required Germany to accept qualified Jewish athletes, Jewish-American athletes Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were not allowed to run in the 400-meter relay by the American Olympic Committee (AOC). Many claim this was done to avoid angering Hitler. Perhaps that is true or perhaps there was a fear if the two Americans lost, it would become a propaganda coup for the Nazi uberman myth. Or maybe the US team had two runners who were faster than Glickman and Stoller. So who were the two men were replaced them? Black athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe. Whatever the reason for the switch, America won the relay race and the rest is forgotten history.
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  647. Great story. Now for the movie. On an unrelated note, have you considered doing a video on Ruth Mitchell? She was the sister of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, the father of the US Air Force. Her life would make an unbelievable movie.
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  648. I think Peter meant 1000 km, not 1000 miles. Still, it is impressive.
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  649. DoD, I think that movie was about the Cabanatuan Raid which involved Rangers and Filipino Scouts.
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  650. Che Guevara should have been named Che Guano. He was a human turd - and that's an insult to turds everywhere. Have you ever seen the 1969 movie Che! starring Omar Sharif? It's a rather sanitized version of his life, but at least he isn't painted as a glorious leader of the Marxist revolution.
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  651. What a cool movie this would make. I can appreciate Colonel Austin's hesitancy to talk about the mission if LeMay had still been alive. He was always a daunting personality, even in old age. When I was a brand new shave tail (2nd lieutenant) in 1978 I was assigned to escort duty for distinguished visitors at a major USAF Security Police symposium on Lackland AFB. One of these guests was General LeMay, who had been instrumental in the creation of the predecessor organization, the Air Police (now Security Force). During a BBQ housed under a large general purpose tent I saw him sitting alone at a picnic table eating his lunch. I briefly pondered the notion of joining him, but remembering all the tales my Dad had told me about LeMay when Dad had served in the Air Force in the late 40s and early 50s, I hesitated and decided discretion was the better part of valor. Soon some old acquaintances of LeMay showed up and they began chatting, so he was no longer alone. As for me, I've always regretted my decision, even though it was likely a prudent one, because we so rarely have the opportunity to interact with living history.
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  652. I've often wondered if Kurt Tank's FW-190 design was influenced in some ways by the Fokker D.XXI.
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  653. Carrie Fisher was 19 months younger than I am. Boy, do I feel old now. :(
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  654. You are partly correct. The early model P40s flown at Pearl Harbor (and by the Flying Tigers in China) had two .50 caliber nose guns and four 30 caliber wing guns, though the versions used in the movie were actually later models that had only 50 caliber wing mounted guns (six total).
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  655. The movies, obviously. They never die.
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  656.  @VladVlad-ul1io  Not really, but you had to be discreet. I do remember late one night I hired a cab to take her back to her dormitory and at first she was upset because she thought the driver was a Saudi national. When she learned he was Yemeni she relaxed because he was in the same boat as she, i.e., living there on a work visa. It is true a Saudi citizen can cause legal trouble for anyone outsider, but it was less so for me. I was active duty Air Force and protected by a SOFA (status of forces agreement). Of course this only protected me up to a point. In my case the worst they could do was throw me out of the country. In her case she could arrested and imprisoned if they chose to do so.
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  657.  @Cladius76  Have a Merry Christmas all the same.
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  658.  @DrCruel  Yes, I have a friend of Armenian descent who just returned from the region. His son is still over there trying to help relocate farming families to available fertile land in Armenia. My fear is that Azerbaijan is not through with its territorial conquests. Rumor has it their next move will be to seize the southern part of Armenia and block all access and trade with Iran as part of a plan to isolate Armenia from any outside aid. With Russia preoccupied in Ukraine, I doubt they will be able to help.
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  659. The Soviets weren't the only ones to keep prisoners after WWII. I knew a former German Luftwaffe member who spent several years after the war as a French POW. He and his fellow prisoners were told that since the Germans caused the destruction in France, they could rebuilt it. He was put to work building roads and bridges, a skill which he later brought to the USA when he immigrated. I met him in the 1970s when he was working on the construction of the US interstate highway system (I-10) in Florida.
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  660.  @MajesticSkywhale  I'm glad I wasn't in that movie. He might have learned that I was once in the OSI, then assumed I knew the bionic man.
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  661. This is by far the most information I've ever seen presented on this plane. Well done, Ed.
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  662. He was called Bloody Harris for a reason.
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  663. The photo at 16:40 is of General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell.
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  664. It takes two people to remain in an abusive relationship. Either one can walk away or run away.
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  665. I think the use of canaries to detect gas in mines goes back much earlier than 1911. They were being used for this purpose in the 1700s and 1800s as well.
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  666. We had a KC10 tanker spraying fires near our home two years ago. It was quite a sight at treetop level.
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  667. From what I read long ago, Stalin was keen to support Pavlov because he saw the potential use of his research to control and shape human behavior under the Soviet system. In other words, he wanted everyone trained to love Big Brother. Good comrade..there's a good comrade...who love Big Brother? Good boy, here's a treat.
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  668. There is an English made movie from 1957 titled "Seven Thunders" which is set in Marseilles, France during WWII and involves a French doctor who poisons people who come to him thinking he has an escape route they can use to leave the country.
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  669. A close friend of mine wrote an article for "Machine Gun News" in the late 1980s while the movie Robocop was being filmed in Dallas, Texas. He was given access to the original blank-firing prop guns to photograph for the article. In addition to the prop version, several live-firing versions were built by my late friend Tim Bixler. Tim then worked with designer Utah Conner (yes, that's his name) to build a folding SMG that would be used in the Robocop II movie. This gun was the UC-9, which subsequently became the DEB M21, following Connor's collaboration with David E. Boatman (DEB) to build more guns. That project waxed and waned for years. After Conner died it was assumed by many that the project had died with him. As it turned out, several dozen registered receivers were eventually located by an enterprising individual who managed to acquire them and have them built into fully functioning SMGs of a revised/improved design. As you can expect, both the Robocop Beretta pistols and the folding SMGs are rare as hen's teeth and command quite a princely sum on the collector's market today.
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  670.  @dextercochran4916  Meanwhile the Soviets were discussing how to deal with the Anglo-American problem once the Fascists were defeated.
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  671. There's one story about a company that was making a war movie using surplus combat aircraft. But this was a ruse that not everyone was in on. As the cameras were rolling, the director yelled action and the planes took off, but they never returned, for they were on their way to Israel.
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  672.  @ricardoharriman205  Thanks for the update. I haven't kept pace with too many USAF activities since I retired in '07. I recall we were planning to upgrade Wake Island which at the time was being tended by a couple of unfortunate contractors.
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  673. One my favorite aviation stories is the one about "Lawnchair" Larry Walters, the guy who floated over LA in 1982 using weather balloons tethered to his lawn chair.
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  674. Simon said it grossed $8 million.
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  675. Ah yes, the infamous butt-crack battle stance. (4:20)
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  676. The Army was allowed to keep fixed-wing small observation and liaison aircraft as part of the deal. The USAF had little interest in choppers and did not fully appreciate their potential as a ground attack aircraft. Also, the Air Force was miffed about the Army having CV-2 Caribous, seeing it as a threat to the much larger Air Force C-123 Provider (which itself started life as an assault glider). As part of the deal the USAF got all of the Army's CV-2s and rechristened them C-7s.
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  677. As a kid I would watch Sea Hunt with my family every week. Loved the show. Lloyd Bridges was so natural in the role that I thought he was a real frogman.
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  678. I can't speak for the Canadians, but in the USA our counterintelligence services were well aware of the Soviet espionage efforts, especially those involving the Manhattan Project, but they were hamstrung in their efforts to counter them by political leaders who turned a blind eye in order maintain good relations with the USSR. After the war this attitude quickly changed.
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  679.  @rampaginwalrus  I share your sentiment, but I really don't have any desire to zap some gong at 1000 yards except maybe for bragging rights.
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  680. The pistol shown in the video is a period correct 1911 pistol because it is marked "Model of 1911 US Army". This nomenclature changed in 1917 to "Model 1911". However, I doubt the pistol Fromme used was made in 1911 and could not have been sold as WWII surplus in 1913 since WWII didn't end until 1945. Even if it had been WWI surplus, that war did not end until 1918. In addition, the government contract for the pistols was only approved in Mar 1911 and the first batch wasn't even assembled until Dec of that year. The military never could get enough of them prior to and during WWI and had to compete with an identical 1911 pistol Colt made using a C prefix on the serial number which meant it was for commercial sale.
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  681. What global temperature would you prefer?
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  682. The wages of sin . . .
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  683. Comm good; optics bad. If any of us without a shield fired as many times as these cops, we'd be facing homicide charges.
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  684.  @IvanBaturaChannel  Which laws? You are being quite vague.
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  685. Annie Oakley was a great American, as was her husband, Frank Butler, and her story follows the classic Horatio Alger line of overcoming great adversity to achieve success. I only know of two movies about her life, neither of which stuck too closely to the facts, the musical "Annie, Get Your Gun" (1950), starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel, and "Annie Oakley" (1935) starring Barbara Stanwyck. A proper treatise on her life and times would make a great contribution to American entertainment lore, but I imagine very few directors or writers today could master the subject without resorting to darker themes and motives. Such is the current state of the American dream.
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  686.  @JoshuaFare  I suggest a Google search. As far as I know it was a one-off, though he did offer various caliber options in his custom handguns. Mind you, this was well over 40 years ago.
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  687. I have read that Hemingway was the first American wounded on the Italian front, while an associate was the first American killed there. This may be nothing more than self-serving revisionist history, but it is true he was seriously wounded because he preferred the company of dangerous men in dangerous situations. I never much cared for his writing, though one can easily detect a very frustrated individual through his stories. Professional soldiers who met him seem to have taken a dim view of many of his antics. He was a romantic, enamored with war, perhaps because he knew he could never be a real soldier, and felt less of a man for it. Another former ambulance driver who went on to great success did not suffer from this sense of insecurity. His name was Walt Disney.
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  688. If I could lose a day, it would not be December 29th, for that was my father's birthday. It's also the birthday of my wife's grandfather.
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  689. Actually, the ship lost was the second one name Helena.
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  690. Forgive me, Lord, for laughing at this video.
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  691. By persevering, getting on with the their lives, and burying the past, the town of Bath was able to defeat Kehoe. No doubt he is still burning in Hell, taunted by the knowledge that ultimately he failed in his goal.
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  692. A George Costanza response if I ever saw one.
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  693.  @manuwilson4695  Possibly, but if they had put a nuke on it, you'd have a guided Genie. 🙂
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  694.  @kafoop  Appropriately, the quote comes from a Supreme Court decision in Brown v. US, where the SCOTUS ruled there is no duty to retreat from an attacker.
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  695. China is paying a high price for its birth control policies, and that price will only continue to rise as the population ages. They are joining Russia, Japan, and many other nations which are now shrinking.
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  696.  @brivas3343  Now that you mention it, neither of my bolts are skeletonized either.
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  697.  @F1ghteR41  Well that turned into a project. First I had to find a VCR that worked, which took four tries before I found one that would power on and not eat my VHS tapes. Then I had to locate the right tape, so I spent a lot of time looking at 35 year old videos. I must say I was quite a good looking guy back then, but I digress. I finally found a demo of me firing the SMG kit. As best I can tell I ripped off nine or ten suppressed shots in no more than a second, so I estimate the cyclic rate was at least 600 rpm, maybe a tad faster while using the Sterling mag conversion kit.
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  698.  @joshdeakins1775  Maybe or maybe not, given the SCOTUS ruling cited.
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  699. Very informative video. Shades of WWII, the US was flying fast, less maneuverable aircraft and needed to adapt its tactics accordingly.
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  700. I think it's where the first round, fired from a local police sniper rifle, hit Crook's AR, disabling it The second shot came from the Secret Service rifle and is the one that gave him the tin roof temperature challenge.
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  701. The TimeGhost dictionary sounds like the cat's meow.
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  702. Except for the first statement, which is both dangerous and incredibly stupid, it's pretty much vague BS. I'll stick with the 10 Commandments (at least I'll try).
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  703. Eglin AFB is pronounced Egg-Lynn. Bien Hoa is pronounced Ben Whah. The word Skoshi was shortened to skosh by American GIs and remains in common use in the US military, particularly in bars.
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  704.  @jasonkrantz3643 Same here. I never considered the origin of the word until I watched this video and thought Ed might have been mispronouncing it, so I checked the etymology.
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  705.  @mweskamppp  I call the 21 year period between the World Wars a time of peace, that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.
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  706.  @BillTrowbridge  I agree, so they should be banned from all police work.
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  707. Inherent racism in American society at that time? So what was the rest of the world doing aside from practicing genocide, forced colonization, and wars of conquest?
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  708. It's nice to see one shot stopped the fight and the cops quickly moved in to secure the perp and render first aid on him.
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  709.  @MrS22222  Same here. At a MG shoot in NH we had a M2 .50 cal on the line that I thought was loud, but the guy next to me was worse. He was firing his pet HK53 (chopped down HK33 in 5.56 with 8.3" barrel), and despite my ear muffs, the concussion force coming from his muzzle gave me a headache and made me somewhat queasy.
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  710. My dear Ryan, if you call the Air Force at night, you don't get us out of bed. You get us out of the bar.
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  711. What a drama queen.
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  712. OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
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  713.  @rembrandtshadows  I have plenty of hats, but this one was an original one belonging to Vorbeck.
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  714. And some people wonder why unions earned such a bad reputation
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  715. Did they ever determine why Dr. Kelley was released by his kidnappers?
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  716. The first American PT boats used in combat were 77 foot Elcos of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three (MTBRon 3) in the Philippines from 1941-42. Huckins only built 18 boats and none of them saw combat.
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  717.  @GunnerAsch1  Bondhus are my go-to Allen wrenches when the job is tough. I have a Popular Mechanics set that offers the best fit. I have no idea who made them, but they remain my favorite, though the Bondhus appear to be tougher.
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  718. I'd say he was ahead of his time, but that's a relative concept.
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  719. You are describing the TV movie "Sole Survivor" (1970), starring Richard Basehart, Vince Edwards, William Shatner, and Lou Antonio (who once guest starred on Star Trek as a half black/half white alien). The movie is loosely based on a real tragedy that involved a missing B-24 bomber named "Lady Be Good" that was discovered deep in the Libyan desert in 1958 and visited by a government recovery team in 1959. Prior to this TV movie there was a somewhat similar Twilight Zone episode starring Bob Cummings titled "King Nine Will Not Return" (1960). It too involved a tortured survivor and a B-25 wreck somewhere in the Tunisian desert.
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  720.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  It's still true today. Before I retired, one of my tasks was reporting Class A mishaps to senior USAF staff, including when airmen did not survive ejection or recovery. But my most haunting memory is from my time in flight training where I was told the T-37 had the best ejection seat safety record with something like an 80% success rate. Yet a constant reminder that the law of probability is always at play was a photo in our classroom building of a student from a previous class who died during ejection. It didn't help that I had been the mortuary affairs duty officer who handled the preliminary funeral arrangements with his young widow and her parents. They do not remain paper statistics when you witness the aftermath.
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  721.  @flakesinyershoe8137  I haven't been involved in professional sentry dog training in over 35 years, so I don't know what the current standards are, but what you say is very disturbing. Is this the new normal for police dog handling?
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  722.  @simonjohnston9488  I can't answer your question. I know we had a huge German Shepherd named Adolph who loved to bite and not release. He put one handler in the hospital. Typically a dog responded to the relaxation collar within three shocks, but not Adolph. He was shocked about fifty times without any noticeable effect. Then the animal psychologist had an insight. He reasoned that Adolph wasn't feeling the full effect because of his very thick fur, so he shaved a spot and remounted the collar. He was given a full shock the next time he refused to release and that dog not only howled, he did a near flip. He was soon behaving properly. For anyone who thinks this procedure was cruel, I can only point out that the alternative was the destruction of the animal. Because of their training, we could not take the risk of releasing them to civilian ownership.
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  723. Did Hollywood ever make a movie about it?
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  724. For those members of your audience who may not be aware of it, Charles Lindbergh was not pro-Nazi. He actually spied on the Nazis for Roosevelt prior to the war, but when he saw how the major European powers were rearming for another war, he informed Roosevelt that we were both technologically and quantitatively behind them in air power and stated it would be wise of us to stay out of the coming conflict. This did not sit well with FDR, but when Lindy joined the isolationist movement, it angered Roosevelt, who retaliated against him with a smear campaign and an income tax investigation. The latter backfired as it was revealed Lindbergh had been overpaying his income tax for years and was owed a refund. When we entered WWII, Roosevelt refused Lindbergh's request to be recalled to active duty, so he went to work for Lockheed and Vought as a technical advisor. He ended up in the Pacific Theater demonstrating techniques to greatly extend the range of the P-38 by leaning out the fuel-air mixture, and doubling the bomb load of the Corsair. In the process he managed to shoot down a couple of Japanese planes. This was all done as a civilian. When FDR found out, he had him sent home, probably a wise decision, given his fame as the greatest living aviator in the world. Where there's a Lindbergh, there's a way.
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  725. You mean we don't have an assault vehicle ban?
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  726. The MK 7 was a tactical nuclear bomb, not a hydrogen bomb.
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  727. Grandpa worked as a brakeman in a rail yard in Indiana for decades. In the late 1930s he was rolled between two boxcars, breaking many bones in his body. The company had built parallel tracks too close together, which was a violation of the safety rules, but management didn't care. They assumed he would die and that would be the end of it. But Grandpa surprised everyone by surviving and recovering. Neither the company nor the union would support his claim for damages, so he went to the family lawyer for advice. The attorney said, "Sam, this is a railroad town. If I take this case to court, I'll lose too many clients. I suggest you hire a firm in Indianapolis I can recommend". Grandpa took his advice, won a large settlement, received his pension, and moved the family to Florida where he successfully joined in the land boom just before WWII. He had no kind word for the railroad or the union after that.
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  728. Which news site has verified this?
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  729. Some of the best stories I've ever read were complete B.S.
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  730.  @CrocodileTear  I recommend you pin @JB10878's comments and your response to the top of the page because both of you are making very cogent points that should interest and further inform the viewers.
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  731.  @danielsummey4144  Compare the views of "Rockefeller Republicans" to those of the Democratic Party today. You won't find much overlap. The same applies to liberal Democrats of that era. One could argue it was the natural progression of ideology, but if you could communicate with FDR, Truman, Kennedy, and LBJ, I suspect they would disagree.
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  732. Well, that explains the French. :)
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  733. The Manchurian Candidate is a great suspense thriller, but the notion that men can be easily conditioned to commit the most horrendous acts through hypnosis and conditioning with drugs is complete B.S.
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  734. Sebi, you must be easily entertained. Usually my stories make watching paint dry an entertaining pastime. 🙄
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  735.  @diegoharo7943  Nobody is disagreeing that he interviewed the perp. The issue is the officer's failure to maintain full situational awareness. I often see videos of cops overreacting. This is an example of a cop underreacting. He did not heed the warning signs. Notice that his partner did.
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  736. `Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice
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  737. Tallyho!
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  738.  @donlove3741  The P-51 is a single engine fighter. If the engine seizes, you are now flying a very heavy glider. I have added the word "engine" to my comment to clarify my meaning.
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  739. Jeez, Indy, a body might conclude that the social welfare state, big government, the Great Depression, and WWII were an indirect result of women getting the vote.
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  740.  @trololobochum  You're simply reinforcing my point that Russia was nearly a spent force by the end of the war. As for Stalin fighting to the end in his last dacha, I rather doubt that. He'd be a radioactive corpse long before he got that chance, assuming his own forces didn't turn against him first.
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  741. From what very little I know about TEMU, it sounds a bit sketchy. I think I'll opt for that royal title in Scotland.
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  742.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Many of us who served in the military take exception. I know it is not meant as a slight, but the record should reflect historical fact, not perpetuate common misconceptions. I do appreciate your efforts to correct these misconceptions. Have you made a video explaining the way the Medal came about and how the standards for awarding it have changed over the last century and a half? Many people think it is awarded by act of Congress and still call it the Congressional Medal of Honor (misnomer).
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  743.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Thanks, I forgot I had seen your earlier video, but apparently I did give it a thumbs up. 🙂 I know Laura Ingalls Wilder embellished her books, so I can't say with certainty if the story of Pa surviving the night in a buffalo robe is true or apocryphal, but it was entertaining.
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  744. When I was in college in the mid 1970s I took a couple of photos of the Akutan Zero. It was rusting away in the backyard of a small private museum in downtown Atlanta. I compared the numbers on it with historical documents in the college library and they matched. About a year ago someone told me I was mistaken and this was a different Zero that has since been sold to a warbird museum on the west coast and is awaiting restoration. I don't know who is right, so if anyone has additional information, feel free to chime in.
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  745.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I've located two low resolution videos. The first one is the original MythBuster episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1U8YVWyMYY Fans complained that the simulated "enemy" scope and distance were not period correct, so they tried again in a later episode with the following results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCV75G88-cs&t=2s
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  746. Roosevelt also liked to shoot the bull. :)
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  747. What if they had a naval battle and nobody was sunk?
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  748. We kept chopping down taller and taller trees on our property until one 24 foot behemoth proved too big and unstable. We had to shorten it to 18 feet, then each succeeding year I searched for smaller and smaller trees. Two years ago I finally convinced my family to get an artificial tree. It's a pre-lighted eight-foot fir with frosting. No more needles or water on the floor, or trudging through the snow uphill while dragging a dead fir. We'll still have the memories, though.
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  749.  @jovetj At least we have working fusion reactors . . . oh, wait . . .
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  750. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan bears a striking resemblance to Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (in more ways than one).
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  751. I think the top speed of the Tu-114 was misstated by over 100 MPH. 880 KM/H is 545 MPH which is close to what Wikipedia shows. 650 MPH is nearly the speed of sound at 35,000 ft (660 MPH or Mach .98). I do not believe such performance is scientifically possible with propeller driven aircraft.
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  752.  @DFX2KX  You're probably thinking of the Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech". The claims of it a having a top seed of 670 MPH have never been verified and contradict official Air Force records which put it at 520 MPH.
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  753.  @popuptoaster  You know that was the same attitude the Brits had in 1775.
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  754. When I think of Lincoln I am reminded of the Army officer in Vietnam who purportedly said “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.”
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  755.  @TimeGhost  At 10:40 Indy said unequivocally ". . . bombing attacks, sometimes even using gas, killed close to 90,000 Iraqis." I cannot find evidence that gas was used to kill anyone. Where does the justification for this statement come from? Have you discovered an authenticated source for this claim of killing Iraqis with gas bombs of gas shells?
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  756.  @BettyHorn  Not everyone learns the right lessons from history, thus we tend to repeat the mistakes of the past. I had a cousin who lost her family during the Holocaust and survived several concentration camps as a slave laborer. She was 17 when rescued by Allied forces. Despite her early life experiences, she was a big-government liberal her whole life. She saw nothing wrong with gun control. Some people never make the right connections; they just assume it can never happen in America. I doubt the American Indian or black slave would agree.
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  757.  @taketimeout2share  I should be so confused - oy vey.
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  758. The Lemp families were a strange brew.
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  759. Very interesting application of light armor, but I'm still trying to figure out who the good guys are. I can say the same thing about the Iran-Iraq War.
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  760. It may be a power of attorney issue.
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  761. Wiart was a legend throughout the British Empire for about 50 years. You've barely scratched the surface of his exploits.
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  762. I live in Montana. I say go for it. My house is insured. 🙂
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  763. Say what you like about the Pacer, but it must have been a stoutly built car. A close friend and his wife were run off the Autobahn by a careless driver in a German car. At the time there were no posted speed limits, so every vehicle was doing well in excess of 80 mph. The Pacer rolled over several times and ended right-side up. It was not repairable but neither Bud nor his wife were injured thanks to their safety harnesses and a strong roof.
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  764.  @Lancor84  When I'm bleeding, I apply a bandaid as the first step to recovery. It's the same with survival in a desolate world. I don't squander my resources by waiting for rescue that will never come. I use them to begin rebuilding my world.
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  765. Sal can be the color commentator.
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  766. In some of the images of Oliver North he has the same sly "catch me if you can" expression I see in photos of Matt Gaetz.
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  767. My ROTC detachment at Georgia Tech (1973-77) was a rogues' gallery of Air Force flyers. Our first detachment commander had started his career flying P-51 escort missions over Germany. Our second detachment commander was a former B-47 driver who kept a massive photo of the plane over his desk. One of my class instructors had been an AC-130 aircraft commander in Vietnam and another one had flown the RB-57 during that conflict. I don't recall if it was the D or F model, but in one of his desk photos he was wearing what looked like an orange space suit (as best I recall).
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  768.  @romolife90  I've been using Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement year round in my tractor for ten years without issue. It smells like liquid cement or acetone. After watching this video, I may switch to Hotshot Secret Diesel Winter Antigel when I run out of Power Service.
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  769. We are mystified, so the po-leece say, We are mystified, we suspect foul pay.
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  770. The pledge is a reminder of the American ideals which the flag represents. This is why it incorporates the phrases "and to the Republic for which it stands" and "liberty and justice for all". Red Skelton gave what I consider to be the best interpretation of the meaning of the pledge. it is available on YouTube.
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  771. Maybe he was the only Navy flier to score kills in Europe and the Pacific, but the USAAF had three pilots who shot down German, Italian, and Japanese aircraft. And the most extraordinary of them was Louis E. Curdes whose tenth kill was an American transport he purposely downed without killing anyone. He did this to save them from mistakenly landing on a Japanese airfield. Even more extraordinary was one of the passengers on this flight was a nurse he'd met a few nights before. They ended up getting married after the war. Oh, and the reason Curdes was transferred to the Pacific was that he had been shot down in Italy, captured, and later escaped to British lines. The policy was not to return escaped POWs to the same theater out of fear that if they were again captured they might reveal details of their escape that would endanger anyone who helped them. Truth is so much stranger than fiction.
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  772. Brings a whole new meaning to the term weed whacker.
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  773. 49:39 That image of Larryboy cracked me up. My wife once sculpted a Larryboy cake for our daughter's fourth birthday.
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  774. We had a family friend who served as a Sherman tank commander in WWII and stayed in Germany after the war for about a year. He once told me the German economy was in such a shambles that the Reichsmark was nearly worthless and the Allied Military Currency was not trusted except as cigarette wrappers. As a result, the most popular and convenient trade currency on the black market was cigarettes. He didn't smoke, but his Army K-rations contained four cigarettes, so he saved them for barter with Germans and made out like a bandit.
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  775.  @knutdergroe9757  The dangers of being better educated, intelligent, and enlightened than the steaming masses you rule over.
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  776. Your great grand uncle did not win the Silver Star; he earned it.
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  777.  @GermanShepherd1983  I've read such accounts as well, but I no longer have the numbers or access to any of the archived reports. I do still have my old Polaroid photos of the plane, but I doubt they would reveal any useful information.
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  778.  @charlestaylor253  A brilliant mind is not necessarily one that makes the best decisions. I've known several brilliant people, but their expertise in one area did not always translate into fitness for another.
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  779. My late cousin was a retired engineer for a large chemical company in the Midwest. In the 1980s he told me a very interesting background story about the Love Canal incident that contrasted sharply with the version being sold by much of the public press at the time. From what I understand, local government employees and elected officials had willfully ignored the warnings of the chemical company that sold the land to them for the princely sum of one dollar, yet everyone wanted to blame them for the tragedy that subsequently unfolded.
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  780.  @darksteelmenace595  No, while some humans are garbage, most are not. The real tragedy is that among the most, few are willing to recognize and take an active stand against evil until it's almost too late.
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  781. Other than that, I'm sure she was a wonderful person, much like Uncle Joe Stalin and Mousey Dung.
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  782. I have long been familiar with the incident of the USS England's extraordinarily successful attack on Japanese submarines, but not the background or postscript. It is the addition of the human touch that brings your stories alive and makes them history worth remembering.
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  783. When my wife had gestational diabetes during her pregnancy, the health care provider (TRICARE) informed us they would not pay for insulin treatment, but would pay to have her feet cut off if the situation got worse. Idiots.
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  784.  @alexanderwhite298  No, he was very progressive in his writing, in his teaching, and in his administrating. If you think being a racist disqualifies you from being a progressive, then you haven't paid much attention to what the progressives have done to those they claim to support.
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  785. Well I'll be hanged- whoops, sorry about that. :)
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  786. I felt like I was listening to a Hornblower adventure.
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  787. I hope this isn't America in the next year or two.
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  788.  @WreckItRolfe  Nothing's more American than buying Walmart or Winco brand spicy brown mustard.
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  789.  @samuelsanderson9692  Where can I get a copy?
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  790. I've read very little about the B-54. Your video filled in a lot of blank spaces. As an aside, regarding General LeMay's fierce reputation, I can attest to the fact that it remained intact long after his retirement. When I was a 23-year-old second lieutenant I was assigned escort duty for the head of the Texas Rangers at a military law enforcement symposium. A BBQ lunch was being served on picnic tables under a large tent. While looking for a place to sit down I saw the figure of an elderly man alone at one of the tables. At first I thought I would join him, until I got closer and recognized the face of Curtis LeMay. Even in his 70s he appeared menacing enough to me that I erred on the side of caution and selected an adjoining table. He continued to dine alone and after a while I started feeling sorry for him. Before I could screw up the courage to approach him, some old acquaintances dropped in at his table and they all began a lively chat. I missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but I suspect my initial discretion was still the better part of valor.
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  791. Sounds like a bunch of bored Klingons to me.
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  792. The veterans were not entitled to early bonus payments, which is why they marched on the capitol. They wanted Congress to change the law. When they failed to achieve this goal, they remained in these poorly maintained camps, possibly because many of them had no place else to go. I've read detailed accounts of the miscommunication and confusion that followed when MacArthur ordered them to be removed. It certainly should have been handled better, but what government bureaucracy has ever been able and willing to act deftly in such matters?
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  793.  @jacobbrassard2776  Yes, it does. But I would add that I spent part of my career providing foreign acquisition support, and we made it clear through our contracts what the limitations were. Unlike the Russians and Chinese, we offered extensive support packages and training for the recipient nations. While the Russians today will sell almost anything they have for cash, the Chinese are much more selective. They do not offer economic or military aid to any country except as part of an overarching political policy to undermine that country and dominate it over time through soft power and even Chinese immigration. This is an integral part of their long range strategic plan, however this plan is already developing severe cracks as the affected countries are beginning to learn the harsh reality of dealing with communists, including those who wear expensive tailored western suits.
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  794. Been a long time since I lived in SA. This is truly sad.
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  795. “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.” - Eric Hoffer
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  796. If it's cheaper than Charmin, I'll pick some up.
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  797. In Navy circles Cushing has long been viewed as the father of the PT boat concept. The only thing missing was a Gatling Gun, but I'm sure if Hollywood ever makes a movie about his daring raid, they will include one.
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  798. In the words of Winston Churchill, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
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  799.  @vermontaviator1248  You are welcome to go to Mississippi and find out for yourself. While you're add it, check out the incident in Sterling, Alaska in 2014 where a man killed a Grizzly bear in his house with a Hi-Point 45.
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  800. Indy makes a better O'Toole than O'Toole. Coincidentally, I watched Sherlock Jr a few weeks ago on YouTube. It is innovative and classic Keaton.
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  801. Never attribute to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.
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  802.  @b1laxson  Better than Chewbacca and Jabba the Hutt, but worse than Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. Okay, now try getting those images out of your mind.
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  803. It's not supposed to be random. There is information on the ticket that explains how the selection process works. If, instead, he was randomly chosen, he has grounds for a lawsuit because the company would have violated its own policy and their contract with him. But reacting by kicking, screaming, and fighting the police officers mitigates his claim. My guess is he will have overwhelming public support, but his behavior, especially for a medical doctor, was unacceptable and childish. Basically, he had a complete emotional meltdown. I just hope he isn't a surgeon. He doesn't seem to handle pressure and change very well. In the end, United will get another black eye, which is probably what they are most worried about - bad PR.
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  804.  @stefanltz7361  Amazing what Germany and Japan have accomplished through economics that they could not accomplish through war.
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  805.  @Cladius76  You are entitled to your opinion. All I know is she was sincere about believing it. The Armenians have a long history of suffering which is undeniable unless you are a Turk.
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  806.  @cenkunal0  Have a merry Christmas day.
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  807. Looks like he made it . . . for now.
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  808. The pistol at 11:36 is actually an American designed and built FP-45 Liberator in caliber 45 ACP. The plan was to drop them to potential resistance fighters in occupied countries. The theory was they could be used to kill an enemy combatant and take his weapon. The bore was not rifled so one had to be close to to his victim if he wanted a solid hit. Spare ammo was housed in the butt and a simple picture drawing showed the operator how to load, fire, and eject the round. Somewhere around a million them were made, though not that many were ever distributed. Most were destroyed after the war and now they are highly prized collector pieces. A friend of mine used to have one.
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  809. Why are pre-Civil War soldiers carrying Henry 1860 lever action rifles? If it takes you five to ten minutes to reload a muzzle loading rifle, then you are either incredibly spastic or lack any hands.
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  810.  @dankeykang868  If that is so, then the implication is there is a finite amount of good art that can be created. That is a sad thought to contemplate.
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  811.  @dankeykang868  I chose to love well.
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  812. As someone who has survived a terrorist attack, I don't take umbrage at this film. One should never be afraid of hearing the views of your enemies or presumed enemies. This is the best way to understand him and counter his actions and beliefs. I rather doubt these prisoners were subjected to genuine torture while in US custody at Gitmo, but I've little doubt they think they were. As for their guilt or innocence, that's harder to nail down. For comparison, I do know we occasionally ran sweeps in the streets of Iraqi cities to pick up "suspicious characters", then we plunked them into detention centers with little to do but talk with other detainees and read the Koran. Some of the men in these centers were hardcore Islamic militants/terrorists, and they took advantage of this situation to recruit fence sitters. This makes great sense. If some innocent kid is arrested and left alone with these guys long enough, it isn't hard for them to convince him that he is being screwed by the ugly Americans and their Iraqi lackeys. The next thing you know, Allah has another soldier in his underground army.
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  813. I remember a very similar incident where a Boy Scout used his belt to choke the dog into submission.
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  814. I see nothing has changed in the Saudi mindset since I worked with their Air Force in the 1980s.
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  815. I'm starving. I need meat, but not just any meat. I need grade A top choice steak because reasons.
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  816. I worked on the CONPLAN back in the late 90s, so any intimate knowledge I have is dated. I can't say I was impressed with it at the time. in fact I was opposed to it. Your concept makes more sense, but I do not believe Israel has the necessary power projection capability to make it work. They might be able to pull off a surgical strike on the few refineries and port facilities, and that alone would cripple the Iranian economy.
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  817. "Cover me, Jed; I'm going after the rest of them polecats." Okay, Granny."
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  818. So the invasion of Ukraine was merely a navigational error. That explains everything.
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  819.  @SEAZNDragon  I agree with your assessment.
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  820. @Redsand His US Organization (a play on "US", but meant to be pronounced "us") was in direct competition with the Black Panthers (who mockingly said the "US" meant United Slaves). The situation grew extremely ugly, in no small part due to illegal operations carried out by the FBI which were intended to exacerbate the friction between the two groups. The FBI tactics worked, and the two groups did commit violent actions against each other, culminating in a series of shootings and murders. I suspect this would have happened even without FBI participation, given the nature of the leaders involved. If you want to judge people by their actions, which is a reasonable thing to do, then I would classify Ron Everett (Karenga's original name) as a narcissistic, sadistic, misogynistic opportunist. After all, he did go to prison for physically torturing women (I think he liked it). He, of course, will argue he was really a political prisoner. Since he's now a professor in California, his prison time no doubt added to his bona-fides, rather than detracting from them. The last time I looked, California is not a bastion of right-wing ideology, especially within its educational system. I have not read Everett/Karenga's writings, but I have looked at his seven principals of communitarian philosophy. It mirrors Mao's collectivist thinking. There is no emphasis on the individual, only on the community or the state. I do not see how nationalism alone qualifies an ideology or person as being a right-wing, especially when you consider that Everett was specifically disavowing the majority of Americans (whites). In my opinion the man is either a loon or a nutter, but such men have risen to power in the past. When I look at Kwanzaa and what purpose it is supposed to serve, I must also look at its creator, a man who was and remains a self-serving political animal. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, the celebration of Kwanzaa is a mask for his true political intentions. For this reason I remain wary of its purpose, not its celebration.
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  821. You do a great job. If my minor criticisms are all you have to worry about, then your grasp of history is heads and shoulders above most contemporary "scholars".
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  822. I'm afraid Dark Skies has misled you (shocking, isn't it?). The second aircraft did not blow up. Flying Tiger Line Flight 7816/14, an L-1049H Super Constellation (N6911C), crash-landed at Adak due to repeated pilot error (he was warned multiple times he was too low on approach). One member of the crew was killed. The other six survived. The Adak crash actually occurred on March 15, 1962 because it did not cross the international dateline like Flight 739 did.
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  823. That was an extraordinary tale which I have never before heard. Many thanks for sharing it. Now, where's the movie?
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  824. A Navy colleague of mine at USCENTCOM once served on the New Jersey. When he left the ship he was presented a teak plank from her deck which was mounted in a display case. He proudly kept it over his mantle at home.
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  825.  @shawnmiller4781  Which law are you referring to?
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  826. The F-100 continued to serve in the Air Guard until 1979. We had them at Kelly AFB in Texas until then, when they were replaced by F-4D Phantoms.
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  827. Not if you're left-handed. As much as I admire the BREN, its top mounted magazine requires offset placement of the sights which favor only the dextral when aiming. Sinistral shooters are completely ignored. In a similar way, the right side mounted bolt handle of the Lee-Enfield rifle also favors right-handers, though the sights remain ambidextrous. I pity any southpaws who were in that battle unless they were manning the Vickers MG or using a Swedish K at close quarters.
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  828.  @jonkelly7908  I respectfully disagree. It makes more sense to build firearms that are ambidextrous and accommodate every shooter. It isn't hard to do and was done in the past. The M1 and M14 rifles are ambidextrous, and it is a common feature in the newest generation of small arms. Not every feature needs to be ambidextrous, but the manual safety and the ejection pattern should be. It not only helps left-handed shooters, but aids all shooters because sometimes you are in a position where shouldering the rifle from the weak side is safer than using your dominant side.
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  829. I remember the original pizza bomber story when it hit the news, but I never learned of the aftermath until now. Thanks for giving us the rest of the story.
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  830. Of course vampires are real. Have you never met a lawyer?
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  831. Oh, great, I'll be 89 when the eclipse finally makes it over my place.
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  832.  Ross Cox  Uh-huh.
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  833.  @blueenglishstaffybreeder6956  The mask of anonymity allows anyone to be a macho internet commando.
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  834. Examples of chivalry among warriors throughout history is a noble tradition that has long defied the differences in race, creed, color, religion, or national origin. There is a popular phrase engraved on many Spanish swords which perhaps states it best. "No Me Saques Sin Razon; No Me Envaines Sin Honor." Loosely translated it means "Draw me not without reason; sheath me not without honor".
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  835. As a kid growing up in the 1960s I remember Aurora offering scale model kits of the F-107. I can't remember if I ever built one.
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  836. Somebody crossed the Rubicon.
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  837.  @Wolfeson28  I think the undisputed king of self-promotion was MacArthur. Why he wasn't fired after the Philippine debacle remains a mystery to me. From what I've read, Marshall had every reason to do so, both professional and personal, but let it pass.
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  838. Books such as "1984", "The Population Bomb", and "Silent Spring" capture our darkest imaginations more than they do reality. The current and most popular bugaboo is the climate change crisis. Whether one believes the dire warnings or not, man has the capacity to intelligently and wisely alter his path so that the future need never be as bleak as the prophets forecast. Only when we succumb to dogma do we risk failure and annihilation, for dictators do not tolerate differing opinions and alternative solutions.
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  839. When I was a teenager in the 1970s I knew five boys who were caught in a field just as a thunderstorm brewed up. This was in north Florida where such storms were quite common. Most kids were taught not to seek shelter under any tall object such as a tree or barn, but these boys decided to run into an old two story tobacco barn that was nearby. While inside with the doors open, they were struck by lightning which knocked them all down, but only four of them got back up. The fifth boy was dead. I later spoke with one of the survivors who was a friend of mine and he described the event as involving a massive blast of air and a large round fireball which streaked through the barn. I don't recall him mentioning any smell, but after watching this video I wonder if it might have been ball lightning.
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  840.  @jameswhitaker1324  I never mentioned what type of mount I have. I was told it's a surplus military mount when I bought it many moons ago. Essentially it's an oversized humpback dust cover with an embedded rail. It's a very tight fit on my SAR-48 receiver, so there is no wobble. This may account for its better than average performance. My rifle is surprisingly accurate as well. The first time I ever fired it, the group size was about an inch at 100 yards. The FAL is not renowned for its accuracy, so maybe I got lucky. Will it remain precise after the first few shots? The answer is no; the group begins to wander as the barrel heats up.
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  841.  @dougsfriendskeeter  WWI did not start until 1914 and the USA was very much opposed to entering it when it did.
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  842. I've only seen a handful of her movies, but the one I most enjoyed was Comrade X. She was a fine comedic actress, but given almost no opportunity to make such films. She would have been a great successor to Carole Lombard. Alas, one more missed opportunity in a life of achievements that few can match. Brains, beauty, and grace, what more could any man wish for; what more daunting challenge could any man face?
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  843.  @jamesdeen3011  He was on a private flight that originated in Dubai and was supposed to be bound for Burundi, but it was a trick.
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  844.  @jamesdeen3011  I agree.
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  845. More importantly, when are you going to respond to Ryan McBeth with your own spoof of him?
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  846. Another theory states the great influenza epidemic of 1918 started in China and spread through Europe when the British brought in almost 100,000 Chinese laborers.
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  847. Nice to see dry understated English wit is still alive and well thanks to Peter Laurie.
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  848. There's another channel, Pax Tube, that gives a completely different view of the Inquisition. History truly is an agreed-upon error. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEOfQg2SP4U
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  849.  @somerandomdude714  I prefer 700 Nitro for all my handgun needs. 🤕
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  850. Procedures sure have changed over the last few decades. There was a time when this would have been handled with one or two shots from a six round revolver instead of dumping 20 rounds from a pistol. And after the guy was down they would have moved in to check and cuff him, secure any weapon, and render first aid if necessary.
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  851. Animal Farm
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  852.  @stevenmcintire8995  Yikes!
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  853.  @flyingsword135  Don't you mean Dad's Army jokes? ;-) Carry on, sergeant.
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  854.  @steveclark4291  I used to drive through Climax, GA. It's near Bainbridge, GA.
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  855. If memory serves me correctly, the British government got wind of the operation and changed the appearance of their pound notes to thwart the Nazis. The most famous German agent, Cicero, was paid off in these fake notes. Now do a video on the American plan to flood Japan with poisonous snakes dropped by air. This is not to be confused with the far more practical and imminent plan of dropping bats armed with small incendiaries (negated by the use of the A-bomb).
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  856. M114, that sucks.
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  857. By coincidence The History Guy posted a video an hour ago on the life of Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah, though Lance mistakenly referred to him simply as ibn Battutah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t6ZIhPaq_M
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  858. The European use of the terms left-wing and right-wing do not translate well into the American use of these terms. Add to this the fact that both terms keep evolving/morphing over time, hence another danger of slapping a label on somebody.
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  859. Many years ago I read Colonel Charles Codman's memoir DRIVE about his time as General Patton's aide. If I recall correctly, he commented on the Casablanca Conference and FDR and Churchill's disappointment at the red light district of the city. It didn't live up to the movie, but was off-limits to the GIs by then anyway. I also remember an article I read when I was in the Air Force about how we nearly lost the war in 1942 or 43 because of an order requiring punishment of any troops who got VD. As a result the rates skyrocketed because the men were afraid to get treatment. This idiotic order was quickly rescinded and replaced with one threatening punishment of any soldier who did not seek treatment. My Dad had to watch the VD warning films when went in the service in 1948, but by the time I entered in the 70s, they no longer showed them. God bless modern medicine.
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  860. Ed, in 1967 I attended the EAA convention in Rockford, IL and saw one of the Thai P-64s on display. If my memory is correct, it was flown during the airshow. I found a YouTube home video of the show. At 9:17 you can see the P-64 sitting among some P-51 Mustangs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-DNgs7Jzek They also had a P-40N flying a the show.
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  861. Is it true that hotel security wanted to charge into the room but the police refused to allow it and that this delay cost many lives?
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  862. The author who claimed the MP40 was only good to 50 ft is wrong. I have hit targets a 100 yards with one. The gun is rather slow firing so it is possible to get off single shots. The rifle shown at 13:40 is not a StG44; it is a Haenel MKb 42(H).
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  863.  @cogitoergospud1  I'd love to hear his story. As an aside, my family was close friends with the Griffin family in Georgia, the patriarch of which was Marvin Griffin, Lt Governor and Governor of Georgia throughout most of the 1950s. After I saw the movie on DVD a few years back, I asked his son if he remembered anything about it. He said some members of the syndicate put out feelers regarding moving their operations to Georgia after things got too hot for them in Alabama. He said his Dad warned them they'd get a very uncomfortable reception if they stepped foot over the state line. That was the end of that.
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  864. I'll miss Otto. He always reminded me of Winston Churchill.
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  865. That and old bolt-action Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifles.
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  866. Canada, like the UK, simply could not afford to stay on the cutting edge of aerospace technology. It boils down to simple economics, which remains the true cold equation.
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  867. You'd think the richest man in the world could afford to have his hair cut by someone other than Kim Jong-un's barber.
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  868.    Yes. I look at it this way. You're Joe Average sitting at home in your favorite easy-chair, watching a show and sipping a good drink. Then somebody outside starts blaring loud music or honks his horn incessantly or simply rings your doorbell repeatedly. All that serenity, that desire to just relax and be left alone, is gone. Your first thought is to do nothing and hope it goes away, but it doesn't. You don't want to deal with it, but it only gets worse until it reaches the point that you are forced to act. That's America, or as Popeye would say, "That's all I can stands cuz I can't stands no more."
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  869. One of my instructors in ROTC was a RB-57F pilot. This was the very high altitude recce version that required the crews to wear spacesuits. The redesignation to WB-57F was more of a cover story. The planes performed various types of recce missions, including the collection of air samples near Soviet airspace for nuclear fallout analysis. This was nothing new. My own father had served in a WB-29 weather reconnaissance unit in Alaska during the Korean War that performed the same mission, albeit covertly.
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  870.  @EarlHildebrandt  It was an accident . . . yeah, that's the ticket.
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  871. Which town was this and what company bought it?
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  872. The first boots I was ever issued were used jungle boots from the Vietnam War when I was in high school ROTC (circa 1971). Since I was in Florida, I appreciated their relative lightweight and breathability.
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  873. The idea of a low capability manned fighter is an incredibly stupid one. Aircraft, even complex aircraft, can be built far faster than future pilots can be born, raised, trained, and made ready for combat. Totalitarian societies don't seem to give a damn about human life, so they tend to ignore this important factor.
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  874. Out of the box, Glocks are good at everything but great at nothing. In many ways it is the successor to the 4" S&W Model 10 revolver.
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  875.  @derekk.2263  Possibly. She lost her parents to the Nazis and was the only survivor in her immediate family, so she certainly had the motivation.
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  876. I coulda been a contender!
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  877. The Iliad is the most tedious and repetitious story I have ever read. I'm thankful we have English translations with punctuation instead of the original Greek without any punctuation. Yikes!
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  878. Nice to hear a frank, honest opinion from a diplomat.
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  879.  @brivas3343  I had some Uzi mag conversions and 9mm kits but they were designed and built by Elmer Balance in Texas. If you don't know who Elmer Balance is, he was the guy who originally owned the Springfield Armory name before the Reese family bought it. The background story is quite colorful and intriguing, but suffice it to say Elmer was making M14s long before the company was reestablished in Illinois.
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  880.  @ExpatriotSilencers  Both of my bolts are also full weight, but do not have steel plugs in them.
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  881. I've noticed a lot of similarity between Plummer and Shatner in both mannerism and delivery. Perhaps it's because they were trained in the same places.
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  882. That's one tall tale.
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  883.  @kurtvanluven9351  So was my Grandpa, but he served on a minesweeper. Other than sweeping and detonating some mines, I don't think his ship saw any other action in "The Big One".
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  884.  @cm-hw5ww  Kudos to both of your parents.
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  885.  Zachary Durocher  Panzers!
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  886. I still remember when I told my Dad I had heard on the news that Congress had passed a law authorizing two-letter abbreviations for states. His reply was "Don't they have anything better to do?"
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  887.  @-oiiio-3993  I still have to double-check before abbreviating Missouri and Mississippi.
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  888. I hope he doesn't get his job back, sues the city for everything they are worth, and the city fathers and police chief have to fork over most of the settlement from their own pockets.
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  889. My Dad used to joke that life in Eastern Europe under Communism was so great, they had to build a wall to keep everybody else out.
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  890. Lady Macbeth?
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  891. USS Cole? Lord, don't send her in there again.
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  892. One correction, the 38 Auto as originally loaded, was essentially a 38 Super. The problem was the early Colt automatics (pre-1911) could not handle it, so it was downloaded below 9mm Para performance. Colt could have gone back to the original load much sooner, but I suspect they had valid concerns that people would use it in the wrong pistols, so they waited almost two decades before reintroducing it under a new name. Even so, some shooters made the mistake that Colt feared.
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  893.  @niproda  You're welcome, Sherman.
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  894. No, that is too extreme. Firing and banning them from ever serving in law enforcement again is about as extreme a punishment as you can expect. If they had beaten him, then they could serve time in prison. At least they were punished to some degree, which is more than many departments will do.
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  895. That's a very interesting story, but I see no evidence the attack was anything other than an accident caused by the fog of war. I can understand why some historians might think otherwise, though it is quite a stretch of the imagination. MacArthur and Truman did not like each, and MacArthur was not above bending orders, policies, and suggestions to fit his own world view or current desires. From what I've read I do not think MacArthur exactly refused an order from his Commander-in-Chief to return to the USA for a briefing. His rationale that he could not in good conscience leave his Far East Command in time of active war was plausible, even if his true motives were obtuse. He was responsive to the suggestion he meet informally with the President at Wake Island. Truman, realizing how popular the general was among the American people, saw it as an opportunity to tie his political fortunes to MacArthur's recent military successes. One thing that is obvious is that the men had limited respect for each other. MacArthur viewed Truman as an uneducated and temperamental political hack who lacked good family connections and breeding. Of course, Truman returned the favor with equal contempt, privately complaining that MacArthur was a pompous, arrogant, pampered ass who was not so subtly defying him. I think both views have merit. Such is usually the case with great men.
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  896. This incident reminds me of a story from WWII about a Spitfire pilot who wrecked his aircraft while taxing at high speed. During the subsequent investigation he claimed that once he became aware that his brakes had failed, he decided to hurry back to the hangar before he had an accident.
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  897. The early history of movie making involved the use of live ammunition and resulted in a number of accidental deaths on set and during filming. In 1931 James Cagney was nearly killed by a belt-fed machine gun firing live ammo during the making of the movie Public Enemy. The bullet strikes on the wall as he ducks around the corner are real. As a result of extremely dangerous scenes such as this, Cagney helped form the Screen Actor's Guild to demand greater safety measures in movies. Thanks to Alec Baldwin, the clock has been reset 90 years.
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  898.  @MrS22222  Yes, it's the same effect one gets from motion sickness.
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  899. We used to name our carriers after famous battles - Yorktown, Lexington, Bunker Hill, etc., or after earlier ships - Enterprise, Intrepid, Hornet, Wasp.
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  900. All the more reason to keep a ready cash reserve on hand when you don't want Big Brother or Big Bank nosing into your business. I firmly believe it will be abused by government and corporate entities, especially if cash is ever banned.
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  901. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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  902. That isn't money; it's arms and supplies going to Ukraine.
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  903. I'm glad I live in flyover country instead of Superfly country.
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  904. So far the number is one.
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  905. This episode read like one of the late Paul Harvey's "The rest of the story". I wasn't aware of the effect the pigeons' demise had on the American landscape. Maybe I'd better stock up on bourbon before the white oak barrels become extinct.
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  906. What interesting names they have. Every time I hear them I think of Harrison Ford, Kirk Douglas, and children's books.
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  907. They don't sound like a group I would trust with any power.
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  908. Wasn't the Battle of the Tennis Court fought during this invasion?
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  909. I think James Bond would have been sending short messages on a lengthy notice.
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  910. Peanut the Squirrel vs. Nutty McNut-faceless government agencies.
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  911.  @FGBFGB-vt7tc  An outhouse with an old coffee can filled with water and corn cobs was a staple for many folks in my area when I was a kid. My Dad even sold chamber pots in his hardware store. This was in the 1960s and early 70s.
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  912. I'm surprised these men didn't sink to the bottom of the Med from the weight of their massive stainless steel balls.
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  913.  @rationalbushcraft  I don't think you can. All we know for sure is the man received a well-deserved caning for his inept effort.
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  914. Yes, and by law they are not ostracized, denigrated, or banned, even though their behavior is a serious violation of the Torah. Israel, like much of the West, long ago strayed from its religious roots into modern secularism.
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  915. One likely outcome of these decentralized operations will be a call by governments everywhere to ban, restrict, or heavily regulate all private drone ownership and operation.
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  916. My second 45 was a Colt Commander. See, I do remember.
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  917. Perhaps India, Indonesia, and Thailand can aid the Burmese rebels.
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  918.  @simoncullum5019  Yes.
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  919. That invasion map is shaped like a huge middle finger to Mother Russia.
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  920. In my day we court-martialed soldiers who exposed themselves. ;-)
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  921. I presume AI provided the imagery for this video. Either that or Jimmy Carter's Defense Secretary was the father of the electric chair. 🙂
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  922. Straighten up, child!
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  923. We made chlorine gas in organic chemistry class one day and we all began to feel the effects despite the air ventilation fan at our workstations. Some of us complained to the instructor, but he ignored us, so en masse we walked out of the classroom and into the yard for fresh air. The teacher finally realized we were serious (he had been in the front of the room and unaffected), so he came outside to help us. It was frightening at first because we could not breath. I'm glad we never got around to making phosgene or TNT, though we did have the formulas for both.
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  924.  @megupdike1414  Many sailors served on multiple vessels before, during, and after the War. According to Wikipedia, Borgnine did serve aboard the USS Lamberton prior to WWII but he was discharged from active duty in Sep 1941. As I recall from his interview, he ran into some bureaucratic roadblocks when he tried to reenlist in the Navy after Pearl Harbor, but eventually he received an assignment as a gunner's mate aboard a converted yacht that was used for antisubmarine duties in the Atlantic. I believe this was in 1942. According to Wikipedia this was the USS Sylph (PY-12). I don't know how long he served aboard her or if he had any other shipboard assignments before the War ended. It would be interesting to find out.
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  925. In the mid to late 1980s I worked with a former C-123 pilot who flew Ranch Hand missions in Vietnam, yet he showed no effects of chemical exposure despite having handled the substance himself. Like the Gulf War Syndrome, it's maddeningly hard to establish a cause-and-effect relationship when symptoms and exposure rates vary so greatly. As to why organizations such as the DoD and VA were always slow to recognize, accept, and respond to such problems, the answer is simple. They are bureaucracies. Their funding is set in advance, their leadership rarely thinks outside the box, and any change in direction and priorities is bound to upset other applecarts and rice bowls. Even within a government that prints money like so much toilet tissue, somebody still has to budget and plan for the extra tissue. This does no excuse their incompetence; it merely explains it.
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  926. I am somewhat familiar with the Martin-Baker MB.5, but I was not aware of the tragedy that led to the development of the modern ejection seat. My younger brother probably knew this because while he was in high school he did a science project on the MB ejection seat. At the time I was on my first active duty assignment and he came out west to visit me. By coincidence I was working on a promotion test for ejection seat technicians, so he had a grand time pumping the NCOs for information he could use in his project.
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  927.  @Morgan_Sandoval  You know nothing about me, but your comment speaks volumes about you.
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  928.  @Morgan_Sandoval  That would depend on what you consider equality. I believe in equality of opportunity where individual rights are concerned. From what I have seen of progressive equality, it is both a subversion and perversion of this idea. Your comments fit right in with this modern progressive attitude. Attack anyone you think opposes your worldview. Never engage them in intelligent debate. If this is to be your chosen path in life, I suggest you buy a flashlight. It will be a very dark journey.
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  929. The XP-46 looks much too French.
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  930.  @popefacto5945  She doesn't recall the brand, but her Mom bought them at their local Jewish deli. Right now I'm enjoying COSTCO all beef hotdogs. They are such a far cry from the dyed red dogs of my youth that leeched their colors when boiled. I have a hotdog rotisserie that does a great job if one has the patience to wait 30-40 minutes for them to reach the ideal state. It even has a bun steamer (sort of).
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  931.  @ehm2943  The N95 does not filter your exhalation; it only filters inhalation. If your goal is to prevent the spread of CHICOM-19, then it's no different than not wearing a mask at all. Mind you, I doubt the mall Dilberts and Karens know this; they just want to see a face covering so they can pretend they are protecting the public at large.
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  932. In many cases, roads and paths didn't exist.
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  933. Wounded Knee wasn't the first time the federal government completely cocked up an operation, nor the last. Had they been wiser men, Colonel Forsyth and Agent McLaughlin might have acted with greater prudence. Instead of ruining their careers, both men received promotions for their actions (or in spite of them). General Miles does not escape criticism either since he was the one who ordered the disarmament of the Sioux. In his defense he at least he tried to punish Forsyth for his actions at Wounded Knee. But bureaucracies always seem more interested in protecting their reputations rather than uncovering the truth and punishing the guilty. It has rarely been otherwise.
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  934. I'm surprised politicians don't suffer from it, considering how often they eat their own.
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  935.  @stacyrussell460  Good point.
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  936.  @chuckaddison5134  Chuck, you are applying rational logic to the discussion. I suggest you heed the adage about never arguing with stupid people; they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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  937. Amazing what can be done with fiberglass and glue.
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  938. Matt, we were awake; we just weren't armed. That's one of the dangers of a peacetime mentality.
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  939. I can think of another appendage some scorned ex-lover would have removed form Picasso if given the opportunity.
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  940. Seeing that woman laying there, twitching her foot, made me want to render aid.
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  941. Like you, I wasn't aware we lost any Army troops to the Kaiser's U-boats, but I am familiar with the loss of the USS Tampa, which sacrificed itself escorting them. There were no survivors. My grandpa, a WWI Navy veteran, was later the American Legion Post commander in Tampa, FL, where the ship was enshrined in a stain glass display. In 2018, a mural, “A Memorial to the U.S.C.G.C. Tampa and her Crew,’’ was put on permanent public display at the Tampa Bay History Center.
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  942.  @GameBrog  You mean it was an accidental no-knock raid? How does that work?
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  943.  @fishmonger7020  Assuming he doesn't wind up like Epstein first.
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  944. Wow, what a movie that would make.
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  945. Which of the malicious posters and their dupes have issued retractions or apologies?
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  946. I'd read that Capone ordered the flowers for O'Banion's funeral from the mobster florist's own shop. Now that's chutzpah.
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  947. The Amazing Randi remains amazing.
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  948. Those bobby helmets were real corkers.
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  949. Drunk people are so rational and considerate - in their own minds.
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  950. That's one story I'd never heard before. I did spot actor Arthur Kennedy in several of the training clips and movie star Clark Gable in another one (he was an actual gunnery officer in the 8th AF during WWII).
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  951. My mother met Dr Wassell after he became famous. I watched the movie, "The Story of Doctor Wassell" on TV many years ago. I have been unable to find anything other than bootleg copies of the movie on DVD, which is sad because it is a very uplifting film
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  952. Or brigands, which are just landlubber pirates.
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  953. I don't recall this engagement even though I've read "An Army At Dawn". Thanks for details.
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  954. When I was a student at Georgia Tech in the 1970s, my advisor and Human Factors professor was Dr. Randall Chambers. He was the former head of NASA's human factors research during the formative years of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. With a little prodding he was always willing to regale us with anecdotes about the physical and psychological challenges faced by the chimpanzees and astronauts that his team was charged with testing. One such challenge was the ability of the human body to survive launch and landing when high G forces and sudden shock were involved. This led to the development of memory foam seats for NASA's cramped capsules. Professor Chambers had an original sample of one such seat, which was my first experience with the material. His research also resulted, perhaps indirectly, in an Army request to study the feasibility of launching shock troops into suborbital flight by rockets so they could land anywhere in the word within minutes. Dr. Chambers did not elaborate any further other than to say the request came to naught, but I would be interested in learning more about this intriguing idea which dates back at least to ancient China. With the advent of modern rockets that don't require high g forces and can land like a helicopter, perhaps the concept has some merit. The troops can always bring the mail bag with them. ;-)
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  955. The movie "Panfilov's 28 Men" can be seen on YouTube. I watched it last year. It's pretty good.
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  956.  @unappreciatedtreehouse821  There is an important difference. Only one person or team can win an Olympic gold medal in any particular event. Only one team can win the Superbowl or the World Series. Only one person can win an Oscar for Best Actor or the title of heavyweight champion of the world. There are no limitations on the number of decorations awarded in the military. Anyone who meets the standards is eligible for any given medal. It is not a competition between peers to see who is number one, nor should it be. Heroism is not limited to a single person, so neither should its recognition be limited.
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  957.  @williestyle35  Grandpa Parker worked the yard in Richmond, Indiana, until he was rolled between two rail cars that passed too close together. He was nearly killed, but miraculously survived his injuries, sued the company, retired, and moved to Tampa, FL during the land boom of the late 1930s. It sounds like both men served their families well.
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  958. The esoteric description of SOD reminds me of my first class in new math. I still don't understand either of them.
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  959. Please forgive my being a nitpick regarding your excellent condensed histories and biographies, but I'd like to offer a few minor observations. While not publicly demonstrated, the first recorded flight of the Wright Brothers heaver-than-air powered flyer was on Dec 17, 1903. The Quest Expedition left England on 17 Sep 1920. Shackleton died along the journey on 5 Jan 1922. In 1969 a Russian-Italian financed movie, "The Red Tent", was made about the Italia disaster. Peter Finch played Nobile and Sean Connery played Amundsen. While taking some literary license with the actual events, as all films tend to do, it remains a fairly accurate and interesting recreation of the disaster. Two fictional period movies also worth viewing are "The Lost Zeppelin" (1929), whose lead character is patterned after Byrd, and the surprisingly well done (particularly the special effects) Dirigible (1931). The latter was written by famed Naval aviator and early aviation advocate, CMDR Frank "Spig" Wead, about whom was later made a biographical movie starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
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  960. Glad to see somebody cover this important but forgotten transitional aircraft.
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  961. I'm glad the officer recognized her mistake. Some don't and others will refuse to admit they are at fault and continue their fishing expedition in hopes of justifying the bad stop.
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  962. Two decades ago while I was at the Pentagon I wrote a short paper about where drone technology might lead. Though I have not seen much written about it since, I envisioned the development of micro drones, perhaps the size of insects, which could be used for close surveillance and targeted assassination. As such technology matures, it is conceivable that someday it will be expanded and made publicly available to any individual for use as a nonlethal defensive tool against robbery or assault. Imagine tiny stinger drones embedded in your clothing or carried in a pouch that can deploy instantly to deal with an immediate threat or shield you from attack. Perhaps micro drones also will be used to deliver nanobots into an unsuspecting terrorist. What will these nanobots be capable of doing? Perhaps they will kill him while making his death appear natural. Or maybe they will be used for psychological operations, and instead of killing the host, will enter his brain to manipulate his behavior in imaginative ways. This could include spying on his own associates, committing sabotage, or behaving in such a bizarre manner that his own people will think he's gone nuts and kill him. Of course, the possibilities are endless, meaning one day such technology may be unleashed on an unsuspecting public in an effort to make us all compliant automatons. And to think it all began as a toy.
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  963. Oh, how I long for the days when intelligence operations were a gentleman's pursuit - back before every Colonel Sam Flagg could wedge himself into any espionage, sabotage, or counterintelligence operation.
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  964. I've been retired a long time, but I seem to recall we called prepositioned stock PREPO, not PREPRO. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
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  965. What does that term mean?
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  966. Even though they mean the same thing chronologically, BC predates the more politically correct BCE. Now let the hate flow.
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  967. I remember there was a Coast Guard Auxiliary unit in Bainbridge, GA, that kept their rescue boat in the marina on the Flint River. That would have been in the early 60s.
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  968.  @jamesc8259  I hope you kept them.
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  969.  @blackrabbit212  I just realized something; a long time ago I watched a movie titled "San Demetrio London", which recounted the adventure of one ship that survived the shelling of Convoy HX84 - the convoy that the Jervis Bay was guarding. I never realized until now that it was a true story. I am impressed.
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  970.  @blackrabbit212  The courage of the crew of the tanker Ohio was represented in the movie "The Malta Story", starring Alec Guinness (1953). It's a good movie, if you haven't seen it.
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  971. @Null Did he even have a gun or was he depending upon his Chi to protect him?
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  972.  @skate4838  His attempted tongue lashing became a permanent leg scar. He be well learnt.
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  973. Three years ago, while visiting at the Montana Military Museum with my family, I met a 97 year old WWII veteran and former musher by the name of David Armstrong . He had written a book, "Camp Rimini and Beyond", detailing his exploits as a dog trainer and handler at Camp Rimini where sled teams were being prepared to support the Canadian-American First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade). Dave was later sent to Newfoundland with his dog sled teams to locate the remains of missing aircrews in the remote wilderness. It is a little known and largely forgotten part of the tapestry of WWII stories.
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  974. Catching glimpses of those old movies and TV shows brought back many fond memories of my childhood. I thank God my family can still enjoy them on DVD.
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  975. I think Dulles International Airport is named after John Foster Dulles, not Allen Dulles.
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  976. I think feral children are banned in most HOAs, along with pink yard flamingos.
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  977. The Halifax has always looked to me like a British version of the American B-24 Liberator. I would appreciate a story on this largely forgotten bomber.
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  978. The A/B/A-26 Invader/Counterinvader was my favorite twin engine warbird when I was a kid. The USAF retired the last one a year before I entered college ROTC, so a lot of old-timers were still around through much of my career. Indeed, even after 911, when my staff was augmented by both Reserve members and Air Guardsmen, one of the old Chief Master Sergeants loaned to us turned out to be from the Alabama Air Guard. He had started his career as an 18 year-old Airman in the unit from which the CIA had recruited many of the Bay Of Pigs crew and support personnel. He joined it shortly after the infamous invasion and filled me with stories about the acrimony these men long felt toward President Kennedy and his decision not to back them up as originally planned. Regarding the Congo incursion of 1964, one of my NCOs in the late 1970s was a black Master Sergeant who had been a C-130 loadmaster during the rescue operation at Stanleyville. He related to me that as they landed, a fellow airman who was white, asked him what he was going to do if, when they lowered the tail ramp, rebels confronted them instead of Belgian paratroopers. He replied, "That's easy; I'm going to grab you and yell 'I got mine, I got mine.'" Military humor is priceless.
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  979.  @darthvaderbro7210  If it is, the Progs should be all for it.
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  980.  @insight1428  You mean reward countries such as Russia, N. Korea, and Iran for their bad behavior? No, reward comes after demonstrating good behavior, not before.
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  981.  @insight1428  Name one country where socialism or communism has ever worked. It's not about being socialist or being an existential threat; it's about being evil. It doesn't matter if it is a person or a country. You should never reward bad behavior. Do that with a child and you will end up with rotten child. Do that with an oppressive regime and the people only suffer more while their leaders become wealthier. That's why Castro was able to die as one of the richest men in the world.
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  982.  @insight1428  They don't exist anymore. Why is that?
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  983. A net and trident would have been handy in this gladiatorial game.
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  984. He's already teaching a course I like to call Learned Ignorance.
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  985. It's too big to be a MiG, so call it a PiG.
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  986. I've read about him before. It's a good thing nobody in the 1950s challenged him to land at the Kremlin.
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  987. There you go again, Ryan, trying to confuse folks with the facts. On a more serious note, slavery in the states was so intertwined with economics, social order, and state's rights that to remove it as a motive is to undermine every other argument for secession. As for Lincoln, well I think he wanted to end the barbaric practice, but being both a politician and a pragmatist, he would have gone along with any course of action that would have preserved the union, but only to a point. Once that point was passed and the Union was within reach of victory, his position solidified and the die was firmly cast to abolish it forever.
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  988. I applaud your bravery, but damn your manners! (Sam Houston)
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  989. Dead people voting in Louisiana is a Long tradition. :)
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  990. I think it is fair to say Pulaski was a he-ro, not a her-o.
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  991. Ryan, it's not in their DNA.
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  992.  @Etymon-jt3zw  I think it wisest to worry about all of them, but in order of priority. Right now it is Russia that posses the greatest threat to Europe. Once that threat passes, the next in line will become the next great nemesis. In the case of Europe I think this will be the EU leadership and its never-ending desire for greater control over its supposedly sovereign members.
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  993. The truth will set you free. Some people don't want to know the truth, so they don't want to be free.
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  994. What we have here is failure to communicate. BANG!
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  995.  @rabbi120348  I think those stats referred to western POWs (US and UK). When it came to the eastern front, the Germans and Soviets both were about as merciless as one can get.
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  996.  Philip Freeman  Phil, like you I was born in the 50s and grew up in the south when racism and segregation were still common, but my parents fought against it, as did most Americans from all over the country. Our nation remains a work in progress, and always will be as long as we are free to make our own choices, be they good, bad, or ugly. Each generation has to experiment and learn for itself. We're not born wise, but we can obtain wisdom, even if some never do. Hatred is a strong emotion, but it is one which can ultimately destroy a person, assuming he isn't killed by somebody else first. Racism and bigotry are learned behaviors. They can be taught by your parents, your friends, your teachers, or yourself through your own life experiences. I try not to hate or despise entire groups of people because I know that each person is an individual whose ideas and behavior are not always in lockstep with others in his group. But I must admit that some people are making it awfully hard for me to think kindly or respectfully of them when I see them so many of them behaving badly. I'm always willing to be polite and listen to somebody's story, but I do so while checking my back because sometimes it's just a ruse to get me to drop my guard. Long ago I learned that if you don't feel right about a person or situation you are in, maybe it's time to get the hell away. Most folks are decent, but there wolves among the sheep, so let your prejudices work for you, but don't let them rule you. It's a balancing act, to be sure.
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  997. One of the biggest lies is Hitler's miraculous economic recovery. The German mark had already been stabilized and the country was on the road to recovery when he assumed power. Like any good dictator, he took credit for it, then went on a military and public works spending spree that Germany could not afford unless it pillaged other countries of their resources.
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  998.  @SHAd0Eheart  I don't know if the building still stands. The original wooden structure burned down. That's when my great uncle bought it and built the hotel. I haven't been back to Bainbridge in about 25 years.
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  999.  @lizj5740  I would have been trying to save my model airplanes and comic books. I now live in fire country (Montana). Last year I had each family member draw up a list what they wanted to save if we have to bug out. The result is that I will need a long trailer and a dozen movers. 🙂
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  1000. Listen to the redhead, John. I've never installed an app in my phone.
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  1001. The capricious Caproni.
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  1002. Somebody needs to lay off the moonshine.
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  1003. It better involve a large cigar.
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  1004. Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence. In the case of the Biden Administration, both equally apply.
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  1005.  @Mr.McWatson  I'll bet you could do a better job.
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  1006. Excellent point. It should be the sixth item on his list.
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  1007.  @micfail2  In a perfect world the criminal would compensate his victims, but this rarely happens. That's why we need laws to protect property owners, especially when their own insurance companies won't compensate them. The government has to assume some responsibility for its actions. It could be a law requiring the government to reimburse the property owner for anything not covered by his insurance company. The government could reserve the right to sue the criminal to recover those expense. The courts might even be allowed to extend the sentence of the criminal if he is unable or unwilling to pay the fine. This was done in the past with mixed results, so I would not hold out much hope of success. The current situation is untenable, for it absolves the government of any responsibility.
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  1008. "You're in the Navy Now" had a great cast of old timers and newcomers, including Millard Mitchell, Ray Collins (Lt Tragg on Perry Mason), Eddie Albert (Oliver Douglas on Green Acres and another certified war hero), Jack Webb (Sgt Joe Friday on Dragnet), Ed Begley (Sr), and Harvey Lembeck (Eric Von Zipper from the Beach Party movies). It's a fun movie and quite believable despite being a light comedy.
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  1009. No mention of Iran? Their fingerprints are all over this operation.
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  1010. Makes you wonder why so many people complain about life today.
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  1011. Thanks for covering this tragic story. I'm familiar with the Armenian genocide, but not with the details of how the Turkish government treated Jews during WWII. None of this surprises me. Regarding American prisoners, one of the 78 American Ploesti Raid internees was my late friend, M/Sgt Gene Spencer, USAAF. His B-24 crash-landed in Turkey and surviving crew members were interned until the OSS arranged their "escape". Somewhere in my emails I have a copy of the travel orders and pay reimbursement authorized for the men in his section. You can't even escape a foreign country without proper paperwork.
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  1012. The Albacore was more attractive than the Swordfish.
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  1013. When I first moved to SA in 1978, Loop 1604 was a two lane road where you risked getting stuck behind a slow moving hay wagon for an hour. Camp Bullis, Leon Springs, and Helotes were in the middle of nowhere. I went back in 2007 and the place was nearly unrecognizable—wall to wall strip malls, apartment buildings, and offices extending well beyond an expanded Loop 1604. Camp Bullis was surrounded by urban sprawl, and the flyspecks of Helotes and Leon Springs had essentially vanished. All the charm was gone. It must be much worse by now.
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  1014.  @nayyarrashid4661  Yes, it is.
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  1015. A good friend of our family flew Skyraiders in the 1950s. He swore it could carry far more than the official record states. He even showed me a photo of his aircraft fully armed and listed the weight of each piece of ordnance. The total came to over 10,000 pounds, at least matching that of the Mauler. I did some checking on the Smithsonian website and found the following quote. I do not know if this includes fuel, but presume it does. "On May 21, 1953, and AD-4B operating from Naval Air Station Dallas set a new weight-lifting record 6,791 kg. (14,941lb.) that exceeded the aircraft empty weight of 5,363 kg (11,798 lb.)."
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  1016.  @microdesigns2000  You could make a poem of your comments. If you do, may I suggest you title it "Oh Illinois, what will become of you?" P.S. Like you, my sister and her husband moved from IL to MN after 30 years, and they share your sentiments.
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  1017. Has anyone performed similar analyses on other burial cloths from ancient times or is this the only cloth to have a human impression on it?
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  1018.  Juanito G  Like so many expressions, the meaning of the prhase may have only a nominal relationship to fact. Napoleon was about average height for a peasant of his time, but he was considered short for an aristocrat. Today we might say somebody is overcompensating for a perceived shortcoming (no pun intended).
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  1019. Georgia Tech coach John Heisman was instrumental in legalizing the forward pass in 1906. Hail to my alma mater.
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  1020.  @krbailess  Have a very merry Christmas and offer a toast to your Uncle Carl and all the other absent family and friends. We're free today thanks to the sacrifices they made.
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  1021. I hope Victor is right about the coming change or else the next generation of native Europeans will be last one.
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  1022. The admiral appears to have been a bit too complacent. War mustn't interfere with tea time, lads.
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  1023. The popular late 50's TV show "Sea Hunt" produced an episode in 1959 titled "Nerve Gas" which is about an abandoned Japanese sub laden with nerve agent which is leaking out. The wreck is found near the California coastline, so salvage diver Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) has to seal the leak while the Navy is preparing to deal with the sub. You can watch the show on YouTube. I'll be surprised if you don't recognize one of the guest stars.
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  1024.  @ClissaT  I found the following description on Wikipedia. The survivors remained together until midday on 2 December, when one of the boats, with the commanding officer aboard, set out for Darwin in an effort to find rescuers.[14] At 10:15 on 5 December, they were spotted by a reconnaissance aircraft, and the 22 aboard were rescued by Kalgoorlie.[14] On learning that more men were still at sea, an air search was organised, and the auxiliary patrol boat Vigilant was to stand by off Melville Island.[14] That same day, the other boat, with 29 aboard, headed for Darwin, leaving the raft, with 49 aboard, behind.[14] At 16:00 on 8 December, a PBY Catalina flying boat sighted the raft, now with about 20 aboard, and the second boat.[14] The aircraft was unable to land to assist either group of survivors because of rough seas, but directed Kalgoorlie to the boat.[14] However, the raft could not be located again, and the search effort was called off on 13 December.[14] 40 personnel from Armidale and 60 embarked men of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army were killed.[3] Following this attack, the Royal Australian Navy changed policy to prevent minimally armed vessels like the Bathurst-class corvettes travelling into areas of heavy enemy presence while attempting to perform tasks similar to Armidale.[17]
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  1025. Some have argued the Taiping Rebellion in China was deadlier than WWII, but it really depends on which deaths are attributed to the war and how accurate those estimates really are. It's a fair bet that China and the USSR suffered the lion's share of casualties from 1937 - 45, though it's also true the Soviets tended to exaggerate battle deaths to further glorify their victories.
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  1026.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I think he means Desmond Doss.
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  1027. Sounds like Eustis was a real gasbag.
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  1028. A dash camera or two is a great idea. Cops sometimes get angry when they see you recording with your phone. They may not notice the dash cam. If your window is only only enough to pass your papers through, they won't be able to reach in and grab it or shut it off. Ditto for your phone (unless that is where you store your proof of insurance).
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  1029. The Suez Crisis took place between 29 Oct - 7 Nov 1956.
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  1030. My wife is an accomplished artist, but you would not know it by seeing her or speaking with her. She is beautiful, articulate, and level-headed. She has spent much of her life trying to destroy the stereotype of the avant-garde artist, but it is an uphill battle.
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  1031. "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."           Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
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  1032.  @rotwang2000  That's the one.
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  1033.  @erebostd  I think you are treating unrelated events as being equivalent. They are not. There was never a policy of native genocide in America. The tragedy of the American Indian was the result of two centuries of ad hoc policies, not some master plan. Though there were voices in both government and the general public who endorsed organized genocide, it was never a popular idea, nor was such a plan ever adopted. The dropping of the Atom Bombs was a strategic decision that hastened the end of WWII. In so doing, "The Bomb" saved far more lives than it cost. You can question the wisdom and effectiveness of large-scale bombing of cities, but it makes no sense to treat Hiroshima and Nagasaki separately from those earlier raids over Poland, England, China, Germany, and Japan. Sometimes mass destruction worked, sometime it did not. Any killing of noncombatants is regrettable, even tragic, but it is often unavoidable in war. It's the motives that matter. There is a clear distinction between killing people to end a war and killing them because you don't like the color of their skin, their religion, their form of government, or because you covet their land and resources, or wish to enslave them. I'm not convinced the world is an evil place, but I am convinced there are evil forms of government and some "well intentioned" people in and out of government who endorse terrible ideas. In the recorded history of the world it is governments that have ended more lives and enslaved more people than the collective acts of all individuals acting on their own. Neither is acceptable, and I agree with you that we must work every day to make the world a better place. It is an unending goal.
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  1034.  @HalfdeadRider  I prefer to use the correct acronym and pronounce it "Feebie".
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  1035.  @sarpbakrsoy8125  I'm reminded of a line from Audie Murphy's bio-movie, "To Hell and Back", when his best friend sarcastically remarks to him in the middle of combat with the Germans that “they can kill us, but they can’t eat us – that’s against the law”. Apparently some Japanese soldiers broke this law. Perhaps some Ustasha did as well.
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  1036. Nixon's actions were no different than those of his predecessors, but he incorrectly assumed the press would give him a pass. As a result, a mole hill issue became an impassable mountain when he engaged in a coverup. It was an avoidable tragedy.
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  1037. Well that brought back some unpleasant memories. We were living in a Maryland suburb of DC during this time while I was working at the Pentagon. The shootings only added to the already tense atmosphere that pervaded Washington following 911. It didn't help that my wife frequented Michael's Crafts on a regular basis and had visited one the day before the shooting. A rumor started that the snipers were targeting such places, so she stopped going. I was working mid shifts and getting home late at night. I loathed having to stop for any reason, but I had to buy gas once in a while. I made a habit of bobbing and weaving the whole time I was filling the tank, which must have looked ridiculous, but I figured it made me a less suitable target. Then the authorities reported seeing a white van with a ladder on it following a shooting. As luck would have it, one passed me as I was driving home so I followed it for a while to make sure it wasn't entering my neighborhood, then I reported the license plate number to the police. You can call me paranoid, but nobody knew when or where these monsters would strike next. Good riddance to both of them.
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  1038. Take heart, Simon; I may have still a fairly decent head of hair topside, but I've never been able to grow an awesome beard like yours to save my life.
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  1039.  @jamesdeen3011  I'm retired Air Force and I share your sentiment. I only went to the local VA hospital once and that was because I was required to report to it after I retired. I looked around at the poor souls in there who couldn't afford outside care and decided I should stick with TRICARE. I've never regretted that decision.
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  1040.  @jamesdeen3011  And I thank you for your service. My late business associate was an old M48/M60/M1 tanker. It is not a job I would have wanted, so I am glad there are those who do.
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  1041.  @jerrysullivan8424  Hopefully all of my enemies are either dead or still in prison.
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  1042. It's not. China would have to put nukes on the island, but they won't because they aren't needed. What Peter did not discuss was the reason Kennedy stood firm agasint the Russian operation. In the early 1960s there was no missile gap and Kennedy knew this. We were militarily far more powerful and capable than the USSR. The Soviets lacked long range accurate missiles at the time, so they believed that planting intermediate range missiles in Cuba would allow them to instantly threaten all of the southeastern US. This was intended to be a stopgap measure until they could field ICBMs from their homeland. As a fig leaf to cover their humiliating withdrawal, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove medium range Jupiter missiles from Turkey. Within a few years the Soviets built up a massive ICBM fleet which negated any need for offshoring their nuclear weapons.
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  1043. I like the idea of a semi auto feature.
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  1044. The cruel reality of war is that height can matter, just as intelligence, strength, daring, and skill matter. It is rarely wise to form units of men who possess a unique characteristic unless the mission calls for that ability. In the case of the Bantams I've little doubt some of those men were killed by opponents who were bigger, just as some larger men died because their size made them easy targets. Audie Murphy was no Sergeant Rock or Sergeant Fury. He was underage, too small, and too light to get into the Marine Corp, and the Army was hesitant to take him, but he managed to bulk up just enough thanks to the nutrition he received during training. He volunteered for the infantry when the airborne refused him, and he went on to become America's most decorated hero of WWII.
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  1045. It has the makings of a very funny movie.
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  1046. Nice to see it done the old fashioned way.
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  1047. So basically they were gaslighting themselves? I've had a few episodes of sleep paralysis over the decades, but not in the context of something evil. Nevertheless, it was always frustrating not being able to move or act according to my will. The last time it occurred was about three years ago and I fought very strenuously to move until at last I was able to rise up out of bed from my sleep. I haven't had an episode since then. Maybe it's because I finally beat it or maybe it's because I now sleep in a recliner.
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  1048. My Mom was born during the St Valentine's Massacre.
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  1049. My Dad was a B-29 engine mechanic stationed in Alaska during the Korean War. He would have loved this beautiful tribute to one grand old plane.
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  1050.  @tigertank06  About as pointless as these newfangled flush toilets. The pit was good enough for me.
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  1051. I was going to say the plow was man's most important invention. After spending a day behind one, you need a good night's rest, hence the bed was invented. Plus, the plow allowed more grain to be produced and people became fat, which led to sleep apnea, so a good pillow had to be invented as well.
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  1052.  @Ulyssestnt  I bumped into him in a hallway of the Pentagon a few years later and asked if he'd been here when the sparks commenced. He said no, he missed that fireworks show. I smiled and replied, "Now we're even, except I don't have to rub any ointment in my scalp".
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  1053. Welcome to the new cheap.
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  1054.  @40SnWfan  They can read about it in the Weekly Churn & Butter Gazette.
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  1055. To understand The Mob is to understand Russian politics.
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  1056. 25 years ago an ATF records inspector tried to intimidate my young bride on the phone while l was away on Air Force Reserve duty. She knew nothing of the subject and told him as much. He threatened to have her arrested if she did not comply. My wife stood her ground and said no. She then called me. I contacted a former DOJ lawyer who had worked with the ATF and was no friend of the Bureau. He told me if the man showed up on my property and refused to leave, my wife should call the sheriff and have him arrested for trespassing. Nobody showed up, but I was left fuming at the behavior of this d-bag of a human being.
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  1057. Another bit of buried history can be found at the Battle of Natural Bridge historic site near Tallahassee, FL. It was little more than a skirmish near the end of the Civil War between local militiamen and units of Colored Infantry. The marker that stands on the site states that federal troops numbered 893 (500 reportedly at Natural Bridge), with 21 killed, 89 wounded, and 148 missing. Local militia numbered 595, of whom three were killed, 23 wounded, and none missing. There is a rumor that the 148 missing union troops were in fact captured and executed by furious whites. A similar rumor, but on a grander scale, surrounds the much larger Battle of Olustee a year earlier. Is it history worth exploring and remembering, or is the truth lost to time? I do not know the answer.
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  1058. That was well played by the officers.
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  1059. You make it sound like the USSR had a victory lock on the Axis by the time of D-Day. If they had, Stalin could have controlled all of Europe in the end instead only the east. So why did Stalin keep pressuring the West to attack the continent head-on as soon as possible? This would have been counterproductive to his postwar aims. For the record, the Germans were conducting a strategic withdrawal from much of the USSR during this time. It wasn't a rout or full retreat. They had a very hard time going on the offensive because so much of their artillery and fighter aircraft were defending the fatherland, and fuel shortages were becoming endemic. Meanwhile, the Soviets were benefiting from the critical supplies we were giving them such as high performance aviation fuels, trucks, and radios. There is much more to war than who is winning the land battles or how many casualties one has endured. Nobody here is saying the Soviets didn't absorb the lion's share of suffering and fighting against the Nazis. The same is true of the Chinese against the Japanese. It was a joint effort all around. Had it been otherwise, I doubt anyone could have stopped the Nazis, Fascists, and Imperialist, certainly not without prolonging the war with even more suffering. There's a popular belief floating around these days that it was the Soviet invasion of Manchuria that led to the rapid surrender of Japan, not the A-bombs we dropped. I don't believe it. What I do believe is the Japanese saw the hopelessness of fighting in the face of starvation, isolation, nuclear attacks, firebombings, and an all-out invasion by the US, UK, and USSR.
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  1060. Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, Now hear the word of the Lord!
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  1061.  @danielponiatowski7368  Yes, ROTC stands for Reserve Officer Training Corps. The Army, Navy, and Air Force each have their own ROTC programs which are broken into two types. The first is Junior ROTC, which operates in many high schools, grades 9 - 12, with students typically being ages 14 - 18. The second is Senior ROTC, which is a college level program that offers a commission as a 2nd lieutenant or ensign (Navy) to those who successfully complete it. In both programs the members are called cadets, except in the Navy/Marine program where they are addressed as midshipmen. It is typical for a state funded college or university to have one or more service Senior ROTC programs on or near campus. Some private colleges also run Senior ROTC programs. I went to Georgia Tech and we had all three service programs. I was in Air Force ROTC. In high school I was in the Army Junior ROTC program (typically high schools only offer one service program option). There is no service commitment for those who participate in Junior ROTC. For those who join Senior ROTC, the service commitment does not begin until the last two years of the program, so an individual can opt out of the program at any point prior to that. Any member who fails college or drops out of Senior ROTC during the last two years of the program is subject to induction into that service as an enlisted member for up to four years.
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  1062. He got a lot of the story wrong, including what happened to the second Connie (Flying Tiger Line Flight 7816/14, an L-1049H Super Constellation (N6911C). It crash-landed at Adak due to pilot error. Only one person was killed. The other six aboard survived. So much for his conspiracy theory.
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  1063. By coincidence I was in Chicago last week and toured the U-505 for the first time since 1967. The indoor sub pen setup is impressive.
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  1064.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  Max made out alright. Even though he was snubbed by the Nazis as a result of his loss to Joe Louis, this did not prevent him from saving two Jewish children by hiding them in his Berlin apartment during a Nazi purge. During WWII he was drafted and became a German paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger), was wounded on Crete, and medically discharged. Postwar he became a successful businessman, living to the ripe old age of 99. He befriended Joe Louis and helped him financially in his later years. When Joe died in 1981, it was Max who paid for his funeral.
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  1065.  @gwtpictgwtpict4214  My sentiments exactly.
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  1066. I don't recall this story at all. I'm surprised they didn't use a rocket launcher to take out the track or bogies.
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  1067. Given this guy's record, if he had surrendered and been released later, he might well have gone home and finished the job he started earlier by killing his girlfriend and mother. Then how would that cop feel?
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  1068.  @kyle857  Which government, federal state, or local?
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  1069.  @Autobotmatt428  Yes. It's a footnote in US history, thus largely forgotten.
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  1070.  @jeffwalther3935  I saw the movie and liked it, but I detest Hemingway. He is remembered in military circles mostly as a romantic clown who loved playing at war and hanging out with real warriors. He was lucky the Germans didn't blow him and his retinue out of the water. If you want to hear a real and funny account of those early days of warrior yachtsmen, watch this snippet from an interview with Ernest Borgnine , was an enlisted sailor in the Navy before the war and got recalled right after Pearl Harbor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzWyPhRqmk
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  1071.  @silversurfergw  Read ferandoparis7046 response to my comment before you trash the USA.
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  1072. What, nobody ever made a movie about him?
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  1073. The War of 1812 is a largely forgotten and critically misunderstood war. For several years leading up to the war, the British had engaged in the practice of boarding American ships to search for Royal Navy deserters and to recruit additional naval personnel through impressment. The infamous Chsapeake-Leopard Affair on 1807 was one of the most flagrant violations of US sovereignty by the Royal Navy. The British were completely unapologetic for the unprovoked attack on an American vessel, and protests by the US government only resulted in the British issuing a proclamation that impressment would continue as they saw fit. The Napoleonic wars were in full swing at the time, so England was preoccupied with stopping the French any way they could and this included strangling US trade and impressing Americans into their navy. By 1812 the US had suffered enough indignation, so Congress declared war on the UK. The war went very badly for an unprepared United States. The invasion of Canada was a failure, Washington, DC, was burned, and the USA was facing defeat. British defeats late in the war led to a treaty settlement, but the most crucial and significant battle came weeks after this treaty was signed. The Battle of New Orleans ended any hopes the English had of controlling the territories west of the Mississippi River. It also propelled Andrew Jackson into the national limelight, cementing his political future and that of the Democratic Party.
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  1074. Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones . . .
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  1075. If I had a nickel for every . . .
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  1076. How long before someone claims the shots came from the grassy knoll?
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  1077. All Quiet on the Western Front.
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  1078. It won't cost them a bundle. It will cost all passengers more money in the form of higher air fares. It's the same result when people win large damage suits against insurance companies; the consumer loses..
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  1079. So Tom Cruz dies and comes back to life, ...hmmm. I didn't see any humor in these clips, so I think I'll stick with the 1999 Brendan Fraser version. It was a hoot.
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  1080. I take offense at that :)
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  1081. The stories of the Emden and Cormoran would make for great movie fodder.
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  1082. You can't be a leftist without being a hypocrite most of the time.
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  1083. Where's the movie?
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  1084.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  My late cousin was briefly at Auschwitz, among other camps. I'll forward this story to her family.
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  1085. When I was in college, the greatest benefit I received was being taught how to think rather than what to think. Our universities today are producing rotting cabbages.
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  1086. and the VL Pyörremyrsky - the plane that almost worked.
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  1087. We've seen how effective the USN has been at keeping the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden open for commercial traffic (roll eyes).
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  1088.  @patrickcraig6032  Thanks. I did look up the Wikipedia story before posting my comment.
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  1089.  @sonicgoo1121  That would explain a lot.
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  1090. The Model of 1921 Thompson SMG is iconic, like the Colt 1873 Single Action Army revolver. To not have it in a movie leaves the audience feeling shorted. Bonnie did have a cut-down Remington Model 11 20 gauge semiautomatic shotgun (a variation of the Browning Auto-5), but whether she ever used it to shoot anyone remains a matter of some debate.
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  1091. The Nobel Peace Prize has become a political tool and a joke, much like the New York Times Best Seller list. I remember when the committee gave the award to Yessir Arabfat, AlGore, and B.O. It no longer means anything worthwhile. I am curious about one thing. Did Irene Sendler ever renounce her communist ideology?
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  1092.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I agree, but I am puzzled how she was able to reconcile the hypocrisy, or was she incredibly naive and ignorant to the truth of communism?
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  1093.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
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  1094. I want a pocket rocket that can patrol the space around me 24/7, eliminating all known threats, be they muggers, salesmen, or politicians.
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  1095. That was one helluva Christmas story. From now on I'll stick to Ralphie, Rudolph, Peanuts, and the Grinch.
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  1096. Are there infrared heat detectors or K9s they could use for house searches?
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  1097. Have fun visiting Old Ironsides. When I was stationed at Hanscom AFB I attended the retirement ceremony of one of our officers aboard the ship. It was quite an experience.
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  1098. I think the original saying is "No one on their deathbed said 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office'". This implies that we would prefer to spend as much time as possible with our families and friends, which can be viewed as another form of worthwhile work.
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  1099.  @joesterling4299  As a teenager my great-grandfather came from Germany (The German Confederation) to America at the end of the American Civil War (aka, the War for States Rights, the War of Northern Aggression, The Late Unpleasantness, The War of Secession, The War Between the States). During the period Reconstruction he started out as a riverboat peddler. One day, while waiting for a stagecoach, he overheard a young girl singing in German. Her family had come over from Prussia to start a new life in Georgia. In 1880 he married this now adult woman and they went on to have eight children, including my grandmother. This just goes to show you there is such a thing as a German love story, even halfway round the world.
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  1100.  @jeanlessard8800  Rubish.
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  1101.  @jeanlessard8800  Gee, I didn't know my extended family owned and controlled Hollywood. Oh, by the way, we're of German extraction as well. So Hollywood never presents a positive depiction of Germans thanks to the "Jewish community"? I presume you have never heard of "Schindler's List" which was made by Hollywood's most famous living producer, Steven Spielberg, whose family is Orthodox Jews. If you want to bash the majority of Hollywood elitists for their left to far left ideologies, I might agree with you. That is easily verifiable by their words and deeds. But attacking Hollywood, especially in today's anti-Israeli environment, for being anti-German or controlled by a Jewish cabal, means you have suspended critical thinking in favor of personal animosity. You really should stop lumping everyone into groups you can like or despise, and try treating each of them as individuals that you like or despise.
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  1102.  @obfuscated3090  I love the smell of Hoppe's Number 9; it smells like freedom.
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  1103. Not anymore. CZ just bought them for $222 million. Colt has long been its own worst enemy, thanks to poor management, unions, and anti-gun state and local politics. Let's see if CZ fixes this problem by relocating the company to a more cost-effective and pro-gun state and uses the latest technology and design innovations. If CZ thinks all they have to do is replace upper management and continue making outdated and overpriced guns, they too will fail.
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  1104. SOD can only be effective if you have excellent real time intel. Otherwise it's better not to use it, or to SOD off.
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  1105. Somebody please inform these scientists that science is not based on popular opinion.
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  1106. I think most people prefer a steady income to risk-taking and individual responsibility. Job statistics support my theory.
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  1107. So that's where the cigarettes come from.
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  1108. Your next video should be on super hammers, super nails, super drills, and super glues that can be used to join the Superwood.
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  1109. Some historians believe 1812 was the beginning of the modern concept of West Point, but its actual origin as a military training institute began in early 1802 when Congress established the United State Military Academy at West Point. The Academy graduated its first two cadets later that same year. By 1812 fewer than 100 officers had graduated, morale was low, and both admission and training standards were haphazard. The entire concept was on the verge of collapse. Congress reacted by creating a more formal system and increasing the size of the cadet corp to 250. In 1817 the new commandant, Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, introduced a code of conduct and an instructional system that remain standard in the Academy today. Thayer is generally considered to be the real creator of West Point as a true institute of higher learning for future Army officers.
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  1110. From what I've read, American merchant mariners received even less compensation and recognition for their service. They remain largely forgotten today. The British merchantmen may have had it worse than the Americans. Once your ship went down, your pay and compensation stopped.
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  1111.  @HM2SGT  You must have been a corpsman.
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  1112.  @billyjoejimbob75  I don't know. At this point I think it has become a personal grudge match between these two men. Here in Montana we had something similar happen, but it did not involve politics. It was a family dispute that went public when one party began placing signs around town accusing the other party of taking their parent's fortune. The purposes of the public denunciations were to cause humiliation and damage to the other person's reputation and business. I knew the accused, so the next time I visited his office I asked his clerk if they were aware of the signs and she acknowledged they were. I didn't inquire any further, but whether the accusations were true, false, or somewhere in between, I found it unseemly to air the family laundry in public. It needlessly tarnished everyone involved. The same can be said of this case. Passion, pride, and ego can drive people to make fools of themselves.
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  1113. Can you do a follow-on story involving the North American Fury jet series?
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  1114.  @absalomdraconis  Rather like the antebellum "These United State" and postbellum "The United States". In 20 years or so we may become "The Untied States".
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  1115. We have elected someone to the highest office in the land who does not give a damn. The yellow streak running down his backside is so wide it will serve as a beacon to every terrorist group and enemy we have that now is the time to hit America again. The next few years are going to be more dangerous than ever.
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  1116. If her father was such an experienced pilot, why did he not help her, or were they arguing?
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  1117. Have you done a video on the impact of the Jones Act?
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  1118. Pokey man lives!
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  1119. @Redsand If he was "right-wing" then please explain why Karenga described "Kawaida", the underlying philosophy of Kwanzaa , as being the “best of early Chinese and Cuban socialism” as taken from classical Marxism.
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  1120.  @wiet111  I know, but I was talking about the uglier truths that polite modern society appears quick to ignore or bury. This is a history channel. I believe most of your viewers are educated and well informed. We expect to hear the unvarnished truth. I suspect you would provide it, unfiltered, but you have to appease the censor gods. I appreciate the fact Indy said as much as he did. Even that little bit was taking a calculated risk. Such is the world the internet oligarchs have created. My greatest fear is that one day I'll look back on this period with even greater disdain than I currently have, and tell my grandchildren in hushed tones of a time when a man could say what he believed without fear of censorship and reduction to nonperson status.
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  1121.  @wiet111  Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. :)
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  1122. You give them a million dollars worth of food, that frees up a million dollars they can spend on weapons and war preparation. Great move, Japan.
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  1123. It's all just fun and games until the mysterious package blows up.
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  1124. What became of Morrell?
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  1125. It's difficult for anyone today to understand Arnold's motivation for betrayal. It should be remembered that until the Revolution, everyone was a British subject, and during the revolt the majority of Americans either actively supported the English or sat out the war. In such circumstances it is surprising to me that more of our wartime leaders didn't switch sides. I do not excuse Arnold's actions. He was very much a traitor and deserved a traitor's fate despite the constant snubbing by Congress that contributed to his actions. A great man rises above such pettiness and remains focused on the end goal of freedom and a new way of life. Washington and others did. Arnold did not and is forever a condemned and tragic figure in American history.
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  1126.  @mebsrea  Agreed. I've actually stood on the very spot where it burned. There is a marker there and nothing else to commemorate the disaster.
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  1127. Test patterns until morning, followed by a mix of local and network shows from about 6 or 7 AM through midnight or 1 AM, and the Star Spangled Banner just before the station signed off for the night and returned to the test pattern and that annoying high pitched tone. Did you stand with your hand over your heart during the Star Spangled Banner?
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  1128.  @thatpatrickguy3446  You were luckier than I. Church was at 8:30 in the morning, so I only got to stay up late if I was spending the night at my grandparents. When I was about 8 years old the late show was featuring Howard Hawk's "Air Force". I tried to watch the whole movie but eventually feel asleep. Ditto with the "High and the Mighty". It would be decades before I ever saw those movies all the way through. God bless cable TV, VCRs, and DVDs.
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  1129.  @thatpatrickguy3446  Ours was a small mission where a circuit riding priest came by once a week to hold Mass before moving on to the next mission, so we only had one service. Mom made sure we were there every Sunday. Many times I watched network TV shows with my family or friends and occasionally old movies with my Dad. In 50s and 60s most of the movies were aired by local TV channels, so they tended to be vintage films which he had seen as a boy or younger man. I think he enjoyed the nostalgia. I don't know how much of this activity survives today with the endless choices now available, but I believe our society is the lesser for having lost these once universally common shared experiences. The cohesiveness and sense of community seems to have faded as a result.
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  1130. Never cared for them. Very bland.
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  1131.  @kaylaandjimbryant8258  Blech!
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  1132. With so many advances being made in hiding heat signatures, how long will it be before bending light rays will make soldiers invisible?
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  1133. OA did offer a 10mm carbine that used proprietary full size plastic magazines.
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  1134. Colin's opening statement that the Founders placed the First Amendment above all other amendments can be interpreted two ways. If he meant they placed it first solely to emphasize their concerns, that is fine. If he meant it is a superior right, then I must disagree because being superior means it could be used to trump all other rights, which was never the intent of the Founders. Please clarify your position.
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  1135.  @Bobby007D  If you read my comments correctly you will see I was referring to the Katrina disaster, which I did have firsthand experience in dealing with because I was on the command and control staff at the Pentagon that coordinated the relief effort from start to finish. I was comparing our national and local response efforts during Katrina with those the History Guy described in his video.
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  1136.  @Bobby007D  Use critical thinking skills. Notice I prefaced my comment by mentioning my experience during Katrina in 2005. I never said or implied I was present in 1788. You have stretched reasoning beyond credulity.
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  1137.  @rowbownerd  Brad, which issue of MGN was it? I contacted Small Arms Review (MGN was renamed SAR in 1997), but their online archives do not extend to MGN. They do have some warehoused copies of MGN, but even they don't remember which issue I was talking about. If you could provide me with the year and month, I'll look through my own back issues (assuming I can locate them). If I can't find the copy, I'll ask SAR if they have one I can buy.
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  1138.  @rowbownerd  Thanks.
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  1139.  @rowbownerd  It will be more pleasant to shoot in semi auto. Every FA pistol I've fired was virtually uncontrollable and about as accurate as Yosemite Sam.
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  1140.  @rowbownerd  Thanks. Now all I have to do is remember where my back issues are stored. I think they may be with my old Soldier of Fortune magazines.
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  1141. I don't have any Singer artwork, but his influence is quite evident in a 34 cent postage stamp of a WWI Marine that was taken from an original painting done by his contemporary, James Montgomery Flagg (best remembered for his Uncle Sam WWI recruiting poster). I found the tiny image intriguing and it rests among an odd assortment of memorabilia I've gathered over the decades and left on my desk. Such is the effect of art upon us.
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  1142. Where do you find all these sane and rational people to interview and why hasn't the government or social media destroyed all of them yet?
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  1143. The greenies don't want to save the world for humanity; they want much of humanity to die off.
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  1144.  @uberbeeg  I read about it many years ago in a book about the founding of Israel, but the author provided no details on the type of aircraft involved. Another story centered on a partially successful attempt to steal several British tanks. My favorite one was about a businessman in the USA who was contacted to provide small arms for the Israelis. It is an absolutely wild and funny story.
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  1145.  @oslonorway547  No, he was in Pilsen as part of Patton's Third Army.
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  1146. There isn't enough here to critique. I read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. I agree that Rand argued in favor of self-interest. She detested altruism unless it involved child rearing (arguably not true altruism). She was a confirmed atheist, so her philosophy of "Objectivism" was her only moral compass. And this was her greatest error. Everything she did in life was focused on her desires, often to the detriment of those closest to her. In other words, she used people. There is nothing uncommon in this fact, but it is hardly a ringing endorsement of the woman or her philosophy as practiced.
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  1147.  @princeofpokemon2934  I did meet one Forceman after I retired and moved to Montana. He had been a company commander and one of the very first officers that LTC Frederick selected as the unit was initially forming at Fort Harrison on the outskirts of Helena, MT. After the war he settle in Helena and became a local celebrity over time.
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  1148.  @GloriousShiva42  The Forceman I met had a low opinion of the movie. He said it made them look like lovers, not fighters. A lot was left out of the movie, but it would take a series of movies to properly cover their adventures.
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  1149.  @nomadmarauder-dw9re  Another fine outfit.
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  1150. You can't fool mother nature or basic economics.
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  1151. I can believe it. A family friend had a similar experience in a B-17. He dropped a pencil and bent down to pick it up just as a Luftwaffe fighter riddled the spot were he had been sitting upright.
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  1152. The most effective WWII era foreign volunteer organization I am aware of was the American Volunteer Group (AVG), known worldwide as the Flying Tigers which was active from mid 1941 to mid 1942 when it was absorbed into the USAAF as the 14th Air Force. The German Condor Legion had been similarly effective during the Spanish Civil War. Post-WWII we have seen the use of mercenary forces in places like the Belgian Congo and Biafra in the 1960s, and more recently "private security" firms have operated in Iraq and Afghanistan. Academi (formerly known as Blackwater) is perhaps the most recognizable of these, but the largest may be G4S Secure Solutions.
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  1153. @lati long Yes, there was a ever changing mix of aircraft, including American, Russian, Italian, French, British, and even German and Japanese types, along with personnel from Britain, France, Holland, the USSR, and the USA. Eventually Claire Chennault, who was brought in to advise the depleted Nationalists in 1937. With the signing of the non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939, Russia pulled out its support, leaving America as the only practical source of support for Chiang's depleted air force. Chennault realized the best interim solution was to build a professional mercenary force composed entirely of American volunteers with the secret support of the Roosevelt administration. The situation had become quite dire by the time the AVG arrived in 1941. During less than seven months of combat operations they managed to turn the situation around in the sky. It was a truly amazing achievement.
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  1154. You certainly identified three of our least effective generals in WWII. I would add MacArthur. I can think of a few admirals who should be on the list as well. "He is the most dangerous kind of officer, both stupid and intensely energetic." - description of Austrian Feldmarschall Conrad Graf von Hötzendorf, architect of WWI
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  1155. The name Free Burma Ranger sounds familiar. Hope you recover from the trench foot. If it's any consolation, you still have more toes than I do. 🦶
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  1156. Sounds like Saudi Arabia hasn't changed any since I was last there in the 1980s.
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  1157. Was he the fellow who wore a heavy buffalo coat with holsters sewn into each pocket? Supposedly, he could shake pistol balls out of the hide whenever someone took a shot at him, claiming he was protected from harm by the Lord Jehovah.
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  1158.  @V.Hansen.  It may or may not have been his coat. I've read of at least one other individual who wore a coat with hidden holsters or false pockets (split so he could draw a pistol from his belt or pants). Have you ever heard of a gunman with the improbable last name of Outlaw? I think he wore similar garb.
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  1159. I believe it was the 1946 Alan Ladd film, O.S.S., which portrayed an American agent being compromised and arrested when he forgetfully eats a meal in a French cafe using the American style of forkery. During agent training, the O.S.S. and its British counterparts did emphasize cultural practices that had to be adhered to in order to blend in. However, most of the spies were ex-patriots who were already familiar with their own native customs. It was very difficult for nonnative Americans and Englishmen to pose as Continentals, though some did. During the Cold War the Russians were so emphatic about training their agents to impersonate Americans that they built at least one simulated American town in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. We nicknamed it "Little America". Somewhere along the line Hollywood must have heard of this because the idea was used in several television shows and movies. I learned about it during my own training in Air Force counterintelligence. Supposedly, it was discovered by a U2 spy plane or early spy satellite when photo interpreters noticed American cars and buildings in an area near a Soviet airbase. A similar English village was said to have been constructed as well.
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  1160. So the Whigs were the Libertarian party of their day.
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  1161. The Phillips head driver is definitely superior to the flat head, but that's about all I can say in its favor. More modern drivers work much better, especially when dealing with parts that require a good deal of torque to seat and unseat. With modern precision machinery I would think the problem of aligning the tool head to the screw and avoiding over-torquing might be solvable.
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  1162. I missed the joke or else these folks really, really like Sizzler.
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  1163. Ditto.
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  1164. Nice of you to keep the topic light.
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  1165.  @keefymckeefface8330  There is never a purely military solution to any conflict unless you do like the Romans and kill off or enslave most of the people, remove them from the land, and salt the earth. Otherwise there must also be psychological, political, and economic elements involved. The problem is we only have one branch of our government that is equipped to forward deploy into a war zone and operate effectively. All other departments are too small and ineffectual to have enough impact. They keep defaulting to DoD. This is not a right-left issue; it is a pragmatic one. We have not engaged effectively in nation building since the Korean War. But the only reason we continue to succeed in the Pacific Rim and Europe is because we still maintain a significant force presence and a commitment to defend our allies. This we failed to do in South Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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  1166.  @thepittman4g63  Thanks for the heads up.
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  1167.  @justsoicanfingcomment5814  Much appreciated. Thanks!
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  1168. Venomous, not poisonous critters. No rattlers or moccasins?
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  1169.  @bradenglettkd8zm69  That's very interesting. I grew up in Florida where both species are very common.
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  1170. The Alaska class look like diminutive Iowas class battleships. The first time I ever saw a picture of one was as a kid in the 1960s. I was reading a book about US Navy vessels. I don't recall when it was published, but it must have been either during WWII or not long after. I think the Alaska was referred to as a battle cruiser. Anyway, I always thought they were very cool looking ships.
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  1171.  @santeriberg8129  I knew somebody would try to make that inference.
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  1172. You covered the issues very well.
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  1173. In flight training one of my instructors had purchased a fully restored P-47 (he must have been independently wealthy). While it was being ferried to him, the plane crashed and was a total loss.
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  1174. I read he was allowed to retire and still hasn't been convicted of the charges filed against him.
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  1175.  @lynnwood7205  My pleasure. I knew two CV-2/C-7 pilots, one Army, the other USAF. The former was a retired Army WO who told me his unit participated in a competition between their aircraft and the C-123 in the ealry 1960s and beat them in short-field landing and takeoff. The C-123 was much larger and carried double the payload, so it would not surprise me that it lost. He also told me he had transitioned into the Caribou from the Bell H-13 (Bell Model 47) where he had once tested them as potential gunships. They mounted several Browning 1919 30 caliber machine guns on the skids. I think this configuration saw some limited service early in the Vietnam War. The USAF pilot was a later coworker of mine who had flown the C-7 in South Vietnam in the late 1960s. He told me one humorous story about flying down a river and spotting some suspicious looking characters on an island, so he buzzed them. When he returned to base the maintenance crew found a bullet hole in the throttle quadrant between the two pilot seats and a matching hole in the roof. Not bad shooting for a Gook. ;-)
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  1176. Today's reactionary is tomorrow's conformist.
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  1177. Am I supposed to be impressed by Mikhaila's knowledge of profanity? I'm not, and she diminishes herself and offends her audience with her choice of language. I presume her father raised her better than that.
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  1178. Years ago, before I ever met my wife, her car broke down in Lakeland, FL. She's a small woman and she struggled to push her car from the far left lane into the emergency lane on the opposite side of the road. A cop drove by and she tried to wave him down. He saw her, but continued on his merry way. An elderly gentleman then stopped and helped her out. That was in the early 1980s, so maybe that cop spawned one the two deputy dicks in Missouri.
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  1179. They should have named him Lord Whimsy.
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  1180. Thank you for not spraying any of the patrons and staff. Have a nice day.
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  1181. @BadKarma4You The latter, but my eye doctor keeps telling me maybe next year.
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  1182.  @gooser__43  Well, to some visitors it probably seemed like a foreign country. Think Mayberry.
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  1183. No wonder they weren't worried about mercury poisoning killing them; they were more likely to die from tuberculous long before then.
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  1184. When those last two shows came on I knew it was time to go outside and play. 🙂
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  1185.  @susim4503  Can you be more specific? Do you want weather that makes for abundant rain, abundant food? If so, what kind of food? Which part of the globe do you want to benefit from this weather? The whole world cannot benefit from warmer or colder weather, only parts of it can.
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  1186. I fear the Kurds are about to be royally screwed.
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  1187.  @donaldwest8130  When we trained K9s back in the 1980s it cost over $10,000 per animal.
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  1188.  @colinheaton4902  The threat of his personal annihilation should be a good inducement.
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  1189. I am not a number; I am a free man! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
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  1190.  @IvanBaturaChannel  Why do you say that?
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  1191.  @user-sg8kq7ii3y  Your statement is full of factual errors and does not reflect what I said. There were actually three groups of Japanese and Japanese-Americans living in the US or its territories. Issei were born in Japan and immigrated to America. Nisei were born in America to Japanese immigrant parents. The third generation of Japanese-Americans were called Sansei. Not all Issei were American citizens, but they were lawful residents. Thus your statement that all of them were American citizens is false. When I mentioned the harsh treatment of Americans and Europeans living in areas occupied by Japanese invaders, I was referring to civilians, not soldiers. These facts are well documented. As for prisoners of war, their treatment was much worse. Then there were the natives of the lands conquered by Japan, particularly China, Burma, and the Philippines. They too suffered immensely at the hands of the Japanese. One egregious example is the Rape of Nanking. Lastly, the US treated Japanese and German POWs according to the international rules in place at the time. Japan did not, nor did Germany when it came to Soviet POWs. I'm barley scratching the surface and have not mentioned the Nazi concentration camps or the Japanese Army's comfort girls and the hideous experiments conducted by Unit 731. And to counter this your argument is America was racist. Brother, you are comparing apples to asps.
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  1192. These Georgians sound like Jeffersonian Democrats. Good for them.
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  1193. I think he swiped some of them from Tom Selleck.
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  1194. I have a few challenge coins from my service career, but I never got into collecting them. Some folks were very serious about the hobby (for that is what it has become) and probably took it as a mild offense when they learned you had none to offer. I remember as a Boy Scout we collected patches with the same fervor. Regarding your first salute, the tradition is to give the first enlisted member a silver dollar, at least it was when I received my commission. I graduated out of cycle with my class, so I was the only person in my commissioning ceremony. We had four NCOs in my ROTC unit, all lined up and waiting to salute me. I didn't want to disappoint any of them, so I broke with tradition and gave each one a silver dollar when he saluted me. As far as paying for drinks goes, in flight training we didn't use coins or bullets. We played a game called "Dead Bug." If someone yelled it, everyone had to immediately drop to the floor on their backs with their arms and legs in the air. The last person to do so was supposed to buy rounds at the O-Club. Your story about challenge coins brought all those memories flooding back after more than 40 years. Thanks.
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  1195. We have it on good authority from the Soviet Ministry of Propaganda that the Soviet Ministry of Truth does not lie; it only exaggerates.
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  1196. I worked the 2001 Chinese incident. The CCP pilot had a reputation for thinking he was much better than he really was. His attitude cost him his life. The Russian pilot appears to be in the same category and is lucky to be alive. I doubt we'll arm the drones with AAMs, but it is an option. Failing that we can always send up fighter escorts, but I don't see any of this happening unless the Russians decide to make this practice a habit.
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  1197. Who doesn't want to own a piece of Transylvania? 🤔
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  1198. Rest in Peace, Cara Knott. Burn in Hell, Craig Peyer.
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  1199.  @Allan_aka_RocKITEman  Imagine if their intended target was The Bombay Company. I always liked their furniture.
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  1200. It began its career at the end of the 1900s?
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  1201. Glad to hear that about HEB and Walmart. Here in Montana we get a new governor in January (first Republican in 16 years) and he is promising to lift the mandatory mask rule.
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  1202.  @nycbearff  I can understand that rule applying to stores, but not the common areas of the mall.
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  1203. On the plus side they did not shoot the dog.
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  1204.  @760raduran  Smart move.
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  1205. You mean the guy who smugly told us several months ago there was no way Trump could win the presidency?
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  1206. There appears to be a contradiction in your summary. Beginning at 2:00 you tell us that 27 states have stop and identify laws, yet in your summary you remind us that passengers in vehicles do not have to say anything. Which is it?
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  1207. Pick your patrons carefully.
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  1208. Around 1959 my Dad and a couple of his friends each chipped in $200 to purchase a 1929 Curtiss Robin that one of them had seen wasting away on a farm in central Florida. The man who owned it had bought it many years before to haul his family and possessions cross-country to his new farm, whereupon, no longer having a need for it, he parked it in a corner of his property and built a hangar around it. After acquiring legal ownership from the farmer, my Dad, who was a licensed A&E (aircraft & engine) mechanic, removed the wings from it because the hangar supports blocked them, and they feared if they simply moved the supports, the roof would collapse onto the plane. They put the Robin on a flatbed truck and drove it 175 miles back to our hometown airport in north central Florida where they spent the next two years rebuilding it in an open bay hangar they had constructed for this purpose. When the 225 HP Continental engine was inspected, they discovered it was in excellent shape and only needed new oil before they could fire it up. All the fabric was rotted, and after they stripped it off they found only a few small sections of the tubular frame had rusted and required replacing. New linen was fitted over the fuselage and wings, and then coated with dope before applying the paint. Their biggest concern at this point was finding replacement tires, which were actually large rimmed 1927 automobile tires. As luck would have it, the owner of a local tire dealership remembered still having an unsold set of 1927 Chevrolet tires in the back of his store which fit perfectly. With a beautiful new blue fuselage and yellow wings, finished with a hand-painted robin on the tail (courtesy of my grandmother, who was an artist), this rare four-seat Robin was ready to take flight again. And fly it did. It lifted off the ground like a homesick angel, though after half an hour behind that thundering Continental engine on a hot Florida summer day it felt more like we were headed to the other place. It was a roomy beast which featured dual stick controls in front and car windows you could roll up and down. We used to take it to airshows around the region, and after several years of fun, the group sold it for about 60 times what they paid for it. As the years passed I would occasionally see her listed in the trades for sale again, each time priced much higher than before. I've been told old 563N now sits in museum somewhere. I certainly hope so. I would hate to think she ever suffered the fate of so many of her brethren, forgotten hulks scattered about the fields, forests, and junkyards of America, or other parts unknown.
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  1209.  @davidlewis5312  Ouch!
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  1210. ​ @jasholden9741  It used to be common practice to reward certain O6 and flag level officers with promotion to the next grade upon their retirements if they held Regular commissions and met certain other requirements. Whatever the case was back then, officers who held Reserve commissions were not afforded this opportunity. Since Jimmy Stewart held a Reserve commission, he would not have been eligible for a retirement promotion. I do not believe retirement promotions of this kind are authorized anymore. At least I do not recall ever witnessing one during my career. There are exceptions for enlisted members and officers who previously held higher ranks and satisfied at least 10 years of Reserve or Active Duty commissioned service and the necessary time-in-grade requirement for the most senior rank held. Such members can petition for a promotion even after they retire. I personally knew one retired Army E9, who much later had his rank upgraded to O4 (Major) because of his prior commissioned served in the Army Reserve. Don't ask me how it's done; it's too convoluted for me to understand, much less explain.
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  1211. These facts must make the green "industry" angry.
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  1212.  @paulpeterson4216  I toured that boat with my Dad when I was a kid in 1967. What an experience! When we returned home to Florida, Dad mentioned it to an old family friend, Isaac Skadren, who had served as an officer on a hunter-killer task force in the Atlantic. Issac scoffed and said his own force had accomplished the same thing earlier, but sank the boat rather than waste time towing it stateside. He considered it grandstanding. "Our job was to sink subs, not capture them."
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  1213.  @karlbrundage7472  Are Alpha males still allowed into the military?
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  1214.  @fazole  I attended the retirement ceremony of one of our officers aboard the Constitution when I was stationed at Hanscom AFB. All the sailors wore period correct uniforms. As I recall, they take the ship out into the harbor once a year.
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  1215. You are correct.
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  1216. Fate is no respecter of heroes.
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  1217.  @jenhaganey  I don't know what that is. Whoops, never mind; I found it.
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  1218.  @oshaughs83  Something like that.
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  1219. It looks about as stealthy as a Ford Trimotor.
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  1220. Why do fat chance and thin chance mean the same thing?
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  1221. Peter is a YouTube god. Not anymore.
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  1222.  @allenschmitz9644  Well if had been a union of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA it would have been called EURANUS.
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  1223. A Finn being cheesed off is akin to a Brit being quite peeved.
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  1224.  @anthonycarlisle6184  There has long been mixing of races, so much so that today the federal government will recognize anyone as a native American Indian if the person is at least 1/4th native blood. Some tribes recognize 1/16th.
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  1225.  @demetriuspowell29  "poo folk" or "po folk" is southern slang for poor people.
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  1226.  @ellebelle4094  Well he was present at two monumental and pivotal events of WWII, which is an amazing achievement even if it wasn't by choice.
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  1227.  @rigid73able  The original Dissipator was a modified M16 rifle, not a modified CAR-15. It used a full stock, rifle length buffer tube, buffer, and spring, and a rifle length gas tube. The updated Dissipator overcame the reliability issues experienced with the old 1960s Dissipator design by using a carbine stock assembly and a hidden CAR gas system. Assuming you aren't interested in an early retro look, the only drawback of this approach is that you aren't getting the softer recoil impulse of the original concept.
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  1228.  @rigid73able  When cut back, an A2 barrel will have enough shoulder to easily align and secure a flash hider. Is your rifle using a full length gas system and A2 buffer and spring, or did you have to tweak these parts?
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  1229. He grabs a tip jar; you grab a knife. That's the Las Vegas way.
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  1230. Here stands a modern day Job who never lost faith in the Lord. Justice must be served or this community is doomed.
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  1231. Owning a Nissan beats saying you own a Subaru.
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  1232. The Dutch have always been party animals.
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  1233. What a pity General Lyon was killed. He seemed like a very competent and daring leader, a real Lion of the West. I wish you'd followup this story with an explanation of how it ties in with the Kansas-Missouri fighting.
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  1234. Kirk does impressive work, but nothing better than his Monumental.
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  1235. America's lack of preparedness for WWII could have been much worse than it was. Indeed, the limited rearmament, military expansion, and support to future allies just barely squeaked through Congress all the way into 1941. As Winston Churchill purportedly once said, "Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else."
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  1236. Maybe all three should have been named Dragging. ;-)
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  1237. One can argue the M.I.C. does exist, but it would be hard to explain how it is a power player when it is barely a shadow of what it once was.
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  1238. So that scene in The Wild, Wild West was feasible after all.
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  1239. Aren't many security cameras and traffic cams streaming video in real time? Are police afraid of them? I think police bodycams should also stream in real-time back to the precinct where they should be monitored by supervisors.
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  1240. We're doomed, doomed I tell you. It's the end of the world as we know it. There, I avoided panicking everyone.
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  1241. Enes has more integrity in his shoes than all the NBA members collectively have in their bodies.
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  1242. I think Trump understands economics, but he knows the average voter does not, so he plays to his audience to gain votes. Harris does not understand economics, so she plays to her audience to gain votes. Different motives with similar outcomes. Keep kicking the economic can down the road until it explodes.
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  1243. I have the Irwins and they are my favorite pliers, though the push button adjustment is not intuitive for me.
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  1244. With regard to submarines, does stealth end when the shooting begins?
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  1245. Does the Merkava still pop troops out the back end?
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  1246. I've been pondering the same question for some time, but the field is still very immature and in need of much development. I suspect even food and medicine may be potential candidates as the technology matures. Imagine a future where almost anything you want can be made at home with a few base materials and some assorted printers. "But what will become of Amazon?" asked nobody.
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  1247. I've owned a 750X for a long time. It works fine on small bits, but gives me lots of trouble on larger ones. Part of the problem is the manual, which contains some confusing and incorrect directions. I called the company several times about this and even they agreed the manual was misleading. I jotted down notes from our talks, but I still have issues with it when sharpening large bits. I'm not alone in this. I've seen comments on line where other people have been unable to get a good grind on large bits. Yesterday I tried to sharpen a small quick-detach hex shank bit, but I could never get it to align properly in the holder. Each attempt failed to grind a proper angle. When it comes to sharpening a bit, you need the the same angle on each side of the tip, clean sharp edges, and sufficient back relief. Some people have no problem sharpening bits by hand on a grinding wheel. I wish I had such talent, but I've never mastered the technique, which is why I use the Drill Doctor. For my larger, more expensive bits I take them to a local professional sharpener, though sometimes even he can't salvage them.
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  1248.  @haroldfiedler6549  You are free to believe what you like, but the story I related was told to me personally by my late cousin. When the entire world you have ever known is destroyed in front of your eyes, when your parents are ripped away from you and murdered, when you are starved, beaten, and threatened with execution almost every hour of every day, when the only certainty is an ignominious death, then death itself ceases to instill any fear. Death is freedom for a slave. In the last year of the war the Nazis regime was crumbling on all fronts, including the home front. Materiel deficiencies were very common place, skilled labor was evaporating, and for once the regime of death could no longer afford to kill slave laborers when there was nobody left to replace them and no time left to train anyone even if there had been. Quality control was a thing of the past. There was little record keeping to indicate who built what component of each piece of equipment. In any event, the Nazis had no way of knowing that any of their V1 guidance equipment was defective because the failures occurred after these unmanned vehicles launched.
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  1249. Amazing they lost so few men while conducting such extremely hazardous operations. Go Coasties!
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  1250. The Institute for Justice is doing great work.
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  1251. Now I'm glad I never bought that land around Priest Lake that I had long dreamed of.
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  1252. An A-10 that could hover.
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  1253. Dead men don't run.
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  1254. Did any of the American or German companies argue that using slave labor saved many prisoners from an otherwise assured death. It was the defense Albert Speer used.
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  1255.  @abikeanditsboy3449  Ouch!
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  1256.  @jborrego2406  You are making assumptions. One way to find out if you are right or wrong is to look at body cams from his previous encounters with the public. Otherwise, it is simply your opinion, not a known fact.
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  1257. "We have, I see, been recommended as a guard against influenza, to go about wearing masks like the actors in the Greek tragedies. Now I have no wish to discourage the use of masks by those who have faith in them, although I am not quite sure that their sudden general adoption might not lead to that state of panic which is always conducive to the spread of epidemic disease, but I would point out that the most recent researches go to show that the influenza organism and toxin pass readily through a porcelain filter, and if that be so, any mask that could be worn would be no more efficacious than would be the erection of a barbed wire fence to shut out the flies.” - Sir James Crichton-Browne, M.D., F.R.S., speaking at the 1919 meeting of the Bovril Company where he extolled the virtue of drinking their beef tea to stave off influenza
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  1258. Ah, the 357 Sig, the transvestite of calibers - a 9mm masquerading as a 357 Magnum.
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  1259. Good looking ship (not the missile variant).
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  1260.  @janbo8331  Bar tending.
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  1261.  @thurin84  Smart move.
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  1262. What, nothing about the mastodons, dinosaurs, and jungles he found during one flight over Antarctica? Dang Hecklefish, he fooled me again. 😉
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  1263. It's a pity the Russians couldn't have called on Jim Corbett for help.
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  1264. I hope the Hollywood version of this story is as engrossing and exciting as your telling of it was.
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  1265.  @TheEvilmooseofdoom  Maxine Planck?
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  1266. I've never seen a community that was happy and economically viable when their population was shrinking. Those who think otherwise should take a look a the history of Detroit.
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  1267. I seem to recall that 50 years ago the longshoremen were refusing to handle containerized cargo. I don't know the extent that automation will be able to reduce or replace longshoremen, but an unyielding militant demand to prevent it is more likely to hasten its arrival.
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  1268. You know we're coming to your town . . .
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  1269.  @thomasjoseph5876  The latest edition of American Rifleman magazine has a cover story on the guns used in the movie "The Outlaw Josey Wales". The author, now the Director of the NRA Museum, included a photo of the cast rubber Walker revolvers used in the scene where Wales conducts the road-agent spin.
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  1270.  @gorillapermacuture  That's a pretty broad brush you're using. Nearly all of the advances in reason, science, and technology are the result of Judaeo-Christian work. Democracy in its many forms and individual liberty would not exist today had it not been for these people you so readily disparage and dismiss. Evidently you seek perfection in man, so you will be chronically disappointed.
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  1271.  @lasselippert3892  Such "struggles" would exist even in a classless society. The terms Marx invented were intended to convey a problem for which only he had the answers. He assumed people would not negotiate in good faith to achieve workable solutions, so revolt was inevitable and "capitalist" societies would crumble in the face of the new socialist man. History has shown he was wrong. In the East the promises of his adherents led to a situation even worse than most of them already endured. In the West the unions eventually became strong enough to bargain with corporate owners to achieve better salaries and working conditions. Today we have laws to ensure workers are not abused. We did it without becoming like the Communists. Conflict and struggle are a necessary part of a healthy free society. Without it we are nothing more than automatons obeying the will of our classless masters who are constantly extolling the virtues of their unquestioned wisdom and leadership. Whether one man or a million, the rights of the individual, not the people as a whole, must remain supreme. Anything less is an introduction into slavery by another name.
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  1272. Dang, now I have a craving for hotdogs.
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  1273. I was once a slave, at least that's the example I found in a huge unabridged (Webster's?) dictionary when I was assigned to the Pentagon. "Slaves in the Pentagon worked nights and through the holidays to revamp the budget - T.R. Phillips"
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  1274. If Lincoln was corrupt, it was a corruption intended to save the Union, not enhance his personal wealth. To paraphrase a Vietnam era Army officer, he had to destroy the Republic in order to save it. History is messy.
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  1275.  @chrisgay4786  How old is the internet? I know we had a form of it in the USAF as far as the 1960s.
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  1276.  @chrisgay4786  Thanks, ARPANET was what I was thinking of. As I recall it was intended at provide a survivable communication network during a nuclear war. Do you know of any book or documentary video on the history of the internet?
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  1277. Hmm, sounds like something my brother-in-law possesses the skill and knowledge to accomplish, but he's much more of a Ned Flanders type than a Max Headroom, so nix that idea.
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  1278. My Dad, who was an A&E, regarded Beechcraft as the Cadillac of light aviation. We often flew with his best friend who owned a Bonanza and later a Baron, the fastest light twin in its class. I owned a Musketeer and trained in a T-37, which was built like a tank. My brother flew King Airs. Cessnas were fast, Pipers could carry heavy loads, but a comparable Beechcraft typically did both. Of course, this performance came at a higher financial cost to the owner, but isn't that always the case?
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  1279.  @bernardconeghen  I'm not talking about the names; I'm talking about the loads. The original 38 Auto was loaded to the same ballistic level as the later 38 Super.
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  1280. You'll have to ask Milton Berle.
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  1281. Speaking as a Montanan I endorse this idea.
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  1282. ADM Towers comes across as a bit too ambitious.
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  1283. It's the first gun I ever bought. I got it to celebrate by 18th birthday. I still have it over a half century later. Originally I went in the gun shop to buy a Winchester 1897 trench gun, but when I racked the action open, the bolt scraped by knuckles. That's when I decided to buy the Model 12 instead.
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  1284. Excellent review of the most famous commando raid in history. By sheer coincidence I just finished reading "Combined Operations" (1943), the first authorized book describing British commando raiding early in WWII. It ends with mention of the start of Operation Torch in North Africa. The chapters devoted to the St Nazaire raid closely match your story line, which is surprising, given wartime censorship. The main difference is the book describes the heroic acts of several men during the raid. No doubt this would have doubled the lenght of your video if such comments had been added.
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  1285. A M1941 Johnson light machine gun (LMG) is clearly visible in the hands of a US soldier at 13:22. This appears to be out of place because in the Pacific fighting the only US forces armed with the Johnson were Paramarines and Marine Raiders. If this snippet of video was filmed during the Battle of Manila, then it is a bit of an enigma because both forces were disbanded before the Manila fighting and no Marine ground combat units took part in the liberation of the city. The only other place I am aware of where the Johnson might have been used in urban fighting is with the combined US Army/Canadian Army First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade) during their campaigns in Italy and southern France.
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  1286. And one must always be on the lookout for Jolly Green footprints left in the office by some disgruntled PJ.
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  1287.  @chopinbloc  I agree. I used to work on a flight line where that was mandatory.
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  1288. Just another nutty nympho.
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  1289. I bought a couple of SCCY pistols and share your assessment. Misfires were common in the early models, so the company sent replacement parts to anyone who complained. Too bad this perp didn't have one of these malfunctioning versions.
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  1290. Sounds like the deputy needs to be prosecuted for excessive force at the very least.
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  1291.  @TheCimbrianBull  or the strudel. We have to have strudel.
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  1292. My single most extensive contract oversight experience was as an Air Force human engineer monitoring part of a huge Boeing air defense system being built for the Royal Saudi Air Force, but this was in the 1980s before their employees kept having so many fatal accidents.
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  1293. What is the correlation between officer tattoos and police abuse of authority?
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  1294. I wonder how many people have been shot accidentally at football games.
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  1295. Speaking of apocryphal, there is another interpretation of the Maire Antoinette quote which claims the "cake" she was referring to was the buildup of burnt food that cakes the inside of an oven. Either version of the story is enough to excite the starving masses to violence, but I suspect a more likely explanation was the need of propagandists to rouse the public by creating false claims of supreme mockery and indifference, or perhaps the story arose after her death as a way of justifying the cruel act of what was essentially political murder.
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  1296. Maybe the Vega should have been rebranded the Toad (towed).
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  1297. It appears they are talking about Laughlin AFB near Del Rio, Texas, which is right on the Mexican border. I took my undergraduate pilot training there in 1981 at the 47th Flying Training Wing. I don't know why they called it a sensitive military installation, because there is nothing secretive or experimental going on there. They also said they did not know how long the private runaway extension was, but estimated it at 10,000. There is no such thing as too much runway. Regarding the wind farm and tie-in with the Texas power grid, I agree it sounds fishy and that is what the story should focus on. The rest appears to be hype.
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  1298. I never realized the acquisition or 20mm Oerlikon guns was filled with so much intrigue. It might make a good movie.
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  1299. As much as I like "Kelly's Heroes", Oddball and his crew really date the movie. Don Rickles and Telly Savalas were much more believable, but they were genuine WWII veterans.
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  1300. Austin is about as relatively blue as San Francisco.
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  1301. The troops have been ordered not to engage enemy tanks. Problem solved.
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  1302. In the end, what do the Allies have to show for their sacrifice? General Mark Clark, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, for his fifteen minutes of fame.
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  1303. According to The Chieftain, since the Zippo lighter was far more prevalent among troops in WWII, the Ronson moniker is suspect and may have been a postwar affectation. I don't know, but I do know my Mom's old boyfriend, Fred, who had been a Sherman tank commander in France in 1944, told me the troops called them Ronson lighters. Was this false memory or was it an accurate recollection? Unless someone can provide valid written documentation from that time, I do not know how the question can be answered.
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  1304. And thus was born the expression "going down the tubes".
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  1305. Under some circumstances it is wise to consider a person's color, age, sex, hairstyle, tattoos, clothing, and behavior.
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  1306. China: We didn't steal much of your country. India: Thank you?
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  1307. @J Thorsson I see you guys haven't changed, and I'm a whitey. :)
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  1308. @J Thorsson Orientals are the most xenophobic people I've run across. The Japanese top the list. By the way, the word Oriental is no more offensive than the word Occidental, so if anyone doesn't like it, please explain why. Most Americans are not xenophobic. If we were, we would not be made up of so many different cultures and nationalities, all blended into e pluribus unum. What we are is nationalistic. These days the words nationalist and xenophobe are reviled and purposely misinterpreted to mean the same thing. A nationalist loves his country; a xenophobe fears foreigners. The terms are mutually exclusive. America was built on a simple idea that when you immigrate here, you bring the best your culture has to offer and you accept what the American culture offers - freedom of opportunity, independence (self-reliance), and a republican federalist form of government. All of this is taught to you so you can gain your citizenship. You also must learn English, not because we're xenophobic or nationalistic, but because it's practical and allows you to get ahead in our society. I admire and envy people who are multilingual. I've studied four other languages myself, but have mastered none of them. However, remaining rooted in your native tongue and refusing to blend into our culture is an invitation to isolation and control by others who have much to gain from keeping you down. America welcomes all legal immigrants, but we do not tolerate those who cheat, lie, and steal to be here. They subvert the system and become a drain on our limited resources. Enough illegal immigrants are here now that there is a significant political block that supports them, despite the harm they cause. The vast majority of illegal aliens come from Mexico, followed by Central and South America. They have few, if any, skills we can use, so they become trapped in a permanent subculture that does not reflect American values and lifestyles. Another group of immigrants who have been brought here are from the Middle East. Most of them came in through a dubious immigration program. Their cultures and beliefs are quite anathema to ours. Why we have allowed so many of them in is a puzzlement to me. The majority refuse to blend with us and many openly defy our laws and insult our traditions. For Europe it is a far greater problem and it is fast approaching a point where it can no longer be contained. What will happen next in Europe is unknown, but I am concerned it may become very ugly (if history is any guide). To sum up, I understand your concerns and your conflicts. I see nothing unusual about them; you just need to reason them through, not apologize for them.
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  1309. It was because of the stolen handguns.
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  1310. Excellent analysis.
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  1311. I think Casper is the second largest city (55K); Cheyenne is bigger (59K). Your friendly fact checker :)
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  1312. According to the Wurth Law Office in Tulsa, OK, you can be arrested for refusing to sign a traffic citation.
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  1313. I just start coughing and sneezing and complain about COVID. I'd also lay off the linguini.
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  1314. I had a 1915 Commercial that eventually cracked its slide, so I replaced the slide and sold it to my brother. As far as I know it's still runnng.
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  1315. My actions will depend upon my perception of the threat and the justice system policies of the community I am in at the time. Nothing inspires a good Samaritan like cash incentives, so it might help if the law rewarded people who stop armed robbers. It might help even more if local and state governments created matching awards programs with businesses to up the ante.
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  1316.  @mediamattersismycockholste562  Send me your chocolate and you will be saved from both.
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  1317. Since I shoot real firearms instead of playing video games, I guess I'm not up on the latest virtual capabilities of various special operation weapons that defy the laws of physics.
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  1318.  @josephdupont  We owe the invention of chewing gum to Santa Ana??? Wrigley, say it ain't so.
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  1319.  @josephdupont  The Alamo was an internal Mexican revolt. The Texicans were fighting for their independence. The USA stayed out of it. So it was not "our guys" who were killed there. It was American expatriots who knew exactly what they were doing and the risks they were running. Our government had no desire at the time to be dragged into a war with Mexico. That would come a decade later under a different set of conditions. Thus does politics maker strange bedfellows.
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  1320. I have an unusual Colt revolver in my collection that has stumped me and the Colt historian I spoke with. It is a Colt Official Police 38-200 that was factory acquired by the British Purchasing Commission in 1941. As far as I can tell, the markings and dimensions are all original except for the grips and a missing lanyard swivel. What makes it unusual is the barrel and cylinder were made for the 38 Special cartridge, which is dimensionally narrower and longer than the 38-200 cartridge used by the British military at the time. Despite the wrong chambering, the barrel is marked 38-200. I once read an online article that in the rush to satisfy the British, Colt did use standard 38 Special barrels instead of true 38-200 barrels, though I cannot verify this claim to be accurate. I suppose it is theoretically possible, given the rather anemic nature of the 38-200 load, but it does seem like it would cause potential accuracy problems. I would have accepted this explanation as plausible except for the fact that the revolver’s cylinder is also chambered in 38 Special. I know many postwar gunsmiths altered 38-200 cylinders to 38 Special by boring them through to accept the longer case, but the result was always an oversized chamber which caused case splitting. The chambers in this cylinder are a perfect fit for a 38 Special cartridge and include a step inside to prevent a 357 Magnum cartridge from being inserted. Further, since a 38-200 round is too fat to go into any of the chambers, this cannot be an altered 38-200 cylinder. I can only think of two possible explanations for this anomaly. Either this is a factory mismarked 38 Special (there was a war on) or else somebody later replaced the cylinder (but not the numbered crane) with a 38 Special cylinder. The condition of the cylinder matches that of the rest of the pistol, so I’m inclined to think it might be original to the revolver unless Colt marked the Purchasing Commission cylinders in some way. You’d think the British acceptance inspector would have checked cylinders and bores with a gauge before approving them, but who knows, given the exigencies of the time. To date it remains a mystery gun.
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  1321. “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mills, British philosopher and political theorist (1867)
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  1322. Is it mere coincidence that you posted this story today while Notre Dame Cathedral burns?
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  1323. There's a whole lot more that needs to be covered here. The attitude and behavior of the officer may depend on the reason for the stop. A routine traffic stop should pose no serious problem, however if he believes this is a felony stop, he will draw his weapon and shout orders to you. Don't argue with him. Just do as he says even if it means being handcuffed and manhandled. Regardless of the reason for the stop, record it if possible. He may order you to stop recording, but such an order is unlawful. There are a few bad eggs in our police forces and these tend to be the ones who show up on YouTube videos. Don't encourage them by arguing or mouthing off even if they are doing so to you. Try to keep your cool and limit what information you provide them to that which is lawful and pertinent such as name, ID, proof of insurance, etc. You don't have to answer questions such as where you are going or do you know why I pulled you over. These are attempts to engage you in conversation to get your guard down so he can elicit information that could lead to your arrest or more citations. Never consent to a search of your vehicle, but don't physically resist him if searches anyway. You don't have to consent to a breathalyzer test, but understand failure to do will lead to your detainment and possible arrest.
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  1324. That makes sense. I had never heard of Hap flying a combat mission. It would have been both dangerous and foolhardy.
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  1325. Those Sacramento cops are real pushovers.
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  1326. From now on, whenever I look at his painting of Guernica, I will remember how easy it was for him to create. All he had to do was think of the many women he destroyed in his life.
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  1327. Such a nice place you live and work in. It would be a pity if anything were to happen to your home or livelihood, capiche?
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  1328. One gets the impression that citizen potty mouth wanted the cops to arrest him so he could sue the township. Good luck finding a sympathetic jury that will award him more than the two cents he doesn't quite deserve.
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  1329. or go blind.
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  1330. Ryan, that was an excellent Q&A response and critique.
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  1331. Which one is this?
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  1332. The fork is not evil. That honor belongs to the spork.
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  1333. This episode was very uplifting because it reminded me of the only electrical elevator we had in our small town in the 1960s. It was in the five-story Masonic building and was operated by an elderly black woman who opened and closed the cage door and managed the operating lever. We also had a rope and pulley operated cargo lift elevator in our two-story hardware store, which was certified annually by a state inspector. We used it from the late 1920s until the 1970s, when the state decertified it. Because we could no longer lift material upstairs, the upper floor storage room became frozen in time. The few items we could store upstairs had to be manually carried up the staircase, but eventually rain rot through the roof made it unsafe to use the second floor for this purpose. This presented a bit of a problem because the lavatory was on the second floor, so in order to use it one had to be careful where to step, lest a foot went through a floorboard. Everything began to decay, including an old 48 star flag, unused display cases, a glass cutting table, and sales record books dating back to 1909 (a different store had been used across the street prior to the construction of the new store around 1929). In the end an electrical spark ignited a fire that burned the place to the ground. Aside form a safe, the only other things I salvaged were a few hundred bricks from the outer wall which I used to pave a walkway in front of my house. When I sold my home and moved away, I took a couple of leftover bricks as a reminder of a time and place that is no more. All this because of a a faulty elevator.
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  1334. Wasn't it Einstein who said he could never be proven right, but only could be proven wrong? This seems to be the approach theoretical physicists are taking.
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  1335. Will the next reality show be Taiwan, Korea, Iran, Azerbaijan, or Guyana?
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  1336. Not if the speaker is Iraqveteran8888. 🙂
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  1337. Thanks for telling us. I just read the posts by his sister and his daughter. They were heartbreaking.
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  1338. Many professional criminals look for the weakest members of the herd. The frequency of public mask wearing makes it even easier for them since it doesn't arouse the kind of suspicion it used to. Couple this with the knowledge that many businesses do not allow their employees to be armed and instead encourage passive obedience. You now have a recipe for failure. The sheeple have spoken and the wolves are delighted.
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  1339. I have a friend of Armenian descent who is currently in the country trying to assess the situation. Meanwhile, the president of Azerbaijan was quoted as saying "The Armenian population of Karabakh can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I said this before, and I want to repeat it: the Armenian population of Karabakh are our citizens. Armenian nationalists, war criminals, and the so-called leaders of Armenia and Karabakh took these people hostage and poisoned their brains. They concocted endless lies about Azerbaijan and its people… I am sure that the Armenian population living in Karabakh will soon see a change for the better. We intend to build a life together based on peace, mutual understanding, and mutual respect. We have no problems with the Armenian people. We have no enmity." My translation: If they don't leave the country quickly and peacefully, we will starve them and freeze them to death, or maybe rape and shoot them. We haven't decided yet.
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  1340. Perversity, Iniquity, and Delusion is a more accurate description of ESG.
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  1341. North vs South? Never could trust those damned Yangtze.
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  1342. I don't remember this aircraft. Thanks for telling its history.
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  1343. But if it keeps one snowflake from melting, it's worth it.
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  1344. The early history of movie making involved the use of live ammunition and resulted in a number of accidental deaths on set and during filming. In 1931 James Cagney was nearly killed by a belt-fed machine gun firing live ammo during the making of the movie Public Enemy. The bullet strikes on the wall as he ducks around the corner are real. As a result of extremely dangerous scenes such as this, Cagney helped form the Screen Actor's Guild to demand greater safety measures in movies. Thanks to Alec Baldwin, the clock has been reset 90 years.
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  1345.  @FGBFGB-vt7tc  I do. I also pray your country returns to normal.
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  1346. Maybe the government will have better luck convicting the FBI operatives of entrapment.
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  1347. If the wokesters were capable of original thought and creativity they wouldn't have co-opted and trashed Snow White, but their goals are cultural destruction. In the end it will destroy them.
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  1348.  @nutbastard  It is rarely taught anymore or emphasized in public education, along with logic, civics, real history, and classical literature. Totalitarian thought can't survive the competition of good ideas.
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  1349.  @nutbastard  May I quote you?
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  1350. In the 1980s I met a retired Air Force sergeant whose son had been killed in Vietnam while commanding an Ontos. He was outside of his vehicle, presumably reloading it, when a sniper shot him.
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  1351. Ditto.
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  1352.  @shauny2285  Nobody can predict with certainty what will happen. Rational leaders will try to avoid such an outcome, but I'm not convinced every leader in this great game is rational.
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  1353. How would you produce a 30 kt wind across the simulated deck or its rolling and pitching?
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  1354.  @seadog915  How would a wind machine work without the jet running into it during takeoff? The turbulence the wind machine creates would not accurately duplicate wind over the deck. In fact, it would be a detriment. Building a deck on land that can maneuver like a ship would be another problematic undertaking and cost a fortune. Why do any of this when for no added cost you can use an existing aircraft carrier? Plus you won't be simulating anything; all testing will be real and accurate.
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  1355.  @seadog915  Running into planes and damaging decks? Wouldn't that be much more likely to occur during landings? How are you going to simulate a moving ship and create realistic wind conditions for an aircraft approaching your ground based carrier deck?
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  1356. McVeigh was executed exactly three months before 911. I wonder if his actions inspired the terrorists. I wonder what is coming next.
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  1357. Loggies, first in, last out. Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're a loggie.
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  1358. Scientist aren't the only people constrained by dogma. I can think of no greater impediment to progress than bureaucracies, and no organization embraces bureaucracy more than governments.
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  1359. My God, these ships deserve a better fate than the scrapyard.
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  1360. This is the most detailed account of the tragedy I have ever seen.
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  1361. I think you've been misled about Bat Masterson's revenge killing of his brother Ed's murderer. He did fire on two men, wounding both, one of the mortally, but the rest of the story appears to be the fiction of some writer's imagination.
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  1362. Notice how he conflates illegal immigrants with legal immigrants. Why should I welcome anyone who hates America and wants to turn us into a socialist, communist, or Islamic state?
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  1363. Spoken like a true sailor.
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  1364. Take a dozen major cities out of the equation and tell us how our violent crime rates compare with the rest of the world. While we're at it, compare violent crime rates by sex, age, race, national origin, and income bracket, then tell us the results.
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  1365. I think Drach and his guest may have conflated range with combat radius when making comparisons between Zeros in the Pacific and Allied aircraft in Europe. A bomber or fighter flying 600 miles between England and Germany has a nominal range of 1200 miles. Their combat radius is 600 miles. Ferry ranges should not be included because any such aircraft are not configured for combat or necessarily flying at escort speeds. This does not mean the Zero lacked very long range capability, but it does mean its most common early competition (primarily F4F and P40 fighters), while shorter ranged, were not quite as short-legged as inferred. Of course this gap was continually shortened and was eventually eclipsed by later Allied fighters (P38, P47, P51, F6F, Corsair).
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  1366.  @justinpyke1756  I quite agree.
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  1367. That's all we had in my family as kids in the 1960s. My favorite was the one with faux "wood" side panels and the rear facing seat in back - as long as Mom left the back window up. Otherwise, we ate a lot of dust on dirt roads. My fondest memory was a 1975 road trip with one of my sisters and her friend to pick up our eldest sister in Arizona and then on to visit our foster brother in San Fransisco. We covered about 6000 miles in that week long odyssey. The last time I drove a station wagon was in the late 1980s when my sister and her entourage of friends came to visit me and run in the Boston Marathon. As I recall, I rented a Taurus wagon for them.
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  1368. I've never seen a dogman, but I've dated a few bitches. Does that count?
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  1369.  @Oblivisci........  So far it appears all EMS and firemen survived the shooting spree. Aside from the perp, one neighbor who was assisting the police was shot and killed, as was a woman who was inside the burning house.
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  1370. The current situation brings a whole new meaning to the expression "Up the Republic!"
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  1371.  @ivan-xt  As my Dad used to say, "Don't confuse me with the facts".
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  1372. Even a paper tiger can cause a nasty paper cut.
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  1373. He kneeded it.
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  1374. You made no mention of debit cards and how they differ from credit cards. I've noticed a trend toward the latter, and some cash-and-carry stores that refuse credit cards will accept debit cards.
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  1375. Each day it gets harder and harder to spoof these clowns, but the Babylon Bee never stops trying.
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  1376. This is a well known story in military flying circles, though why a movie was never made about it is something I've long pondered. My only comment regarding your excellent narration (and probably already made by others) is that the F4U Corsair was armed with either six 50 caliber machine guns or four 20mm cannon, not both.
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  1377. This is a very confusing battle. I'd like to see a moving map that shows the timeline of events as ships maneuver, are hit, withdraw, are abandoned, and sink.
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  1378.  @zingwilder9989  And used his knowledge to go back in time to promote the electric chair. I think I've just come up with a plot for a rebooted Quantum Leap episode.
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  1379. Ian Fleming quote.
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  1380. The US Army's first mountain and ski troops were the 1st Special Service Force, popularly know after the war as the the Devil's Brigade. This joint American-Canadian regimental size force preceded the 10th Mountain Division. Their cold-weather training, initially intended for use in a suicide commando operation in Norway, came in handy during the Aleutian Campaign and in Italy from 1943-44. They were redeployed for the invasion of southern France, augmented by what was left of the three seriously mauled Ranger battalions previously commanded by William Darby. This left the US with no mountain troops in Italy aside from the much feared French Moroccan goumiers who were equally regarded for their skill and courage in combat as they were for their atrocities committed during their off-duty time. This situation improved greatly with the arrival of the 10th Mountain Division in late 1944. Had the 10th been available in 1943 to fight alongside the 1st SSF and Darby's Rangers, what a difference it could have made in the Italian campaign. As a postscript it should be noted that Colonel Darby became assistant division commander of the 10th Mountain Division, but was killed in action on 30 April 1945. He reportedly was the only U.S. officer honored with a posthumous promotion to General during World War II. Rangers lead the way.
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  1381. Everything they made was crap? Obviously Peter has not used East German shower heads.
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  1382. Curses, foiled again.
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  1383. Lance didn't waffle when telling this story.
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  1384. So a disorganized and unregulated militia accomplished what the Italian Army could not. Viva la milizia!
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  1385. Arrgh!
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  1386.  @eucliduschaumeau8813  Great minds think alike.
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  1387. Good grief, people are complaining that you speak the truth about history? I have a suggestion that might help soothe the sensitivities of the precious little snowflakes. Create an alternative history channel just for them that presents history the way they'd like it. Title it "The History Liar: History Deserves to Be Dismembered".
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  1388.  @nathancobb5386  That would depend in part on his prior experience, skill being taught, and mastery of English or other language for which his F-16 maintenance course has been written. There is no single answer to your question.
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  1389.  @AAAAAA-tj1nq  I think it would depend on which model Abrams he was describing, the time period, and the threat level. It's the same way with the F-16. When I retired we were up to the Block 50, a far more capable aircraft than what was available in 1980s.
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  1390.  @xisotopex  If one only considered aircraft maintenance, you'd have to address flight line/field mx, depot mx, and factory repair. Also the age and model/block number of the aircraft will affect mx, as does other support required to keep the entire weapon system operational (power plant, avionics, munitions, life support, etc.). Then there are the different base level organizations that exist to support flight and flight line operations, such as medical, housing, security, communications, intelligence, weather, command and control, air traffic control, fuel, supply, transportation, morale, firefighting, and civil engineering. A deployed squadron, group, or wing operating from an austere forward base needs a lot of support, including reach back to stateside or theater for additional assets. Based on my deployment planning experience I would use a rough rule of thumb of between 50 -100 to 1 ratio for each forward deployed aircraft.
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  1391.  @AAAAAA-tj1nq  I suggest you ask an armor expert. My understanding is these were very old Marine Corp tanks that had their armor downgraded.
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  1392.  @AAAAAA-tj1nq  I never mentioned how capable the tank was. You asked me if it was true it was equivalent to later model Abrams tanks, which it is not.
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  1393.  @xisotopex  The ex-Soviet aircraft the Ukrainians currently fly were originally designed to be serviced and repaired using a very different approach to maintenance from that used in the West. As originally envisioned during the Cold War, the Soviets preferred that all serious maintenance be conducted in the USSR at depots and manufacturing facilities far from the front lines. This required extensive railway support to shuttle planes back and forth. It also meant building about three times as many aircraft as would be available for combat since two out of every three would be somewhere in the pipeline. A limited amount of front line maintenance was conducted by officers, with enlisted men serving as helpers, but their skills were minimal. I don't know if Russia or Ukraine changed their maintenance philosophy after the Cold War ended, so I can't say how quickly their maintainers can adapt to complex western fighters.
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  1394.  @AAAAAA-tj1nq  Since the news media rarely presents you with all the pertinent facts, don't be surprised if the narrative later changes. In my experience a reporter or editor is working his own spin on every story. That's why try to dig deeper than the headline stories and see what subject matter experts (SME) have to say. Mind you, not every self-proclaimed SME knows what he is talking about, so I don't settle for one opinion. Ryan does a good job. So does Task & Purpose and Perun. Talking head polymaths such as Peter Zeihan, not so much. Then there are the shills and disinformation hacks. Their motives vary from monetary to political and their presence is not limited to misleading story presentation. They often appear in the comment section where they try to sow discord.
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  1395.  @choughed3072  Yes, bloodhound evidence has long been accepted in US courts. There's even an old episode of Perry Mason where he discusses this very point.
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  1396. So start a grassroots protest group and ask people to stop shopping at North Star Mall. See how quickly the store owners change their minds when sales drop off precipitously. If there are any other malls still operating in SA, they are missing a golden opportunity to lure North Star's customers away by offer mask-free shopping to anyone who comes in.
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  1397. The US Air Force is so desperate to fill vacancies in some specialty codes that a request has gone out for retirees to return. I doubt they will get many takers.
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  1398.  @Morgan_Sandoval  Now let me see if I've got this straight. You make up your mind in advance what you think of people before you engage them in debate. If you decide you don't think you will like a person's argument, you make a straw man of him, then knock him down in order to justify in your mind your decision not to debate. This is circular reasoning at its finest, but it isn't intelligent discourse.
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  1399.  @Morgan_Sandoval  I did not open the discussion. Mine was the fourth comment. You then attacked me. Why? What is it that angered you so much?
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  1400.  @nrsrymj  There is a flaw in your reasoning. Equality of opportunity does not coerce people to pay for other people's wants. It requires no action by anyone. It is the same with all the rights mentioned in the Constitution. You have the right of free speech; you do not have the right to be free from speech or to suppress the speech of others. But free speech only works when people behave ethically. Otherwise, anyone screaming profanities at your child or lying in court would be protected under the guise of free speech. In this regard we are all equally protected under the Constitution. You speak of healthcare and free education for all without examining what this entails. Both of these ideas involve coercive and overt action by government to force some people to pay for the benefit of other people. How is this freedom? Government decides what quality of service you receive. There is no freedom of choice or opportunity; there is no freedom at all. "Free for all" in these cases really means free for some; everyone else pays double. If you truly believe this is fair and just behavior, then you shouldn't mind if the cashier at Burger King charges you $100 for your next meal because he determined the previous ten customers warranted free food. It is an unworkable scheme that only guarantees that those who suffer most under this form of tyranny become even less productive and more disenchanted.
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  1401.  @nrsrymj  The Founders were wise enough to realize the purpose of government was to preserve out liberties. The rest was up to us. Healthcare and education are not rights under the US Constitution. They did not fall under the purview of the federal government. They were the responsibility of state and local governments, which acted on them as each state saw fit. At best they are privileges, for nobody has the right to be healthy or educated (anymore than there is a right to deny the same), but almost everyone has the desire to be healthy, and many also desire to be educated. It costs money to do both. The states found it to be in their best interest to provide basic education to children, then later on they determined it desirable to have some form of higher education. Private schools and colleges predated them, but not everyone had access to them. State and local taxes made these educational opportunities possible. Public healthcare followed a similar path and coexisted with private care. As for federal taxation, it was authorized but very limited in scope, and its purpose was to pay for the basic functions of government. That worked well until progressives (that is what men like Wilson called themselves) saw an opportunity to greatly expand the power and reach of government. Once armed with the power to tax and spend as much as it liked, our federal government has been on an ever increasing trajectory to do just that. Free education and healthcare for all are chimeras offered by a government indifferent to the reality that we cannot afford the cost.
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  1402.  Florian Held  Then it is apparent you know nothing about fascism. If you think I am a fascist, you are even more mistaken. Fascists advocate totalitarian rule and centralized control, both of which I find highly anathema. They have far more in common with communism than with our republican form of democracy.
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  1403.  @nrsrymj  You are confusing rights with responsibilities. The Constitution recognizes preexisting individual rights, but it also describes the responsibilities and limits of the federal government and says that all other authority is retained by the states and the people. Common defense is not a right, but a responsibility of federal government that is authorized by the Constitution. There are no rights or responsibilities to education and healthcare in the Constitution. The federal government has no business in these areas. They fall under the province of the states. The whole idea of federalism is the division of responsibilities between federal, state, and local government. The progressive movement since the 19th century has been one long and largely successful attempt to pervert the Constitution and centralize power in the federal govenrment at the expense of the states and the people. One of the great disadvantages of this approach is that a one-size-fits-all mentally results. Under federalism the states are free to experiment with different ideas, to discard those that do not work, and serve as examples to other states when something does work. Another advantage is if you are not happy with the laws in your state and you have not been successful in changing them, you can always move to another state that more closely represents your views. This is not possible when the states reduced to being no more that organs of the federal government.
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  1404.  Florian Held  Listen to yourself, Florian. You sound just like them. By the way, my father's side of the family escaped the Nazis, so stop your ranting.
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  1405.  Florian Held  And who determines what constitutes the greater good? Good for thee but not for me? I am always wary of what people with a bit of power are capable of doing in the name of the greater good. It's why I do not blindly trust any large enterprise, be it government, business, or labor. To quote the late philosopher Eric Hoffer, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.”
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  1406.  Florian Held  At last we find some common ground. Yes, I've read Rand and agree with much of what she said about individualism and selfishness. She was being brutally honest, but she meant it in the context of honoring one's commitments and being ethical in all dealings with others. This applies to all parties. When one party violates an agreement, the other party is no longer obligated to honor it. I detest the word capitalism, which was derived from Karl Marx's writings. History has proven just how wrong Marx was. Free enterprise and free trade are what I believe in, not crony capitalism, mercantilism, monopolies, or cartels. They are perversions of the idea, largely because they favor one group over another. A level playing field is the last thing their supporters intend. What makes you think people today are any more selfish, greedy, and indifferent than at any other time in history, and why focus your comment only on Americans? The primary difference I see between Americans and the rest of the world is that we enjoy a greater degree of freedom and independence. For it to continue, it is necessary for people to act in a morally responsible way. John Adams warned us of this when he said "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other". So in a sense you are correct. We risk becoming our own worst enemy. As to your last statement, you'll have to clarify it for me. I didn't quite understand what you meant to say.
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  1407.  @ryansta  Ditto.
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  1408.  @HUNDRIVER  Great story. As for your claim that "the T-37s were all non-nosewheel steering, flown almost exclusively by ham handed no experience pilot trainees", I would like to say that I represent that remark. ;-)
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  1409. If I were Trump I'd want taller Secret Service agents. I counted no less than four small women in his security detail, and they could not begin to cover him.
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  1410. As my Dad use to say during the space race, "Our German scientists are better than your German scientists."
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  1411.  @kevinbarry71  We used to buy Boar's Head meat at the base commissary, which was quite good, but never the bologna. Growing up on Oscar Mayer left me too jaded to try it. Somebody got me to try olive stuffed bologna once, not knowing I hate green olives (the result of another childhood trauma).
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  1412.  @kevinbarry71  Montana is not well noted for its cuisine. In my area we have Jimmy John's and Subway.
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  1413.  @LG123ABC  When I was five I ate an entire jar of green olives and became nauseated. The sight of anything with green olives in it now makes me ill. I had a similar experience with Taco Doritos at age 14. I consumed a large bag of them under a hot summer sun and haven't been able to look at them since. Behold the power of food memories. For the record, I can still eat black olives and Nacho Doritos, but I do so in moderation.
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  1414.  @ehm2943  You are preaching to the choir. The N95 provides excellent protection from inhaling contagions, but it must be donned properly, cleaned or replaced regularly, and used with other protective equipment. It makes sense for use by hospital staff who are working with infected patients because there is no danger of reinfecting them. On the other hand, the idea behind cloth and paper masks is to slow the spread of any infected vapor from one person to another. Many factors are at play here which makes generic face coverings only marginally effective at best - and that's without even considering their drawbacks (slowing herd immunity, excessive CO2 inhalation, rashes, psychological damage). I agree it's a mistake and pretty much a con game with what we know at this point. Bureaucrats and politicians always like to justify their existence by pretending they are doing something constructive while picking our pockets and restricting our freedoms.
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  1415. I guess being covered in tattoos and posting on TikTok is what passes for normal today.
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  1416. History is an agreed upon error.
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  1417. My first recollection of the Hunley was watching the 1963 premier episode of the CBS American history anthology series "The Great Adventure". As a young child it sent chills down my spine. I wish we still had television shows like it.
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  1418. Both Deputy Potters and Deputy Tomlin screwed up. The only survived because the perp's AR pistol jammed.
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  1419. As I recall, the agreement to remove occupation troops from the south was reached as part of a compromise to ensure Hayes would become President.
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  1420. I remember this story.
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  1421. If you've ever driven in the Mideast you will encounter plenty of drivers who take offense if you simply pass them.
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  1422. It's pronounced Ma-Goo' as in the cartoon character Mr. MaGoo.
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  1423. Deflation was not the cause of the "Great Depression", but an effect of it. The dollar was very strong, but few people had many dollars to spend. There is nothing inherently wrong with having a strong dollar, indeed, it can be desirable. One could argue that some of the possible causes of deflation are economically unhealthy, such as a contraction in the money supply, but even this does have to lead to a reduction in consumer demand or productivity. By comparison, inflation is the opposite of deflation and can be very destructive if it is artificially induced by government printing presses, as happened in Germany in the 1920s and still happens today in Zimbabwe here trillion dollar notes are common.
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  1424. Reds vs. Whites. Pick your poison.
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  1425. Evil chocolate is responsible for most of the obesity in America. I cannot urge you strongly enough to remove whatever chocolate you may have from your home and send it to me for safe disposal. I do not charge for this service.
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  1426. I have never heard of this incident. From the description, serving at sea aboard those towers would have been an unnerving experience, to say the least. That's one of the reasons I joined the Air Force. I don't like the ocean.
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  1427. My understanding is the circuit won't close if someone is hit with only one barb from a Taser, so I don't see how it could have adversely affected the officer who was hit.
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  1428. I like your backdrop. That's a very interesting view of the world map.
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  1429. Didn't Ayn Rand base her character, Howard Rourke, on Wright?
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  1430. Daft Vader has spoken.
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  1431. A handout, not a helping hand.
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  1432.  @incognitotorpedo42  What pro-Russian Republicans. And by Russian do you meant Communist?
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  1433. Now it's underwater pipelines from Russia that are blowing up - and balloons, can't forget the balloons.
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  1434. Ah, yes, Germany, where doctors believe an operation can be a technical success even if the patient dies.
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  1435.  @paladinhill  Thanks for the information. I too was at Medina, from 78 - 79, but assigned as a brand new 2nd Lt to the Occupational Measurement Center right next door to OTS. I had the advantage of being allowed to dine in the OTS chow hall as a paying customer, but at the risk of returning the salutes of dozens of cadets if I timed it wrong. The situation once reversed itself while I was at Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB. The Air Command & Staff class were pouring out of the Big Blue Bedroom (auditorium) as I was walking past. I think I saluted about 600 majors and LTCs.
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  1436. I don't believe a word of what they said. I'm going to play the video backwards to learn the truth.
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  1437. Carthago delenda est (Carthage must be destroyed)
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  1438.  @videowilliams  It worked for the Romans.
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  1439.  @haroldcook2146  Like a six year old.
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  1440. A late cousin of mine was a US Navy supply officer in WWII. He was deployed to North Africa to work port logistics, but was provided no form of transportation. Being the typical enterprising American, he searched abandoned and salvaged equipment until he found a German Africa Corps BMW motorcycle. He got it running again and this became his personal bike. Imagine what a peculiar sight he made, a US Navy Lt Commander driving a German motorcycle around North Africa.
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  1441. The decline of the major networks has loosened the social bonds of most Americans. I don't know if this is a good thing or bad, but I sigh whenever I have to explain who Barney Fife and the Beaver were.
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  1442. I see stupid people.
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  1443. If the cop had not stopped them, there is every indication that at some point this punk likely would have killed somebody. His actions clearly demonstrate his willingness to do just that. As for libertarian leanings, please realize that driving on a public road is a privilege, not a right, and seat belt laws have saved countless lives. Even if there were no such protective laws in force, at the very least I would hope a cop would stop and counsel the adults in a vehicle if he sees a child is not wearing a seat belt or a baby is not in a car seat. Responding to roadside accidents is a necessary public tax burden. Seat belt laws help reduce this burden by limiting the severity of injuries and the need for EMT, ambulance, and ER services. When the victim is uninsured or unable to pay his medical bills, this creates yet another needless burden on limited public resources that otherwise might have been used more effectively elsewhere.
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  1444.  @knndyskful  The flaw in your argument is the assumption that if someone's irresponsible action hasn't hurt anyone yet, government should not intervene. Using this logic it would be wrong for police to stop speeders or erratic drivers until after an accident has occured. You do not have the inherent right to endanger others or to cause injury to yourself which might result in the state paying for your treatment or burial.
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  1445.  @knndyskful  We have different speed laws for different driving conditions. The driver doesn't get to decide which laws he will obey. It's the same way in Europe. If a state wants to create a section of open highway, it is free to do so. Getting a state legislature to pass such a law might be a bit of a challenge. By the way, a friend of mine and his wife were nearly killed on the Autobahn in the 1970s when the German who passed them lost control and cut him off. He ended up rolling his car about three times but survived fairly unscathed. At those kind of speeds survival is debatable.
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  1446. My Dad used to say Communism was so great that they had to build a wall to keep everybody else out. :yougotthis:
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  1447. "The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
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  1448. Artie made his kill the hard way. Excellent analysis of the BoB.
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  1449. 2035 car ad: New Lightning Bolt EV, only $150,000 (batteries not included)
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  1450.  @caninedrill_instructor5861  I enjoy watching them both.
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  1451. We had a couple of V-100 Commandos (M706 Duck) at Camp Bullis back in the 1980s. We used them to train air base defense teams, but they were pretty tired vehicles by then. When the Humvees came out we thought they were a great improvement over the M151 (successor to the Jeep), M-1008 CUCV (modified GMC pickup), and Peacekeeper armored car (Commando Ranger). This was before Afghanistan and Iraq, which stretched the utility of the Hummer in the combat and combat support role. It's nice to see the successor to the Duck is doing so well.
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  1452. How worthless is the average New Yorker?
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  1453.  @cassidy5099  , wasn't that the theme of Spielberg's first TV movie "Duel"?
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  1454. And don't forget that other timeless TV classic "Killdozer!".
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  1455.  @julianneale6128  The idea of refitting Merlins to the P-38 was investigated, but the potential gain in performance was offset by the fact that fighter production would lag during the transition period. This was deemed to be an unacceptable tradeoff. Like the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the Allison V-1710 underwent constant upgrades throughout the war, as did the P-38's superchargers, intercoolers, and dive recovery flaps. Higher octane fuel also improved the Lightning's performance. The Allison could easily be pushed far beyond the conservative pre-war power settings assigned to it. This was proven by repeated tests conducted during WWII at Wright-Patterson Field and in England by Colonels Ben Kelsey and Cass Hough, respectively. As a result many fighter pilots had the throttle stops removed from their cockpits so they could get maximum performance from the engines during combat maneuvers. Pilots in the Pacific had to fly over very large bodies of ocean. From a psychological standpoint alone, a twin engine aircraft, even with potentially inferior engines, was much preferred to a water landing if an engine was lost.
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  1456. Indy, I love the way you describe the various people and the attitudes of their time. You walk a tightrope so beautifully that it is both art and poetry to observe and hear.
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  1457. They had one on permanent static display at a park when I was a kid in Florida in the early 60s. I never liked the look of it and much preferred the oval gape of other Sabres. This video only reinforces my belief it was a dog.
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  1458. Just what is the far right? I see no correlation with conservatives and Republicans (the presumed right), yet people on the left of the political spectrum purposely lump them in with Nazis and Fascists.
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  1459.  @colinheaton5638  I'll send Bud this link.
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  1460.  @colinheaton5638  He prefers to pass. I think it may have something to do with the statute of limitations in some of the countries they visited. 🙂
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  1461.  @SrdjanBasaric-w2s  No, it's true. I actually toned it down a bit by omitting one fact. Bud had purposely sneaked out of the van and left the campsite in disarray so his friend would think he'd been taken by vampires or werewolves. You had to know Bud to appreciate his wicked sense of humor.
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  1462. The most irritating thing about eight track tapes was the long pause in the middle of some songs while the tape switched tracks. You'd be singing along with the Partridge Family, then came the pause . . . wait . . . wait . . . wait - "I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of, I'm afraid that I'm not sure of a love there is no cure for."
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  1463. As tempting as a tour of this storied ship may be, if ever again I find myself in California, the only sane thing I can do is leave.
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  1464. So what became of Dodge?
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  1465. Thank God the well-meaning forces of good in the community won out. Now I get to sit in front of my computer or use my DVD player to relive my golden childhood by watching, uninterrupted, the old unfiltered and unadulterated cartoons of the past - and The History Guy, of course.
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  1466. I do believe Miller Light has found their new spokesman to counter Bud Light wokeness.
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  1467. I generally like Tucker Carlson, but I see him more as a political commentator than a serous journalist. When it comes to Ukraine, I am baffled why he is fully in the Russian disinformation camp without any pretense of objectivity. As for the retired Army Colonel in this interview, it is apparent he is acting on very outdated information and is embarrassing himself. The same thing happened during the first Gulf War when one of my logistics idols at the time, Colonel James G. Burton, completely trashed the US weapons we deployed to the Gulf while praising the Soviet armor used by Saddam. An article to this effect appeared on the eve of the war and was so inaccurate that I lost all respect for him. Subsequent events proved him to be completely wrong in his assessments. If you don't keep up with the times, you are better served by remaining silent. Ryan, you are using critical thinking skills and facts to assess the points raised. Kudos to you for this and for being respectful of an old lion whose glory days have past.
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  1468. P.S. I also watch Zeihan daily and find his musings interesting if not always accurate. He certainly thinks outside the box.
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  1469. Lysenkoism seems to be pervasive in much of Western education and thought these days.
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  1470.  @somebodyonce5976  Naturally.
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  1471.  @Padraigp  If the experts are correct, your AI lawn care machines are more likely to be calculating where to plant you so they have some ornamental shade.
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  1472.  @Padraigp  They can't be made any wiser than their designers and operators, which is pretty low bar from what I've seen.
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  1473. A delightfully humorous retelling of actual and fabricated events. Well done, sir.
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  1474. The Bodyguard of Lies "It is in the nature of Stalinism for its adherents to make a certain kind of lying - and not only to others, but first of all to themselves - a fundamental part of their lives. It is always a mistake to assume that Stalinists do not know the truth about the political reality they espouse. If they don't know the truth (or all of it) one day, they know it the next, and it makes absolutely no difference to them politically. For their loyalty is to something other than the truth. And no historical enormity is so great, no personal humiliation or betrayal so extreme, no crime so heinous that it cannot be assimilated into the 'ideals' that govern the true Stalinist mind which is impervious alike to documentary evidence and moral discrimination." - Hilton Kramer
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  1475. I guess weight, bulk, complexity, and maintenance are not issues in the Marine Corps.
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  1476. Imagine the public service that could be performed if we made it legal for victims and the general public to thrash assailants for a few minutes immediately following an assault (until the adrenaline rush is over). Prizes could be awarded for the best videos of these these incidents. Post them under such titles as "America's Best Beatdowns" and "World's Best Beatdowns". Naturally, members of law enforcement would not be allowed to participate.
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  1477. Bf-109X, the Messerwulf? Fockeschmitt? Ed, you sound a bit under the weather. Get some rest. Thanksgiving is only two days away, or do you celebrate it on your side of the Pond?
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  1478. Does this mean we should be rooting for the Houthi Rebels?
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  1479.  @RyanMcBethProgramming I've never seen History Legends, but I do watch PERUN, Task & Purpose, and Ryan McBeth for their content and analyses.
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  1480. Where I live we have no need for vodka stills. 🤠
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  1481. The saddest part is he was arguably a better DA than his predecessor.
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  1482. Sad, ignoble end to one of the oldest and boldest US Navy fighting ships of WWII.
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  1483.  @gnas1897  And Beria replaced him and became even more ruthless and efficient. His reign of terror lasted until Stalin's death, after which he too was disposed of.
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  1484. Thanks, I just ordered a copy based on your recommendation.
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  1485. I haven't seen this much see-sawing back and forth on a playground.
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  1486.  @tinayoga8844  I'm an engineer, Jim, not a mechanic!
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  1487. Winnie the Pooh must be healthy as hell.
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  1488. It's amazing so many different factions can effectively pull together (for now) to free Burma from their despotic military junta. I've long had a soft spot for the Karens, but I do fear what the final outcome may be, particularly if the CCP weighs in.
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  1489. That must have been revised at some point. My old neighbor flew French Salmons, which had a single forward firing gun and twin guns in back for the observer, but they were classified as reconnaissance aircraft. It was a unique design in that it incorporated a true radial engine (not rotary), which was a very advanced concept for the time.
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  1490. Nutters are a dime a dozen.
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  1491. In the 1960s we were taught the four food groups and the importance of a balanced diet. I still believe in this philosophy. My wife cannot tolerate many of the ingredients in processed foods so she reads the labels on everything we buy. It's shocking how few foods in the grocery store don't contain them or are loaded with cheap fillers. Most recently she discovered (in tiny letters) that Hellmann's Best Foods brand mayonnaise contains products from a "bio-engineered source". What the hell is that?
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  1492.  @REALfish1552  The meanings of words matter. Does it bother you when someone says we live in a democracy instead of a republic? Are you concerned when a member of law enforcement refers to everyone else as civilians? Hazy thinking and the misuse of words is how misunderstandings and false beliefs begin.
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  1493.  @unappreciatedtreehouse821  But our choice of words does matter. There is an arduous process for nominating, reviewing, and approving the award of the Medal of Honor. This process has long been fraught with accusations of favoritism, discrimination, and politicization. This has led to periodic reviews of some candidate's awards, denials, and delays, resulting in either rescission or award of the Medal for some of them. Mislabeling the process as a contest only tarnishes and denigrates these efforts.
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  1494. Actually, the two top scoring American aces of WWII flew P-38s. In addition to Richard Bong with 40 kills, there was Thomas McGuire with 38 kills.
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  1495. Other sources state they were communication specialists who had received Ranger training and were en route to replace the cadre of instructors already in country. The Connie was a high maintenance bird, so I would not rule out the most probable explanation being mechanical failure.
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  1496.  @PhillyPhanVinny  Whenever someone tells me an issue is settled or accuses me of lacking the intelligence and knowledge to comprehend their position, I know what they really mean is they do not wish to have their precious views challenged. They might not stand up to close scrutiny. This is why Socrates was forced to drink hemlock. You made some excellent points, and I share your skepticism. Keep questioning the rhetoric, and don't accept their hemlock.
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  1497.  @PhillyPhanVinny  Spot on.
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  1498. I'll bet it gets a Wikipedia page now.
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  1499.  @jesseribbey  If you believe that, then I take it you are a product of modern public education.
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  1500.  @jesseribbey  Your reasoning remains faulty. Don't assume everyone has children so young.
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  1501. Let's categorize countries as comfortable, tolerable, uncomfortable, and shit hole.
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  1502. I would not take that bet. :)
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  1503. The Broward Cowards.
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  1504. Force Science Advanced Force Science Specialist? Will this title keep the YouTube lizard overlord censors off your backs?
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  1505.  @mypl510  Your story isn't too far off what the museum owner told me about the damage. He claimed it was done by a bunch of drunken sailors with axes on VJ Day.
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  1506. And Venezuela lived happily ever after. The end.
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  1507. Yeah, it's starting to sound like the Reds vs Whites vs Black (vs Greens?), or Game of Thrones. Take your pick. Everybody gets killed in the end anyway.
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  1508. The Army is always playing mind games with the Air Force. Around 2007 I was shown an artist's concept of a proposed Army heavy vertical lift transport. It looked like a C-130 that was given Thalidomide during its conception phase. Nothing ever came of it.
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  1509. I'm sorry; what were you saying? I was busy posting my latest joke about Space Force.
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  1510. The Communist Vietnamese called them "leftovers". Read the powerful true story of one such kid who missed Operation Babylift, but eventually made it to USA and after almost fifty years finally found his biological American father. https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200615/from-saigon-to-florida-dna-test-leads-to-special-dads-day
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  1511.  @stuartnoelte3932  If you like good war writing, the best book I've read on PT boats was "PT-105" by Dick Keresey. You feel like you are riding along with them.
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  1512. A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
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  1513.  @lancerevell5979  "Gimme some sugar, baby."
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  1514. You gave up your guns, Australia. Welcome to the police state.
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  1515. When I went through law enforcement training during the Mesozoic Age we were presented with a very similar scenario involving a suspect armed with a knife. Was it legal to shoot him while he threatened you with it from a distance of 21 feet or more? Could you shoot immediately after he threw it at you? There are no right or wrong answers, only perceptions and records of past experiences. In this particular case it is hard to know because there are two points that have not been adequately addressed. Firstly, how far away was the subject? Bodycams give a distorted impression of distance, so it is possible the suspect was much closer than implied, posing an immediate threat. Secondly, forget all the Hollywood nonsense showing a thrown knife or axe penetrating deep enough to kill someone. I've done enough research and testing on dummy targets to know this is almost impossible. Unlike a spear, they lack the mass and directional stability to cause deep penetrating and potentially lethal wounds. However, an axe doesn't have to hit you by the blade to cause serious injury because it is much heavier than the average knife. Both a near miss and a stunning blow can give a suspect time to charge you and finish the job or run away. A thrown knife presents less of a threat, but the outcome can be the same. The action time involved can be less than your reaction time.
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  1516.  @localbod  No, I don't recall the name. I'm sure other people have developed similar concepts.
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  1517. He's not a libertarian. He's a big government socialist. He favors most, but not all, leftist programs. Indeed, he seems to be all over the map.
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  1518.  @tomsthomas1139  If automotive designs are any indicator, you are right.
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  1519. It's pronounced K-C one thirty-five.
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  1520. NPR is still a thing?
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  1521.  aerodog2  I agree. I never said aluminum was superior. I know it is not. It has a much lower melting point than steel.
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  1522. As I recall, it was the largest boat in the marina and was painted white with an orange stripe across the bow.
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  1523.  @blackrabbit212  True sea lions.
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  1524. We need a bigger Navy. We have no redundancy.
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  1525. Sounds like a couple of maintainers became thoroughly SACumcised.
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  1526. I always knew Picasso was an Ass, but it appears he was a Dick as well.
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  1527. As always, Ben makes very cogent arguments. The US has been needlessly slow in offering critical aid to Ukraine and somewhat indecisive regarding our ultimate goals. I am flummoxed by the attitude of some American leaders and commentators who seem incapable of grasping what is at stake. Ditto for those who support Hamas and think Israel should back off. Both Ukraine and Israel are fighting for their existence as viable nations. They have no alternative but to win.
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  1528. I had the same thought.
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  1529. "Louie, I never noticed before - you're black!" "Oui." "Arrest that man for profiling."
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  1530. 'It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.' - Mark Twain
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  1531. The deep state is is an idea, not an organization, but the effect is much the same when bureaucrats all think alike. If you want to rid our country of it, the best place to begin is by repealing the 16th Amendment.
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  1532. Yes, but the cure proved worse than the disease (a bullet through both lungs or poison gas).
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  1533. It was an excellent movie, believable rather than over the top.
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  1534. What, no mention of the carbeque?
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  1535. Dad always admired Bellanca because of the designer's emphasis on making a strong efficient aircraft that employed every possible feature as a lifting surface. For a while Dad owned part interest in a tired old 1959 Downer built Bellanca 260 which a "friend" had found. It easily cruised at 160 MPH indicated airspeed (when parts weren't coming loose in flight).
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  1536. I am reminded of what happened the last time the Germans and Russians decided to screw a country that is stuck between them.
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  1537. "Where in his work are disease and death, where is his sense of existential dread?" Apparently these critics never looked deeper into his canvases. There's a lot there that isn't said, but is implied. How blind must one be to view "Southern Justice" or "Murder In Mississippi" and not be moved by their implications?
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  1538.  @insight1428  So their command driven form of society failed them.
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  1539.  @nasaboy87  In the 1980s they offered at least two versions of modified STEN mags and briefly a version using Sterling L2A3 magazines, but these were harder to come by than the STEN mags. In the early to mid 1990s they offered CZ75 and Beretta 92 magazine insert options, and eventually a full size plastic AR magazine with a 9mm insert.
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  1540. There's drones over New Jersey. Better call Sal.
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  1541. If the news sources I've read are correct, >90% of Gaza residents support Hamas and its attack on Israel. I don't have any sympathy for people who think this way and are unwilling to change their views.
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  1542. How well did that work for us on 911?
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  1543. I wouldn't mind adding a PKM to my collection.
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  1544.  @MM-bg2de  It was announced in the noon update.
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  1545. AD causes DOA.
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  1546. Now you know why the streets of heaven are guarded by United States Marines. Semper Fi.
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  1547. Any chance they'll write one in poop?
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  1548.  @Milesco  I think we are in violent agreement.
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  1549. Kirtland is an Air Force Base, not an Air Base. Air Force Bases are located on American soil. Air Bases are overseas installations that are not on US soil. I was assigned to the OSI in the early 1980s. It's a small community composed of both active duty and civilian personnel assigned to conduct criminal investigation and counterintelligence work (later expanded to include protective services and counter-terrorism). I have never heard of this particular event or the agent involved, but I was only there for a year, so there is much I was not privy to. I'm at a loss to understand why the OSI and the NSA would purposely gaslight a contractor. It makes no sense to allocate any time and resources to an issue as trivial as this one. If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say the agent involved was and remains some sort of self-promoter. Ditto for the UFO expert who colluded with him. They both sound like real pieces of work.
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  1550. True love.
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  1551.  @ksman9087  I can believe it. I have a similar story that occurred at Camp Bullis outside of San Antonio, TX. A group of Air Force based defenders (Security Police, now called Security Force) were training with M60 machine guns. As hundreds of rounds pelted the dirt backstop, an Army UH1 helicopter which, unknown to them, had previously landed behind the berm, unwisely decided to take off from its relative safety. As it rose above the berm, errant rounds struck it and the craft sank back down. All firing ceased while the range officers inspected the damage. Aside from a few holes in the aircraft, nobody was hurt. I attribute this good fortune to the fact that the trainees were not aiming at the Huey, otherwise I suspect they would have completely missed.
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  1552.  @markstone1619  Agree 100%. I suspect the next time the cops show up at his home it will be to arrest his wife for shooting him.
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  1553. I'd rather see cats in vacuum cleaners.
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  1554.  @martincolvill5453  And they laughed at you? You must have an easy disposition.
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  1555.  @DeagleBeagle  I think you are right.
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  1556.  @edgardrodriguez4945  That is a critical piece of information. Thanks for posting it.
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  1557. I don't recall Purvis having anything to do with the killing of Bonnie & Clyde. What is the connection?
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  1558. If the temp is below 32 degrees the water will freeze, so what do consider cold weather?
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  1559. My daily dose of GasX.
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  1560. The Us Army Air Force was created on June 20, 1941. The US Army Air Corps continued to exist as an organizational construct within the USAAF until the establishment of the US Air Force in 1947.
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  1561.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  That is correct. My point was that the USAAF was created in 1941, not 1942. There is longstanding confusion about this because the term Air Corp was used throughout the war. It took a while before people in and out of the military started saying Air Force instead of Ar Corps. A a result, there is a common misconception that the USAAF was created after America's entry into the war, when in fact it was created and in place before we entered the war.
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  1562. Is that an original Star Trek phaser sitting on your display case? I ask because a classmate of mine at Georgia Tech once showed us one of the actual working props that he had acquired after the show was cancelled. I think only twelve were ever built, and that's history that deserves to be remembered.
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  1563. Believing themselves wise, they became fools.
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  1564. Was this really one of Ryan's posts or Russian disinformation bots at work?
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  1565. I had no idea the Parthenon's destruction was so recent. Now tell the tragic story of the Monastery at Monte Casino.
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  1566.  @davidatovar  You are welcome, though others did far more.
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  1567. The HCAR is the really more of a successor to the Colt Monitor and several European variants of the BAR.
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  1568. Service before self.
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  1569. Watch every episode of Gene Roddenberry's 1964 TV series "The Lieutenant". No, I'm not joking.
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  1570. Please do an episode on Dr. Paul Ehrlich. He is another long forgotten figure in medical research who developed the first effective treatment for syphilis. Thanks to the Nazis his name and work were largely erased from German history because he was Jewish, despite his winning the 1908 Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Edward G. Robinson portrayed him in the 1940 movie "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet".
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  1571. May you live in interesting times, May you come to the attention of those in authority, May you find what you are looking for.
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  1572. We only received one station (CBS) unless the TV repairman (remember them?) came by to tune our set. Then we received the nearest ABC station for about a half hour. I had to go to my grandmother's house to watch all three networks.
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  1573. Just think, Ryan, you could have put your idle troops to work designing future T-shirt logos for you (if you had but known). 🤔
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  1574. The Hamilton-Burr duel contains many controversies, not the least of which is the dueling pistol set itself. These pistols belonged to Hamilton's brother-in-law and contained a feature which allowed the shooter to set the trigger so that a slight touch would discharge it. Some have speculated Burr was unaware of this fact and instead fired his gun using the customary 10-12 pound trigger pull, an act which could have adversely affected his aim. Others claim Hamilton attempted to use the "hair trigger" feature to his advantage but misjudged its sensitivity, thus inadvertently allowing his shot to discharge prematurely and go wild. On his deathbed Hamilton denied he used the lighter trigger pull feature. As far as we know, Burr made no mention either way, nor ever claimed any intention not to shoot Hamilton. So what we are left with is pure speculation. If the character of each man is accurately represented by written history (a questionable assumption at best), it is easier to assume Hamilton granted quarter where Burr did not, thus putting to the test the notion of Burr's ruthless ambition. Had it not been for the duel, it is possible suspicion about Burr's future endeavors would have amounted to naught. Instead, he is regarded today as being just one step short of another Benedict Arnold, while Hamilton is lionized. The truth, most likely, rests somewhere in between.
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  1575. Lest We Forget They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. (Laurence Binyon 1869 - 1943)
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  1576. This crap has been going on for decades. Soldier of Fortune Magazine was one the very few periodicals writing about it in the 1980s. I doubt many people could show you where Burma is located on a map. I believe the reason the governments of the world don't take any action is because the internal events of that beautiful tragic country don't affect them.
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  1577. I wonder what would have happened to Gandhi, Nehru, and their followers if the Germans or Russians had been running India in the 1920s and 30s. By comparison, the British were Boy Scouts.
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  1578.  @gytx5339  You mean the way China and Russia won their freedom from the Communists?
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  1579. That painting (or a copy) hangs in the halls of the Pentagon.
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  1580.  @dungareenavy5970  I hope you've managed to overcome the migraines. My wife suffers from them and they can be extremely brutal.
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  1581.  @dungareenavy5970  Thanks, I'll check out any local options.
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  1582.  @gruffy4967  If he was never elected to public office, then it sounds more like democracy inaction to me.
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  1583. Perhaps an earthquake caused them to panic and mistakenly think it was an avalanche. Were the bodies tested for lead poisoning? The 1845 Franklin Expedition to the Arctic ended in disaster this way.
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  1584. Great job as usual. It's a pity more people don't know about these raids. A good friend of mine who passed away a couple of years ago was assigned balloon intercept duties on the west coast before his squadron of P-38 Lightnings deployed to the Pacific theater. They were told the missions were top secret because the government greatly feared the Japanese would launch even more balloons with greater accuracy if they had any inkling of what was really going on. One point I'd like to add is that the first black paratroop unit, the 555th Parachute Infantry Company (Triple Nickle), was secretly assigned to smoke jumper duties to battle the Japanese firebomb raids. Collectively, they made 1200 jumps and ended the war still fighting the conflagrations. Because of the secrecy of the operation, the remoteness of the terrain, and a general indifference on the part of senior leadership, it would be many decades before they received any proper recognition for their wartime service.
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  1585.  @ziggurat-builder8755  Well, it's not a Jeannie or Mary Ann choice, that's for sure.
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  1586. To Protect and to Swerve.
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  1587. I worked with a man who survived the Texas City explosion in 1947 that killed at least 581 people (estimates of unknown dead run higher). He told me he was over a mile away (I think on a golf course), and being a former combat infantryman, he hit the deck when the big blast went off. Dick said another man nearby remained standing and gazed in amazement until flying debris decapitated him. The tragedy resulted in the first class action lawsuit filed against the US government.
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  1588.  @dovetonsturdee7033  I just finished reading Hore's 22 page article and find it does not actually contradict the article by Barker I recommended. However, Hore does leave out some critical information. The 18 aircraft from Ark Royal that he mentions were part of an earlier plan. The ongoing evacuation at Dunkirk delayed and eventually scraped this plan. I could find no mention by Hore that long range tanks would not be required for the operation. In fact, he quoted Admiral Dudley Pound’s statement that 60 Swordfish were already configured with long range tanks. Pound, however, was incorrect. Only 18 aircraft aboard Glorious had the tanks and they were not presently installed (a process that took a day to complete). The Swordfish that had conducted the 510 mile round-trip mine-laying mission to Stavanger had used them, and it was the results of this test operation which showed one serious flaw in the plan. The aircraft lacked sufficient engine oil to ensure their safe return, two having been lost on the homeward flight from the raid when their oil tanks ran dry. Both articles (Hore and Barker) deal in a degree of conjecture because critical information is missing and won't be released until 100 years has elapsed (a unique and extraordinary secrecy requirement in itself). About the only thing I believe everyone agrees on is that Churchill very much wanted to mine Lulea, and damn the political consequences. It would all be overcome by events shortly as the Germans overran the French iron ore region and the country capitulated. Maybe we'll learn more in 2041 when the official records into the Glorious loss are finally released.
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  1589. Ed, the Medal of Honor is not won, like every other medal in the US military, it is earned. It is a bitter thing indeed that a man of Sgt Carter's quality was treated so badly by our government. Meanwhile, alcoholic authors such as Ernest Hemingway were rewarded and forgiven for their early leftist idealism. Sadly, the Spanish Civil War had no good side. It was more a case of picking your poison.
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  1590. Once the Fourth Turning has run its course, a better world may emerge. But first we have to get through this turning.
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  1591. Throwing the perp's gun away was stupid.
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  1592. What, no movie version? Even Timmy and Lassie never had this many adventures.
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  1593. Yep, definitely clear as mud.
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  1594.  @BobDavis-cp5wp  If it's no more than 70,000 feet up, it should be within gun range of an F-15. One or two 20mm rounds should make it leak enough to descend to the ground. Failing that, an air launched missile could bring it down in pieces. I don't know why Miley is concerned about it landing on somebody. That seems like a bogus argument, bu perhaps he isn't telling us all he knows.
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  1595. I remember seeing him in a lot of war movies while I was growing up, but I never knew he had been a POW.
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  1596. My wife checks the ingredients on everything before she buys it. Oreo cookies still contain palm oil which is high in saturated fats. I used to eat both Oreos and Sunshine Hydrox. They are pretty much the samw, but I prefer the Oreo.
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  1597. Spartacus, you did not break down the infection rates or deaths in America, but left the false impression that AIDES spread into the general population. This was a common scare tactic used in the 1980s to implant the idea that AIDS would eventually infect anyone. This was not the case. Most victims of AIDES in this country contracted it from homosexual intercourse or intravenous drug use, despite the fact that, unlike other transmittable diseases, it became illegal to warn the public about people who had it. I generally enjoy your reporting, but this time you allowed your personal feelings to color your presentation.
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  1598. This helicopter reminds me of some earlier tests the Army ran in the 1950s. I had the good fortune to talk with one of the former test pilots while l was in college in 1977. He said they modified a standard Bell Model 47 by mounting several Browning 1919 air cooled 30'06 caliber machine guns on the skids. The pilot aimed the guns by turning the nose of the aircraft toward the intended target. He made fine adjustments by watching the path of the tracers and the dust of bullet strikes. It was crude and primitive, but a start.
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  1599.  @rainbowodysseybyjonlion  That would depend entirely upon how you define better. The San Antonio I knew is gone. No doubt those who lived there long before me felt the same way. I came from a small community, spend decades in large metro areas, and have retired to an even smaller place than where I started. I don't miss the noise, lack of privacy, and congestion. I do miss some of the conveniences and opportunities, but I consider the tradeoff worthwhile.
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  1600.  @lightweight1974  But you repeat yourself. ;-)
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  1601.  @veganconservative1109  I agree internal security was much more relaxed 40 years ago, but the perceived threat inside the Pentagon was not like it became after 911.
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  1602. Is there a correlation between officer violence and their age, language, tattoos, and muscles?
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  1603. The little cop has a Napoleon complex and this NBA player gave him the opportunity to show it off. The girlfriend could have deescalated the situation by coming outside to talk with the cops. In the end nothing will happen to the ballplayer and cops likely will be skewered.
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  1604.  @PremusRed  In a physical sense, yes. In a strategic sense it would be like losing Alaska and Hawaii, ending our reign in the Pacific. Were we not such a powerful country, I have little doubt Russia would have tried to seize Alaska long before now.
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  1605.  @abelq8008  Yes, my Dad owned a Piper 235 which could do the same thing.
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  1606. The Soviets recruited 300,000 partisans to fight the Germans in their rear areas where their logistics network was most vulnerable. This was made possible, in part, by the failure of the Nazis to recruit the local populations to their cause. Instead, after a short period of "liberation", the Nazis started mistreating these people, enslaving and deporting many, and generally showing a compete disregard for their wants and needs. It was not only a wasted opportunity, it proved quite counterproductive in the long run for them.
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  1607. If you are not moved by Kyle's reaction, you have no heart. If you are not overjoyed by this verdict, you have no brain.
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  1608. The degree of ignorance over recent world history is shocking, but expected when the focus today is on preferred pronouns and social credit scores. You would think that prior to this public relations disaster somebody involved would have said, "Hold on a minute, if this chap fought the Russians in WWII, doesn't that mean he was working for the Nazis?"
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  1609.  @MrGrimsmith  The worlds' first chain gun, er, chain-fire gun. 🙂
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  1610. Looks like conspiracy charges could apply after the cops started whispering CYA and issue an RDO.
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  1611. Governments hurting people??? That's inconceivable!
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  1612.  Juanito G  I once read that Napoleon picked the tallest men to serve in his army. When fitted with a shako and plume as headgear, they looked like giants. Unfortunately, so many tall Frenchmen were killed during the Napoleonic wars that the average height of Frenchmen shrunk several inches.
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  1613.  @eeddieedwards3890  Hmm, maybe I should have said "fowl", but YT has no sense of humor unless it's PC (and that is a true oxymoron).
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  1614.  @Beorninki  Pray tell, which country is better? The world keeps trying to move here, so we must be doing something right. I've yet to see anyone cling to the landing gear of a flight leaving the USA. 325,00 Americans died to free the slaves, another 100,000 died to end the First World War, 400,000 died to help save the world from another dark age, and 100,000 more died to keep the Cold War from going hot. As for the American Indian, you talk as though the many tribes lived in peaceful harmony with one another. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most were nomadic warriors who raided each other's camps and polluted the land, migrating only after they had taken all it had to give them. You don't believe in nationalism and see no reason for it. It was the lack of a national identity and the cohesiveness it creates that led to the native's downfall. As for our prisons, we don't put people in them because of their color. We put them in there because of their crimes, most of which are committed against members of their own ethnicity. Before you criticize a country, it would serve you well to study the history and the facts rather than the rantings of modern revisionists who either don't know the truth or are determined to pervert it for their own political ends. Stop spouting their garbage and open your eyes to the truth, even if it temporarily blinds you.
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  1615.  @Beorninki  You are confusing the ideas of country, race, religion, and ideology. They are not the same thing, so stop treating them as if they are. And stop lumping everyone into a broad simple categories. Assign blame to the actual people who perform heinous acts. Don't blame the people who came before or after them, or those who opposed them. By the way, what is this idea of nationalism you keep condemning. Why don't you define it first?
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  1616. Why is the KKK always described as a right-wing organization? Denying 2nd Amendment rights to any citizen sounds like a left-wing idea. But perhaps I do not understand the meanings of these terms, assuming they have any real meanings. It's too bad Senator Byrd is dead. Since he was regarded by his fellow Democrats as the Senate's foremost Constitutional scholar, perhaps he could have shed some light on the subject, along with providing us insights into the true purposes of the 14th and 15th Amendments - or did he ever read them? The world wonders.
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  1617. What about ricochets?
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  1618.  @MadMonk67  No, but a couple of times I made the sign of the cross.
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  1619.  @828enigma6  In the heat of battle one is not afforded the luxury of requesting ID from the opposing force. I doubt they knew the men were SS until they were captured. Of course the execution of the wounded was no accident. It was coldblooded murder. I merely pointed out what the defense team said at their trial, that nobody could show an order was ever given by Pieper to execute prisoners. The lack of such an order does not excuse the followup actions of the SS men once the shooting commenced.
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  1620.  Joe Mamma  You are assuming the enemy was close enough to be seen uncovered. When you are being raked by machine gun fire, this the last thought on your mind. By 1943 the SS were wearing field grey uniforms similar to the Heer (German Army). In winter they would have white capped outer garments as well. Any soldier worth his salt will use cover and concealment to the maximum extent possible. he will not expose himself unless absolutely necessary. It's not like the movies where the camera switches back and forth between the belligerents. All you see is what your eyeballs show you. When an MG42 is ripping the ground all about you, I suspect you are mostly seeing dirt and snow.
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  1621. Looks like parts of Ukraine today.
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  1622. At 7:55 you mention Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. He would make an excellent topic for your program. I grew up in north Florida, but many of my relatives were from nearby Decatur County, Georgia, which was named after Commodore Decatur. Their county seat is Bainbridge, GA, named after Commodore William Bainbridge, another early US Navy hero and purported friend of Decatur. Anyone familiar with the history of Decatur and Bainbridge would find this combination of names rather strange. This is because of the Chesapeake-Leopard affair of 1807, which served as a precursor for the War of 1812 and would ultimately contribute to Decatur's untimely death in 1820. Bainbridge's part in his death remains a bit of an unresolved mystery, but the whole story is history worth remembering.
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  1623. The unloading mechanism is reminiscent of the Merwin & Hulbert revolvers.
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  1624.  @theroflcopternoob  Other than that . . .
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  1625.  @XboxSpecialist  A knight without armor in a savage land.
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  1626.  @XboxSpecialist  Ditto. Not everyone gets it.
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  1627. I'm just glad we didn't win.
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  1628.  @teresahiggs4896  Oh, Fudd!
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  1629. We called it the Bomber Mafia. After Vietnam it was the Fighter Mafia that took over, which would help explain why the F-15 was designed and fielded as an air superiority fighter of the first order.
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  1630. Their motto is To Deflect And To Swerve.
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  1631.  @almostfm  That's why I think everyone should race in identical vehicles.
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  1632.  @SAVikingSA  I didn't intend to go into the details, but you are correct. Both ladies are exceptional drivers in their respective fields.
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  1633. My only encounter with a minefield was in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in the mid 1980s. I'd met a cute Australian nurse in the bar the night before and she invited me to come visit the movie set the next day where she was working (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold). To avoid being stopped by onsite security, I took a circuitous route through the African bush (itself a dumb idea since this was lion country). I exited the bush into a large field and was about halfway across it when I suddenly remembered having been told the area was restricted because of unrecovered mines from their civil war. I stood still trying to decide what to do next when I spotted some tire tracks. I reasoned if a mine had not detonated from the pressure of a vehicle tire, it likely would not detonate if I stepped on it. Thankfully, the tracks led up to the movie site and I successfully navigated my way there without incident. The nurse was shocked when she saw the direction I had come. "Because of the mines?" I asked. "No, because of the cape buffalo. The directors wife was injured by one down there." God does look after children and fools.
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  1634.  @billolsen4360  He was our second Progressive president. Teddy Roosevelt was the first and FDR was the third. And we all lived happily ever after thanks to the wisdom of the bloated, inefficient, costly, and overbearing bureaucratic state.
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  1635. I like a kick-ass woman.
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  1636.  @EzraMerr  35 degrees is not slightly swept.
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  1637. Ah, la belle France, where you are guilty until proven innocent.
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  1638. I'm pretty sure the robbery was committed by Aloysius Bartholomew Sam, aka Yosemite Sam. He was positively identified by a flea-bitten long-eared rabbit.
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  1639.  @fooman2108  It's a mixed bag of good and bad and it is not a uniquely American phenomenon. The main difference between us and the rest of the world is we have more money to spend/waste.
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  1640.  @ivancho5854  No, but my brother did and loved it. I worked in DC for over six years. That was enough for me.
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  1641.  @stewartritchey7602  She's also an author, and yes, you are right about them.
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  1642. As my Dad liked to say, don't confuse me with the facts. How dare you!!! Shut up, Greta; you're a pawn, not an engineer.
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  1643. I finally know the name of the Unknown Comic. My life will never be the same. :face-pink-tears:
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  1644.  @devinewolfe1906  Perhaps you should try reading it before condemning it.
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  1645. At 8:15 you show the SPAD fitted with three Colt Browning 1895 "Potato Digger" machine guns. That is a very odd choice for an airplane because of the way the Digger operates. It is based on the old Winchester lever action rifle, but with the lever hinged under the barrel and connected to the bolt by a linkage system. When the gun fires, gas escapes through a small hole in the barrel, striking a cup at the front of the lever. This forces the lever arm to swing down 90 degrees. A heavy spring then swings it back up. As with a lever action rifle, the linkage to the bolt forces the bolt to slide back and forth, during which movement it chambers, fires, and ejects cartridges in rapid succession. I've shot a Digger before. It requires a good deal of room for the arm to swing freely. The gun earned its nickname because the original tripod mounted ground gun had a tendency to settle into soft dirt while firing. As a result the lever sometimes scooped up dirt and tossed it about, leaving a trough in the soil. During WWI the Digger was used mainly for training by the US Army, but the Marlin-Rockwell Corporation developed an aircraft variant (Model 1917) that replaced the swinging lever with a more conventional gas tube and spring-loaded piston (as in the BAR). This eliminated the problem. However, the photo you show appears to be the original swinging lever gun. I was never aware these were ever put on an airplane. Necessity truly is the mother of invention.
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  1646.  @danbenson7587  I'm both a pilot and former bird hunter. You are making a great number of assumptions. What are you going to see from a 1000 feet up? If you are directly over the enemy line of trenches, you will be subjected to both observation and ground fire. If you are ahead of or behind the trenches, you must employ slant range, which restricts your observation of enemy troops. The best way to strafe a trench is with enfilade fire, meaning you must fly parallel to and above the trench. You are not heading in the direction of your on lines; you are flying along the same basic course as the trenches, so you remain over enemy lines at all times. If you attempt to attack from behind and perpendicular to the trenches, you have placed yourself behind enemy lines and are now firing into defilade where your enemy is better protected from you. Not all of your adversaries machine guns are placed in forward firing positions. Some guns will be arranged to provide protective overwatch, interdicting crossfire, and aerial interception. The German M18i machine pistol saw limited use in the very late stages of the war as an individual weapon primarily in trench raiding. The Thompson SMG was never used in WWI. Gen Thompson called it a trench broom because he envisioned it being carried by individual soldiers to clear trenches with massed fire. He later coined the more popular term submachine gun. Massed fire is not the same thing as sustained fire. A soldier on foot cannot keep up a steady stream of fire as he slowly advances across no-man's land. He must pause to reload and his number of reloads are limited. He must coordinate his advance with other soldiers so that one or more of them is placing suppressive fire on the same enemy strong point at all times until they can enter the trench and begin working their way through it. If the trenches are more than 100 yards apart, the supporting fire from any SMG will be inaccurate and very dispersed. The Russians tried this tactic in WWII and found it worked at close range and during urban fighting, but in open terrain or against a well entrenched enemy it was next to useless.
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  1647.  @darksteelmenace595  Evil is easy to spot if you have a basic moral code. I agree that standing up to it is hard. Most people will capitulate, ignore it, or try to get along, all in the vain hope that it has been satiated. Or as John Stuart Mill wrote "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing."
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  1648.  @sarpbakrsoy8125  It was meant as dark humor - a small consolation that the enemy won't eat you after they kill you.
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  1649. Space, the final legal frontier.
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  1650. Behold the power of fear.
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  1651. A bit of overkill.
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  1652.  @GeorgeSemel  If McClellan had stuck to training the troops and left the fighting to more capable combat officers, the war might have ended sooner, but it a took a few years and a lot of blood to identify those fightin' generals.
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  1653.  @gulfrelay2249  It is an ancient gesture (some say from Greek and Roman times) that was supposed to display a sense of boldness and calm self-assurance.
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  1654. I think they prefer to be called nutters.
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  1655. I been to a few places in this world where nobody would notice the odor of skunk water.
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  1656. Dirt bag wanted a dirt bike.
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  1657. Next week, more dead Elvis sightings.
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  1658.  @amarshmuseconcepta6197  Add JFK and Marilyn Monroe so we have a foursome. Tennis, anyone?
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  1659.  @michaelgomez3044  Remember the Trayvon Martin photographs the press kept showing to the public so we'd think he was twelve at the time Zimmerman shot him.
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  1660.  @TheMityquin  Not if a hijacker was in the car.
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  1661.  @TheMityquin  You are communicating with a reasonable person. I'm also civil and logical. The police could not have known if another person was hiding in the car until they inspected it. Being kidnapped is not the only reason they could have been suspicious. It is logical to reason that one cannot know the actual purpose of flashing headlights unless one inquires. For the record, I have flashed my lights at police cars to get their attention - and no, it wasn't because I was under duress. It was because I had witnessed something that I thought they should know about and this was how I flagged them down. In the situation described in the video it was reasonable for the officer to stop the driver, but it was unreasonable for him to detain the driver after he had ascertained nothing was wrong. Was he using a false pretext to justify the stop? Most probably yes. But once he knew the man had done nothing wrong, he should have let him go instead of embarrassing himself and his department in such an unprofessional manner.
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  1662. I've watched many Prager U videos and found nothing extreme about them (unless you equate normal mainstream reasoning with extremism).
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  1663. The aircraft shown at 2:26 is a French Salmson 2A2 reconnaissance biplane. Salmsom designed and built one the earliest air-cooled radial engines, which would be among the most common types used from the 1920s through WWII and beyond. To illustrate how recent this history really is, I grew up having a neighbor who flew Salmsons in WWI. He also was a member of the OX-5 club and wore his OX-5 pin all the time. The OX-5 was an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine manufactured by Curtiss. Liquid-cooled engines were about as popular as the radials during the golden age of propeller aviation.
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  1664.  @GhostSal  Well thank God for social media and its ability to always set the record straight for us. ;-)
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  1665.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  It depends upon what one considers suitable diversity. Each military unit is a team, but the team needs clear standards in order to become cohesive. If a member falls outside these standards, the unit suffers. But this does not mean everyone must be alike. As one Marine General put it, I don't want to command a squad of eggheads or a squad of dimwits. The former will waste too much time debating their best course of action, while the latter will rush forward without a plan. In a balanced organization, the leader will have sufficient intelligence and determination to quickly formulate a plan, while the team will be of sufficient skill and grit to willingly trust him and execute it. In the case of the Bantams, one gets the impression that many of them suffered from an inferiority complex which drove them to act rashly, hence the brawling to prove their mettle. This was certainly true of the 442nd Infantry Regiment of WWII which was composed mainly of Japanese-Americans (Nisei). It was highly decorated, but it suffered many casualties, and, as several veterans later admitted, they went to extremes to prove they were just as American as anyone else.
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  1666. Chain lightning - first Ruby Ridge in 1992, then Waco in 1993, and finally Oklahoma City in 1995. How many deaths and shattered lives does that total, and to what ends?
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  1667.  @rael5469  Give it a rest and enjoy your Christmas.
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  1668.  @rael5469  My favorite is " I want a hippopotamus for Christmas".
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  1669.  @thurin84  Tell that to European politicians, talking heads, and historians. They're the ones who claim right-wing and fascist go together. Hitler and Mussolini were called right-wing.
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  1670. Yes, that is a T48. Good catch.
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  1671. Transylvania University?
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  1672. Of course it was the Irish. If it had been the Scots, we'd be carving Jack McLanterns.
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  1673. So this is a good news story - for us, your loyal patrons.
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  1674.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I find I sleep better in the recliner these days. It does relieve my apnea and my wife appreciates the lack of snoring.
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  1675. In this current era of chronic victim-hood being seen as a sign of nobility, it is wise to remember Roosevelt's words, and give a man "no more and no less than he shows himself worthy to have".
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  1676.  @Taranaki66  My brother-in-law is a native Chicagoan, so I'll go with braggart.
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  1677. John Wayne would have approved of his shooting style.
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  1678. Gas is obvious to me, but I never considered shutting off water.
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  1679. The customer appears to be wearing a N95 type mask. These are more effective than other masks at blocking the entry of viral material, however, they have exhaust vents for expelling your own breath, which, if infected, can spread viral material to anyone not wearing the same type of mask. So while this individual may have an over-abiding concern for his own health and safety, he is demonstrating in every possible way his total lack of concern for his fellow man. I pity anyone who must associate with him.
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  1680. Wright was wrong. Sadly, this would not be the last time his ineffective leadership would get men killed. Read about the Port Chicago disaster.
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  1681.  @Markle2k  My impression is this incentive is effective on a small percentage of the prisoners, but was not suitable for all. That leaves a large segment of the prison population in need of encouragement to make something better of themselves. There's usually a way to motivate people to do this, but finding out what works best for each one can be difficult. There will always be a few who are rotten to the core, but they can be segregated from the rest. I suspect that few people outside the system are interested in prisoner reform. If so, then we're just releasing ticking time bombs back on the streets after an arbitrary period of detention.
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  1682. I remember as a young boy in 1964 watching an episode of the CBS series "The Great Adventure" entitled "The President Vanishes", which was a reenactment of this true event. Barry Sullivan played Edwards and Leif Erickson played Cleveland.
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  1683. Why wasn't he reelected?
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  1684.  @johnknapp952  Maybe he was looking for a mate. I know how lonely you squids get at sea.
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  1685. I live in Montana and have read several accounts and books on the operations of various vigilance committees around here. According to these sources, in the case of the "Plummer Gang", each member was tried before a miner's court. Some men were freed by the court, but most were convicted and hanged. While this may seem illegal by today's standards, there was no other law available in their communities at that time. The general consensus since then has been that Plummer was guilty as charged. This assumption is based partly upon eyewitness testimony and on the fact that the murder spree began after Plummer was elected sheriff and ended with his death. His family has long proclaimed his innocence, but one need only look at Plummer's past violent history to realize he was easily capable of murder. In many ways he was the precursor to another more famous legend of the old west, a tuberculous-ridden gambler and dentist by the name of Doc Holiday. Today, the history of early "civilized" life in Montana has been preserved by the Montana Historic Commission which operates a seasonal tourist attraction in the twin mining communities of Nevada City and Virginia City. Visitors can ride a small gauge railroad between the two towns (only a mile apart), tour over 150 period buildings that have been relocated to the two sites, enjoy some fine dining, pan for gold, spend the night in a historic hotel, ride a stagecoach, get photographed in 1900 costumes, shop for souvenirs, and enjoy live performances at the local theater. Oh, and everyday the crowd gets to participate in a reenactment of an actual arrest and hanging of a convicted murderer. 3-7-77 (If you don't know what these mysterious numbers mean, you aren't alone, but you can do a quick Google search to learn more)
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  1686. Dr. Strangelove was a very popular movie among SAC crews. A good friend of mine was a SAC missile crew commander when War Games came out. He was royally pissed at the movie premise that launch crews would refuse to engage their keys. These Airmen were carefully selected and highly motivated, plus they knew their loved ones were being incinerated so they very much would want revenge. But without such a premise, there would be no reason to make the movie.
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  1687.  @57WillysCJ  It should have stopped at swing. By the way, mine is a 47 CJ2A with its original 1945 MB engine.
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  1688. Before he posted this apology, the internet trolls were calling Ryan McBeth a shill for the government and military-industrial complex. In response to them I defended Ryan and said if he made a mistake, he would own up to it. Now that he has, these same trolls are doubling down on Ryan. There's even talk of a lawsuit. Good luck with that. I doubt Ryan, despite his alleged ties to the deep pockets of the deep state, has more than few shekels to his name. Hell, the man can rarely afford to shave. :body-green-covering-eyes:
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  1689.  @lakrids-pibe  I enjoy anything spicy. It need not be Grey Poupou. The Great Value stuff is fine with me.
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  1690.  @Pocketfarmer1  No, but I've tried the European tradition of dipping fries in mayonnaise. Mmmmm, mayonnaise.
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  1691.  @samanthab1923  Guldens is good.
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  1692.  @kstreet7438  Your accent gave you away. I'm originally from the Big Bend in Florida.
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  1693. I will make you an offer you cannot refuse.
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  1694.    Not really.
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  1695. One version of the story claims that while Jackson was caning his assailant, he also verbally castigated him, expressing his disgust for anyone who couldn't even properly load a firearm.
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  1696. "The Final Option" is an excellent movie which was panned by leftist movie critics (:face-blue-wide-eyes:). My supervisor in the Air Force saw it when it was released in the US and recommended it to me, which is how I came to see it. It ends with a warning message about who was actively funding terrorist movements in the West in the 1970s and 80s. I'll give you a hint, think of four letters, the first one is U and the last one is R. By the way, the lead character was portrayed by actor Lewis Collins, himself a serving member of the Parachute Regiment (Territorial Forces) who had successfully passed the first phase of the British Army's extremely grueling requirements for joining the Territorial SAS. Ironically, his application was denied shortly after this because of his celebrity status as a television and movie star.
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  1697. Peter, could you do a video on the pro-Russian/anti-Ukrainian posts? What percentage do you think are real and what percentage are either bots or Russian trolling? Is it working to shape western public opinion?
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  1698. I was stationed at the Pentagon when the various field uniforms were being tested and fielded by each service. At the time I was wearing the standard woodland pattern BDU every day. When I went TDY to the Mideast I wore my old CENTCOM DCUs (available in both light and heavy weight material because even the desert gets cold). The first time I saw the Army grey-on-grey digital pattern I thought to myself, hmm, interesting urban camo. My opinion has never changed. Mind you, being Air Force, I was not in a good position to criticize the Army's choice. We were developing a blue camo uniform that made us look like SMURFs and had no functionality outside of a circus tent. One of the NCOs in my section had the poor misfortune of having to model it for Air Force Times, which ran a multi-page spread on it. The expression on his face said it all. Fortunately, after the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief Mastersergeant of the Air Force wore it on a Mideast tour, someone in the film development section made sure the colors come through very bright and very blueberry. Once the laughter subsided, the uniform died a quick and painless death. Meanwhile, the Navy, not wishing to be upstaged, fielded a uniform that made them look like the surrounding sea. Good luck spotting the errant sailor who fell overboard. As silly and wasteful as all this seems, one need only glance at some of the retro dress and duty uniforms the Army and Air Force have dreamed up in the past 20 years to conclude mad clothiers are in charge. What next, the return of the Shako and Plume?
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  1699.  @AlexSDU  If you are referring to the Airman Battle Uniform (ABU), I believe all versions were a tiger-stripe pattern, including the early blue-on-blue that was so derided. There have been several changes in color, cut, and material to meet various mission requirements. As for the pattern itself, I think it has always been digitized (semi-pixelated), but don't know for certain. I retired in 2007 as it was being fully standardized, so I never bought a set. I've read that since 2010 the Army MultiCam (which to me looks like a digitized BDU) has become standard issue for Airmen deploying to Afghanistan, though I suspect both it and the ABU are in use there.
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  1700. Next up, the sorted history of Tootsie Roll. You don't want to know where that concept came from.
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  1701. Our old family friend, John Cody, flew the gunship version during WWII, mainly in coastal patrol missions. He swore it felt as if the plane stopped in midair each time 75mm gun was fired.
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  1702. Despite the claims. there is no corroborating evidence the CAP ever sank a German sub.
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  1703. Nice touch of psychological warfare, my friend.
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  1704. In the 1970s my Dad was negotiating the purchase of an airplane from a man who had been Colonel Sander's personal pilot. During their discussions he said the Colonel was always a gentleman, but he held great contempt for the people he had sold his company to, always referring to them as thieves. Your story appears to dovetail with his.
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  1705. Sounds like there might have been more whiskey being chugged than corn being shucked in that husking bee.
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  1706. The roommate is a dick.
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  1707. For want of a horse . . .
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  1708.  @kdrapertrucker  If you're Scandinavian you might pronounce it that way. 🙂
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  1709.  @kdrapertrucker  Thanks, I did not know this. I've been retired for over 15 years and don't keep up as much as I use to.
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  1710. Oh, if only this officer had been the one to respond to Paul Pelosi's house. What an interesting interview that would have been.
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  1711.  @tvgerbil1984  Operation Bagration began over two weeks after D-Day and went on for nearly two months. During this time the Germans had to fight a three front ground war and an air war. Combined, all of these factors contributed to their major losses in Bagration. Without the D-Day invasion it is quite likely the Soviet victory would not have been so complete, if it had occurred at all. The same can be said for Overlord. Would the corresponding breakout from Normandy and race across France have occurred if Bagration had never been initiated or it had failed? I think a fair assessment is that the "Second Front" relieved enough pressure on the Soviets to allow them the opportunity for a smashing victory, albeit at great cost, but one they, unlike the Wehrmacht, could afford. It also introduced the same problem the US and UK forces now faced, an overextended supply line. Conversely, German supply lines were compressed, making logistical support much easier for them. It would take the combined might of all Allied fronts to finally crush them.
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  1712. I'm afraid Peter got this topic wrong on so many different levels, but I see others have already address them, so I won't beat a dead horse.
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  1713. The World War Two channel covered this critical action a few days ago, but you have gone into much greater detail.
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  1714. Regarding the infamous photo from the Vietnam War, it should be noted that this napalm attack was not conducted by American forces, but by a South Vietnamese aircraft, and thankfully the young girl did survive. As for the ethical issue, I would like to know exactly which weapons kill and maim most humanely. Lastly, as kids we would pour gasoline into a Styrofoam cup and the cup would melt into a goo, which was an ersatz form of napalm.
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  1715. I remember buying my first Harbor Freight tool, a bench grinder, off a loading dock in San Antonio around 1979 or 1980. As I recall, it was how they sold tools back then. They'd bring a truckload of supplies into a warehouse and advertise a sale. They still do something like this with their parking lot sales. Anyway, the grinder burned out very quickly, so I took it back for a replacement. I never opened the box, but bought a good quality grinder from Sears which is still working fine 40 years later. Around 1991 I gave the still unopened HF box to my local BSA camp. The camp ranger later told me it worked fine. I'm with you on their "sophisticated" tools. Unless I have a one-time task, I skip them. I do have drawers full of their hand tools. They are okay for keeping in cars, trucks, apartments, and tool sheds where they get light use. A professional builder, machinist, or mechanic would be advised to avoid most of them. Now do a video on Grizzly Industrial, or as I like to call them, the Harbor Freight of machine tools.
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  1716. Now do some episodes on The Three Stooges, Claymation (Davey and Goliath, Gumby, Wallace and Gromit), and marionette programs (Supercar, Stingray, Thunderbirds).
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  1717.  @silent1967  We did not start the war in Ukraine. Russia did. Nor are we selling arms to Ukraine. We are donating excess stock and outmoded equipment which we are replacing with more modern weapons.
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  1718. I've read all of Jim Corbett's books, and they are absorbing. He was a phenomenon, a quiet, reserved man who grew up in the bush and was as comfortable there as Tarzan. His love and respect for the poorest people of India is well illustrated in his riveting stories, as are his descriptions of the jungle and its inhabitants. Though he gives them no voice or dialogue, his animals are every bit as unique and understandable as Rudyard Kipling's Baloo and Shere Kahn, some quite likeable and others quite fearsome. I've read about the Tsavo man-eaters, but not the man-eaters of Njombe. The toll they took appears to rival or exceed that of India's worst man-eaters. It's hard to know, given the spotty record keeping of the time and the remoteness of the regions. There are historical records of the European middle ages involving wild boar and wolves that rival these stories. Perhaps they would make an suitable bookend to your tales of India and Africa.
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  1719.  @restitvtororbis5330  Good fences make good neighbors.
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  1720. Someday soon we'll have personal drones to perform protective duties.
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  1721. I was referring to the lack of coordination that led to a heavy loss of life.
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  1722. I remember this travesty of a case. Get 'em!
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  1723. Spot on, Ryan. I think we will dial back some in NATO, but not leave. This is a pressure tactic to get Europe to man up while we refocus more on the Asian Rim. I hope it works. Leaving NATO would be a disaster, just as abandoning Afghanistan was. It sends all the wrong signals to the CRINK (China/Russia/Iran/North Korea).
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  1724.  @danielponiatowski7368  On a separate note, I never got to fly in a C-47, but a Canadian gooney bird frequently parked outside our hangar every time they flew in for a meeting, and that was in Texas.
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  1725.  @danielponiatowski7368  What a coincidence. As a kid I too thought the same thing during the opening credits. As I got older I realized it was a truncated image of Vic Morrow holding up his Thompson. Yes, here in the States there was a booming surplus business after WWII which continued into the 1970s. We had a local surplus dealer in north Florida who sold tanks, helicopters, landing craft, jeeps, half-tracks, and every conceivable item associated with the military. Most of it was gloried inoperable junk, but it could be restored. Sadly, I was never able to talk my Dad into purchasing anything. What I wanted most were a half-track and a jeep. I was told by a friend that one of the half-tracks was restored and turned into a logging vehicle until it fell in the river. Oh well, I did eventually get a jeep.
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  1726. I'd call that a real cookie monster.
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  1727. Gangsta' gun handling, sheesh.
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  1728. If you want to live at 10,000 feet, just buy a large balloon.
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  1729. The Nazis took over the Canary clubs. That would explain the Norwegian stool pigeon, Quisling.
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  1730. Why do communists keep getting a free pass in the West when they have been well documented for being the world's greatest butchers of humanity?
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  1731. Well, the Georgia patrol was making their rounds, So he fired a shot just to flag 'em down, And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, "Why'd you do it?"
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  1732. I don't recall ever calling tech support and speaking with a white guy.
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  1733. At least it wasn't Malloy who shot Reid.
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  1734. I recommend we pass a Constitutional amendment to freeze the number of states at 50 and only allow a new state to be admitted if two or more existing states agree to merge into one.
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  1735.  @alanjones3874  His force might have escaped, but it still would have accomplished little and been seriously mauled in the process.
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  1736. Australia picked the wrong century to disarm its population.
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  1737. Bad batch of moonshine?
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  1738. My wife used to live next to a Haitian camp in south Florida. It was a place of filth, disease, drugs, and crime. It lacked any sanitation and the Haitians abused the animals, using some of them for religious slaughter. What's happening in Springfield is taking place in greater or lesser degrees in communities all across America. Here in Montana Hispanic gang symbols are appearing on buildings and power poles. Only a naive fool would disassociate the problem from illegal immigration. Whether the eating of cats and dogs is true or just a convenient bit of distracting hyperbole, the real cultural and economic problems of Springfield resonate everywhere. It is not a simple anomaly, and if the federal government does not reverse the flow of immigration, God only knows what a frustrated public may eventually resort to. And, yes, there are always political bad faith actors trying to profit from the fear and hate that is building. There is nothing new in this. It's good that Ryan pointed out some of them, but we are reaching a point where fewer and fewer people care about such facts. They would rather know why any of these people are still in our country and why more of them are arriving everyday. I can see the new clarion call becoming "Yaqui go home!"
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  1739. Excellent analysis, Ben. Keep up the good work.
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  1740. My Dad was among the minority of voters who supported Nixon to the end. As he pointed out to me, first they had to get rid of Agnew before they could go after Nixon. Johnny Carson even joked that Nixon was safe as long as Agnew was VP.
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  1741.  See the Light  Neither was Rin-Tin-Tin, but they always helped lawmen, soldiers, firemen, and rescue workers as necessary. That's why we loved them so as kids.
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  1742. When the M1 helmet was phased out in favor of the coal scuttle Kevlar helmet, the comic strip artist Mort Walker paid tribute to the venerable workhorse in a humorous and poignant BEETLE BAILEY cartoon where he pointed out all the things you could do with the old steel pot, and ended by saying all you could do with its replacement was wear it.
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  1743.  @davidvogel6359  Always.
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  1744. When asked why he did it, the man reportedly replied, "I thought it was a liquor store."
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  1745. I don't remember the G model, but one of my AFROTC instructors did fly many successful truck-busting missions in an AC-130. He even had a chance to take out some NVA helicopters one night, but a Marine AA unit on the DMZ didn't get the word and lit him up. After evading the Marines, the mission was scrubbed. Oh, how he wanted to paint some helicopter silhouettes on his plane.
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  1746. We studied the shooting when I went through my law enforcement training in the 1980s, but our focus was on the tactical errors made by the police, not Whitman's background history. I've read that in one of Whitman's notes he requested an autopsy of his brain. I wonder if they ever performed an autopsy on his father's brain as well. If the tumor theory is correct, I wouldn't be surprised if they had found one the size of a coconut.
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  1747. The battleship may be gone but the heavy and light cruisers remain, though now we call them destroyers and frigates.
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  1748. I presume it has to do with the three Gs the plane is pulling. The only way you can pull positive Gs is in a fairly tight turn, loop, or split S. The effect of these Gs is to create an upward acceleration of the projectiles above the line of sight of the gun barrels relative to the target. In other words the rounds are climbing above the target in a greater arc than they would if the two aircraft were flying straight and level. Since practically all dogfighting involves constant turning, diving, and climbing, having your gun barrels tilted downward will counteract the effect of the increased bullet arc that results. But if you are ambushing an unsuspecting aircraft or bombers flying straight and level, you are now shooting too low. Added to this is the effect of spin on a projectile. The flight path of projectiles will curve toward the direction of their longitudinal spin. From the shooter’s perspective this means rounds spinning clockwise will curve to the right and those spinning counterclockwise will curve to the left. This is called the Magnus Effect, and applies to any object that is rotating along its axis while moving through the air. It’s caused by the difference in air pressure from one side of a spin to the opposite side. Think of it as akin to the torque or gyroscopic effect that caused planes such as the Sopwith Camel to snap sharply to the right and turn sluggishly to the left. Now imagine some pilot in aerial combat trying to maneuver his fighter while simultaneously estimating range, bullet arc, and curve while aiming at a target and trying to avoid being jumped by another aircraft - all at the same time. It’s amazing they hit anything.
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  1749. The IS-2 always looked much bigger than it really was, a heavily armored tank with a really big gun, yet it was inferior in many ways to the Tiger II. The IS3 appeared even more massive, but it topped out at 51 tons. Looks can be deceiving.
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  1750. The early history of movie making involved the use of live ammunition and resulted in a number of accidental deaths on set and during filming. In 1931 James Cagney was nearly killed by a belt-fed machine gun firing live ammo during the making of the movie Public Enemy. The bullet strikes on the wall as he ducks around the corner are real. As a result of extremely dangerous scenes such as this, Cagney helped form the Screen Actor's Guild to demand greater safety measures in movies. Thanks to Alec Baldwin, the clock has been reset 90 years.
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  1751. "Use it or lose it" is not a winning war strategy.
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  1752. The Americans didn't need stopgap weapons. They could build real tanks faster than the Germans could build Stugs.
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  1753. The sugar myth may be partially a result chocolate candy, which typically contains enough caffeine to give a person a mild energy burst.
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  1754. Maybe the Buffalo PD should go back to using revolvers. It might at least reduce the number of cases of diarrhea of the trigger finger.
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  1755.  @TheHistoryChap  Soon all such memories of the past will be lost, save for those few fragments we post in the ether we call the internet.
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  1756.  @77thTrombone  or miss!
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  1757.  @paulaschroen3954  Pretty much.
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  1758. I don't see how this will have much affect on US oil prices. We get very little oi from the Mid East and we can switch to other sources. Russia and China will be much more affected by the Houthis actions.
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  1759. I think that's Mickey Rooney at 0:55 - 1:01.
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  1760.  @fmcdomer  Caliber offerings are 380 ACP, 9mm Parabellum, 40 S&W, 10mm, and 45 ACP.
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  1761. I don't remember this incident at all.
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  1762. I'd call it the Fugly Five.
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  1763. When I worked logistics command & control for Katrina, the internet rumors we had to squelch sometimes bordered on the ludicrous. My favorite was the email about an old alligator named Moe who was swimming around the flooded areas of New Orleans, gobbling up the elderly because he had learned they were easy prey. Some people will believe anything.
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  1764. These researchers have the right approach. We need well constructed clinical studies to determine what the best practices actually are. Instead we have politicians and media personalities telling us what they think is best for us based on untested assumptions and anecdotal evidence. This is the true herd mentality. I would not be surprised if a year or two from now the current crop of pundits and experts are vilified and sued for the well-meaning demands they fostered on the public.
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  1765. The bullets you used are composed of soft lead and will smear or disintegrate against many surfaces, including pane glass. It would be interesting to observe the effect of fully jacked bullets traveling at much higher speed, or the effect if the glass were fully suspended in a medium such as water, oil, clay, or gelatin.
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  1766. Maybe his last job was as a Minneapolis cop.
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  1767. That's the most amazing story of survival I've ever heard, and I've heard some astounding ones.
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  1768. You did an excellent job of summarizing events leading up the attack on Pear Harbor and the the battle that unfolded. There are numerous small errors in this otherwise excellent movie, but one glaring mistake that angered a lot of the USS Nevada crewmen was the false portrayal of them panicking and abandoning ship without orders. In reality the ship was purposely beached to avoid blocking the harbor entrance in case she were sunk. The men remained at their posts and continued to fight until ordered to abandon ship. Out of necessity, many tragic events were omitted from the film, such as the loss of civilian lives, including members of the Honolulu Fire Department and at least two private aircraft that were shot down by the Japanese.
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  1769. I agree. My concern is that we may start seeing a rash of similar complaints and lawsuits at other airlines which will drive their prices up. My brother is a Captain at JetBlue and he pointed out to me that his company does not overbook, but as the video noted, instead they sell low fixed-price tickets, so if you miss a flight, you likely won't get a refund. That way the airline doesn't need to worry about empty seats. I live in flyover country, so we have only one or two options, which means I pretty much must fly United. So if the doc's settlement is huge, or others pile onto the lawsuit gravy train, I can expect to pay more for tickets in the future. Thankfully, I very rarely fly anymore. There aren't too many places left I haven't already seen or care to visit.
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  1770. Correction, that was a citizen who got shot, not a civilian. There were no soldiers involved in this incident, only civilians. Please keep in mind that police officers are civilians, not some separate Samaria class.
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  1771. I think he and his attorneys are trying to run a con on everyone, and I hope it backfires on them in spades.
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  1772. The American Volunteer Group (AVG) in China and Burma knew very early on the capabilities and weaknesses of both Japanese and US fighter aircraft, and quickly developed tactics such as those described in this video, yet the USN, USMC, and USAAF were fairly slow to learn of the AVGs tactics or capitalize on them. Even UK aircrews serving on the same airfields as the AVG did not learn from them and paid for their mistakes in blood and treasure. Yet pilots of any nation who truly understood the planes they flew, even planes as lowly as the much maligned Brewster Buffalo, became aces using them against Zeros (and Messerschmidts). It has always been the man in the machine, rather than the machine itself, who most determines victory or defeat, but a superior machine certainly improves ones chances of the former.
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  1773. Lousy marksmanship. She needs more time at the range shooting under stress.
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  1774. No, it's Jack Benny. There is a photo of Wright reading his book, Gadsby. At the time of its publication he was white-bearded and in his 60s. A Google search of both personalities reveals the same Benny publicity photo being used to describe both men, hence the understandable confusion. However, a close examination of the photo shows Benny wearing a more modern suit, dating the photo to sometime around the 1940s or 50s. Wright died in 1939 at the age of 67. Jack Benny would have been 45 at the time.
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  1775. The family scenes and the death scenes may be cliche in terms of movies, but they are real in terms of life. Had those scenes been excised, I imagine some critics would have complained that the characters were two dimensional. Regarding American hubris over the war, it was LBJ who hamstrung our operations. It got so bad that the Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to tender their resignations en masse. When the date approached, one by one, they backed out until nobody was left. Had they shown the same moral courage then that they had shown in physical courage in other wars, Vietnam might have ended differently. And still we have not learned. Never fight a war you haven't the will to win. Or better yet, follow President George Washington's example and lead the troops yourself (The Whiskey Rebellion).
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  1776. Once he disarmed him, why did he toss the pistol away? He could not be certain the man's partner did not have a gun or knife. I noticed the second missionary never intervened to help. I suspect he'll be getting some counseling and crap duty assignments when he returns to his ward (not that service in Brazil doesn't already qualify as crap).
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  1777. Wilson was a man of his time, as any president tends to be. As such, he became a lightening rod that still attracts a storm of thunderbolts. Like Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt before him, or FDR and LBJ after him, he fought for a more powerful central government with a strong executive branch. Rather than judge him out of context, I would simply ask how many people today are happy with the outcome so far- big government and excessive national debt, all made possible by the 16th Amendment which Wilson endorsed. Are those crickets I hear?
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  1778. Amazing story. I've never read about it before.
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  1779. How dare you use truth, logic, and reason against the psychologically challenged among us!!!
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  1780. She appears a bit too eager and nearly killed an unarmed man of questionable mental stability. I doubt she is impressed with her own performance.
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  1781. What a sad macabre story. It's hard to believe nobody in Tennessee had a rifle powerful enough to kill her. By 1916 modern high velocity smokeless ammunition was commonplace. The US Army had adopted the 30'06 a decade earlier, and while somewhat light by elephant gun standards, it was certainly capable of doing the job quickly and efficiently if the bullet was placed in her brain. With large animals it is the penetration of the projectile to a vital organ rather than the size that matters most. During this time period the famous African big game hunter, W. D. M. Bell, had repeatedly proven this point by using the slightly less powerful 7mm Mauser rifle firing a full metal jacket bullet.
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  1782. Damn, this self-censoring to avoid cancelling is really getting out of hand.
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  1783. "Octopi" used to be the most accepted plural form of "octopus". The times, they are a changin'
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  1784.  @Luddite-vd2ts  Quite so.
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  1785. Never, ever give up the fight.
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  1786. The government officials and talking heads rarely mention the comorbidities that are the real killers in the vast majority of cases. By ignoring this fact they are pretending these people would have lived long productive lives when their hearts and lungs were already failing. It's possible CHICOM-19 hastened some these deaths, but by how much? Wouldn't the flu have accomplished the same feat? Fear mongering is simply a tool for getting whatever these martinets want. They are drunk with their new self-created powers.
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  1787. France's plan is to fight to the last German and Polish soldier. It is reminiscent of Eisenhower's doctrine of massive nuclear deterrence over conventional forces in the 1950s. I prefer a more balanced force which can handle every spectrum of warfare.
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  1788. All boots were harmed in the making of this video.
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  1789. I call in an A-10 (I'm Air Force). 🙂
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  1790. "Junior, it's time we had a talk about the facts of life." "You mean the difference between the birds and the bees?" "No, I mean the difference between the birdbrains and the Babylon Bees."
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  1791.  @sethoquinn7122  The comments have been overwhelmingly positive, but a few of the lizard people managed to sneak in negative posts.
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  1792. "Judge not, lest ye be judged." "Bite me."
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  1793. I remember an animated Chevron commercial from 1977 where dinosaurs are shown being turned into oil. At the end of it, as a car drives away, a dinosaur pops its head out of the gas tank filler neck and makes a comical dinosaur sound. Thanks to the magic of the internet I found a link to the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0B0t_4MTuM
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  1794. Brandon now says we must ban EBT cards. I'm down with that.
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  1795. It's so New York, quick to shoot, quick to miss, quick to cuff. Well, one out of three ain't too bad.
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  1796. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - unless the law says you can be ignorant. I guess this means the next time this deputy is arrested for excessive force, he can be successfully prosecuted . . . or can he?
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  1797. Sounds more like a failure of learning.
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  1798. Ryan didn't go far enough back in history to explain the roots of the conflict, but I understand why.
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  1799.  @spaceman9599  This is why Ryan didn't go deep into the history of this region. There's always somebody ready to make snide comments.
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  1800.  @SianaGearz  That would be hard to do because the background story goes back thousands of years. Ryan only focused on the past century, not the conditions prior to then. In essence, when the British conquered Palestine during WWI, they ended up controlling a small portion of the Ottoman Empire (an ally of Germany in WWI). What followed essentially boiled down to the British government parceling out land it did not own. As with so many former colonial possessions, the mess they created still percolates today.
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  1801. Elementary, Watson.
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  1802. Meanwhile the Third Army was deprived of supplies during Market-Garden despite their availability.
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  1803.  John Cornell  Third Army was stalled because of Eisenhower's "pause" decision. Supplies were rationed and redirected as part of the buildup for Market-Garden. For Patton the timing could not have worse. The Germans feared he would avoid the fortresses protecting Metz and attack north of the city where Allied success was almost guaranteed. But Eisenhower's "pause" decision deprived Patton of the supplies to do this, so he engaged in something he personally despised, limited frontal assaults. Historians believe that after he made this choice, he then became obsessed with the idea of taking Metz, if for no other reason than he wanted to ensure his replacement troops were kept "blooded". The moment the Allies stopped their advance, the initiative was lost, and the Germans were handed the one gift they most desperately needed, the opportunity to organize and prepare an adequate defense. The broad front strategy had been swapped for a narrow front strategy, and Patton's front was not the one selected, so the great dash across France was over. Eisenhower's decision to switch strategies was born of necessity. It had taken much longer to secure the necessary ports to support the broad front strategy, and the supply lines had grown ever more tenuous as they continued to stretch closer to Germany. The Brits were having a rougher go up north because they faced stronger resistance than units further south. Since Ike lacked the resources to continue the broad front campaign, he faced a tough choice. Patton wanted to smash through the Siegfried Line while it was still undermanned. Monty wanted to drive into the Ruhr Valley, which was Germany's industrial center. Hodges was stuck in the middle between these two flamboyant leaders and would be required to support whichever plan Ike chose. Some strategist argued that southern Germany was of little strategic value, while occupying the Ruhr could end the war quickly. I'm not sure I fully subscribe to this theory. A drive through the south would have cut off German forces in Italy. In any case, Eisenhower was under enormous political pressure to allow Monty's plan to be executed, and I suspect a good part of this pressure was Churchill's desire to keep the Soviets out of western Europe, particularity areas as industrially rich as the Ruhr Valley. In theory, Monty's goal seemed more desirable, but his plan was a shambles, as events later proved. Ironically, it was Monty's failure in Holland that set the stage for the Battle of the Bulge and Patton's redemption when he wheeled his army 90 degrees north and rushed to save the beleaguered forces at Bastogne.
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  1804.  John Cornell  According to Third Army records they lacked sufficient supplies to continue the assault, particularly munitions, which were theoretically limited to seven rounds per soldier per day. In addition, Patton was under orders not to conduct any major advances. I don't know what source material you are consulting, but it does not correspond with what I've read over the years. From an operational standpoint it can be argued that Patton did not employ his forces wisely around Metz in the early stages of the operation, and at the tactical level they had to be retrained for the final assault, but at the strategic level he was boxed in. An army has a lot of moving parts. If critical components are lacking, the army grinds to a halt. Any pause in operational tempo, regardless of cause, gives advantage to your enemy. This was the situation around Metz, and with the advantage of 20/20 hindsight we can easily point out the mistakes and plan a better course of action. I have little doubt the planning staffs were working with the best information they had available at the time, otherwise they would have taken a different course of action. As for the Hurtgen Forest, it reminds me somewhat of the Battle of the Wilderness in the War between the States, a bloody, inconclusive campaign that leaves one wondering why it was fought.
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  1805. Part of my comment is missing. It would have been more accurate in my second post if I had said Monty's failure in Market-Garden helped set the stage for the Battle of the Bulge. I did not mean to imply the Bulge was the German response to Market Garden. I meant that the failure to access the Ruhr Valley in the fall of '44 meant there would be no further major Allied offensives that year, thus the Germans were given an opportunity to mount a winter offensive in the Ardennes, something the western Allies considered to be highly unlikely, if not impossible, at this stage of the war. Patton's chance to redeem his tarnished image came about as a result of this surprise attack.
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  1806. Very strange reaction from the group inside, almost a non-reaction. it's the same sort of denial and sheeple inaction that allowed the Holocaust to take place.
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  1807. This video was really over the top.
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  1808.  @birgiollo9229  Blame the Japanese. Like the Turks, they prefer to ignore the worst parts of their own history.
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  1809. Speaking as a former deployment planner, the problems we still face with the C130 are the same as those we would have faced if the YC-14 or YC-15 had become operational. All three types lack range and enough pallet positions to make them dual use tactical and strategic airlifters. Even as tactical airlifters, their shortcomings are glaring. I remember during the early phases of OIF a handful of C-5s and C-17s would disgorge dozens of pallets at a forward operating base in Iraq where dozens more C-130s struggled to move them to their final destinations. As a result there was a massive backlog of pallets clogging the field. This problem cannot be solved by a fleet of small aircraft. You need a large bird on the scale of the C-17.
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  1810. Years ago I read an account of Petrosino and his work, but you bring much more to the story, making it more about a man's life than his profession.
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  1811. Sal, you sound rather xenophobic. The question I would ask is do Americans want cheaper and more efficient shipping or do they want American flagged, owned, and operated shipping? I think the answer is yes to both. It seems like a ship that can both drop off supplies and pick them up would have an operational advantage over those that can only pick them up. So why can't we modify the Jones Act to allow a quid pro quo cabotage for those countries that also allow it?
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  1812. If you haven't got your hate, you haven't got anything. Oh - wait a minute; that was supposed to be health.
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  1813. Some of the nicknames for the females has me in stitches. I see a strong correlation between body mass and ignorance.
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  1814. I owe my soul to the company store.
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  1815. Wow, I have never heard this story before. How tragic.
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  1816. Do all Russian leaders have a 19th century mentality?
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  1817. The leaders of the bureaucratic state want Snowden dead or in prison, and they don't like politicians or the public defying their will.
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  1818. You can't be spreading fear; that's the job of your government.
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  1819. In pop culture I guess this is what you'd call hitting rock bottom.
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  1820.  @moosemaimer  I guess bat guano crazy is out, too.
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  1821.  @nozecone  I wonder how he rated Picasso.
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  1822. The lobsterbacks are coming! The lobsterbacks are coming!
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  1823. You sure that wasn't West Virginia? 🙂
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  1824. That's one helluva Ponzi scheme.
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  1825. I remember reading the Laffey story as kid. It's amazing that ship survived so many hits.
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  1826. Letting machines decide everything for us. What could possibly go wrong?
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  1827. Ban assault rocks!
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  1828. Based upon their battleship appearance, 12" armament, and relatively light weight, why not create a new category and use the intimidating term "Dreadnought", or is that too British sounding? It's better than calling them "pocket battleships", which would confuse them with German ships of WWII. My next choice would be "Battle Cruiser", which is less clumsy sounding than "light battleship", "very heavy cruiser", or "armored cruiser".
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  1829. I've always read that we contributed about 10% of the Soviet production totals, but I agree even that number is meaningless if one does not consider their needs, timing, quality, and the ultimate application of those supplies. We did something similar during the Soviet famine of 1921-23 when we supplied much needed food and grain to save their starving masses. Herbert Hoover was the architect of this miracle, but he is largely remembered today as the man "responsible" for the Great Depression. Meanwhile, Lenin, Stalin, and their propaganda machine worked tirelessly to defame and erase any memory of America's unselfish contribution. They were quite successful at it. Who in the USA remembers ever being told this story?
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  1830. Time to switch gas to switchgrass?
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  1831. Now I understand why there is a stigma attached to hermaphrodites.
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  1832.  @flagmichael  It was supposed to be a pun.
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  1833. Reality sucks even in China.
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  1834. How can I enjoy such a tragic story?
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  1835. Education and training in all the arts and sciences is available for free on the internet, yet porn remains the number one search engine request. Why would free money yield any better results?
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  1836. Pool your resources and provide all the deviants a place to live next door to the governor and his ilk.
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  1837.  @Majistr  In what way? From I've read lately, CZ may be having buyer's remorse because they kept the old Colt management team in place.
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  1838. The lead sled is dead (mostly).
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  1839. Using the modern vernacular, one could say the Japanese got "woke" by Wake.
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  1840. I suspect Harry Truman and Hap Arnold had something to do with the demise of Curtiss as an aircraft manufacturer, if some of the stories I've heard are true.
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  1841. Zey are only following orders!
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  1842. Presidio is pronounced prah-sid-e-o.
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  1843.  @yariboi5  More like wishful thinking and a lot of experimentation.
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  1844.  @yariboi5  None of your comments pertain to anything I said.
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  1845.  @yariboi5  I'm not sure what you intend by your sarcasm and use of double negatives. Please state your position clearly and plainly.
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  1846.  @yariboi5  Thank you for the clearer explanation. I have a pet peeve regarding the common misuse (some might say overuse) of the word "science". It's done to add a sense of legitimacy to something which does not fit the general definition of science (the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained). Unfortunately, for the last century there has been an ongoing effort to add the word to just about any area of study, hence we now have social science, political science, behavioral science, and climate science. With regard to the last term, its heavy reliance on computer modeling and associated assumptions leaves me highly skeptical of its legitimacy and accuracy. When I hear news reports about umpteen thousand scientists supporting a climate science claim I shake my head in disgust. Who are these purported scientists? What are their backgrounds and qualifications? If the report says the majority of the world's scientists believe the Earth is cooling or warming, how is this relevant? Scientific truths are not subject to personal opinions or majority rule. If they were, science itself would be completely corrupted. There is nothing wrong with conjecture, theory, or wishful thinking. These often have served as the genesis for great discoveries such as the secrets flight and splitting the atom. They often are accompanied by a multitude of failures and changes to theories before hitting upon the right answer.
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  1847.  @CD-kg9by  You are engaging in several logic fallacies, the first of which is ad populum, or jumping on the band wagon. It may be a fact that a majority of people who think of themselves as climate experts believe the same thing, but science is not based on popular opinion. You next engage in the fallacy of appeal to authority. I've listened to the arguments of plenty of experts with whom I've disagreed. I do not blindly assume their titles, credentials, uniforms, or lab coats automatically mean they are right. I am inclined to seek the opinions of other experts who may or may not hold contrary opinions, then form opinions of my own. Lastly you also engage in ad hominen attacks to belittle and dismiss anyone who questions climate science by labeling them climate change deniers. Such attempts to shut down debate do not conform to the tenants of the scientific method and should be avoided. If you think I am skeptical of the climate change debate, you would be right, for in my lifetime I have witnessed the dramatic morphing of arguments by the "experts". For me it began in the 1960s and 1970s when experts proclaimed the next ice age was just around the corner. This was followed by fears the Earth was warming too much and we see continents disappear as the ice melted. Then came the latest terminology - climate change, which allows for multiple contradictory points of view. You say we have about two centuries worth of data to review. In fact, we have millions of years worth of data to examine and it tells a quite different story than that being preached by the likes of Al Gore. You are free to believe what you wish, but I will remain skeptical of alarmist arguments, particularly those which try to shut down debate.
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  1848. ​ @CD-kg9by  I see rational debate is not one of your strong points.
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  1849. Show me the man and I'll find you the crime. Oh wait, I don't even have to do that now. Thank you, Comrade Biden.
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  1850. I wish their marksmanship and tactics matched their aggressiveness and bravery. A patrol carbine or shotgun would have been very handy about now.
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  1851. If this were baseball I'd say the team had one run, two hits (blue-on-blue not included), two fouls, and 150 errors.
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  1852. Idiot, wasting your time searching for make-believe ghosts when there are so many werewolves, vampires, and zombies out there to catch! Now get to it!
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  1853. Looks like an anime nightmare.
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  1854. Now let's see you spit some hares.
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  1855. If LA and Vegas are your main impression of the USA, then I can understand why you want to return to Canada. The same can be said about Washington, DC, Chicago, Detroit, and present day New York City. They are not reflective of the entire country, but they are the source of most of its ills.
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  1856. I discovered Dawn works well at removing skunk odor from a dog.
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  1857. Athens is where the University of Georgia is located. That's the school you go to when you can't get into Georgia Tech.
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  1858.  @Biber0315  Short A is how we pronounced it in military school.
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  1859. And thank you for the matchless history which you share with us.
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  1860. I have a Kirby. It's expensive, heavy as hell, and a PITA to clean, but it will suck up the carpet if you let it.
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  1861. Based on body count alone I'd say the sparrows won that war.
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  1862. During WWII the US decided not to invade Taiwan and kick out the Japanese because viable assault beaches are few and the terrain highly favors the defender. The PRC, with a completely untested military, would be assuming very high risk if it tried. I doubt they would secure the island quickly, if at all, and I suspect it would be a bloodbath if they tried. This doesn't mean they won't. One need only look at Ukraine to see how Communist myopia and group-think works.
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  1863. The R42 looks like a headless P-38.
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  1864. Have you ever done a story on an honest cop in WV or is that a bridge too far?
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  1865. We all know what a den of iniquity a White Castle is. Or maybe he was looking for a judge to hear his plea.
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  1866. Where was his partner? Why weren't they operating as a team?
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  1867. A shotgun blast to the legs would have slowed him down.
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  1868. I envision the day when tiny personal defense drones will rise from your hat or jacket to attack any would-be mugger.
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  1869. Like in "Heat of the Sun" (which I thoroughly enjoyed watching when it first aired in the 90s).
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  1870. Joe, I did not intend to smack anyone. I just wanted folks to know the full story.
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  1871. Thank you.
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  1872. Aside from having a round in the chamber, the safety off, his finger on the trigger, and his head up his ass, I see nothing wrong with this security guard's actions.
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  1873. SNAP kills.
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  1874. Lucky stiffs - not so much the perp.
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  1875. Beware the Ides of March - and the Irish!
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  1876.  @johnbuchman4854  I don't follow you. Please clarify.
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  1877.  @russellborn515  The K cars? Blech!
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  1878.  @lapurta22  Mine was a 302 V8 with an automatic transmission. I had to get the transmission rebuilt twice, both times after the warranties had failed. The local San Antonio Ford dealership was no prize either. When I went to pick up my car after an unrelated repair, I discovered my entire air filter assembly was missing. When I told the mechanic this, I was dumbfounded by his reaction. He went from car to car in the shop trying to steal one from another vehicle. He brought over a unit but it did not fit, so the shop ended up ordering a replacement for me. I never went back to them again.
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  1879. California doesn't need to secede. Instead, the federal government needs to go back to its original charter and let the 50 independent experiments proceed to success or failure as each state tries to find its own way under our Constitution. One size never fits all.
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  1880.  @routier1642 Thanks for the insight. An old friend of mine was a B-24 waist gunner who ended up in Turkey after the Ploesti Raid. He didn't care for the B-24 either.
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  1881. When Orcs retreat, they really beat feet.
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  1882. Are we witnessing the return of the Holdomor ?
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  1883.  @gogolghosh5426  I fear you are right.
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  1884. 3
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  1885. So now we know where former James Bond villains go to die.
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  1886. I can't speak for the counter interrogation training our aircrews received at the time, but Scharff's methods are nothing new. Our own WWII Air Intelligence interrogators, many of them German and Austrian natives, were taught to use very similar techniques. I find it hard to believe all this was forgotten after the war and had to be reinvented decades later. Somebody is blowing smoke.
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  1887. A.I. at work.
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  1888. Too funny, my brother just left Mississippi last month. He moved back to Florida.
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  1889. "Russian support" is an oxymoron.
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  1890. I can't say either one of these guys left a positive impression on me. It appears your client did try to set up the senator. The senator took the bait instead of calling the police to report a driver impeding traffic. He should have let them handle it. Both men need to mature and learn some civility.
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  1891. In the Milgram experiment the researchers found the group of people most likely to refuse to follow their orders were men of the cloth. The Edmund Burke quote has never been verified. In 1867 the British philosopher and political theorist John Stuart Mills did give an address wherein he said "Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” This may be the origin of the quote attributed to Burke.
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  1892. Bravo.
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  1893. Is there a valid reason why the Liberian ship did not slow down?
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  1894.  @deanfirnatine7814  I quite agree. When I said Untied, I was inferring just what you said.
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  1895. I wish I had known about the museum when I visited Thailand in 1989.
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  1896.  @breathedeep2060  He's both.
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  1897. Tango Sierra, Camel Hairs.
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  1898. Instead of Raider, I would have named it the Ugly Duck.
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  1899. Simon, have you ever seen a pig on the back of another pig? Guess what they're doing. Perhaps piggyback has more than one meaning.
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  1900. My brother is an old school airline captain, and he has echoed the same concern you mentioned regarding the modern era of pilots who've only know glass cockpits and electronic flight control systems.
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  1901. Damn, boy, just how tall are you?
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  1902. Tunner, not Turner. Unlike Britain's 'Bomber' Harris, who firebombed German cities largely for the terror effect, LeMay's firebombing campaign was aimed primarily at dispersed Japanese war production. It was the Japanese leadership who purposely distributed military manufacturing into heavily populated civilian areas. According to a late friend of mine who served under LeMay in WWII, the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan had already been made a US general in the Pacific, and not by Truman, even though the history books claimed it was Truman who gave the orders. This notion dovetails with Indy's comments about the need for tighter control of nukes. It would be an interesting point to research and clarify. As for nukes, LeMay viewed them as just one more weapon for winning a war. I doubt it matters to the people who die in a war just how they are killed. LeMay definitely had a well earned reputation as one hard, tough, no-nonsense SOB, so much so, that as a brand new 2nd Lieutenant in 1978 I saw him at a BBQ sitting alone at a picnic table. He had long since retired from the USAF, but like everyone else, I was too intimidated to approach him, much less join him at his table. You may think he was dick, but his actions saved thousands, perhaps millions of lives, which explains why SAC's motto was "Peace is Our Profession". Those were dangerous times, and we were dealing with the likes of Hitler, Tojo, and Stalin. It takes a warrior, not a saint, to stand up to such levels of evil.
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  1903. A book was later written condemning this fiasco. As I recall, one of the ships sunk was using Lewis light machine guns for air defense.
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  1904.  @WALTERBROADDUS  The condemnation of the author was the decision to send defenseless and lightly defended ships in harm's way. Of course, the British sent two major warships to Singapore without air cover and they too were sunk. The late 1941 through 1942 was a period of indecisive military leadership and unpreparedness on the part of the USA. It took a while to weed out competent commanders from incompetent ones.
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  1905.  @WALTERBROADDUS  It was a desperate gamble and it failed. At the time our ships were woefully unprepared for effective air defense. This was one of the lessons learned at Corral Sea and Midway. Improvements in CIC, gunnery, proximity fuses, radar, and damage control all helped to greatly improve our Navy's effectiveness throughout the rest of the war.
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  1906.  @WALTERBROADDUS  That's part of the trouble with war; you don't always get to pick the start date. By 1942 the Japanese would have been even better prepared as well. We were not operating on a war footing or war economy in 1941 and would not have been doing so in 1942 if the Japanese had not attacked us in '41.
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  1907. Lucky stupid people.
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  1908. I guess the "Make love, not war" mantra doesn't resonate much in Teutonic DNA.
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  1909.  @timrussell9869  The video said he had "years of flying experience", which presumably means he was a pilot. Where in the video did he say her father was not a pilot?
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  1910.  @dstroma  Thanks for the info. This video is the only one I've seen about her, so I knew nothing more than what Dr. Todd mentioned.
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  1911. One for the books and the movie screen. Reminds me of the "The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jurgens.
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  1912. What it means to be British? I'm American so I don't know and don't care. I only know we dodged that bullet. The accent's nice, though, but it's another trait that is rapidly fading.
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  1913. It's so hard for these poor people to think rationally that it's actually funny. On the plus side, PragerU may have just come up with the perfect format for a new reality comedy series - "West Coast Wisdom".
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  1914. The Falling Down Parasols are the best infantry brigade on the planet? I know some Clucking Chickens and 82nd Speed Bumps who would disagree with that claim. But, hey, I'm Air Force, so I just came here to watch the hired help in-fight.
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  1915.  @tvideo1189  You are correct. It is often referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor because Congress established it, but they have no role in awarding it.
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  1916. Never bring a pool stick to a gunfight.
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  1917.  @Desertfox92308  It does beat a dog biscuit, plus the sound of rifle and machine gun fire eliminates the need for a bell.
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  1918. Pink-knee, how appropriate. If the British cloned Mark Steyn, England would be saved.
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  1919. Reminds me of the book code.
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  1920.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  The Fleet was an old biplane.
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  1921.  @greasy_g6401  So was the POS who attacked and killed fellow members of the 101st Airborne Division on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Ditto for the POS who murdered 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. A radical Jihadist is a radical jihadist regardless of where he is born. May they all burn in Hell.
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  1922. Doesn't every good story involve pirates?
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  1923.  @SirAntoniousBlock  No, I do not, though the people there remind me of Canaanites.
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  1924. General Allvin's photo is bass ackwards. Does this have some secret meaning?
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  1925. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it would appear music artists don't care for flatter. Hmm, the logic paradigm fails here.
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  1926. What chemical weapons is Brandon talking about us using to retaliate against Russian use of chemical weapons? We got rid of them decades ago.
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  1927.  @lidiane6994  What do you mean?
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  1928. I want a flying sub.
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  1929. The Pantera is the sexiest sports car ever built. I've lusted for one since my college days at Georgia Tech in the 1970s where two sat on campus. I was told they belonged to a professor and his wife.
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  1930. You got to know when to sing, too.
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  1931. If profanity gets people to comply, then the perps in all your videos must not have gotten the memo.
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  1932. It would present NATO with a backdoor into the war.
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  1933. Min reminds me of a description of the character Hugo in "The Vicar of Dibley" - Rich as Croesus, thick as shit.
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  1934. Save the climate; nuke the sun!
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  1935. How does a southpaw shoot it?
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  1936. With an estimated 300 billion stars in our galaxy and only 20 million of them being binary dead stars, that gives you a ratio of 15,000 to 1. That's about as hard as finding a gas station in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, then trying to paddle your space dingy there for fuel before blasting off to Pluto. I cannot see how any advanced race could benefit from this technique unless they are only traveling locally. It's a long time between pit stops in space at the sub-light speeds involved.
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  1937.  @kaylaandjimbryant8258  I never found a tamale that appealed to me, not or mild. I've tried many types but I'm not a fan of most corn products. I prefer flour tortillas and flour taco shells to the corn versions. I do like some corn tortilla chips and corn on the cob. Everybody's tastes are different.
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  1938. The Japanese Zero of drones.
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  1939. Mankind already has the ability to feed, cloth, and entertain everyone in the world. We don't need mystical tools from the past. They won't save us from ourselves if we are debased.
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  1940. A 100 year old secondary armament. John Moses Browning still rules!
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  1941. The Air Force NCO corp does not use specialist ranks. We expect every Airman to be both technically proficient and able to assume a greater leadership role as they move up in rank. What makes the Army different?
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  1942. But if it saves five lives, it's worth it. Forget the suicides, ruined lives, etc.
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  1943. "Say it ain't so, Wo, say it ain't so." "It is so, McGarrett."
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  1944. Did you mean "ruining"?
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  1945. Get 'em!
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  1946. Red Lobster . . . mmmm
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  1947. More like a bad turd.
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  1948. Well, they got him to leave the hotel.
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  1949. The only flaw I see in Ryan's plan is that Hamas came to power by the popular will of the people. Do the majority of Gaza residents still support Hamas? Does a significant minority still support Hamas? Where is the political opposition to Hamas and how broad is it?
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  1950. It must be a remake of The Private War of Major Benson.
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  1951. Excellent overview. Though the US government did not actually ban silencers (the correct legal term), they did place a $200 tax on the transfer, which would have been a king's ransom in 1934. Thanks to inflation this is no longer the case. One of the reasons the tax was introduced was due to a belief that many people would resort to poaching during the Great Depression. The tax was seen as a way to deter poachers from using silencers. Such is the way the politician's and the government bureaucrat's minds function.
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  1952. I cannot abide such poor marksmanship in any family.
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  1953. Indie gave an excellent description of how suppressors (silencers) work. The US Army did in fact use the Maxim suppressor on the 1903 Springfield in both the Punitive Expedition of 1916 and in WWI. The purpose then, as now, was to eliminate the flash and muzzle blast (report), thus reducing the likelihood that a shooter's position would be revealed. The loud sonic crack caused by the transonic or supersonic pressure wave of a high speed rifle bullet will accompany a projectile for as long as it travels over approximately 1100 FPS. However, that wave is omni-directional, and therefore impossible to trace back to the source. A short history of the Maxim is provided at https://medium.com/war-is-boring/hiram-percy-maxim-was-a-firearms-suppressing-genius-6b01240d614c The US military is again testing suppressors, only this time they are being considered for mass issue to all combat troops. The image of Hollywood assassins aside, it's utility as a training tool and health aid to protect long term hearing loss cannot be undervalued. An effort is afoot in Congress to remove suppressors from the current onerous demands of federal registration. This effort is endorsed by the Bureaus of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Even with registration, the private ownership of suppressors in the USA is growing rapidly and currently numbers in the hundreds of thousands. In countries such as England, Finland, New Zealand, and Sweden, ownership is commonplace and restrictions are minimal to nonexistent when compared to the USA.
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  1954. It's actually caused by the John Wick effect.
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  1955. It must suck if your car is registered in Mississippi, Michigan, Minnesota, or Missouri. MI anyone?
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  1956.  @Bobby007D  Was Katrina 1000 times worse than the 1788 fire? How did you arrive at this assumption? In either case, my comment was not about the scale of each disaster, but the manner in which leadership handled them. My conclusion is based upon my personal experience with the handling of one disaster and the History Guy's assessment of another earlier disaster. You have chosen to inject the false argument that I was making a purely objective comparison.
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  1957. The Taliban are a creation of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They have been funding and training them for decades. Our political leaders made a conscious decision not to stop Pakistan. I'm afraid I can't explain the reason why. I've never been able to fathom the thinking over at Foggy Bottom (US State Department).
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  1958. We bought a Granitestone set from Walmart online after watching your frying pan video. There are a number of knockoffs and the set was hard to find, possibly because it is out of production, but we've been using it quite a bit and are very pleased with the results.
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  1959. It's got me pissed. I can't hit it from my house with a rifle.
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  1960. A true Maverick.
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  1961. Shipshape or shape shipper?
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  1962. Ryan, you covered the topic beautifully and succinctly.
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  1963. His number was up.
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  1964. Maybe the universe is just one big thick pudding with no space between anything. That way, for any quantum particle to move, it would have to displace another particle. If I'm correct, should I be able to detect a butterfly flapping its wings in another galaxy?
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  1965. You mean they don't have an app for reporting speed traps?
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  1966. My great uncle was a field clerk in the Army during WWI. He once told me every time he passed an enlisted man they would salute him because he wore an officer's uniform, then they would cuss afterwards because he wasn't commissioned. He said the Army addressed the problem by creating a policy that each warrant was entitled to one salute a day by an enlisted man. As for WWII flying sergeants, my Dad's business partner had been one. He flew B-25 gunships but I don't think he was ever promoted to flight officer. This was confirmed by my Dad, who told me that during the Korean War he served with some flying sergeants, so presumably those men who never received flight officer rank were not later promoted to commissioned officers. Fast forward another 30 years and I was in the Air Force when the last USAF warrant officer retired. This news was published in the Air Force Magazine. The magazine also reported the retirement of the last mustang (a former enlisted man who received a battlefield commission or worked his way up the ranks to become a commissioned officer, usually without benefit of a college degree). Today the term refers to any former enlisted member who becomes an officer, though now it is done through a formal commissioning program such as ROTC or OTS/OCS, and only after the member has received a college bachelor's degree.
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  1967.  @johngalt9737  No, Florida.
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  1968.  @KentuckyIrish  She didn't own the car and it was fully paid for. If you want to troll, you'll have to try harder than this.
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  1969. How could this happen to such well maintained and expertly crewed ships?
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  1970.  @massengineer7582  No, it is historical fact and very well documented. It is one of the reasons for the Bruen decision by the SCOTUS. I realize public education, entertainment, and the news media have presented very skewed versions of our history for at least the past 100 years, but misrepresenting history is not an effective defense in a court of law if you have the facts to back up your argument.
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  1971. A mine is a terrible thing to waste.
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  1972. Elon cares a lot about humanity; he just doesn't care that much about individual humans.
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  1973. I named my homestead Cimarron after the runaway slaves. When I retired from government service I ran as far away from Washington, D.C. as I could get.
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  1974. I would have named it the Blackburn Merrick.
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  1975. Sounds like Utah is a RINO state.
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  1976. Are these cops taking steroids?
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  1977. My advice for knife fighting is to cut and run.
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  1978. As a native north Floridan, I represent Mark Willever's remark about south Georgia.
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  1979. Bush also sold out gun owners.
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  1980. Lucky it didn't turn into Custard's Last Stand.
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  1981. As my Daddy used to say, don't confuse me with the facts.
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  1982. What is the myth of the wheel?
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  1983.  @patrickcollins1855  Blacks made up less than 10% of Union forces. It was still a significant contribution, with 10,000 dying in combat and 30,000 dying from infection, diseases, accidents, etc. Whites accounted for the other 300,000 - 400,000 estimated Union deaths (sources vary).
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  1984. Unless the assailant was about to toss more popcorn on the guy, I don't see how deadly force was justified. Does a cup of coke qualify as an assault weapon as well? Can a Snickers bar be considered a concealed weapon?
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  1985. Why do police find it necessary to storm into people's homes in the middle of the night to conduct search warrants or make routine arrests?
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  1986. Behold the power of handguns! Yeah, that was sarcasm.
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  1987. At the rate they are going, YouTube will eventually demonetize everybody and keep all the cash, so I think one way to fight back is to post commercial disclaimers in every video you have: "WARNING! The Great War Channel does not approve of any product advertised on this site. We recommend you not buy anything advertised by YouTube until they stop treating us as slave labor."
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  1988. China: How to make friends and influence enemies - not!
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  1989. In the past they used to brand people for their sins. Maybe these folks would welcome a capital L on their foreheads.
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  1990. Eloquently put.
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  1991. Eugene Stoner did not scale down the AR10 to create the AR15. That work was done by Leroy James "Jim" Sullivan. Other than that, good job.
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  1992. We don't wear shirts either. We cover our he-man chests with blouses.
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  1993.  @LoloD1833  Pretty much. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo was fairly accurate, but that makes it one of the rare exceptions.
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  1994.  @nomadmarauder-dw9re  The Alaska Scouts was a small American reconnaissance unit made up of Aleuts, Eskimos, and an assortment of trappers, prospectors, fishermen, and hunters who were familiar with the rough conditions of the region.
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  1995.  @nomadmarauder-dw9re  No, but now your statement makes sense. By coincidence I did post a comment yesterday on The History Guy regarding the French Moroccan Goumier mountain troops in Italy in WWII. The story was about the US 10th Mountain Division, so I mentoned them, the Ranger battalions, and the 1st SSF, all of whom were expert mountain warfare soldiers.
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  1996.  @hokutoulrik7345  A good friend of mine was a Minuteman launch officer when War Games was released and he was royally pissed by that scene, not because of any authenticity in the launch sequence, but because of the notion that any launch officer would refuse to fire his missiles. As he put it, "Everyone you ever loved has just been killed and you're just going to sit there and do nothing? Bullshi--, you're going to kill the enemy!" I can't speak to how accurate the launch procedures were portrayed, but I shared his sentiment.
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  1997.  @marks1638  This is news to me. You'll have to provide me with a source I can research. In the meantime, I'll pass this along to him for comment.
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  1998.  @marks1638  I received a response this morning from my friend and have entered it verbatim: I was in missiles in the early 80s. There were no such exercises. The very idea is stupid. Imagine what would happen if the effort to isolate the missiles was unsuccessful and the researchers were unaware and a missile was launched? Once a missile is launched it cannot be recalled, diverted, or destroyed. I can imagine the congressional hearings in the rubble of DC. "General, can you tell this assembly why you thought it was a good idea to play "Russian Roulette" with ICBMs?" BTW, we were issued S&W Model 10s for alerts, not to coerce your crewmate to turn keys but to help ensure that no one compromises classified documents, processes or equipment.
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  1999.  @marks1638  There were a couple of real world incidents where crews came close to launching. On my first duty assignment I shared an office with a captain who was a launch officer in one of these incidents. In neither case did anyone receive authorization to launch. Outside of a training environment, which does not involve any real missiles, I have never heard of anyone ever being ordered to launch a nuke, either by mistake or on purpose. I've known a good number of SAC crew members, both missile and B-52. They have spoken very freely with me of their work and nobody ever hinted at a story like this. It does not pass any rational test of common sense. Somebody has a foggy memory of events or has been BSing you. There is no cover-up.
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  2000.  @marks1638  Quite true. I've spent years trying to run down rumors, only to discover the truth behind most of them was quite pedestrian, but not always. Once in a while you find a jewel.
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  2001.  @rickmcintosh1771  Would it have been XM16E1?
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  2002. I think it was the door. Who can take a fighter seriously that has a door? 😉
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  2003.  @stoobydootoo4098  Yo-har, Yo-har, Yo-har, that was a witty one.
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  2004. This sounds very similar to what the CCP has done with private industry in China. The CCP is present everywhere and influences (controls) everything.
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  2005. And when even one of the cameras is offline or knocked out, Snuffy will again have to pop his head through the hatch to regain situational awareness. Then there are issues of depth perception and video fidelity.
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  2006. Some great examples of applied physics.
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  2007. ​ Ross Cox  Tell that to a Mountie if you dare.
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  2008.  Ross Cox  65 years young.
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  2009.  Ross Cox  You are making false assumptions about what I think.
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  2010.  @blueenglishstaffybreeder6956  Really? I'm not the one bragging about beating up a Mountie or anyone else for that matter. My original claim is that the movie is pure fiction, not an accurate account of the real incident. In fact it is an insult to the men who were involved in the chase. All the comments that followed do not pertain to this fact. They are simply rantings by people who don't mind that the reputations of good men were tarnished in the name of entertainment.
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  2011.  @blueenglishstaffybreeder6956  The facts of the case are well established. I would add that the former WWI ace did not strafe a bunch of people, killing one of the guides, nor crash into a mountain and die. The movie is tripe, plain and simple. Had it not been based on real events and real people, I would not have minded so much. As for Ned Kelly and his armored suit (yes, I am familiar with his story), I would classify him the same way I would classify Billy the Kid. Much lore has arisen to obfuscate the truth and there were mitigating factors to make him a somewhat sympathetic character (ditto for Jessie and Frank James). But the lack of any mitigating circumstances makes the character of the Mad Trapper far less than appealing or sympathetic.
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  2012. Well, yeah, after we did the initial landscaping.
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  2013.  @sertaki  I think he was being facetious, as was I. To look at Hiroshima today and compare it with Detroit, one would conclude the latter had been nuked and never recovered.
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  2014. Why is the NY governor allowed to speak on television and the internet? Doesn't she know such technologies did not exist in the 18th century, therefor the 1st Amendment does not apply? She should write down her opinion with a quill pen and mail it to any interested print media for publishing.
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  2015. Well, that was both enlightening and depressing. At least I enjoyed the background music.
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  2016. "No one who speaks German can be an evil man." from The Simpsons, season 5, episode 2 (Cape Feare)
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  2017. Dude in robe, "All I know is I got my parking space back."
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  2018. Now do dusters. Swiffers are up to a buck apiece these days, so I bought some knockoffs from Amazon that turned out to be useless. Where are the good deals?
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  2019. Trick photography has been around since before the Civil War. Fake creatures created by enterprising hucksters have been around even longer. If the prehistoric animals shown in these supposed period photos did exists, what became of them? Why was there no scientific interest in them?
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  2020. LMBHO! Brutal, but funny.
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  2021. Can you say overkill?
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  2022. Looks like a twofer for the criminal justice system.
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  2023. I'm glad nobody else got hit by the flying lead.
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  2024. My boss flew in the rear of EC-121R Batcat Super Constellations over Vietnam. His unit was part of Operation Igloo White which used air dropped ground sensors to detect vehicle traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This evolved into an ad hoc capability to call in attack aircraft to interdict troop and supply movements in real time, but was eventually discarded in favor of low cost drone aircraft as replacements for the vulnerable Connies.
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  2025. UselessLA
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  2026. China sucking the life's blood out of another country? That's inconceivable!
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  2027. You think Fascists are the opposite of Communists? Both believe in strong centralized socialist forms of govenrment.
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  2028. Steve Lehto just posted a new video where a Michigan judge just tossed out a very similar case where the driver was arrested. The judge determined the traffic stop lasted too long and the officer's claim of suspicion lacked any merit. All evidence obtained after this point was deemed inadmissible.
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  2029. The 1973 British documentary series "The World at War" contains an interview with a former US Army ordnance officer who describes the problems his team documented with the damaged M4 Sherman tanks they recovered. I believe it was Belton Cooper, but I'd have to find and re-watch the correct episode to be sure. He claimed at one point in the fighting a group of untrained soldiers from the troop replacement depot were given some rudimentary instruction on a Sherman and immediately sent into combat where they were quickly killed. Even if his recollection was correct, I have never found supporting information to indicate it was anything more than an aberration, but such stories, once told, tend to take on an exaggerated life of their own.
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  2030.  @brucenorman8904  How would they maintain them?
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  2031.  @billwilson3609  That doesn't make sense. Typically a new crewman started as the bow gunner/assistant driver since it was the least important (some most useless) position in the tank. Putting him there may or may not require other crewmen to switch jobs, depending upon what they needed. I certainly would not want the entire crew to change their primary tasks just before going into battle and I definitely would not want to demote my driver to assistant driver. There is such a thing as earned merit and crew morale.
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  2032.  @billwilson3609  That's not what veteran tankers told me, but I guess everyone's experience is different.
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  2033. A day late and a lira short.
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  2034. Your tax dollars at work.
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  2035. Nobody is coming to save you. Smart phones and security cameras don't intervene; they won't even summon help.
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  2036. Carmel . . . sweeet
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  2037. All four people were very drunk. In such an altered state it is not surprising that three different recollections of events emerged. It would also explain how Natalie Wood might have overcome her fear of dark water and make a very poor decision that would cost her life.
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  2038. Need a plumber? Call a soy-boy. Maybe you can use his man bun to plug the leak.
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  2039. Tell them you ideitfy as Black and demand the money.
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  2040. Bring back semaphore and heliographs.
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  2041. Loved the movie; hated the small arms inaccuracies.
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  2042. That's what I call a soccer punch.
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  2043. Is it any surprise it's pronounced twit-her.
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  2044. Those guys had big John Wicks for sure.
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  2045. Sue the city.
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  2046.  @noneofyourbiz6885 At least it isn't a blue and yellow whale spout. Have you seen those?
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  2047. The clown show that these two world leaders represent is proof God has a sense of humor.
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  2048. What a completely BS discussion. I expected better of WION.
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  2049. I guess the idea of giving the Head Start money to the parents is a dead start. Anyone care to venture why?
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  2050.  @ArtStoneUS  Frankly, I'd like to see the Feds get out of education completely and return the authority to the states where it rightly belongs. Vouchers seem to work well.
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  2051. I hope nobody I know in JAX runs into Officer Pepper. The JSD would be well advised to fire this guy before matters get any worse.
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  2052. These words "aggressive" and "jerk", I do not think they mean what you think they mean.
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  2053. Tell Hecklefish he better cool it or he'll be swimming with the fishes. Capiche?
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  2054. Bathroom hygiene is covered in the Bible, naturally in Deuteronomy: “Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:” (Deuteronomy 23:12 -13)
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  2055. Have you done a video on "long term" gasoline storage and use in all terrain vehicles with carburetors? I've had poor luck in this department. My four-wheeler has had its carburetor rebuilt or repaired three of four times in the past six years. The last two were only six months apart. First I was told to stop using cheap ethanol blended gas, so I switched to Supreme with no ethanol added and cranked the engine every 4-6 weeks. I thought it was working until last week when all I could do was run it on idle at full choke. The spark plug was fouled and a carburetor jet was plugged. Now I'm being told that modern fuels have much shorter shelf lives than in the past, leading to gumming and varnishing. I was surprised to learn high octane gas lasts about half as long as low octane. I can't find a low octane ethanol-free fuel, so I'm going to try STA-BIL fuel stabilizer. Have you any recommendations, or should I just drain the tank and run the engine dry before putting it up for the winter?
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  2056. Thanks, I'm going to find out.
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  2057. Yes, some supposedly pro-gun folks had apoplexy when OA introduced it because they feared its ability to penetrate bullet proof vests would lead to more gun bans.
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  2058. It doesn't matter how much territory Ukraine currently controls. It only matters how much they can retain control of.
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  2059. There was a spike in Houston crime when former residents of New Orleans relocated there after Hurricane Katrina. The same thing happened in Miami after the Mariel boatlift of 1980. Along with the good people came the flotsam of society, many of whom still remain entrenched in Texas. Ironically, with the continuing growth in the state population, the per capita crime rate appears to have declined, not that any victim of crime would notice or care.
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  2060. Or I can respect the millions of GIs who lovingly called it the Gah-rand.
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  2061. I wanna be a space cowboy.
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  2062. With regard to the overloaded Gettysburg battlefield rifles, it should be noted that most Union soldiers had only limited firearms training. Misfires were common due to the unreliability of percussion caps and black powder. In the din of battle they could not discern one shot from another. You do not notice the recoil because you are focused on the target and staying alive. There is even one recorded police shootout where an officer reinserted empty cases in his revolver. Confusion reigns for those who do not train to win.
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  2063. Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting There was funky China men from funky Chinatown
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  2064. Calling the Iranian leaders "slightly nutty" is like saying the Titanic is a bit late to port.
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  2065.  @martian9999  "China", meaning the people, aren't calling the shots; it's Xi. In this sense he's like North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
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  2066.  @ericreed4535  What do they do with the burgers, submerge them in a vat of hot oil? Mind you, it wouldn't surprise me if they did. 😉
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  2067. Cornfields and corn-holing, all in the same video.
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  2068. Colonnello, the Americans are bombing all of our Ro.57s into rubble! Make sure they don't miss any, Luigi.
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  2069. When we were kids we had a simple response to name calling. I'm rubber and you're glue...
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  2070. In a book I read about the OSS in WWII there is a section describing their operations in Yugoslavia. One interesting aspect of it was the different strategic goals of the US and the British at that time. British operatives were adamant that supplies only go to the Chetnik forces, while American operatives were willing to support anyone who would fight the Axis. The British desired a postwar Europe devoid of communist governments, while the Americans simply wanted to end the war as quickly as possible, the future cost be damned. The result was the Partisans had a better relationship with the OSS than they did with British SOE. This was well illustrated by an incident where the OSS had to intervene to free some SOE men captured by Partisan elements. Eventually, the British, for more immediate pragmatic reasons, did start supplying the Partisans. One would think the Partisans would have been more appreciative of the USA's efforts in all of this, but Tito, ever the deft political operator, simply told his people that the supplies marked "US" were actually an abbreviation for USSR, their true socialist friend and supporter against the decadent forces of capitalism and fascism. Postwar, Tito proved equally adept at keeping the country "united" for the sake of maintaining Yugoslavian independence from Stalin (the only east bloc nation to do this). In the end it may all have been for naught because ancient rivalries reared their ugly heads once Tito died, and the long anticipated civil wars erupted again, resulting in the nation-states of Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo (sort of). Forged on the anvil of post-WWI politics, the nation of Yugoslavia is no more. Does anyone really morn the passing of the country that gave us the Yugo? I think not.
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  2071.  @joshgeiger9090  Yes, he did. His propaganda apparatus once even manged to convince the team at "60 Minutes" that there was a third way to succeed as a nation-state by combining elements of crony capitalism and Communist socialism into one big happy successful society. And it worked as long as a powerful authoritarian figure like Tito was at the helm to crush any dissension, and as long as the rest of the world didn't look too closely at the facade they had created, and as long as nobody outside of the east bloc actually tried to use their products or compared them with western made products. Funny how that turned out.
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  2072. I suspect Stormy Daniels is behind it.
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  2073. Nothing is static in the universe. Everything is moving at relative speeds to everything else.
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  2074. So when are you guys going to make a video about my our nation's latest military heroes - Richard Spencer, Collin Green, and Alexander Vindman (Moe - Larry - the cheese!)
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  2075. You could title it "The A-hole Team"
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  2076. These stories are fun to listen to and entertaining. The narrator's style is lightly skeptical, easygoing, and undemanding. The fish adds a sense of humor and sarcasm that likely reflects the attitude of the audience. It's all a refreshing change from the overbearing and obnoxious potty-mouth drivel that infests the internet.
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  2077.  @BifronsCandle  Do all your pithy retorts come out of The Communist Manifesto?
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  2078. Bitche slap the woman who tried to prevent her from picking up the pistol. Nobody knew if the perp was going to return or if he had any friends standing by outside.
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  2079.  @donaldmartin4980  I never stop experimenting. It's a blessing and a curse. :body-blue-raised-arms:
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  2080.  @jason200912  I don't think they're that bad, but it's possible one built from surplus kits might have a well worn bore. All the kits I built up shot okay, though the short rifle I assembled for my brother required maximum windage to stay on target. The one I have set up with a scope is not a kit gun, but an original Springfield SAR-48. I can't speak for DSA, but I have heard they shoot fine.
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  2081.  @MountaintravelerEddie  I never much cared for the M-14 in any flavor. I've always found the BM-59 to be handier, though I've thought about ordering one of those Springfield Squad Scouts with an 18" barrel or maybe having Shuff build a "carbine" for me. Since I'm not fighting anyone and don't have a field of fire greater than 200 yards, I find light rifles work best for me. If the world falls apart and roving bands of Mad Max mercenaries become anything more than fantasy, I'll still prefer a light rifle and lots of ammo to a big stick with limited load-out and slower recovery time between shots.
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  2082.  @ian_lambert-knight  I keep my scopes on the lowest settings possible. If they have a zoom feature, great, but I primarily use this feature to identity or search for a target. In my case that is normally communist or Al-Qaeda affiliated gophers that infiltrate my property. I've not found an appreciable improvement in accuracy between 4x and 12x or greater magnification. You're either on target or you aren't.
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  2083.  @blueduck9409  I got a BM59 instead.
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  2084.  @gooser__43  I said county, not country. I was born and raised in north Florida.
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  2085. God bless the Second Amendment and the United States Navy!
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  2086. Interestingly enough, the Great Depression was not the worst depression in US history. These episodic events tended to come in rapid cycles of crash and boom throughout the first 150 years of our nation's existence. We can never answer the question of whether the Great Depression would have quickly run its course or not if the government had stayed out trying to fix the economy, but we do know that 85 years since, we remain saddled with the vestiges and legacy of those attempts. One has to wonder if the crushing weight of ever growing government debt will bring about a repeat of the past.
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  2087.  @garyspence2128  Except they never pay it. There are always loopholes and multiple reasons for economic chaos. Economist Arthur Laffer made a recent video series for Hillsdale College where he explains how the relationship between taxes and economic cycles are often misinterpreted. Here's a snippet of his lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNE8AK8pEA
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  2088. He was not a dad; he was a cad.
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  2089. Could this have been the origin of the word "cathartic"?
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  2090.  @jonthinks6238  The patent dates have little or no bearing on the manufacturing dates. My sources show no 1911 pistols were delivered to the government in 1911. Roughly 17,000 were delivered in 1912. Assuming the pistol in the photo is the actual one Fromme used, it would have been manufactured in late 1914 or early 1915. Regarding the service pistol you were issued, do you know if it was made by Colt or Remington-UMC (not to be confused with Remington Rand)? I ask because Remington-UMC was contracted by the government to build 1911s after we entered WWI and their serial number range was restarted at 1 and ran to 21,676.
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  2091.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  I'm not doubting your sources. I'm simply noting that if Boro did make these claims, he was in error or else his testimony was incorrectly recorded.
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  2092.  @jonthinks6238  The serial number in the image is 94854. No such serial number exited in 1911 and no pistols were delivered that year. The first deliveries were not until 1912 and the number totaled roughly 17,000 for the entire year. Serial number 94854 would have been built and delivered sometime in late 1914 or early 1915.
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  2093. The indestructible Ray-Ban.
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  2094. I see some debate over whether missiles were superior to guns. Such bickering makes no sense to me. It is not an either/or argument. You can have both, just as a bomber or fighter can carry an assortment of munitions. One size does not fit all in combat. Even 11B (infantry rifleman) don't just carry a rifle; they also carry grenades, knives, and occasionally Claymore mines.
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  2095. If this had been an episode of Adam-12, the story would have unfolded something like this. "Why did you pull me over, officer?" "You flashed your lights. We thought you were might be in trouble. Is anything wrong?" "No, officer, I was just warning other drivers about your speed trap." "Why would you want to do that?" "Because I don't approve of them. Is that a problem for you?" "Yes sir, it is." "Am I doing anything illegal, officer?" "No, sir, not a far as I know. But look at it this way. We're trying to do our job of keeping the roadways safe. By signalling speeders to slow down, you are helping them to elude us. What's to keep them from speeding up again and causing accidents that might injure of kill others? How would you feel, knowing it was your actions which allowed an avoidable tragedy to take place?" "I see what you mean. Am I free to go?" "Yes sir, but please drive responsibly." It's a pity so few policemen today don't behave more like Officer Pete Malloy or Sheriff Andy Taylor.
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  2096.  @CharlesHallESP  I get the impression you don't see what the big deal is. Ryan touched on it, but a little understanding of the unique role of the Guard requires a bit more historical context. Long before the National Guard existed, each state had its own militia. It was how our nation fought for its independence and most of the wars until WWI. But the Guard is different, and while it is derived from the militia concept, it has not replaced it. Both the Army and Air Force National Guards differ from the militia in two unique distinctions. Firstly, the vast majority of funding for the Guard is federal money even when conducting only state missions. By contrast, state militias are funded entirely from state coffers or by volunteers. Because the Guard has subsumed many of the militia duties, few states today are willing to provide sufficient money for their militias to perform even the most rudimentary functions. Secondly, during WWI federal law was reinterpreted and subsequently changed to allow the Guard, when federalized, to serve outside the territorial boundaries of the United States. Militias do not. A legal battle has been brewing for the past year over how much control over the Guard the federal government is allowed to have and how much control belongs to the states. It has long been codified in law that when federalized, the Guard operates exclusively as an arm of the Department of Defense. At all other times it is a state asset. A new wrinkle in command oversight arose earlier this year when the President, through the offices of the Secretary of Defense and affected service chiefs, decided unilaterally to relocate Air Guard assets to Space Command without the participation and approval of the states affected. This not only upset the governors and the affected Guardsmen, but it appears to be a violation of existing law. If this decision is allowed to stand, what would prevent the federal government from moving any or all Guard assets from a state, reassign them to another state, turn them into Reserve or active arm organizations, or eliminate them altogether? it is very much a big deal and the reason why the governors of all 50 states and five U.S. territories wrote to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Joe Biden, challenging the unilateral movement of Air Guard assets to Space Force. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2024-05-07/air-space-force-national-guard-governors-troops-13783950.html Source - Stars and Stripes
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  2097.  @afcgeo882  Perhaps not, but a Guard units federal mission can be changed, deleted, or transferred elsewhere and assigned to a Guard unit in another state, the Reserves, or the active duty force. At least that is what DoD is attempting to do with some space related AFSCs. They want them transferred from the Air Guard to Space Force, which currently has no Guard units. Affected Guardsmen are being offered the opportunity to transfer to Space Force, which may require them to another state if commuting is impractical. From what I've read, 70% of the Guardsmen contacted have said no.
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  2098.  @PavewayJDAM  It was tried by Governor Dukakis in the 1980s and failed. To ensure it didn't happen again, Congress clarified the law, making it illegal for a governor to attempt such a move. Even without a law, the US Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of all US forces. You can argue this does not apply to state militias, but the Guard is not the same thing as a militia. It is funded and equipped by the US government, not the state government. 80% of its budget comes the federal government and it is a part of the DoD. If war or a national emergency breaks out, it would be insane to allow each state and territorial governor and their legislatures to decide whether or not their Guard units would participate.
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  2099.  @CharlesHallESP  I posted a rather long reply to your comment but it appears to have been deleted. Did you see it?
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  2100.  @afcgeo882  I'll quote from the 29 April edition of the Idaho Capital Sun. "Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed on to a letter Monday alongside 47 other state governors, as well as five territories and commonwealths, opposing the Biden administration’s move to incorporate Air National Guard service members into the Space Force. The letter from the National Governors’ Association, addressed to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, is written in opposition to a legislative proposal submitted by the Department of Defense to the Senate Armed Services Committee that would transfer some Air National Guard personnel and equipment currently being used on space missions to the Space Force. "The Defense Department proposal would require Congress to override existing law requiring that governors approve changes to National Guard units, through Title 10 and 32 of the U.S. Code, that outlines gubernatorial authority over their states’ National Guard."
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  2101.  @afcgeo882  My point is if the federal government can defund a Guard unit and withdraw its equipment, it essentially ceases to exist. This is supposed to happen only with the concurrence of the state government, but that is not what has been proposed with regard to Air Guard space specialists.
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  2102.  @afcgeo882  Regarding your first point, you are conflating different organizations. The militia referred to the US Constitution and early federal law is not the same thing as the National Guard. The latter organization was at first an attempt to align training and equipment of state militias with those of the active duty army, but as more laws were passed it became a separate entity. States still had the option to retain their state militias, but this dual status was rarely used because of the added cost to the state and the duplication of many missions. It has largely faded into obscurity but still remains on the books and some such units still exist and drill. The National Guard differs from traditional militia units in a critical way. It can be federalized and deployed outside of the US and its territories. It is a popular myth that the states fund their own Guard units. Over 80% of Guard funding and all of its equipment is provided by the federal government when in state service. When activated, 100% of funding comes from the federal government. The National Guard Bureau is very much a part of the Department of Defense. I don't know where you are getting your information, but I served over six years at the Pentagon managing active duty, Reserve, and Guard assets for the USAF, so I know of what I speak.
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  2103.  @afcgeo882  I am tired of explaining how the active duty forces and Reserves (Reserve and Guard) work - and yes, the Guard is a reserve organization despite your vehement denials. All you want to do is complain and argue even when people are basically agreeing with you.
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  2104.  @afcgeo882  You are wrong on all accounts.
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  2105.  @susim4503  You were not objectively clear. Local weather is what constitutes global temperature. They are not inseparable, so what do you mean by average global temperature? How is that derived? I have asked a very basic question, but nobody has yet provided a concise answer. How do we know what global temperature is best for the Earth? What extremes in temperature are considered allowable, and for how long? I, for one, would love to live someplace where winters and summers are mild, where rainfall and sunshine are just right (whatever that means). No such place exists, or if it does, it isn't for very long. The world is full of extreme climate variations. If we favor one, does that not adversely affect the others? One might as well say I wish to live in a safe environment, or I wish to have a successful, fulfilling life. Fine, now tell me what that means.
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  2106.  @daviddavis3389  Bass Reeves was a lawman, not a bandit. This collection of videos is about outlaws of the old west, not lawmen.
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  2107. Hmm, living people do not count . . . I got bupkis.
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  2108. @Mister Flibble Them's fightin' woids.
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  2109. Not all men labeled as robber barons were so underhanded as Fisk and Gould. Men like Vanderbilt rose to the top of their professions by creating more efficient business enterprises without resorting to bribing government officials for favors. Free enterprise should never be confused with crony capitalism. Looking back at over 100 years of progressive politics, it is easy to see that men of such low caliber as Fisk and Gould have had no problems shedding their old robber baron skins for newer progressive ones. If anyone disagrees, then I must conclude they are content with FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflicks, Google).
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  2110. "¡Ay, caramba! I guess I should stop complaining about the USA's soft-on-crime legal system.
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  2111. In the 1980s my cousin in Georgia befriended a neighbor who had fought at the Battle of Midway. He even wrote a book about it and gave a copy to my cousin. While on leave, I spent a few days visiting my cousin and read the book. On the inside leaf was a personal note written to my cousin which was signed by the author, Ensign George Gay, the only survivor of the carrier born attack by Torpedo Squadron 8.
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  2112.  @goodun2974  So that's how they did it. Thanks!
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  2113. What could be worse? China invades Taiwan and nobody gets any high end chips.
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  2114. The unofficial total war dead, after nearly eight years of fighting, is cited as being over one million.
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  2115. Arrest everyone!
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  2116. What a delightful Christmas time tale - not!
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  2117.  @ThePolistiren  That makes it a "twofor".
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  2118.  @johnbaker7322  My fear is many of those fleeing excessive regulations and taxes may not have learned any critical lessons. Like good leeches, they are simply searching for a new host to feed them. Those who understand and reject the nanny state are always welcome.
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  2119.  @shamali2426  You are correct about him being a Belgian citizen rather than a US citizen. However, I can find no evidence of his permanent US resident status being revoked. Do you have a source for this information?
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  2120. I had some old Clenzoil on my workbench for decades, but ran out a few years ago. I switched to Rem Oil and Ballistol. I think I'll pick up some more Clenzoil. Thanks for doing the test.
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  2121. There is a rumor floating around that NOAA may be disbanded and its mission folded into other uniformed services.
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  2122. At first I thought you were going to talk about the lynching of labor organizer Frank Little in Butte, MT, in 1917. It was similarity brutal but was orchestrated and planned, rather than a spur of the moment event. If you want to do some justice after the fact, provide the names and brief histories of Prager's murderers. I wonder if their descendants share their pride in their atrocity.
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  2123. Sounds like the various crews all came from Gilligan's Island.
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  2124. Something similar happened to James Reeves at TFB TV when he last visited Vegas. I guess the wonks who run the hotels think harassing gun owners will somehow prevent another mass murder from one of their bedroom windows. Good luck with that policy.
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  2125. "I am a black woman first." Translation: I am a bigot.
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  2126. Far from your best effort, with no sense of balance and a false title.
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  2127. The Taliban were created by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They were originally formed predominately of non-Afghans. The 64 dollar question is why the US never put a stop to Pakistan's meddling in Afghanistan or why we continue to provide them aid.
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  2128. Ask Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They created and funded them.
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  2129. When an aircraft company's name is pronounced "Sorrow", you should expect trouble. Ditto for an engine named "Vulture".
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  2130. Sounds more like a can-of-worms than cannabis.
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  2131. Excellent overview of DoD's global logistics capabilities.
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  2132. Perhaps a good way to counter the evils of communism is to stop portraying Heaven as a utopian paradise. This is the same ideal promised by communists for the living world.
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  2133.  @IvanBaturaChannel  There are at least three international treaties regarding drug trafficking: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 (as amended in 1972), the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. Each treaty builds on the previous one. Noriega violated them through his engagement in illicit drug smuggling into the USA. This provided Bush with one of his justifications for the invasion. It has been contested by those opposed to the invasion that the UN treaties grant no invasion powers or even international law enforcement powers to its signatories. This in itself is an indictment of the UN. What is the point of a treaty if there is no way to enforce it? If one party cheats, what is the aggrieved party to do? It can impose trade and travel restrictions with a country or seize its foreign assets, but this has very limited effect as Iran has demonstrated. When all else fails, invade if you can get away with it. Otherwise, accept that you are essentially powerless to act in your own best interests. To answer your question, can invasion be considered an act of self-defense, I say yes. Israel did this in 1967, which is why they survived and won the war they knew was coming. If Putin invades Ukraine, he will use the same argument. It will be a lie, but, hey, he's PutIn.
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  2134.  @user-sg8kq7ii3y  You should try broadening your knowledge of history instead of trolling. If America is so damned racist and evil then why did we fight the Civil War to free Blacks and fight WWII to free Asians? Just so we could insult them? You're angry because every perceived ill of society hasn't been instantly cured.
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  2135. I've studied S&W and Colt for decades. You'd think a guy this wealthy could bribe enough officials in LA to get a CWP.
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  2136. My future zip code on the moon will be 54321-Alice. Who is old enough to understand this?
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  2137. Helluva story; helluva drill instructor.
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  2138. Ever wonder how our Republic survived and thrived for nearly two centuries without qualified immunity?
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  2139. Tobias, I've spent over 30 years instructing firearms use, and both of my brothers were cops. Emptying a magazine or revolver at a suspect who is down and no longer presenting a threat has never been accepted procedure. In fact, it is illegal to shoot someone in this situation, though it is true the "heat of battle" argument has been used successfully as a defense. When I received my law enforcement training, we were taught to fire twice (double-tap) if the situation warranted it. We were never taught to always keep firing until the subject was down, and certainly not after he was down. The practice of dumping the magazine into somebody is a more recent phenomenon made possible by high capacity pistols that were rarely in vogue until the mid to late 80s. Fear and stress cause the release of Adrenalin, but the tendency to overreact can be controlled by good training, regular stressful and realistic practice, and good self-discipline.
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  2140. Who brought up firemen, and what was your point?
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  2141. Sure it was justified; it was a slam dunk.
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  2142. You might be able to get Terry Fator and his puppets to reenact it for you. If nothing else, it would be funny as hell.
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  2143. I think Josh Randall and Lucas McCain have nothing to fear.
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  2144. They won't touch meat but they'll fling cow dung with their hands?
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  2145. Meanwhile, the devil and Putin are laughing at their windfall.
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  2146.  @zyxw2000  🙂
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  2147. A much deserved ass whoopin' always brings a tear to my eye - from the laughter.
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  2148. The only time I handled a SA80 was at a military arms symposium sometime in the early or mid 1980s. It sported a SUSAT that contained a very pronounced wedge post in the optic. Being a southpaw, I was not impressed at all with any of the ergonomics of the rifle. I later read the British Army solution was to teach all left-handed shooters to fire right-handed. This struck me as an abysmal decision and in no way addressed the need for occasional weak-hand shooting around some corners. I'm glad Jonathan discussed this issue. I have shot the BREN left-handed. I can't use the sights, so I aim it like a shotgun. It seems to work, but I've not tried it at extended ranges.
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  2149. AI is a relatively recent form of deception. Similar misinformation attempts have been around forever. For example, after 911 I spent part of my time at the Pentagon debunking internet lore such as video of snipers in Afghanistan blowing the arms off Taliban militants (in reality varmint hunters shooting lizards off rock escarpments), an image of a giant alligator that had eaten dozens of nursing home patients during the Katrina flooding of New Orleans (actually a crocodile killed somewhere in Africa), and so forth. The result of my well intentioned efforts was I became flooded with seemingly plausible emails forwarded to me from other personnel who wanted to know if their contents were legitimate. I fear Ryan may suffer a similar fate.
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  2150. Trespassing laws are a bit confusing. As I understand the law, if a property owner or their agent orders you to leave the premises and you refuse, you can be arrested for trespassing. Frankly, I think the best way to have handled this situation would have been for the officers, upon arrival, to verify with the property agent that she wanted the woman to be arrested. If not, they still could have escorted her out of the facility and told her to leave. If she refused, they would have more solid grounds to arrest her. In this situation it appears the woman was under the influence of something, but that could just be her normal behavior.
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  2151. Is the Shinano the largest ship ever sunk?
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  2152.  @bkjeong4302  I meant is it the largest ship ever sunk deliberately during wartime. The Yamato and Musashi may have been heavier, but I'm not sure.
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  2153.  @bkjeong4302  I'm only talking about ships sunk deliberately by wartime action. I know the largest loss of life was on a German liner at the end of WWII, but I don't think it was in the same tonnage class as warships.
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  2154. Morocco?
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  2155.  @zafarsyed6437  Thanks.
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  2156. You have to learn how to walk before you can run. Entry level jobs are starter jobs and temporary jobs, not career paths. It's a way to develop life skills and responsibility. Nobody owes you a job and nobody automatically deserves a living wage (whatever the hell that is).
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  2157.  @andrewmountford3608  Strap them to the outside, I suppose. That's what the Russians did.
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  2158.  @ronjon7942  Thanks.
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  2159. "Beats me" may have been a poor choice of words.
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  2160. The next round of slaughter is about to begin. "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war."
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  2161. I have no problem with forcing that doctor to do what I want him to do. How does that sound?
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  2162.  @henryturnerjr3857  Looks like SpaceX may be asked to do it for them.
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  2163. The pike was good enough for my ancestors, so it's good enough for me.
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  2164. Freedom may be scary, but it shouldn't be a horror show.
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  2165. I think the greatest stain on FDR's record was his internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
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  2166.  @zSKW1GGLEZz  "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" (from "Maud Muller" by John Greenleaf Whittier)
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  2167. You had me at "lithium sucks".
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  2168.  @future5889  Yours?
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  2169.  @ltdc426  Your point is valid; Democrats do have a long history of passing Jim Crow laws under the guise of state's rights.
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  2170. German soldiers in WWII had much the same opinion of Americans. They rarely made the same mistakes twice in combat. They quickly learned and adapted.
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  2171. @Taco fan 69 Commissioned officers are not allowed to join militias. It creates a conflict of interest with the military service we are obligated to even after separation or retirement. (§ 127A-8. Exemptions from duty with the militia.)
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  2172. @Taco fan 69 Air Force myself. My middle brother was an 11B in the One-Oh-Worst/Clucking Chicken for a few years.
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  2173. How many rounds hit the guy?
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  2174. This is the end result of allowing Barney Fife to take steroids.
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  2175. I hope the canes and sticks are made of steel with very sharp edges.
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  2176. Spicey meat-a-balla! You can't be that old.
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  2177. I have read several comments debating the need for seat belt laws and how this tragedy could have been avoided if only the officer had not stopped him because of such laws. Such reasoning ignores the 800 pound gorilla in the room. This guy was up to no good. If the officer had not intervened, do you really believe this punk would not have injured or killed someone else later on? He was guilty of a string of offenses and kept committing even worse ones right up to the moment of his death. Here's an alternate universe scenario to ponder. The officer decides not to tag this pickup and lets it go. A few minutes later he receives a call of an accident. When he arrives he sees this same truck has now plowed into another vehicle, killing a family of four. Or maybe the call he receives is a report of a robbery at a convenience store where the clerk has been shot and the perps have just escaped in the same vehicle he did not stop.
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  2178. There is no one person who has all the facts. Agency heads are reticent about sending in their minions for fear they may say something the leaders don't want exposed. Congress prefers to speak to agency leaders because it gives the Senators and Reps an opportunity to skewer them in front of the news cameras.
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  2179.  @gregjohnson2073  😅
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  2180. It's not reform; it's deform.
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  2181. From what little I've read about the Besler, their experiment showed that steam power production dropped as altitude increased due to the effects of colder air on the boiler, condenser, and "fuel".
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  2182. Adrenalin will get you every time.
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  2183. This is why I hate property tax. You never really own your home; you just rent it from the government - and that rent keeps going up. I'd love to see it abolished and replaced with a host of service taxes for emergency service, education, etc. If you don't pay a specific tax, you don't receive that service.
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  2184. What kind of ammo was he using, FMJ? He really had to ventilate these guys to get the job done.
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  2185. The original Roe v. Wade decision was very poorly articulated by the SCOTUS and violated their duty to follow the Constitution, not legislate from the bench. For nearly 50 years the opponents of this decision have been carefully crafting powerful arguments to reverse this decision. Based upon what little information has been illegally released, the pending SCOTUS decision will neither ban nor endorse abortion. The most it will do is return the issue to the states to decide, which is what the Constitution requires.
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  2186.  @mikeakachorlton  Indy and Spartacus stated their belief that judges should not legislate from the bench. This is precisely what the high court did in its 1973 decision. The court is now correcting the error and restoring the bench to its traditional role. It is up to the legislatures of each state to decide the issue of abortion, not the federal courts. The argument you make grants power to the federal government that the Constitution does not recognize. This is always a dangerous course of action, for it makes the Constitution little more than a scrap of paper to be manipulated or ignored according to what is expedient or popular at the time. If there is popular support for abortion at the state level, then existing or future state laws regulating it will have no trouble being passed or preserved. Regarding the leaking of the draft document, this is a major breach of ethics and a violation of federal law. Whoever committed this act did not release a decision prematurely, but released an early draft. We don't know what the final decision will be, so why was this information leaked? The most plausible explanation is somebody wanted outside pressure applied to the justices to influence their vote, which is also a federal crime. And this is precisely what is happening now with the threats and protests being conducted at the homes of several justices. If you think this is acceptable behavior, then pray you are never tried in a court where both judge and jury have no privacy and are subjected to daily threats from outside actors who want to influence the outcome of your case.
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  2187. This movie is really about what it means to be an American. At least that is what I believed as a kid in the 1960s. My God, what is happening to this great nation?
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  2188. I remember reading about the torpedo attack, but I was not aware of the full history of that poor destroyer. The Navy should have renamed her the USS Albatross or USS Joe Btfsplk.
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  2189. Pity they could not form a British square.
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  2190. C'est la vie?
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  2191.  @aidanharrison3888  Keep calm and carry on.
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  2192. Using a blooper tube (M79) is almost like using a mortar to take down an aircraft. In theory it can be done, but I would not like to try it.
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  2193. I never met a stagnant pond I liked.
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  2194. Retarded, crippled, idiot, moron, cretin, etc. are just words. Shunning or banning their use and replacing them with terms such as mentally challenged, otherly-abled, and other nonsensical phrases may make the censors feel better, but it does nothing to solve these very real conditions; it merely sweeps them under the table.
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  2195. In my hat collection I have a very similar looking slouch hat that I received from a friend while I was visiting Zimbabwe in the 1980s. It had been her son's Rhodesian Boy Scout hat.
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  2196. From Russia without love.
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  2197. I've found a potential new home for Officer Peppers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2dGPqkc6U
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  2198. I hear the tardigrade sauce is pretty good on fish.
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  2199. It sounds like the husband really smoked her ass.
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  2200. Perhaps the nurse already had bone generation issues and her sudden collapse provided an unexpected opportunity to discover a preexisting problem.
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  2201. I was aware of his bravery in two wars but light on the details. Thanks for the video.
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  2202. Jim Beam on the whiskey cart, I knew there was a reason I liked you.
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  2203. Next, Russia will be telling us the Ukrainians caused the Holodomor and Stalin tried to save them.
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  2204. He earned it the hard way (not that there is an easy way).
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  2205. This video is a MAGGOT trick. No self-respecting progressive leftist would ever celebrate the stealing of land from the first nation's people or eat murdered fowl.
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  2206. Plumbers crack and whoop-ass enough for all.
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  2207. I don't know enough about the structure of French government to be able to say if Petain's government was lawful. In the United States it would not be lawful, but history is controlled by the victors.
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  2208.  @steveshoemaker6347  Thanks. The airplane logo I'm now using is a photo of the actual Robin my Dad rebuilt.
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  2209.  @steveshoemaker6347  The same to you, Steve. Somebody has to advise the current generation how to make the best of life, and aviation, even with all its modern contrivances, tests the mettle of a man.
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  2210. The Navy replaced the F-14 Tomcat with the FA18 Super Hornet. While I don't think the F16XL should have replaced the F15, it would have been a good adjunct or replacement for the F16C/D.
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  2211. This is far more than I ever knew about its service record.
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  2212. I believe there was a coverup, but I do not believe it was a pre-planned attack. There are too many logic flaws and contravening evidence to verify the planned attack theory.
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  2213.  @davidchase9424  His comments are his opinion and should not be accepted on face value as accurate, even though they are sincere. The ship was not ordered to parts unknown because such an order makes no sense. They were given a destination just off the coast of Egypt and Israel which was in a lane rarely used by commercial freighters and which Egypt had declared closed to neutral vessels. This location was reached on 8 June 1967, three days into the war. We can only speculate as to their mission, but since they took on Arabic translators in Rota Spain to augment their Russian translators, in all likelihood their assignment was to monitor radio traffic between Egypt and the USSR. Captain McGonagle reported his discomfort with the chosen location to his superior, Sixth Fleet commander, Vice-Adm. William Martin, and requested permission to pull back from the shore or be provided with an escort. Vice-Adm Martin rejected these requests, stating the Liberty "is a clearly marked United States ship in international waters and not a reasonable subject for attack by any nation." Neither Vice-Adm Martin or Capt McGonagle were aware at the time that the JCS had repeatedly cabled the USS Liberty the previous night with instructions to withdraw to a distance of one hundred miles from the Egyptian and Israeli coasts. The transmission was delayed by the Navy's overloaded communication system, which routed messages as far east as the Philippines before relaying them to their destinations. The JCS orders would not be received until the following day, June 9, by which time the tragedy had already begun.
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  2214.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  In what war does anyone have time not to attack? I'll quote from an Israeli investigation into the attack since it shows how the Israelis came to misidentify the ship. At 5:55 a.m. on June 8, Cmdr. Uri Meretz, a naval observer aboard an Israel Air Force (IAF) reconnaissance plane, noted what he believed to be an American supply vessel, designated GTR-5, seventy miles west of the Gaza coast. At Israeli naval headquarters in Haifa, staff officers fixed the location of the ship with a red marker, indicating "unidentified," on their control board. Research in Jane's Fighting Ships, however, established the vessel's identity as "the electromagnetic audio-surveillance ship of the United States, the Liberty." The marker was changed to green, for "neutral." Another sighting of the ship - "gray, bulky, with its bridge amidships" - was made by an Israeli fighter aircraft at 9:00 a.m., twenty miles north of El-Arish, on the Sinai coast, which had fallen to Israeli forces the day before. Neither of these reports made mention of the 5-by-8-foot American flag which, according to the ship's crewmen, was flying from the Liberty's starboard halyard. The crew would also testify later that six IAF aircraft subsequently flew over the ship, giving them ample opportunity to identify its nationality. Israel Air Force reports, however, make no further mention of the Liberty. There may indeed have been additional Israeli overflights, but the IAF pilots were not looking for the Liberty. Their target was Egyptian submarines, which had been spotted off the coast. At 11:00 a.m., while the hunt for Egyptian submarines was on, the officer on duty at Israel's naval headquarters, Capt. Avraham Lunz, concluded his shift. In accordance with procedures, he removed the Liberty's green marker on the grounds that it was already five hours old and no longer accurate. Then, at 11:24, a terrific explosion rocked the shores of El-Arish. The blast was clearly heard by the men on the Liberty's bridge, who had been navigating according to the town's tallest minaret, and who also noted a thick pall of smoke wafting toward them. In El-Arish itself, Israeli forces were convinced they were being bombarded from the sea, and the IDF Southern Command reported sighting two unidentified vessels close offshore. Though the explosion probably resulted from an ammunition dump fire, that fact was unknown at the time, and both Egyptian and Israeli sources had reported shelling of the area by Egyptian warships the previous day. There was therefore good reason to conclude that the Egyptian navy had trained its guns on Sinai. Minutes after the explosion, the Liberty reached the eastern limit of its patrol and turned 238 degrees back in the direction of Port Said. Meanwhile, reports of a naval bombardment on El-Arish continued to reach IDF General Staff Headquarters in Tel Aviv. Rabin took them seriously, concerned that the shelling was a prelude to an amphibious landing that could outflank advancing Israeli troops. He reiterated the standing order to sink any unidentified ships in the war area, but also advised caution: Soviet vessels were reportedly operating nearby. Since no fighter planes were available, the navy was asked to intercede, with the assumption that air cover would be provided later. More than half an hour passed without any response from naval headquarters in Haifa. The General Staff finally issued a rebuke: "The coast is being shelled and you - the navy - have done nothing." Capt. Izzy Rahav, who had replaced Lunz in the operations room, needed no more prodding. He dispatched three torpedo boats of the 914th squadron, code-named "Pagoda," to find the enemy vessel responsible for the bombardment and destroy it. The time was 12:05 p.m.
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  2215.  @davidchase9424  When he's talking about what he witness I do not question his accuracy. I am addressing why the ship was there and why it was attacked. These are issues that fall outside of eyewitness testimony. When a witness says he knows what the Israeli pilots saw and were thinking, he is engaging in pure speculation. When he says it was a pre-planned attack and the intent was to murder the entire crew of an American Navy ship, this is his subjective opinion. It is not supported by any facts.
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  2216.  @davidchase9424  The aircraft that dipped their wings were not the ones that subsequently attacked them. They were on their way to attack the Egyptian submarines in port.
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  2217.  @davidchase9424  Please don't be snide. Being there means one can speak authoritatively on the things he witnessed and did. He cannot speak with authority on the things he later heard or surmised, no matter how passionately he believes them. To accept all of his opinions as fact simply because he was present during the attack is to commit a logic fallacy known as appeal to authority. When somebody presents evidence to the contrary, do you discount it or are you willing to consider its veracity?
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  2218.  @davidchase9424  Then you must not have read my previously posted comments in this same section. I did present detailed evidence. You don't have to believe it. You can do your own research and draw your own conclusions. I personally believe former Liberty crewman Philip Tourney is sincere in his beliefs, but I think many of his conclusions are wrong. I suspect his convictions are heavily colored by the horrible memories of that day and by the way the survivors were treated afterwards. It is precisely because we were not there that we have the option of remaining dispassionate when we research the story. I don't think he or any other crewman can do this, nor would I expect them to.
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  2219.  @tbc9096  My daughter has found this out the hard way.
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  2220. Beautiful story - a combination Zorro and Friar Tuck.
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  2221. I think Casey was sincere because he did not profit from his predictions, but I agree with Randi that he was a quack, perhaps an unintentional one, but a quack just the same.
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  2222. Even as a kid I found the sound cringe-worthy because it conjured up an image of my fingernails being ripped off. It still does.
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  2223. Critical thinking will trump critical theory every time - if people know how to apply the former.
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  2224.  @psychohist  Ouch!
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  2225.  dylannroof5291  What makes you think this?
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  2226.  dylannroof5291  Apparently you don't. Which part do you think is bull crap, Dick's story or the one about my Mother's hometown disaster?
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  2227.  dylannroof5291  Well, Dick has long since gone to his eternal rest, though I'm sure he would have been amused by your ignorance. As for the Richmond tragedy, perhaps you should visit the town and see the memorial. If not, here's a Wikipedia entry to enlighten you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Indiana_explosion
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  2228.  dylannroof5291  You really should find a better way to spend your time. A plastic belly becomes no one.
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  2229.  @KennethCain-KAC  I'm glad he survived.
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  2230. Some of their rifles suffered from QC issues, but overall they did decent work. What made them stand out was their innovation. In the 1980s and through much of the 1990s they were the only manufacturer attempting to explore and expand the possibilities of the AR. The myriad selection of ARs available today was a result of Olympic AR's pioneering work.
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  2231.  @keithmoore5306  The AR18 (select fire version of the AR180) failed to pass the military tests the AR15/M16 was subjected to. I own an original Costa Mesa AR180, which is as good as the later Howa built guns, and superior to the Sterling made rifles. I baby it because I know it is not as reliable or accurate as the AR15, and if it does break, finding parts for it will be difficult, if not impossible. The HK93 is a fine rifle, but the ergonomics and weight do not compare well with those of the AR, and it is coslty to fabricate. This might explain why its variants have seen relatively little use on the world stage when compared with the AR, AK, and FAL. It has been mainly confined to special operation units. As for Olympic Arms, I did business with them for nearly 30 years. I had occasional issues, but nothing they did not repair or replace. There are better options today, but I still have some Olympics I occasionally shoot for nostalgic reasons.
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  2232.  @keithmoore5306  Military Arms Channel has done a series of videos on a single AR that has gone over 7,000 rounds without cleaning. The M16 has a long history of reliability if it is properly cared for. The AR180 does not.
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  2233.  @keithmoore5306  I'm not doubting you have been frustrated by your experiences with ARs. I am curious why you had so much bad luck. It is very atypical. If you prefer a side charging handle and folding stock, then a traditional AR is not going to work. There are ARs with the features you desire, but I cannot attest to their durability or reliability. Each owner has his own set of criteria. I don't care for folding stocks because I'm not jumping out of cramped APCs or helicopters. Since a rifle is best employed from the shoulder, I prefer a good solid stock that does not need to be deployed before firing accurately. I can't envision a scenario where I would prefer to shoot it with the stock folded. I'm somewhat indifferent regarding the location of the charging handle, but the AR does offer two advantages. It is out of the way so it isn't going to snag on something and it is ambidextrous. It is only awkward when chambering the first round. After that you simply press the bolt release for reloading. Secondly, it is easier to operate than the HK charging handle. The AR180 and AK charging handles are easier to operate than both the AR or HK handles, especially if you are left-handed like I am. If you are a northpaw, a left side mounted charging handle might be preferable (think FN FAL), but finding an affordable 5.56 pattern rifle with this setup might be challenging.
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  2234.  @keithmoore5306  That's a highly unusual situation. The most likely scenario in a vehicle is a robbery attempt. Because of the close confines and the possible need to keep one hand on the wheel, I find a pistol much more practical. Of course, if all you have is a carbine, that's what you use, but any long gun will be awkward in such a tight space. With one exception, I've owned or shot all of the rifles you listed. I passed on a chance to purchase a Valmet in 223 because I wanted one in 7.62x39. Looking back these many years, that was a very dumb decision. The Sig 551 is a very nice rifle and a definite keeper (just not in the car where it might be stolen). As for ARs, AKs, and plasticated pistols, yes they dominate. Ditto for 1911 clones. It can be mind-numbing. Retro seems to be making a comeback, so there's hope.
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  2235.  @keithmoore5306  Not so different. I grew up in the rural Big Bend area of Florida and now live just west of the Continental Divide in rural Montana. I got tired of killing moccasins and rattlers, fighting off mosquitos, and suffering through the heat and humidity that dominates the Sunshine State. I traded it for Big Sky country and have never looked back. There was a learning curve for dealing with snow and ice, but the summers and falls are dry and cool, and the view is spectacular. My elevation is high enough that rattlers are never to be found. I do have to contend with coyotes, wolves, cougars, and bears (both Black and Brown). They periodically come around the house and sometimes scare the horses, so I stay prepared with a variety of arms. I've shot at some who got too close, but that's enough to send them packing. I hope it stays that way because I don't want to deal with the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. As for two-legged predators, they've not been an issue yet, but since we make weekly shopping trips, I'm prepared for that too.
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  2236. I remember when gender referred to English grammar, not sex. Changing the traditional meanings of words is only the first step in destroying a culture.
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  2237. The Great McGinty
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  2238.  @gymshoe8862  I live in Montana. 'Nuff said.
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  2239. I'd rather these designers create a functional phaser. I might even settle for a bullet firing pistol that looks like a phaser. 🙂
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  2240.  @dukecraig2402  Very shortly after WWII ended, Kemp was assigned to a team assisting the French in battling the communists in Indochina. Banks was part of an American team that went to great lengths to stop them, which directly resulted in the murder of a French officer Kemp was working with. He witness the assault and spoke very harshly of Bank's interference and ineptness that led to this tragedy.
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  2241.  @dukecraig2402  Do you have any information to indicate Kemp was lying or maliciously maligning Banks? Did Banks sue him and win a judgment for making false accusations? Did I say Kemp's account negated everything Banks accomplished during his career? No, I said it lowered my opinion of him. I've read various accounts of many people. Along the way I've learned things about them which sometimes tarnished their reputations or left one in doubt, but this does not invalidate their achievements unless those achievements were shown to be false or exaggerated.
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  2242. A derringer suffering from gigantism.
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  2243. Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Nazism do share one very critical trait, a desire to concentrate power in the state at the cost of the individual. They go about it in different ways and to different degrees, but the end result tends to be the same - incarceration, torture, or death for all perceived enemies of the people. Terms such as left wing, right wing, and alt right have unclear meanings, so I try to avoid them as much as possible. This is particularly true when trying to comprehend the European vs. American use of these words. When our Constitution was written, our forefathers, well educated on the potential dangers of any form of government, sought to create one in which the consolidation of power was made extremely difficult. Indeed, it was the decentralization of power which was foremost on their minds and a cornerstone of our republic. Yet if any of them were alive today, they would be gravely disappointed to see how far we have drifted from their ideal. I suppose it is to be expected. Human nature can be as predictable as the actions of a moth drawn to a flame. Perhaps that is why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance (yes, I know this is a paraphrase).
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  2244. I knew the plane, but not the history. Thanks for filling in the blanks.
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  2245. Greetings from a former Georgia Tech classmate ('77) and USAF ROTC grad. Phil makes some excellent points. Until the matter became public with Trump's comments, I doubt very many people in Europe or the US were even aware of the strategic and economic importance of Greenland. Now let the debates begin in earnest.
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  2246. If their city hall burned down, would the public refuse to allow them to build a new one to replace it?
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  2247. Unless the government has already budgeted for such flightselsewhere, it probably is more efficient to use military assets.
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  2248. Now is the time for John Cleese to create a new Monty Python skit titled "I'd like to be offended, please".
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  2249.  @hardhead5700  Eyesight from Mr. Magoo; brains from the Scarecrow.
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  2250. Pompeo, as usual, speaks the truth.
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  2251. Very steampunk. I want one.
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  2252.  @sanityassassin8161  Not anymore, thank you. I'm too old for such shenanigans. For over 16 years now we have lived in rural Montana where satellite reception is the only feasible way to get a TV signal. I bought one strictly for internet use, but switched to DSL a few years later. We had become to disillusioned and disgusted with the boob tube that we simply gave up television for good and never regretted this decision. This hasn't kept us from enjoying old movies and TV shows on DVD or YouTube which we watch either on a computer screen or cast to our 80" TV. I still complain about all the crap on the internet and likely will become even more frustrated and vocal as AI tries to mess with my mind and soul. Lord only knows what will become of mankind if holo-decks are ever invented.
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  2253.  @Gail1Marie  Just shows you how poor we were back then. 🙂
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  2254.  @Gail1Marie  Same here, but we said thrifty instead of cheap. In some ways I share that trait.
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  2255. Even though he neither created nor used the words "capitalism" and "capitalist", Karl Marx has become closely associated with these terms and their negative connotations because of his work "Das Kapital". I prefer to use the term "free enterprise" because it is more accurate and descriptive, and it makes leftist uncomfortable when they have to admit they are against freedom. Never let these people control the narrative.
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  2256. I can tell you what that sausage dog is thinking. I'm gonna kick that bear's ass. Meanwhile the bear is thinking "sausage".
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  2257. Did he shoplift at Lowes? I ask because Lowes has a policy of not reporting or prosecuting shoplifters.
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  2258. The tanks that fought in the Korean War were all WWII surplus on both sides.
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  2259. Why are there any thumbs down on this video?
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  2260. ANTIFA really stands for ANgry TItular FAscist.
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  2261. Will it bring the flying car one step closer to reality?
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  2262.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  Thanks.
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  2263. I didn't see any members of the city council object to the mayor's action. If they had, would he have ordered the police to remove them as well?
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  2264. The problem is compounded by the fact that single sentences or paragraphs in a document may be the only thing that is classified. A properly annotated document will have a (U) before any unclassified paragraph and a (C) or (S) before any confidential or secret paragraph. When these paragraphs are removed, the document has been sanitized and can be released as unclassified, but there is no incentive to do this because it creates additional bureaucratic work (and potential risk or embarrassment). By contrast, any originating authority can mark a document as classified. For this reason there is suppose to be a time limit on these lower classifications, yet during my career I rarely was called upon to review such documents for declassification or destruction.
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  2265.  @TomTomicMic  Hmm, what comes next on the English frustration/anger scale? Is it flabbergasted?
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  2266. You have to love the anachronistic videos from WWII to the 1980s.
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  2267.  @gregsmith7949  Our team, the Shanks Tigers, used to play your town's football team.
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  2268.  @Doug_M  Don't forget the Ocklawaha and Miccosukee, to name a few more.
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  2269.  @peacepipe6695  If you are addressing your comment to me then I don't know what you are referring to because I never posted any such claim.
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  2270.  @peacepipe6695  Chief's comment was not about honor. It was about a tribe of Seminoles living outside of Florida who wanted a piece of the pie that his Florida tribe had created for themselves. His tribal ancestors were the ones who ran away and hid in the Florida swamps and benefited from it over a century later thanks to a merchandising arrangement with FSU, so I don't understand the point you are trying to make.
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  2271.  @shellybastion9974  Neither could I; I've got horses to feed!
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  2272.  @shellybastion9974  Where I grew up the poo' folk had other uses for corn cobs. ;-)
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  2273.  @shellybastion9974  Nope, left soaking in a bucket of water in the outhouse. You can figure out the rest. It's probably where the phrase "rough as a cob" comes from.
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  2274.  @ellebelle4094  Possibly "30 Seconds Over Tokyo"?
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  2275. Imagine the frustration of archeologists ten thousand years from now when they discover pet rocks, vintage collectible cow chips (yes, that was a thing), and cans of Billy Beer (20th century men drank bottled piss?).
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  2276. This attorney took the hired gun moniker too seriously.
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  2277. Do not tell the officer you are armed unless he asks you. This can lead to a misunderstanding on his part (are you threatening me?) or an unwarranted search of your person and vehicle.
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  2278.  @katamas832  The problem is when you say "gun", firearm", or "armed", the officer is likely to focus only on that word and react as though he has just been threatened. All you have done is compound the situation and given him a reason to question you more. He absolutely can search you if he wants to, then claim it was an officer safety issue. You can file a complaint or even sue him and his department, but it is doubtful you will win. In the 1960s the SCOTUS invented the concept of qualified immunity to protect civil servants from such lawsuits. It is one of the reasons bad cops rarely get fired, or when they are fired, they get hired elsewhere.
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  2279.  @katamas832  A lawsuit is expensive and time consuming, with no way of knowing the final outcome. Even if you win, there will be appeals. From what I've seen, the odds are stacked against you, so why volunteer any information that is not relevant to the stop? P.S. The only time I ever told an officer I had a gun was when he asked me to show my vehicle registration. The gun was in the glove box with the papers, so I told him this before I opened the box. Otherwise I would have said nothing.
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  2280. Oh Fudd!
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  2281. Projecting the stereotype of second lieutenants, this young officer has great difficulty following simple orders. Based on what I've seen I'd say the cops greatly overreacted and the young officer needs a plastic belly with ear holes (if you don't know what I mean, think about it a minute). Now that the city manager has been fired for wanting to follow due process and the city council has given control of the department to the mayor, I expect the ex-cops and former city manager to file massive lawsuits against them all for wrongful termination. No winners here.
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  2282. I wouldn't mind trying their yogurt, but I'll pass on the blue cheese.
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  2283.  @jackieallen3344  It sounds plausible, but I don't know. Evil is like water; it seeks the easiest route to success.
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  2284. Can you spell "profiling"?
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  2285.  @rigid73able  If you want softer recoil and a bit more velocity, yes. I have an 18" kit that I've not had time to finish, so I can't be certain, but I don't think you'll have to fiddle with the gas system to get it to work reliably.
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  2286.  @rigid73able  It isn't a Dissipator with a 16" barrel either. The original carbine had a 15" barrel.
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  2287.  @herbderbler1585  I don't see how a 14.5" barrel can be adapted to accept a rifle length gas tube. Shortening a 20" pencil barrel creates its own issue because you end up with a very narrow shoulder for mounting the muzzle brake. Maybe shortening a Faxon Gunner barrel would work since it is a bit thicker than the pencil barrel.
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  2288.  @rigid73able  Most of my ammo is 55 gain because it works with my slower twist barrels. I've never tried shooting heavier rounds. Maybe that is contributing to longer dell time since they stay in the barrel a skosh longer. It would be interesting to find out.
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  2289. Without food and water, all else is superfluous.
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  2290. It doesn't look as solid or rugged as the Avenge.
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  2291. Another DEI success story.
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  2292.  @pitchforkpeasant6219  Please elaborate your comparison of government action during Katrina with Waco?
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  2293. Didn't Arnold Schwarzenegger "borrow" a M48 tank and take it home when he was serving as a reservist in the Austrian Army?
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  2294. Looks like the result of a Corsair spending a drunken night with a FW190.
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  2295. I hope we block their recovery attempts - by force if necessary.
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  2296. Ah, the Ripple effect.
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  2297. Consider yourself forgiven. :yougotthis: It is the Christian thing to do.
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  2298.  @mathewkelly9968  That's a popular explanation, but saying it is an admission that competition helped kill Avro. Competition is a major part of economics, so you are making my point. As for the Swedish aerospace industry, it exists only because the Swedish government was willing to fund it. The Swedish government was willing to make this massive commitment because of its neutrality and its location (sandwiched between NATO Europe and the USSR). Canada had the advantage of being both a NATO ally and a neighbor of the USA, so politically it saw no advantage, and several disadvantages to continuing the Avro program. The Avro Arrow was a massively large interceptor, more on the scale of a medium bomber. The Lockheed F-104 was a tiny interceptor, and more cost effective, but neither plane represented the future of fighter development, which was to be multi-role fighter-attack aircraft such as the F4 Phantom (which also started life as an interceptor). Lockheed was able to turn the F-104 into a passable multi-role aircraft for its foreign customers, but I'm not sure the Arrow would have proven equally adaptable. For the interceptor role, the Canadian government opted for an even cheaper alternative, and bought the F-101 Voodoo, a mediocre aircraft at best. The RCAF also operated the F-104 in Europe in a nuclear strike role. Blaming Lockheed for Avro's demise may make some people feel better, but it's only one part of the story and should not be taken out of context.
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  2299. What do you call the male version of a Karen?
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  2300. What is the correlation between arm tattoos on cops and the likelihood they will violate your civil rights?
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  2301. The title of this video calls it a Plan, but it's a Directive, and that's a huge difference. I first heard about it ten days ago when a friend of mine sent me a video link about changes to DoD Directive 5240.1 and asked for my opinion because I been a staff officer at the Pentagon. The rumor has been spreading like wildfire that a very recent change to DoD Directive 5240.01, DOD INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL AUTHORITIES, now authorizes the military to use lethal force against the citizenry. As is the case with most such videos and articles, I find the devil is in the details. The problem here is the details appear to be missing or are at least sparse. For example, at the 5:40 time mark the content creator of the video I watched read the applicable paragraph from the DoDD, but he failed to read the last line of this paragraph (DoDD 5240.01, 3.3.a.(2)(c)) which states "Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially further restricted based on the specifics of the requested support." I downloaded and read 5240.1 and 5210.56. The latter deals with the arming and use of force by DoD personnel and contractors, to include private arms, for official duty and self-protection. From my reading it appears these provisions only apply to government property, so any use of force outside of government property (aside from self-protection) would seem to be a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. At the very least it makes for a confusing mess, so I passed it along to several legal beagles for their review and comment. They agreed it appears to be a bit vague and therefore open to some wild misinterpretation, but it does not rise to the levels of concern which have been portrayed in so many video, articles, and commentaries.
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  2302. Oh well , you can fold a $20 bill to simulate the Twins Tower burning.
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  2303. If he had been on duty, would the prosecutor have charge him with murder?
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  2304. Really, really, really stupid reaction.
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  2305. Weaning bureaucrats off their newfound powers is going to prove tougher to beat than the Commie Crud.
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  2306. Vlad is consolidating his power again. What will replace the Wagner Group, the Putin Group?
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  2307. It is true both the USA and the USSR did psychic research, but the results were far from what was described here. In fact, both programs were a bust. A more plausible explanation of how we found missing persons, monitoring devices, downed aircraft, and missing submarines (if true at all) is that these are all fabricated cover stories being used to mask the real methods employed.
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  2308. The Battle of the Pearl River Forts became but a Footenote in US Navy and Marine history.
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  2309. Thanks for setting the record straight. My sister drove a Gremlin in high school. It was the only car parked on a straight section of city street when a drunk, for reasons we never understood, swerved over and rear-ended it. The car was a total write-off, but it did not explode and, luckily, it was the one car my Dad had purchased collision insurance for. Years later I was rear-ended in my Datsun 240Z while waiting to make a turn. It was turned into an accordian, but it did not explode and I only received minor injuries. Around the same time period a good friend of mine was zipping along the German Autobahn when another car struck his. The Pacer flew off the highway and rolled over several times, but neither he nor his wife were injured. He was impressed by the strength of the car body, which held together and was not crushed. It also did not explode.
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  2310.  @drizler  They were buckled in their Pacer and yes, they do have a lot glass.
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  2311. If Trump can end the war in Ukraine on terms favorable to Ukraine, good for him. If it ends on terms favorable to Russia, then evil wins and it won't stop there. If he cannot effect a change, I'm not sure what will happen next.
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  2312. Who needs sketch comedy or standup routines when we have the Conservative Twins?
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  2313.  @Michael-pn5lp  "Hawk-a-a-a!" If you get the reference, you must be as old as Methuselah.
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  2314. And it's a story worthy of remembering.
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  2315. Colin, I and my family always despised Johnson, but I do not believe he had anything to do with JFK's assassination, nor do I think his motivation for sending our nation to war was so he could turn a personal profit. I have no doubt he took advantage of any situation he could, and I suspect he was involved in a lot of very shady deals up to and including murder conspiracies. But if he wanted to make a buck, there were easier ways for him to do it than get us into a war. I think he really believed all he had to do to win in Vietnam was to slowly ratchet up the pressure on North Vietnam in the same way he strong-armed individual Americans and members of his own party to get what he wanted. He was a political animal through and through and was incapable of thinking any other way. He could not comprehend that sometimes ideology trumps gain or pain. The Communists were fighting a war of reunification and were willing to suffer and wait while bleeding our treasure and our youth. Johnson's naive political approach to war and his constant belittling and bullying of our military leaders and their recommendations for victory only made matters worse. My one wish is that he is burning in Hell where he belongs.
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  2316. Always assume it's the feds trying to serve a warrant at the wrong address. Yeah, I know, some of you are going to say that's reasonable fear in itself.
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  2317. Oklahoma, where men are men and sheep worry. No, wait, that's Wyoming.
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  2318. They were kungfu fighting . . .
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  2319. India has come a long way on its own, but it has many economic and social challenges yet to overcome. A trade partnership with the USA will benefit both countries, as will defense cooperation. I don't think India is going to find much success with BRICS because most the partnership countries are untrustworthy, but that is something India will have to discover over time.
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  2320. I got exhausted just watching this slow fight develop. Hearing those sirens mere moments after the perp is killed vividly reminded me of the saying "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away."
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  2321.  @hyselwatchandclockrepair1874  I suffer from presbyopia, so I use that as my excuse for a lack of talent at sharpening bits. 😊
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  2322.  @beargillium2369  Decocking is not necessary because of its builtin safety features. It has a trigger safety which is quicker to disengage than any other manual safety yet devised. It is partially pre-cocked so it does not need a single action feature. Re-strikes only work for light primer strikes, not dud rounds, which is why normal combat drill is to manually eject and chamber a new round. It's faster to perform this drill than to manually re-cock a SA automatic, and no revolver has a re-strike feature and virtually none have external manual safeties. Should they all be disqualified from consideration? I've always found that pulling the slide back and releasing it is about as fast as disengaging any slide release, but the fact remains it does offer this feature. Being a southpaw, I've found most slide releases suck. Oversized and ambidextrous slide releases are more likely to be accidentally engaged during firing. There is no free lunch.
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  2323.  @beargillium2369  The features one may desire are subject to personal tastes. There are pistols that I prefer to Glock, but none of them have the features you desire. I do not see the trigger safety as an issue, but as a solution. I bought one of the first Glocks to enter the US and have owned more since then. In 37 years I've never had an AD with one so I must be doing something right and other presumed experts are doing something wrong. No firearm is perfectly safe except, which is why we have rule number one (keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction). The reason the Glock dominates the marketplace is because it is good at every task its owners deem important. It has serious competition now, so it may be unseated one day, but so far no company has managed to knock it off its throne as it did to S&W and S&W did to Colt.
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  2324.  @beargillium2369  It would depend of which features he's talking about and whether or not they are OEM or aftermarket. I think he nailed the main issues most people have with Glock and their glacial rate of change. It reminds me of Colt in the 1970s. I bought a brand new Commander for $200 and spent $400 upgrading it because Colt didn't offer any of these features even as custom work. It required the efforts of talented gunsmiths, small boutique parts shops, and later other 1911 manufacturers to drag Colt off its past laurels and begin making the changes the public demanded. Even today they tend to lag behind the innovators.
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  2325.  @joshking2991  We are not talking about aftermarket add-ons or pistols used in other countries such as Thailand. We are talking about Glocks made in or imported to the USA by Glock.
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  2326. The hate is strong in this one.
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  2327. My mother was born on the day of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. I was born in 1955, the same year Dr. Goddard died. That would explain my interest in Tommy guns.
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  2328. Today he would be unliked or banned by FANG for any comments the SJWs disapproved of.
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  2329. Free Fat Willy!
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  2330. I did a lot of work with the company, starting in the 1980s, and always visited the plant to chat with the owner, Bob Schuetz, whenever I flew into Seattle. I never did find out why the company shut down. Do you know?
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  2331.  @tomliemohn624  Thanks. I know Bob was getting pretty long in the tooth, but I presumed his son would take over the business. Maybe the competition from so many other newer companies was becoming too much for them.
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  2332. I've read that you are required to divulge your name and date of birth to police officers if asked. I was not aware this requirement does not extend to the home. How would the police be able to confirm you are the legal resident if you refuse to identify yourself in some meaningful way?
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  2333.  @XJWill1  Should you ask the officer if you are being detained before identifying yourselves? If so, I suspect he will continue to demand your name, and if you don't give it, he will consider that justification to detain you. Does that sound about right?
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  2334. What was the cause of the structural collapse during the flight, a helium leak? If so, could this have been the reason the crew abandoned ship? Helium inhalation can lead to dizziness and even asphyxiation. Perhaps it was a contributing factor.
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  2335. Does sexually assaulting a parolee qualify as a 4th amendment violation?
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  2336. Hey, it worked for Luke Skywalker.
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  2337. I suspect Trump's real goal is to get China to make a deal that either improves our access to Chinese markets (lower import tariffs and quotas) or reduces Chinese government subsidies to their export market. Simply increasing tariffs on all sources of foreign aluminum and steel will harm many American businesses, while favoring a few. This would be nothing more than crony capitalism and it will fail.
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  2338. The early history of movie making involved the use of live ammunition and resulted in a number of accidental deaths on set and during filming. In 1931 James Cagney was nearly killed by a belt-fed machine gun firing live ammo during the making of the movie Public Enemy. The bullet strikes on the wall as he ducks around the corner are real. As a result of extremely dangerous scenes such as this, Cagney helped form the Screen Actor's Guild to demand greater safety measures in movies. Thanks to Alec Baldwin, the clock has been reset 90 years.
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  2339.  @LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever  That doesn't sound like something the Institute for Justice would do. They can't take on all cases. For one thing, they don't have the resources to help everyone, but I doubt they would drop an active case due to political connections. What does that even mean in this context? I suspect there is more to the story than is being reported. If you can provide me with more details, I'll do some digging.
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  2340. Was this shooting really necessary? There has to be a better way to handle someone like her.
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  2341. I don't eat steak very often, or any other beef for that matter, but my favorite choice by far is a good pot roast. Imagine the etymology one could make out of that name.
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  2342. Has anyone posted the old Fokker joke?
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  2343.  @seanpower1090  There are plenty of them around. Last year I bought a "Franken-CAR" off Gun Broker because I wanted to cannibalize the parts for other builds. The lower was an Olympic that was in good shape and fit perfectly into an aftermarket upper receiver. Some people will trash OA because they did have occasional QA issues, but overall they offered pretty decent rifles, parts, and accessories during a time when nobody else was doing this.
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  2344. This episode has heart and a lot of useful information. When we joined earlier this year, you were well under a half million and many of the comments were asking why you weren't well over a million. I know I emailed some of your shows to nearly everyone in my address book. I suspect many others members did as well. I'm glad for your success and hope it continues. Stay awake and you'll do great. Get woke and you'll . . . well you know the rest of it.
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  2345. Taylor Swift? I don't think so, Tim. There always be only one Jeannie.
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  2346. Maybe Sal should run both organizations.
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  2347. For those who believe in an afterlife I suspect part of the problem may come from the notion that it will free them from all stress, discomfort, responsibility, goals, and accomplishments. Is this what Heaven offers us? If so, is it any wonder many seek these same outcomes while still trapped in their mortal form?
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  2348. My Oly Arms 9mm kits are from the 1980s. The bolt carriers do not have weights in them or any lightening cuts. One kit uses a magazine well insert that accepts a standard Sterling L2A3 magazine. A spring-loaded lever protruding from the bottom of the insert acts as the magazine release. The other kit is very similar but accommodates a STEN magazine. The STEN mag is slightly modified by the addition of a small Fillister head screw in back that locks over the top of the lever when you insert the magazine.
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  2349. The adults are back in charge - Moe, Larry, and Curly.
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  2350. I hope Anna has a bodyguard, shotgun, or lots of big dogs with her.
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  2351. There is an episode of the 1950s TV series "Navy Log" which recounts in detail the ordeal of Lt Koelsch, and the Navy's efforts to learn the truth. You can view it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN3CN9y4kI
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  2352.  @afvp9586  At the time I knew him I don't think he had done anything like this before, but I don't really know. I had another friend who I never suspected of wrongdoing until he tried to harm his wife and then held off the SWAT team. It was only in retrospect that I put the pieces together - little things that amounted to a form of manipulation, but had previously been dismissed. I've long since come to the conclusion that it's easy to fool people who have no reason to be suspicious of a colleague until the mask is dropped long enough for others to take notice and begin to wonder.
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  2353. Frederick Russell Burnham is a fascinating character, much worthy of his own history review. As for the campaign hat, I have read the US Army adopted it because in the field the peak shed water and snow, unlike other crowns. I have a BSA campaign hat that I purchased in the 1970s from a fellow camp counselor while working one summer as a BSA instructor. It was a brand new Stetson which I paid him $10 for. I still have it, though I later replaced the leather BSA band with an Army rope cord to replicate a traditional Army campaign hat. The Army used different colors of cord to indicate branches. Mine is yellow (cavalry) with a green keeper and matching green acorns (protective end covers). It no longer fits either because it shrank or my head became inflated (probably the latter). I also have a Rhodesian Boy Scout slouch hat from the 1960s which was given to me by the mother of the owner when I visited her in Zimbabwe in the 1980s. Above the snap on the upturned left brim is a brass button featuring a raised crown over a soaring African Crowned Eagle. My motley collection of headgear does not compare to yours in terms of scope and condition, but like yours, each hat has its own history, and that makes all the difference.
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  2354. Nice to see one shot, one stop.
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  2355. Losers all.
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  2356. You answered your own question. They were Presidents of Congress, not Presidents of these United States of America.
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  2357. It reminds me of the difference between a porcupine and a BMW, with the Blue Origin being substituted for the BMW.
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  2358. Is it played in the Mideast or Africa?
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  2359. My old M1 helmet, complete with liner and camo cover, still sits next to my flight helmet on my memorabilia shelf.
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  2360. In 2020 I inquired with IOC about warranty work for the AKs they stopped building. Below is the reply I received. As far as I know they have since shut down operations and only maintain their import business, Royal Tiger Imports. The limited lifetime warranty is no longer valid since we discontinued the AK47. You are welcome to buy parts we might have still if need be. Stephanie Barry Business Administrator
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  2361. Punch and Judy. Guess which one is Judy.
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  2362. Can we all agree that Human Resources ranks with HMOs and HOAs?
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  2363. Will it allow you to show Israel launching pork bellies at Iran?
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  2364. Did anyone recognize (future) five time Academy Award nominee Arthur Kennedy in the WWII training film?
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  2365. Watch how Jonathan carefully avoids the dreaded "what constitutes a piston" argument on ARs. Here's a thought; isn't every reciprocating bolt a piston? Egad, the Mauser 98 is piston operated! Up next, the never ending anti-bounce device/rate reducer argument on AKs.
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  2366. Our rural mailbox sat near the highway and was periodically knocked over by passing vehicles. Eventually the flag was destroyed and the post was snapped off at the base. I affixed a new flag I had made out of scrap plastic and remounted the post in a couple of concrete blocks. I pounded bent angle iron into the ground in front and to the sides of the blocks. That was the last time anyone tried to knock over the box with their vehicle.
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  2367. Love the mix of BS and fact.
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  2368. While I doubt South Africa would have murdered a democratic leader in Europe, the fear of what would become of their country if the ANC took over turned out to be justified. Ditto for Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The other two suspects seem equally unlikely. You said the PM was not readily recognizable, so the idea that some lunatic mistook him for someone else seems highly improbable or the worst case of coincidence ever. For one of the eye witnesses to have been the killer would have required extraordinary timing and the need to already be armed and ready. How could he have know in advance the PM would be walking past unprotected? One other point I should make is that when interviews are conducted immediately following a traumatic incident, they often will lack details that are not mentally sorted out and recalled until later.
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  2369. My mind's made up by the way that I feel, There's no beginning, there'll be no end
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  2370.  @Styermanlicherissus  Your eyesight is better than mine. I'll take your word for it.
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  2371.  @BUDGET_WARRIOR  According to the report released, the buffer tube was hit and the rifle disabled.
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  2372. Must have been a Big Foot pizza delivery.
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  2373. Clickbait title to get you to listen to the sheriff spin poor police procedure into justifiable homicide.
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  2374. We now live in a world where holding a pot of hot water constitutes assault with a deadly weapon.
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  2375. I hope Victor Davis Hanson is right.
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  2376.  @rconger24  Damned Soviet wokeism.
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  2377. If only these cops had skills to match their aggressive spirit.
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  2378. Where can I get one of those round sand & liquid mirrors you used to simulate fluid dynamics? Can I get one in multiple colors?
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  2379.  @COMMANDERHAWK22 He's making a joke. He could have inserted Trump, Bush, Biden, etc.
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  2380. Lou, you claim: a) nobody trusts our government; b) these attacks are being made against our government, and c) our government is incompetent. So my question is which side should the American people be rooting for?
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  2381. There will always be an England Great Britain United Kingdom Commonwealth ah, nuts.
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  2382. So the top cop in Australia is female. That's all you need to know. I'm only being truthy. 😉
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  2383.  @srhill688  Thanks.
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  2384. How dare you not be at the mercy of Facebook or any other media company.
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  2385. When I went to Qatar in 2006 the troops were still being limited to two beers a day.
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  2386. My first roommate in college had a Beach Boys album. I had a record player. We played that record all the time.
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  2387. 16 billion? I'll bet 160 billion is closer to the mark.
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  2388. I watched Chicken Little Zeihan for a year and finally gave up.
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  2389. The latest issue of the NRA's American Rifleman magazine contests all claims that the MG42 was used to defend the beaches on D-Day, noting that no photographic record exists showing these weapons, while many images from that day do show a motley collection of German and captured Allied weapons dating as far back as WWI. This makes sense, given the nature of these static troops and the role of the MG-42 as a GPMP for infantry troops. This is not to say that the 42 wasn't used during D-Day and in the days and weeks that followed, but that it was not used by any of the fixed gun emplacements on the beaches. Heavy machine guns, in particular water-cooled models, were a more logical choice and were encountered in great numbers. The story of the "Beast of Omaha", a German soldier who claimed to have single-handedly killing as many or more men than actually died at Omaha Beach, has been largely debunked. The majority of these casualties was attributed to artillery which had been placed to fire across the beach (enfilade fire).
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  2390.  @waveygravey9347  There are photos of the MG34 among the beach defenses at Normandy, though I don't know when the pictures were taken, but none of the MG42. The point raised by the NRA article is that no photographic record has been uncovered to prove the MG42 was ever deployed in the beach defense on 6 June 44. All the images show these guns in the hands of infantrymen further inland. The same can be said of the StG44. There is photographic proof they were in the hands of German troops in France in June 1944, but no evidence they were encountered in combat until the Ardennes Offensive in December. This does not mean they weren't used, but that strong supporting documentation is lacking.
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  2391. Jumping ahead a bit, if Iran attacks Turkey, NATO gets drawn into a war on its southern flank. Would this take pressure off Russia?
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  2392.  @cathjj840  No, I'm just wondering how this whole episode could unfold. I have a friend of Armenian descent who just got back from the area. The prospects for Armenia are grim. If Azerbaijan tries to create a southern corridor to its disconnected region (which I believe it will do), then it's only a matter of time before they attempt to crush Armenia as the Turks once did. How will Iran and Turkey respond to this future action? If it draws both countries into conflict, there is a chance NATO may become involved as well, presuming Iran overtly attacks Turkey.
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  2393. Victory goes to the navy that can “Get there firstest with the mostest.”
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  2394. I was going to recommend Bat Guano Crazy, but realized all the current recipients equally qualify (except for Kirk Cameron, of course).
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  2395. If asteroids were the only matter traveling in and out of black holes and white holes would we rename them as-holes?
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  2396. You do bring history alive, and I thank you for it and for the sincere passion with which you deliver it.
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  2397.  @tomjackson4374  I don't know. How many times have you?
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  2398.  @bipslone8880  Nobody suggested such; he's merely implying that most veterans comply with the law, which is what this barber did.
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  2399.  @bipslone8880  By looking at the statistics.
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  2400.  @tomjackson4374  Yet you have questioned this man's code of ethics simply because he had a career in law enforcement. Wouldn't it be better to learn about his history before impugning his character, or does this idea violate your personal code of ethics?
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  2401.  @bipslone8880  No, I use stats that can easily be found by searching the internet and using critical thinking skills. According to numerous sources, including the Kellogg School of Management at NW University, Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families, US Chamber of Commerce, Department of Veteran Affairs, and the U.S. Census Bureau, veterans make good employees because of their training, discipline, team spirit, and experience. Employers would not seek or retain veterans if they thought they represented a risk group. This would especially be true of law enforcement, yet 19% of all law enforcement positions in the US are filled by military veterans. To counter this argument there is a recent study performed by a criminal justice think tank which claims 1-in-3 vets has been arrested at some point in his life as compared to 1-in-5 for the non-veteran population, but an arrest is not a conviction. It also claims that veterans comprise 8% of all state and federal prison populations. Before accepting these claims as fact, let's take a closer look at the details. The first factor worth considering is that the military is not a true reflection of American demographics. For example, women make up only 14% of the active and reserve force, and no more than 10% of the veteran population. By historical comparison, women comprise a very small portion of prison populations (7% female vs. 93% male). This factor alone can heavily skew a general population comparison if not properly accounted for. Another factor to include is PTSD, which has been associated with many veteran arrests. A diagnosed PTSD vet has a 61% greater chance of being arrested than a non-PTSD vet. This alone means the preponderance of issues is not with vets as a group, but with a select subset of predominantly male PTSD vets and PTSD combat vets. The vast majority of veterans do not experience PTSD or serious combat, so lumping them into the subgroup would taint every vet in much the same way as race does. Another problem with this study is that it claims over 181,000 vets are currently serving time in state and federal prisons, yet a different report places this figure at 107,000. Which number is correct? If the former, then 8% of all prison populations is veteran; if the latter, then 4.7% are veterans. The Census Bureau claims there are 19 million living veterans, which is about 5.7% of the US population. If you include the 2 million active duty and current reserve personnel, this increases the percentage to 6.3% of the population. In conclusion I will reiterate that most veterans comply with the law. An argument can be made that a particular subgroup of veterans is less likely to comply than does the general population, but that same argument can be applied to many demographics. The devil is in the details.
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  2402.  @tomjackson4374  Your anger is misdirected. If you don't like the laws, work to get them changed or eliminated. Pressure your legislature to defund and disband useless bureaucracies. Charge elected officials and bureaucrats with malfeasance and abuse of power. In the long run these actions will be far more effective than complaining about police behavior.
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  2403.  @tomjackson4374  Officers who violate their oaths and commit criminal or civil offenses are subject to criminal prosecution or civil lawsuits just like everyone else. The qualified immunity claim is only applicable to civil lawsuits and is rarely successful (less than 4% according to The Yale Law Journal, January 2017).
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  2404.  @tomjackson4374  This channel is largely dedicated to situations where cops behave badly. If this is your only source of information, you will have a skewed view of reality. Cops are arrested and tried all the time, even on this show. Cops are sued all the time, even on this show. If a prosecutor isn't doing his job, vote him out of office. San Francisco did just that.
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  2405.  @bipslone8880  It is your responsibility to do your own research. I am not here to do it for you. If you don't know how, start with a Google search of key words and go from there.
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  2406.  @tomjackson4374  You are making my point by subscribing to channels that focus on the worst behavior. When the only programs that interest you are the ones where the presumed good guys are really the bad guys, it colors your perception. What you fail to see is that such people would never be brought to justice if the system was as corrupt as you believe it to be.
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  2407.  @bipslone8880  Actually I was responding to your complaint that we shouldn't treat veterans as special citizens that deserve special treatment - an accusation you made without any evidence to back it up. When I told you this was neither stated nor implied, and that most veterans comply with the law, you asked me to prove it. As a courtesy I did, but you chose not to believe me or to do your own research. There is no burden of proof argument here. This is not a court of law and even if it were, people do not have to prove their innocence. The accusing party has to prove their guilt. So where is your evidence?
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  2408.  @tomjackson4374  And yet your focus remains on bad cops, as if most cops are bad. There are over 600,000 law enforcement officers in our country. Do you really believe the majority of them are bad?
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  2409.  @tomjackson4374  Then we are at an impasse.
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  2410.  @bipslone8880  You've ignored the facts I presented and you are the only person asking why veterans should be treated as a special class of citizen. That's an odd argument because nobody has made such a claim.
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  2411.  @bipslone8880  You need to reread my comments instead of inventing new fictions.
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  2412. I think part of the test was deleted. At 3:29 minutes into the video you suddenly stop talking about the Vise Grip brand and start talking about Irwin.
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  2413. Why is the cop listening to Rocketman?
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  2414.  @Freedomfred939  Now that the public is aware of it, maybe we'll find out. If I were a Greenlander, I'd probably vote for independence, then negotiate with US companies for drilling and mining rights while maintaining a strong defense alliance with NATO. To trust either China or Russia is a suicide pact.
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  2415. These aren't the droids we want.
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  2416.  @MarcillaSmith  You are assuming they will get saner as well. More than likely they will look at you and me as untermenschen.
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  2417. Love that chicken at Popeye's.
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  2418. Memo to FBI: The 10mm is designed for farm boys, not soy boys. :face-purple-crying:
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  2419. What a pity. My kids grew up watching Veggie Tales, which was not woke 20 years ago.
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  2420.  @thomasjoseph5876 If no rubber guns were used in the movie, you might want to inform Philip Schreier, NRA Museum Director. He states otherwise in his article and provides rather convincing supporting evidence.
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  2421.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I know. They turned Gaza into a toilet instead. "Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame."
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  2422. The primary difference I see between the Socialists and the Fascists is the color of their shirts and the design of their flags.
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  2423.  @lasselippert3892  They both endorse strong centralized authoritarian government and deny the individual his rights. The only reason Fascists and Nazis didn't kill more people than the Communists is that they weren't around as long.
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  2424.  @lasselippert3892  Remind me again which country Karl Marx was leader of. If you can't answer that, then let's review the countries his followers led and the number of people who died under their iron rule. The tally exceeds 100 million to date. Marxist ideology in any form has never worked and it cannot work, no matter how many people you murder.
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  2425.  @lasselippert3892  Both philosophies are grounded in the false belief that the State knows what is best for the individual from cradle to grave and all points in between. The class struggle argument is how communists sow disaffection to create conflict and chaos so they can assume control and restore order. The Fascists and Nazis did much the same thing. We can get into a frying pan vs. the fire argument, but all three ideologies are rotten to the core.
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  2426.  @lasselippert3892  Why should I care what Jeff Bezos makes? He earned it. You have shown your hand. You have decided this is unfair. What gives you the right to make the decision for everyone else? And while we're at it, those people lost their jobs because our local and state governments forced them to stay home and made their businesses impossible to operate effectively. You talk about class struggle, but you don't define the classes, indicate their size, or tell me what people within these classes want. I know what I want - to be left alone by the government and the Karens. Is that so much to ask?
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  2427.  @lasselippert3892  Those worker were paid for their services. They were not forced to work for Bezos, whereas in a Communist society you work where you are told and do as you are told. Those who do not obey end up in early graves, as do many of those who do obey. You still have not explained what you mean by class and class struggle. You assume it exists, but do not explain why or what it is. What exactly is a classless society (poor dress, hygiene, and manners aside)?
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  2428.  @lasselippert3892  I commend your English. Have a good night's rest.
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  2429. So MI6 proved the penis mightier than the sword. We'll have to rename some Bond novels: "On Her Majesty's Secret Semen", "Thunderballs", "You Only Cum Twice", "The Man With the Golden Penis", "For Your Fly Only".
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  2430. A couple of other re-titled covers should include "From Rushing Her with Love" and "GoldenEye Cream".
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  2431. During WWII a popular saying among many male Brits in the UK was "The problem with Yanks is they're overpaid, oversexed, and over here."
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  2432.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL I spent over six.
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  2433. In that wig you look less like Bob Ross and more like Sideshow Bob. Thee, Bart, thee.
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  2434. Never air the dirty laundry in front of the cameras.
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  2435. Our local cafe here in rural Montana serves a popular homemade pasty. Yes, this is a former mining community.
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  2436. Thank you YT for making all intelligible conversation impossible.
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  2437. It sounds like the manufacturing world is coming full circle.
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  2438. "Democratic socialism is your kid's public school." That explains a lot.
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  2439. I wasn't aware Technicolor is no longer used in movie making, but I have noticed the difference in color vibrancy over the decades. What a shame.
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  2440. What a loss. At least this one can't be blamed on the white man (but no doubt will).
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  2441. Dammit, Ryan, I just bought one of those large COSTCO chocolate almond jars, and thanks to your review of Lumen I'll have to stop nibbling from it if I want to lose those ten pounds I've been promising myself for the past year.
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  2442. Attlee, the man who propelled Groat Britain to dizzying new heights - or not.
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  2443. We should have switched to the Mexican Mendoza as was originally planned.
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  2444. How do they export power to other island nations?
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  2445.  eblman5218  I simply want to know how they export geothermal power off their island. I presume it is converted into electrical current, but how does that reach another island nation? What sort of distances are involved?
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  2446.  @EnderX25  Makes me wonder how many more ended up in a volcano.
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  2447. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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  2448. All of my Old Timer, Buck, and Gerber knives were made in the USA. Sad, really sad what has happened to American manufacturing.
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  2449. I'm always encouraged to give my money to people who begin by insulting me - not!
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  2450. No surprise here how a misunderstanding of science can lead to panic and poor decision-making. Judging by our reaction to CHICOM-19, we haven't progressed much in our thinking from the 1918 epidemic. Maybe ignorance really is bliss.
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  2451.  @HM2SGT  I have no idea what you are talking about.
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  2452. When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
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  2453. Could we apply this policy to Starbucks?
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  2454. Hey, I was in Kuwait. It was in 2006, but it counts!
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  2455. So that's how the cookie crumbles.
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  2456. No surprises here. It dovetails with what I've read and matches some of the intercept techniques we still use. The greatest drawback of rear bomber attacks is that the closure speed is much slower. This helps your aiming but it also gives your opponent ample opportunity to shoot back at you. In the Vietnam War the rear attacks often allowed B-52D gunners to spot both incoming fighters and missiles. This advantage was lost in later model BUFFS because the tail gunner did not actually sit in the tail.
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  2457. Truth is the new hate speech.
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  2458. Dennis, you are correct. We appear to be where America was between 1939-41, refusing to acknowledge our important role in the world. We can run, but we cannot hide from reality and necessity.
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  2459.  @joshmeijer4140  Your comment is off target, for I never said anything about winning WWII, much less winning it alone. But since you brought it up, let's take a closer look at some key events between 1939-45. The Soviets were not much involved in the war in 1939 except to greatly aid Hitler's invasion of western Poland by invading eastern Poland. Then Stalin turned his sights on Finland, which gave him such a drubbing that Hitler realized the Soviets could be defeated if he could mass enough forces to invade the USSR. The only problem was those damned stubborn Brits who kept harassing him instead of suing for peace. This drained resources, particularly those of the Luftwaffe, which would be sorely missed when Operation Barbarossa was launched in June of 1941. During the interim, from mid 1940 to mid 1941, it was Great Britain that stood alone fighting the Nazi juggernaut, but they could not have done it without a sympathetic US providing material aid in the form of direct purchases and eventually lend-lease. Had the US refused them, Britain might well have been forced to reach an accommodation with Hitler and left the war early, freeing up even more German resources for Barbarossa. Despite not having these additional forces, Hitler went forward with his plan, even though the Brits had caused him delays that forced a significant postponement of the invasion until June. This deprived the Nazis of some of the best invasion weather and compressed their timetable for victory. Even so, the Nazis nearly destroyed the Soviet Army and Air Force in the first six months of operations on the eastern front. Imagine how much more they might have achieved if they could have invaded earlier and with far greater resources at hand. Their problem was further compounded when the US entered the war at the end of 1941. More and more German resources were drained away from the eastern front to face the growing Allied threat of air, sea, and land campaigns. This greatly aided the Soviets and gave them precious time to reconstitute their own forces and go fully on the offensive. Other critical US aid to the Soviets came in the form of supplying them with badly needed materiel, among which were critically important aviation fuel additives and advanced electronic components that they were incapable of producing. That the Soviets engaged the lion's share of the Nazi forces in WWII is not disputed, but they could not do it alone. It was very much a team effort. The same can be said of the Pacific/Asian campaigns. The Soviet contribution there was negligible and occurred only in the last few weeks of WWII. It was the US that dominated the Pacific fighting, ably supported by the UK, Australia, and other allies. But this was largely made possible because of the fighting on the second bloodiest war front, China, which tied down millions of Japanese and Japanese allied forces. China could not go it alone, so the US, UK, and India provided much needed manpower and material assistance. Had it not been for the China Burma India (CBI) theater, the Japanese would have sent far more troops to fight in the Pacific campaign, making it that much bloodier for the Americans. So again, it was a combined effort that helped bring victory.
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  2460.  @bernardconeghen  Thanks.
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  2461. What, no mention of the pineapple hand-grenade?
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  2462. If I were Joe I'd be worried about my own security as long as Cheater is in charge.
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  2463. Using BPI's logic, consumers should have been paying royalties every time they hummed or sang a tune. I suspect the next wave of technology will allow the average consumer to do much more than just copy a song or video. Given enough memory storage and software capability, I expect the average Joe or Josie will be able to produce major studio quality films starring their favorite deceased actors, without ever leaving the comfort of their computer work station. More enterprising film buffs may even join forces with pirate producers in other countries to make films starring entertainers who are still alive and active, but not associated with their project. In this brave new world don't believe anything you see or hear unless you are physically present when it occurs (egad, in the world of news making we are already there).
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  2464. Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest thinkers of our age. Prove me wrong.
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  2465.  @MrJaldal  Thanks, now let's get it up to 1918.
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  2466.  @rorychivers8769  Did you mean to address your comment to me or to norten76?
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  2467.  @rorychivers8769  Yes to whom?
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  2468.  @mweskamppp  All history is connected. We can go back 10,000 years and find an unbroken chain of events leading right up to now. But is it relevant or rational to claim that wrongs committed in the distant past justify foul deeds being committed today? I should hope not or the world will never know a moment's peace. The sins of the father are not the sins of the son. Demands for restitution and revenge for acts not committed against us are pointless goals that lead only to greater acrimony. Such thinking can infect any generation in any part of the world. We must remain eternally vigilant to this threat, lest we fall prey to the worst of our base desires.
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  2469.  @sebe2255  I don't see how. Germany had stabilized its economy by the time Hitler seized power. Hitler then went on a grand spending spree, borrowing capital he could not repay except by invading his neighbors and enslaving them.
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  2470. LMAO
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  2471. In really tight spaces where movement is very restricted (as on my backhoe's tightly packed hydraulic connections) I use Open End Ratchet Wrenches. They aren't as strong as the flair nut wrenches, but one can use the latter for the last bit of tightening or the first bit of loosening, then switch to the much faster open end ratchets.
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  2472. Even in war, looks are important. The Hampton was no looker.
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  2473.  @guitaristxcore  Be careful what you wish for. If extreme punishment is applied to bad policing, the good cops will quit. What happened here is a travesty, but it does not warrant 10 years in the slammer and no DA or court will accept it.
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  2474.  @Bureaucromancer  Kidnapping is the unlawful detention of anyone against his will. Using this definition, every single person a policeman stops to question could be considered a potential victim of kidnapping. If lawmen believe they can be prosecuted for this, they will simply stop detaining people for questioning. This will destroy effective policing. Hamstring them too much and they will stop doing their jobs. We already see this happening in NYC and LA. I'm not a lawyer (insert favorite joke here), but the issue here boils down to probable cause and reasonable suspicion on the part of the officers involved. In the video above the officers had neither, so what we really have is unlawful detention and unlawful arrest, both driven by an emotional desire to project dominance over an alpha male private citizen who knows and vocalizes his rights. Since cops are taught to establish immediate dominance, for many of them this means the listening and discussion modes are switched off in favor of a "win at all costs" mindset. This is Barney Fife level behavior of the first order and should never be tolerated by fellow officers, superiors, and government leaders - but it is. Closing ranks may be good for unit morale, but it's bad for community relations. It only deepens the divide that already exists between law enforcement and the general public. In an ideal world every street cop in America would be the personification of Adam-12's level-headed officer Pete Malloy, but in the real world they aren't. They have their foibles and some have feet of clay. The job of any supervisor is to weed out the ones who are unsuited for such work and counsel the rest. In this case I believe the female officer has demonstrated she is unsuited for police work and should lose her job. The sergeant has years of experience and should have stopped her actions, apologized to the blind man, and asked him if he wished to file a complaint. Instead, he backed her play, thus compounding the problem. For this reason he should not simply be demoted; he should be fired and permanently banned from any type of police work. These are both administrative actions. By demanding that serious criminal charges be brought against these officers, any control the department might have over the handling of the situation is lost to the judiciary. It will cost the state a lot of money to prosecute the individuals and the results could be exoneration. In such a case, the officers would be within their own civil rights to sue the state for malicious prosecution in civil court, and they just might win large damage awards. This is why I say be careful what you wish for.
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  2475.  @RonJDuncan  I agree it was not equitable, but it was not kidnapping. I don't see any legal way to charge the state or its employees with the crime of kidnapping. A lawsuit is in order and it should be applied against the two officers and the department. Expect it to take several years to resolve unless a settlement is reached.
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  2476.  @shawnmccarty6923  I agree, both officers should have been fired.
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  2477. @Marshall Williams Good luck proving that in court.
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  2478. @Marshall Williams I'm referring to the prosecution. It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for a DA to prove kidnapping in court. A charge of false arrest (a misdemeanor) might be much easier to prove, but qualified immunity would have to be waived by the court. The problem is the officers can argue they thought they were operating in good faith while the DA will have to prove their actions were malicious or punitive. This would be easier to do with a false arrest charge. Such a charge would likely absolve the senior command structure and jail from any culpability since they were not a party to the arrest and were only conducted a good faith incarceration.
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  2479.  @RonJDuncan  I agree.
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  2480.  @Bureaucromancer  What I actually said was "Kidnapping is the unlawful detention of anyone against his will. Using this definition, every single person a policeman stops to question could be considered a POTENTIAL victim of kidnapping." Even if a detention is later determined to have been unlawful, it does not rise to the level of kidnapping. Under Florida law there must be intent to conduct at least one of the following acts: 1. Hold for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage. 2. Commit or facilitate commission of any felony. 3. Inflict bodily harm upon or to terrorize the victim or another person. 4. Interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function. (b) Confinement of a child under the age of 13 is against her or his will within the meaning of this subsection if such confinement is without the consent of her or his parent or legal guardian. As for qualified immunity, its origins can be traced back to at least 1871 when Congress adopted 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which makes government officials personally liable for monetary damages if they violate a person’s federal constitutional rights (also applied to the States). In 1967, the SCOTUS recognized qualified immunity as a defense against § 1983 claims (few of which had ever been successful). I don't like that decision and agree "QI" is too often abused, but until Congress or the SCOTUS changes it, we are stuck with this ruling. If QI is ever eliminated, there well may be a flood of lawsuits against individual officers, but given the history prior to 1967, I suspect most of them will be dismissed and the few that aren't will have limited success. I never said serious criminal charges should not be filed against police officers. I said if they are filed, then the matter is taken out of administrative hands and placed before the judiciary. in court there is no guarantee of conviction and there is every possibility that a failed case could result in a civil lawsuit by the officer. If an officer really has committed a serious crime, he should face serious charges. The example given in the video does not rise to this level. At best the officers are guilty of a misdemeanor and should be punished accordingly. In my opinion the administrative punishment they ultimately received was insufficient, however I do not believe jail time is warranted, but termination from employment was.
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  2481. @Marshall Williams The officers did not ransom him. They only arrested him. Using your logic, the court conducted the ransom, so get the Feds to arrest the officers and the bail judge. By the way, bail is not the same thing as a ransom since it can be legally recovered.
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  2482. @Marshall Williams I can't see your argument flying in court. Any DA who attempted it would very likely have his tuchus handed to him by the judge. If the cops had taken him someplace other than the booking center, then you might have a valid argument.
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  2483. @Marshall Williams Police officers are issued a warrant by the state to perform certain functions that you and I could be arrested for if we attempted to do the same thing. For this reason they have always been granted some leeway by the law and by the courts that judge our actions. If they weren't granted this leeway, their utility would be nil. With regard to false arrest, anyone can be charged with this crime, not just police officers. If you had made a citizen's arrest, you could be charged if it was determined that your arrest was unwarranted. I don't see how a charge of kidnapping could apply unless you failed to turn the person over to the police.
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  2484.  @playmusic8056  You assume they knew their actions were unlawful. Even if they knew they were, you have to prove it in court and prove that it meets the bar for kidnapping in Florida, which it does not.
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  2485.  @playmusic8056  I wholeheartedly agree.
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  2486. "How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree?"
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  2487. Using your logic one might well ask was France worth liberating?
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  2488. Now tell us how Iran, Russia, and China will spin the Iranian attack on Israel.
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  2489. Free the kid, kneecap or groin shoot the felon. He won't be grabbing anymore kids and he'll have a lifetime to reflect on his bad choices.
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  2490. I'm laying odds the Canadian government bans his tour.
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  2491. Kudos to you, Ed.
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  2492. What does it say about long-term priorities when you're in a lock-down with little more to do than play on the internet or play with your spouse, and your population still continues to nosedive?
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  2493. I'm not a fan of grass-fed beef, but I wish Mollie every success in her venture.
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  2494. Dropping the crew to three may be a mistake when it comes to routine maintenance.
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  2495. What? A doughnut shop with no cops around. That's inconceivable!
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  2496. Explosions and fires and falls, oh my!
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  2497.  @redaug4212  Agree. According to that fountain of information, Wikipedia, the Filipino rebels and constabulary had some, but I don't know that is possible. I read a book on Melvin Johnson and his inventions, but I don't recall any such story.
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  2498. Most snakes are venomous rather than poisonous. The difference is venom is injected while poison is ingested. For example, a rattlesnake or moccasin will bite you with its fangs, making it venomous. The otherwise harmless garter snake can poison you if you eat one due to the presence of toxins in its system. There is no charge for today's herpetology lesson. 🙂
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  2499. We called them city snuffers. Not very accurate but so powerful they scared the hell out of the Soviets, who targeted them heavily.
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  2500. NBC stands for National Bread & Circus. ☭NN, the news the way we want it! CBS says it all - See B.S.
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  2501. While Rome burned, Zero fiddled.
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  2502. Where do they find these homeboy Barney Fifes?
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  2503. Oh great, Data is being replaced by the CCP platform. Somebody inform Captain Picard that the Cardassians are taking over the Federation.
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  2504. Sal, you don't need sails. At the rate things are going, global trade could implode on its own. I say end all global trade and save the whales, children, planet (take your pick). What could possibly go wrong?
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  2505.  @ZeSpektrum  Don't forget the F-104 (the Luftwaffe might like to).
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  2506. Aren't those Furies at 10:45?
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  2507.  @timf2279  The Airframe & Engine (A&E) rating was available until 1952, when it was replaced by the term Airframe & Powerplant (A&P).
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  2508. Now cover the FJ4/B Fury.
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  2509.  @theangrycheeto  Whether a hundred year from now or a thousand years hence, what will people think and say about us today? In the words of the wise sage Al Bundy, "Don't know, don't care, Peg."
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  2510.  @theangrycheeto  You completely misinterpreted my comments. As for 400 years of systematic racism, how do you explain the fact that we freed the slaves in the bloodiest conflict in American history, along with later saving the world from Nazism, Japanese imperialism, and Soviet communist enslavement? You'd think if Americans were so beastly and racists, we'd have joined with these latter monsters instead of destroying them. By the way, if we're supposed to constantly dwell on past sins then why aren't we berating the Japanese, Germans, and Russians? For that matter, what people or nation on this planet should escape our constant berating? Do you really believe the average American today is a racist? If so, how did Obama get elected? Why were any Blacks ever allowed to served on the Supreme Court or become captains of industry, military leaders, and successful actors? Even before our founding as a nation there was ongoing debate over the wisdom and morality of slavery. Most Americans opposed it, including many in the South. We could not remain a free people while it existed. As an example, draconian laws were passed in some slave states to punish people who spoke out against it, thus curtailing First Amendment rights. The century following the Civil War was a uphill battle for Blacks, but they had a lot of help from Whites. Today the idea of systemic racism has become a bad joke. We have laws against it which are vigorously enforced. We bend over backwards to accommodate anyone who is seen as different or oppressed or a minority. It's not limited to race. If anyone of these group members fails to measure up to the commonly accepted standards, we lower the standards just for them. We don't dare criticize them or treat them as we would a WASP. So in a way, you are right. There is a systemic problem, but it isn't anti-black racism. It's the ever changing values of our society, a society less and less willing to judge a man by his merits when skin color or some other arbitrary measure can be substituted instead. We have returned to the thinking of the past with vigor and a new twist on what constitutes prejudice.
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  2511. Donuts . . mmm
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  2512. I can attest to the ongoing rivalry as well. While attending Georgia Tech in the 1970s , one of my dorm mates, a man from the Dakotas, lent me his South Dakota joke book, which derided North Dakotans. I read halfway through it, at which point I was instructed to flip the book over, whereupon it became a North Dakota joke book that derided South Dakotans. By the way, the word "Placer" is pronounced like "plaster" without the "t".
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  2513. In Detroit shootings are regarded as a natural cause of death.
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  2514. Granitestone Diamond Pro frying pan for the win - if you can find them. My searches haven't turned up much. 😢
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  2515. A very somber Indy.
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  2516. Mike, first pick the planet where you think the crime was committed.
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  2517. I've no doubt there have been product improvements made to the XM7, just a the M16 and the M1 Abrams were improved. But there are some things you can't fix because of physics, such as recoil, muzzle blast, weight, and ammo combat load.
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  2518. For years I knew of her; now I know about her.
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  2519.  @IRSFRAUDEXPOSED  Nazism is the totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The word "Nazi" is an abbreviation or shorthand for National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) which existed from 1920 to 1945. Any more questions?
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  2520.  @eaglekeeper7737  Missed it by that much.
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  2521. Any chance we'll be deporting activist judges who regularly violate the US Constitution?
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  2522.  @stevek8829  Yes, it created a fireball. A friend of mine had a HK51 that was even worse (7.62 NATO). I called it the Fleming Flamethrower, after the designer and builder of this conversion, Bill Fleming.
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  2523. A sinistral shootist, good man.
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  2524. The Red Army purges left the remaining flag, field, and company grade officers afraid to make bold decisions or think outside the box. This problem was further compounded by having political officers involved at every level of command, but I believe the greatest impediment of all was Stalin himself. His refusal to allow tactical withdraw and regrouping of the armies in the first year of the war resulted in staggering and unnecessary losses to the Soviet forces. His incompetence and paranoia knew no bounds.
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  2525. I spent 30 years in the military, so I well understand the need for good communications and coordination. I also understand how an organized retreat can be done without suffering the sort of losses the Soviet military did in 1941. The Germans did not engage in constant blitzkrieg. No army does because no army can. Lightening strikes require quick followup by support troops, and preparation for the next strike. The only way to trap your enemy during these attacks and lulls is to cut of his means of escape. This is much easier said than done because the deeper into enemy territory you go, the harder your logistics become. Flank security requires the deployment of more troops, thus further straining your supply chain. As an example, in 1940, the German army was unable to take full advantage of the rapidly unfolding ground situation in France after the success of their initial attacks. They had the French and British forces trapped around Dunkirk, but they lacked the ability to quickly crush them on the ground because the Allies had formed a strong, tight defensive perimeter. The same thing happened to US and UN forces in Korea in 1950 in the retreat to the Pusan peninsula. Stalin, by contrast, did not take advantage of the vast Soviet landscape to begin a strategic withdrawal. Instead, prior to the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, he placed the bulk of his front-line forces in exposed offensive positions. This led to massive Soviet Air Force losses on day one of the attack. The Soviet army in 1941 was quite capable of executing the traditional Russian tactic of trading land for time, but during that crucial time this policy was mostly abandoned by order of Stalin, resulting in millions of men being captured of killed in the first few months of fighting. The blood was on his hands, not that he much cared. Mass murderers never do.
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  2526. Vlad, you quote the opinion of Liddell Hart as though it should be accepted as fact, yet there has never been any clear documentation supporting the claim that Hitler issued a stop order so he could negotiate with the British. You also engage in the fallacy of an "either/or argument" without considering other options with regard to Dunkirk. I've little doubt Hitler and his generals were considering any and all options during this phase of battle. If he could have negotiated England out of the war, he would have. If he could have smashed the forces at Dunkirk, he would have. He certainly preferred not to continue the war against England because he had bigger fish to fry - the invasion of the USSR. But he had to contend with the politcla reality that England had a new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who steadfastly refused to surrender or negotiation. This put Hitler in the position of having to continue a costly war with England and postponing the timeline for operation Barbarossa, all leading to fatal results in the long run. And to answer your question, yes I would argue with anyone who believes there is a single explanation for the German failure at Dunkirk. As in most battles, there are a number factors that, collectively, will result in defeat or victory. Even before the dust has settled, those responsible are busy touting their genesis or denying their culpability. If you don't believe that, read a couple of books about the American general Mark Clark. One will paint him as a great military leader, while another will claim he was our worst commander, if only for his failure to block the German 10th Army's retreat after the coordinated Allied breakout from Anzio and breaching of the Hitler Line. This is just an example. Similar works have been written by or about other leaders, with Montgomery being perhaps the most egregious example of a selective self-serving memory. As for Korea, what do you mean by "untrained, unprofessional Korean "troops""? If you are referring to the South Koreans, you would be correct, but North Korea at the start of the war had a professional army built around the Soviet concept of heavy armored forces and fully equipped with Soviet weapons. They steamrolled over the South, despite the mountain ranges, and were only stopped in the Pusan area by the UN buildup of forces and the lack of supplies reaching the North Korean army. Like the Wehrmacht in France and later Russia, their supply line was incapable of sustaining their advance in the face of increasing opposition. The terrain may have differed, but the results were the same, and that is the point I am making. The rest of your comments conveniently ignore the fact that Soviet forces were forward deployed into vulnerable positions, without proper defenses, and were not allowed to redeploy to more effective positions or retreat in a timely fashion by direct order of Stalin. This is well documented historical fact, not supposition. As a military planner, Stalin was a complete imbecile, who had a nasty tendency to shoot anyone he thought too competent (and thus a perceived threat to him), those who might disagree with him, and occasionally, just to keep everyone on their toes, he'd even shoot his loyal sycophants. To address your last few comments that question my comprehension of rapidly unfolding tactical situations, I should point out that I spent most of my career in logistics, including deployment planning and execution, and command and control. If you think I don't have a grasp on all the factors involvement in military operations, you are mistaken, but you'll have to take my word for it, which it appears you do not.
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  2527. It appears only one officer struck him, so why were four charged?
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  2528. Where is Task Force 34. . . The world wonders.
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  2529. Think of all the stupid and embarrassing things from your past life that only you remember. They still bother you a bit, but you learned from them and never have to worry about others knowing the details and constantly throwing it your face. That's no longer the case.
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  2530. How come none of these objects ever land in a major city? It's always someplace remote or rural where moonshine and IQs are both 80 Proof.
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  2531. Ah yes, the short arm take-down. I didn't know they still taught this in the police academies.
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  2532.  @johngalush8790  Considering where his scrotum is located, that wouldn't require much effort.
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  2533.  @Ozzy_2014  That's a first. :)
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  2534. Ayan Rand warned us over 80 years ago what was coming.
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  2535. Pretty soon there's going to be market demand for a space hoover to suck up all the old junk in space. The question is where to put it, the moon, deep space, or send it into the atmosphere to burn up?
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  2536. Here are some fun facts. Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is taller than Mt. Everest if the measurement is taken from the center of the Earth. K2 is purported to be taller than Mt. Everest during a few short periods of heavy snowfall. Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii and Mt. McKinley/Denali in Alaska are taller than Mt. Everest if one measures from the base of each mountain. So why is Mt. Everest considered the tallest mountain in the world? It's because its peak is the highest point from the sea level surface of the planet.
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  2537. History may have repeated itself to a degree after 911. We determined our ability to replenish our anticipated expenditure of ordnance was severely hampered by the shuttering of critical explosive munition plants in the USA. Eventually we located an alternate source in England. I don't know what happened after that, but presumably we used it until domestic capability could be restored.
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  2538. So it's basically political theater.
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  2539.  @KingfishStevens-di9ji  They were already paid for by US taxpayers when the government first bought them. Now they are being replaced by updated equipment and ordnance also paid for by the US taxpayer. The government has a choice to make. It can pay to destroy/demilitarize the old equipment and ordnance or it can give it away, which is actually a cheaper option. By giving it to Ukraine we not only help them stop the Russian invasion, we get to evaluate how well our equipment and ordnance work.
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  2540. Rocks and Rolls!
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  2541. Excellent inductive reasoning.
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  2542. Damn, and Sig had such an unblemished record until now. 🤑
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  2543. ATF? I guess they were illegally armed jaywalkers since each boy obviously has two arms.
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  2544. Just change the name of Labor Day to Patriot Day and move it to 11 September.
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  2545. About damned time!
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  2546. The best part is he didn't have to destroy any of them to get the comparative results.
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  2547. I can't tell who is in charge, but the relative positioning of the officers is poor. The officer with the carbine is in front but to the side to avoid the officer with the pistol. Due to this arrangement I suspect the officer with the carbine did not fire out of fear hitting their backup across the street.
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  2548. The USA is not pulling out of Europe, but we are pulling back. Trump plays hardball, expecting some push-back before both sides make concessions. As for who spent the most in support of Ukraine, this is an accounting question. Trump may be looking at the sunk cost of old equipment and munitions we are providing, plus their replacement cost. To be fair, the latter should not be considered, but he is operating in the world of politics and human emotion, not the world of dry economics and bean counting. The same argument applies to Europe's political leaders. If all NATO members start paying their fair share for defense, and if the EU will stop its unfair trade practices with the USA, we will respond in kind (I hope). Until then, the general mood in my country is no longer supportive of a Europe first policy. And before you try to collectively match or surpass the USA in economic power, you might try repopulating and ridding yourselves of your EU overlords and their feckless rules.
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  2549. No country in the Middle East wants Palestinians becoming part of their nation. The reasons are obvious to anyone with the most basic critical thinking skills.
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  2550. It seems our rights are being hogtied as well.
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  2551. Muss-KEE-gun
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  2552. NASA should never have allowed any personal items or PPK on the flights because the taxpayer was funding the expense of hauling it into space.
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  2553. You can survive a cyber attack for about a week. After that all bets are off.
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  2554. We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt Kelly, creator of the comic strip Pogo)
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  2555. The truth hurts, but the truth will set you free.
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  2556. Russia could bring in Chinese engineers and laborers.
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  2557. His name is pronounced Mitch-uh-lek
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  2558.  @Evan490BC  Where did you find the lightning bolts?
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  2559.  @NautilusSSN571  Yes, but they work best from prepared ambush. In an ideal world you know the disposition of the enemy forces and their capabilities and can counter it with an appropriate force mix, but such combat opportunities are the exception rather than the rule. Like A-10s and AC-130 gunships, light tanks are suited for a low threat environment. In a pinch they can fight a superior force, but it will normally come at a high cost. Such an incident took place in the Gulf War when a scouting group of Bradleys took on some Iraqi tanks. The Bradleys won the slug-fest, but at the cost of several vehicles and crews. Had the men been in Abrams there would have been no such casualties. This is the tradeoff.
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  2560. This is the most detailed account of Rickenbacker's WWII survival incident that I have seen. My father was fortunate enough to meet Rickenbacker when he was stumping for Barry Goldwater during the 1964 presidential campaign. Dad inquired, "Mr. Rickenbacker, may I ask how old you are?", to which he replied, "I'm 73 years young, son." It's all about your personal attitude, and, from what I've read, his was a very positive one that did not tolerate fools.
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  2561. Was she a destruiser or a cruisroyer?
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  2562. For those who support the beating the officers gave the suspect, bear in mind that if this sort of behavior is tolerated, it will only spread and get worse. If we hold the police to the same low standards as criminals, we will be protected by criminals.
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  2563. Man, if I ever meet a Klingon who isn't an overblown braggart that smells like a billy goat, I'll eat my Star Fleet service cap.
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  2564. I needed a score card and diagram to follow this trail of tears. Yikes!
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  2565. My takeaway is gravity freezes and stops working in ultra cold climates, much like me in the middle of a Montana winter.
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  2566. Towed artillery, or as we call it in the USAF, a target.
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  2567. Joshua Smith, vanguard of free speech! F.U.! Thank you, Josh.
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  2568. "That is not a nuke-you-ler cooling tower" - shades of George Bush. 🙂
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  2569. The Flying Tigers or AVG (American Volunteer Group) were formed into a Group, not a brigade. Brigades are army ground formations. It is interesting to note that in the bulk of the USAAF (later the USAF) the Group normally is a subset of a Wing, which is a subset of an Air Division (now largely disbanded), which is a subset of a Numbered Air Force. The Group itself is composed of squadrons, which are made up of flights, which contain sections or elements. In the RAF the Group and Wing are reversed in order, leading to some confusion regarding relative rank. For example, in the USAF a typical Group Commander would be a Lt Colonel or full Colonel, while the Wing Commander would be a full Colonel or Brigadier General. In the RAF the Group Captain would outrank the Wing Commander, and their ranks don't directly correspond to the USAF ranks. In general, the USAF treats a Group Captain as a full Colonel and a Wing Commander as a Lt Colonel. Confused yet?
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  2570. The only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. This is why Jimmy Lai must be silenced. The Communists fear him that much.
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  2571.  @uni4rm  I'm not talking about reporting a robbery. Every cop profiles every person he encounters. You should, too.
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  2572. Ask "What if?" but don't lose sight of reality in the process.
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  2573. Brave new world?
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  2574. I have seen a picture of an experimental Colt 1911 pistol made entirely of stainless steel in WWII, but it would not be until 1965 that Smith & Wesson began producing the first commercially marketed stainless steel handgun, their iconic Model 60 2" Chief Special. Today new forms of stainless steel and modern plastics are the firearm industry standard.
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  2575. That was a pretty vague statement by the Congressional committee at the end. Did they release the names, dates, places, and events to back up their claim? It seems that little has changed since the 1930s as far as our elected government officials are concerned.
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  2576. Don't be surprised if Biden require proof of vaccination and boosters before giving you a FEMA handout.
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  2577.  @johndoe-vc1we  I think Israel's tits are beating Iran's proxy tats.
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  2578.  @eden5260  And making money at it. The modern rainmaker.
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  2579. This would explain Biden and Pelosi. 🙂
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  2580. Can a drone take and hold ground?
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  2581. Who could win in a fight against Superman? I suspect anyone from Krypton who is bigger and stronger than Superman, so pick their version of Hulk Hogan.
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  2582. That was horrible.
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  2583. I am not a number; I am a free man (but if I were a number, I'd be google).
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  2584. Government is not a gatekeeper; it's a bridge burner.
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  2585. I'm saddened to hear about the fratricide incident involving members of the Household Cavalry. I had the honor and pleasure of briefing their Brigadier and his staff during Bright Star 98 in Egypt. My team and I were rewarded with an excellent supper served on regimental silver, very different from the bland chow and plastic utensils the US Army gave us at the CENTCOM command section where I was assigned.
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  2586. Ban balaclavas!
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  2587. On the plus side, all DEI goals were met.
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  2588. David Chipmunk (nickname ALVIN)
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  2589. My Dad was a B-29 engine mechanic in Alaska during the Korean War. It was a maintenance nightmare even then (he made a point of never flying on them despite being qualified to serve as a volunteer crew member). The vastly improved B-50 was a much superior aircraft, but was soon superseded by the B-47 and B-52 jet bombers. During my Air Force ROTC history classes we were told the China based B-29 strategy proved to be a failure. If the planes weren't catching fire in flight, they were doing limited damage to Japanese targets, largely due to parts, fuel, and bombs having to be flown into China over The Hump. Your emphasis on the political importance of this China strategy puts the entire story in a proper perspective.
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  2590.  @kennyhagan5781  It's a rare four-seat version that my Dad and some friends found rotting in a farmer's field in 1959. They bought it and then spent two years fully restoring. I enjoyed riding in it as a kid.
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  2591.  @coletrainhetrick  The "random guy" is Adam Smith, an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the father of modern economics. He is best remembered for his famous book, "The Wealth of Nations", first published in 1776.
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  2592.  @coletrainhetrick You should look up the definition of random.
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  2593.  @coletrainhetrick No, you're simply trying to denigrate any opinion other than your own.
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  2594.    What shuttles?
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  2595. The ship that almost was.
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  2596. Simon gave up, thus proving the brilliance of the government's conspiracy! :)
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  2597. If the consortium of governments want to build a way-station near the moon, do they plan to create artificial gravity for it? From a physiological standpoint this would be of great benefit to the health of people spending extended periods in space and on the moon colony.
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  2598. "Submash . . . is the premier shipyard for Russia for producing their latest naval technologies of the highest absolute quality." Translation: It rusts less.
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  2599. @J Thorsson Until they need us. You got gum G.I.?
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  2600. @J Thorsson I try to be careful about using terms such as conservative, liberal, right-wing, and left-wing because they mean different things in the USA than they do in Europe. Some folks purposely try to conflate the terms to put people in a bad light. But one thing I'm sure we can all agree on is nobody likes the Irish. :)
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  2601. @J Thorsson It's a fairly common belief in the USA, but because libertarians hold so many different views, it is impossible to classify them. Essentially, they want limited government involvement in their lives. This ongoing pandemic presents more of a quandary for libertarians and traditional conservatives (people who prefer smaller, weaker government) than it does for liberals (people who favor stronger, more involved government). Whatever their political persuasion, we have not seen city, state, or federal authorities assume this much control since 911. For now most Americans are going along with it because we understand the potential danger, but this cannot last for more than a few weeks or we risk economic collapse. That would cause more damage than the pandemic. I imagine it's the same everywhere. Since China is slowly returning to work, I expect other countries will cautiously follow suit in the near future.
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  2602. @J Thorsson Annoying is what we do best.
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  2603.  @danmeadows3859  Anyone remotely involved in this tragedy should go public with what they know. A coverup is only going to backfire on them, as well it should.
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  2604. Why?
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  2605. What? They're running late! Crabcats are behind this, I'm sure.
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  2606.  @Dwightstjohn-fo8ki  The concept of evil robber barons is largely a myth created by progressive writers of the 19th and 20th century. It's easy for people to believe their claims when applying 21st century standards to 19th century America. This is not to say that writers such as Upton Sinclair did not expose some bad working conditions through sensational muckraking stories, but the assertions that these barons were keeping Americans in poverty were not supported by the facts. In truth the early industrialists offered affordable products on a mass scale and helped create the American middle class. As an example, in 1914 Henry Ford doubled his line workers' salaries to the unheard of amount of five dollars a day (he later regretted the decision when times got tough and the now powerful unions would not compromise). Like so many noble ideas, after their early hard-won successes, many larger unions became bureaucratically bloated and corrupt. In this sense I find much commonality between them, corporations, and government, which might explain why we see so many of their senior personnel shift easily between the three. All bear considerable watching.
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  2607. With the exception of a few scattered articles and the 1959 Frank Sinatra movie "Never So Few", Detachment 101 has been largely overlooked by history, as have the Kachin people of Burma. Another group in Burma that has fought long and hard against tyranny in their country are the Karen. Little does the rest of the world care. Thank you keeping these forgotten struggles alive.
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  2608. Russians lie, but I repeat myself.
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  2609. It's all geek to me.
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  2610. Better yet, get rid of minimum wage and let the employer and customer decide your vlaue.
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  2611. These surveyors were incapable of walking a straight line east to west?
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  2612. No surprises here. The federal government did not seriously regulate or restrict opiates before 1914, and marijuana was not initially banned until 1937.
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  2613. Prostitution, like stripping, is demeaning and unhealthy. Banning it and criminalizing it appears to make the situation even worse. So where do the NOW members stand on the issue?
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  2614. I believe it is pronounced Be-zert-ee. The troops in North Africa would recite a ditty about Dirty Gertie from Bizerte.
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  2615. Maybe Daddy is related to the nutjob on the bus in your last video.
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  2616. My kind of woman.
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  2617. Have you done an episode on the Dateline NBC story where the network reporters used rigged GM pickup trucks to falsely show they were unsafe because their gasoline tanks were installed on the sides of the trucks, outside the frame?
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  2618. I'm not convinced deadly force was justified here. He could have turned and walked or run away from his girlfriend. It's obvious she was smaller and less physically capable than he was. Had he been cornered or had she pursed him, his actions would have been more reasonable.
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  2619.  @rejecteddan3136  Looked like a woman to me, but, heck, these days anyone can claim whatever sex they want to be.
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  2620.  @Tryhardfann  Okay, the little guy appeared to be less of a physical threat than the bigger guy.
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  2621.  @Patriot-x8y  Try that with a judge and see how far you get.
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  2622.  @ellmc95  I'm talking about in court. However, I would not try it in public either. Assault can be verbal and need only involve an implied threat or any attempt at intimidation. In a court of law a citizen need only convince the judge or jury that he felt threatened by the abusive behavior and language of his assailant. And if this ass-clown had behaved treated a woman or child in such a manner, he would not receive any sympathy from the police, the court, or the general public.
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  2623. Yes to both.
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  2624. I smell a potential federal civil rights violation and conspiracy case here.
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  2625. We're dealing with armed and dangerous children in the middle-east.
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  2626. Electric engines do show much promise, but there are some major hurdles left to jump before they can takeover from the internal combustion engine. The biggest of them appear to be the battery and the energy source. Hybrids are an attempt to get around both of these problems by using the engine and braking to charge the battery, but in so doing one is left with the most complex car of all. A similar situation existed in the late 1940s and early 50s when hybrid jets were built that combined traditional reciprocating engines with small jets to boost the aircraft's power and speed. A much more practical solution than hybrids, charging stations, and battery swaps must be found before electric motors can supplant other engines in the transportation world.
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  2627. OOO, speed holes.
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  2628. The cop is not carrying the latest Tupperware pistol. That's surprising.
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  2629. "I want you to dance - POW" "I'll dance - on your head!"
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  2630. I would never dis the DSHK.
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  2631. The president nominates Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and public ministers, and negotiates treaties, but all require approval by the Senate.
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  2632. Newman!
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  2633.  @WALTERBROADDUS  Yes and it too was an Elco 77-footer. PT-23 and Squadron 3 at Cavite saw their first combat on 7 Dec (8 Dec in the Philippines), albeit a few hours apart.
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  2634.  @WALTERBROADDUS  That's fine. I have already conceded that point, but my main focus was showing that all of the boats to see combat in the early days of the war were 77 foot Elcos, not Huckins or Higgins. The 77 footers were soon assisted by the improved 80 foot Elcos. The Higgins boats showed up later.
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  2635.  @WALTERBROADDUS  I made my comments because the narration between 3:32 and 4:14 says the Higgins and Huckins boats were the first major classes of PTs ordered and built due to weaknesses uncovered in the Elco 77-foot design. I don't think this claim is entirely accurate. The Navy rated the Elco the best performer in the "Plywood Derby" and ordered 49 of the 77-foot Elcos. These were the first boats to see combat, fighting at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and in the Solomon Islands. Sometime in 1942 they were complimented by the improved 80-foot Elcos. The Higgins boats showed up later because early production boats were diverted to England and the USSR, followed by use in the Aleutians and Mediterranean. Huckins may have received a major contract, but they were a custom boat maker and only capable of delivering a handful of boats during the war.
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  2636. I guess the sergeant became a cop so he could kick ass.
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  2637. Just the good ole' boys, never meaning no harm . . .
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  2638. No qualified immunity?
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  2639. I was taught that profanity can be used as a form of verbal assault. It certainly does not deescalate a situation, so why would any department condone it? It is extremely unprofessional.
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  2640. Our local surplus salvage yard had one out front that I used to crawl over as a teenager. It was smaller in real life than it seemed on the screen.
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  2641. So the only difference between Ranters and De Beers was unintentional candidness.
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  2642. So, Peter, will the CHICOMs get your butt hairs only after they pry them from your cold dead fingers?
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  2643. I see she had a pair of 38s. She had a gun, too.
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  2644. Like father, like son.
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  2645. Just in time for Christmas.
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  2646. Woke military leadership at work. I live in Montana and if I had something that would reach it, I'd shoot a hole in it, watch it float down, and sell bits and pieces of it on eBay to collectors.
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  2647. A hero ship.
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  2648. I was in AFROTC at Georgia Tech when this cock-up occurred. My instructor was a Major who was notified the night we lost those crewmen and Security Policemen in Thailand that he was to go with a chaplain to inform the parents of one of the airmen. The young man was from Atlanta. I never learned his name. I do remember my instructor saying he never expected to receive such an assignment while assigned as a college ROTC instructor.
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  2649. Now I understand who Joe was talking about whenever he said, "You know, the Thing".
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  2650. Keystone, a small town in Arkansas.
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  2651.  @patrickscalia5088  Since you specifically asked, I'm going to provide a tediously detailed answer. You have been warned! Yes, the 38 S&W (aka 38-200, 38 Colt New Police) cartridge uses a .361" diameter projectile, while the 38 Special uses a .357" diameter projectile. The 38 S&W projectile is seated in a brass case that is much shorter (.775") than the 38 Special cartridge case (1.155"). The 38 S&W case is larger in diameter and slightly tapers down from .3865" at the base to .3855" at the mouth. The 38 Special case is straight-walled and only .379" in diameter. In 38 S&W revolvers with short cylinders it may be possible to insert the smaller diameter 38 Special cartridge, but it would stick out the front of the cylinder and prevent it from closing. The 38-200 caliber Colt and S&W revolvers the British purchased during WWII were full-sized pistols originally intended for the 38 Special cartridge, thus they had to be built/rebuilt to only allow them to chamber the 38-200 cartridge. This was done by boring the rear of the cylinder to chamber the 38-200 case. The remainder of the cylinder was bored smaller to only allow the passage of .361" projectile. The result was stepped chambers inside each cylinder that prevented the longer 38 Special case from seating flush. This prevented the cylinder from closing. Postwar, may 38-200 revolvers were returned to the USA as surplus and dumped on the public market. Enterprising gunsmiths realized they could bore out the step in the cylinders so the revolvers would chamber and fire 38 Special cartridges, albeit rather sloppily. These converted pistols are easy to spot by their markings and by measuring their bores and chambers. Even if you lack the means to gauge the chambers, you'll find out soon enough when you shoot 38 Specials through them. The empty casings will bulge and/or split inside the oversized chambers. For the occasional shooter this may not be a problem, but for those who like to reload their empty brass, it is a nonstarter. In theory the barrels of these wartime guns should have been bored and rifled for the larger 38-200 projectile, but it is possible to fire the larger diameter projectile through the smaller 38 Special bore. However, accuracy will suffer because the projectile will deform as it squeezes down to fit the tighter bore. This raises several questions. In their early rush to acquire firearms did the British Purchasing Commission allow under-bored barrels? Did Colt goof by putting the wrong cylinder in this gun? Did Colt accidentally mismark the barrel caliber? How many such guns exist?
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  2652. No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. ~ Samuel Adams
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  2653. Oh you had me at Panzer.
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  2654. I want to hire you as my mechanic.
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  2655. The Russians must hate Ryan. He keeps blowing up their disinformation, while making science fun at the same time.
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  2656. Channeling Rush Limbaugh. Good man, that Stossel.
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  2657.  @JesseJames-wj8ft  I agree with all your points.
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  2658. Add a few Chinese salvage ships to the sunk list and the problem goes away.
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  2659. File an injury claim through Morgan & Morgan without ever having to leave your couch. That's rich. Darius will be glad to know this.
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  2660. NASA didn't build the space program. Private industry built it using government funds.
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  2661. They were arguing over a nothing burger. It might be wiser to get the manager outside and ask him if he wants her charged with trespassing. Otherwise, don't make the decision on your own to charge her.
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  2662. Are you sure his name was Kapitan Schlit, and not Kapitan Scheisse.
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  2663. The YF-93A was a development of the F-86 Sabre, not the other way around.
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  2664. Was Dunedin the same town where the mayor was profiting from the forced seal of the seized homes?
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  2665. I toured U-505 in the 1960s when it was still sitting outside, and again two years ago at its new indoor theater. My only complaint is they removed the small arms that used to be on display. :eyes-purple-crying:
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  2666.  @ostrakos4785  Because they are tied to the CCP.
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  2667.  @ostrakos4785  I can think of at least a 100 million people who would disagree with you, but they can't speak because the communists killed them all. Be careful who you pick as your friends and saviors. If you are lucky you may live to regret your choice.
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  2668. Was it comedienne Elayne Boosler who supposedly said, "All men want is a little food, a little sex, and to be left alone with their toys"? Whoever said, it, I heartily endorse their remark. Now get off my lawn and stop monitoring my shopping habits.
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  2669. Because SCIENCE!!!
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  2670. To protect and to serve 😢
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  2671. What a ridiculous comparison, saying illegal immigrants commit less crime than US residents. If the illegal immigrants are sent home, they won't be committing any crimes in the US, thus overall crime will drop.
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  2672. That sucks.
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  2673. Admiral Boorda didn't simply pass away in 1996. He committed suicide in the yard outside his home with a 38 caliber revolver. Given his faith in missiles over guns, this seems a somewhat ironic way to die.
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  2674. Yikes, we have relatives in that area.
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  2675. I thought it sounded familiar. One of the many forgotten, yet crucial battles of WWII.
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  2676. As a kid I was taught to distinguish motors from engines the same way you described. Even though the two words are really interchangeable, it is a useful contrivance much of the time, though this policy is often violated. For instance, have you see the latest car models being offered by General Engines?
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  2677. I want the last 39 minutes and two seconds of my life back. Okay, you can keep the two seconds.
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  2678. I hear sports bars are still doing well.
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  2679. Cartels
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  2680. That deer was big and pink and had a really long trunk. Watch out for the dog poop, y'all, cause you keep stepping in it.
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  2681. By the book doesn't mean by the law.
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  2682. The bear has been attacking and stealing parts of its neutral neighbor since 2014 and finally decided to try swallowing the whole enchilada in one fell swoop. They are welcome to leave anytime and give it all back, but I suspect they won't do it of their own volition. Ukraine cannot exist economically or politically until their whole nation is freed from the Russian yoke, thus the need for Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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  2683. This is a very American story - freedom above all else. May it always be so.
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  2684. It was a wise decision by the US Navy to rename it SONAR.
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  2685. 8:46 ". . . just put it in the center of what is available". That would be a nads shot.
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  2686.  Bill Christian  Yes, I know that phrase is a non-admission of guilt and accountability. That was my point.
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  2687.  Bill Christian  I freely admit I once wrote a letter of apology and used that phrase. Boy, did it go over like a lead balloon. The lesson I Iearned was if you make a mistake, even an unintentional or innocuous one, own up to it. If that doesn't satisfy anyone, at least you did your best, now move on.
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  2688. Good catch. Why is every soldier carrying an 1860 Henry lever action rifle, including the ones from the 1847 Mexican-American War? More Hollywood history, sigh.
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  2689. The image of those two planes at time mark 1:50 brought back some powerful memories. My Dad learned to fly in a Taylorcraft and a Cub, then later purchased his first plane, a Luscombe (the plane in the foreground). When I was a teenager his second Luscombe was the first "tail dragger" learned to fly. One of my brothers and a sister also learned to fly it. I spent many hours in it buzzing around north and central Florida and much of Georgia. By the way, the first combat use of Cubs by launching them from ships during Operation Torch in North Africa proved to be something of a disaster. Navy gunners on other ships were unfamiliar with the aircraft and opened fire. After evading naval gunfire the three little planes continued to the beach where one was forced down by friendly Army antiaircraft fire. French gunfire brought down the second plane, flown by the unit leader, Capt Ford E. Allcorn. He managed to drag himself from the wreckage before it exploded and was promptly captured by the French, thus earning him three dubious distinctions. He was the first pilot to fly a Cub from the deck of a carrier into combat, the first Army aviator to be wounded in the campaign, and the first one to be captured. The third plane made it to the improved landing strip, but when the pilot attempted to fly his first artillery spotting mission he was again shot at by US Army units unfamiliar with the aircraft, and was forced to return to the strip. Matters only got worse after this, and the entire program was in jeopardy of cancellation. The situation was eventually rectified as new tactics and leadership evolved, but like the Army itself, much was being learned on the job under combat, a less than desirable state.
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  2690. Is she the best choice to be the DNI? I f not, pick somebody else.
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  2691. At least we haven't adopted the Chinese remote controlled exploding helmets. Yes, that is a real thing.
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  2692. More like a speared fish.
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  2693. Up next, the etymology of "dick".
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  2694. I think TTP must stand for Taliban Toilet Paper. There certainly appears to be no shortage of it. I have no sympathy for Pakistan. Their Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) created the Taliban. Like some Frankenstein monster, it is now turning on its master. Maybe Iran can invade the country from the west and Pakistan can invade from the east, then when they meet in the middle they can continue shooting at each other.
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  2695. That's inconceivable.
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  2696. It was an accident . . . yeah, that's the ticket.
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  2697.  @Ld7snake  Flanders was a zombie?
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  2698.  @TheEdquito  Zeihan is wrong. It very much is socialism, albeit one of the most corrupt forms of it. But that's what happens when the government owns or controls everything.
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  2699.  @FGBFGB-vt7tc  It can happen anywhere and to anyone, which is why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. From your description of living conditions I can only conclude you are living in a third world country or California, but I repeat myself.
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  2700.  @brawndothethirstmutilator9848  Quite true.
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  2701.  @termitreter6545  Really? When she entered office the country was suffering from a 25% inflation rate and was being strangled by large unions. She was able to change all this and pave the way for the financial boom from 1992 to 2008.
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  2702.  @termitreter6545  England has been declining as a world economic power since the end of WWI. WWII was the final nail in the coffin that ensured the sun did set on the British Empire. Arguably by the 1970s the situation was so dire that the country was teetering on the brink of complete economic disaster. Thatcher pulled Britain back from this abyss and changed course away from ever increasing socialism, nationalization, and out of control unions. Her actions provided the Kingdom with a respite, not a panacea. Ronald Reagan was doing much the same thing in the USA around the same time period. But neither leader could eradicate the policies and programs their predecessors had spent decades enacting and expanding. Reagan could not get Congress to balance the budget. The most he achieved was to temporarily slow the rate of spending increase. America has not managed to balance its budget or end deficit spending in over half a century and the situation has steadily gotten worse. We have programs such as Social Security that are underfunded and over-tasked with responsibilities never originally envisioned, yet we keep kicking the financial can down the road. You can blame any leader you like, but the truth is they are all culpable to varying degrees, as are the people who elect them. Whenever the voters allow their government to grow and assume greater responsibility for what was formerly a personal or local issue, this will inevitably be the result, regardless of political philosophy. The primary difference I see between the US and the UK is that in the USA we have several significant advantages thanks to our size, geography, natural resources, and climate. Few countries come close, but even those that don't are still capable of having viable and vibrant economies if they are industrious and operate within their means. When they don't, they become failed states like Venezuela and Zimbabwe. It can happen anywhere. You can blame past leaders for your plight, but it really comes back to a willing populus that allowed the situation to arise in the first place. As Reagan so elegantly put it, "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
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  2703. Dead man walking.
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  2704. I once had dealings with one of Bull's business partners, but this was several years before his assassination. In retrospect I'm glad I did not take up his offer to come work for the company.
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  2705. Uncle Joe appreciates all useful idiots until they are no longer useful, then it's pop-pop. Next!
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  2706. Use the electronic organ to smash his organs.
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  2707.  @EnigmaticLucas  I agree. I've edited it.
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  2708. Baboons. They show off their asses more often than a Kardashian. Maybe he should have thrown them both off the ark.
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  2709. Man has long had the ability to share information around the globe. It's called the news. What has changed is the way it is controlled and accessed. We are no longer tied to a handful of news outlets that determine in advance what information we access and how it will be presented. Such legacy systems still exist, but hey are being challenged by millions of new sources of information. Dystopia remains an ever present threat despite these changes because of two primary problems. The first is the individual person's ability to sift through the existing noise and clutter to determine what information is most accurately presented and what information is largely false or misrepresented. The second is our ability to find this information. Censorship and software algorithms impair our ability to access some data, whether done intentionally or not. YouTube is a classic example of this dilemma. It has become an internet within the internet and reflects the usual problems of a noncompetitive data platform. It can control anything and everything within its domain, and there's nothing to challenge it. I long for a world where there are no such monoliths as Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
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  2710. The CIA is not a politicized organization? Why did she feel compelled to say this before launching into her reply?
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  2711. England has its own peculiar rules. The configurations offered in the USA were pistol and carbine length (4" to 16").
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  2712. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
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  2713.  @timharris3203  The Army has always viewed aircraft as a form of on-call artillery. They prefer to have aircraft loitering over their positions 24/7, but this is neither practical nor wise because it takes away the key advantage of air power - flexibility. They also like to see the planes in action, blasting away at their opponent. It's good for troop morale even if it isn't safe for the aircrews. In a similar vein the Air Force would like to have its bases ringed by Army or Marine ground pounders with their own armor and artillery to defend the base from attack. This is not feasible or practical for reasons that should be obvious. It's a waste of valuable resources that could be put to much better use by attacking the enemy in the front lines.
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  2714. Any truth in the latest reports that Biden is stepping down?
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  2715.  @stevenyang2192  Yes, and it shows how some things really are beyond our ability to plan for and mitigate in advance.
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  2716.  @Deathmastertx  I agree with your assessment, but most strenuously disagree with your moniker. The bacon I eat cannot be overrated.
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  2717. If H&K really wants to support the "civilian" market, they could begin by recognizing that the police agencies in our country are also civilian in nature. Only the military is separate. Lumping cops with the military creates a bad mindset from the git-go of government vs. everybody else. But my main concern is that H&Ks are good guns that suffer from being overpriced. The same can be said of most west European firearms. This is partly due to import tariffs, but while this can be overcome by domestic manufacturing, I rarely see it reflected in the prices charged to the public.
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  2718. No win situation.
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  2719. Thank you, Ed.
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  2720.  @seadog915  How would you avoid hitting them on takeoff and landing? How do you eliminate the turbulence they create?
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  2721. The early history of movie making involved the use of live ammunition and resulted in a number of accidental deaths on set and during filming. In 1931 James Cagney was nearly killed by a belt-fed machine gun firing live ammo during the making of the movie Public Enemy. The bullet strikes on the wall as he ducks around the corner are real. As a result of extremely dangerous scenes such as this, Cagney helped form the Screen Actor's Guild to demand greater safety measures in movies. Thanks to Alec Baldwin, the clock has been reset 90 years.
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  2722. Let the coverups begin to cover your asp!
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  2723. Good synopsis but I never heard any mention of the adoption of the Rolls-Royce engine and two-stage turbocharger in 1942 that turned the P-51 into the outstanding high altitude fighter of WWII.
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  2724. There is something poetically fitting and uniquely America that both Adams and Jefferson died the same day on America's 50th birthday.
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  2725. It must really suck to be an Asian Jew trying to get into college these days.
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  2726. An Alec Baldwin Production.
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  2727. I don't know what caliber the man in this video was using or even if he was attempting to hit the bear. I do know you don't need a big bore rifle to drop a Polar Bear. In my old USAF Survival Manual there are instructions on how to build a portable blind to ambush a Polar Bear with the now obsolete M4 and M6 Survival Rifles chambered in .22 Hornet. This was once common practice among the Eskimos. I'm not endorsing such an approach, but merely pointing out it can be done if one has a steady hand, good aim, and the cajones to try.
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  2728. Given the lax behavior and poor police procedures used by these officers, it is indeed a miracle they survived this shootout. Would somebody explain why Deputy Potters is firing into the subject's vehicle which now only contain a small baby?
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  2729. More fun than you're allowed to have in the rest of the world.
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  2730. It must suck to live in a city full of nothing but shitz and a-holz.
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  2731. Damn, now I want a Krispy Kreme doughnut, and the nearest outlet is 90 miles away!
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  2732. Rumors of this ammo kept me and other SKS and AK owners from buying mil surplus 7.62x39 ammo in the late 70s and early 80s.
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  2733. You had me at Tackleberry.
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  2734. I think KB has just created a new Olympic sport.
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  2735. There are some logic flaws in the Operation Greenlight story, such as the direction of flight actually being west instead of south and the terrain of New Mexico being completely different than that of Cuba. I've known and worked with a fair number of Special Ops forces. I don't ever recall meeting one so thick that he couldn't have figured these simple facts out on his own. So I'm going to call BS on the idea of this being a psychological warfare test. That sort of nonsense was the premise for the 1983 movie WarGames.
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  2736. I see they're letting anyone post here now. ;-)
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  2737. WWIII is really, really gonna suck.
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  2738. Some of the posted velocities are way too high.
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  2739. Roger, wilco, over and out.
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  2740. Chapman was noted for his ability to endure pain, privation, and cold that would immobilize a normal man. One article I read claimed he possessed a rare medical condition which allowed his sinewy body to bear frigid weather with aplomb.
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  2741. If we don't defeat the anti-gunners, your collection of antiques may be all you'll be allowed to keep.
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  2742. Ryan is to intel analysis what Sherlock Holmes was to fictional crime solving, a man capable of clear inductive and deductive reasoning.
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  2743. Well told.
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  2744. I've owned a Lansky since the 1980s and it is a very good knife sharpener. It won't work on every knife but it always provides a sharp edge. I thought it was a bit of a pain to set up until I watched some of the other styles you tested. Good grief!
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  2745. Law enforcement attitudes vary by county in Florida. Indeed, the complexion of the state changes as you move south. Regardless of where this incident took place, towing a broken down vehicle is something the owner should have taken care of right away, particularly since his car was a clear road hazard. The cops simply were responding to a legitimate complaint and I saw nothing inappropriate with the way they handled it. The girl could have answered the door instead of waiting until the vehicle was about to be towed or she could have called her boyfriend right away and told him to come home immediately. But no, she waited far too long and handled the situation like an entitled brat. Her male friends weren't any better.
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  2746. My niece would do that, but she's also 6' 1", with weight to match.
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  2747. Forget Disney, if you want to talk about warped stories with irrational heroes and villains, let's discuss Rumpelstiltskin.
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  2748. The sinking of the USS Reuben James in 1941 was not the worst US Navy disaster since the USS Maine was destroyed in Havana Harbor in 1898. The USS Tampa, a 190-ft Coast Guard cutter transferred to Navy service, was sunk off the coast of England in 1918 by the German submarine U-53, with the loss of all hands, 139 souls in total. As a young boy I used to spend a lot of time at the American Legion Hall in Tampa, FL, with my grandpa, who was the former post commander and a Navy mine sweeper veteran of WWI. I well remember the stained glass memorial of the USS Tampa that was a centerpiece of the Hall.
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  2749. I live in Montana where everyone takes pride in our vigilante past. They did manage to clean out a nest of murderous outlaws where no formal justice existed at the time.
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  2750. Have the naysayers offered a viable alternative to ABMs?
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  2751. When I was in college in the 1970s I had a chance to buy one of Vorbeck's campaign hats, but I lacked the necessary funds.
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  2752. So was their daughter, Dwana, who maintained a museum in their honor until her death in 2018 at age 57.
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  2753. When asked why he did it, the man reportedly replied, "I thought it was a liquor store."
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  2754. I suspect kryptonite was involved.
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  2755. Police officers should be fined for every use of profanity. This should balance the budget.
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  2756. I lived in Charles county for six years and did not know any of this. Thanks, History Guy.
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  2757. I built a model of her when I was kid. That's how I first learned about the Sullivan brothers. When I showed the model to my Mom, she told me she had seen the movie about the brothers during the war and claimed it was pulled from the market for morale reasons. She also said it was a real tearjerker. I know some poetic license was taken with the story line and I've read varying accounts of the brothers themselves over time, but it does not lesson the impact of the tragedy.
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  2758. Why did police respond to a Med-Alert and why wasn't the officer told it was a Med-Alert? I imagine the lawsuit will cover the county, the deputy, and the alarm company.
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  2759. To sum up, the Ukrainians will attack here unless they attack there or are delayed by weather.
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  2760. Great job. I was surprised how poorly the spiral nails did. Typically, I have trouble removing them. I only use nails for framing and exterior sheathing, but when it comes to ceilings and interior walls, I always use drywall screws (I will use a nail gun to initially hold the boards in place). I've never done decking with anything other than screws, and these days it's self-tapping deck screws. They go in quickly, almost too quickly, and very rarely break.
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  2761. "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." General George S. Patton.
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  2762. I swear, Barney must have sired offsprings in every state. Who knew he was so horny.
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  2763. DEI isn't helping.
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  2764. Just donated. Good luck!
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  2765. It's aliens; I seen 'em!
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  2766. Turkish manufacturing tends to run hot and cold. For example, Turkish pistols are fine, but their shotguns are scat.
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  2767. And Daniel Boone was the rippin'est, roarin'est, fightin'est man the frontier ever knew.
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  2768. FIRE THIS LOSER!
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  2769.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  I do hope you make a video on it. Personally, I detest debit cards, but there must be a reason for their popularity, so perhaps we are witnessing history in the making. :)
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  2770.  @donmoore7785  Yes, I meant the former. I was hoping he would address the debit card trend because his research could shed some insight on the future of credit cards.
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  2771. I think Elbonia could defeat Russia if given adequate arms.
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  2772. We're from the government and we're here to help - - - ourselves.
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  2773. I can see Lindsey as our next AG.
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  2774.  @wwoods66  Thanks, I just watched it.
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  2775.  @zingwilder9989  Maybe we can get Colin to play his buddy, Admiral Al Calavicci.
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  2776. Charge them with extreme indifference. It worked on Seinfeld.
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  2777. Nice to see someone detailing the critical importance of the work of the unsung heroes of command-and-control during the Battle of Britain. In 1940 the UK was well ahead of any other nation in this area. Just look at how cocked-up US air defense was over a year later at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and during the ridiculous Battle of Los Angeles.
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  2778. My Drill Doctor is okay for sharpening small bits, but next to useless with larger ones. I had several phone conversations with the company about this and determined some of the owner's manual instructions were wrong, so I wrote in notes to correct them. It still sucks with large bits.
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  2779. Hmm, a 126 km race? The distance between Paris and Rome is 1420 km. Just another friendly tip from the History Editor. :-)
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  2780. My association with air-sea rescue is rather tenuous and pretty much limited to developing an assessment test for USAF Pararescue (PJ) candidates in the 1980s. But I do have three somewhat related stories I'd like to share. The first involves a late friend of mine who began his Air Force career just after WWII when he was assigned to a B-17H Dumbo. During a training mission the plane developed engine trouble and the pilot ordered the crew to bailout over the base. His frightening initiation into the "Caterpillar Club" proved to be unnecessary as he witnessed the pilot safely land the plane shortly after his own parachute touched ground and planted him firmly on his tuchus. He decided maybe air-sea rescue wasn't the smartest life choice. He eventually became an Air Force armorer and gunsmith. The second story involves one of the few movies made about the Air Rescue Service. While I was completing my last active duty assignment at the Pentagon, my newest supervisor and I were getting to know each other. When I mentioned my much earlier work with the PJs, she asked me if I'd ever seen the 1964 movie "Flight from Ashiya". I responded that I had watched it a couple of times as a kid. She then wistfully added, "My Dad was in it. He was piloting the first SA-16 Albatross during the takeoff sequence. Whenever the movie's on TV I try to watch it just for that scene, and for a moment it's like he's still with us." The third story isn't so much about air-sea rescue as it is about one of the crash boats, specifically R-1-661, an 85 footer that was kept in active service at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. I grew up in the area and spent a lot of summers at nearby Mexico Beach. Anytime we went to Panama City, Florida we would pass by Tyndall AFB and see the handful of reddish-orange, yellow, and white painted crash boats which were used for drone recovery. All the other boats had long since been decommissioned. In 1971 the USAF decided to donate R-1-661 to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, but the plan fell through. Subsequent donation efforts failed to varying degrees and she eventually wound up a rotting derelict beyond salvation. But before this final ignominy afflicted her, I was assigned as a young lieutenant to supervise the writing of promotion tests for the small career field of USAF enlisted men who manned these boats. One of the senior NCOs we brought in to write the tests had been chief of this boat. Having grown up watching PT-109, They Were Expendable, and McHale's Navy, I was all too willing to pick his brain about the very similar crash boats (which, incidentally, had stood in for PTs during the filming of PT-109). My main takeaways from these discussions were the career field was a dead end, but the fishing opportunities were great.
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  2781. We'll put a boot up your ass; it's the American way (South American, too).
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  2782. The Broward Cowards strike again.
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  2783. Thank God I grew up when Bugs Bunny and Jonny Quest were the top kid shows.
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  2784.  @spartacus-olsson  It is not a false trope; it is a critical distinction. In a democracy the people vote directly on all matters. The majority rules. This is akin to mob rule. In a republic the people elect representatives to run the government. Our republic operates under a set of rules established by our Constitution. At the federal level there is no mechanism by which the people can vote directly on an issue. Our government was crafted this way to prevent a simple majority from dominating the minority. As a society we have become quite lazy and cavalier over the years with regard to these important distinctions, and we do so at the peril of losing our republic. I will give you a specific example of the threat we face. The people elect the President, not by popular vote, but through an electoral college whose composition is based on the number of members of Congress from each state. Since every state has two senators, regardless of size, this provides some counterbalancing safeguard for the smaller states. Currently there is an effort afoot in some states to undermine this process by assigning all of the state's electoral votes to the candidate who receives the majority of the nationwide votes, regardless of how the citizens in that state voted. This has the potential to invalidate the votes of the majority within that state. Another safeguard which has already been eroded is the election of senators. Prior to the 17th amendment being added to the Constitution in 1913, the people in each state voting district were provided a voice in Congress through the direct election of their member of the House of Representatives, while each state government was given a voice through the selection of senators by their state legislative bodies. The 17th amendment changed the selection process of senators to direct election by the citizens of the state. This change removed the state governments from having direct representation in Congress. The wisdom of this choice has been debated ever since, partly because it meant states with one or more large population centers tended to dominate the selection of senators without regard for the needs and desires of voters in the rest of the state. Regardless, the change was achieved thorough a constitutionally correct process and remains the law of the land. For this reason it will remain valid until it is rescinded. When it comes to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), the people have virtually no direct say in its membership or composition. The President nominates a potential justice and the Senate approves or disapproves the selection by simple majority vote. There are no qualifications for being a justice, so anyone can be nominated. There is no set size for the SCOTUS; it is set by Congress. There is an inherent risk in this arrangement because if one party controls the Senate and the Presidency, collectively they can shrink the court, expand it, or impeach justices (following a recommendation by the House of Representatives). Though rare, all three have been accomplished, except the lone impeachment trial of Justice Samuel Chase in 1805 ended with an acquittal and the looming impeachment of Justice Abe Fortas led to him resigning from the court in 1969. With regard to your comment about common law and civil law, our Constitution limits the power and scope of the federal government, and under the 10th Amendment it specifies that all other powers belong to the states or the people. The issue of abortion is not addressed in the Constitution, therefore it is left to the states to regulate. If a state does not regulate it, then the choice is left to the individual. In 1973 the SCOTUS disregarded the Constitution and struck down both Texas and Georgia criminal laws that made certain abortions illegal. This ruling was then applied to all states. The reasoning provided by the court was that a woman's right to privacy was being violated. The problem is that the Constitution does not address any such right. In so doing, the SCOTUS exceeded its constitutional authority. If the pending SCOTUS decision reverses Roe v. Wade and its corollary, Doe v. Bolton, it will be restoring the court to its proper role of interpreting law in accordance with the Constitution, not creating it. Whatever follows is up to the states and to the people.
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  2785.  @milamber319  When discussing the Constitution, people often omit the Declaration of Independence, which is the founding document from which the Constitution ultimately arises. The Declaration of Independence specifically address three inalienable rights, meaning rights conferred by our Creator. These include, but are not limited to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These particular rights are listed precisely because that they are not granted by government. They are deemed to be natural rights of all human beings and not subject to government restriction or abolishment. The government recognizes these rights and is supposed to operate within their framework. When drafting the Constitution, the framers were focused on developing rules under which a federal government would function and how this government would relate to the states and to the people. The word "right" appears only once in the body of the Constitution. The word "privilege" appears but three times. This was not an oversight; it was done on purpose because it was assumed the existing state constitutions adequately covered them. However, there was enough fear of future centralized federal power that the Constitution could not get ratified until it contained amendments that fully recognized other natural and civil rights, along with the authority that was reserved for the states and for the people. The 14th Amendment was added after the Civil War to ensure the states did not "abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" and to ensure no person was deprived "of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". It also guaranteed "equal protection of the laws." What the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill Rights, and all subsequent amendments to date do not address is the definition of life. I find this curious. How can we deny a life by abortion if we first do not define the beginning of life? In the current environment I have seen arguments for abortion ranging from conception to postpartum infanticide. Excepting cases where both mother and child are doomed to die, where do we draw the line or do we draw a line? Isn't it only appropriate that someone speak for the unborn child? If not, are we any better than those who endorsed slavery or genocide? Until we come to some consensus on the definition of life, I would prefer to err on the side of caution and return to state determination of the legality of abortion. This will not prevent abortion, legal or otherwise, but it is consistent with our Constitution. To do otherwise is to tacitly admit the federal government can legally control whatever aspect of our lives it desires. It reduces the state governments to mere vassals of the federal government - the very thing the founders feared most (as should we). With regard to rights, for something to be an inalienable right, it must apply equally to everyone without encumbrance. If it does not, then it is a privilege or possibly a civil right (ex: the right to vote at 18). Therefore you cannot have the right be free from want or free from fear, despite what Roosevelt claimed in his four freedoms speech. These are lofty goals, but they are not freedoms for the simple fact that if someone is to be free from want, it can only occur if something is taken from another and given to him. One cannot be free from fear unless someone is ordered to protect him even at the risk of his own life. There cannot be a fundamental right to abortion because the rights of the unborn child are abrogated. It can only be a privilege or civil right granted to the mother when we have written laws stating the unborn child is not a human life. Regarding the super majority you mentioned, it does not exist. If it did, then it would be very easy for Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment defining life, then get it ratified by the states. Failing that, each state could easily pass a law granting abortion under whatever specified standards it deems appropriate.
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  2786.  @joembensman  Herein lies the danger of discussing historical issues which are still being hotly debated in our country. For example, I can't think of a single thing you said which I agree with.
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  2787.  @joembensman  Ditto; I took no offense from your comments. Out of curiosity, what generation are you? I'm a boomer.
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  2788.  @bry10101  Succinct!
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  2789.  @joembensman  I could address each of your concerns, in turn, but it would take us far from the topic at hand. I believe the Time Ghost Army frowns on this. I hope I'm around in 30 years to see how you views have evolved. Ditto for the TGA (in case they are reading this). :-)
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  2790.  @milamber319  I am unable to follow much of your reasoning, but I will try to respond to each of your points in turn. Where do you get the idea that I am very happy to take a life to ensure the liberty and property of another? Gerrymandering is generally frowned upon by the courts, but I suppose it depends on which court you are in. The filibuster is an internal mechanism of the Senate; it is not part of the Constitution. There are currently attempts to undermine the electoral college in some states by disregarding the votes of its citizens and assigning all electoral college votes to whoever wins the most votes nationally. If this were allowed to stand then the minority would be the most impacted by it. The vast majority of our criminal laws are state laws, not federal laws. If you take the life of another person, unless it is a specific federal crime, you will be tried in a state court under state laws. It is rarely a constitutional issue. The states do have the authority to incarcerate and even execute those found guilt of heinous crimes. The states have the authority to decide how and when an abortion is legal. The states created the Constitution and the federal government it describes. It was the will of the people. The Constitution can be amended to change this, but I doubt very many state would ratify it. State governments do not like giving up their power, especially to a central authority who can then easily abuse it. This super majority you keep mentioning does not exist when it comes to the topic of abortion or even the definition of life. If it did exist, then such a constitutional amendment would already have been proposed and ratified. But there is no such consensus. I did not hear Sparty say there is a super majority or a consensus on this topic. You say the problem with the American system is this process can be sidestepped or short circuited by a minority. That is not a design flaw, this is a feature of our republic.
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  2791.  @joembensman  As I noted before, Time Ghost frowns on discussions outside the main topic. Maybe we'll bump into each other on another forum. I always enjoy a lively, considerate debate. Regrettably, too much of what I see posted everywhere is rather debased and insulting, which is never conducive to a good argument. I do appreciate the fact you have kept this discussion civil. I wish everyone would heed Jefferson's advice when he said, “I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a reason for withdrawing from a friend.”
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  2792.  @milamber319  Our republic was designed to prevent simple majority rule by giving the minority some counterbalancing power. This does not mean a single person or small group of people can squash the will of a much larger group. It does mean that a significant minority can thwart the wishes of a larger group. This is important because it helps deter radical change and contributes to to a negotiated compromise when necessary. If we applied a simple majority rule to all voting, we will disenfranchise the minority and likely fracture the nation. I would no more want to see this happen than I would want to face a jury trial where a 7-to-5 vote could send me to the death chamber or life in prison. The filibuster is not an endless tool; it is a delaying tactic. If only one senator is filibustering, the best he can hope to accomplish is to bring attention to his concerns for a limited period of time. The longest single protest on record was 24 hours by Democrat Senator Strom Thurmond when he opposed the vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It subsequently passed. The longest group filibuster was 60 days and was conducted by a six southern Democrats (Richard Russell (GA), Strom Thurmond (SC), Robert Byrd (WV), William Fulbright (AR), and Sam Ervin (NC)) to protest the pending Civil Rights Act of 1964. This filibuster concluded when enough senators of both parties voted to end it. The Act subsequently passed. Since the filibuster is an internal senate rule, there are only two legal ways to end the practice. The Senate can vote to eliminate it or a constitutional amendment can be passed to prevent it. The latter seems doubtful because it would require the overwhelming support of the Senate. I cannot envision the Senate ever allowing itself to be controlled in such a manner. The Senate has from time to time changed the rules for ending a filibuster. It used to require a 2/3 vote of the Senate, was later reduced to 60 votes, and now is 51 votes on certain issues such as the appointment of executive branch nominees, federal judges, and Supreme Court justices. This raises an interesting question. Is it wise to place such nominees in powerful positions without significant support from the Senate, or is a simple 51-to-50 majority vote sufficient? Your concern about gerrymandering is partly correct. It is an attempt to preserve a party's political power by carving out districts in such a manner that their party stands an excellent chance of winning. It also is an attempt to weaken the opposing party by either lumping most its voters in a single district (packing) or dividing them into multiple districts where they have no influence on the vote (cracking). Generally speaking, the party in power gets to decide district layout, hence it is a tool of suppression by the majority, not the minority. The affected party can challenge gerrymandering in court, but there is no guarantee of a favorable outcome. The court could just as easily conclude no gerrymandering took place. I'm not sure you grasp the significance of the electoral college. it is to ensure that a few heavily populated states do not alone determine the outcome of a presidential election. Under the electoral college system in 48 states, the electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the popular vote, thus the voters in each state do decide which presidential candidate gets their support. Nebraska and Maine appoint individual electors based on the winner of the popular vote within each Congressional district. The remaining two electors are assigned to the overall winner of the state-wide popular vote. I'm not sure how this would work in a three-way split where no candidate receives a majority of the popular vote. Their approach, while somewhat novel, dilutes their influence on the election outcome, which might explain why they are the only two states to adopt it. I already live in a state which many politicians and political pundits derisively call flyover country, meaning they don't care about us or our concerns. Elimination of the electoral college would dilute the power of smaller states such as mine, so what would be the incentive for a state to remain loyal to the union if its residents believed they can be run roughshod over by a federal government controlled by the voters in the biggest states? The will of the states is the will of the people. The people in the states vote for their own state legislators, governor, members of Congress, and electors for the presidential race. It is easier to change the constitution of Australia than it is that of the USA. That which is made easy to change is easy to change again and again and again. Our process is slow and cumbersome, but it provides stability and allows for thoughtful deliberation. This is why it so rarely changes - not only because it is difficult, but because debate reveals the potential pitfalls of change. In my state we can change the state constitution almost on a whim by a simple majority of those voting. As a result we have added amendments that garnered far less than half of the voting public's support. It is not a practice I recommend. Few voters ever educate themselves on a topic before voting, assuming they even bother to vote. This destabilizes the system when bad law is so easily made. I do not know what state tyranny you are talking about, but I presume you would prefer all the states behave alike. This is not what the founders intended - and for good reason. Nobody has a handle on the best path forward, but with 50 states you have 50 laboratories in which to experiment. Each state is free to learn and adapt the practices or avoid the mistakes of other states. If you do not like the laws of your state, you are free to try to change them or else move to another state that better fits your values. Anything less is tyranny. On your last point I will only say the government closest to you is most responsive to you. It is where you will have the most direct influence. As you move further up the governmental chain from city to county to state to nation, your ability to influence change is diminished. As former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill liked to say, "All politics is local".
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  2793.  @milamber319  If you didn't bother to read what I wrote then you don't know what I said or what I think. I replied to each of your points and offered my opinions about them. You're not going to gain knowledge by telling others how bad their system of government is without considering their input. It may be uncomfortable to hear differing opinions, but it is necessary in order to hone your own arguments. It is the beginning of wisdom.
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  2794.  @milamber319  I do not understand what you are saying.
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  2795.  @joembensman  It's not that we disagree, but why we disagree that matters.
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  2796.  @milamber319  In what way has our Constitution not evolved? What specific changes do you seek? What constitutes a super and on what issues does the super majority agree we need change? How are states screwing the super majority?
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  2797.  @milamber319  What people say they want in a poll and what they actually are willing to work to achieve are two different things. And where are these people concentrated. If 70% of the population of one state opposes homosexual marriage or raising the state minimum wage, while 70% in another state support both, how is it fair to force both states to adopt it? It is not a federal issue; it is a state issue. Nationalizing every local issue in order to get what you want done in your own state against the wishes of a majority of citizens in each state is a form of tyranny. It does not matter if this is accomplished by the courts, Congress, or the executive branch. I chose to live in Montana because I prefer its beauty and its laws to those of many other states. I do not interfere with what other states do internally, but I will resist any efforts to force their ideas onto my state through the federal authorities. Saying you oppose gerrymandering sounds nice, but the issue is not so simple. Gerrymandering for political advantage is ethically wrong, but can be difficult to prove. Gerrymandering for other reasons has been tolerated by the courts. It has been allowed based on skin color, political leanings, income level, heritage, and geography. The main requirement is that each voting district be similar in population, though even here the courts may take issue because there is no agreed upon standard for what constitutes a similar population. Adding another wrinkle, under the Federal Voting Rights Act districts are required to have boundaries that offer minority voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. This is a very subjective notion and it can only be achieved in some cases through gerrymandering. Some states have adopted additional criteria, such as requiring districts to encompass compact, contiguous areas or to keep counties, cities and communities of interest together whenever possible. Cloture and filibustering are internal rules of the US Senate. Only the senators have the power to change these rules, but few seem inclined to do so. The reason is simple. Power switches back and forth between the two main parties every few years. You hate the 60/40 rule when you are in power and love it when you are out of power. By the way, in the past the rule was 2/3 (67 votes), so 60 is actually an improvement. I agree there exists a form of oligarchy among our elected members of Congress, but that is the fault of the voters. They keep sending the same people back to Congress. This is all done by popular vote (until 1913 all senators were selected by their state legislature) so we do have proportional elected representation - far more so now than in the past when only landholding (tax paying) white male citizens over 21 could vote. Each branch of government is in constant tension with the other two branches and ignores them as much as possible. This is how it is supposed to be. When they all are in agreement we get such wonderful outcomes as Executive Order 9066 (the removal and detention of people of Japanese ancestry from the west coast during WWII).
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  2798.  @milamber319  The federal minimum wage does not apply to all jobs. States are free to set higher minimum wages if they desire, but they are not allowed to lower them. What makes the states unique is their relationship to all other levels of government. The federal government was a creation of the collective states with certain powers assigned to it. All other powers reside in the states. Each municipality, be it a township or county, is a creation of the state and subordinate to it in all matters of law. Counties and cities can set higher minimum wages if state law allows it. When you ask why a community can't change or ignore any law when an overwhelming majority of residents want it changed, the reason is simple. If they can disregard state laws, they can disregard federal laws and do whatever they like. But why stop there? If one block of a city wants to be independent, why can't it be? For the same reason, why can't one household or one person be a law unto themself (sovereign citizen argument)? This is exactly what happened in Seattle during the CHOP protest. The result was lawlessness and rule by thuggery. Even before the country became a nation, the colonies formed communities that operated under colonial, and by extension, royal rule. These later became the states. Every form of ogvenrment we have in America can be traced back to these roots. At the local level, if you want to change the process you will have change the state constitutions and state laws first. Even then, the state and it communities must conform to the Constitution where it is applicable, e.g., you can't reintroduce slavery. Regarding gerrymandering, if I understand you correctly, you would not allow the state to use gerrymandering to draw up any voting districts that favors minority groups which the state believes are underrepresented. If this is your position, then I agree with you. The only boundaries that make sense to me are logical, simple physical ones that group people geographically into similar sized voting blocks, regardless of their political views or demographics. If you disagree, please let me know.
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  2799.  @milamber319  You are reading too much into my comments. I am explaining how our system came about. Its current status should not be construed as an endorsement of the status quo. The beauty of the system is that it can be changed and does periodically change. There are some changes I would like to see made, but no matter how cleverly the system is structured, those within it will always find a way to take advantage of it. For example, you desire to use an unbiased third party to eliminate favoritism when constructing voting districts. This is not possible. Every person is biased in some way and this bias will influence the selection process. The best you can realistically hope to achieve is to reduce the most blatantly obvious gerrymandering. The rest is a matter of opinion.
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  2800.  @milamber319  How do you know they work better? How are they different form other redistricting commissions? What objective measurements are you applying? Different is not necessarily better. How would you make districts better. What constitutes better? Please don't speak in vague platitudes. Offer concrete, workable recommendations.
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  2801. Ed, your slide comparing the Army and Air Force is spot on. Good job.
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  2802. Assuming the genies of industrialization, constant advances in technology, and higher standards of living ultimately lead to rapid demographic decline, then the Star Trek universe that Gene Roddenberry created would have been completely implausible if not for the heroic yeoman work of Captain Kirk.
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  2803. Ukraine should hire some of the folks who design and build subs for the drug lords, load them with explosives, and use them as remote controlled torpedoes.
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  2804. Ryan, I wasted a good deal of time trying to explain these facts to people on YT, many of whom insisted they were Army aviation vets or knew it was all about stealing land for lithium mining, etc. I'm sure some of the posters are bad actors or trolls, but it amazes me how willingly gullible their audience can be. They want their fantasies to be true because it fits their current political narrative and nothing you or I say will dissuade them. You tell them the truth and they go into an angry screed about how you are a leftist commie plant. I saw this same behavior when I worked command and control at the Pentagon during Katrina. It never changes.
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  2805. Dang, sometimes I think those CHICOMs are trying to kill us with their shoddy merchandise and tools.
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  2806. The new music sounds like Gilligan's Island.
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  2807. It has been the noble successor to the Douglas DC-3/C-47 "Gooney Bird".
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  2808. I have a piece of the wall, along with some East German shoulder tabs and caps that my brother got for me while on a mission to Berlin right after the wall came down. I've always kept the concrete in a plastic bag because he warned me it contains high levels of asbestos. I hope you washed your hands well after handling it in the video.
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  2809.  @megupdike1414  That's not what he said in his interview.
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  2810. I agree about psychopaths, ice cream, and raisins. I hope Big Brother is monitoring the folks who buy such abominations.
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  2811. Those sure were small looking Marines. Nice to see DPS still hires big dudes.
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  2812. No birds were harmed in the making of this "aiming optional" video.
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  2813. Well said.
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  2814.  @zulubeatz1  Not according to some YT test and reviews.
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  2815. I'm glad I'm retired and don't have to work with unethical officers such as these. The Air Force general should be sacked.
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  2816. Time marches on.
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  2817. At 29 seconds in she says, "And you have the same . . .(motions her hands in front of her chest) . . . knockers?"
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  2818. Lockheed AFB??? I have to raise the BS flag on the conspiracy theory in this video. The "second crash" was due to pilot error and there were survivors. According to Wikipedia (that fountain of accurate information) the second aircraft technically crashed the day before Flight 739 went down, having occurred on March 15, 1962 (the international dateline may explain the discrepancy). This would have been "Flying Tiger Line Flight 7816/14, an L-1049H Super Constellation (N6911C), which crashed on approach to Adak Island Naval Air Station, Alaska due to pilot error, killing one of eight on board. The aircraft was operating a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) cargo flight from Travis AFB to Kadena Air Base." Since it is possible Wikipedia got this information wrong, I checked two other sources that validate the Wikipedia account, Aviation Safety Network and Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives. Aviation Safety Network provided the following details. Statuts: Date: jeudi 15 mars 1962 Heure: 01:11 Type/Sous-type: Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation Compagnie: Flying Tiger Line Immatriculation: N6911C Numéro de série: 4804 Année de Fabrication: Heures de vol: 16038 Equipage: victimes: 1 / à bord: 7 Passagers: victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 Total: victimes: 1 / à bord: 7 Dégats de l'appareil: Perte Totale Conséquences: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Lieu de l'accident: Adak Naval Air Facility, AK (ADK) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique) Phase de vol: En approche (APR) Nature: Cargo Aéroport de départ: Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique Aéroport de destination: Adak Naval Air Facility, AK (ADK/PADK), Etats-Unis d'Amérique Numéro de vol: 7816 Détails: Flying Tiger Line flight 7816/14 operated on a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) cargo flight from Travis AFB to Okinawa-Kadena AFB with refueling stops at Cold Bay, Adak and Misawa (Japan). The flight departed Travis AFB at 21:00 GMT with a 142.050 pound gross weight (just 50 pounds below the maximum allowable takeoff gross weight). Buffeting developed on climbout due to an open hydraulic reservoir access door. The captain decided to return and make an overweight landing (max landing weight was 119.975 pounds). The plane landed at 21:32 and departed Travis again one hour later, landing at Cold Bay at 08:05. Departure from Cold Bay was at 09:19 GMT. The enroute portion of the leg from Cold Bay to Adak was uneventful. Instrument weather prevailed and a Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) was started. The flight was cleared for a runway 23 straight-in approach. During the approach, the GCA controller warned the crew on 7 times that they were below the glide slope and finally advised them to execute a missed approach. At about the same time the captain reported having the field in sight and continued the approach. Initial contact with the ground was some 328 feet short of the threshold and struck an embankment at the runway threshold, about 4 feet below runway elevation. The main gear separated and the plane veered right leaving the runway at the 1000 feet marker. The right wing was torn off and the main portion came to rest 2000 feet from the threshold. A severe fire erupted. Weather at the time of the accident was ceiling indefinite 1000 feet, sky obscured, visibility 3 miles, light drizzle, fog, temperature 40deg F wind ESE 12 gusts to 18 kts. Probable Cause: PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilots' misjudgement of distance and altitude during the final approach for landing." Sources: » CAB Aircraft Accident Report File No. 1-0036 » ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (21-23) Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives contained the following report: Date & Time: Mar 15, 1962 at 0114 LT Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Operator: Registration: N6911C Flight Phase: Landing (descent or approach) Flight Type: Cargo Survivors: Yes Site: Airport (less than 10 km from airport) Schedule: Travis – Cold Bay – Adak – Misawa – Kadena MSN: 4804 YOM: 1957 Flight number: FT7816 Location: Adak Alaska Country: United States of America Region: North America Crew on board: 7 Crew fatalities: 1 Pax on board: 0 Pax fatalities: 0 Other fatalities: 0 Total fatalities: 1 Captain / Total flying hours: 13000 Captain / Total hours on type: 3055 Copilot / Total flying hours: 19000 Copilot / Total hours on type: 1211 Aircraft flight hours: 16038 Circumstances: A Lockheed Constellation, model L-1049H, N 6911C, owned by The Flying Tiger Line Inc., and being operated under contract with the Military Air Transport Service, crashed during the hours of darkness at Adak, Alaska, March 15, 1962, at 1214 G.m.t. Impact and subsequent fire destroyed the aircraft. There were seven occupants, all crew members. Six received minor injuries and one, the duty flight engineer, was trapped in the cockpit and died in the fire. This was a scheduled cargo flight, designated by the carrier as Flight No. FTL 7816/14. It originated at Travis Air Force Base, California, for Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, with stops planned at Cold Bay, Alaska, Adak, Alaska, and Misawa, Japan. Shortly after departure from Travis Air Force Base, buffeting developed and the aircraft was landed back at Travis. Inspection disclosed an open hydraulic reservoir access door. This was closed and secured and the flight proceeded uneventfully to Cold Bay, Alaska. The flight from Cold Bay to the vicinity of Adak was also uneventful, with the copilot flying the aircraft from the left seat and the captain acting as copilot in the right seat. Instrument weather prevailed at Adak and a ground controlled approach (GCA) was started. The flight was advised several times that it was below the glide slope and then was advised to execute a missed approach. The aircraft’s captain replied that the field was in sight. The approach continued, visually. At a point 328 feet short of the runway threshold and four feet below its level the landing gear struck rocks. The main landing gear was torn off and the aircraft slid about 2,000 feet on the runway coining to rest just off its edge. A severe fire developed. Probable cause: The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s misjudgment of distance and altitude during the final approach for landing.
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  2819. Who wouldn't enjoy flying a heavily armed crop duster?
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  2820. I would have chosen the one American firearm not tested, the M1 carbine.
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  2821.  The Logic Party  Sorry to hear that. When I lived there in the 1980s we had two or three major malls.
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  2822.  @ticktock3152 I've been told that anyone who accents the USAF deal will have all their retirement pay and benefits cancelled until they retire again, and none of the extra time served will count toward that retirement. It's a plan designed to fail.
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  2823. Wick-ed
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  2824. Having trained in T-37s, I prefer the advantages of side-by-side instruction over that offered by the tandem seat arrangement of the RFB.
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  2825.  Florian Held  A really bad thing.
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  2826.  @Morgan_Sandoval  Really? I read your manifesto three times and still haven't a clue what your political, ethical, or social beliefs are, and you haven't a clue as to mine. I have learned two things about you, though. You are incredibly arrogant and demeaning in your discourse with people you don't even bother to get to know first. That's one of the great failings of social media. It provides a mask to everyone, be they lions or asses.
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  2827.  @scottsorenson1859  All this bickering and nobody has bothered to define the term. What do you consider to be progressive equality? Perhaps we have different interpretations of the term.
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  2828.  @Morgan_Sandoval  No, you spoke in obtuse ways, but never really stated anything clearly other than your disdain for me.
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  2829.  @scottsorenson1859  Why, because you can't define the expression? Okay, define no-liberalism and explain to me how it is different from progressive equality. Frankly, I am not sure what either term means. What do they mean to you?
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  2830.  Florian Held  That's the best insult you can come up with?
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  2831. I predict checkmate in three moves for this woman's lawsuit.
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  2832. No, officers, what's your problem?
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  2833. And another one bites the dust.
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  2834. Kids read Harry Potter?
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  2835. In the history of Germany the Nazis were an aberration. The horrors they inflicted, combined with the acquiescence of so many Germans and other European nationalities, is difficult for us to understand without viewing it in the context of the times. When the only viable options presented to you are Fascism and Communism, it become a fatalistic choice between the frying pan or the fire. Only the strongest will resists both forces, and many people find they lack the courage to do so. In the end they do nothing or become a functioning part of the Hellish machine that now controls them. They can always rationalize their decision later on, and many, perhaps most, do. Fear, hate, ignorance, and indifference are powerful tools of the Devil.
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  2836.  @DraftySatyr  C'est La Guerre, eh?
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  2837. Coding isn't the only thing Zoomers do in a closet.
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  2838.  @johnp3937  Sounds plausible to me.
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  2839. West Virginia's version of Serpico?
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  2840. Got gas?
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  2841. I suggest you rent a mini-van, if not an RV. Taking a road trip in the USA means covering thousands of miles/kilometers. Do it in comfort.
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  2842.  @theotherohlourdespadua1131  Yes, but you don't preserve your country by repeatedly allowing your enemy to bite off pieces of it. In time the Bear will emerge from its hibernation, hungry for its next meal. If Ukraine proves unable to recoup all of its lost territory, it might consider playing the long game. This would entail building up its active duty, reserve, and militia military capabilities while simultaneously cleaning up its internal corruption. In this way it may be truly eligible for NATO membership in the next decade. It can also serve as a beacon for Russians who are tired of the endless parade of autocrats and kleptocrats.
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  2843.  @kindlingking  The Russians are trolling! The Russians are trolling!
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  2844. Segway . . . meme . . .
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  2845. Regarding the USS Roper's rescue of survivors of the torpedoed steamer, the ship was actually the SS City of New York. According to uboat.net, "One of the passengers was Desanka Mohorovicic, the pregnant wife of an attaché to the Yugoslav consulate in New York, who travelled [sic] with her daughter Vesna. Luckily the ship’s surgeon, Leonard Hudson Conly, had followed her into the same boat and delivered the baby in the bottom of the lifeboat that was tossed about in 15 foot waves, even though he himself had two broken ribs." The name New York must have an ominous one, for a different ship, the British registered coastal steamer New York, was torpedoed and sunk in October of 1942. Tragically, many of her survivors were lost the next day when one of the rescue ships, HMS Veteran, was sunk with the loss of all hands while attempting to rescue some of the New York's survivors.
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  2846. Keep 'em guessing.
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  2847.  @kevinbarry71  I believe you, though liverwurst is not among of my favorites. I enjoy different hams, pastrami, roast beef, and most anything that's smoked. It's hard to find a place anymore that knows how to make a proper submarine or Cuban sandwich. When you do, count yourself fortunate. Preparing the right mix of bread, meats, cheeses, condiments, etc. create a taste that chain restaurants cannot duplicate.
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  2848.  @innotech  Most likely.
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  2849.  @captainamericaamerica8090  I definitely prefer JJ to Subway.
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  2850.  @captainamericaamerica8090  Never heard of them, so I looked up the name and found we have three here in MT, though none closer than a 100 miles. 😞
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  2851. @willy welska The N95 only protects the wearer. Everyone else remains at risk from airborne exposure. I doubt the nursing homes fitted N95s to their residents, so only their worked were protected. My daughter works at a senior retirement village and she is required to wear both a cloth mask and face shield, they sanitize constantly, and the residents have not been allowed out of their rooms for months. In addition, staff are told to go straight home after work and only perform minimal necessary shopping to limit exposure. Temperatures are checked daily and staff get a nasal swab weekly. Even with such extreme measures in place, some staff became infected and were required to quarantine at home for two weeks without pay. Now three residents have been infected. You can't stop the virus from spreading; you can only slow down its progression, but at what cost to society?
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  2852. @willy welska You are wrong; this is exactly their policy. Companies can hire and fire people for the most trivial of reasons. Thanks to the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act of 1987, Montana is the only state that offers at-will workers some additional legal protection, but it is limited. In other states employers can fire a non-contract at-will employee at any time and for any legal reason. In Montana work at-will laws only apply during a probation period that is a standard six months unless otherwise established at the time of employment. Upon conclusion of the probationary period Montana employers must have valid causes in order to terminate one’s employment. The issue then becomes what constitutes a valid reason for termination. The Karens would argue that anything you do which puts your clients at risk is grounds for lawful termination. We are in uncharted waters here, so it is impossible to know how a court would view such arguments.
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  2853. @willy welska Thank you. I wish it wasn't true, Willy. The world is going madder every day.
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  2854.  The Logic Party  Mr. Logic Party, you are replying to the wrong commenter. Please address your insults to the person you intend to offend.
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  2855.  The Logic Party  The only claim I made is that the N95 is very effective (up to 95%) at protecting the wearer from inhaling a contagion, but it does not filter the wearer's exhalation. This means that anyone not wearing a mask is at risk when standing near someone wearing an N95 if that wearer is infected. If the wearer is not infected, then his exhalation will cause bystanders no harm. I don't know what you find so controversial in this statement. You asked for medical proof, medical proof of what? If you are interested in the efficacy of the N95, there are many sources you can consult. The CDC cites several studies. Here is a link to one of them. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5705692/ Here is another link from the Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449#:~:text=Actually%20a%20type%20of%20respirator,of%20very%20small%20particles.
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  2856. Wagner the dog.
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  2857. So, you think the M1 Abrams is old and constantly in need of a facelift. Take a look at the B-52 bomber which has been around since 1952 and still going strong in the new J version.
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  2858. MORE!!!
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  2859. As my Pappy used to say, "Don't confuse me with the facts".
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  2860. I use screws a lot in my construction projects around the home. It is slower and more costly, but for some jobs it is worth it. I often find I must pre-drill the holes, which takes even longer. I also pre-drill holes when nailing if the nail is inherently weak, driven at a precarious angle, or going through a knot.
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  2861. Mel Blanc is number 1.
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  2862. I see the design of Freezin Season Winter Ale as a warning label to all male consumers. Drink this beer and your pecker will shrink. One could argue the manufacturer is performing a public service for his customers.
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  2863. I guess I'll be trashing all my gun cases and buying suitcases and briefcases instead.
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  2864. Mines and drones can still blow tracks. It should be even easier when the tank is practically blind and can't rotate its turret.
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  2865. And flies; don't forget flies.
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  2866. Have you watched WION which comes out of India?
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  2867. Snowden has poor tastes.
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  2868. Has anyone studied the details of these lynchings and identified the motivations for each one? I'd be curious to know what percentage were motivated by racial hatred alone and what percentage were motivated by some perceived outrage or injustice for a violent crime (rape, assault, murder). I'd also like to see a similar comparison done with non-black cases of lynching and compare the two. If we can detect a common pattern of behavior that drives people to break the law in such a heinous way, perhaps we will be better able to prevent it in the future.
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  2869. Joe Biden, man of Jello.
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  2870. So would most of the homes and businesses in America.
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  2871. Your freedoms are wrongfully denied in the name of officer safety when it's really about the power of officer intimidation.
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  2872. The 9mm version is softer shooting.
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  2873.  @capnjack7668  Since 40% of American households don't pay any income tax and less than 1% of Americans serve in the military, I'll give your comment all the attention and respect it deserves.
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  2874. Ryan's curse: May the eye of Sauron be upon you.
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  2875. Bob Ross is a Why File mystery unto himself. Very little is known about the man. He remains mostly an enigma. I suspect aliens are involved, or maybe the hollow earth lizard people or molemen.
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  2876. I love Dennis, but I disagree with what he said about expectations. We should have both desires and expectations. We also should temper each with an understanding that many, if not most of them, will never be realized. If one or the other leads me to pain and disappointment, so what? This is but one part of living, or as Pope Benedict XVI put it, “The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort; you were made for greatness”.
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  2877. This sounds a lot like the Kelo case where the government practiced crony capitalism by favoring one private interest at the expense of another. The SCOTUS got it wrong last time; will they now change their collective minds and do the right thing?
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  2878. Social media is again changing our language and destroying its eloquence. You want . . . back in the day . . . a word . . . like, you know . . . ROTFLMAO
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  2879. The most beautiful airplane I've ever seen.
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  2880. An order of who flung chow, to go.
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  2881. The Turks tried pulling this same crap with our planned use of Turkey as the staging area for Operation Northern Delay, the airborne invasion of Iraq in 2003. Their parliament tried to extort around a billion dollars from the US government. We had a lot of propositioned assets in Turkey, so they figured we had no choice. Instead, we launched the operation from Aviano, Italy and gave Erdogan and company the middle finger.
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  2882.  @joshwhite5407  I was referring to the idea that rights are granted by the government. They are not. These are privileges disguised as rights and they can be removed, just as NJ did when they rescinded women's right to vote.
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  2883.  @joshwhite5407  Yes, the territorial law does express it your way. I should have directed my comment specifically to the way THG expressed it at 4:30 when he said "the bill was the first in US history that explicitly granted women the right to vote". We are getting into the topic of natural rights vs. civil rights, which has probably caused more disagreement and conflict than anything else I can think of.
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  2884. Officers Reed and Malloy would never have used such language, but today's culture is far coarser than the 1960s. Worse yet, when you yell, scream, and curse at people, and threaten them this way you are self-agitating. The officer needs to be authoritative, but he is being dehumanizing and unwittingly making it psychologically easier for him to harm or kill the suspect. Such unprofessional behavior can only work against the officer's best interests. For anyone who disagrees, I suggest you replace the F-bomb with the N-word and see if it's okay.
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  2885. Reminds me of when I was growing up in north Florida during the 60s. We knew a crop-duster pilot who had been flying for 30 years without injury, then one day he went deep sea fishing with some friends in the Gulf of Mexico. A storm swamped their boat and he succumbed to exposure before they could be rescued. My father lamented that he never expected the man's epitaph to be read "Lost at sea".
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  2886. John, my brother is a JetBlue captain, so I sent this link to him. He agrees the new rules are a factor, but they are only part of the story. Culture has much to do with it. The post-boomer generations don't seem to be as interested in flying as previous generations, but there are many other factors at play.
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  2887. The original battle rattle?
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  2888. I guess the treadhead isn't dead.
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  2889. Will the outermost rock be named Goofy?
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  2890. Thank God Blackburn was not tasked to design the Spitfire.
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  2891. Melvin the Marshall is angry - very, very angry.
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  2892. My Father suffered as you have suffered, but he did not make it out of his black pit of despair. I am heartened to see you returning to the light of hope. Welcome back to the struggle. We need your insight now more than ever.
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  2893. Glad you're still the host of Time Ghost rather than the ghost of Time Ghost. It would never be the same withhold your narrations.
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  2894. I prefer a pointed stick.
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  2895. The Why Files, where the mundane becomes the surreal and the supernatural.
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  2896. Defense is currently at 13.3%. 22 % Social Security. 17 % Net Interest on debt. 13 % Health. 13 % Medicare. 10 % Income Security. 5 % Veterans Benefits and Services. 4 % Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services.
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  2897.  @du3844-m4v  I'm not sure what you are talking about. My comment was not about entitlements. It was a proportional breakdown of federal government spending. With regard to entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Obamacare, etc., they make up half of government spending.
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  2898. Remember what happened to Crocodile Hunter.
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  2899.  @bklynp718  I don't see any on the national scene.
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  2900. Good quarantines make good neighbors (I hope).
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  2901. Back in the 60s or early 70s somebody made a cartoon just like what you described.
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  2902.  @yosefmacgruber1920  I was referring to the comment about people living in their cars. As for machines replacing man in the workplace, I doubt it will happen the way many suspect. People will find new types of jobs, perhaps acting as overseers of their machines (instead of the other way around). I very seriously doubt people will suddenly become altruistic when they don't have to work, and there already exists ample evidence of the detrimental effect of not earning your keep. Just look at what our failed social programs have created - broken families, drug abuse, and crime. If the machine does manage to satisfy the first two rungs of Maslow's hierarchy of needs (physiological, safety), will man really focus on the top three (love, belonging/esteem, self-actualization)? I suspect he'll just spend more time in bed or on his computer viewing videos and posting comments on YouTube like us. For those who find even this too taxing, there's always Pornhub.
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  2903. Stunning.
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  2904. St. Pete is one of my old stomping grounds and was generally regarded back then as something of a laid-back, sprawling retirement/tourist community. Now if this had happened in neighboring Tampa I would have understood it, having once been caught there myself in the middle of a highway road-rage incident involving guns instead of knives.
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  2905.  @petrikallio2485  If the Winter War of 1939-40 is any indicator, my advise is never piss off the Finns.
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  2906. Lord, I hope Ryan didn't go Jeffrey Dahmer on us.
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  2907.  @RyanMcBethProgramming  Not being a gamer (I have a life), I had to look up that reference. 🙂 I would have gone with Drew Carey.
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  2908. So Heaven may not be nearly as crowded as we thought.
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  2909. What, you never saw reruns of "Gentle Ben" as a kid?
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  2910.  @johnmilner5485  I believe there are a lot more people in the military who hate this woke nonsense than support it, but the current administration is all in with the nutters and yes men, so that's who they promote into leadership roles. The point to remember is that you can be a professional warrior training hard and keeping your eye on the ball or you can be a SJW, but you can't be both. How many snowflakes do you think are fighting in Ukraine right now? I'd say the number is zero because war is not cosplay and those who think it is will be dispelled of this rubbish quickly or else die an ignoble death.
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  2911. Apparently it also causes private jets to fall out of the sky for no reason at all.
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  2912. Lend-Lease was much like good comedy. It's all about timing. Whether the totals were less than 19% or greater than 30% is not as important as having critical aid available in sufficient quantity at the right time to be of real use. I've never read any source claiming the USSR refused any aid or ever asked that it cease. That in itself is telling.
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  2913. You brought back the ending theme. Hooray!
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  2914. Don't New Yorkers refer to their town as "The City", inferring it's the only real city in America worthy of the moniker?
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  2915. Brings new meaning to the term doughboy.
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  2916. The armed and seated citizen, aka the lazy gunfighter.
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  2917. So it's a win-win situation.
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  2918. Of course it had to be Friday the 13th, Jason.
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  2919. Such a loss to humanity - NOT!
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  2920. At least they're putting it to good use killing Putin patsies.
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  2921. Double False Flag?
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  2922. Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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  2923. Great movie, great acting, great story, great music, great men.
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  2924. I've never understood the enormous popularity of fantasy. I think even Tolkien was bemused by his celebrity for such work. A few years back I read "The Hobbit" aloud to my wife every evening before bed. It was a nice way to settle in for the night. A year later I read her "The Silmarillion", which did not make for good bedtime companionship. Indeed, we found it confusing, highly repetitive, and lacking direction, yet others have claimed it to be Tolkien's crowning achievement. As with other forms of art, tastes tend to vary.
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  2925. That and tobacco, the red man's revenge.
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  2926. I've got a name for this guy, but YouTube will probably censor me if I post it. 😉
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  2927.  @xaenon  There's a treasure trove of films and shows going back to the silent era, so many that one can easily spend a lifetime searching and viewing them.
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  2928.  @xaenon  I think we're in violent agreement. I haven't had access to cable, satellite, or aerial service in twelve years and I don't miss it. I watch YouTube and buy DVDs based on reviews I've seen and the opinions of friends I trust.
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  2929.  @xaenon  That's why I own thousands of DVDs. It will take a lifetime to watch them all.
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  2930.  @xaenon  Got spares for both, but I think I will pick up another DVD player now that you mention it.
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  2931. I grew up in the 60s where almost every kid either rode the bus or walked to school and back (unless it was raining). You'd have to arrest half the parents in town if this cop's logic had been applied.
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  2932. I flew an SNJ once. It was very docile and responsive. I did not consider it tricky, but I can see how someone who is being introduced to using variable pitch propellers, retractable landing gear, and radios might find it a daunting challenge. The switch from small engines to a 600 HP radial would also be intimidating. By the way, most of the aircraft shown in this video were not AT6s or SNJs.
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  2933. If society doesn't change direction we can expect a future where the Hunter Bidens of the world dominate.
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  2934.  Joe Mamma  I spent 30 years in the military. We never said "won". It's not a competition with a first, second, and third place prize. Another misconception is that it is awarded by Congress. There is no such thing as a congressional medal of honor. Medal of Honor candidates are nominated by each service, usually through a review board. The names are submitted to the president, along with citations of their acts of bravery. The President decides who will receive the award. There is no limit to how many he can award. During the Civil War, when the award was created, it was handed out like candy, often to people who performed no act of sacrifice or gallantry. After the war the standards were tightened, and many medals were recalled because they did not meet the standard. Today it is extremely difficult to earn the medal.
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  2935.  Joe Mamma  There's more to the story. General MacArthur was thrice nominated for the Medal of Honor - Vera Cruz, WWI, and WWII. He received the award for his third nomination. His former "clerk", Dwight Eisenhower, thought he did not merit it since it involved no specific act of heroism, but General Marshall disagreed. Marshall argued that a precedent had been set when Charles Lindbergh received the medal for his solo flight across the Atlantic. From a legal standpoint, this argument may be specious. Congress had awarded a special MOH to Lindy, not the military MOH. The reason for this subterfuge was that to do otherwise would have violated the existing law passed by Congress in 1918. As for Dugout Doug's bravery, there is ample evidence he demonstrated it in spades throughout his career. Like Patton, he was a man capable of great triumph and great vanity. Feet of clay infect us all.
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  2936.  Joe Mamma  It's common for the guy at the pointy end of the bayonet to think the guy at the other end of the command chain is a coward who doesn't know what he's doing. I've read enough about MacArthur from people who worked with him to know he was both revered and hated. However, stories about him showing up in combat zones in slippers strike me as being just a bit apocryphal. Another popular myth was that he left the Philippines in 1942 with all his personal furniture stuffed on PT-41. No less an authority than Lt John D. Bulkeley, the skipper of PT-41, dispelled that rumor, but the story caught on with people who had a grudge agasint Mac. My old high school ROTC instructor, First Sergeant Dixon, served as an infantry platoon sergeant under Mac on Luzon, then again in Korea as a ILT platoon leader. He earned the Silver Star at Pork Chop Hill (I've read the citation), after which he resigned his commission and went back to being an NCO. He always referred to Mac as Dugout Doug. He didn't care for the man personally, but he acknowledged his skill as a strategic planner, especially when you consider he was operating on a fraction of the resources allotted to the European theater, or in the case of Korea, was constrained by the political limitations that Truman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff imposed. Was Mac a showman and a prima donna? Yes, I'd say so, in the same way Patton and Monty were. Did other senior brass despise him? Admiral King certainly did, but Mac got along well with Bull Halsey. Joe, I would never accuse combat veterans of lying about the leaders they despised, even if I knew the stories were false. If hating Mac or any other leader helped them cope, then maybe it's a good thing. But if you want to truly know a man, you have to study every aspect of him. Mac had a lot of faults, but he also possessed a lot of genius. To claim otherwise is to be disingenuous in the face of facts. The war the flag officer fight is not the same war the grunt fights. If it were, then anyone could be a successful general or admiral.
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  2937. There's a big difference between riding a bomb and carrying one.
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  2938. "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." Admiral Grace Hopper, computer pioneer
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  2939. He's only eight days younger than my Mother.
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  2940. I would have accidentally poured gas on the a-hole and apologized as I fumbled for my lighter.
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  2941. If you can see his face, then Bill Gate's pants aren't covering all of his a-hole.
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  2942.  @john236613 Well, sticks and stones will break your bones.
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  2943. Si vis pacem, para bellum - "If you want peace, prepare for war."
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  2944. Sounds like he was seeking the goals of a God he did not believe existed.
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  2945. I liked the way the Poles told the EU to "stuff it" when other members demanded they open their borders to illegal aliens.
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  2946. Subtle, wasn't he?
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  2947. "Swoff" in the fuel line? What is that?
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  2948.  @michaelmclachlan1650  Oh, swarf, right - got it. I do wish these Brits would learn how to speak the King's English.
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  2949. The last time a leap year was skipped was the year 1900. The next time a leap year will be skipped is the year 2100.
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  2950. You can't fool the men who mind the minutes.
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  2951. I see stupid people.
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  2952.  @oz-zy  I've seen plenty of videos where cops immediately rendered aid. I've seen other videos where cops immediately disarmed and cuffed the perp. There does not appear to be any standard procedure, so I presume it's the individual officer's call.
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  2953. Hidley ho, neighbor, hands up!
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  2954.  @knightowl3577  Along with the USS Mae West
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  2955.  @F_Tim1961  Clever play on words at the end.
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  2956.  @caninedrill_instructor5861  No doubt manly man-chores.
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  2957. England can survive with or without the crown.
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  2958. The x in Bexar is silent. It's pronounced bear.
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  2959. It's always been my understanding that the US Navy has long claimed no US warship was ever captured by the enemy until the Pueblo incident. The capture of the Essex seems to prove otherwise.
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  2960. Two nice things about this pseudo plague is all the good parking and no waiting in line (unless it's a place that sells toilet paper or hand sanitizer).
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  2961.  @julianneale6128  I never said the Allison did not seize up, nor did I say it was more reliable than the Merlin. I said my late friend preferred the P-38 because losing one engine wasn't a big problem. For a Mustang or any other single engine aircraft, it was a very big problem indeed. This is an example of the law of probability at work and has nothing to do with engine reliability unless you have truly terrible engines. I do not consider our main combat aircraft engines of WWII, the Allison, Packard/RR Merlin, Pratt & Whitney R-2800, and Wright Cyclone, to be unreliable engines for their time, if properly maintained. I don't know which one was the most reliable, but I suspect it would be the P&W, due to its simplicity and ruggedness. Of course there are many other factors that go into this equation, and it would make an interesting topic for discussion.
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  2962. Did he say 650,000 tons?
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  2963. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's YouTube Man!
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  2964. Deutschland unter alles?
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  2965. I came close to joining EOD after I supervised the writing of a promotion test for their career field. I only mention this because of an incident that occurred a few years later while I was on leave in Africa. After a night of drinking with some folks I'd met at my hotel who were working on a nearby movie set, I decided to take up an offer from a member of this group, a pretty young Australian nurse. Having been warned I likely would not get past the security guards who manned the entrance to the set, I took a circuitous route through the Zimbabwe bush, eventually finding myself in a large open field. When about halfway across it, I suddenly remembered a warning I'd received from one of my drinking companions that there was an old minefield near the set that was left over from the country's recent civil war. At this point I wasn't sure what to do, but then I noticed a nearby vehicle trail that ran all the way to the movie set. This was when my limited EOD knowledge kicked in. I figured if a vehicle could cross these tracks without exploding, so could I. When I eventually made my way up the path to the set, the young nurse was quite shocked to see me. Rather pleased with myself, I told her how I had successfully traversed the minefield. She replied, "It isn't mines you should have been worried about. It's cape buffalo. One of the women here got mauled by one in that field last week." Oh well, I got some good photos of the place and returned to my hotel via the front gate. As I expected, the guards only noticed the people coming in, not going out.
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  2966. To answer your question I recommend looking at what the mob did when Al Capone was put away.
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  2967. "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war,"
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  2968. This situation reminds me of Texas after the Civil War when The Texas Rangers were disbanded by Union carpetbaggers and briefly replaced by the much despised Texas State Police. Maybe West Virginia needs to replace their State Police with a new organization with a new name. West Virginia Highway Patrol? West Virginia Rangers? They will need to clean house and start fresh.
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  2969.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  You should hear Bud tell the whole story of their trip into the East Bloc. It is hysterical. He really should have written a book about it.
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  2970.  @jamesdeen3011  That's what I thought, but Bud later told me it's not the statute of limitations he fears, but the fact that old Commies tend to have very long memories, no sense of humor, and an unhealthy desire for retribution. If you doubt this, just look at Ukraine today.
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  2971. The police cam video and sheriff's remarks at the beginning of this episode are examples of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, or as the press would put it, good spin. The sheriff realized his officers did not follow standard procedure and had become complacent, which helped facilitate this deadly shootout. In order to deflect any potential criticism of their actions, which included firing blindly into the car when its only occupants were a two month old baby and a puppy, he immediately lauded their "professionalism", blamed our lax courts for creating the problem, and spouted a pithy phrase intended to win him reelection. Of course we are talking about Brevard County Florida, which has long been known for its level of police competency (roll eyes). As for David Clarke's follow-on comments, I agree with him 100%.
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  2972. I'm sure somebody has already said it, but the guy did axe for it.
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  2973. Graveyard of empire, what a crock.
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  2974. Such men as Captain Eddie Grant were the norm, not the exception. I know because my Grandpa Sam Parker was a minor league ball player and railroad brakeman during the war to end all wars. He was exempt from the draft but volunteered for the Navy where he served on a minesweeper. He remained devoted to the veterans and was an active member of the VFW for the next fifty years until his death. He taught me the manual of arms when I was five years old and instilled in me a sense of duty that I still believe in. God bless our veterans and our fallen warriors, and may God continue to bless America, the land of the free because of the brave.
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  2975. Mexico's loss is America's gain (sigh).
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  2976. I've been using JB Weld for decades, ever since a friend successfully repaired a crack in his car muffler with it. One thing I would have done differently in your test would have been to glue each part together under pressure. This forces the glues into the objects and releases excess glue, thus forming a much stronger bond.
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  2977. You're welcome. l learned that tip from a trim carpenter who was making a spring-loaded swing-out shelf for our heavy Kitchen-Aide mixer. He used wood glue to connect five 15" long sections of 1x4 trim board together to form a 15" x 20" shelf. These were held tightly together with wide clamps, and I noticed he used very little glue. When I questioned him about it, he replied that too much glue prevented good contact between the boards, and weakened the bond. When everything was dry, he attached the brackets and spring mechanism so the mixer could swing forward and up to its locked position for mixing, then be unlocked and lowered back down into the cabinet for storage. That was over eleven years ago and it's never given us any trouble.
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  2978.  @patrickpatton7123  It sounds more like a go directly to jail card; do not pass go; do not collect $200.
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  2979.  @GoretsiJainkoa  Now squeal like a pig.
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  2980. Sheriff: It could have been Martians invading the Earth, but, no-oo, you had to flash your lights and warn them, thus endangering all of my deputies.
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  2981. Looked like a hit to me.
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  2982. We're the Crisis Intervention Team, killing you with kindness.
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  2983. Nothing has changed. Crony capitalists still feed at the federal trough.
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  2984. She's the most gorgeous aircraft ever to take to the sky. Even when seeing her up close in a static display at Wright-Patterson AFB, she appears to be racing along at Mach 3.
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  2985. There is nothing more awe-inspiring or intimidating than the sight of a battleship arriving in port. It gentles the natives.
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  2986. I didn't realize Drew Carey was facing such hard times.
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  2987. He shot a bird; they shot a bean bag, then the sparks really commenced. Overall, good job. Thanks for pointing out what the camera doesn't show - all the potential victims standing behind the cops, clueless as usual on how to deal with the threat.
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  2988. It's POL - politics, operations, logistics.
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  2989.  @georgeburns7251  Do you live in California?
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  2990. I'm five foot eleven and a half inches tall in the morning, but if I really stretch myself, I can touch six feet. When that doesn't work I can always stretch the truth instead.
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  2991.  @JohnShalamskas  That's why I keep a rack in the basement. 😉
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  2992. The music was a bit too loud and distracting. Can you delete it or at least turn it down?
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  2993. Uncle Sam Burgers? Why do I see images of Krusty Burgers?
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  2994. The island where Ernie Pyle was killed is pronounced I-E Shima. At least that is what my old high school Army ROTC instructor, MSGT Dixon, called it. He was there and saw Ernie only minutes before he was killed.
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  2995. Da Bears.
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  2996. The machine gun pictured at 18:14 appears to be an Austrian-Hungarian Schwarzlose M.7, which differs internally from the Maxim by using a much simpler delayed blowback mechanism. The Lewis Gun was an American invention that was adopted by the British. I'm not sure what gun is pictured at 19:00, but I do not think it is a BAR prototype.
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  2997. Police have to advise you of your rights when they arrest you, so why not require them to advise you of your rights each time they confront you in public or on your property when they aren't serving a warrant.
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  2998.  @justicespeaks3270  Interesting moniker you have. "Portrait of Jennie" is one of my favorite movies.
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  2999. Wow, a nutty ninth ruling I actually agree with.
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  3000. I just watched the 1968 movie "The Battle of Britain" a couple of days ago with my daughter. Manston was prominently featured in the film. How sad to see it go. Many air bases in the USA have been closed in the last forty years and will soon be completely forgotten. Let's hope Manston won't suffer that fate.
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  3001. This is a good overview of penicillin development and early use. As for the conclusion, The World War Two channel drew the opposite one when they aired their video on the topic last year. In truth, no single invitation or battle wins any war, but penicillin definitely helped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbOLeCdWhY
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  3002. Where does the SCOTUS have the authority to judge the reason for a census question? They are supposed to be determining if the question itself is constitutional. Using their logic, should not every question on the census be subjected to similar scrutiny? You spoke about the fear of undercounting if the question remains, but did not mention the likelihood of overcounting if it is removed, in which case the census will favor such states a California, with its huge illegal alien population. How is apportioning more Congressional districts, and thus more electoral votes, than a state deserves, fair or constitutional?
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  3003.  @Myoron  No, it is not. The decision is 92 pages long and resulted in a 5-4 slit decision with each justice concurring or nonconcurring on parts of the ruling. This hardly qualifies as plain English. The Court failed in its primary duty - is the question constitutional? The answer is a resounding yes. That's where it should have ended. Instead, the Court decided to issue a partial ruling wherein the question was ordered removed from the census because five members of the Court felt it would lead to an under-count of citizens. The Court even recognized that these under-counted citizens would be violating the law of their own cognition if they failed to respond, and that the likely reason for their actions was that they were harboring illegal aliens (itself a crime) whom they feared would be targeted by the government for arrest. Despite the fact that the Court agreed the government would not use census data in this way, they still considered this rationale an acceptable excuse for violating the law. At the same time, the SCOTUS concern about an under-count completely ignored the possibility, indeed, the likelihood, of an over-count, which would deprive other sections of the country of fair voter representation and federal funding. The primary function of the census is to get an accurate counting of citizens for the establishment and redistribution of Congressional districts. The SCOTUS ruling, whether it allowed or disallowed the citizenship question, would not have achieved this effect. They should have limited their decision to the constitutionality of the question. As is so often the case of the Court, they decided instead to legislate from the bench.
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  3004. Circular airports (as opposed to circular runways) were used from before WWI and through WWII, but they worked by allowing aircraft to land straight into the wind without the need to turn the plane. They were necessary in WWI because planes had non-steerable tail skids instead of wheels. Landing in crosswind could lead to a crackup. Later the US Navy used them for basic training and for carrier simulation. Such a field today would have to be massive in size and surrounding approach clearances, making them impractical for all but short field capable aircraft.
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  3005. World of Target Ships.
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  3006. The image at 3:36 appears to be a .50 caliber machine gun fitted with a blank firing device and recoil booster (to help it cycle blank rounds).
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  3007.  @timothyblevins9552  No, he was a white guy with a crew cut. He looked like a ripped Drew Carey.
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  3008. Or China will tell Iran to quit screwing with their oil deliveries or they'll nuke their asses. I'm good with either outcome. 🙂
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  3009.  @billtate1684  I was making a joke. But on a serious note I will add that oil, like money; is fungible. However, if they Interfere with the supply of it enough, the effect will be felt among all oil dependent economies. Iran has the potential to do just this, which is why the US kept Iran at bay for decades. If Iran sees political and economic advantage to piracy or extortion then it could adversely affect trade and lead to potential conflict with any number of nations or alliances. However, Iran has an Achilles's heel. For example, it lacks enough crude refining capability to be truly self-sufficient and it is dependent on export sales of crude and gas to develop operating capital for importing critical technology to operate its facilities. This means there are other ways to bring them to bay, short of war. Though it may take longer to produce the desired effect, it does not require the adversely affected nations to expend blood and national treasure.
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  3010. How comforting to know our govenrment was every bit as efficient and caring then as now.
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  3011. The wrath of God seems to have spared Jerusalem . . . so far.
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  3012.  @foxiedogitchypaws7141  Pretty much, now that the kids are grown.
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  3013. I just finished watching Arvin Ash's video. I was pleased that he addressed my question about how light is able to cross the universe without running out of steam (pardon the analogy). I didn't fully understand his explanation, but I am not a physicists. All the same, he made it more digestible and put me one step closer to comprehension. After watching your historical perspective, I guess you could say, that in physics, Maxwell is the missing link between Newton and Einstein. Such episodes as these are why I never miss anything you or Arvin post. I am glad to see your channel continuing to grow. Keep up the great work.
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  3014. Try closing the M1 bolt when there is no clip in it.
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  3015.  @deanfirnatine7814  Can you provide a reputable source for this information?
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  3016. I knew the story about the Ward and the twist of fate that her skipper later command the O'Brien in 1944, but I did not know the background of the Ward's namesake. Riveting tale all around.
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  3017. A lot of folks don't want to be confused by the facts.
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  3018. I was assigned to the Pentagon when Noble Eagle began. I'm glad to see it's still an active operation. Watching this video I realized many of the Airmen assigned to it weren't even born when it began. Stay alert; we need your eyes and ears now more than ever.
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  3019. There you go again, Ryan, trying to confuse us with the facts.
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  3020. Milking the topic for all it's worth I see.
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  3021. Yes, he acquired them and the ivory grips before the war. One was a Colt SAA and the other was a S&W Registered 357 Magnum.
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  3022. Watch "The Final Option" (1982), aka "Who Dares, Wins". It shows how the Soviets played these same games with the West during the Cold War.
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  3023. I thought the Bowler and Derby had different brims. I never warmed up to the style, preferring the Fedora, Homburg, and Stetson instead.
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  3024. An over-reliance on automated controls has been a chronic problem with some airlines and tends to mask subpar crew performance. It is akin to a coat of paint hiding a multitude of sin.
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  3025. High tech speed bumps.
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  3026.  @clintonsavage4018  and he first must manually load the magazines, just as with the 8" gun turrets.
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  3027. Three of my favorite laws are the ones banning lovemaking in a grocery cart, paddling your canoe downtown, and shooting Indians from a moving trolley car.
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  3028. "Safety First, No Smoking". Priceless.
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  3029. For nearly a year now my wife has been getting fake ratings on her published books. They come in waves every day or two around the same time (mornings) and range from one to five stars. There are never any comments posted, and her book sales in no way reflect the number of ratings she receives. Collectively these ratings have brought down her average score on Amazon and Good Reads. I keep telling her it's bots and trolls, but she remains puzzled why anyone would waste their time this way. There is nothing controversial or political in her writing. She reported this problem to Amazon, but the company refused to investigate or take any action. Meanwhile, she has seen some authors receive nothing less than hundreds of five-star ratings all at once without a single comment or lesser rating. Can someone explain what is going on and why?
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  3030.  @FYMASMD  I agree, but I don't take alcohol into the field, so cans are not an issue for me.
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  3031. Priceless!
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  3032. I guess the Stihl isn't a steal, but it's tough as steel.
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  3033. Made us laugh. Thank you.
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  3034. So he was sort of a scholarly 18th century Hugh Hefner.
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  3035.  @JohnSmith-bx1mp  I'm just a gigolo and ev'rywhere I go People know the bar I'm playing Pay for every dance selling each romance
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  3036. The truth will set you free, so lie, lie, lie.
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  3037. You left out Mark Clark.
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  3038.  @litesp  Then I'm not alone. Tell Sparty and Indy at the WWII channel.
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  3039. Good analysis, Ed. I will add that a follow-on dedicated CAS aircraft to replace the A-10 is something the USAF can ill afford. The resources in terms of cost and manpower simply aren't there to support a single purpose airframe without sacrificing other multi-capable platforms. I understand the positive psychological effect on the warrior on the ground who looks up and sees a flying tank loitering above him, but an unpiloted aerial vehicle, even one controlled by the ground pounder, may be a more cost-effective solution.
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  3040. Actually, the US counterintelligence community was well aware of Soviet penetration of the Manhattan Project, but they were repeatably stymied by senior government leaders and scientists when they tried to plug these leaks and purge the people involved.
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  3041. Which is about eight cents more than his advice is worth.
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  3042. Settle for nothing less than a half million. Inflation, you know.
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  3043. Bullpups, sporks, HMOs, and HOAs are all spawns of Satan.
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  3044. Why wasn't Curly in their skits.
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  3045. Unless it shoots by itself, riflemen will still need to master trigger control. What advantage does it offer below 200 meters?
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  3046. I once served on a medical ethics advisory board at the largest hospital in the Department of Defense, Wilford Hall Medical Center (ironically nicknamed Big Willie). One of the experiments we approved involved male erectile implants. The doctor presenting the various experimental devices under consideration managed to maintain a restrained and clinically professional attitude throughout his presentation. These included a demonstration of a two-position ball and socket implant (up and down). He noted the problem with this device was that it kept the male organ stiff at all times. I don't recall how one was supposed to urinate, but presumably it was done by disconnecting the device and managing it like a fire hose. Another device was composed of a thick metal wire which was protected and sealed in a heavy synthetic outer coating. It could be bent into almost any shape , presenting some rather tantalizing options for the user. Standard practice was to insert two of these rods into the genitalia, thus allowing for adequate firmness and size. The doctor informed us the device had been tested successfully in India, however, for reasons of economy, only one of the rods was implanted in each patient. He further stated this had no apparent detrimental effect on the population growth of the country.
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  3047. ...and we all lived happily ever after...thanks to Nietzsche and syphilis.
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  3048. Brings a new meaning to the expression voting with your feet.
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  3049.  @elizabethsohler6516 Because his predecessor was an absolute loon and conman.
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  3050.  @elizabethsohler6516 I know what you mean; I have friends in NJ. I lived in Maryland for over six years, and the only saving grace was it was not NJ. Imagine my shock when I stopped in NJ once on the interstate to buy gas and the attendant got mad at me because I tried to pump it myself. Apparently, this is against the law.
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  3051.  @tatianalyulkin410  Then I take it you are also an admirer of Al Capone.
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  3052. The Turd Reich.
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  3053. What a great way to remember a great lady.
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  3054. The Karen is strong in this one.
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  3055. My cousin is a former corporate headhunter. Does he qualify for reparations?
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  3056. The FBDEI strikes again in its usual professional way.
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  3057. Premium beer? That's a good one.
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  3058. The new tea party is the mask free party.
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  3059. My takeaway is that my next house should be built from toilet paper since that's where all the really good lumber seems to wind up.
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  3060. It's getting harder and harder to tell the cops from the suspects. Maybe this was a recruiting video.
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  3061. Gangs of New Moscow
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  3062. Another fluff piece that ignores all the cons and unique hurdles.
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  3063. 73 years between kills - and the last one is a drone? I hope RAF pilots aren't developing a complex over this.
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  3064. I remember when the Corona rumors ran rampant and I recall a news article which countered the false claim by describing the stringent standards at the brewery. I was not aware that Heineken was responsible for starting the rumor. Talk about a beer that tastes like piss.
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  3065. Bowling is a great way to learn about beer. 🙂
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  3066. I guess it's time to buy a pig in a poke.
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  3067.  @thefangsofcerberus4715  There are a huge number of comments on this post, but I couldn't find one that I made which pertains to your issue.
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  3068.  @josephahner3031  Joseph, if your read all my comments you would see that I addressed some of the deficiencies of Soviet armor in 1941, which had more to do with poor training, poor leadership, and poor logistics than with the shortcomings of Soviet tanks during that period. Most of the German armor was made up of light tanks on par with Soviet light tanks, so I see that as a wash. German medium armor in 1941 had great difficulty dealing with the Soviet medium and heavy tanks it encountered, but German artillery and wheeled antitank guns proved quite effective in stopping them. Perhaps more importantly, the Germans fought as a team and had both excellent leadership and skilled soldiers who were quite resourceful. Soviet leadership from Colonel on up had been eviscerated and replaced by politically trustworthy but inept officers and commissars thanks to Stalin's paranoid purges. Regarding the size of the Soviet Army, it was close to eight million men in 1941. The bulk of them were in the east when the war started, which is fortuitous, given the shambles of the first six months of the war, but as history has shown, those troops could be transferred, and they were once the lines stabilized and the Soviet winter counteroffensive commenced. The Germans kept wondering where all the fresh troops were coming from.
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  3069.  @piret123698745  Since there are 126 comments so far, I'm not sure which one you are referring to. Could you be more specific?
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  3070. These aren't the droids we're looking for.
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  3071. Has anyone ever seen the 1954 Richard Widmark movie "Hell and High Water"? It's a great cold war thriller involving a former Japanese sub and a nuclear armed CHICOM B-29.
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  3072. My grandfather came from the same region as Gartner. He married my grandmother, an American, in Germany in the 20s, then immigrated to the USA a few years later. He only returned once, in1937, to assist other members of his family to emigrate before it was too late. As a result, most of them got out just before the war started.
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  3073. Because everyone loves a line breaker, right?
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  3074. The audio does not accurately reflect how loud a suppressed 5.56 riffle really is, but it's still much better than an unsuppressed one.
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  3075. Dennis, I greatly enjoy your Prager U videos and find myself almost 100% in agreement with your arguments. There is one point I have heard you raise in your last two chats that I firmly disagree with and that is allowing "transgender" people to live their illusion free of criticism. I have recognized such people in public places from time to time, and my initial reaction normally is one of pity because I see an injured mind. I am not cruel or derogatory toward them, but I will not suspend reality and address them as something they are not. This only serves to reinforce the falsehood they are living. I prefer not to address them at all, but if one of them ever tries to force me address them as a member of the opposite sex, I will politely refuse. What puzzles me is why you would submit to such a degradation when you know it is a lie. Other than avoiding an argument or possible altercation, what purpose does it serve? While you don't appear to me to be someone who would seek out a fight, neither do you appear to be someone who would avoid one by compromising your principles.
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  3076. "Can the Russians be believed?" If their lips are moving, no.
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  3077. The Sweets of San Francisco.
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  3078. Posting my unsolicited comments on YouTube is as close as I get to social media. Judging from some of the responses I receive, it's as far as I want to go.
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  3079. Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. Those who can't do either, manage - or become Endeavor pilots.
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  3080. You showed a painting of the SS Robin Moor being destroyed by a German U-Boat in 1941. Have you done a story about this ship and the political fallout it generated?
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  3081. Nothing draws opposing interests together like a common fear of a third.
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  3082. As a native Floridian I find this police behavior appalling and inexcusable. Fire both of them! Better yet, give them both a good caning.
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  3083. The good thing about Republicans is they waste our money more efficiently than Democrats. :face-turquoise-covering-eyes:
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  3084. They don't want prosperity; they want control.
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  3085. You could have a lot of fun mispronouncing the name of this company.
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  3086. Canada, where free speech goes to cry.
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  3087. I see Moe and Larry. Where's Curly?
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  3088. The secret to a good grilled cheese sandwich is a little bit of mayo on the inside of the bread and good bit of butter on the outside in which to fry the toast while the cheese melts.
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  3089. And this, my friends, is why crime is under-reported. I suggest the city fire this cop, pay the store owner's medical bills, and make him watch Chris Rock's video on how not to get your ass kicked by the police.
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  3090. Their labs were useless.
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  3091. While I was stationed at the Pentagon I saw a plaque on the wall of our DiLoreno Health Clinic. It was dedicated to Captain Saloman and describes the fighting, but makes no mention of his former training. This video explains how a noncombatant was able to take over a machine gun nest and effectively silence the enemy. I was unaware of the over half century struggle to right a wrong and award him the medal he so earnestly deserved.
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  3092. This video did not put me to sleep. I want my 50 minutes back.
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  3093. Why are you assuming the electricity that powers electric cars will come exclusively from renewable resources when 2/3 of all electricity is being produced by fossil fuels? You can't cherry-pick your electricity. Even if you tried, the renewable fuel source you use for your car must be offset somewhere else by nonrenewable fuel. Indeed, a world full of electric cars will greatly increase the demand for electricity. Perhaps it's time to revisit the Stanley Steamer concept. :)
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  3094. "We have met the enemy and he is us." - from the popular American comic strip character Pogo, 1970
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  3095. His right arm did have a tremor, but is that gerunds for suspicion of a crime?
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  3096. The FDA was originally created over a century ago to deal with a serious problem that may no longer exist. Its devolution into an overly cautious bureaucracy that seems more focused on CYA, should come as little surprise. The late American philosopher, Eric Hoffer, summed it up best. “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. And those who benefit in the racket will defend it with passion.” The fire the President has lit under this agency, like so many other fires he's recently lit, shows that even bloated bureaucracies can be forced to move quickly and effectively when superfluous rules are suspended and leaders are threatened with dismissal. Now, if only we can make these changes permanent.
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  3097.  Ken MacDonald  The longer the CDC and FDA are in the news, or rather, making news, the greater the threat becomes to us. Already the populace is tiring of their ever changing positions and predictions. They've had their fifteen minutes of fame; it's time to move along.
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  3098. I'd like to do my part to help improve the birthrate, but I'm only one man.
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  3099.  @RobertFromEarth  Engineers are robots.
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  3100. Fascinating.
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  3101. My brother has been married to a Venezuelan expat for over 20 years. She was part of the cream and detests the soured milk now sneaking into the US.
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  3102. Has anyone created YouTube page listing the worst cop of the month (along with supporting video)? Maybe patrons could vote on the winners.
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  3103.  @monsieurcommissaire1628  And look at what it's done for Wiley Coyote, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck.
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  3104.  @z3r0_35  As the Soviet used to say, "Quantity has a quality of its own".
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  3105.  @z3r0_35  Tell that to the Wehrmacht.
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  3106.  @z3r0_35  There was no single Achilles' heel for Germany. There were a host of actors in play. You can always pick a location and point in time where the enemy has amassed local superior force. It might win a battle, but it does not win a war of conquest. Germany never had sufficient resources to conquer and hold both Europe and Russia. Their manpower reserves and production capabilities could not begin to match Great Britain, the USA, and the USSR, hence the popular saying that the best American general in WWII was General Motors.
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  3107.  @z3r0_35  Thanks, but I'm well acquainted with WWII history and the multitude of factors that influenced its outcome. Oil was always a major problem for the Germans, but it was not the only one, and taken in isolation it alone was not the cause of their ultimate defeat.
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  3108.  @z3r0_35  That's speculation, not fact.
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  3109.  @z3r0_35  I don't quite see it that way. I agree that for Germany oil was a critical concern throughout the war, but there were many other factors at play which also prompted the timing and decision to invade the USSR. Prior to hostilities in 1939, Germany imported about 2/3 of its oil from the western hemisphere. This source was effectively shut down by British naval blockades, so Germany upped its imports from Austria, Romania, and even the USSR until they accounted for 1/4th of their oil supply. This was not enough. Even when augmented by synthetic fuel production, which by 1944 had reached more than 124,000 barrels per day before the 8th Air Force and RAF bombed it into the stone age, Germany could not meet its war machine needs. What is most interesting is why from 1940-41 the USSR sold Germany nearly six million barrels of crude oil (about 250 million gallons). Stalin assumed Hitler would invade someday, so he attempted to placate him with a trade agreement. In theory the Nazis could have kept buying oil and grain from the Soviets, but their visceral hatred of the Communists was only rivaled by their hatred of Jews. They wanted to destroy the USSR, eradicate most Slavs, create some living room for an expanded Germanic empire, acquire a breadbasket (Ukraine), and have access to more oil by attacking through the Caucasus and capturing the Soviet oil fields. This last goal would serve the dual purpose of providing the Nazis with much needed oil, while denying it to the Soviets. But why invade in the summer of 1941? Why not attack earlier in the spring or better yet, wait until 1942? One reason is that the German economy was running or borrowed money it could not pay back. So, when in debt, attack your neighbor and steal his wealth (robbing Ivan to pay Paulus). But the Wehrmacht was not built as a strategic expeditionary force, nor did it have suitable numbers of long range bombers to attack Soviet industry behind the Urals. It also lacked a properly sized and equipped armored force for this mission. And it remained primarily dependent upon a horse-drawn transportation system throughout the war. In a protracted war of conquest, logistics is the key to victory, not the mere size, leadership, and training of an army. The deeper the Nazis drove into the USSR, the more they had to detail forces to protect their rear and flanks, and the more they expended transportation resources to feed the needs of the Heer and Luftwaffe. Prior to the start of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler wasted time, aviation resources, and fuel trying to subdue Britain after the fall of France. This forced a crucial delay in the timetable for Operation Barbarossa, which would contribute greatly to German failure in the long run. It also meant the Luftwaffe was not at full strength when their invasion began. But Hitler believed the longer he waited, the more powerful and capable the Soviet military would become. He saw the effects of Stalin's massive purges of his officer corps. Tiny Finland greatly bloodied the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939-40, so Hitler wanted to attack the USSR before the Soviets could correct their leadership deficiencies. Germany was gambling on a short campaign that would cause the Soviet forces to rapidly collapse. German planners did not accurately account for the size of Soviet manpower and materiel reserves, nor did they consider how incredibly stubborn Soviet forces could be. All of these factors came into play. I don't believe any single one dominated the decision to invade or was the cause of Germany's defeat. It was an aggregate effect that led to the invasion, its timing, and its ultimate failure.
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  3110. The actions of these deputies reminds me of an old National Lampoon skit - Perry Shriner, Court Appointed Lawyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Eiyg-qXcw
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  3111. The first thing I would do is ban all one-way streets.
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  3112. Good thing I wasn't on that city council because I would have voted to ban all hair braiding businesses.
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  3113. Colonel Moran may have a future producing cosplay and gaming products.
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  3114. I've had good luck with both Kobalt and Irwin products. I find them to be more affordable, sturdy, comfortable, and pinch-free than some of their competitors.
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  3115. All "studies" programs are fake, rather like this professor Dennis debated.
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  3116. Nobel's ex-lover got a Peace prize? Are you sure it wasn't a Piece prize?
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  3117. I enjoyed the romp through some of Georgia's colorful political history, but was disappointed you did not mention what happened in the Lt Gov race. With Melvin Thompson seated as governor, a special election was held for Lt Gov and our family's good friend and neighbor, Brig Gen Marvin Griffin (Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard), was elected. Marvin later became governor of the state from 1955-59. He was quite a colorful character who was well liked by all. Where the characters Senators Snort and Beauregard Claghorn only existed in fiction, Marvin Griffin existed in real life almost as their counterparts.
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  3118. I'll never again be able to listen to that song in the same way.
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  3119. That guy, Kathy, who heads the resident council at Decker Tower, should run for mayor of Burlington.
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  3120. I am resigned to not being your PM sometime in the future . . . maybe.
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  3121. Tell Mrs. Drach not to worry; my own wife did the same thing when our kids asked her to blow out the candles on the birthday cake we'd made for her. I suspect most women are used to running around with their hair on fire.
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  3122.  @heymakerphd1982  Using your logic, if the recipient of the Medal of Honor is a winner, are all other soldiers losers?
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  3123.  @heymakerphd1982  You asked the question "If he's not a winner, is he a loser?" I'm pointing out why the term winner is never used, nor should be used in any official description of the Medal of Honor or in its awarding. I doubt any recipient of the award would say he won it or earned it (except possibly Douglas MacArthur). I've heard plenty of them say they accepted it on behalf of all those other men who did as much or more, but were never properly recognized for their actions. And don't refer to me as son unless you are in your 90s.
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  3124.  @petergianakopoulos4926  Not intentionally, no. But those who do not understand the process of awarding it might think otherwise and treat it like a competition.
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  3125. So much for the thunder down under. The land of sheep has become the land of sheeple. I thought you guys considered yourselves more like Americans than Brits. Here in Montana we live by a simple code. Shoot, shovel, and shut-up.
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  3126. I remember the story well thanks to Walt Disney's "Miracle of the White Stallions", starring Robert Taylor and Lilli Palmer, 1963. I watched it with my family in the local movie theater when it was first released.
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  3127. That looks like a woman chasing the perp, not a man.
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  3128.  @silentmajority8365  I've never cared for any form of communism, including the one that worships a moon god.
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  3129. It's the COVID force field. Hmm, doesn't work on lead.
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  3130.  @ffjsb  Maybe French cops have no place to set them. Those cars tend to be small.
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  3131.  @ffjsb  You're spoiling our fun.
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  3132.  @davidharris6581  I don't, but you may have a taller sitting height than I do.
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  3133.  @adankmeme651  I think the French already have a complex about height. Some historians blames Napoleon because he wanted the tallest men to serve in his army. Maybe the kepis are a form of compensation to make the gendarme look bigger.
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  3134. Appoint Dr Scott Atlas to run the CDC.
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  3135. Maybe everybody remains pissed at China for creating this disaster and then lying about it, so why do any business with them? Can you spell TEMU?
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  3136. Let's turn Taiwan into a super Las Vegas where everyone from mainland China (and the Middle East) can party, gamble, and drink to their heart's content without fear of arrest. Of course we'll have to annex and rename it Tai-wan-on.
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  3137. Make it right and make it in America.
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  3138.  @skabbigkossa  The problem with your thesis is that you are allowing some unknown entity to determine whose knowledge and judgment is acceptable and should be listened to. This is a great way to shut down debate, but it in no way encourages different ideas and opinions. Some of the smartest men I've known lacked scholarly education, but I trusted their judgment and insight far more than anyone with a sheepskin. Were they to watch the TimeGhost series and offer comments, I would not dismiss them because they lacked a sheepskin in history. A degree does not make one savvy or wise, especially a degree in a topic that is mired as much in opinion as it is in recorded fact. My grandfather used to say that history is agreed upon error. I believe he was right. Despite our easy access to information via the internet, we can't be certain what we read, hear, and see is being presented in an accurate and unbiased way. We can't even be sure that the scholars and biographers of the past really got it right. Some famous historians now have been charged with whitewashing or embellishing history. Indeed, when I see the number of contradictory sources and opinions propagated on the internet, I am forced to make selective choices. Do I accept Schlesinger, Ambrose, and Shirer as gospel? What about Roosevelt, Kennedy, Churchill, and Speer? Are their portrayals accurate or simply self-serving? Reading some of the comments in this chain I see posters who are trying to separate history from politics. Politics is an enormous part of history. Without it history is reduced to numbers, places, and dates, and becomes little more than pablum, the dusty refuse many of us learned as small children. History should be presented as vibrantly as possible, and in the joint context of technology, geography, politics, economics, sociology, and the human condition. I think Indy and the crew are attempting to do just this. It will propagate discussion and disagreement. This a good thing and should be encouraged. If you find some posts inane, simplistic, or off topic, then say so, but don't tell others to shut-up and color. This isn't kindergarten. This is HISTORY!
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  3139.  @brianford1346  I wonder if he knew my Grandpa - Sam Parker.
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  3140.  @brianford1346  Grandpa was born in 1896 and died in Tampa in 1968, only six weeks before the tragic gas main/sporting goods store twin explosions that wrecked downtown Richmond and killed 41 residents.
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  3141. It will stop drunk driving! No it won't. A drunk isn't a responsible person. They don't reason well or care about your safety or theirs.
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  3142. To use the current vernacular, you crushed it.
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  3143. At the rate technology and AI are taking over traditional combat roles, the terms corporal and sergeant may become endangered species.
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  3144. ...or its next major war? I pray not, but I do believe this problem began when Europeans fully embraced big-government-solves-everything-cradle -to-grave socialism, while losing faith in the divine and in themselves. Rediscover the best of your past history, stop mass immigration, and start behaving as men and women should by repopulating the old-fashioned way. Trust me, it doesn't hurt.
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  3145.  @goodun2974  Always with patches.
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  3146. Nutters and one coco-nutter.
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  3147. Go ostrich position and hide your head.
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  3148. Lord, the UK isn't just a nanny state, it's becoming a ninny state. Regarding John Wick and his deadly Number 2 pencil, I think it would snap the first time he shoved it into a victim. However, when I went through investigator training, we were shown a good number of very ghastly and disturbing death photos in order to weed out those who literally could not stomach it. One of the pictures showed an airman who used his pen to kill himself by ramming it through his eyeball into his brain. As I recall, it took him several tries before he succeeded.
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  3149. So you're saying Inspector Jacques Clouseau isn't that farfetched?
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  3150. Thanks for reminding me to eat the bananas in my frig before they turn too soft.
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  3151.  @johnmoore8599  It was a bit of a mess, but essentially in one piece. The prop, cowling, and possibly one internal wing tank were missing, there were dents all over it, gashes in the wing, and all the controls and instruments were missing. The owner told me the aircraft had been assigned to the Naval Air Station commander as his personal aircraft, but on VJ Day a bunch of drunken sailors with axes attacked it. Other sources claim the first captured Zero was completely destroyed by another Navy aircraft that ran into it while taxiing. All I have are two faded B&W Polaroid pictures I took of it. I wish I could post the photos for you.
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  3152. For a while I thought Peter was talking about Biden and Austin.
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  3153. Maybe God uses a microwave to heat his lunch.
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  3154. There's stupid and then there's College Park PD stupid.
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  3155. I am not a number; I am a free man! (Insert hysterical laughter here)
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  3156.  @ScottKenny1978  It was something like that.
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  3157. I've only seen the rest.
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  3158. More poorly researched and sensationalized BS stories from Dark Lies.
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  3159. Just because a turkey has two wings doesn't mean it has any business being in the air.
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  3160. The grass was greasy because of all the little bighorn droppings.
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  3161. I think Byron may have watched too many episodes of shows like Yellowstone and The Walking Dead.
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  3162.  @HM2SGT  :yougotthis:
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  3163. I do not believe the US is going to pull back from being the guardian of free trade across the sea lanes.
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  3164. When my self-drive car fails, who does my AI lawyer sue?
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  3165. They deescalated that one to death.
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  3166. Gimme my money back, John.
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  3167. The only pistol caliber setups I recall ever seeing in any Olympic Arms catalog were carbine length or shorter. My best guess is this was either a one-off build or else intended for export sale to countries that required longer barrels.
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  3168.  @F1ghteR41  Some other commentors have mentioned it may have been a requirement for getting the rifle into England at the time.
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  3169. How much weight does the ACOG add to a rifle and how effective is it in close quarters combat?
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  3170. I'm not surprised. I much preferred Siskel.
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  3171. Over 4000 HP and all the Short Sturgeon could manage was 366 mph? Color me disappointed because it was such a sleek looking plane, akin to a metal Mosquito.
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  3172. Next up! Puppy Love takes on a whole new meaning.
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  3173. I loved Netscape, Windows 98, and Windows XP. Now they are but fading memories.
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  3174. Fascinating.
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  3175. Mission creep.
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  3176. Does anyone know what kind of digital device he is using for the strain gauge?
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  3177. During the heyday of Iraq and Afghan operations the Army and Marines were augmented with Air Force support personnel who were retrained to perform a variety of missions, including combat convoy duty. We had a hard time retaining these people because, after one or two tours, companies like Blackwater would hire them away with offers of much larger salaries. This was nothing new. In the 1980s we had a hard time keeping AWACS crews because the Saudi Air Force acquired them in a similar manner. I never blamed the contractors. If the government isn't competitive with the private market, then maybe it should change the way it runs things, but I doubt it ever will, at least not as long as it has an endless pot of gold in the form of the taxpayer and the printing press. The one thing Ted Stossel did not address is that the military is the primary training and recruiting source for these contractors. Take that option away from them and their costs for doing business will skyrocket.
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  3178. We began as These United States. Following the Civil War we became The United States. Are we now to become The Untied States?
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  3179. Spring Heeled Jack is supposed to have been real.
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  3180.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  "An American Story" (1992), starring Brad Johnson, Hallmark television movie. It's worth watching and available for free on YouTube. Some great dialogue. “Why does it always have to come down to a war?” “Because some people can’t be reasoned with.”
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  3181. If Ryan's theory is correct, then the Russians need to compare British and French armor tactics of 1940 with those of the Germans.
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  3182. I think mama is auditioning for her own unreality TV show.
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  3183. I vote for the Brewster built F3A-1 Corsairs as the Elbonian air superiority fighter/interceptor. It was so poorly constructed that none were allowed for use in front-line combat. For advanced multi-engine trainer I recommend the the infamous Curtiss AT-9. It was so dangerous that the government refused to sell them to civilians after the war. Regarding medium bombers, the early model B-26 was considered unsafe. Improvements in design, such as lengthening the wing, gave it the best combat safety record of the war, so be sure to sell Elbonia only early models.
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  3184. Okay, I'm in. Welcome to corporate, grunt.
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  3185. All this nonsense went on for decades because the government wanted to control the name of a food item. And now they realize all they needed to do was list the percentage of ingredients on the label and leave the purchasing decision to the consumer.
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  3186. Be careful what you ask for. Having the government regulate the dictionary is a bit too Orwellian for me.
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  3187. David, I agree. That was the point I was trying to make in my first comment.
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  3188. And in a truly free market nobody is being subsidized by their government. I wish the world was one big free market. It's basically that way in the USA between every state because our Constitution guarantees it. Sadly, this is not so for the world as a whole, and we the consumers suffer for it.
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  3189. No, they would be forced by economic conditions to find another way to be competitive. The lack of natural resources is not an impediment to success any more than the presence of them is a guarantee of success. For example, Japan is lacking in many basic resources, yet remains an economic powerhouse. Afghanistan is awash in mineral wealth, but remains poverty stricken.
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  3190. @Matthew Morycinski You are making an assumption, not stating a fact. In 1979 the airlines were deregulated. As a result, many routes were redrawn into a hub and spoke system which maximized efficiency for some, but not all, carriers. Because of increased competition, fares dropped dramatically, and regional carriers arose to provide feeder service for the major airlines. Fearful that areas where population densities were small would lose all service or pay exorbitant prices, the Essential Air Service program was established. This amounted to a subsidy for each passenger carried in these sparser regions. The subsidy was not fixed, but varied according to the cost of service. The program was supposed to have been eliminated after ten years, but continues to exist, and its expenditures continue to rise. Such programs, while well intentioned, are quite costly and inefficient. They serve a very small segment of the traveling public and should be phased out as originally planned. For those people who will be are affected by this there are alternatives, such as driving to a regional airport. You use the term feudalism, but I would point out that using my tax dollars to favor someone else is just the sort of abuse that existed under feudalism. By the way, I live in Montana a place where the subsides range from $20 to over $400. Eliminating the subsides will drive costs up for us, but it will not destroy or financially harm commercial aviation since they won't be required to service these areas.
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  3191. Bitchin' bitches being bad.
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  3192. Simon, when I viewed this video it dawned on me that a relative of mine has been doing major research in this area for the past decade , so I passed the link to him. He was ecstatic to see you presentation, for it came about as a result of an eye test program he created called DYOP.
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  3193. Dangerously high risk space based operations (if humans are present) and extremely high upfront cost with no guarantee of any return on you investment. Sounds like a plan...a really bad plan.
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  3194. ROTFLMAO!
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  3195. Check out the even more insane Soviet Antonov A40 flying tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40)
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  3196. The truth will set you free; it just isn't free to speak it.
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  3197. Total Richard. ;-)
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  3198. It appears to me this driver went out of his way to antagonize the police officer in the hope he would be arrested. The officer stupidly obliged him. Now comes the expected lawsuit. If I were on that jury I would side with the driver and award him two cents. If I were the police chief I would set up some training scenarios involving belligerent detainees and scrutinize how my officers handled them. This should also be part of police academy training, if it isn't already.
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  3199. I can remember when Apple was the young upstart company that broke all the corporate rules. Now all they do is rule, along with the rest of FANG.
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  3200. A lot of Bill Shatner's comments appeared to be tongue-in-cheek. This is man well known for risk taking, so I doubt he meant everything he said to be taken literally. Hard to believe he's 90 years old and still so spry. He's right about the current state of space technology. We're still a very long way off from a Star Trek universe, if such a thing is even possible.
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  3201. The German Ju-88 and American B-25 were the most versatile medium bombers of WWII. I'm surprised you listed the He-111 instead of the Ju-88, and the B-26 instead of the B-25.
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  3202. So I'm not the only person who has yet to determine the correct pronunciation of this ship's name. No doubt it was all part of a fiendish German plan to confound the British Admiralty.
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  3203. A general discharge most definitely can prevent you from becoming a police officer. It happened to a relative of mine and he was not able to get hired until he got the discharge upgraded to honorable, which also can be done. In regard to these two volunteers, I cannot fathom how their disgruntlement with their respective countries would drive them to serve under a despot such as Putin. It may well be that the West is entering a period of decline in freedom, morality, and quality of life, but how much do you have to suspend reality to think that Russia has ever come close to matching the West in each of these categories, particularly with regard to their invasion of Ukraine and the horrible treatment of its citizens?
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  3204. If the Russians really want to provide psychological protection to their tank crews, they should wrap the vehicles with N95 masks. That should do the trick.
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  3205.  @jonmacdonald5345  Please provide a source for your claim. Everything I've read indicates Columbus was the first European to receive tobacco. Before that they smoked hemp, lavender, opium, cannabis, and possibly some hallucinogenics, none of which appear to have been a widespread practice.
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  3206. I'll bet that 20 years from now somebody is going to come up with the clever idea of building a small Mom & Pop shop, then others will follow suit, and later there will be strip malls, followed by big malls and big box stores.
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  3207. No, you have Congress and Presidential executive orders to thank.
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  3208. So is your solution to militarize our cities?
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  3209. She went down fighting.
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  3210. “The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all-out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.” (General George S. Patton)
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  3211. Yemen? Iran? China? I get it now. They're in cahoots! Or should I say ca-Houthis?
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  3212. It didn't hurt that he had more than a passing resemblance to Errol Flynn.
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  3213. In the early 1980s I met General Adolf Galland, high scoring German ace and former chief of the Luftwaffe's fighter forces, and asked him which aircraft he considered the best fighter of WWII. Without hesitating he replied, "The P-51 Mustang. They could out climb us, out-turn us, out run us - and there were so goddamn many of them."
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  3214. If one of those vegan events ever comes to Montana I will have to attend. I enjoy a good comedy show.
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  3215. Gasp! I mean Gasparilla!
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  3216. Now if we could just get Ireland to join NATO we could knock out Russia with a Mickey Finn. 🙂
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  3217. Let ANTIFA take them over.
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  3218. Bring back drawing an quartering just for perps like this.
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  3219. The early war Zero had a top speed comparable to a Hawker Hurricane and Grumman Wildcat. It was slower than a P-40, P-39, Spitfire, and Messerschmidt 109. It could only outmaneuver these planes at slower airspeeds. Though it could easily out-climb most early war opponents, it lacked the service ceiling of many of them and could not out-dive any of them.
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  3220. Little man complex with that one cop.
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  3221. I'd have cited him for that squeaky door.
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  3222. 😞
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  3223. Organized crime IS the Russian government.
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  3224. Greatest argument I've heard against green energy conversion.
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  3225. I like berries. They taste better than depression.
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  3226. Happiness is a warm machine gun. Well, that's what the t-shirt said.
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  3227. No mention of Jello shots.
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  3228.  @martkbanjoboy8853  Fear, ignorance, arrogance. Pick as many as you like.
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  3229.  @tsugumorihoney2288  Yes, thanks. I corrected my typo.
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  3230.  @karlknechtel8119  Both. The reports of supersonic flight by propeller driven aircraft has never been verified. Some German sources claim it happened when a Me163 Komet dove steeply. Since such claims cannot be verified, they should not be accepted as factual.
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  3231.  @insight1428 I've always said diversify. The world is finding out the pitfalls of Just-In-Time logistics and globalization. Re-shoring, near-shoring, and alternative sourcing are becoming popular again. I know it is not possible for every country to do this, but we can for most of our needs.
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  3232.  @taunyaquick9320  Which direction? Legal or illegal?
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  3233.  @censorshipagainstthemiddle6198  Which Venezuelan government are you referring to, the twice legitimately elected one of the group of heavily armed thugs that have been in power for decades?
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  3234.  @censorshipagainstthemiddle6198  Well, the Venezuelans have been trying to do that for at least the last two elections, but the guys with the guns do the vote counting and they are extremely bad at math.
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  3235. Good thing you didn't write "Butt first".
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  3236. At first I thought the1700 deaths were college kids taking the Coke - Mentos challenge.
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  3237. I remember when Dirty Harry was enjoyable fiction.
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  3238. Obviously this shooting took place before the great ammo shortage.
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  3239. Will somebody think of the children??? No, not the ones in Africa and Asia; obviously they don't count.
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  3240.  @scottrichards3587  If you think the best way to defend our nation is to stay home and guard our borders, you could not be more wrong. Our nation depends on global trade and keeping the trade lanes (lines of communication) open for everyone. Forward defense is the only way to do this. It provides us with much needed allies and intel. If we don't do it, who do you think will? Somebody else will always fill the void, and I doubt they will have friendly intentions towards us.
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  3241. WWII ended almost 80 years ago. The time for collapse and violent change is fast approaching again. It is the fourth turning of the current saeculum.
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  3242. You left out the M24 Chaffe, M41 Walker Bulldog, M47 Patton II, and M48. All four tanks were important players in US tank development. I don't know why, but the M551 Sheridan was not classified as a light tank, but as an Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle. As an aside, my brother was the navigator onboard one of the C-141s that air dropped the Sheridans during the Panama invasion of 1989, the only time this was ever done in combat. I'm not sure where his vehicle landed, but two landed in a swamp near the airfield and could not be used.
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  3243. Europe was warned for decades by the USA that something like would happen. They can fix it by returning to coal production and nuclear energy, but I don't think they (Germany in particular) will do it. The religious fervor of the Green ideology is such that they would rather freeze and starve.
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  3244.  @jojohnston4113  You are welcome. It seemed appropriate for the occasion.
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  3245.  @bobmartin4942  Yes, though never officially adopted, it should be.
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  3246. I'm familiar with this old legend, but did you know there was a book written in the 1960s or early 1970s about a real event that puts the Phantom Fortress to shame? I believe the name of it was "The Incredible Mission" and it's a real mind-bender. I tried to find a copy, but had no luck with my internet search. In this well-documented incident a B-25 bomber crew is seen shot down during a raid on a Japanese harbor. Over the next week each one of the crew members mysteriously turns up alive in a different part of the Pacific, adamantly claiming that he is the only survivor. Piecing together this story to make some sense of it all was a great bit of detective work.
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  3247. I always wondered why they were called technicals. Now I know.
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  3248. The House contempt vote was over AG Barr's refusal to break the law. Why did you not mention this fact?
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  3249.  @Dameol  According to whom?
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  3250.  @Thrashgrad  Only if "you'll let my people go". 😉
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  3251. A tight turn in a manned hypersonic aircraft would crush the pilot, so I suspect the plane is not crewed. Instead it likely has a combination of remote ground/air/space control and AI capability.
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  3252. Germany can return to using nuclear power and invite in more Turks. Problem solved, sorta.
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  3253. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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  3254. I wonder if the folks who don't repay their debts will become federal employees and college professors. I can't imagine any other kind of employer wanting to hire such lazy and untrustworthy people.
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  3255.  @kevinstraus1478  That's what I was alluding to. Glad to see somebody remembers that incident.
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  3256. In Montana we consider Deer Lodge native Janette Kelley to be the driving force behind the character of Betty Crocker. Here's a link to her bio. https://billingslibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/4703/KelleyJanette
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  3257.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I hope it is so.
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  3258. Sal for Secretary of the Navy!
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  3259. I presume Deputy Dick is still abusing the public under the guise of law enforcement.
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  3260. When judging Chile, one has to consider the choices were between the frying pan and the fire. Allende was taking Chile down the path to ruin that was later followed by Venezuela. Pinochet not only stopped and reversed it, he rooted out communist sympathizers and eradicated them so Chile would not suffer such a fate. He certainly was no saint, but as ruthless dictators go, he was a piker. He did not torture or kill nearly as many people as did his communist counterparts, and eventually he allowed for elections and the return of democratic rule. This does not mean I endorse his methods - far from it. I'm simply looking at it in terms of his motivation and effect. I genuinely think he was acting for what he considered to be in the best interest of Chile. It was his one saving grace, but as an exasperated General Sam Houston frustratingly said to his troops as they massacred Santa Ana's soldiers following the Battle of San Jacinto, "Gentlemen, I applaud your bravery but damn your manners".
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  3261. Barney Fife has a sister?
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  3262.  @hatsunemiku1348  Hurt them too little and they don't care. Hurt them too much and they quit doing their jobs. Either find the right amount of punishment to deter bad behavior or fire them.
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  3263.  @Milesco  Departments and cities get sued all the time, especially if there is a pattern of behavior by officers that remains uncorrected. I agree that the process is time consuming and any restitution may be less than desired.
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  3264. And another one bites the dust.
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  3265. I can't stand the taste. But I never warmed up to the Great Pumpkin either.
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  3266. This episode was a snoozer, but I did manage to touch my inner gateway without Hecklefish noticing or commenting.
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  3267. Why does it have to be semiautomatic? Given the relatively slow rate of fire, I wonder if a pump action would be lighter, simpler, and more cost-effective. The only downside I see is the possibility of heavier recoil (yikes).
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  3268. Smooth transition there at the end, Indy :)
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  3269. Tankers do it with longer hoses.
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  3270. Several years ago, on the advice of my brother-in-law who was a Ford service manager, I used Soltech Solutions professional lens cleaning kit. It worked fairly well, but now I'd like to try the Sylvania kit.
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  3271. Or were trousers truncated to create swimming trunks?
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  3272. I worked at Hardee's in the 1970s, but I'm feeling much better now.
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  3273. 125 calories a day is 1/10th the minimum recommendation for someone on a diet. It would appear to be too little for subsistence. As for military rations, they are very calorie heavy and designed for long term storage if kept in a relatively cool, dry, shaded location. MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat) are typically rated for seven years if stored this way. In the early 1990s I was inspecting one of the MRE production manufacturers in Texas and the facility manager showed me some 1967 Vietnam era C-rations (actually dubbed "Meals, Combat Individual" or MCI, but still called C-rations). He said he had recently opened one and found the food still edible, even though it had been made 25 years prior.
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  3274. I can see why you waited a decade to make this story. It was your doody as you saw it.
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  3275. A somber, sad story. "Come weep with me--past hope, past cure, past help."
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  3276. I don't know nuthin' 'bout no water.
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  3277. Changing technology propels new social behavior, new industries, and new ways of doing business. Many obvious examples include the wheel, the plow, the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, nuclear power, and the internet. What will the next wave entail? Artificial Intelligence, micro-machines, fusion power, DNA manipulation, anti-gravity propulsion, 3D food printing? Whatever they are, the impact will change the world in ways we cannot know. As long as man meets his basic needs (remember Maslow), anything else is possible. If these basic needs are not met, dystopia becomes a real possibility for a while.
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  3278. Tactical carbine time.
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  3279. Why lie? I'm just hear to listen to Hecklefish's comments.
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  3280. All this time I thought only the government was giving me indigestion.
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  3281. I'll be pleasantly surprised if drugs don't come to play in this attempted hit.
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  3282. Man does not live by bread alone. Donuts help.
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  3283. The states do not have unfettered control of federal elections. If they did then the SCOTUS would not have intervened when some states tried to term limit members of Congress. Before somebody is removed from the ballot he/she needs to be convicted of an actual crime that justifies such action rather than the political whims of a few judges. Otherwise you are only setting the stage for a true insurrection.
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  3284. The UN was corrupted and co-opted a long time ago. I see no point in trying to reform it. I would prefer the USA start a new competing organization to challenge it, but limit membership to countries that mirror core American values. This would exclude China and Russia.
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  3285. What a dynamo, Gloria Alvarez is moving the political goalpost in Guatemala one inch at a time. And like the little red hen, she appears to be doing it all by herself. Kudos to her!
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  3286. He may be honest, but his policing policies are lazy and led to this needless crime. Why aren't his deputies citing people for vehicle violations and why aren't they present when offending vehicles get towed?
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  3287.  @ArtemisKitty  I believe this is what is known as getting out in front of a story so it doesn't include you. "I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here."
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  3288.  @unseen4047  I stand by what I said. The sheriff is responsible for allowing this situation to exist in the first place. If an officer sees a vehicle that is in violation of the law, he should notify the owner and ticket them if deemed necessary. If they do not comply, an officer can go with a tow company to retrieve the vehicle and impound it in a certified lot. Farming out these duties sounds like a form of lazy revenue enhancement.
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  3289.  @unseen4047  That is their job. Both of my brothers were cops and that was part of their job.
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  3290. We know who won that "Mine's bigger" argument.
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  3291. Not the most Sterling example of a Sterling.
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  3292. I haven't withdrawn or deposited cash or checks in person at a bank in 20 years. I don't even use ATMs.
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  3293. Illegal immigration is an example of quantity not having a quality of its own.
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  3294. I read a brief synopsis of the disaster when I was a kid in the 1960s. I think it may have been in Ripley's Believe It or Not. It claimed the prisoner in the cell (Ciparis) was the only survivor. I guess the article was almost right.
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  3295.  @TimeGhost  I appreciate the clarification. Your team does great work, so please don't take my query as anything other than an amateur historian's search for more knowledge. The fact that Harris and Churchill enthusiastically (?) supported the use of any chemical weapons was a revelation to me - well, Churchill anyway. I doubt Bloody Bomber Harris ever met a weapon he didn't want to drop on people.
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  3296. He pardons his son, then heads to Angola, followed by a trip to Cabo Verde, a fly spec off the west coast of African.
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  3297.  @danam0228  That's likely because there isn't a longshoremen who can do his job.
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  3298. It's not a hospital; it's a roach motel. The patients go in, but they don't come out. Franz Kafka could not have dreamed up something more dysfunctional - socialized medicine where unnamed bureaucrats and ignorant politicians determine your fate.
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  3299. A real Hollywood shootout.
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  3300. Now we know the origins of the X-wing Starfighters. All that’s missing is the Star Wars theme being played as it zeros in on its target.
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  3301. He broke the rules, which is all the bureaucrats care about.
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  3302. You give him credit for having something to recede.
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  3303.    Regrettably, it's a double-edged sword because the internet cannot screen data for accuracy (Wikipedia comes to mind). I think Mark is careful in his research and uses multiple sources. He admits when he believes the data are questionable. My grandfather used to remark that history is an agreed upon error. When it comes to war I'd say that history is an agreed upon exaggeration.
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  3304.    Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.” - "Othello" by William Shakespeare
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  3305. That scene at 3:13 of the candidates spinning in a simulator while manipulating some lighted controls is very similar to a contraption my human engineering professor brought with him to Georgia Tech where I was a student. He had spent many years working at NASA as part of their Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo human factors team. The device I sat in had two foot pedals and two hand controls that allowed you to move four sets of lights up and down (one for each foot and hand). The panel would display a constantly changing set of lights, and your job was to move your lights to match them as quickly as possible. It was a great test of hand-eye coordination.
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  3306. It's all a shale game. 🙂
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  3307. When asked why he did it, the man reportedly replied, "I thought it was a liquor store."
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  3308. About 30 years ago I drew a series of imaginary cartoon stories for my young niece and nephews to interest them in geography and history. In one of these comic adventures I flew with some friends down to Antarctica. We had encounters with penguins, sea lions, and leopard seals. We even found a mysterious metal eagle and swastika half buried in the frozen waste. I based this last incident on my research for the story which included a little know fact that the Nazis had actually overflown a portion of Antarctica and dropped such devices on the ice in a vain effort to lay claim to the land as part of their Third Reich. From such tiny acorns do billowing tales of large oaks grow.
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  3309.  @JohnDoe-ne1ni  Yes, the name "Shamsud Din Jabbar" does not not immediately conjure up the image of a blonde, blue-eyed, right-wing MAGA WASP clinging to his Bible and his guns.
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  3310.  @degenhexican9355  Maybe the new sheriff will fix that when if Congress ever approves him.
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  3311. Let's talk about Post Offices next.
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  3312. I would have run constant coolant on the steel boring. You don't want that heat buildup.
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  3313. Ignorance of the law is no excuse - unless you are a West Virginia family court judge.
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  3314.  @caodesignworks2407  Thanks.
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  3315. Please test silver oxide and lithium button batteries. I've had bad luck finding fully charged 377 SR626SW batteries. The ones I bought at Dollar Tree were practically dead when I tested them, so I ordered a package of Swiss Renata from Amazon and they only registered a half charge, not enoguh to run my wife's pocket watch.
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  3316.  @danam0228  Then offer to do the job for ten million and see if they hire you.
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  3317.  @danam0228  I think a fundamental mistake the longshoremen have made for many decades is relying on unions instead of investing in the shipping companies and shipyards where they work. Imagine the power they could levy if they owned a significant piece of the action. They could even put their own people on some of the board of directors. Mind you, this is no guarantee they will behave any differently than current board members, but at least when longshoremen are stockholders they will a stake in making the companies more efficient, and the profits will be shared with them through dividend payouts. Or maybe they'll get too greedy and kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
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  3318. One need only study the Ploesti raids of WWII to realize how hard it is no permanetly knock an oil production facility out of a war.
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  3319.  @kaneinkansas  Yeah, we beat the stupid out of them.
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  3320. The deadliest battle in American military history was the the Battle of Normandy and Northern France in WWII which cost us over 34.000 lives.
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  3321.  @EvilXtianity  That would depend upon which end of the practice you are facing.
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  3322. Aside from the excellent 1942 movie, Wake Island, starring Brian Donlevy, there is another way the defenders have been remembered and recognized. The Wake Island Device was created and authorized for any sailor or marine who was awarded the Navy or Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal due to service during the defense of Wake Island in the opening days of U.S. involvement in the Second World War.
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  3323. What a nutter.
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  3324. We bought a Vitamix from COSTCO a few years ago and it operates like a tank. I think we paid closer to $400. Inflation, yikes!
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  3325. He would not have been arrested if his name had been Danny Dunkin' Donuts.
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  3326. Tattoos and a gun don't make you a man. In this case it makes you an insecure coward and a thug.
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  3327. Need more episodes on interesting topics such as this one.
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  3328. This is not the first time a suspect has been killed by an officer who thought he was using his taser. You said the taser was carried on the opposite side of her duty belt. Are you sure about that? I presumed these mistakes occur because the officers are carrying their tasers and service pistols on the same side of their belts. If so, then perhaps such accidents could be avoided if the tasers were carried in cross-draw holsters on the opposite side of their belts. This won't change the behavior of a suspect, but it could help prevent an officer from making such a needless and horrific mistake. If it turns out the taser was in a cross-draw holster, then the only other thing I can think to do is paint it blaze orange.
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  3329.  @surfer23505 I think he's off his meds.
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  3330. Well, it's not a problem anymore at COSTCO.
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  3331.  @MrGibsontoldnolies  Eh, could be.
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  3332. Elon Musk must be the loneliest man in the world. I should be so lucky.
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  3333. Can anyone explain why the Wildcat pilot tried to bash the crap out of the Japanese bomber with his landing gear instead of chewing the tail off like the Soviet pilots did in some of their taran attacks? Was it fear of being hit by the rear gunner's fire?
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  3334. I'm pretty sure saltwater causes cancer in California. :face-pink-tears:
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  3335. Reports in the last week indicate ZSR ammo coming from Turkey has destroyed at least four rifles. While the affected rifles are 308s, ZSR also exports 5.56. I don't know if it is unsafe. Here are the data on the 308 rounds: ZSR 7.62x51mm, M80 ZSR22J030-001 Lot 015
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  3336. The United States Air Force, making hash out of Houthi hashtags since 2002 (more or less).
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  3337. George Gay, the only survivor of the Devastators launched from Hornet that day, was my cousin's neighbor in the 1980s. My late cousin Sidney had been an electrical engineer assigned to the Navy Department at the start of the war and was involved in acquiring special radio equipment for the Doolittle Raid. As you know, this raid played a crucial role in the Japanese decision to attack Midway. In a strange way, the work Sidney performed had in some small way contributed to Gay's predicament at Midway. When he and Gay met four decades later at a cocktail party, they became fast friends. Gay inscribed a message for him on a copy of his autobiography, Sole Survivor. I read the book while visiting with Sidney (regrettably I never got to meet Gay). I don't recall all the details (it's been over 30 years), but I do remember Gay spoke very highly of his squadron commander, Waldron. I also remember Gay stating that the first time he ever launched a torpedo was at Midway and he believed it missed the carrier. Such was the state of American preparedness in 1942 that men were rushed in combat without adequate preparation. In the case of the Hornet and Air Group 8 this was especially true. Prewar thinking still infected much of the Navy and the Army. The crucible of war would quickly separate effective leaders from pretenders, but only at the cost of much blood. I'll have to find a copy of Gay's book and reread it because I don't remember if Ring and Waldron got into an argument over the radio or if their flights simply became separated. I thought it was the latter. That effective command and control were lacking is pretty obvious. Anyway, Waldron died and became a Navy legend, while Ring lived and rose to flag rank.
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  3338.  @suleskos.2743  Maybe Simon should be placed in charge on a new History Channel that recreates past events of things that we might consider trivial or noncontroversial today. I'd hire the History Guy as story editor.
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  3339. Thanks for the Paul Harrell plug. We're all praying for him.
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  3340. The deceased perpetrator's name is Shamsud Din Jabbar. Probably not a local boy, but I don't want to second-guess the FBI.
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  3341.  @OrtusMallum2075  And an ISIS flag was found inside his truck. Go figure. By the way, he was a resident of Texas and a citizen of the US. They are two different things. Whether he was born here or not has yet to be verified, but it is obvious he was radicalized by the religion of peace.
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  3342. Will we ever again be as united as we were during WWII?
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  3343. Wagner the dog?
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  3344. Ronald McDonald my have been the defendant in this case, but the real ass clowns were these two cops.
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  3345. Six finger, six finger, man alive, how did I ever get along with five? If you remember this jingle, you must be my age.
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  3346. Give the Chief credit for firing this officer. The man demonstrated his lack of the necessary emotional stability necessary to perform police work professionally and effectively. I suspect most departments would have shrugged it off or given a light reprimand or counseling. It is possible this Chief was already aware of problems with this officer and decided this was the last straw.
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  3347.  @TCK-9  I don't see any reason why he would do that.
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  3348. Oh hell, we all know why she "passed" training and kept getting hired despite her total unfitness for the job. Maybe the academy that certified her and the departments that hired her should be investigated, not that it will much good.
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  3349. A fictionalized account of the Greek incident was featured as an episode of the 1950s TV show "Navy Log". The title of the episode is "Demos the Greek". Instead of the heavy cruiser USS Salem (CA-139), the story takes place aboard the USS Albany (CA-123), which itself was portrayed by the light cruiser USS Providence (CL-82). You can watch it on YouTube.
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  3350. When you absolutely, positively don't need your check to clear for a over a year, bank with Chase. Chase after your money at Chase, the bank that's too big to fail.
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  3351. It's great to see the US government is continuing its long and proud tradition of screwing merchant mariners. (sarc)
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  3352. An interesting study in economics, or rather how companies and politicians attempt to manipulate economics. Imagine how many players and options there might be if we just let free enterprise work unfettered.
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  3353. They can communicate with the dead now.
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  3354.  @douggodsoe  Firstly, always keep your door locked. Secondary, own two hungry dobermans named Zeus and Apollo. Thirdly, let him hear the sound of you racking the slide of your 12 gauge. Fourthly, call the police and tell them a home invasion is in progress and would they kindly send some officers to clean up the mess. I now live in rural Montana where every resident is well armed and most of them own a backhoe. They follow the simpler philosophy of shoot, shovel, and shut-up.
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  3355.  @akunog3665  It does provide a great source of entertainment.
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  3356. Can we swap our DNA? No.
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  3357. @mythicfolfi4652 Sex is predetermined by our DNA, more specifically our chromosomes. Mutilating body parts and pumping someone full of hormones will never change this basic fact.
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  3358.  @gytx5339  We were already an armed populace and we still had a hard fight for freedom. China and Russia were/are not, which is why armed resistance to tyranny in those countries would be quit difficult.
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  3359.  @haresoftware317  No, but he is implying that police officers are not civilians, that they members of a different class for whom our civilian laws do not apply. This is dangerous because such thinking drives a wedge between the police and the rest of society. There is only one class that is separate from civilians and that is the military. They do fall under a separate set of laws called the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). They also have curtailed rights as long as they are on active duty. A soldier can be arrested, imprisoned, and even executed for failing to obey lawful orders. A police officer can only be fired from his job.
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  3360.  @haresoftware317  All the more reason not to allow a mindset to develop that assumes they are a special class.
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  3361.  @franciszekdo  The rhetoric reinforces the false mindset that law enforcement members are a special protected group or at least should be. However, if police in your area are receiving special favorable treatment, that is a matter of local policy, not law. You can fight such policies or you can do nothing. By doing nothing you almost guarantee police corruption.
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  3362. By "woke" I think she means "turds".
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  3363. We learned all of this in grade school in the 1960s. Don't they teach history anymore?
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  3364. It's a Footenote in Marine history.
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  3365. "The Bonfire of the Vanities" comes to life. Will they tar and feather these officers before lynching them or wait for a kangaroo court to convict them?
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  3366. Indy, I think you meant to say "Capitalism does not stop for war."
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  3367. Quite an impressive resume for a support ship.
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  3368. Nice bit of PysOps on your part, Ryan. 😉
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  3369. Thanks, Ryan. I wasn't aware the old Soviet maskirovka machine was cranking out disinformation on this V-1 style terror attack. Usually they brag about adding to their tally of civilian body parts.
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  3370. You're doing the Lord's work, Ryan. Keep it up.
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  3371. Now I my have to replace our old Yeti with a Stanley. The Yeti is easy to open and close in the car. I'm not concerned about tip-over because the tumbler will sit in a center console tray.
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  3372. I used my wife's old 16 volume American Heritage Illustrated History to educate my children. I then added volumes 17 ad 18 to bring their knowledge up to the 1980s. I have not found a better, more balanced series than this one.
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  3373. Don't hate me because I'm big, heavy, and hard recoiling.
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  3374. My cousin fell for this false flag video and pretty much everything else that is anti-Trump. It's easy when you hate somebody with a passion. I chuckled when I saw the video because it makes no sense to anyone who knows the history of the past ten years. It is interesting how this story has since morphed into Trump somehow being responsible for delayed aid to Ukraine these past few months despite having been out of office for over three years.
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  3375.  @dungareenavy5970  That's very interesting. How does one go about finding a good acupuncturist?
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  3376.  @gruffy4967  No, I got it; I just thought I'd add to it.
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  3377.  @gruffy4967  No apology required. I suspect some folks did think you were serious. The written word does not lend itself to intonation. We must infer it.
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  3378.  @TaroTsujimoto1974  I'm aware that PMs are not voted for directly, but are chosen by the members of parliament who gain control of that legislative body, but I always thought their choices were limited to sitting members of parliament. I wasn't aware they could pick anyone.
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  3379.  @Mr.McWatson  I still say you would do a better job, so just accept the accolade. 😊
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  3380. If I remember early (19th century) baseball correctly, the violence far exceeded this game and was quite common.
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  3381. I once owned an electric chain saw that ran off a power cord. Whenever I had to clear debris from my road, I put a gasoline powered Honda generator in the back of my truck. It was not exactly an ideal setup.
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  3382. What, no mention of the corn dog? Sir, you have insulted the South. This is grounds for secession!
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  3383. Trust the Brits to mispronounce their own native tongue.
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  3384. What were the differences between the left and right wings of the Nazi party?
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  3385.  @micfail2  Quite true. That's why I think the states should create some sort of blanket insurance progrma that the various departments can use. The slippery slope is always with us, and keeping people in prison only works if their families are willing to pay their fines. This used to be the case in England, and was also true in Japan for a long time. I don't know which countries still practice it. I do know that keeping someone in jail is costly, however, a work release program to pay off debt might be feasible.
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  3386. I think you just described the WALL·E generation.
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  3387. Amazon just piled on yesterday with an announcement that for any published material priced below $10, Amazon will now take 50% of your net profit. If you raise your prices to $10 or more, they will reduce their fee to 40%. It may not be a tariff, but the end result will be the same for the consumers when sellers are "encouraged" to raise their prices.
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  3388. So Officer Chambers can take his badge to any police department and get hired. I guess that makes him a one man star chamber.
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  3389. This looks a bit over-engineered to me. I can't figure out what the speed holes are for. We've suppressed a couple of Port Said SMGs (same gun made in Egypt) using a shortened ported barrel surrounded by a wire mesh wrap and fronted with a monocore aluminum baffle insert, all stacked in a single piece tube. The guns functioned fine without need of a lightened bolt or shortened spring. Regarding the stuck front end cap, we've had good luck loosening frozen parts by soaking them overnight in a 50/50 mixture of acetone and automatic transmission fluid. If you try it, I suggest placing the tube in a padded vice and using a padded wrench to work the end cap free.
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  3390. Why don't we fire the these union losers and hire people who are willing to teach.
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  3391. Hubris kills.
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  3392. Sounds like a real moneymaker.
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  3393. I recommend impeachment as a warning to all other judges in the state to preserve the integrity of the office.
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  3394. If you are currently employed and applying for a second part-time job, do you skip Step 2-4?
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  3395. Reminds me of an old episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Andy and Barney help a peddler compete against a well-established brick and mortar retailer who is a bit of an ogre. If restaurateurs really believe these folks are serious competition, then why don't they run their own trucks as well, or pay these entrepreneurs to street-hawk their food instead? Or maybe it would be simpler to just get their paid-for politicians to ban frozen dinners and home-cooked meals, thus forcing everyone to dine out. Yeah, I'm sure that'll work. :)
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  3396. This year for the first time we did not send out cards, but made a heartwarming video instead. It was much more time consuming than ordering cards. I think we may go back to cards next Christmas.
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  3397. Having survived a space heater fire, I no longer use any of these types. I have a couple of radiator type oil-filled portable space heaters. This type has no fan, so it is very quiet, yet a single unit will heat up a small utility shack very quickly and the temperature range is adjustable.
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  3398. Hydrogen powered cars are the bomb.
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  3399. Did he find Phillip Morris smoking hot?
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  3400. When I read "They Were Expendable", the skipper of PT Squadron 3, Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, said that after the Japanese blew up his shore installation in Dec 1941, his boats were moved to a mooring alongside a Navy refrigeration ship which had an ice cream production facility onboard. As a result his crews enjoyed vanilla ice cream at every meal. Not a bad way to start a war.
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  3401. That spaceship is cocked up.
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  3402. I don't see how Hamas can sustain their attacks. Coming out in the open as they have reminds me of what happened to the Viet Cong during their Tet 68 offensive. They were destroyed and never again formed a credible threat to South Vietnam. If Israeli forces can cut off their means of retreat, they can crush Hamas.
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  3403. I've read the account of the clash between the captain of the Glorious and his air group commander which led to the latter's court-martial. But there is at least one well researched article that tells a completely different tale that involves a highly secret mission Churchill desperately wanted completed during this time frame which might have inadvertently led to the tragedy. If it is true, and there is evidence to support the author's hypothesis, it would explain how a series of related events should have either saved the doomed ship or rescued much of its crew. For anyone interested in reading it, I have provided the link. https://www.hmsglorious.com/name-this-page-ben/2019/3/10/churchill-operation-paul-and-the-sinking-of-hms-glorious-ardent-amp-acasta#comments-5c85181924a694a6a02bf7b1=
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  3404.  @dovetonsturdee7033  All of the theories have problems, but the idea that the ship was allowed to leave the protection of the task force just so its commanding officer could attend a court-martial seems to be the weakest one of all. Ships typically travel at lower speeds when transiting in order to conserve fuel. If she was down to quarter tanks, this would have been a prudent measure. Nothing like running out of gas in the middle of the ocean to ruin your day. The issue of the Swordfish was not with the planes or crews as much it was with the number of auxiliary fuel tanks needed for a mission over Sweden. They were all aboard Glorious. These were largely rushed, stopgap operations being conducted by the Royal Navy at the time so constant improvisation, with its attendant confusion and delay, was the order of the day. Given Churchill's penchant for high risk operations, such a seemingly outlandish plan is not beyond the pale. It would have been a case of trying to do too much with too little while not maintaining effective communication, command, and control. Disaster is almost guaranteed.
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  3405. Nothing Peter said tracks with the stories I've been reading about this issue, but I suspect Peter rarely delves beyond skimming the headlines and summaries of stories before forming his multitude of opinions on every topic. I'd rather live in the wild west internet with its inherent problems than trust any government regulation of news and what it deems to be truth.
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  3406. Everything she said in this video matches the experience of my sister-in-law and her family. They are Venezuelan ex-patriots.
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  3407. Another remarkable invention of the cloak-and-dagger departments was an explosive disguised as flour. One OSS operative kept some in his bakery, but carefully separated from the other flour. All was well until a group of German soldiers came in and insisted that on some pastries. The pasty chef apologized for not having any flour, but they spotted the explosive bag and demanded he use it. Left with no choice, he did just that. The shop didn't blow up and the Germans never complained about the pastries. Go figure.
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  3408. The Battle of Buffalo?
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  3409.  @thecivilrightslawyer  My wife's cousin is a Michigan attorney, so I sent the link to him. When his first Mom went into senior care they had some similar issues dealing with the staff. They ended up moving her to a better run facility.
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  3410. Ed, I agree with your assessment. I would add that most people are unaware of the origins of the Taliban. They were a creation of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The ISI has been funding, training, and supplying them for over two decades now and we never made a serious effort to stop them. This was a purely a political decision. Now that we have displayed naked cowardice in the face of a ragtag army of 12th century inbreds, Communist China is ratcheting up pressure on Taiwan. I fear it may be the next flashpoint. What will America do about it? The world wonders.
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  3411. I see the male Karens and BLM reps were out in force at UCLA.
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  3412. It's not about the money; it's about false pride and a sense of entitlement. You dis my woman and I dis you, bro.
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  3413. The decade does not end until 2021.
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  3414. Cops should be fined for every use of profanity. It is extremely unprofessional, but so is beating an elderly woman.
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  3415. I think poor Armenia is screwed.
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  3416.  @BobDavis-cp5wp  This is what gun control does to us. If I could own a decent antiaircraft gun or SAM, I could wing that thing and bring it down.
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  3417. A simple voucher system would break the chains of these unions and bureaucrats.
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  3418. The Air Force maintains a small cadre of crash, rescue, and drone recovery boats manned by enlisted personnel wearing Navy dungarees and shirts. As an aside, in the movie "PT 09" all of the PTs are actually former USAF 85 foot Elco crash boats modified to look like 80 ft Elco MTBs.
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  3419. At 8:18 the soldier appears to be carrying an Italian Beretta Model M1938 SMG.
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  3420. We had a Sabre Hog on static display at Hansom AFB, MA when I was stationed there in the 1980s. I read it just received a fresh coat of paint this year.
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  3421. Hot damn, no bag limit and they taste like bacon. What's not to like?
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  3422. Even in grade school in the 1960s we were taught that the Church knew the Earth was round, but many of Columbus's sailors feared monsters and starvation as they ventured further away from Europe. We were also taught that in Galileo's time the Church played down his research and claims because they felt it would create too much confusion and controversy among the ignorant peasantry. I was not aware this had morphed into a fabrication centuries later that was still being taught as gospel (no pun intended) in the 20th Century. What else is being taught that isn't true?
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  3423. It was lizard people. I seen 'em!
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  3424.  @strongnew3744  I've been sleeping in a recliner at home for the past two years because I find it more comfortable than a bed. Get one that swivels and stick it the van and all your seating and bedding needs will be met.
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  3425. Go fast, slowly. Sound and thunder signify nothing.
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  3426. Nice suit. Don't care for the mannequin wearing it.
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  3427. Carry your stinking gun, yes, but don't carry it where it stinks.
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  3428.  @angmori172  They are today and I'd like to keep it that way.
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  3429. The Spanish come out of this story sounding like a steaming pile of something smelly.
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  3430. Hell, if it wasn't for the corruption, Mexico wouldn't have any govenrment at all.
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  3431. He meant "I'm an a-hole and I like it."
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  3432. Lot of shots fired very quickly. Was anyone aiming?
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  3433. The Great McGinty?
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  3434. Be they guilty or innocent, only stupid people were harmed in the making of this video.
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  3435. Now make a video on the Shriners.
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  3436.  @LetsTakeWalk  You should be asking how many people die everyday. According to the CDC the numbers are the same as before COVID-19. If you want to stay home for the rest of your life, you are free to do so as long as you can afford it. Few people have this option and few desire it. Calculated risks are a part of life.
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  3437.  @HM2SGT  Try applying your logic to any other daily activity like driving a car. Every decision you make involves some degree of risk. According to the CDC, 6% of the reported deaths are from COVID-19 alone. On average, everyone else had 2.5 comorbidities. The annual flu kills between 12,000 - 60,000 people, but the numbers would be much higher if doctors decided to report everyone who died with the flu virus as being caused by the flu.
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  3438.  @HM2SGT  The 1918 pandemic was far worse; similar measures were enacted with similar results. When you are ordered to do something under threat of fine or arrest, altruism is not a factor. As for the WWII generation, 61.2% of our armed forces were drafted, meaning only 38.8% volunteered. I'll grant you that today I suspect far fewer would sign up if the nation were threatened. The actions being forced upon us today by our elected and bureaucratic leaders are little more than band-aids. People hate feeling helpless, so they want to do something - anything to make themselves feel better or safer, even if it means denying everyone their constitutional rights. That was the argument used for incarcerating innocent Japanese-Americans during WWII. Be careful what you wish for; it may come true in ways you never anticipated.
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  3439.  @HM2SGT  You sound like a cop. When all they deal with are criminals, they start to see everyone as a potential criminal. You see everyone as a potential patient. When everything is up close and personal, it skews your perception, so your reaction is natural. But when you back away and look at the facts instead of the trauma, a different picture emerges. Our nation tests more people than any other country, so we diagnose more people with the virus. We use 40+ cycle thresholds on our COVID tests, while other countries use 25 - 35 cycles. As a result, we get more positive results even though many such results are really false positives of people who are not infectious or who have already recovered from the virus. We count anyone who dies after testing positive for COVID as COVID deaths even when their deaths are not caused by it or are tangentially related to it (meaning they were about to die anyway). No other country does this (with the possible exception of Brazil). The result of this constant panic pushing is the destruction of or freedoms, our livelihoods, and our mental health. Has anyone tabulated these costs to date? I wonder what will be the long-term result from breathing through masks for a year. I won't be surprised if white lung disease lawsuits make a comeback in the next few years.
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  3440.  @HM2SGT  What other "inconveniences" do you wish to foster on us - meatless diets, alcohol and tobacco bans, mandatory exercise? The potential list is endless. There is a far more pragmatic solution. Anyone who feels at risk should consider limiting contact with others, practicing good hygiene and sanitation, and wearing effective PPE. By this I mean using disposable gloves and the N95 mask. Any other mask is one notch above a placebo in effectiveness. If we're going to play this game then I have a list of demands regarding how my fellow citizens should behave. Demand number 1, stop telling me how to live my life.
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  3441. Of all the stories you've covered, I think this one sickens me the most. I hope the bast*rds who have participated in this coverup get long prison sentences for their conspiracy, but I doubt it will happen.
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  3442. Mustang Sally, meet Roadkill Mama.
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  3443. When did tax cuts become a progressive policy?
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  3444. Well, I'm agin it. All trade should be local. Screw other countries, other states, other counties, other cities, other neighborhoods, other blocks. Keep all trade in your home.
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  3445.  @TimeGhost  The whole presentation, from its title to its conclusion, came across as a condemnation of traditional views and morals. Spartacus left me with the impression he does not care for American conservatism and blames them for what he sees as people needlessly died of AIDES because Reagan and conservative Christians did too little to help the victims. He does not put any of this in perspective. When he came into office, AIDES was not even an issue the general public was aware of, yet it was Reagan who asked Congress to fund more research. He lost his friend Rock Hudson to the disease, so I doubt he was indifferent to it. Until effective treatments could be developed, the best way to avoid contracting AIDES was to abstain from male homosexual sex and needles. It took years to develop the needed treatments and prove their effectiveness. I remember those years well, but I don't remember anyone calling AIDES the gay plague.
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  3446.  @HontasFarmer80  I'm aware of this. The difference is that Soviet and Nazi pogroms were carried out three generations ago. Enough time has passed to address them from a more detached viewpoint and with less analytical bias. I don't think enough time has passed to discuss AIDES in this manner. Too many people are still alive who remember it in different personal ways. Hence, from, my perspective, Spartacus was not being as objective as he normally is. Mind you, it has to be incredibly challenging to remain objective when discussing the horrors on the mid 20th century. I applaud his efforts in doing so.
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  3447.  @TimeGhost  You use the incorrect word "homophobia" to describe anyone who does not openly condone homosexuality. This is a corruption of a medical term that actually means to have an irrational fear or aversion to homosexuality. Yet today it has been repurposed to malign and silence anyone who does not conform to the corrupted meaning of the word. As historians who claim objectivity, you have just demonstrated your personal bias by using it as a pejorative. With regard to "safe sex", there is no such thing. Using a condom does not prevent the transmission of AIDS; it merely lessens the probability of acquiring it during a single encounter. However, like a game of Russian roulette, each repeated play increases the probability of failure at some point. Yet I well remember seeing commercials that propagated the lie of telling men they would be safe from infection if they simply used a condom during anal sex. The only truly safe sex is that between two partners (whether heterosexual or homosexual) who remain monogamous while also being HIV free. In such situations the likelihood is very small that they will contract HIV from some form of tainted blood transfusion (unless they are intravenous drug users). You claim I said HIV was only transmitted among homosexuals and intravenous drug uses when I actually said it was mostly transmitted among them. That it sometimes crossed into the heterosexual population was well documented back then. It is still transferred to the heterosexual population by tainted blood transmission and by sex with a partner who has HIV. But it has not spread widely into the general population because it is far more difficult to transmit through heterosexual intercourse than it is through male homosexual intercourse. To this day the disease exists predominantly among homosexual males in America. I do believe the initial backlash against homosexuals in the 1980s has been exaggerated. There were those who said it was God's punishment, but they were a vocal minority. Others preached abstinence, but few humans ever seem able to manage this feat, no matter what the topic may be - gambling, drinking, drugs, sex, tobacco use. This left only two options, either use some form of prophylaxis or create an effective treatment/cure. These options were exercised after it became apparent HIV was spreading rapidly among the predominantly male homosexual population. Were we too slow to respond effectively? I'm not sure such a question can be definitively answered. One could try drawing a comparison with our response to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. But at this point about all we can conclude is that he have responded more quickly to the ongoing pandemic than we did initially with HIV/AIDS. It's far too early to tell if that response has been the best course of action or will be as effective in the long run as has our subsequent treatment of AIDS patients and HIV infected individuals. The history of both is still being written.
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  3448.  @TimeGhost  It may be possible the term was coined by more than one person, but I am referring to the work of clinical psychologist Dr. George Weinberg, who began using the word in the mid 1960s to describe an irrational fear of homosexuals. According to his obituary in the New York Times he was quoted as saying: “I coined the word homophobia to mean it was a phobia about homosexuals,” Dr. Weinberg told Gregory M. Herek, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, in 1998. “It was a fear of homosexuals which seemed to be associated with a fear of contagion, a fear of reducing the things one fought for — home and family. It was a religious fear, and it had led to great brutality, as fear always does.” Dr. Weinberg discussed his ideas with the gay activists Jack Nichols and Lige Clarke, who used the new term in a column they wrote for Screw magazine on May 5, 1969, discussing the fear felt by straight men that they might be gay. It was the word’s first appearance in print.
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  3449.  @TimeGhost  I called it a medical term because phobias are treated as a clinical condition by the American Psychiatric Association. If homophobia is a dislike rather than a fear, then it should be relabeled something else. Instead, it has become fashionable to label anyone who disagrees with a particular idea as being some sort of phobic. For example, those who dislike or distrust Muslims are now called Islamophobic. Since many Muslims sects detest one another, should they be labeled Islamophobic? Note that we describe people who hate or dislike Jews as being antisemitic. People who oppose a person based on their race are called racists. These are not clinical terms or the corruption of clinical words. So why do we allow terms like homophobia and Islamophobia to exist? The only answer I can conceive is that it is an attempt to silence any opposition or dissension by slapping the individual or group with a label that implies they have psychological shortcomings. This is an abuse of psychoanalytic and medical terminology. That's what I take issue with. Regarding your last statement, I find fault with your reasoning. You appear to claim that which is not unnatural is acceptable. I can think of quite a few things that are natural but should never be acceptable. Could you clarify your meaning?
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  3450.  @TimeGhost  That certainly qualifies as a clarification, though a UN declaration, admirable as it may be, isn't worth the paper it is written on if one considers what continues to happen to homosexuals in many Muslim countries. I still disagree with your premise that the Reagan administration failed in its duties to protect the American people, but I appreciate the lengths you have gone to in addressing my comments.
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  3451. I remember when this case made national news. The only thing that puzzled me was why he hadn't been killed years before.
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  3452. Here's a thought. Pass a state law that says no functioning body cams, no armed police.
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  3453. Apparently Mr. Diaz has been driving without a valid license for 19 years, so I can see why the officer arrested him. The video shows the son did interfere with the arrest and did momentarily lay his hand on the officer's arm while trying free his Dad. This interference with the arrest is a valid reason for the son being arrested, though the battery of an officer charge appears quite preposterous unless there is missing footage that shows the officer was attacked by the son. Both the cops and the family handled the situation poorly. I don't see any good guys in this story. Maybe all parties deserve to be punished.
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  3454. The government version of killdozer.
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  3455.  user-oz2cs7mw5j  It's the gift that keeps on giving.
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  3456. Everyone remembers Patton, but Hodges, Simpson, Brereton, and Patch are the forgotten American Army commanders of the Western European Campaign. We also remember Montgomery and Bradley, but Devers is the forgotten Army Group commander of this campaign. Part of the reason is public relations and part of it is location. I think Devers lacked both.
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  3457. Another Putin tanty.
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  3458. 600 simple rocket strapped together. What could possibly go wrong?
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  3459. Of course they are real because I know this guy who knows this guy . . .
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  3460. It's nice to see somebody covering the poor Karen. Like the Hmong tribesmen of Laos and the Montagnards of Vietnam (whom a friend of mine fought alongside in Special Forces), they have been chronically screwed by every government that comes along. It's an Asian version of early western expansion in the United States where native Indian tribes were subdued for expediency. Peaceful coexistence never seems to be a viable option.
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  3461. Tofu eaters shouldn't take on beef eaters.
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  3462. There was no mention of the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Only the USA had nuclear weapons and the ability to deliver them. The threat of their use alone would have sent the Soviets packing back to Russia. Was there any plan developed along this line?
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  3463. I believe my lying eyes. That rifle has a lot of recoil. I would like to know how much the rifle weighs when loaded and how much weight is added by a suppressor, an optic, and a sling. What is the magazine capacity. How much ammo in terms of bulk and weight is a soldier expected to carry? 200 rounds? 300 rounds? 400 rounds? How does this compare with the M4. Why does every soldier need to carry what is essentially a LMG?
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  3464. I'll believe Vietnam has successfully reintegrated when they change the name of Ho Chi Minh City back to Saigon.
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  3465.  @smithjohn7855  Tell that to their Communist government.
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  3466. It's called a reality check.
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  3467. It's not up to a police officer to determine if a warrant is valid or worth serving. This is up to the courts to decide. The officers acted correctly. In any event, Mr. Pottymouth has no grounds for a lawsuit.
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  3468. I love the way all the New York men jumped in and helped her - NOT!!!
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  3469. I'll bet that tree isn't in Ohio, but is a the Redwood in California. Damn commies.
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  3470. It's homelier than the Phantom, and that's saying something.
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  3471. Somebody actually assuming the leaning rest position. Hoo-ah!
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  3472. I have read the final death toll was far greater than 20 million. Some chroniclers claim it exceeded the figures from WWII, which, if true, would make it the greatest human tragedy since the black death.
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  3473. You mean AOC is real?
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  3474.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  Yes, and if I recall correctly, the magazine was kept in a black leather magazine pouch. They were under strict orders not to load their handguns unless the situation warranted it. Of course, by then you are probably dead. This was in the early to mid 1980s when security functions were somewhat fragmented between the different military services and the General Services Administration (GSA). As I understand it, prior to 1971 the GSA's United States Special Policemen (USSP) provided physical security for the Pentagon. This left much of the internal security and personal protection to the separate services. In 1971 the USSP's mission was expanded to focus more on personal protection and the agency was rename the Federal Protective Service (FPS), but was still operated by GSA. In 1987 the GSA delegated all authority for protecting the Pentagon Reservation to the Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD then created the Defense Protective Service (DPS) and expanded it duties to other DoD facilities. This was pretty much the setup that existed when I arrived in early 2001. I know that the Pentagon Police still guarded all authorized access points, but within highly classified areas such as mine we had armed Air Force Security Force troops controlling access. The same situation existed in other service areas, but my impression was security was spotty. After 911 we were augmented for about a year by Army MPs who guarded every possible entry point and patrolled the parking lots. During this period there was a concerted effort to expand and upgrade the Pentagon Police. I noticed a lot of the aging, heavyset cops were being replaced by more youthful and athletic types. I can't speak for the environment today, but when I retired in 2007 we (USAF) still maintained our own internal security where needed. I believe the security details that escorted major department heads such as the SecDef and JCS chairman were also upgraded. No more five rounds per guard for easy bookkeeping.
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  3475. All those progressive Hollywood leftists promising to move to Canada has even Trudeau scared.
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  3476. I suppose others have said it before me, but you are displaying a picture of the wrong President Harrison. You want Benjamin Harrison, our 23rd President, not his grandfather and ninth president, William Henry Harrison.
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  3477. She didn't Pamper him; that's for sure.
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  3478. Oh, what has the world come to when a critic's wit can best the most famous line from Shakespeare?
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  3479. I'm shocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, not really.
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  3480. The Dems will do what they have traditionally done, resort to state and local Jim Cow laws to keep the great unwashed at bay.
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  3481. At 5:30 you state their actions did not change the war or the battle. I must strongly disagree. Taylor and Welch not only downed at least a half dozen Japanese planes, they damaged many more. Combined with losses inflicted by Army and Navy ground fire during the second attack wave, Admiral Nagumo called off the third attack. Fully 15% of his attack force had been destroyed or seriously damaged. Oil storage tanks, repair bays, armaments, and dry dock facilities had been left intact. Had he authorized a third wave attack, Nagumo would have left Hawaii completely defenseless and useless to the Navy and Army for months to come, meaning our aircraft carriers would have been without a safe harbor from which to arm, fuel, and repair. It might even have precipitated a disastrously premature engagement between our carrier forces and theirs. But Nagumo was a cautious man who essentially snatched defeat from the jaws of Japanese victory. If Taylor and Welch not been so aggressive, history might well have turned out quite differently and not been worth remembering.
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  3482. I'm not sure what Peter means by powerhouse. Sweden has a population under eleven million.
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  3483. What an amazing musket. I've heard of the concept but never seen it actually applied this way. If multiple chambers ignite at once, does that qualify as a burst fire feature?
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  3484. I won't be going back to Vegas anytime soon - or ever.
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  3485. If limiting competition is a good thing, why stop at the state line? Block competition at the county line—no, the city limits—no, your neighborhood —no, your street. The whole idea of arbitrary physical boundaries to work is absurd.
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  3486. When I was a kid the Grumman F11 and the Lockheed F-90 were popular as models or comic book art (The Blackhawks flew F-90s). Both designs looked modern and very clean. I wasn't aware of the F11F, though it appears to have been a potential winner. That's a pity.
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  3487. Why wasn't he charged with manslaughter, which should have been a slam-dunk conviction. I suppose federal civil rights violations could be filed against this former officer.
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  3488. Nice to see professional police conduct.
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  3489. As you have demonstrated, renewable energy is not a constant or stable energy source, and both battery storage life and efficiency are not its only major issues. The entire system life cycle cost must be considered. Windmills and solar panels wear out and will have to be replaced. Therefore, the tremendous startup cost may only be the tip of the financial iceberg. Until a truly efficient, reliable, and cost-effective system can be fielded, I would not abandon or reduce dependency on other sources of power. Maybe someday fusion will replace all other power sources, but if and when remain unknown.
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  3490. @Lost Hero I'm glad somebody noticed.
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  3491. It seems as though the officer would have been better off if he had told the folks in the car to pull forward so he could deny the perp any cover while simultaneously getting the victims safely clear of the scene.
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  3492. The Pentagon is completely unaccountable for its spending? That's news to me, and I worked there for over six years.
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  3493. Who doesn't like the Swedes and Finns, I mean except for Russia, of course?
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  3494. The photo is of Jack Benny. There is a photo available online showing Wright reading his book, Gadsby. At the time of its publication he was white-bearded and in his 60s. A Google search of both personalities reveals the same Benny publicity photo being used to describe both men, hence the understandable confusion. However, a close examination of the photo shows Benny wearing a more modern suit, dating the photo to sometime around the 1940s or 50s. Wright died in 1939 at the age of 67. Jack Benny would have been 45 at the time.
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  3495. “After the organization of troops, military discipline is the first matter that presents itself. It is the soul of armies. If it is not established with wisdom, and maintained with unshakeable resolution, you will have no soldiers. Regiments and armies will only be contemptible, armed mobs, more dangerous to their country than the enemy." - Maurice de Saxe, “My Reveries Upon the Art of War”
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  3496.  @rupvictoria3017  General Bradley, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was promoted to five star so MacArthur, a combatant field commander at the time, would not outrank him.
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  3497. What caliber was the engine in that patrol unit?
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  3498. What an idiot . . . probably a FAMU grad.
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  3499.  @FieryCheeze  What's in a name? Plenty if you are forcing a name change, which is always political in nature. When Ho Chi Min City becomes Saigon again, I will know communism has finally died there. That's a good thing. If Myanmar becomes Burma again, will life be better or worse? I suspect it is the former, but we not know for a long time yet.
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  3500. They'll be singing praises even after the lights go out. Such is the influence of communism, Marxism, Stalinism, and socialism. WHY? Hilton Kramer said it best. ""It is in the nature of Stalinism for its adherents to make a certain kind of lying - and not only to others, but first of all to themselves - a fundamental part of their lives. It is always a mistake to assume that Stalinists do not know the truth about the political reality they espouse. If they don't know the truth (or all of it) one day, they know it the next, and it makes absolutely no difference to them politically. For their loyalty is to something other than the truth. And no historical enormity is so great, no personal humiliation or betrayal so extreme, no crime so heinous that it cannot be assimilated into the 'ideals' that govern the true Stalinist mind which is impervious alike to documentary evidence and moral discrimination." In the end, all that matters is that you love Big Brother.
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  3501. Dr. Strangelove was the most popular movie among SAC crews.
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  3502. C.R.I.N.K.
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  3503. Crapgame: "Make a deal." Trump: "Make a deal . . . or else."
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  3504. I don't find Adam Carolla offensive . . . well, the socks, maybe.
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  3505.  @Beorninki  You are cherry-picking history to fit your narrative and complain because America isn't perfect. I asked you a simple question that you did not respond to. Name a better country or one that has done more for the world than the USA. You can't, because nowhere in history has a better country ever existed.
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  3506. I hate movies where the woman stands there doing nothing while the man fights the bad guy. Apparently this woman either never saw these films or decided they were BS.
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  3507.  @erinmac4750  Thanks, I'll look him up.
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  3508. Outstanding response.
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  3509. This could be a great force multiplier, but we need to supply them and other weapons in secret, not blab to the world about our plans. What the Ukraines need most are antiaircraft missiles and antimissile systems, from MANPADs to something along the lines of Iron Dome, as well as mobile artillery for counter-battery fire, sophisticated mobile secure C4I, drones, antitank weapons, small arms, and munitions. If they can force the Russians into a stalemate, they will have time to train and equip an air and armor force capable of outmaneuvering the Russians and cutting them off from outside support. This will take quite a while and require a lot of money. It also may require a massive buildup of the Ukraine military from 200K to possibly a million men. In the interim they should create a huge militia which can focus on insurgency warfare to hamper the Russians at every point. They did this very effectively against the Germans in WWII. At present our military role in the West should be supplying them with free training and equipment, while they do their own fighting. They certainly seem quite capable and united on this point. This war could turn into Afghanistan on steroids for Putin, but it also may mean he will turn to desperate strategies involving NBC. We shall see.
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  3510.  @Verminator4  Now if only we can keep the details secret and the Russians guessing.
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  3511. Feng Shui
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  3512. I cringed every time the reenactor poked the muzzle of his Webley in the center of his had.
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  3513. I know, but speaking as a firearms instructor and counselor, it is seriously frowned upon because it demonstrates and reinforces bad habits that one should never develop in the first place. Even when using toy guns, we practice proper safety protocols at all times.
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  3514. ". . . an explosion occurred and Mr. Haniyeh met Iran's previous president." LMAO!
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  3515.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  It's pronounced I-gore.
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  3516.  @Pygar2  Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys!
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  3517.  @Ni999  There wolf; there castle.
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  3518.  @Ni999  Sank you, Dockter.
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  3519.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  I think you should do a history of Frankenstein.
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  3520.  @Pygar2  He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.
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  3521. Damn, that beard grew back fast.
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  3522.  @jojobar5877  While I was preparing to retire from active duty at the Pentagon in 2007 I learned the USAF History Office had a copy of the old F-104 video of the poem in their data files. At the time I could not find it on YT so I downloaded it as a keepsake. I had fond memories from my youth of watching it late at night when one of our local TV stations near Tyndall AFB would play it just before they signed off the air. I still have it and consider it the finest rendition of the poem. Today anyone can see it on YT thanks to the AIRBOYD channel having posted it on YT about 13 years ago.
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  3523.  @mooglemy3813  No, I'm not kidding you. Fighting in dense forest in winter snow, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, much less one type of foe from another type of foe.
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  3524.  @mooglemy3813  I'm trying to take an objective view. The SS troops regularly committed atrocities, so did may Heer soldiers. All of this is well documented, but there are many notable exceptions. On the western front the SS units tended not to be quite as vicious as they were on the eastern front. They did take prisoners. At Arnhem they even treated captured British paras with respect. This may well be the exception to the rule, but it did happen. I doubt they had standing orders to shoot all prisoners or indiscriminately kill civilians on the western front. If they had, then legally we could shoot every SS man we captured, but we did not. The actions of the SS at Malmedy were not recorded in written orders. This was shown at their trials following WWII, and is why Pieper was not sentenced and executed after capture. He did die many years later at the hands of suspected former French Marquis operators. I doubt any of his former enemies shed a tear for him.
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  3525.  Advant Garde  I've met two Bataan Death March survivors, one of whom was a coworker of mine for several years. He had an interesting perspective of the Japanese. He said not all the guards were brutal. As an example, he told me about one former guard he spotted on a trolley after the war while he was still in Japan. He decided to follow the man to see where he lived. He decided then what he was going to do and returned later that evening. When the former guard opened the door, he was terrified to see his former prisoner standing there. He thought he was going to kill him in front of his family, but instead, the American had brought gifts and food for them. He told the guard he had not come to harm him, but to thank him for not being one of the brutal ones who had tortured and abused him. It is possible to make distinctions rather than hate everyone, but that's always an individual choice. As a more recent example, I don't resent every Muslim just because some of them tried to kill me. I reserve my wrath for those most deserving of it.
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  3526. I see the women and granola eaters wasted little time getting out while the paleo diet types administered a lesson in manners to the food critic.
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  3527. Rubin is a hypocrite who has much still to learn. He says "People should be able to live the way that they want to live without government interference" yet he supports abortion. Do children not want to live, David? They are not being given a choice by the mothers who wish to abort them.
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  3528. Will Trudeau seize all union member bank accounts and credit cards?
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  3529. What became of the captain and the rest of the crew in the lifeboat?
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  3530. Your Dad was right. Even as a kid I noticed the difference in animation quality between the 30s, 40s, and 50s vs. the mid-60s and onward. As I aged I caught the endless double entendres of many older cartoons and Bullwinkle. I was fortunate to grow up when these cartoons were originally intended for the movie screen. If you've never seen a Roadrunner cartoon this way, you have missed out on a great experience.
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  3531.  @brianjones7660  Yes, I remember a parody that WB did of this series where two boys are watching a Roadrunner cartoon on the TV and one of them asks the other why the coyote wants to catch the roadrunner. At this point Wile stops the chase to explain to the boys the reason for his quest. He also spoke in the cartoons where he and the sheepdog punch a time clock during the day as if they were working on a regular job site. The brilliance of these timeless classics is obvious to any child who has ever watched them.
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  3532. "...when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do..." - Mathew 6:2-4
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  3533. I guess nobody else in the world is willing and able to replace German precision manufacturing. 😒
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  3534.  @VancouverInvestor  It's common enough in the first world, and the opportunities are there for up and coming nations.
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  3535. This what happens when you elect a 25 watt bulb as mayor.
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  3536. Belarus is about as neutral today as Austria was in WWII.
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  3537. This video is full of economic BS.
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  3538. Drugs kill; bullets kill faster.
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  3539. The United States of Gerrymandering
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  3540. This judge suffers from serious denial. Maybe if things go your way, she'll wind up in de Nile.
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  3541. The Soviets often recycled stolen or discarded Western ideas. Military scuttlebutt at the time claimed the AN-72 was derived from the USAF's Boeing YC-14 prototype transport.
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  3542. Pretty soon it will be drone vs. drone. May the best AI win!
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  3543. Maybe, but a lot of people are ignorant and proud of it.
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  3544. Where's Uncle Buck when you need him?
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  3545. The adventures of Skin Man.
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  3546. According to Steve Lehto's channel, the vehicle did not come up stolen, but came up as "potentially stolen". He also suggested the report likely would have included the make, model, and color of the car. But the biggest sticking point is the reason the car was flagged by the cop in the first place. It had out-of-state plates. Apparently out-of-state plates are reasonable grounds to be suspicious of a vehicle and its occupants.
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  3547.  @ingiford175  Reason enough to terrorize any family, I suppose.
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  3548. I just finished buying new windshield wipers. From what I can tell even the most expensive brands only last about six months. Have you considered testing wiper blades to determine which ones offer the best performance and life cycle cost?
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  3549. The cop standing behind the officer who was crouched behind the tree, appeared to be too far back and possibly exposed. I felt sorry for the crouching officer because he was trapped between the gunman and Officer Trigger Finger.
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  3550. I don't know if Janet Guthrie failed to get major sponsors because of her sex or her driving skills, but I suspect it was a little of both. You never mentioned her winning anything. On the other hand, drag racer Shirley Muldowney did actually win some top awards. I suppose if you really want to know who is the best at anything, make them all use the exact same equipment.
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  3551. Good review, Ryan. In my limited exposure to embassies and embassy security I have learned one important fact. Their only focus is on embassy staff. if you are an American tourist, businessman, dual resident, or military member not assigned to them, you are on your own. They really don't give a damn.
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  3552.  @tianxiangxiong8223  I've been in other countries on official orders and still was treated like an unwanted outsider by the Embassy staff even when I went to them on official business. They don't like the military and they treat any military member assigned to them as second class citizens. The only time they appreciate us is when we have to save their asses.
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  3553. Should the officer have tried pepper spray?
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  3554. In the case of China I would call it "enema-sourcing" because they aren't our friends and they sell mostly crap products.
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  3555. I came from a family that owned a string of hardware stores and a construction business. My Dad was a welder, certified electrician, and A&E mechanic. Like many boomers, I spent my free time watching TV, building models, reading comic books, hanging out with friends, and doing menial labor in the summer. I passed on high school shop and vocational school because I was focused on college prerequisites. I missed every golden opportunity, including piano lessons, falsely assuming they were unimportant skill sets for my future. I've made some progress in the intervening decades, but it has been mostly through the school of hard knocks. I doubt I am alone.
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  3556. Passive surveillance, how charming.
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  3557. Makes more sense than hyperloops and launching sports cars into space. I hope it proves successful. I could certainly use a massive boost in internet connectivity. I find satellite disks, DSL, and cable to be quite lacking and costly.
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  3558. Isn't it strange how today the greatest problem facing our overpopulated first world countries is obesity?
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  3559. US???
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  3560. Lesson number 1, don't kidnap the locals. It tends to make them rather peeved and it's bad for trade.
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  3561. I remember the incident well because, as a kid of the 60s, I was infatuated with the B-70, the sleekest, most gorgeous aircraft I have ever seen. The loss was tragic and completely avoidable as you pointed out. I am baffled by only one small point. You state the plane was fueled with JP8 that day. JP8 did not enter military use until 1978. I'm not even sure it existed in 1966.
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  3562.  @billolsen4360  Yeah, that's the ticket.
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  3563. I quit using the EPA pour spouts and filters on my Walmart 5 gallon cans because I kept splashing myself when refueling the tractor. I also got fatigued waiting for the cans to empty themselves. I now put a large plastic funnel in the mouth of the tank and let the fuel flow rapidly through it. The funnel is shaped like a large hopper and can hold a half gallon or more of fuel so I can visually regulate the flow to prevent spillage.
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  3564. Is Simon the most rational person on the internet?
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  3565. I've used every one of these products except Royal Purple, and found the Acetone/ATF mix works best if you let the parts soak overnight in the solution. Machinist's Workshop MagT published some information about six or seven years ago on various penetrating oils. The magazine tested penetrates for breakout torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrates with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment. Here are their results. Penetrating oils .......... Average torque load to loosen No Oil used .................. 516 pounds WD-40 ..................... ... 238 pounds PB Blaster .................... 214 pounds Liquid Wrench ..............127 pounds Kano Kroil .................... 106 pounds ATF-Acetone mix............53 pounds
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  3566. Yep.
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  3567. 53 tons! So much for light and lean.
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  3568. Excellent points all around.
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  3569.  @randypobstofficial  Post them where?
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  3570. Using a personality rating to keep someone out of college is akin to using their race, religion, sex, age, or ethnicity to keep them out of college. Higher scores for thee, but not for me.
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  3571. Baskin-Robbins is now Badasskicking Robber.
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  3572. Tarpon or Tarpon Springs?
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  3573. Trump sure favors his grandmother.
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  3574. Looks like the perp moved his arm near the end of the video.
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  3575. Cappy, you're doing fine. The vast majority of people who experience traumatic events will survive them. Sometimes talking with each other helps in the same way that AA members help each other. I survived 911 when others a few hundred feet away did not. It's just the luck of the draw. Thank God and press on. It's all any of us can do, that and honoring the fallen by never forgetting them and their sacrifices.
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  3576. Don't print for me, Argentina.
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  3577. Well, that was riveting. Next up - Bulgaria's blue water navy, circa 1793 - 1893.
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  3578. Damn, I'm a sociopath and it's all Ryan's fault. Serenity now!
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  3579. I bet John's right.
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  3580. I've held off watching the WWII series until Between the Wars is over. I prefer seeing history unfold chronologically. I don't want to give away the ending, but I have it on good authority that, after a rough start, we do eventually prevail.
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  3581. The only issue I have with the Terry case doesn't involve the officer safety question. As a seasoned cop who strongly felt a crime was about to take place, wouldn't it have been better if he had allowed them to proceed with their B&E (assuming no innocent people were present inside), then called for backup? He'd have had a solid case against all three suspects. Instead he gets to bust one guy for illegal possession of a firearm (that's who other issue we could spend hours debating).
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  3582. It has to be an alien invasion. If you need proof, just look at the people in Washington, DC.
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  3583. What did his disciples want to learn, how to starve to death?
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  3584.  @lenitaa7938  So buy a concert ticket already. :-)
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  3585. My grandfather was from Breslau. In 1923 he met my grandmother, who was an American, while she was visiting family in Berlin. They married and settled in Germany for the next few years before coming to America where my Dad was born. In 1937 they returned to Germany for six weeks to help coordinate the emigration of their extended families before the Nazis completely cut off any chance of escape. One of my ambitions is to someday visit Breslau and try to locate his ancestral home.
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  3586. I wish when people like Nestride Yumga come to America we could send ANTIFA or BLM members back in exchange, but I guess those places already suck enough.
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  3587. Hoohaw. Such language!
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  3588. Classy lady and one of the few members of any royalty that I respect.
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  3589.  @dimassalazar906  That is sometimes true, but not always true. I've served with some very conscientious and capable leaders. I've also served with yes-men, brown-nosers, and incompetents. It's a mixed bag.
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  3590. One more thing Hollywood has gotten wrong about the old west.
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  3591.  @travistucker1033  OUCH!!!
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  3592. As a lawyer you should know that police officers are also civilians. Please stop perpetuating the myth that are anything else. I am aware of the SCOTUS invention of qualified immunity, which is now being applied even to government officials who are not sworn officers, but it remains a fiction that we should be fighting to end, not socially reinforce.
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  3593. How come that's not pronounced the way it's spelled?
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  3594.  @d4w2  I meant it is pronounced Mew-nick, not Munch-in.
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  3595. George Carlin rules; Don Rickles reigns.
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  3596.  @dirtygiraffe  Churchill said something very similar.
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  3597. Arming yourself and aggressively defending your companions when you are one of the beautiful people? Are you crazy?
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  3598. Have they ironed out the major problems with the F-35?
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  3599.  @bobtank6318  Now if only they could shove two engines in it, all would be well with the world.
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  3600. A former neighbor of mine served three tours in SF with the Montagnard. I wonder if he knew Peterson.
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  3601.  @buzz5969  I lost contact with BJ 20 years ago and don't even know if he is still alive or how to locate him.
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  3602. I'm glad you mentioned the The Blackhawks. Of course, by the time I started reading them they were flying F-90s.
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  3603.  @ronjon7942  Thank you.
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  3604. We've had a CONPLAN for dealing with Iran for decades. I worked on it in the 1990s. I can't say I ever wanted to see it expanded into an OPLAN and initiated. No doubt it has morphed considerably since then, but if it requires boots on the ground, it will be quite messy.
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  3605. Not surprising when considering that prior to the UCMJ the Navy operated under what was euphemistically called the Rocks and Shoals.
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  3606.  @patrickcleburneuczjsxpmp9558  You must have information that was not presented in the video, so please explain how the Brinkmann's are engaging in anti-competitive bullying and how they are forcing anyone out of business. How exactly does this work?
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  3607. Is this where we got the adage "Tulips are better than won"? :)
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  3608. I can't own a SAM system? Stupid antiaircraft laws.
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  3609.  @allangibson8494  From what I've read, the flechettes were not effective in WWI.
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  3610.  @danbenson7587  Gravity has the same effect on a bullet regardless of the direction of bullet travel. Fired from a great height, a bullet will slow down as it falls due to air friction. The terminal velocity of a spent bullet is no more than 300 fps and can be much less. While this can penetrate the skin and break bone, it does not generate much energy, so deep penetration into vital organs is problematic. A steel helmet will further limit the effectiveness of the projectile, particularly one shaped like a 45 ACP round. Can it kill, yes. Will it kill, doubtfully. There are more lethal options.
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  3611.  @allangibson8494  Flechettes are very light and have far less effective range than traditional rounds. I've seen little evidence of their successful application in combat. In any event I was talking specifically about their use in WWI.
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  3612.  @danbenson7587  If I know the Russians, they are probably field testing your theories right now in Ukraine.
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  3613.  @danbenson7587  The standard 45 ACP ammo of that time period used a 230 grain round-nose copper jacketed lead projectile. This ammo has poor armor piercing properties and was noted for failing to penetrate the heavy metal car bodies of the 1920s and 30s. I am not aware of any armor piercing ammunition being available back then. If you have a source document for the claim that a 45 ball round traveling at 300 fps will penetrate a Brodie helmet, I'd like to read it. I find such claims highly suspect.
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  3614.  @danbenson7587  I cannot find any source indicating such 45 ACP ammo existed in the 1920s, but I believe it was theoretically possible to have developed it. All it would have required was a hard penetrator and a muzzle velocity much higher than that of the standard 45 ACP round (achievable by using a lighter projectile and more powder). Some specialty 45 ACP ammo did exist at the time, but was limited to blanks, tracers, and shot cartridges. Because of the lackluster performance of the 45 ACP and 38 Special, the 38 Super was introduced in the late 1920s, followed by 38 Special Hi-Speed (aka 38/44) in 1931, and the 357 Magnum in 1935. All three were marketed as being capable of penetrating a car body and body armor. As an experiment at least one Thompson was chambered for 38 Super, and another was chambered for the stretched 45 Remington-Thompson cartridge, which possessed true 44 Magnum level performance, but neither setup proved commercially successful. A version chamber for 351 WSL was tested by the French but failed miserably. These conversions might have proven effective at penetrating body armor, helmets, and light cover, but only if the velocity was kept high enough, which means getting the plane very close to the intended target.
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  3615.  @danbenson7587  Flying at 50 - 100 feet above the trenches would have been suicidal and very ineffective. The trenches were not straight lines. They zigged and zagged and adjusted to best fit the changing terrain conditions. No aircraft would have been able to maneuver to stay over them. If soldiers were hiding inside the trenches, then the pilot would not know where to strafe because he would not see any viable targets. Antiaircraft fire would come pouring in on them from weapons with far greater range and punch than the Thompson. As for the IL2 and A10, neither aircraft could/can survive except in relatively uncontested airspace, meaning they had fighter escorts or air dominance. At the start of the Great Patriotic War the IL-2 used the tactic you described and were massacred. In truth they were a very overrated and ineffective weapon system, with 1/3rd of them being lost, but Soviet propaganda glorified them and this false image exists to the present day. The A-10 is perhaps the best close air support aircraft ever built, surpassing the vaunted A1 Skyraider, but it is a weapon of limited utility, which is one of the reasons it is being phased out. There is no way it can survive on a modern battlefield that lacks air dominance, to include suppression of enemy air defense.
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  3616.  @danbenson7587  WWI AA fire was quite effective against low flying aircraft over the trenches and around observation balloons. That was how Von Richthofen and Frank Luke were killed. The vast majority of German armor destroyed in WWII was done so by Soviet antitank guns and artillery. The IL2, like the Typhoon, P-47, and A-10 in Desert Storm, repeatedly missed or hit targets already destroyed. These facts are well documented and available for research.
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  3617.  @danbenson7587  All forensic evidence clearly supports the Australian Vicker's gunner as having killed Richthofen. The Red Baron violated his own rule about never flying over or behind enemy lines and it cost him his life. Observation balloons were near, but not colocated with entrenched ground units. I mentioned each because Luke was killed while attacking balloons and Richtofen was killed while flying over Australian lines. When aircraft were used late in the war to attack troops on the ground, machine guns were assigned to counter them and proved effective. Any unarmored vehicle or person caught in the open would have been fairly easy prey to a fighter or attack aircraft, meaning rear echelon troops were at greater risk than those in the trenches. This is equally true today. However, against armor, the attack aircraft were never as effective as claimed. This does not mean they lacked utility; it only means their utility has been exaggerated. This is also true of much of the strategic bombing campaign of WWII. They contributed to victory, but their contribution has been exaggerated.
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  3618.  @danbenson7587  It doesn't matter which way the trenches run, you have to fly down the enemy lines or fly over them, both of which are very dicey propositions. You are not in a relatively stable balloon; you are in a moving airplane and you as the pilot are not staring at the ground through binoculars; you are scanning the skies for enemy aircraft. The observer has to communicate to you what he sees, but you can only take furtive glances at the ground and cannot fully comprehend your target area. Then you have to get very close to the target because your guns are ballistically very inferior to anything the enemy has aimed at you. Remember, we are talking about SMG armed strafing planes, not IL-2s P-47s, Typhoons, or A-10s.
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  3619.  @danbenson7587  Then we are roughly the same vintage. Grandpa served in the Navy in WWI aboard a mine sweeper. Granddaddy avoided war service due to a heart issue, which is just as well since he was in Germany. His brother-in-law did serve and earned an Iron Cross and a war wound badge. My Dad served in the Air Force during the Korean War as a B-29 mechanic in Alaska. I spent 30 years in the USAF. I learned to use a slide rule in high school, and my aviation and war knowledge came from books and mentors who were there, not from YT or Wiki sites whihc did not exist then, though I sometimes check them for accuracy. My knowledge of Richthofen's death comes from two primary sources, a book written by a friend of my Dad's named Dale Titler and a documentary that recreated the events right down to firing live ammo from a Vickers to verify the ballistics required to make the kill. Granddaddy used to say that history was an agreed upon error, and our debating bears this out. I try to go where the most reliable and plausible data lead me, but nothing is 100% guaranteed. Unfortunately, I have learned over time that many eyewitness accounts, though as faithfully and honestly reported as the years and memory allow, are often filled with mistakes and false impressions. But I hope I would never tell a man who was there and shed his blood, sweat, and tears, that he was wrong about a certain gun, plane, tank, or event. I'd chalk it up to the fog of war and sometimes even false memories born of postwar lore and commonly repeated tales (don't get me started on the Sherman tank and German Panthers and Tigers). I sympathize with you about bird hunting, which for me mainly involved dove and the odd quail. My wife successfully hunted ducks, but that was before I met her. My Great Uncle Ralph who served in WWI told me tales of doves blackening the sky in the years prior to The Big One. He and his brothers would bring home a hundred or more birds after a single day's shooting. I think on my best day I got no more than six. Even so, it was the most fun I ever had hunting, including one trip to Africa which was fun in itself, but I never derived much satisfaction from killing mammals, small or large. Now I'm rambling, a sure sign of senioritis, so I'll stop.
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  3620. 1984 as satire.
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  3621.  @darksteelmenace595  Being a good person and being nonviolent are not the same thing. Anyone who fails to take action to stop an unwarranted act of violence is both a moral and physical coward, so he is not behaving as a good person should. The action required may involve violence, but violence in this situation can be justified. If there is any doubt, we have courts in which to debate the issue. Morals are written in stone. They start with the Ten Commandments. The manner in which one perceives reality can be taken into account when judgement is rendered, or it can be ignored. It really depends on whether our judges prefer the letter of the law over some sense of justice and mercy. This is why we call them judges; they must be judgemental. But being mortal men and subject to human foibles, they too are prone to err now and then. Still, I prefer this risk to one involving the cold and indifferent output of a calculating machine.
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  3622.  @kevinconrad6156  No, it was not genocide. It was the forced removal of native people from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, NC, and Tennessee. That they were deprived of their lands, their possessions, and their natural rights is not in dispute, nor is the fact that many of them died along the "Trail of Tears". It was an often merciless and bungled relocation effort, not an extermination program. The Indians fought the extradition in federal court all the way up to the Supreme Court, which sided with them. But President Jackson demurred and went forward with the relocation. For those who prefer to castigate his decision, I would like to point out the ugly fact that if he had sided with the high court, in all likelihood the local White populations and state governments might well have gone to war with these tribes. If Jackson had confronted these states with Federal troops, the Civil War could have started almost 30 years earlier than it did. Perhaps I am being too charitable, but I think Jackson chose the lesser of two evils. It is not my intent to diminish the suffering of American Indians throughout colonial and early American history, but to put it in perspective. By contrast, I believe what happened to the Trojans, Carthaginians, Herero, Armenians, European Jews, Roma (Gypsies), Tutsi, and the Ukrainian Holodomor qualify as true genocides. Tragedies such as the American Indian diaspora, the Irish famine, and the Bengal famine were avoidable atrocities, but not calculated genocide. Since the legal definition of genocide did not exist until 1944, it is hard to retroactively apply this term without diluting its impact. We should do so cautiously.
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  3623.  @kevinconrad6156  I don't know where you are getting your definition of the word, but the commonly accepted one is "the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group". The Greek prefix "genos" means race or tribe, and the Latin suffix "cide" means killing. Even under the expanded UN definition, the forced relocation of a group is not genocide unless its purpose is "to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group".
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  3624.  @darksteelmenace595  You misread my statements. I said anyone who fails to take action to stop an unwarranted act of violence is both a moral and physical coward. What form that action takes can vary. It need not be direct violent action. It would be fool-hearty to inject yourself physically into a fight where your opponent or opponents are armed and you are not, unless you have no alternative or believe you too are threatened. But calling for help and assisting the authorities in identifying the attackers is not unreasonable. I would not describe myself as hard-ass, but I am retired military. You don't have to be a high speed, low drag street fighter or special operator to avoid a fight or prevail in one. Anyone can deal effectively with a potential attacker if they have the right mindset ahead of time. Few do, but the numbers appear to be growing rapidly. You show great disdain for humanity and classify all humans as garbage. Then you mock the very foundations of moral behavior that raise us above mere predators by dismissing the Ten Commandments as an outdated myth. Whether or not you accept the Bible or any form of Christianity (not the same thing), you must have a code of ethics to be accepted into any society. You have rejected the most relevant codes. What then have you replaced them with?
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  3625.  @norbitcleaverhook5040  Good question, but I think The Great War was a forgone conclusion. Princip merely provided a convenient excuse to start it. By the way, he was underage and not executed as a result. Instead he was sentenced to serve 20 years and left in prison to rot and die of TB in 1918.
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  3626.  @kevinconrad6156  I referenced the UN's definition, which I presume matches international law. If you have a link, I'll be glad to look at it.
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  3627.  @sertaki  You might find that is the case for subsets of the American Indian population, but it was never a general policy applied to all Indians. Much of their decline was due to infectious diseases for which they had no acquired immunity and to the loss of prime land for hunting, farming, and gathering. The creation of Reservations and the paternalistic attitude of the federal govenrment turned many proud people into alcoholics, drug users, and wife beaters. This was not the intent of government, but has been the outcome.
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  3628.  @kevinconrad6156  The statement "in whole or in part" is easily misconstrued or abused. The UN declamation clarifies this point to a degree in the subsequent two paragraphs: The intent is the most difficult element to determine. To constitute genocide, there must be a proven intent on the part of perpetrators to physically destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Cultural destruction does not suffice, nor does an intention to simply disperse a group. It is this special intent, or dolus specialis, that makes the crime of genocide so unique. In addition, case law has associated intent with the existence of a State or organizational plan or policy, even if the definition of genocide in international law does not include that element. Importantly, the victims of genocide are deliberately targeted - not randomly – because of their real or perceived membership of one of the four groups protected under the Convention (which excludes political groups, for example). This means that the target of destruction must be the group, as such, and not its members as individuals. Genocide can also be committed against only a part of the group, as long as that part is identifiable (including within a geographically limited area) and “substantial.” What really strikes me as odd about the UN declaration is that it specifically rejects what might be otherwise called "political genocide" and "cultural genocide". Because it does not specify the size of a target group, one could argue that the purposeful elimination of a small tribe or group qualifies as genocide. The UN does agree that under case law there must be an organized plan of destruction even though the international law does not require it. This brings me back to my central point. We should not apply the word genocide broadly because it dilutes its impact. Used too often and too easily, in time it will come to mean little to anyone. It should remain the most horrific term we can apply to an event or action.
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  3629.  @kevinconrad6156  Offended by what? I expressed my opinion and you expressed yours. We simply disagree.
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  3630. This episode smacks of intrigue.
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  3631. Uh, Simon, I'm not sure you fully understand the American connotation of your last statement.
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  3632.  Harvey Smith  We have always used jargon in the military, often based on acronyms formed from the initials of official titles. It's a form of verbal shorthand. We say U-SAF instead of U.S.A.F., MAC instead of M.A.C., A-WOL instead of A.W.O.L., etc. If we can't form a word from the initials, we will enunciate the initials (AMC is pronounced A.M.C., TDY is pronounced T.D.Y.). You ask who cares; well, veterans care because these are the terms we are familiar with. Just as a lecturer or narrator tries not to mispronounce the names of people and places, so he should avoid mispronouncing military jargon.
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  3633. OLD AGE AND TREACHERY WILL OVERCOME YOUTH AND SKILL EVERY TIME!
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  3634. One of my many regrets in life was not attending a nightclub performance by Barbara Eden in Atlanta when I was in college in the 1970s. None of my college pals wanted to spend the money and I didn't want to go alone so I opted out. 😞
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  3635. "Come on, man", who have I heard use this line before?
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  3636.  @Otokichi786  A machine. "Pinocchio is broken. Its strings have been cut."
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  3637. Hairdryers are scary.
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  3638. There's safe; then there's stupid safe.
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  3639. You didn't mention C.Q. - Calling any Station. Is that still used?
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  3640. Too bad we can't house all the homeless in China.
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  3641. So if I'm lucky, all I have to do is travel about 400 trillion kilometers to the nearest station so I can hitch a ride on a star train traveling at .3 light speed to another star system. If I'm not lucky, I must travel 3000 light years to V616 ( the nearest black hole we know of) so I can catch a star train to other star systems. Either way, how many decades or centuries will I be on that train? I equate it to riding a snail to town so I can catch a turtle to the moon. In Vegas they'd say you're making your point the hard way.
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  3642. Secretary Wickard, the man who was sued over chicken feed and won the case in a 1942 SCOTUS decision which essentially ruled that the power of the federal government to regulate all aspects of interstate commerce, no matter how trivial or theoretical, was supreme. It gave us the bureaucratic administrative state we have been living in since at least the New Deal.
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  3643. An American would die of boredom on Icaria.
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  3644. Huh, must be a New Yorker. Damned transplants.
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  3645. America is the land of the fast buck and the New York minute. We are an impatient people who demand an immediate return on our investments. It leave me wondering if the Manhattan Project had failed, would we have had the fortitude needed to fight the Japanese to the bitter end on their own soil.
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  3646. I've watched enough interviews by reporters to know many of them have predisposed beliefs they want to develop. In one instance where a friend of mine was being interviewed, the reporter actually told him his position was not the angle he was looking for. So much for bias-free news. Whether it's willful ignorance, malice, or a lack of maturity and life experience, the general school of journalism has decayed to the point of being nothing more than political propaganda.
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  3647. Are we expected to have sympathy for a fraudster who freely revealed military secrets while fleecing her unsuspecting, grieving victims?
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  3648. This is a new one on me. Now I'm going to have to start tinkering with my flare pistol.
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  3649. Who doesn't enjoy seeing a well deserved ass whipping? Yes, I know the clerk hit him in the face, but given the nature of the perp, I believe my anatomical description is correct. The only mistake the clerk made was following hm outside instead of locking the front door.
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  3650. I like the beer delivery system at 9:15.
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  3651.  @michaelmoorrees3585  All the more reason to stick with indivdual cans because even a six pack could hurt you.
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  3652.  @rkkotilley358  You are welcome.
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  3653.  @einy2crikey  Singing soprano, eh?
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  3654.  @verigumetin4291  Tell that to the Texans who were without energy during the cold snap of 2021.
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  3655.  @verigumetin4291  You don't wreck your car everyday, either, but is that a valid argument for not wearing a safety belt? You want reliable energy every single day, 24 hours a day. The system that comes closest to achieving this goal and making it affordable is the system that wins.
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  3656.  @verigumetin4291  I am not going offtrack. I am stating a fact that bears consideration. Texans needlessly suffered from a cold winter when the green portion of their energy grid could not handle the demand. Do you really think it can't happen again somewhere else or that it's no big deal? Unlike fossil fuels, solar only produces energy when there is sufficient wind or sunshine and land available to collect it. Solar energy cannot be collected in the dark and wind energy cannot be collected on still days, so it must be stored in batteries which are very inefficient and wasteful. You must either use it or lose it. I've only scratched the surface of problems with it. Its utility is very limited and very expensive for what you get in return. For an electrical grid, nuclear power offers the best and most economical solution, followed by hydroelectric (where feasible), coal, oil, and gas. When it comes to ground and sea transportation there is nothing to date that can compete with the internal combustion engine.
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  3657. The truth will set you free. Curse the truth.
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  3658. It sounds like the cost of both programs is prohibitive. Is there a third alternative in the works?
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  3659. If this woman has any sense she will leave the man in black before he gets mad at her someday and decides to play pat-a-cake on her face.
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  3660. In war the only constant is change.
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  3661. It were a communist plot to disarm America so the Reds could take over. Theys a'feared of the power of the holy round, having absorbed a bunch of them in Korear.
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  3662.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I was stuck there for over six years despite my pleas to deploy to Afghanistan; that's how much I enjoyed it.
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  3663. I grew up around Tallahassee when it used to be a quiet town, but that was a long time ago.
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  3664. No offense, Ryan, but that photo of you on Ground News reminds me of John Belushi in Animal House.
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  3665.  @ShreddinSleds  You may be right.
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  3666. I prefer "Another One Bites the Dust". Do you have any videos with machine guns ready to go?
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  3667. Excellent advice, Ryan. I presume most of your followers are pro-Ukraine. I've yet to meet anyone who was anti-Ukraine (not counting bots), but many folks want us to stay completely out of it and remain neutral. This same attitude was prevalent in 1939, so I'm not surprised by it.
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  3668. And so we see the fundamental difference between a peace officer and a law enforcement officer.
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  3669. Make America greater again. There, fixed it, Meghan.
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  3670.  @TheMityquin  I'm not the one insulting other posters.
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  3671.  @TheMityquin  That's the point. We know it because he told us this up front in his video. The cops could not have known it until he told them. They may have suspected it, but they could not be certain until they asked him. At that point they should have let him go. Your argument is that the cops should have known what he was up to in advance. If they had immediately released him, would you have been satisfied they acted properly or would you still condemn their actions?
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  3672.  @TheMityquin  The only person who benefits from your warning is the speeder. He knows to slow down, avoid the trap, then speed up again. If every driver issues such warnings, this allows speeders to continue their dangerous habits and elude ticketing until they eventually slam into other cars and kill some innocent folks or lose control of their own vehicles with similar results.
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  3673.  @TheMityquin  Only for five minutes.
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  3674. Brown won't be here in 6-8 years, but the Raptor will.
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  3675. OMG! How did you survive the monster drizzle?
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  3676. I envision a future where my personal quantum computer is constantly popping in and out of space-time.
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  3677. You did an excellent job and hit all the major points. As an aside, long after the war, while living in Marietta ,Georgia, my cousin became a friend and neighbor of Ensign George Gay, the only survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8's suicidal attack at Midway. Gay had recently written and self-published a book about his life. He gave a copy to my cousin in which he had included a signed personnel note. While l was visiting my cousin shortly afterward, he loaned me the book to read. One of the things I recall Gay noting was the rushed training they received due to the war having started. As a result, the first and only time he ever fired a real torpedo was during the Battle of Midway. They approached at 120 MPH (or maybe it was 120 knots) just off the water, which made them sitting ducks. He thought his torpedo hit the carrier but did not explode. He flew low over its deck, right over the meatball, and could see sailors scrambling about. The day prior a B-26 had flown the length of a Japanese carrier deck during its torpedo run, so it's obvious our planes did get in danger close. That such courage was squandered because some bean counting Navy leaders in the States had not thoroughly tested the torpedoes remains a treasonous criminal offense in my eyes.
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  3678. A very dear friend of mine was born in Indonesia. He was raised as a member of the upper crust of colonial society because his father was a military commander on Bali. In 1940, while attending the Dutch Military Academy in Holland, the Germans invaded. He joined the underground and fought the Nazis for the next five years. In 1942 his father fought the Japanese until his unit was captured. With their surrender, all Dutch resistance on the island ceased and he and his men were sent to Burma where they participated in the building of the Railroad of Death. Following the war, my friend was reunited with his father in Indonesia and then subsequently served in a special operations unit fighting against the Indonesian insurgents during their war for independence. Of course, there is more to his story, but I am very interested to see how your documentary dovetails with some of the stories he told me.
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  3679. @Bernard de Fontaines That is sad. I had good friends in Rhodesia during the 1970s to 90s. I visited there once in the mid-80s and really found the country wild and beautiful, but the times were changing and a darkness greater than their low intensity civil war had been was already settling in. Today you could not pay me enough to venture back there.
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  3680. Great story.
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  3681. This situation is reminiscent of Cuba when Castro seized power. The first wave of emigrants was composed of the skilled labor set. Then much later came the unskilled and the criminal class. When Chavez took power he ran off the opposition groups which were composed mainly of skilled workers and the educated class, among them my future sister-in-law. Thankfully she was able to leave by plane instead of by foot. Now we see the unskilled laborers leaving in droves. I guess they discovered to their misfortune that poor people also starve once the powers-that-be run out of other people's wealth to redistribute.
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  3682. Great job, Indy and team. I've long been frustrated by the common misuse and abuse of the word fascism. Like pornography, it is hard to define, but I know it when I see it. You have come the closest to explaining it. Most forms of fascism that I am familiar with contain elements of socialism, communism, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism. They appear to be devoid of individual freedom, democracy, and republicanism. Lableing them as left, right, liberal, or conservation only maligns those terms.
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  3683. I say 18 September 1931, at least if you lived in Manchuria. Of course, nobody had any way of knowing at the time that it would spread or how far it would spread. It also depends upon your concept of a world war as opposed to a regional or continental war. One could reasonably argue it became a true world war on 7 December 1941. By the time it was over, every continent on the globe which contained human life was engaged in the fight. Even the Antarctic wasn't spared.
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  3684.  @matso3856  That would mean any war the British Empire engaged in would have been a defacto world war.
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  3685.  @matso3856  No, Germany lost her colonies after WWI as part of war reparations. This is really an academic exercise. I think 1 Sep 1939 is generally accepted to be the "official" start of WWII. Of course you always have to deal with cheaters like Japan who try to get their claims in early. One could even make a good argument that WWI never really ended. I doubt the victims care.
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  3686. As long as cops carry high capacity firearms and shoot until the threat is down, expect these kinds of outcomes.
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  3687.  @daveme3582  My training is old school and we were taught to fire twice (once per target if dealing with multiple threats). Today the focus is much more on filling the person with holes until they stop, which tends to kill them more often than not. No department will ever claim that killing the perp is the intention because that will land the cop in jail. But everyone knows the ugly truth is if you put a lot of holes in somebody, they tend to bleed out and die. Until phasers become a reality, I don't see this situation changing.
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  3688. Geez, Ed, why is it always the Arsenal of Democracy that has to bail everybody else out? Don't you guys have any old Centurions or Challengers you could send them? If you need more tanks for your own army, I'm sure we have plenty of early model M1s we can give you.
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  3689.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Okay, I'll pass your recommendation to the Queen the next time she visits Montana. ;-)
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  3690. I've been using the same Lansky knife sharpener since the 1980s and it still works great even if it is a bit slow to setup and use.
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  3691. Hubris has no national boundaries.
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  3692. Ed, don't count on the current leadership of the US government to deal effectively with this crisis. NATO, I fear, will vacillate, even though they have done more than the USA so far to help Ukraine. Unless Putin throws in the towel (highly unlikely at present), I see this devolving into a bloody guerrilla war. Ukraine should consider some strategic attacks of its own, but I don't know if they have the capability to take out or severely damage Russian infrastructure such as Nord Stream. It may be time to think outside the box.
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  3693.  @theotherohlourdespadua1131  There are so many striking parallels with 1939, including US isolationism. The public distrust in the competence and goals of our government leaders and our institutions doesn't help either.
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  3694. If Lindbergh was a traitor, then so was the majority of this country at the time he made his political views known. And like the rest of his countrymen, his views changed once we were in the war. I see parallels to this kind of thinking today in the way Americans differ sharply with their views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This too is likely to change if the course of the war changes. Then again, it may be China that arouses us to action. We shall see.
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  3695. It's enough to make me not want to allow Canada to become our 51st state. 🤣
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  3696. Cappy, as usual, you did a great job of analysis with the limited material available. Russian bots and trolls aside, most of us share your anger, frustration, and disgust. We're wondering what became of our America? It's still out there and it's mad as hell.
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  3697. We can look forward to a future where we live twice as long due to synthetic foods, synthetic drugs, and synthetic people.
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  3698. The most basic question was not addressed in this episode. Why would NASA hide any evidence of life on Mars? In every way it works against their mission and interests. And please don't tell me it's because of orders from their lizard overlords.
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  3699. Two of Canada's finest hours were fighting alongside American troops during the long forgotten Polar Bear Expedition to Russia in 1918-19, and serving again with Americans in the famous 1st Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade) during WWII. Oh Canada...!
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  3700. Who is that Lurch lookalike talking to Hitler at 1:18?
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  3701. Kori, I'm puzzled by your last comment. I believe Voltage Drop's comment was a jab at leftists of the SJW variety, so how does that qualify as him as supporting communism?
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  3702. Don't mess with Texas.
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  3703. I need a suspect board to follow this case.
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  3704. Let's see . . . China has shafted every country with which it has engaged economically, Chinese internal economic turmoil has reached a crisis point, and demographically the country is imploding. Does this mean the CCP is a paper threat? No, a wounded or desperate dragon can be dangerous and unpredictable.
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  3705. Interesting new intro you have there.
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  3706. Darwinism in action.
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  3707. This story has the makings of a great period comedy.
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  3708.  @danielgriff2659  Yes, why do you ask?
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  3709.  @GhostSal  My original comment was based on other research I have read. I don't know how the numbers break down, nor am I sure how one would verify them as accurate. I only brought it up because slavery in all its forms is a complex subject.
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  3710.  @ChanaElisheva  You have directed your comment to the wrong poster. I did not address any of these issues.
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  3711. I can't comment on current organization and tactics, but when I worked with the Air Force Security Police Air Base Ground Defense training program back in the 1980s they had patterned their squads after Marine units. As I recall, each flight (platoon) was composed of at least three 12-man or 13-man squads which were broken down into three fire teams. In addition to the squad leader, we had two or three team leaders armed with M16s. Each team leader controlled a rifleman (M16), grenadier (M16/203) and a M60 gunner. This heavy arrangement gave each squad more reach and firepower than a typical Army infantry squad of that time. Our emphasis was on defense more than offense, and since our forces did not have to do extended long range patrolling, it may have been a more practical arrangement for us.
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  3712.  @carries6044 This was 20 years ago when I was still on active duty. She went to a nutritionist who put her on a rigid diet to control the diabetes and everything turned out well.
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  3713. Cogito Ergo Sum (I think, therefore I am) - Rene Descarte, 1637
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  3714.  @GrockGrocksner  The most accurate interpretation was provided years ago by Doctor Seuss. I AM SAM. I AM SAM. SAM I AM. THAT SAM-I-AM! THAT SAM-I-AM! I DO NOT LIKE THAT SAM-I-AM!
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  3715. The Battle of Reno.
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  3716. I think the word is whore.
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  3717. "Never apologize; it's a sign of weakness." - Captain Nathan Brittles from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949)
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  3718. It looks like a Hungarian FEG PK9 DA copy of the Hi Power I once owned.
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  3719. This is the first of your videos I have ever watched. When I saw the title, my first thought was Shinseki? Wasn't that the guy who forced the black beret on all the Army troops? I was assigned to the Air Staff at the time and we took delight in spoofing the debacle in spoof slides we would insert in our senior staff briefings. Mind you, the Air Force and Navy have pulled even bigger boners when it comes to uniform design (Smurf blue camouflaged fatigues, airline service coats, bus driver uniforms, London Bobby mess dresses). Now that the Army has gone to WWII cosplay uniforms, my conclusion is every chief of staff, regardless of service, can't resist the desire to leave his imprint by approving a new uniform, some of which don't survive first contact with his successor.
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  3720. Too funny. You realize some viewers will take it seriously.
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  3721.  @destinywilliams801  Your analytical skills are lacking. I'm a boomer who started in Army ROTC in high school and switched to Air Force ROTC in college because the Army doesn't operate jets. The Paladin moniker refers to a TV show I watched with my Dad as a kid.
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  3722.  @destinywilliams801  I never got past T-37s and medical'd out of the cockpit. I spent the rest of my career in mostly joint assignments working/deploying with Army, Marine, and Navy types.
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  3723.  @mikem6176  Yes, but I ate the clean dirt.
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  3724. Wasn't this story part of the background of the movie RAGTIME?
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  3725.  @tygrkhat4087  I wasn't aware Norman Mailer ever acted. I remember him as a very successful author.
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  3726. It was a sad ending for this great plane, but from a purely logistical point of view this massive aircraft had limited utility. One of the reasons the US did not try to match or exceed the Antonov designs when we developed the C-17 is that oversized airframes such as the ANs and C-5s require airfields with highly developed through-put capability in order to operate efficiently. Many operating locations where supplies are transitioned often lack this feature, thus equipment and supplies are apt to clog the system and occupy limited ramp space. I remember during Operation Iraqi Freedom we encountered just such a problem. C-5Bs would arrive at Iraqi airfields and dump up to 36 pallets, then depart for their next load. The poor ground crews had to reload these pallets onto C-130s for movement to the forward operating locations (FOL) near where the combat units were fighting. The problem was a C-130 only has six pallet positions, so no matter how hard they worked, the Hercules squadrons were chronically behind schedule. By contrast, a C-17 could depart from the same base that a C-5B operated from and land at the same FOL where the C-130s were going. But the C-17 would dump up to 18 pallets at a time instead of six, thus tripling the payload delivery while also eliminating the need for interim stops and supply transition.
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  3727.  @leneanderthalien  That's why I said they have limited utility. They are specialized aircraft in the vein of the C-133, the Pregnant Guppy, and the Super Guppy.
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  3728. I wonder what Clarence Darrow would make of government intrusion into our lives today.
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  3729. As my Dad liked to mockingly say, don't confuse me with the facts.
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  3730. Was Hugo Bettauer the prototype for Larry Flynt?
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  3731. If this situation is allowed to continue, we're all flocked.
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  3732.  @rael5469  Then you are lucky to be alive.
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  3733.  @rael5469  He exceeded the limits of the aircraft and killed everyone aboard.
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  3734.  @rael5469  I've read some of the reports on the accident and there is no record of any mechanical failures attributable to the crash. Lt Col Holland (the pilot in command) had a reputation for flying aircraft beyond their authorized limits, but no serious administrative action was ever taken against him. As the chief of STAN/EVAL, Holland knew better, but continued to set a poor example of air discipline. This in itself was a demonstrated failure of senior leadership and has since been used as a lesson to impress future aircrews on the importance of adhering to proper rules and procedures. I am speaking about documented facts, not personal opinion. If insulting other commenters is all you have for your argument, then you have no argument.
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  3735.  @rael5469  I'll tell that to one of my former staff officers. He's a FAA inspector and can use a good laugh.
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  3736.  @rael5469  Certainly not by crashing his plane before the Russian MiGs and SAMs can get him.
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  3737.  @rael5469  Your theory doesn't hold up very well. His superior, the Director of Operations, Colonel William Pellerins, was court-martialed. In my own career I've known and worked with a number of officers who have been reprimanded, fired, forced to retire, or court-martialed. Theirs ranks ranged from captain to Lt General. The captain had been a personal friend. The general had been my boss.
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  3738.  @alexanderwhite298  You're speaking in vague terms. What does it mean to move society forward? Who decides this? If he was isolationist, why did he propel us into WWI and why did he strive to make the US part of the League of Nations? Jim Crow laws were created by Democrats. There is a danger is applying labels such as liberal and conservative. They require context. In Wilson's case he was a believer in big government and bureaucratic experts. He saw the US Constitution as an impediment to his socialist utopia ideas. Wilson embraced the 16th Amendment (federal income tax) and considered it a way to pay for government growth. He supported the 17th Amendment (direct election of US senators) which removed the role of state governments in the selection of Senators. These are not conservative notions. What is being conserved?
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  3739. I always keep a Bible close to my heart . . . in case someone tries to shoot me. (Hecklefish made me say this - yeah, that's the ticket)
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  3740. I've read about the Siege of Kimberely and the brilliant yeoman work of George Labram. He was the quintessential indispensable man, extremely creative and energetic. Among his critical accomplishments during the siege were the building of a fresh water supply for the city and the setting up of watchtowers with searchlights, all connected to the city's forts by a scratch-built telephone network. But perhaps his greatest achievement was mediating between the mercurial and often bombastic Rhodes and the serious and sober Lt Col Kekewich. These two leading figures despised each other, but respected Labram, who was popular with everyone. Perhaps the best example of his congeniality was when Rhodes asked him if he had ever built a cannon before. Labram responded that as a boy he had built one for the 4th of July "to celebrate the time we licked the British.” Rhodes replied, "“Well, build one now to celebrate the time you are to save the British.” It is the stuff of legends and great adventure films.
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  3741. I have one of the Vz2008 and like its light weight and the location of the safety ('m a southpaw). I do not like the bass-ackward operation of the safety or the light primer strikes/dead trigger I keep encountering. Fortunately, there are fixes for both.
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  3742. It's aliens; I seen 'em.
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  3743. Sex, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs can be made legal, but they cannot be made moral or healthy choices. They have ruined many people who engaged in them out of free choice. It is tragic, but there is nothing we can do about it other than warn them of the dangers that lie ahead.
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  3744. Tony was Wally, which is why we've always liked him.
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  3745. Great discussion of the Wildcat. My only comment is there was no mention that it had a higher service ceiling than the Zero.
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  3746. My understanding is that the members of both German and Soviet penal units were rotated out at the whim of their former commanders who put them there. If so, then the annual numbers quoted are possibly misleading. It is quite possible far more men served in these units, or far fewer, depending upon how long they were assigned to them. I do recall that the Soviet government did not give these units much recognition after the war even though they bore the brunt of of some of the worst fighting and produced some heroic soldiers. It would be decades before their feats were finally recognized. Lastly, even 158,000 executions, while small in terms of overall Soviet casualties, completely dwarfs the corresponding number of US executions, which totaled one.
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  3747.  @CasualNotice  I must respectfully disagree. There is no such thing as the Congressional Medal of Honor or the Presidential Medal of Honor. There is the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. There is also a Congressional Gold Medal. The confusion arises because the Medal of Honor, which was first created by an act of Congress in 1861, is typically presented by the President in the name of the Congress, however, both the President and Congress have limited roles in determining who is nominated or receives it. The nomination process typically begins with a service member being recommended by his immediate superior for consideration. Nominations which are submitted outside the two year time limit for consideration require an act of Congress before they can be accepted for review. In either case the nomination must work its way through various levels of review by the service decoration board, senior decoration board, personnel (manpower), service chief, service secretary, Secretary of Defense, and the President. At any point along the way the medal can be recommended or not recommended. The President has the final say.
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  3748. Looks like you have these officers and their department by the balls.
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  3749. Do you trust the FDA?
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  3750.  @RealMTBAddict  Not with that drum, though I would not have put it past the dumb schmuck to have loaded it with 22LR.
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  3751.  @RealMTBAddict  It's debatable whether or not 600 rounds of 22LR are worth knocking him upside the head for.
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  3752. If they ever make a movie about it, title it "Woke of the Red Witch".
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  3753. The only place I ever saw this helmet authorized for wear in the Air Force was the Panama Canal Zone. The accompanying uniform shorts and short sleeved blue shirt made Airmen look like postmen, which had a somewhat demoralizing effect. I believe the US Postal Service still uses the pressed helmet in the summertime.
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  3754. What ergonomic improvements?
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  3755. How could the incident have been resolved differently? By fully submitting to any unlawful detention by a "peace officer"?
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  3756. That schnorrer Hecklefish better hope he doesn't wind up gefilte fish for his blasphemy.
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  3757.  @orbyfan  Presumably.
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  3758. The story of this whole family reads like a corny melodrama, yet it's tragically true.
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  3759. One of the most important aircraft in Air Force history and they still haven't restored it. I'd like to say more, but being an officer and a gentleman, I can't.
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  3760. "Can't we do better?" Not as long as it's purely a popularity contest.
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  3761. Ryan, I spent six years working COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) at the Pentagon (2001 - 2007). On 911 nobody knew where the SECDEF was. He was supposed to be in his office, but when the terrorists crashed the airliner into the building he went dashing down the hall to see if he could help, therefore breaking the chain of command at a very serious moment. When he was finally located and brought back to his office, President Bush spoke to him on the phone. He refused to follow protocol by leaving the building and relocating to our primary emergency site (you probably know its name). Upon hearing this, an associate of mine who served as a COOP support team member in the SECDEF's office, turned to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and quickly explained to him the required protocol, after which Wolfowitz agreed to relocate. This cock-up was made possible because nobody above the rank of O6 or GS-15 ever bothered to attend a COOP planning meeting or participate in a COOP exercise. After 911, almost everyone participated in the exercises for the next few years. However, by the time I left it was apparent than interest had waned as the shared experience of 911 faded. I don't know how well COOP has been practiced in the nearly 17 years since I retired, but I would not be the least bit surprised if the news reports are accurate. I suspect the White House is attempting to do damage control right now and thoroughly cocking it up just as we did in 2001 when the situation was far more grave.
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  3762. No indicative of its level of armor protection, but I suspect it is weak.
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  3763. You sure seem to have a lot of law enforcement civil rights issues in WV. Give 'em Hell.
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  3764. It's not just the rats that give me the Willies. Maybe it's the suits. They make you look more ominous and serious in an X-Files/ Men In Black kind of way. I presume that is the effect you were going for.
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  3765. Watch me make it fizz.
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  3766. How come you no longer have the music at the end of each program? Did somebody complain?
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  3767.  @joshgeiger9090  That's a pity. I find abrupt endings unbecoming.
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  3768. Does his punishment fit his crimes?
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  3769. I worked as uniformed security in a similar part of Atlanta when I was in college during the Jurassic Age. I never dropped my guard because I knew the danger. Looking at this video I see a middle age man leaving his very expensive SUV without bothering to check his surroundings. He is in condition white, making him the perfect victim for people who are in condition black, meaning they have no soul. Not all jackals walk on four legs.
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  3770. At last Hunter can get back to selling his feces art.
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  3771. In college ROTC we had one Air Force uniform and it was blue. In the summer we wore it with an exposed short sleeve blouse (shirt) and in the winter we donned the long sleeve blouse and service coat. Our Navy midshipmen were issued a bewildering array of uniforms which they changed according to the season.
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  3772. No real surprises here. In some cases it's easier to simply enlarge the existing hole and tap it, then use a bigger bolt.
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  3773.  @nycbearff  I think he was referring to the Star of David that Jews were required to wear on their clothing at all times.
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  3774.  @donaldbiden1073  Good one.
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  3775. Gadzooks, my brother-in-law just rented a Hertz flivver to tour Yellowstone Park. Everything's jake though. They made it back to their flop without getting bumped off by some torpedo with a chopper. :)
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  3776. I believe Japan and Great Britain did not go to war until Dec 1941.
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  3777. So the French lie and trick a trusting and somewhat naive Washington, allowing British merchants to take advantage of the situation in India until the Royals intervene and steal everything from everybody. Is that about it?
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  3778.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  From a purely American perspective it appears to have been a worthwhile lesson for Washington. He had a habit of never making the same mistake twice. If only I were so wise.
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  3779. We're still debating when WWII started - 1931, 1937, 1939, 1941? I suppose it depends on your perspective, but I see so many parallels with the 1930s that I fear Ryan may be right. Time to order some more ACME umbrellas.
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  3780. Let's see . . . I work in a place that has armed security, barred and locked doors, and deals in cash. No need to practice situational awareness or threat response tactics here. Instead, I'll just look at my smart phone, leave without checking my surroundings, and run back into the danger zone at the first sign of a threat.
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  3781. My grandmother only drank Sanka, and she was Jewish. I wonder if she ever knew about the Nazi connection.
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  3782. I know it's lampoon - for now.
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  3783. She's giving blondes a run for their money.
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  3784. Sear Craftsman USA - no longer will you find these three words used together in any new tools.
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  3785. FEMA is designed to write checks after a disaster.
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  3786.  @marlonmoncrieffe0728  Thanks.
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  3787. When I was a kid growing up in the south, we said "shock-o and plume" because we had plumes on ours. I've heard it pronounced both ways.
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  3788. Can't stop the signal, Mal.
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  3789. It's sad case, but there's too much we don't know here. We don't know if the officer who shot him ever heard the other officer announce it was not a gun. The suspect should have stopped. Instead he ignored all orders to halt and then began running away. A chain of events always leads to such tragic outcomes.
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  3790. Go with the Flo!
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  3791. I can tell you why the devil has never bothered to enter a Hobby-Lobby. It's because they advertise full-time pay and positions, but only hire part-time workers at much lower rates, so they're already doing his bidding.
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  3792. SpaceX is building a separate satellite system for the Department of Defense called Starshield. It is fully encrypted and has jam-safe communication (including laser comm), which Starlink does not.
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  3793. I have it on good authority that the Chinese Communist Party was to blame. Well, that's what Vlad told me.
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  3794. I happen to like baloney, and the magically delicious kind is the best. Just ask any leprechaun. Merry Christmas to the Time Ghost team. Here's hoping for even greater success in the coming year. In the spirit of the season I offer this simple prayer: May the good Lord keep Mr. U Toob Scrooge and Dr. Google Grinch . . . as far away from tinkering with your analytics as possible. Amen.
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  3795. But you're cranking out potential conservatives who will use critical thinking skills and actual knowledge to form their opinions.
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  3796. Well that was clear as beeeep. I see the bicycle cop wearing the shorts suddenly remembered he had to be someplace else.
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  3797. Revolver malfunctions happen all the time. I've experienced them.
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  3798. The cops may not have hit the perp, but they did plaster him.
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  3799. Bust down the door, point guns everywhere, handcuff a naked woman, then stand around with your hands in your pockets and your brain in neutral.
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  3800.  @jasonjackson5696  Do you have any recommendations regarding how this could have been handled less lethally?
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  3801. So that's what happened to Chester.😉
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  3802. The hanging was my favorite part (I do so enjoy community activities). I was disappointed, however, that nobody felt compelled to yell, "Hanging's too good for him!" I suppose modern decorum and comportment forbid such public outcries. Pity that. :)
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  3803. Make that guy mayor!
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  3804. I heard it from Barney Fife that Einstein failed math. Who you gonna believe, Barney or some guy on YouTube?
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  3805. And Congress, taking a page from TR's philosophy, has largely ignored the Constitution ever since.
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  3806. Given how professionally the officer handled this tragic encounter, I'm surprised to hear he was convicted of manslaughter in another incident. Such is life; today's hero is tomorrow's zero. Sad, very sad. P.S. Brother, how the camera lies. The deranged man looks further away in the bodycam and danger close in the street cam.
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  3807.  @57WillysCJ  I had a 54 Cj3B in high school many moons ago. My brother restored a WWII MB abut 20 years ago, but sold it to somebody else ;-( My sister still has the CJ5 our grandmother gave her as a college graduation gift in 1975. Her son restored it to cherry condition a few years back.
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  3808.  @sassy0010  I agree, but I would be lying if I said the same of rap.
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  3809. I wanted a dance; there was supposed to be a cop dance.
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  3810. Steve Forbes always makes sense. This would explain why he never became President.
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  3811. Support from the Air Force Pararescue (PJ) screening program was crucial to my thesis research while l was assigned to Lackland AFB in the 1980s. They were the sharpest, toughest, most capable airmen I've ever known, which helps explain the 80% washout rate experienced during PJ training. It is no mere braggadocio that their motto is "These Things We Do, That Others May Live".
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  3812. Maduro, putting the "dick" in dictator. P.S. my sister-in-law is one of Venezuela's expats, courtesy of Chávez and Maduro.
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  3813. Don't give up your day job, Dizzy. ;-)
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  3814. Just introduce rent control. Problem solved! 😲
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  3815. Beware the crabcat!
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  3816.  @duyataksis5210  Using your logic it was the world's fault that Germany, Italy, and Japan had to slaughter over 50 million people during WWII.
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  3817. What, no movie version?
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  3818.  @stevenyarnell  I've read that Mr Whitney's invention is what prolonged and entrenched slavery in the Old South.
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  3819.  @HikuroMishiro  As I understand it, slavery was proving to be economically unviable and slowly dying out until the advent of the cotton gin. Without the gin I don't see how increasing the size of the slave population would have compensated for not having the gin. It would only have made an economically bad situation worse.
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  3820. One word: California
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  3821. Indy, the information posted at 4:54 must be incorrect because it contradicts what is later said about Captain Belmont dying during the last battle for the mountain top in Dec 1915. Also, if he had been born in 1850, he would have been 65 years old at the time of the fighting. Other sources place his birth in 1890 and his death in 1915, which would appear much more consistent with the events described.
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  3822. Our family owned hardware business sold Case knives for the better part of a century. I have an old Case folder in my shop that I still use daily. I don't remember when or where I got it, but it was used even then. The blade is thinner now, but still easy to keep sharp. Last week I accidentally dropped it on the concrete floor and a tiny chip came off of the handle, but it still functions fine.
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  3823. Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Nazism do share one very critical trait, a desire to concentrate power in the state at the cost of the individual. They go about it in different ways and to different degrees, but the end result tends to be the same - incarceration, torture, or death for all perceived enemies of the people. Terms such as left wing, right wing, and alt right have unclear meanings, so I try to avoid them as much as possible. This is particularly true when trying to comprehend the European vs. American use of these words. When our Constitution was written, our forefathers, well educated on the potential dangers of any form of government, sought to create one in which the consolidation of power was made extremely difficult. Indeed, it was the decentralization of power which was foremost on their minds and a cornerstone of our republic. Yet if any of them were alive today, they would be gravely disappointed to see how far we have drifted from their ideal. I suppose it is to be expected. Human nature can be as predictable as the actions of a moth drawn to a flame. Perhaps that is why the price of freedom is eternal vigilance (yes, I know this is a paraphrase).
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  3824.  @TimeGhost  Harsh conclusions? A 100 million dead souls would disagree with you. I used the same terms you did, the only difference being that I said socialism instead of "Revolutionary Socialism", which is an expression you have not defined. My point is that concentrated power is always potentially dangerous, regardless of the form it takes or the name it assumes. Democracies and republics are not immune from it, but they tend to be less violent and repressive than the alternatives. My point is that the greater the centralization of power, the greater the potential to do harm. The counterargument, that centralization can do great good, has little support from history. I study history to draw lessons from it that can be used to prevent disastrous repeats of the past. To simply relate it and not encourage interpretation and comment serves no useful purpose.
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  3825.  @TimeGhost  I quite agree with your assessment. It is easy to use the words nazi, communist, and fascist because they clearly evoke those very meanings you described. People do tend to become highly partisan when words such as socialist, nationalist, liberal, progressive, conservative, left, right, alt, and neo are used. They must be defined by the context in which they are used. Since the focus right now is on German Nazis, Italian Fascists, Soviet Communists, and Japanese Imperialists, it would be a great service to us all if you could air a program explaining their similarities and differences at this point in time, and why there existed so much distrust and even hatred between these outwardly similar styles of government. I know this is a tall order and it will evoke much heated debate and disagreement, but it does seem like the elephant in the room.
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  3826. Who was that unmasked man?
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  3827. John Steed was an assassin? I pray not.
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  3828.  @antman5474  I'm in!
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  3829.  @tempestfury8324  Ouch! That hurts. My hair is still on top of my head, not on my jaw.
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  3830. Boy, what part of the south are you from?
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  3831. What a joke. Subsidizing fake farmers is old news. Around my part of Montana the local ranchers have been complaining for years about the subsidies their non-ranching neighbors keep getting - and race is not a factor. The bigger question is why do we subsidize farmers and ranchers at all?
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  3832. The Soviets were able to prevent most people trapped in Eastern Europe from escaping to the West and Israel has successfully stopped nearly all terrorists attempts to enter through their protective wall. Walls do work if you complete them, maintain them, and properly man them.
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  3833. Zeihan smugly announced several months ago there was no way Trump would be reelected.
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  3834. Who doesn't like a free motorcycle?
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  3835. Monty Python skits sure are getting raunchy.
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  3836. You had me at bacon.
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  3837. May these turds receive a similar fate.
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  3838. Today is my wife's birthday. She is one in a million.
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  3839. ​   Do you believe there are never any good guys in war?
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  3840.    Judging from your use of the word Palestine, I take it you do not approve of Israel being an independent country.
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  3841.  @cristobalmanuelmoreno.llan2215  That could be anyone, however one indicator of hate was the prisoner exchange when the Spanish Civil War ended. Far fewer Nationalist prisoners came home because the Republican Communists and Socialists shot most of them.
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  3842. As my late friend Brig Gen "P-38" Bob Clements liked to say, "There are no fighter pilots down in hell because of damn good crew chiefs". When Bud Anderson finally crosses the bar, a lot of them will there to greet him at the pearly gates. At least that's the way I'll envision it.
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  3843. Interesting to see how many people go into immediate denial after they shoot someone.
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  3844. That was then; this is now. Will the EU survive?
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  3845.  @FriedrichHerschel  One should look at why the Brits left. They wanted to maintain their sovereignty. EU bureaucrats, like bureaucrats everywhere, cannot resist the temptation to meddle in matters that are none of their concern and expand their power base. Ultimately the issue is about control. It really doesn't matter if that control is being administered from Brussels, London, or the local city hall. Folks generally want a say in it and a limit to it.
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  3846.  @FriedrichHerschel  For now, but one cannot predict the future of the EU. I know some former east block countries such as Poland have refused to abide by the immigration demands of EU leadership. Threats of punitive action will not engender trust in the organization. One merely has to look at the history of Europe to realize it is neither homogeneous nor united. As memories of WWII fade, I expect ancient animosities to once again arise. The heavy Muslim influx is already setting the stage for future strife, as are rising tensions regarding the response to the Coronavirus epidemic.
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  3847. The cure is worse than the disease.
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  3848. In some ways the miracle of the rebirth and subsequent prosperity of Israel parallels the fable of The Little Red Hen. Making something out of nothing, only to see others demand their "fair share" is a tale as old as time and a warning about the dangers of collective thought. If past election results are to be believed, Hamas has virtually unanimous support among the so-called Palestinian people, so allow them their :fair share" of the fury which is coming. Anyone who hasn't the stomach for it should be reminded this was how WWII was won. Real war is true hell, and hell is about to be unleashed.
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  3849. I've never heard of them.
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  3850. One of my wife's former associates in law enforcement was injured by a driver a few days ago while he was directing traffic. The a**hole purposely struck him and took off. Thankfully her friend was not too seriously injured and managed to get into his own patrol car to pursue and finally apprehend the man.
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  3851. Ivy League colleges see nothing wrong with discriminating against Asian student applicants simply because they are Asians, but if I call the applicants "Orientals" I will be pilloried for my presumed bigotry by these same enlightened academicians.
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  3852. FUN FACTS: The image at 10:55 is of a WWII M1A1 Thompson SMG. The image at 14:47 is a bit of a curiosity. The wood forearm is boxier than the type later offered as an option and then made standard on wartime 1928A1 guns. It's possible this may be a prototype forearm, a variant of the very rare Model 1923 SMG (chambered for the much more powerful 45 Remington cartridge), or it could be a Chinese made clone of the Thompson SMG. The image at 18:02 shows a 19121 Thompson fitted with the rare 100 round C-drum. The image at 18:17 shows Prime Minister Churchill holding an empty Thompson. This is evident by the fact the cocking handle is fully forward. The Thompson fires from an open bolt. When forward, the bolt blocks the drum and prevents it from being installed or removed. The gun handed to him is either empty or is loaded and has misfired (highly doubtful).
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  3853. What, no lawyer jokes?
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  3854. I completely agree with your assessment. My only criticism is that you use the term civilian, which is misleading and reinforces the false belief that police officers are not civilians as well, but some separate class of samurai. This unintentionally drives a wedge between the officers and the fellow citizens of the communities they serve.
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  3855. He can't issue a warrant because he is not a real judge; he is a judge executive (morel like a county manager).
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  3856. Simon, our Constitution also guarantees our right to free speech. You stated correctly that a person in a position of authority, such as a teacher or principal, should not criticize a student for refusing to state the pledge, but you did not address whether fellow students should be muzzled as well. To clarify this point, doing so would deny them their right of free speech. There is no right to be protected from ridicule or criticism. If there were, free speech would not exist.
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  3857. I wouldn't be surprised if China sent in troops at some point, but I think it would be a huge mistake. They'd be better off investing in the country through its future regime(s).
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  3858. Economic Zone? Is that anything like the Neutral Zone? 😅
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  3859. Dang, and here I was hoping all those Bradleys and Abrams moving through Montana were part our our secession plan with Texas and Florida. 😢
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  3860. For one person (or element) to travel back in time, it would be necessary for the entire universe to go back in time. I think that's a show stopper right there. In any case, time is a necessary human concept that allows us to measure relative changes in our perceptions. If the entire universe were in stasis, there would be no time. Simply being left suspended in a dark room, we still age and we still consume energy, so it does not qualify as stasis. It does qualify as a boring tedium that, without other external cues, causes us to lose our relative sense of time.
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  3861. I saw this video a couple of days ago. Must have been on another site.
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  3862. A little known fact about American Samoa is that the natives are non-citizen nationals of the US. Unlike Puerto Ricans and most other territorial natives, American Samoans do not gain the right to sit on juries, vote, or hold public office when they relocate to the one of the states. They are banned from public employment, and despite a proportionally very high presence in the US military, they cannot become officers. In order to gain full citizenship rights, they must go through a naturalization process not unlike those who emigrate from foreign countries.
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  3863. I see Houston hasn't changed. Bad actors vs. poor police tactics, communication, and marksmanship. Tattoos and foul language may intimidate the general public, but it means nothing to hardened criminals.
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  3864. Will the court lose power or gain power? Yes.
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  3865. "Hey, Rocky, it's the end of the world as we know it." "Again?"
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  3866. One shot, one kill. I would have taken the pistol rather than move it a few feet away. Other than that, kudos to this officer.
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  3867. It's also consistent with the evasive maneuvers used by all combatant subs to escape further attack. One late friend of mine attacked a Jap sub off the California coast and destroyed it with his P-38. The fact that it later turned out to be a whale did dampen his enthusiasm a bit. It is not my intention to demean the courage and resourcefulness of the CAP volunteers or any serviceman. There were many heroic acts during WWII which were later proven to be very overstated, one prime example being Colin Kelly diving his crippled B-17 into a Japanese battleship and sinking it, thus earning the Medal of Honor. The fact none of these things ever happened should not detract from the bravery such men demonstrated when facing overwhelming odds during those early dark days of WWII.
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  3868. It depends on the range and the number of targets. In this situation it appears buckshot is the best choice, but if he'd been wearing body armor then a carbine or rifle would have been my preference.
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  3869. I used to sell hurricane lanterns, wicks, incandescent lanterns and their replacement filaments in my Great Uncle's hardware store as late as the 1970s. Most of our sales were to local county residents who still lacked electricity and plumbing in rural north Florida. I used the Coleman gas fired lanterns, but only on Boy Scout camping trips.
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  3870. Has the fiancee been arrested for obstruction and resisting an officer?
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  3871. Good for you, Peter.
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  3872. Atlas Shrugged.
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  3873. I wonder if it looked any better before they hit it.
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  3874. The banjo music was too loud. I could not understand what you were saying.
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  3875. One thing you did not mention is what UBI will do to the value of the currency. I strongly suspect it will accelerate the inflation rate, especially as people start to complain a $1000 a month is not enough and demand more money. The government will respond with higher taxes and the printing of more currency, which will make matters even worse.
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  3876.  @kaseyboles30  Businesses do not control the inflation rate. They respond to it by raising their prices so they do not sustain a loss.
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  3877.  @kaseyboles30  I've owned a business for well over 30 years. If I don't recoup enough to maintain replenishment of my inventory and pay my bills, I go out of business. And that's before I even consider a salary for myself. If the government decides to print several trillion dollars so everybody gets a grand a month, this devalues our currency and its buying power, so the price of everything rises dramatically. If giving a thousand dollars a month to every citizen is a good idea, then giving them a million a month should be a great idea, except that it isn't. This cannot be compensated through taxation because every dollar taken from a company is one less dollar available for investment in the company. There is nothing efficient or effective about the government seizing my money, then redistributing it to each citizen. It's a shell game with a high cover charge.
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  3878.  @kaseyboles30  All money gets spent, but not all money gets invested. What is needed is the creation of wealth, not money. The two are not synonymous. In 1925 Germany you could have a great deal of money but very little wealth. The idea of a minimum wage is fundamentally flawed. As with the UBI concept, if it is such a good idea, why not increase it so everyone makes at least $100 per hour?
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  3879.  @kaseyboles30  There is no objective definition of the term "living wage". The cost of living depends upon the size of the family and where they live. Those who endorse a minimum wage are assuming every employer can afford to pay it. The result is many people are never hired in the first place. When the minimum wage rate is raised, many employers respond by firing people, reducing their full-time hours, or hiring part-time employees. In addition, the minimum wage has never applied to all jobs in this country.
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  3880.  @kaseyboles30  One size does not fit all. When under a crunch, be it from forced wage increases, taxes, or market factors, companies tend to retain their best workers and dispose of those who prove to be less able or motivated. Summertime and entry level jobs for teenagers become scarcer as a result. You say you'd rather have 12 happy workers than 20 semi-functional ones. This means eight people are now unemployed. Frankly, I do not see this scenario as desirable, but no business exists to hire employees. They hire employees because they exist and wish to grow. I find it preferable to let each company run itself as it sees fit, even if it means running itself into the ground. There is more than one road to success and to failure. I do not believe government should prop up companies or be allowed to pick the winners and losers, directly or indirectly, but if you force wages up, the likeliest winners will be the larger businesses and chain stores, not the "Mom and Pop" operations. Now that brick and mortar operations are seriously threatened by online retail giants such as Amazon, a curious new wrinkle is developing, the closing of once popular chain stores. The impact tends to be a local one because the jobs and tax revenue lost are local in nature. The SCOTUS decision to legalize out-of-state taxation will have some negative effect on internet based businesses, but again, it will most affect those who are least able to track, collect, and pay those taxes to the thousands of affected state, county, and city governments. Like you, I would very much like to see young mothers raising their children through their formative years rather than dropping them off at a daycare center. But we now have several generations of women who consider child rearing somehow demeaning, and a professional career as necessary to high self-esteem even when the father's income is sufficient. One possible solution that has gained traction over the last few decades is working from home. Obviously it won't suffice for all jobs, but a surprising number of careers can adapt to the newer technologies now available. As an example, several years back a friend came to visit from Florida in his RV. He was on a two month vacation from teaching college, but still managed to interact with his students over the summer via satellite. My own sister spent 20 years working two days out of five from home in a state government job, and linking into her office via a computer connection. I suppose what I am driving at is the idea that there is more than one way to skin a cat. I'm far from convinced that minimum wage laws or UBI are the wisest courses of action. In a nation where there is more opportunity for work than there are willing or able candidates, much better solutions are available. It does require folks to break with tradition and think outside the box, but in so doing they may find they have much more potential than they ever realized before. Giving them permanent cocoons tends to dull the drive within many people. One need only look at our failed inner city government housing projects to know this to be true. On the other hand, a little hunger can reignite that drive if they are shown better opportunities await them. Call it the carrot and the stick approach if you like, but it does work.
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  3881. I was hoping you would report on the anticommunist revolutions and movements that took place behind the Iron Curtain from 1945 through the fall of the Berlin Wall. Most viewers are familiar with the Hungarian Revolt, the Prague Spring, and Poland's Solidarity movement, but who remembers the brutal suppression that took place in other Com Bloc nations during this time period? They are forgotten.
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  3882. Difficult angle to fire from.
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  3883. Correct. We home-schooled our kids and they did not become whores.
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  3884. Why isn't the nonbinary teacher in therapy?
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  3885.  @tvgerbil1984  You did not address my comments.
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  3886.  @Bob31415  The 160,000 figure reflects only the first day of Overlord. The follow-on forces eventually numbered over three million.
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  3887.  @Bob31415  One could view it as the difference between being hit by a tidal wave vs. a rising tide. Both will drown you if you don't get out of the way. One just does it faster than the other. Regarding TV Gerbil's comments about the Soviets carrying 3/4 of the fighting, that is absolutely true. I doubt we and the Brits could have pulled off a successful landing on the main continent without them. It certainly would have been a lot longer and bloodier for us, which is something westerners find most repugnant. In an ideal world we would have been able to sit back and watch the Communists, Fascist, and Nazis kill each other off, leaving the US and UK free to walk in and rebuild all their societies as free market democracies and republics. But we don't live in an ideal world, so it didn't work out that way. All the same, two out of three ain't bad.
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  3888. I loved the Hallmark movie, "An American Story - The Battle of Athens" when it first aired. It may not be an entirely accurate portrayal of events, but it's close enough. Now please do a review of Phenix City, AL and the murder of just elected state Attorney General Albert Patterson. This is another true story of rampant political corruption that was quickly made into a brutally realistic movie staring Richard Kiley and John McIntire.
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  3889. So sad, so sad, sometimes I feel so sad. It's just another day (in California).
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  3890. Everyone can afford a Ford.
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  3891. A lot of unique aircraft seem to get destroyed in hangar fires.
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  3892. Maybe AI will encourage the average Joe and Josie to improve their grammar and vocabulary. Meanwhile, does anyone know where I can find a good plumber?
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  3893. It's probably going to cost waymo, too.
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  3894. Being one of the lizard overlords, this all comes as news to me.
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  3895. I disagree. The English have always been master manipulators, whether inside or outside of a system. That aspect of their nature is not likely to change.
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  3896.  @plouf53  Your statement applies equally to any country.
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  3897.  @plouf53  I will if you will be more tactful. That's supposed to be English trait.
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  3898. They should have named her the IJN Jinx.
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  3899. It is interesting to see how everyone can have the same set of facts but reach different conclusions. In my career I have worked with a lot of defense contractors, many of whom were former military members. This is only natural because they tend to be the best qualified people for many defense jobs. You can make a good argument that their goal is to sell the government the latest and greatest technologies at the highest prices they can get and in the largest quantities they can contract. There is nothing nefarious in this. It is how every business operates within a free enterprise system. Some practices such as bribery, price gouging, and providing counterfeit or out-of-spec products are illegal. Other practices such as favoritism, crony capitalism, and lack of competition are wrong and should be challenged when possible. But I have never found any validity to the claim that the captains of American industry and our elected leaders are guilty of starting wars in order to turn a profit. If this were true, then every former military member who knowingly worked for such companies would be traitors, not only to our nation, but to their own sons and daughters, for many of them also serve in the military.
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  3900.  @Post-Trib  You are making an assumption and treating it as fact. If you had ever served in the military you would know we regard ourselves more like an extended family. There isn't much we wouldn't do to protect each other. At some time or another we all take risks.
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  3901.  @Post-Trib  If you served so long, then why do you make claims that besmirch most members of the military? Do you really believe those who are not actively engaged in combat care nothing for those who are? Do you think only those in combat assume risk? If you do then you are about as wrong as you can get. As for your question, it does not address the claim that politicians and captains of industry like to start wars so they can make money. You are simply trying to deflect the issue. But since you did ask it, why don't you tell us the answer? While you're looking it up, you can discount FDR. His son fought as a Marine Raider in WWII.
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  3902.  @silent1967  Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said it best. Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
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  3903.  @Post-Trib  George Bush was far from being the last major political figure to fight in a war. Most members of Congress in the years following WWII were veterans, including quite a few decorated combat vets and some Medal of Honor recipients. Today we have 97 veterans in Congress, some of whom received debilitating wounds and medals for valor in the war of terror. Even Biden's late son, Beau, served with honor. Are they not worthy of consideration? Nobody has suggested false flag operations don't happen. Both Japan and Germany engaged in them when they started their wars with China and Poland. But these wars were not started to bolster the coffers of weapons manufacturers. They were wars of conquest intended to expand their empires. One can reasonably argue LBJ wanted to expand our involvement in Vietnam by exaggerating the Gulf Of Tonkin incident, but where is the evidence he did it to make money? Did he profit from the war? It certainly appears so, but that was more incidental than causal. Do you really believe he sat down and said to himself I can make a lot of money off a war and all it'll cost is thousands of American lives? As much as I detest the man, I do not believe this was his reasoning. A far more plausible explanation is he feared communists expansion (Domino theory) and wanted to check it, but his hamfisted incompetent execution of the war turned into his greatest liability and forced him not to seek reelection. Five years later he was dead. Weapons, hotels, and prisons are not the causes of war, travel, and crime. They are the effects. If only those who are in combat are risking their lives, then how do you explain that over 1-in-4 American deaths in WWII were noncombat related? The fact that some care nothing for others disregards the reality that most do care and will do what they can to help.
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  3904.  @Post-Trib  You originally said major political figure without qualifying what that meant. Now you are moving the goal post. Wars are started for different reasons, but I have seen no evidence any were started to make a weapon's manufacturers richer. Can you provide an example with supporting evidence?
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  3905.  @silent1967  Huh??? I have no control over this channel. Talk to Colin.
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  3906.  @Post-Trib  Your question is not related to my comment. I said defense contractors do not start wars, nor do Presidents start wars to make money for themselves. You have offered no proof they do because there is no such proof.
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  3907.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  Did you never eat field rations? 🤭
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  3908.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I don't see how. We are sending them equipment and materiel, not money.
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  3909.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  I don't deny people (and I'm including politicians) profit from war. My point is that the President and Congress did not get us into WWI, WWII, Korea, etc. to make a buck or to satisfy some of their political backers.
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  3910. Warning shots are wasted shots.
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  3911. In the USAF we consider Black Thursday the first Schweinfurt raid in August of 1943 to be the worst day for the 8th AF. It's confusing because there were two Schweinfurt raids. In the first raid the 8th AF split a force of over 300 bombers between Schweinfurt and Regensburg. In theory this would require the Luftwaffe to split its fighter forces, but weather delays and a foul-up in communications caused the timing of their respective attacks to be thrown off. As a result, the Luftwaffe was able to reposition and rearm its fighters in time to hit both forces very hard. The result was the loss of 60 B-17s downed and nearly 100 more damaged, many beyond repair. In October the 8th AF attacked Schweinfurt again and lost another 60 bombers, plus 17 complete write-offs. Given the much smaller size of these two attacking forces, the Black Monday raid in 1944 was not nearly so damaging to 8AF resources. But even this raid paled in comparison to the loses suffered by the RAF in a single night of bombing Nuremberg in 1944 which cost them 106 planes lost. From the research I've read, contrary to popular belief, RAF Bomber Command lost twice as men as the 8th AF, while flying fewer sorties and dropping fewer bombs.
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  3912. I can see your encounters are always smooth and friendly. 🙂
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  3913. Lock the damned door and keep a gun handy.
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  3914. I enjoy your videos, but I was disappointed that you made no mention of the Barlaong Incident of 1915 when the captain of the Q-ship HMS Baralong ordered all captured German submariners to be executed on the spot. Perhaps you could make a video on this dark episode of British WWI history.
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  3915. I know some former bail bondsmen in Mississippi currently serving time for kidnapping for pulling a similar stunt.
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  3916.  @tommcfadden5232  Or as Governor William J. Le Petomane so eloquently put it in Blazing Saddles, "We've gotta protect our phony baloney jobs, gentlemen!"
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  3917. Somebody needs to switch to decaf.
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  3918. Note the dual propellers on the Battle at 11:36. In 1939, one Battle, K9370, underwent extensive modifications in order to test the Fairey Monarch 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) engine. In addition to the engine itself, K9370 was furnished with electrically-controlled three-bladed contra-rotating propellers and a large ventral radiator. Perhaps this is that aircraft.
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  3919. Where is the movie?
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  3920. Is it my imagination, or does the west coast seem a bit totalitarian?
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  3921. Why is this Munchkin a cop?
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  3922. It cuts both ways. Be a polite citizen and show the officer your ID. This particular incident appears to be right on the edge of probable cause. I wonder how the case will turn out.
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  3923.  @sauletto1  Firehouse Sub t-shirts are available online for purchase by anyone and criminals have used disguises in the past to avoid attention. The police officer most likely was aware of these facts, so when the employee refused to show him proper ID, he felt this warranted further inquiry. Depending upon a given state's state laws, it may be legal for an officer to request ID if he has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The courts grant wide latitude to officers in determining reasonableness. Perhaps there had been a recent rash of robberies in this area. Maybe it had something to do with the employees body language and demeanor. The employee may have fit the description of a wanted person. If nothing else, by providing ID and allowing the officer to run a quick check, he could have put the officer at ease. Instead, he became defiant, which only made the officer more suspicious that something was wrong. A bodycam doesn't tell the whole story or show us the bigger picture. All of the details will come out in court and a judge or jury will have to decide if the officer's actions were justified.
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  3924. The truth will set you free, then stampede all over you.
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  3925. Nice to know an American torpedo in 1942 could actually hit and detonate against another ship. (roll eyes)
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  3926. Even Biden had to wipe his nose when he said he was the most pro-union president in American history.
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  3927. Navy Cross? Those men deserved the Medal of Honor.
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  3928. Dehoe, I said the incident ALMOST parallels the Indianapolis, but you claim there were no parallels. As Pelican stated, both ships sank. There was a heavy loss of life. The men lost were military members. The lack of proper coordination was a major contributing factor. And like the Indianapolis, the end of the war overshadowed what otherwise would have been deemed a major incident. If you don't like my use of the word "parallel", then please recommend one that would be more descriptive.
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  3929. dehoe, the Indianapolis was not in the thick of battle when she was struck. The war was practically over by that point. And yes, I know the difference between battle and non-battle. I spent 30 year in the Air Force.
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  3930. RQ, both the Japanese Navy and their commercial fleet were in ruins and the home islands were facing starvation and relentless firebombing raids as the Allies prepared for Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan. Japan was training and ill-equipping militia forces at home while well over a million of their soldiers remained trapped in China and Southeast Asia, essentially cutoff from Japan. Though their ability to feed and equip a significant force in the field had been severely curtailed, it would have been more accurate if I had said the war at sea was practically over. Japan only had 38 operational submarines and fuel was in short supply. There was very little threat of attack, and coupled with poor inter-theater communications, contributed greatly to the disaster. The resulting heavy loss of life could have been mitigated had better command and control been exercised. A similar avoidable tragedy had occurred the previous year during Exercise Tiger in preparation for the D-Day landings. Once again, human error exacerbated the problem. These are the types of similarities I am talking about.
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  3931. Ralf, I'm not talking about the actions of the skipper of the Indianapolis. I'm talking about the protocols the US Navy had in place at the time, which would not have prevented the sinking, but did contribute to the magnitude of the disaster. I spent years working command and control. Keeping track of personnel and resources is critical when failure to do so can result in loss of life and property. That was the fatal flaw in Navy operations during this period. As with most airplane accidents, there is usually a chain of events that leads to downfall. In this case the critical issues included failure to notify Captain McVay that a Japanese submarine was operating in his area of transit, using assumptions rather than actual reports to plot a ships position, failure by the losing command (Marianas) to confirm the ship had arrived in port, false reporting of her arrival by the gaining command (Leyte), failure of the gaining Port Director to report and investigate the ship being overdue, and failure of three independent radio monitoring stations to report the ship's distress signal (one station commander was drunk, another did not wish to be disturbed, and the third thought it was a Japanese trick). These are command and control shortcomings which should not have existed this late in the war. The Sultana overcrowding may have been motivated by greed, but it was a general failure of command and control that allowed the disaster to happen.
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  3932. Are all cops in WV as fat as these two? If so, I'm amazed the house didn't sink when the SWAT team entered it.
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  3933. In 1960 McGuire AFB was independent of Fort Dix and Naval Air Station Lakehurst (site of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster). The joint base concept did not emerge until 2005 (I was briefly involved in the program). The three bases remained independent until 2009 when they became the first and only (as far as I know) tri-service joint base.
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  3934. It's aliens; I seen 'em.
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  3935.  @danielponiatowski7368  That's a great episode. My favorite scene was when he was hanging onto the turret for dear life as the tank chassis and turret swung back and forth trying to knock him off.
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  3936.  @danielponiatowski7368  It's too bad YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter jails don't let the inmates talk with each other. Think of what a blast that would be. As for vehicle restoration work, I'm completely unqualified to do it. I'm about to replace the fuel pump on my 47 Willys CJ2a, and though it is a simple job, I'll likely cock it up. Wish me luck.
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  3937. It was aliens. I seen em! From Mars? No, Haiti , I think.
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  3938. Indy, was your statement "self-assertion in a world where the individual was swallowed by the collective" a quote from the author or an original thought? Either way, it speaks volumes about the failings of all societies where the individual becomes subsumed by the state.
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  3939. Compared to Stalin's Workers' Paradise (aka Hell), Tito's Paradise was more like Purgatory.
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  3940.  @kazoranzo3984  I don't know where you live, but if it is in eastern Europe, please explain in what way you had it better than those living in the west.
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  3941.  @kazoranzo3984  I can't speak with any authority for western Europe, but from what I've read and witnessed over the past 50 years, I would tend to agree with you. They have grown soft and decadent, thanks in large part to being protected by the USA against any potential Soviet aggression for half a century. But it's more than that. Each of the European democracies has adopted some form of socialism to one degree or another, and this always appears to work at first, before it begins to falter and fail. As the late Margaret Thatcher used to say, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Sustainability is only one of its problems. Government guarantees of jobs, wages, work hours, healthcare, and retirement sound great in theory but they tend to dis-incentivize people. Why work harder or better than the next guy if you aren't suitably rewarded for your extra effort? When the quality of work degrades, the resultant product or service degrades as well, so the economy slows to the point that it begins to contract. Socialism contains another trait that most Americans detest - centralized, overbearing bureaucracy and its accompanying regulations. Socialism cannot coexist with people who prefer freedom of choice. Not everyone wants to be told what is best for them and forced to comply with the dictates of the faceless, unaccountable bureaucrats who produce nothing but consume much. I don't know what your life is like today in the former Yugoslavia, but I do know that life here in America was and remains much better than you ever had it under Tito. To be blunt, he was a hard-nosed dictatorial butcher who understood the only way to keep such a disparate group of people united under one government was to be ruthless. He also knew he could not trust the Soviet Union. They were even bigger butchers. He held his country together through a combination of collective fear of a Soviet invasion and intimidation by his secret police. He also experimented with a degree of of localized power and limited forms of free enterprise. It served more as relief valve to prevent the lid blowing off the country while he was alive and in charge. Once he died, the facade disintegrated and much of the country resorted to internecine warfare. Things seem to have settled down now, so perhaps your seven "new" countries can cooperate with each other better than they ever did when somebody was always trying to take control of all of them. Getting back to the topic of western Europe, I think perhaps their greatest blunder since the World Wars was allowing the European Union to replace much of their native sovereignty. As with Yugoslavia, you can't expect such a mix of cultures and national identities to operate as one well-oiled machine. To do so requires sacrificing individual identity and freedom to an ever increasingly powerful and centralized bureaucratic apparatus. I do not think it will end well for Europe if they continue along their current course. In the USA we foresaw the problem of overbearing centralized government at the founding of our republic and adopted the concept of federalism (dividing power among national, state, and local government). Even so, for at least 100 years now there have been many efforts at the national level to consolidate powers they do not legally possess. Many of us have long fought a rearguard action to forestall going the way of Europe or the USSR, but it's a battle of mind over heart that must be won with each succeeding generation of youth. When people are young their passion tends to override their reason, which is why socialism has so much appeal for them. But we continue to fight these false ideologies and offer a better way if people will only take the time to listen and think. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
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  3942.  @kazoranzo3984  There is nothing worn out about truth. Man is born in a free state and desires to retain it. This is why the USA was founded and continues to thrive. Just look at the millions of people who try to immigrate here each year, both legally and illegally. You asked me to look at the poor people living in out cities, but you did not ask me to look at anyone else. Break each city down by neighborhood and you find some areas suffer while others thrive. Overall, most of the cities are doing quite well. A few are not. The few major cities experiencing major economic problems have one thing in common. They have been run by socialist minded Democrats for decades. I should say ruled rather than run because they are practically one-party states. The voters in those metropolitan areas always have a choice. They can allow the situation to degenerate further, they can relocate to another city or state, or they can change their political views and their leaders to ones who offer better alternatives. A good example of failed cities is Detroit, Michigan. It was run by left leaning Democrats for 60 years and it went from being the best city in Ameirca to being a toilet. Over 60% of the population left. The citizens willingly chose this path and they paid the price for it. They believed the lies of politicians who kept telling them everything was the fault of big business and the banks, so they voted men into office who wanted to provide abundant social services to the people by overtaxing and over-regulating the industries that had made their city great. When it got to be too much, these businesses either collapsed o relocated to friendlier climates. So yes, it very much is the fault of the citizens; they brought these troubles on themselves. You say banks rip people off. If this were true, why would anyone use a bank? If you are referring to the loan market, again we only have to look first at government to find the cause of loan failures. In the 1960s our Congress created two programs called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the purpose of which was to make it easier for people to qualify for loans. This was accomplished by the government promising the loaning institutions that it would guarantee their loans if the borrowers defaulted. Over the years the government kept lowering the requirements to qualify for loans. This alarmed many lending institutions because they believed much of the money was going to people who could not possibly pay them back. The government told them to lend the money anyway. A few institutions did take full advantage of the new guidelines and made loans that in earlier times would never have been authorized. It all came to head around 2007 when the market bubble collapsed. The American taxpayer wound up having to bail out the banks that some said were "too big to fail". I'd prefer to see them fail. When they do, somebody else, who is smarter and leaner, will come along to replace them. It's the same with the automobile industry. The government bailed out GM. This was a mistake. They too should have been allowed to fail. Rewarding people for doing a poor job is always a bad idea. But you would be mistaken if you believe these are examples of free enterprise. They are not. They are examples of crony capitalism, a system where the government picks the winners and losers instead of the natural market place deciding. You claim our courts are unjust. How so? If somebody believes he has been falsely convicted, there is an appeals process that can go from the state appellate court to the state supreme court to the federal appellate court and the US Supreme Court. Few people receive the maximum penalty for any crime of which they are convicted. Many plea bargain to a lesser charge. I personally don't approve of plea bargaining. I'd rather the government go forward with its charges or drop them if they think their case is weak. If your claim is that we put too many people in prison, I would agree. Most of them are there because of some sort of drug related charge. Drug abuse is a serious issue that we are still grappling with. Our courts have not been unjust in dealing with these offenders, but they have become overcrowded, so the wheels of justice have slowed. I would agree that is unfair to all parties involved. You state our education system is bad. Well, it has been better. Public education (not private) has gotten steadily worse over the past 60 years because it is no longer a local issue. When our nation was formed we did not have a federal Department of Education. The US Constitution never recognized this as a federal power, but reserved it to the states and local communities. It was under this original concept that we were able to educate nearly our entire population for close to 200 years. In the 1960s there was a clash between the states and the feds over religion being taught in schools and public school integration. The federal courts became involved and judges began removing all references to faith and ordering desegregation plans without regard to neighborhood schools. This latter move proved to be a terrible idea because students were now spending hours riding on buses to schools across town simply in order to achieve some judge's notion of what constituted a proper balance of races in each school. Many parents became quite angered and pulled their children from the public school system and put them in private schools. The quality of public schools began to drop. In response, Congress created the Department of Education, and like any good bureaucracy, they began issuing general edicts to schools across the nation, without regard to what the states desired. Failure to comply would result in the loss of federal aide money. Schools learned that if they failed students or kicked them out then their federal aide money would be cut, so they lowered their standards and now produce graduates who cannot read or comprehend at the level their grandparents could. In case you haven't noticed, all of the problems you identified have either been caused by or exacerbated by government interference. Left alone to solve their own problems, people have an amazing ability to do just that. The Founders understood this, which is why on each U.S. coin appears the phrase "E pluribus unum" - from the many, the one. It speaks to the fact that while we do not share the same ethnicity, race, religion, or origin, we do share a common bond, a belief in individual liberty. In a country as large and diverse as ours, the only other thing that binds us is our common language and shared understanding of our history. Trying to find one answer to fit us all will never work, but that's how a bureaucrat sees it. He cannot envision it any other way, for to do so would put him out of a job.
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  3943.  @kazoranzo3984  I doubt anyone ever accused Tito of being dumb, but I believe he had your people snookered. You may consider him fatherly, but a good father does not murder or incarcerate the children who disagree with him. I do think he was a product of his age, an age that endured tremendous suffering regardless of who was in charge at any given time. All he ever knew was that brutal repression worked. Perhaps being under the heel of the Soviet Union, there was no kinder, gentler course to follow. Look what happened when Hungary and Czechoslovakia tried. Perhaps Tito really believed there was a third way, one that blended aspects of communism with democratic ideals. But it isn't true. If it had been, his ideas would have survived him. They did not. As for my own country, it was not the banks that created Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, nor were they the driving force behind their creation. It was the U.S. Congress, the same Congress that created Medicare and Medicaid, both programs that the medical community strenuously opposed. But once programs are forced on the general public by our elected officials, everyone looks for a way to benefit from them. The only other option is to go out of business. In time some companies learned how to profit from these programs. Some did so honestly; other proved to be less than scrupulous. Our leaders were warned of these dangers, but they saw the programs as sacred cows that guaranteed them votes come reelection time. I don't think that Fanny and Freddie were originally conceived as pyramid schemes, only because I don't think our leaders are bright enough to conceive them that way. What many of them are is too dumb to grasp the basics of economics. They simply don't care. They are always focused on the next election, not the next generation. As a result, I will grant you that we have quite a few politicians who are easily swayed by the lure of money and power. This is one reason why I support both term limits and the ability for the state to recall its senators. Neither of these conditions exists and I'll try to explain why. In 1913 the States and Congress ratified the Sixteenth Amendment to our Constitution. It was written specifically to invalidate a Supreme Court ruling in 1895 that had made a nationwide income tax impossible because it violated the Constitution. The new taxing authority granted by this amendment was sold to the American public as being one that would only apply to the super wealthy. Greed and envy being what they are, the public lapped up the idea despite warnings that they too could be subject to such a tax someday. Too few people heeded this warning, and our federal government was handed a blank check. This government has been growing ever since, despite the fact that for over 50 years now it has been writing checks the public treasury can never cover. I fear it's an economic time bomb that will someday go off and adversely affect the entire world's economy. You would think that because the situation is so dire, our Congress would pass a balanced budget law. They did; then they proceeded to ignore it. As long as they can keep writing those checks, then most of them are guaranteed jobs for life. Two months after the 16th Amendment was ratified, the 17th Amendment was ratified. It fundamentally changed the balance of power between the federal government and the state governments, disrupting our system of federalism by weakening the power of the various States. It did so by removing from the state legislatures the power to choose their U.S. Senators, and gave that power directly to voters in each state. This meant that the Senators no longer represented the interests of their state government. They were now immune from the state government and could chart their own independent course from Washington, DC. Their interests soon coexisted with those of the federal government. It is an unholy alliance to be sure. Until we fix the fundamental problems with these two amendments, I don't see how we can ever reign in their abuses of power and spending. Regarding your comments about education, I agree. A big part of the solution is getting the federal government out of education and returning that power to the states and the local citizenry where it rightfully belongs. As for drugs, some people resort to it to escape misery, others to escape boredom. It's the same with alcohol Opportunities for a better life existed before these people resorted to using drugs and alcohol. The cure for this is not a job; it is a spiritual awakening. This won't happen as long as the government provides them a crutch in the form of free housing and free food. I've watched some of these bums spend their federal credit cards (yes, that's what they give them now) on tobacco, alcohol, and junk food. There is no accountability for them. If they didn't have these crutches, they'd either sink or swim. As it is, they just float in their own sea of despair. You say the government does not care. Why should a bureaucrat care about anything other than his own family and satisfying his boss? They get paid regardless of what happens. They are almost never held accountable for anything, and the things they are accountable for need not be something positive. Have you ever met a bureaucrat who saw his mission as shrinking his department, his funding, and his authority? If my job is to get people off of welfare, I'd consider it a success if I worked myself out of a job. Somehow that never happens. Indeed, it always seems to go the other way - more power, more people, more authority. It's like a cancer that keeps on growing and spreading (remember that blank check). As for the war in Iraq, I participated in its planning and execution. You are wrong in your assumption that we knew they had no weapons of mass destruction. In fact we did find evidence of such programs, but much of it had been dismantled, buried, or sent to Iran. We invaded Iraq because we considered it a regional destabilizer and supporter of terrorism. So is Iran, but we thought we could use Iraq as counterweight to them. I believe we executed the war well, but went about reconstructing the county the wrong way. Saddam was a thug on the order of Stalin (a man he idolized). He ruled by fear and intimidation (sound familiar?). Once he was deposed, the ancient animosities that each group harbored against the other arose again with a vengeance. We made the mistake of thinking Iraq was a real country. It was no more real than Yugoslavia was. I believe we would have been wiser to have turned it into a loose confederation of member states that operated semi-autonomously rather than try to build a central government from the top down. But voices like mine were a minority that was never heeded. Maybe someday they'll sort out the mess, but it will take a very long time. In the meantime we have to contend with Iran. I doubt we will invade them, and I'd prefer we limit any attacks to those targets deemed most vital. They do need to be taught a lesson about engaging in acts of terrorism, but there's a right way and wrong way to go about this. Our ultimate goal should be to bring about a transition to a better government by alienating the Iranian people from their current government (easily achievable) and having them topple it from within. Outside attacks tend to have the opposite effect, bringing enemies together to face a common foe. I'm not sure I understand your last statement, but if you mean God and freedom are unrelated, I strongly disagree. Freedom is much more than being unchained from poverty or government oppression. One must be freed spiritually or he has gained nothing. To quote Milton, "The mind is its own place; it can make a hell of heaven or a heaven of hell".
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  3944.  @kazoranzo3984  The people of the Balkans were killing one another long before there was a USA. The First World War started there and we got dragged into in the last year of that bloody conflict. The seeds of World War Two were planted by the unfair peace treaty that followed, and the end of that horrible conflagration resulted in 44 years of Cold War. You are free to denigrate my country as much as you wish, but I will point out one fact you entirely overlooked. In 1945 the United States was by far the most powerful country in the world. Our nation did not suffer devastation at home, our economy was the strongest in the world and still growing, the Axis were smashed, Europe lay in ruin, England was broke, Japan was crushed, China was once again in civil war, and the USSR had no nuclear weapons with which to challenge us. We could have owned the world at that moment. Instead we did what Americans have traditionally done. We went home and turned our weapons back into plow shears, we financed the rebirth of Europe and Japan, we opposed communist aggression, and we even helped Yugoslavia remain autonomous from the Soviets. This is fact, not fancy. Hate us if you wish; you won't be the first or the last. But while you're doing that, try envisioning what the world would be like if Germany, Russia, China, or Japan were the dominant force on the planet, instead of us. We never asked for the job of world policeman, but we are the only nation capable of doing it. If you don't approve, offer a better way, not sophomoric lies that are easily dispelled. As the saying goes, walk a few miles in my moccasins. You'll acquire a better understanding of what we are trying to do, which is maintain some semblance of peace, freedom, and shared prosperity so we don't have a World War Three. It certainly isn't conquering the world (done that already) or entertaining ourselves with foreign wars (no nation kills for fun, and contrary to popular myth, there are much better ways to make a profit than fighting a war). I admit we are imperfect, as are all men and thus all nations. Every decision we make impacts somebody adversely. You can't please everyone. It is a thankless job, but the last time we walked away from it, WWII resulted. If in the end we fail and a disaster greater than the last world world results, it won't be for lack of trying to avoid it.
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  3945.  @mariocerin4105  Quite true, yet there still exist people who refuse to accept this simple fact.
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  3946. I once made a screw-on muzzle thread protector from a Ruger 10/22 front sight and indexed the barrel threads so that the front sight blade aligned properly with the rear sight when installed. Even if the threads were to wear over time, causing sight misalignment, this could be corrected with thin shims. I see no reason why this approach would not have worked on the P08. If the pistol was intended for clandestine use, this would have made more sense as a disguise than a simple front end cap sans sight blade.
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  3947. I'm an NRA Counselor and I agree with the rules you listed and the order in which you listed them. For anyone who doubts the most important rule is to always point the muzzle in the safest possible direction, I can attest to the fact that on more than one occasion I have had a firearm discharge during loading because of a defective part.
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  3948. Savannah smiles.
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  3949. No loss.
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  3950. You say that like it's a bad thing, mein herr.
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  3951.  @musicofDK  Anyone willing to eat his own body lice and wear the same clothes until they literally fall off of him must be one tough hombre.
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  3952. The gang bangers of the Roaring Twenties - good riddance to them all. One interesting detail of the group photo of the armed gang is that the three Thompson sub-machine guns appear to be sporting rare C- drums, each of which held 100 rounds of 45 ACP ammo.
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  3953. I use to tease my poor Canadian colleagues about (aboot?) being stuck with a man-child as their PM. Now they get to tease me for having a senile old fool as our President. Damned karma.
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  3954. When it comes to Allen wrenches, I only buy the long ones with a ball driver on the long end. I've got a dozen or so different sets, but Bondus has been the best so far.
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  3955. This officer sounds like a smerf.
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  3956. Tried to order the AMC patch for my brother (former C-141 nav) but it's sold out. Nor did I receive a 10% discount confirmation email or text when I signed up for Bunker Branding. I don't expect you to deal with it while you're sick. Get well first, Ryan, then I'll continue my bellyaching once you are feeling better.
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  3957. He arrested her on the curtilage of her home without a warrant. This in itself is an unconstitutional act. She also needs a better lawyer.
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  3958. Location, location, location.
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  3959.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  True, and it's one of the larger German pig boats!
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  3960. Reminds me of how the Communists penetrated American unions between the wars. They were far less successful there than they have been in our education, entertainment, and news industries.
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  3961. There's a sucker born every minute. YouTuber TIKhistory probably said it best. In order for you to fall for a cult, you have to close your mind to reason. If they can get you to reject reason, they can get you to reject reality. If you reject reality, they can get you to believe whatever they want, at which point you’ll put the money in the hat.
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  3962. I've been using Power Service Diesel supplement in my tractor for years here in Montana. It's never failed me. However, I'm willing to switch to Hot Shot's or Peak once I run out of PSD.
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  3963. I'm on a monthly recurring credit card donation plan because I think those who do not remember history will repeat the errors of the past, plus it's fun and informative. If you are reading my comment, I hope you will join me. Even $5 a month helps, especially if we all chip in.
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  3964.  @ricksundberg5659  Thanks for the clarification. I noticed in the video he stated the judge executive did not have the authority to issue a warrant and appeared to be as much in the dark as anyone else. Unfortunately, a lot of folks who post comments here have something akin to a lynch mob mentality and are extremely distrustful of any government agency. They are not willing to wait for more facts to come to light before passing judgment.
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  3965. I once nearly managed to tip a cow over all by myself. We were living in a building next to our new home while it was under construction. The building was bordered on one side by a fairly steep hill. This did not prevent a neighbor's cow from stopping by one day to relieve herself by the window. She then moseyed over to the side door, which I quickly swung open and yelled at her. Startled, the bovine stumbled over and fell partway down the hill before recovering her balance and walking off. She never did return.
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  3966. Well, that's one way to get rid of poor judges. Call it the White Castle Doctrine.
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  3967. The eagle has landed - well, crash-landed.
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  3968. With any luck, Hasbro will become Has-been.
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  3969. For a guy suffering the onset of dementia, he appears more cogent and alert than these cops.
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  3970. If paranoia was energy, this episode could power the world.
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  3971. Is gravity affecting my head differently from my feet? Wouldn't the Earth have to be accelerating in order to have a gravitational effect on me?
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  3972. Why is that?
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  3973.  @benwilson6145  That's what I meant, but your statement is more accurate.
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  3974. Out-of-work drum majors gotta eat too, you know.
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  3975. Both funny and pathetic.
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  3976. I haven't been in Hong Kong since 1989, but the people back then were great and I suspect they still are. I doubt the UK could handle the influx of three million Hong Kong expats, but collectively, with the help of Taiwan, the US, and other English speaking countries, it could be done - assuming the CCP doesn't put a lid of the mass exodus first.
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  3977. The future of every Glock? :face-pink-tears:
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  3978. I want to hear the views of his alter ego, Yin.
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  3979. Indy won't be presenting the new postwar episodes. That is a bummer. Since The Great War Channel is kaput, does this mean our patreon pledges automatically stop or do we need to cancel them?
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  3980. 45 tons seems a might heavy for an IFV. Other than that, I see no major issues.
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  3981.  @jimflick7564  I never said it was a 7-11.
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  3982.  @STho205  I think we are in violent agreement. Under my concept a state could split in two if one section joins another state or if two other states agree to merge. The Constitution does not allow DC to become a state, bu I'm sure there are those who will try to do it anyway. The desire to make the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, etc. states is nothing more than a cnyical power play by one political party to retain permanent hegemony over American politics.
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  3983.  @lisahinton9682  Nope.
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  3984.  @STho205  This is why I recommend an amendment to allow the subdivision or fusion of adjoining states, but only if the total remains fifty. Your comment about the splitting of WV from Virginia is not the only example of possible Constitutional abuse. All amendments to the Constitution require ratification by 3/4 of the states. From my own analysis it appears the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments fell just short of this requirement, but were incorporated into the US Constitution anyway. Feel free to check my math.
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  3985.  @-oiiio-3993  There's a couple of reasons. Congress has grown from 26 Senate members and 65 House members to 100 senate members and 435 House members. That's nearly a sixfold increase in size. The bigger Congress gets, the more unwieldy it becomes. The likely result of an ever expanding Congress is diluted power for the members. Politics abhors a vacuum and I have little doubt the Executive and Judiciary branches will gladly assume more unelected and unconstitutional authority if the opportunity presents itself. We have enough problems with the current size of Congress, so any growth in the number of states will be done for purely partisan reasons in a bid to gain permanent hegemony over the opposing party.
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  3986.  @goodun2974  Neither do the American territories. Actually, DC does have representation in Congress and they are allowed to vote on committees but they cannot cast votes on bills brought to the floor for passage. DC also votes for three electors as part of the electoral college. Part of the problem is DC residents appear to want to have their cake and eat it, meaning they want voting reps in Congress but they don't want to become residents of either Maryland or Virginia and pay state taxes, nor does the DC political machine want to fall under another state's governmental control. I suspect the DC politicians would be more than happy to become their own city-state, but that flies in the face of American tradition and the Constitution. I can just see every other American city with an equal or larger population demanding the same status. That should bring us up to about 70 states.
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  3987.  @STho205  I, for one, do not want a Constitutional Convention. Nobody knows what will come out of it, but I doubt it will be anything more elegant than came from the last convention - and even that required ten amendments before it could get ratified.
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  3988.  @goodun2974  America has never been a democracy. it has always been a representative republic, which is an extremely important distinction. In a democracy the will of the majority can crush the desires and rights of the minority. The whole reason for states having an equal voice in the Senate is to serve as a counterbalance to larger states that otherwise could use their simple majority to impose their will on the minority. This was the fear of smaller states in the 18th century and is one of the reasons the Constitution was written to create a representative republic. The fear remains justifiable today for any small population state. One potential way to circumvent this safeguard is to create enough like-minded mini-states to allow one political party to control all of Congress. The desire to turn DC into a state serves this ulterior motive. You say there are states today with smaller populations than DC, but that was not the case when these states were created. Indeed, if population is the only pertinent factor (it isn't), then why not make every state the same size? If there are roughly 330 million citizens, then each state should have 6.6 million residents unless you want to create more or fewer states. In this case, adjust the state boundaries accordingly to maintain parity. Now that's being fair and democratic.
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  3989. I use JB Weld a lot. A friend hooked me on it many years ago when he patched a leak in his car muffler joint. The pipe was rusting, so a new leak appeared periodically. He patched each one until the JB Weld completely encircled the pipe. The JB Weld never gave way. A finish carpenter once showed me the trick to using Gorilla and similar glues, at least on wood, is to create a thin occlusive seal. This is accomplished by compressing the parts together under pressure, thus forcing the glue into the grain. Otherwise you won't have a thin strong seal. You'll just have thick surface adhesion. This may not help with metal since it isn't very porous.
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  3990. I remember the C-130A crash. There is horrific video of it. I had no idea the Privateers soldiered on so long.
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  3991. @@mikearnold7982 Congress overrode the President's veto and authorized early payment of the bonuses, however I don't know if that was a symbolic act or if they ever did receive the payments. As an aside, the two veterans killed during the riot, William Hushka and Eric Carlson, were shot by Officer George Shinault of the DC Metropolitan Police Department. Seventeen days later Officer Shinhault was himself gunned down while responding to a report of a fight.
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  3992. I wasn't aware Superman was English.
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  3993. Barking mad.
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  3994. As goes New Jersey, so goes America! Is that a body in your car trunk?
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  3995. I was always told by family and friends in the 101st that the 82nd was speed bumps.
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  3996. There is enough history available on this ship that you could have spend a nice hour on the Gneisenau.
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  3997.  @gotsloco1810  Bright moonlight can be a double-edged sword as it also exposes a surfaced submarine. Subs would try to position themselves so avoid silhouetting or exposure to reflected moonlight, but when approaching a shoreline this was not always possible. Additionally, a darkened ship can blend into a dark shoreline. Another consideration was shore bombardment. Early in WWII (21 June 42) a Japanese sub tried to bombard a Ft Stevens, OR but was foiled by a general blackout and the refusal/failure of the fort commander to return fire and thus reveal the position of his guns. On this night there was a first quarter moon that was 45.69% illuminated (a full moon is 100% illuminated).
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  3998. It is now. When he was born it was part of Prussia, but it's also been part of Silesia, Poland, and a few other states. That's Europe for you.
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  3999. I've never been to the city or even eastern Europe. Someday I hope to see it.
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  4000. During the cold war, most anything behind the Iron Curtain was East Bloc (Warsaw Pact). To us, Germany was central Europe. What constitutes the dividing line today?
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  4001. Time to pull out a map :)
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  4002. Didn't you do a similar video a few years back on the Ralph Nader/Chevrolet Corvair controversy?
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  4003. Daibes and the city council look like casts member from Goodfellas or The Sopranos.
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  4004. CBS? Never heard of them.
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  4005. "Hey man, don't mess with my wa."
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  4006. Those with discriminatin' tastes only watch Curly episodes...nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
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  4007. That is one butt ugly airplane, but it sure earned its stripes.
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  4008. I think it's the platypus.
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  4009. I suggest the truck driver file a lawsuit against the county for creating the situation that is putting him through mental hell.
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  4010. "Every shotgun is a special snowflake." I've never heard it stated more succinctly.
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  4011. Now if only they could read a map and compass or start a fire to heat their canteen cup of cocoa. Man, am I showing my age.
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  4012. As a kid growing up in rural Florida I remember seeing outhouses with Sear's catalogs and corn cobs in them. In the case of the cobs, they were normally left to soak in an old coffee can or pail full of water so they would be soft and playable. If not soaked, they were literally "rough as a cob". Once used, they were tossed down the "corn hole".
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  4013. It's the flying sub from the Seaview.
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  4014. A giant squid ate my schooner.
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  4015. GM, proving Brewster isn't the only company capable of building worthless aircraft.
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  4016.  @kirtliedahl  It would still be a million to one shot.
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  4017. I loved taking Latin in high school except when I had to read or write it.
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  4018. I thought he was one of the jeep drivers in "The Rat Patrol".
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  4019. My only complaint with Das Boot was the time period being 1942. The Allies had not yet gained the upper hand so it is unlikely the submarine would have endured as many trials as was portrayed here. 1944 would have been a different story.
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  4020. Makes most US destroyers of that period look like sea slugs. Only the Gridley class destroyers such as the USS Maury (DD-401) appear to have been close to this speed regime.
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  4021.  @writerconsidered  I don't follow your meaning.
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  4022.  @tibbygaycat  That's what Simon claimed the Puritans believed. Of course, if the individual progressive is an atheist, his motivation will be based on this notion instead of the commercialization and entertainment aspect, but the effect is the same. For those who argue separation of church and state, I must point out such a concept is not in the US Constitution, nor was it ever intended to be. Out Constitution merely forbids the states from creating or funding particular churches. Therefore the central legal argument would be whether or not announcing a state or federal holiday constitutes support for a church (note, I did not say faith or religion). It can be reasonably argued that long after this nation was created we had no federal govenrment sanctioned holidays, yet somehow people celebrated them. Perhaps we should return to this concept and cancel everyone of them. This won't have any adverse effect on those who wish to celebrate a particular holiday unless their boss won't let them take that day off. This happens with many jobs anyway. I suspect most states will still declare the holidays to be official, in which case somebody will challenge their laws all the way to the Supreme Court. I can just see the SCOTUS in the unenviable role of the judge in "Miracle and 42nd Street". It should prove instructional and entertaining. Maybe the Post Office can help :)
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  4023.  @writerconsidered  Thanks.
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  4024.  @writerconsidered  I was explaining that the words "separation of church and state" are not in the US Constitution. It is a paraphrased comment made by Jefferson. As for the First Amendment, you only mentioned one word and used it out of context. The applicable phrase is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". The founders were concerned about those states which had state sponsored churches. They didn't want the federal government to mimic them, so they forbade the practice at the federal level. By 1833 the last state sponsored church was disestablished. However, it wasn't until the solidification of the concept of incorporation (applying the Bill of Rights to the states) under the 14th and 15th Amendments that the practice by states was constitutionally made null and void. Despite this change in legal thinking, blue laws continued well into the 20th century. We had them in my hometown when I was growing up. It is impossible to remove faith from our society and government without completely destroying both. The USA was founded as a Christian nation and built on Christian principles of its forefathers. This is a well documented fact. It has survived this long because of its continued, albeit somewhat diminished, Judeo-Christian ethics. With them we are challenged; without them we are lost.
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  4025. Except those which are lawful, such as your name, ID, insurance, and registration. Failure to do so will end with your arrest.
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  4026.  @katamas832  Each state has its own laws on this topic, and failure to answer basic questions at a traffic stop can land you in jail. The most popular reason for such arrests is the charge of "obstruction". Such charges are typically dropped by the DA unless the officer can show strong justification for them. You can sue, but it is doubtful you will win because of the SCOTUS invented concept of qualified immunity for civil servants.
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  4027.  @katamas832  As I said, the laws on this vary by state. Some laws are vague, some only apply to the driver, some apply to passengers as well. I've looked up the Montana statutes and they are vague. This gives the cop and the courts some latitude on interpretation that they might not have otherwise. If you are arrested for obstruction, there is a good chance the DA will not prosecute, but that leaves you in limbo with regard to a lawsuit. Yes, you can file one, but even if you win, what will it cost you and what will be the reward? How long will it take? Expect the city or state to appeal. Some people do win, but most do not. You are better off answering the most basic and pertinent questions. This will actually strengthen your case if the officer keeps pressing and harrying for non-pertinent information that you refuse to provide.
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  4028. Putting the butt in ugly.
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  4029. The birth of the US Space Force? Time will tell . . . unless the space commandos travel back in time and change everything.
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  4030. The Russians have been threatening nuclear war off and on since the 1950s. I'm beginning to think they're all mouth.
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  4031. He's being a good little communist, abusing dialectics since 1917.
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  4032. So Palestinians have more gun rights than Israelis?
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  4033. God bless America, warts and all.
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  4034. Regarding the USS Roper's rescue of survivors of the torpedoed steamer, the ship was actually the SS City of New York. According to uboat.net, "One of the passengers was Desanka Mohorovicic, the pregnant wife of an attaché to the Yugoslav consulate in New York, who travelled [sic] with her daughter Vesna. Luckily the ship’s surgeon, Leonard Hudson Conly, had followed her into the same boat and delivered the baby in the bottom of the lifeboat that was tossed about in 15 foot waves, even though he himself had two broken ribs." The name New York must have an ominous one, for a different ship, the British registered coastal steamer New York, was torpedoed and sunk in October of 1942. Tragically, many of her survivors were lost the next day when one of the rescue ships, HMS Veteran, was sunk with the loss of all hands while attempting to rescue some of the New York's survivors.
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  4035. The morale, and therefore the combat effectiveness, of Italian units varied greatly in WWII. When the Allies encountered pro-fascist forces, they proved to be a tough nut to crack. But there was great dissension among the troops, and when Italy capitulated, antifascist Italians warred with pro-fascist Italian and German troops. As the Germans showed us, Italy is well suited to protracted defensive warfare. German troops, augmented by pro-fascist Italian support in northern Italy did not end their resistance until a week before Germany surrendered. Even after American troops moved into northern Italy, it was obvious the pro-Austrian people of the region would not readily submit to Allied rule if it meant remaining under Italian control. It would take years to extinguish the flames of animosity and hatred, but today it is largely overlooked and forgotten history.
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  4036. Geez, now I'm afraid to get in the bathtub.
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  4037.  @jeffwalther3935  I'm glad you got something worthwhile out of Hemingway. I never thought the man could write worth a damn (and apparently his editors agreed). Too much angst and self-pity for my tastes. I feel the same way about Hamlet (the character, not Shakespeare's prose). I do think George C. Scott's portrayal of a tormented painter in "Island In the Stream" did capture the essence of the author. The supporting players were superb as well.
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  4038.  @jeffwalther3935  I read enough Hemingway in high school and college. Usually his film adaptations were poor hack jobs, but that was his choice.
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  4039. Never mix inbreeding with law enforcement.
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  4040. What, no mention of Tatars?
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  4041.  @TimeGhost  My mistake, you do mention Tatar raids at 5:28. I should have been more specific. I'd like to know how much influence the Tatars had on Ukraine's history. My understanding is today they compose a very tiny minority in Crimea, but were they ever a significant group in the area or did the Cossack dominate Ukrainian history? I guess I've viewed the Tatars the way I have viewed the American Indian, as an opposing force that temporarily delayed the expansion and development of North America, while having a lasting influence on the culture.
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  4042. In the 1980s I was living in San Antonio when Henry B. Gonzalez, a fossilized New Deal Democrat (in spirit), was still our district's Congressman. A close friend of mine who was a class 3 dealer, came up with a great slogan for Henry's Republican challenger. "Get Henry B. out of the House and into a home". He loved it and had a bunch of bumper stickers printed up. He still lost to Gonzalez, but it was the first time a Republican had gotten 30% of the vote in Henry's district, so there's always hope. Maybe Brandon needs a similar slogan. How about "Make RINOs an endangered species again; vote for Herrera".
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  4043. Yes, that briefing was "barley" credible. 😁
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  4044. That was very Illyrianating.
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  4045.  @richardb4313  I can't answer your question with any certainty. My expertise is centered more around the Mideast, with some knowledge of European and Asian affairs. My knowledge of politics south of the border is more limited. My best guess is they don't want their Air Force to degrade any further than it has since the Falkland War. Today's friend may be next year's enemy. New Zealand and Iceland have the USA to protect them, so they can afford to be lax for now.
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  4046.  @richardb4313  Yes, skills are very perishable and can take years to reacquire, often at the cost of much blood and treasure.
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  4047.  @commie5211  I don't know why you cried BS. Nothing I said contradicts your claims unless you mean China is a dependable parts and technical support partner. I have seen no evidence of this. Any technically competent country can develop its own internal support capability or arms industry without external aid, but few countries outside of Europe, Israel, and Japan have the necessary base to do so, which is why they are vulnerable to supply chain disruption and foreign influence. India has the potential to be self-reliant, but for decades chose to import most of its arms. That attitude is changing as China becomes an ever greater threat to them.
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  4048.  @commie5211  That can be said of China and Russia as well. Have you ever heard of the Ilyushin Il-62, the most dangerous jetliner in the world? India is in the process of improving its economic, social, and military status in the world. It has the necessary elements to succeed, but how well it does remains to be seen. Meanwhile, China has already peaked and is now facing a multitude of economic, political, and military challenges. Its one-man rule is perhaps its greatest weakness at present.
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  4049.  @zeitgeistx5239  Show me where I said this.
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  4050. On the bright side, Boomers will be well preserved after death.
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  4051. Love the globe.
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  4052. Nothing to see here, folks. I beg to differ.
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  4053. Sic semper tyrannis
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  4054. You needn't. I'm retired Air Force and find the origami emblem both silly and offensive. We should be using our official cap insignia because it represents our nation and not just the USAF.
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  4055.  @bf1255  Grunts, you can shoot 'em, but you can't eat 'em.
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  4056.  @rcknbob1  Any well-seasoned USAF officer is savvy enough to know you always hold the umbrella in your left had while keeping your man purse securely strapped over your right shoulder, thus freeing that hand for rendering n snappy salutes.
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  4057.  @ShiningSakura  You are probably right.
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  4058.  @marlonmoncrieffe0728  Hoffer was an American 20th century author and philosopher. I agree with him. I've lived long enough to see the corruption of nearly every institution I used to believe and trust.
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  4059. That which does not destroy us makes us colder.
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  4060. At 3:57 you state the plasma cloud was moving 450 km per second. At 5:59 you state the particles are moving at .15% the speed of light (which is the same as 450 km per second), and that satellites placed at L1 can "provide up to an hour of warning time." The sun is 149,600,000 km from the Earth. Traveling at 450 km per second it should take over 92 hours for these particles to reach Earth. Based on this information, I presume the satellites are relatively close to Earth.
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  4061. Stainless steel cajones.
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  4062. Most of the information in this video is dated, incomplete, or inaccurate. I expected much better from FH.
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  4063.  @FORGOTTENHISTORYCHANNEL  Then post an update with the correct information.
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  4064. "How we can re-imagine it into what we need it to be." Is this not a fitting description of man's unending quest to interpret that agreed upon error we call history?
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  4065. I presume the Hollywood elite have never heard the story of the Good Samaritan or else they reject it as pure fable because it does not fit their destructive mantra. My brother fears Siaka may never get another acting gig. I say he doesn't need to act; he needs to get into politics where he can do some real good.
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  4066. I've seen cops shoot perps, but never skin them.
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  4067.  @vanceb1  If only we could relive such moments in our lives. Then again, we might step in it.
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  4068. Tanks!
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  4069. What happened to Venezuela's plan to invade and seize northern Guyana? Did their troops get lost?
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  4070. I truly praise her courage but damn her tactics.
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  4071. I don't carry my firearm; it carries me. ;-)
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  4072. Give the task to Elon Musk. I'm sure he'll knock out a warp drive ship in a couple of years and make it look cooler than his sports cars.
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  4073. Brownsea Island? You mean the birthplace of the Boy Scouts? How appropiate, for it is another institution that has been destroyed by wokeness.
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  4074. Regarding Admiral Earnest King's reaction after reading a surprising detailed newspaper account of enemy ships involved in the fight, here's a bit more detail. King read the story in the Washington Times-Herald, but it originated in the Chicago Tribune. Like King, FDR was infuriated by the printing of such extremely sensitive information, so much so that he wanted to send Marines to secure the Tribune Tower building and arrest its publisher, Robert McCormick. Cooler heads prevailed, and while the subsequent investigation led to a grand jury investigation, the jury threw out the indictments against the Tribune, its reporter (Australian war correspondent Stanley Johnston), and the Tribune's managing editor (J. Loy "Pat" Maloney) after Navy Secretary Frank Knox refused to allow Navy cryptanalysts to testify. This action effectively nullified the case because these were the only men able to explain and confirm exactly what damage had been done to military operations by the information leak. Without their testimony, the entire matter was rendered mute. At the time this no doubt perplexed those involved in the case, but Knox was acting on the prudent advice of Admiral King, who had come to realize the Japanese had not changed their codes after Midway. This meant they were not aware we had broken them, therefore any public trial would greatly increase the chances of the Japanese discovering the underpinning reason why they were ambushed at Midway. It was far better for the war effort to let sleeping dogs lie. Admiral King, well known for his vindictive nature, had to settle for scuttling the promising career of one of his rising stars, Commander Morton Seligman, the wounded executive officer of the Lexington. King blamed him the most for the security lapse. Seligman was "beached" by direct interference of King and later passed over for promotion to captain. He retired in 1944, still suffering from the effects of his injuries, though the slight from King meant his career was over and he no doubt knew it. War claims all kinds of victims.
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  4075. Appropriate name for her.
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  4076.  @clifton4566  And hopefully learn something useful from it.
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  4077. No doubt the man was punch drunk from all the high fives the cops gave him. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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  4078. Any good economic model requires a demographic study, but what will the politicians do when the results of the study show that specific geographical locations and identifiable minority groups are over-represented in the risk group? Will they demand that the confiscatory laws and denial of rights be limited to only those people and locales? It actually has been tried in at least one major city.
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  4079.  @alonzoharris326  The dollar, like most currencies, relies on many different factors, oil being only one of them.
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  4080. I back the blue, but I don't back the black and blue.
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  4081. Brave cop going after a man with a shotgun at night and all you have is a pistol.
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  4082. Kennedy is witty and pugilistic. Can we clone him to replace all the squishes?
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  4083. I used to watch Tim Pool's program on YT, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine he really went off the deep end trying to justify Putin's action. It's the same with Tucker Carlson. These entertainers sometimes present a compelling narrative and sometimes they sound like complete loons. It defies logic.
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  4084. Is "Barley Credible" your CIA nom de plume?
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  4085. If memory serves me correctly, the officers of the 369th were white. Why was this fact omitted?
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  4086. I watched a program about the Hellfighters on PBS many years ago (late 1970s or early to mid 80s). Some of the officers and men who were still alive were interviewed for it. It was really quite interesting.
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  4087. I have never watched him, so I thought his last name was pronounced lemon, as in the fruit.
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  4088. Did we bomb the enemy propaganda apparatus during WWII?
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  4089. Go see the world anyway, but go armed.
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  4090. You have validated my faith in cheap saw blades.
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  4091.  @vermontaviator1248  My previous response is missing. I don't know the case numbers, the names of the individuals involved, or the towns in which the trials were held. Even if I did, I would not post the information on a public forum. I'm not sure what you are questioning. Is it that you don't believe my brother is a criminal attorney, that he ever represented someone who used a Hi Point in a homicide, or that any homicides have ever been committed with a Hi Point. The last question is easy to prove. Just search Hi Point and homicide. You'll find such cases do exist. As for the rest, you'll have to take my word on it. If prefer not to believe me, that is your choice, but it is a poor one.
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  4092. At 9:54 are you implying Hegel is a d#ck? 🤔
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  4093. I presume both Mr. Fudd and Daffy Dick were later arrested for their antics. I can well imagine how his insurance company is going to view his claim.
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  4094. When combining alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosive tempers, what could possibly go wrong?
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  4095. You, too, can be a millionaire. First, get a million dollars.
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  4096.  @aliensoup2420  Actually, that's what I did and now I qualify as a millionaire (unless you adjust for inflation). 😕
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  4097. I've got a first model S&W New Century Triple Lock in 455. Is there any way to tell if it was used in British Army or Navy service?
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  4098. This argument has been around for decades, going back to the Korean War. Unless the USAF intends to retire several hundred aircraft or recruit a lot more pilots and ground crews, it will be impossible to bring a light attack aircraft into the inventory in any significant numbers. With the constant improvement and growth of UAVs, it will be a hard sale. Another problem is that propeller driven aircraft are slow, so they must be based much closer to the fight. The Army and Marines would love that, but not the Air Force. We like our creature comforts.
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  4099. Why would we expect the universe to slow down as it expands? I thought the further away masses got from one another, the weaker would be the attractive force they have on each other.
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  4100.  @kirkjohnson9353  I thought the greater the mass of a body, the greater is the force of attraction to another body, but as those bodies move further apart, the less is the effect of this attraction. Are you saying there is a separate gravitational force at work?
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  4101. Vlad is bad.
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  4102. What happened to Rasputin? 😉
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  4103. Fine, Peter, let's stop buying clothes made in Bangladesh so nobody but ship breakers have jobs. Happy now?
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  4104. I grew up in Florida but now live in MT. I think Florida has a great governor, but there is a lot of political weeding needed from the state level on down. The governor just got rid of one corrupt DA in Hillsborough, so is there any chance these cops could be fired and the judge removed from the bench?
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  4105. KHANNNNN!!!!
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  4106. The Loco Wokos.
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  4107. Howdy from your southern neighbor in Montana.
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  4108.  @johnhenninger1980  Nope, and I don't care. He and Ted Turner are some of the big spread owners, but they do not normally mix with the hoi polloi - thank God!
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  4109. Well that fell somewhere between a clown car show and a goat rodeo.
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  4110. The old boy was prepared. First they said it, then he did it. DEPENDS, when you positively, absolutely have to go right now. I wonder if the officers were wearing theirs.
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  4111. My father's business partner served on a LSMR in the Navy during WWII. He was only 17 when they were ordered to the Pacific to participate in the planned land invasion of Japan. The entire crew was trained in small arms and hand-to-hand combat because their orders were to beach the ship, fire off all their rockets, then prepare to repel borders. As they were crossing the Panama Canal, word came that the US had just nuked Hiroshima. The war ended before they participated in what surely would have been the bloodiest battle of WWII, Operation Downfall.
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  4112. I've never seen swabbies wear high-top combat boots before, but it makes sense.
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  4113. It appears some of Lenin's useful idiots survived the gene pool liquidation and continued to propagate.
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  4114. No more Starbucks? Count me in.
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