Monday, April 02, 2018
Interviews with Veterans
This is one of my favorite veteran interviews. Mr. Mills responded to a notice I put out in NJ (when we lived there). He telephoned me one day and talked to me in this voice you hear on this video. He told me where he lived which was some distance away and asked if i could come to him. I said I could but I had some interview sessions set up in my town at an assisted living facility meeting room (Sparta) in the next week and if he could show up, please do. He said "Well, we need to get a move on this -- we (WWII vets) are dying like flies out here!"
I interviewed a lot of these heroes long before the official USA push to collect interviews for the National Archives. Actually, I got started with these interviews sometime after I left the corporate world. My first few attempts were with some Tin Can sailors from a group I joined from my own military experience. Once at an annual meeting of those veterans, I heard a man speak about that day of INFAMY, December 8, 1941. My initial response was the same as most of the sailors there (poor man, he is losing is mind).
Then Mr. Otto Schwarz explained his ship the USS Houston, was the flagship for the Asiatic Fleet and THEY were in Philippine waters when the coordinated attacks occurred across the Pacific. The international date line separated their calendar day to Monday, while the middle and Eastern Pacific were still Sunday. But by chronological time order, the attacks across the Pacific occurred in the same block of time. The other thing that startled me in Mr. Schwarz's talk was his mention of "The Bridge on The RIver Kwai". The Asiatic Fleet was destroyed along with the British and Australian and Dutch fleets in the Western Pacific and many of the survivors became slave labor for the famous "Death Railway" and "the bridge".
The Asiatic Fleet fully expected an attack. They were ready. They were prepared to battle the Japanese until help arrived from Pearl Harbor. That was the plan ... before December 7, 1941. The entire multinational force of Allied fleets in the Western Pacific only lasted about 3 months before resting on the bottom of the sea.
I respectfully asked Mr. Schwarz if I could visit him and help him get his slide show transferred with narration to a VHS tape. He agreed and the next five or six years as time permitted I interviewed him and his shipmates and eventually produced a DVD which is available from buzzcreek.com . From that point on, I interviewed veterans of all kinds every chance I had. A few are sampled for just a portion of the whole interview, like this one with Mr. Mills, and are placed on my youtube channel at www.me3tv.org .
Well --- now I have hundreds of DVDs in my collection (many of them these veteran interviews and some are duplicates of those sent to the National Archives - like the one for Mr. Mills). I need to find a GEEK who will transfer ALL my DVDs - maybe a thousand or more - to a set of external hard drives for posterity. Is there a Geek out there that would volunteer to do this for the benefit of owning a copy? or maybe for a small fee like $2 per disc to transfer? I provide the external drives.
Let me know. All my contact information is at www.savethecollards.com . After having this done, I plan to donate ALL my DVDs to the UWF Panhandle Archives where they will be cared for and anyone can reference them into the future.
https://www.youtube.com/user/me3tv/search?query=mills+wwii
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
I Was Reading --- and Then
I was reading -- and then .....
It was (is) a great book too.
By Sharman Burson Ramsey.
The book, Swimming with Serpents is historical fiction that evolves about the massacre at Fort Mims in 1813, just a few miles from here up the Tensaw River, North of Mobile - in Alabama. Awful Massacre. Over 500 victims and maybe a hundred of the Perpetrators, the Red Stick Creek Indians (Allied to the British (white people) to kill off the White Folk who were despoiling the Indian ways). Tecumseh from Ohio is a cousin to several of the Red Stick leadership among the Creeks. He stomps the earth when southern tribes balk at his admonition to kill all the white people. The great Mississippi River runs backwards, the earth shakes and village structures in North Alabama fall to the ground. Scientists tell us this was the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811, but the Prophet,Tenskwatawa, a brother to Tecumseh - was not having that explanation.
Blood affair. People were educated at Oxford on both sides of the conflagration. Family divisions. Brother and Sister and Aunt against Brother and Uncle and son. Godawful mess to sort out - even to this day. This is one of those un-highlighted events in history whose significance is the RESULTING HISTORY. Threatened citizens of Tennessee (including David Crockett and Sam Houston) joined with Andrew Jackson to come down to Alabama and erase the problem. Jackson in Pensacola. War of 1812 in progress. New Orleans. Florida becomes a US Territory. Jackson is Governor then President. Destin Florida and 30A become a condominium destination.
Indians never lived down the massacre and by 1835 they are well on their way to being deported (along with the US Allied tribes of the war, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and more) to the new frontier - Oklahoma. Well, not all of them. A large contingent remained (mostly from the White Sticks- the other side of the Creek Civil War). Generations of intermarriage with the evil usurpers puts genetic markers in every family here with roots back 100 to 150 years. The Seminoles: Well, they were formed up by many of the Redsticks that got away.
Disney gets a movie about Davy (Davy) Crockett and at the very start of the Disney series is an faux antique map of the Southern Frontier. A flaming arrow strikes the map just above Mobile - and the map burns. So ---that is all America remembers about Fort Mims.
I had just gotten through the massacre and was recovering with some of the characters in Ramsey's book, when my cat demanded I come to join Karen to watch Inspector Lewis - a BBC concoction of the uncivil murdering community of Oxford England.
I begin to wonder if the commanding enemies at Fort Mims were not immersed in the art of blood-thirst in the village of Oxford, in England. (Several of them, sons of Creek chiefs studied there) I've counted the deaths in Oxford associated with the murders in these connected series. The death rate in Detroit cannot hold a candle.
Lewis (detective inspector) is a spinnoff of the last episodes of Inspector Morse. After Lewis, the BBC went back to the young Morse and ran a whole other detective series based on the young Detective Morse (Endeavor). My cat and my wife LOVE this BBC series. I enjoy gathering the statistics from the episodes as the deaths in Oxford pile up - urging a satisfactory end to each episode with the guilty party undone.
Inspector Morse ran from 1987-2000 ( 13 years 33 episodes) - still not as prolific as America's PBS productions of Barney - but a good effort for the British).
Lewis ran from 2006-2015 for 43 episodes. Kevin Whatley is the promoted version of Lewis who was the sidekick to Morse in the prior series. Whatley is supported by Laurence Fox who is Detective Hathaway.
A character consistency of these detectives for all the series is their quirky depth of education; at Oxford usually and their preponderance for Opera and Wagner and Mozart and good wine and an occasional flare of deep wit regarding the philosophies of life. Not unlike my own preferences in music, Chopin and Ray Stevens and John Anderson. I wax philosophical as well and relate to their deep thoughts out of my education as an Agricultural Economist. It was UF (Florida), not Oxford, but still .... I am nearly always right regardless of my lack of an all convincing English Accent.
And the final series - still in production is ENDEAVOR, in which we return to the early years when Inspector Morse was just a detective - and NEVER appreciated. Endeavor is running now from 2012 - 2018 (22 episodes so far) and the dead continue to pile up in Oxford.
While the actors are important, they could be replaced by trained monkeys because the writers for these series are the heart of it. They build complex characters and plots that make the whole program an education and a pleasure to watch. I do sometimes miss the predictability of my other favorite detective show (of the American variety), Hawaii Five-Oh. The Brits always have someone posted at the back door and the suspect never escapes from that direction. Car chases are rare.
The British Accent could be improved. Sometimes, I need to watch these BBC productions with English captions because they cannot speak good clear English like the Indians can (from India).
When PBS is finally done with Barney, and have some money left over from the rights they pay BBC for good programming -- I'd like to introduce them to a stable of Southern writers who have magnificent stories to tell - set in our US South. The periods of pre-European, European Contact and Pioneer settlement are woefully under represented in the colorful history of America. Their works should begin populating good films and series for TV.
READING LIST
Sharmon Burson Ramsey
Gaylier Miller
Dr. Brian Rucker
Sharon D. Marsh
Brian Sullivan
Tommie Lyn
ALL REFERENCES at FORT MIMS Website
Death Statistics for Oxford England
MORE BOOKS - LOCAL AUTHORS
STUFF YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT
It was (is) a great book too.
By Sharman Burson Ramsey.
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| Fort Mims |
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| See Fort Mims? The fire arrow strikes THERE |
Indians never lived down the massacre and by 1835 they are well on their way to being deported (along with the US Allied tribes of the war, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and more) to the new frontier - Oklahoma. Well, not all of them. A large contingent remained (mostly from the White Sticks- the other side of the Creek Civil War). Generations of intermarriage with the evil usurpers puts genetic markers in every family here with roots back 100 to 150 years. The Seminoles: Well, they were formed up by many of the Redsticks that got away.
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| What we KNOW |
I had just gotten through the massacre and was recovering with some of the characters in Ramsey's book, when my cat demanded I come to join Karen to watch Inspector Lewis - a BBC concoction of the uncivil murdering community of Oxford England.
I begin to wonder if the commanding enemies at Fort Mims were not immersed in the art of blood-thirst in the village of Oxford, in England. (Several of them, sons of Creek chiefs studied there) I've counted the deaths in Oxford associated with the murders in these connected series. The death rate in Detroit cannot hold a candle.
Lewis (detective inspector) is a spinnoff of the last episodes of Inspector Morse. After Lewis, the BBC went back to the young Morse and ran a whole other detective series based on the young Detective Morse (Endeavor). My cat and my wife LOVE this BBC series. I enjoy gathering the statistics from the episodes as the deaths in Oxford pile up - urging a satisfactory end to each episode with the guilty party undone.
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| John Thaw - Morse |
Lewis ran from 2006-2015 for 43 episodes. Kevin Whatley is the promoted version of Lewis who was the sidekick to Morse in the prior series. Whatley is supported by Laurence Fox who is Detective Hathaway.
A character consistency of these detectives for all the series is their quirky depth of education; at Oxford usually and their preponderance for Opera and Wagner and Mozart and good wine and an occasional flare of deep wit regarding the philosophies of life. Not unlike my own preferences in music, Chopin and Ray Stevens and John Anderson. I wax philosophical as well and relate to their deep thoughts out of my education as an Agricultural Economist. It was UF (Florida), not Oxford, but still .... I am nearly always right regardless of my lack of an all convincing English Accent.
And the final series - still in production is ENDEAVOR, in which we return to the early years when Inspector Morse was just a detective - and NEVER appreciated. Endeavor is running now from 2012 - 2018 (22 episodes so far) and the dead continue to pile up in Oxford.
While the actors are important, they could be replaced by trained monkeys because the writers for these series are the heart of it. They build complex characters and plots that make the whole program an education and a pleasure to watch. I do sometimes miss the predictability of my other favorite detective show (of the American variety), Hawaii Five-Oh. The Brits always have someone posted at the back door and the suspect never escapes from that direction. Car chases are rare.
The British Accent could be improved. Sometimes, I need to watch these BBC productions with English captions because they cannot speak good clear English like the Indians can (from India).
When PBS is finally done with Barney, and have some money left over from the rights they pay BBC for good programming -- I'd like to introduce them to a stable of Southern writers who have magnificent stories to tell - set in our US South. The periods of pre-European, European Contact and Pioneer settlement are woefully under represented in the colorful history of America. Their works should begin populating good films and series for TV.
READING LIST
Sharmon Burson Ramsey
Gaylier Miller
Dr. Brian Rucker
Sharon D. Marsh
Brian Sullivan
Tommie Lyn
ALL REFERENCES at FORT MIMS Website
Death Statistics for Oxford England
MORE BOOKS - LOCAL AUTHORS
STUFF YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT
Thursday, March 15, 2018
A Korean War Vet Memory
While collecting and sorting the affects of my cousin, Rogene Kilpatrick, to be stored, moved or tossed forever - his brother-in-law, Walter Mullins (A Vietnam Vet) came upon an envelope in the bottom of a box with this note - handwritten - inside. For those who know the history of the Korean War and the Chosin Reservoir and the heroic stand of Marines there, this note will bring a chill. God Bless all those souls who suffered there.
For those faced with similar sorting of family treasures and histories, consider museums, the university archives and simply taking digital photos of the articles that have to be discarded. UWF Archives and the Jay Museum are receiving much of these materials.
Obituary Chosin Battle NEWSREAL NEWSREEL2 A personal Account FILM
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
WW2 in the air
is a bit of interesting military history and probably not known by many today, particularly the millennials.
In those days the military & naval services didn't have civilians looking over their shoulders telling them what was not PC and how to conduct operations. Comparatively speaking we have a lot of fuzzy thinkers in this country today.
The North American A-36 was mentioned. I'd never heard of that plane, but apparently it was an early model P-51 with dive brakes and used as a dive bomber.
Back in the day when America was in the "Big War" WWII, these planes were flown by young boys.
Politically correct was go to war to break things and kill the enemy. Apparently no one worried about nose art on the bombers. BTW. More airmen died in WWII than Marines. At the bottom after the pictures there are amazing stats for the Army Air Corps in WWII.
Probably would not be allowed to leave the ground today
WWII Statistics Army Air Corps.
Almost 1,000 Army planes disappeared en route from the US to foreign locations.
But an eye-watering 43,581 aircraft were lost overseas including 22,948 on combat missions (18,418 against the Western Axis) and 20,633 attributed to non-combat causes overseas.
In a single 376 plane raid in August 1943, 60 B-17s were shot down.
That was a 16 percent loss rate and meant 600 empty bunks in England ..
Pacific theatre losses were far less (4,530 in combat) owing to smaller forces committed.
The worst B-29 mission, against Tokyo on May 25, 1945, cost 26 Super Fortresses, 56 percent of the 464 dispatched from the Marianas.
On average, 6,600 American servicemen died per month during WWII, about 220 a day.
By the end of the war, over 40,000 airmen were killed in combat theatres and another 18,000 wounded.
More than 41,000 were captured, half of the 5,400 held by the Japanese died in captivity, compared with one-tenth in German hands.
Total combat casualties were pegged at 121,867.
US manpower made up the deficit. The AAF's peak strength was reached in 1944 with 2,372,000 personnel, nearly twice the previous year's figure.
The losses were huge---but so were production totals.
From 1941 through 1945, American industry delivered more than 276,000 military aircraft.
That number was enough not only for US Army, Navy and Marine Corps, but for allies as diverse as Britain, Australia, China and Russia.
In fact, from 1943 onward, America produced more planes than Britain and Russia combined.
And more than Germany and Japan together 1941-45.
However, our enemies took massive losses.
And in late 1944 into 1945, nearly half the pilots in Japanese squadrons had flown fewer than 200 hours. The disparity of two years before had been completely reversed.
Experience Level:
Uncle Sam sent many of his sons to war with absolute minimums of training. Some fighter pilots entered combat in 1942 with less than one hour in their assigned aircraft.
The 357th Fighter Group (often known as The Oxford Boys) went to England in late 1943 having trained on P-39s. The group never saw a Mustang until shortly before its first combat mission.
A high-time P-51 pilot had 30 hours in type. Many had fewer than five hours. Some had one hour.
With arrival of new aircraft, many combat units transitioned in combat. The attitude was, "They all have a stick and a throttle. Go fly “em."
When the famed 4th Fighter Group converted from P-47s to P-51s in February 1944,there was no time to stand down for an orderly transition. The Group commander, Col. Donald Blakeslee, said, "You can learn to fly `51s on the way to the target.
A future P-47 ace said, "I was sent to England to die." He was not alone.
Some fighter pilots tucked their wheels in the well on their first combat mission with one previous flight in the aircraft.
Meanwhile, many bomber crews were still learning their trade: of Jimmy Doolittle's 15 pilots on the April 1942 Tokyo raid, only five had won their wings before 1941.
All but one of the 16 copilots were less than a year out of flight school.
In WWII flying safety took a back seat to combat. The AAF's worst accident rate was recorded by the A-36 Invader version of the P-51: a staggering 274 accidents per 100,000 flying hours.
Bomber wrecks were fewer but more expensive. The B-17 and B-24 averaged 30 and35 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, respectively a horrific figure considering that from 1980 to 2000 the Air Force's major mishap rate was less than 2.
The B-29 was even worse at 40; the world's most sophisticated, most capable and most expensive bomber was too urgently needed to stand down for mere safety reasons.
The AAF set a reasonably high standard for B-29 pilots, but the desired figures were seldom attained.
The original cadre of the 58th Bomb Wing was to have 400 hours of multi-engine time, but there were not enough experienced pilots to meet the criterion. Only ten percent had overseas experience.
The B-29 was no better for maintenance. Though the R3350 was known as a complicated,troublesome power-plant, no more than half the mechanics had previous experience with the Duplex Cyclone. But they made it work.
Navigators:
Perhaps the greatest unsung success story of AAF training was Navigators.
The Army graduated some 50,000 during the War. And many had never flown out of sight of land before leaving "Uncle Sugar" for a war zone. Yet the huge majority found their way across oceans and continents without getting lost or running out of fuel --- a stirring tribute to the AAF's educational establishments
It was possible for a flying cadet at the time of Pearl Harbor to finish the war with eagles on his shoulders.That was the record of John D Landers, a 21-year-old Texan, who was commissioned a second lieutenant on December 12, 1941. He joined his combat squadron with 209 hours total flight time, including 2 in P-40s. He finished the war as a full colonel, commanding an 8th Air Force Group --- at age 24.
As the training pipeline filled up, however those low figures became exceptions.
By early 1944, the average AAF fighter pilot entering combat had logged at least 450 hours, usually including 250 hours in training. At the same time, many captains and first lieutenants claimed over 600 hours.
At its height in mid-1944, the Army Air Forces had 2.6 million people and nearly 80,000 aircraft of all types.
Today the US Air Force employs 327,000 active personnel (plus 170,000 civilians) with 5,500+ manned and perhaps 200 unmanned aircraft.
The 2009 figures represent about 12 percent of the manpower and 7 percent of the airplanes of the WWII peak.IN SUMMATION:
Whether there will ever be another war like that experienced in 1940-45 is doubtful, as fighters and bombers have given way to helicopters and remotely-controlled drones over Afghanistan and Iraq.
But within living memory, men left the earth in 1,000-plane formations and fought major battles five miles high, leaving a legacy that remains timeless.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
PLATT - MISC News
CURATED HEADLINES from 12ponder.com
Vist that blog regularly for superb curated news headlines.
GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: The Garlic Girls, Rhodes Scholarships and an African Funk Pioneer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-garlic-girls-rhodes-scholarship-black-panther.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
Inside New York's oldest store in Chinatown – photo essay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/inside-new-yorks-oldest-store-in-chinatown-photo-essay?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
Seattle Residents Complained About A 'Confederate Flag.' It Was Actually The Flag Of Norway.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27472/seattle-residents-complained-about-confederate-emily-zanotti
Justin Trudeau Makes A Fool Of Himself Again, Insults Entire Nation Of India With Condescending, Ethnic Attire
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27482/justin-trudeau-makes-fool-himself-again-insults-jared-sichel
Vist that blog regularly for superb curated news headlines.
GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: The Garlic Girls, Rhodes Scholarships and an African Funk Pioneer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-garlic-girls-rhodes-scholarship-black-panther.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
Inside New York's oldest store in Chinatown – photo essay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/inside-new-yorks-oldest-store-in-chinatown-photo-essay?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
Seattle Residents Complained About A 'Confederate Flag.' It Was Actually The Flag Of Norway.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27472/seattle-residents-complained-about-confederate-emily-zanotti
Justin Trudeau Makes A Fool Of Himself Again, Insults Entire Nation Of India With Condescending, Ethnic Attire
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27482/justin-trudeau-makes-fool-himself-again-insults-jared-sichel
News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (10/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/23/briefing/23weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
HEALTH
What’s better for you: a low-fat or low-carb diet? Scientists have an answer
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-better-for-you-a-low-fat-or-low-carb-diet-scientists-have-an-answer-2018-02-22
Good news: you’re not getting older, you’re getting better
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/good-news-youre-not-getting-older-youre-getting-better-2018-02-23
BUSINESS
US bank halts NRA credit card, car rental firm ends discount
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/enterprise-ends-car-rental-discount-060216050.html
FINANCIAL
OOPS! Teachers in 12 states have pension funds invested in gun stocks
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/teachers_pensions_guns.php3
ENVIRONMENT
Rare Footage of Wolverine on the Hunt in Montana
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/rare-footage-of-wolverine-on-the-hunt-in-montana?pl=pl-the-lift
Rare Fossils Discovered on Lands Cut From Bears Ears National Monument
https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-fossils-2538047979.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f5152ec092-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f5152ec092-85328381
WEATHER
Storm Unleashes River of Rushing Rocks in New Zealand
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/storm-unleashes-river-of-rushing-rocks-in-new-zealand?pl=pl-the-latest
AIR FORCE
Eyes On Vulnerable AWACS, Rivet Joint, Etc., Air Force Studies replacements
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/eyes-on-vulnerable-awacs-rivet-joint-etc-air-force-studies-replacements/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60902950&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ninJbmJ4KwIyynLKO41GfaAp4SdvST635E5Ct8Tx3lXBCkoCOf0ph2u-wdLmGm0WljDKFEeSECteasPU6IsyH0-VsAw&_hsmi=60902950
MARINE CORPS
Marine Corps again lowers requirements for Infantry Officer Course ( “[The change] was not about lowering attrition, it was about making students more successful to complete the course,” ... It's difficult for me to believe that he actually said that ... it's just nonsense.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/22/marine-corps-again-lowers-requirements-for-infantr/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert
GOOD GRIEF
Louisiana school bars student who said math symbol looks like gun
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/school-bars-student-who-said-math-symbol-looks-gun/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert
GUN CONTROL
Democrats Say America Is The Worst Western Country For Mass Shootings. That's [not true]
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27401/democrats-say-america-worst-western-country-mass-hank-berrien?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=022218-news&utm_campaign=position4
US gun control advocates exaggerate benefits of Australia's gun restrictions
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/23/us-gun-control-advocates-exaggerate-benefits-australias-gun-restrictions.html
Trump and the GOPers have a great opportunity to steal a key issue from the Dems
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/morris022318.php3
The Four Reasons Congress Won’t Do Anything About Gun Control
http://www.newsweek.com/four-reasons-congress-wont-do-anything-about-gun-control-818075?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news
IMMIGRATION
Their daughters were held at the border – then the blackmail from fake Ice agents began
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/immigration-detention-ice-border-fake-scam?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
NORK
US Tightens Sanctions On North Korean Shipping
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-trump_to_announce_new_nkorea_sanctions-ap/category/news
RUSSIAGATE
Why Richard Gates is a key player in the Mueller probe
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/375183-why-richard-gates-is-a-key-player-in-the-mueller-probe
-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/23/briefing/23weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180223&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
HEALTH
What’s better for you: a low-fat or low-carb diet? Scientists have an answer
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-better-for-you-a-low-fat-or-low-carb-diet-scientists-have-an-answer-2018-02-22
Good news: you’re not getting older, you’re getting better
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/good-news-youre-not-getting-older-youre-getting-better-2018-02-23
BUSINESS
US bank halts NRA credit card, car rental firm ends discount
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/enterprise-ends-car-rental-discount-060216050.html
FINANCIAL
OOPS! Teachers in 12 states have pension funds invested in gun stocks
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/teachers_pensions_guns.php3
ENVIRONMENT
Rare Footage of Wolverine on the Hunt in Montana
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/rare-footage-of-wolverine-on-the-hunt-in-montana?pl=pl-the-lift
Rare Fossils Discovered on Lands Cut From Bears Ears National Monument
https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-fossils-2538047979.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f5152ec092-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f5152ec092-85328381
WEATHER
Storm Unleashes River of Rushing Rocks in New Zealand
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/storm-unleashes-river-of-rushing-rocks-in-new-zealand?pl=pl-the-latest
AIR FORCE
Eyes On Vulnerable AWACS, Rivet Joint, Etc., Air Force Studies replacements
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/02/eyes-on-vulnerable-awacs-rivet-joint-etc-air-force-studies-replacements/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60902950&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ninJbmJ4KwIyynLKO41GfaAp4SdvST635E5Ct8Tx3lXBCkoCOf0ph2u-wdLmGm0WljDKFEeSECteasPU6IsyH0-VsAw&_hsmi=60902950
MARINE CORPS
Marine Corps again lowers requirements for Infantry Officer Course ( “[The change] was not about lowering attrition, it was about making students more successful to complete the course,” ... It's difficult for me to believe that he actually said that ... it's just nonsense.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/22/marine-corps-again-lowers-requirements-for-infantr/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert
GOOD GRIEF
Louisiana school bars student who said math symbol looks like gun
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/school-bars-student-who-said-math-symbol-looks-gun/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert
GUN CONTROL
Democrats Say America Is The Worst Western Country For Mass Shootings. That's [not true]
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27401/democrats-say-america-worst-western-country-mass-hank-berrien?utm_source=shapironewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=022218-news&utm_campaign=position4
US gun control advocates exaggerate benefits of Australia's gun restrictions
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/23/us-gun-control-advocates-exaggerate-benefits-australias-gun-restrictions.html
Trump and the GOPers have a great opportunity to steal a key issue from the Dems
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/morris022318.php3
The Four Reasons Congress Won’t Do Anything About Gun Control
http://www.newsweek.com/four-reasons-congress-wont-do-anything-about-gun-control-818075?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=yahoo_news&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news
IMMIGRATION
Their daughters were held at the border – then the blackmail from fake Ice agents began
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/23/immigration-detention-ice-border-fake-scam?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=265337&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection
NORK
US Tightens Sanctions On North Korean Shipping
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-trump_to_announce_new_nkorea_sanctions-ap/category/news
RUSSIAGATE
Why Richard Gates is a key player in the Mueller probe
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/375183-why-richard-gates-is-a-key-player-in-the-mueller-probe
-- "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
Friday, February 23, 2018
Monday, February 05, 2018
Sunday, February 04, 2018
Saturday, February 03, 2018
Marine From WW2 interview
My friend, Don Schuld interviews Jonathan Mendes in NYC for the Naval Order of The United States. This episode brought to you by the NYC Commandery of the Naval Order. Selected for this page by 12ponder.com . The Naval Order is one of the oldest oldest organizations in America to promote the knowledge and history of Americas Sea Services. The New York Commandery is particularly active and promotes excellent Authorship of history through its annual Samuel Eliot Morison Awards.
https://youtu.be/rWc5RIcQL9U
A few years ago when still in High School, my son, Alex Campbell met Mr. Mendes at the Naval Order Luncheon in NYC. Alex enjoyed talking with several of the Marines there and after his degree in History from Auburn U. he eventually enlisted and now serves in the reserves.
THE NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
was begun by founding members that included Admiral George Dewey and Teddy Roosevelt.
To learn more and to inquire about membership you may inquire HERE or email Don Schuld,
DON SCHULD and UNCLE VIC last summer when Karen and I made a trip to visit our old town of Sparta NJ. Don sparked me to get involved with the Naval Order once he became a member. He knew me from some Rotary Club activity in the mid 90's. I was already a member because my friend Otto Schwarz of the USS Houston brought me in. I Knew Otto because of hearing is talk on the USS Houston and "The Bridge on The River Kwai" at a meeting of Tin Can Sailors .... which ..... led to my making a documentary about the Houston. But I did not like to drive into NYC for those luncheons superb though the were. Don became my "driver" and good friend along with another navy vet Roy DeFranco who was another soul thirsty for history. Roy is a retired school principal. Don is a retired investment counselor. The trips into NYC became some of my fondest memories of our time in NJ.
Here is a photo of me and Don last summer. I presented him with one of my ship challenge coins that constitutes an IRISH BLESSING from the history of Fr. O'Callahan and the ship named for him.
A few years ago when still in High School, my son, Alex Campbell met Mr. Mendes at the Naval Order Luncheon in NYC. Alex enjoyed talking with several of the Marines there and after his degree in History from Auburn U. he eventually enlisted and now serves in the reserves.
THE NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
was begun by founding members that included Admiral George Dewey and Teddy Roosevelt.
To learn more and to inquire about membership you may inquire HERE or email Don Schuld,
Here is a photo of me and Don last summer. I presented him with one of my ship challenge coins that constitutes an IRISH BLESSING from the history of Fr. O'Callahan and the ship named for him.
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
Saturday, December 02, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
PLATT - MISC News
GENERAL INTEREST
Girl Scouts warn parents about forcing kids to hug relatives for the holidays (Actually a pretty good article teaching kids about consent.)
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/girl-scouts-not-force-kids-hug-relatives-holiday-174211967--abc-news-parenting.html
Strange tale: Why the tail chopped from your Thanksgiving turkey will travel 5,000 miles
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tail-chopped-from-your-thanksgiving-turkey-is-a-favorite-food-in-a-country-5000-miles-away-2017-11-17
THIS NEWS FEED REGULARLY APPEARS HERE
This idyllic Swiss village wants to pay you more than £50,000 to move there
https://www.yahoo.com/news/idyllic-swiss-village-wants-pay-152719521.html
The News in Zingers
http://jewishworldreview.com/1017/hamilton.php3
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
After Weinstein: A List of Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and the Fallout for Each
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/10/us/men-accused-sexual-misconduct-weinstein.html?emc=edit_nn_20171121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
MONEY
25 Richest Members of Congress
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/11/17/25-richest-members-of-congress/?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=25-richest-members-of-congress&utm_campaign=AOL
What $1,000 invested in 15 popular stocks before Great Recession looks like now
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-1000-invested-in-15-popular-stocks-before-the-great-recession-looks-like-now-2017-11-20
BUSINESS
Toyota Warns US Workers: Build Camry for Less, or Else
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-warns-us-workers-build-132112969.html
Amazon wants to disrupt the neighborhood pharmacy—but its sketchy health products could get in the way
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazons-sketchy-health-products-could-hurt-its-big-pharmacy-ambitions-2017-11-20
$900MM – Stanley Black And Decker Buys Craftsman
https://www.protoolreviews.com/news/900mm-stanley-black-and-decker-buys-craftsman/27928/
Geo-Economics in Central Asia and the ‘Great Game’ of Natural Resources: Water, Oil, Gas, Uranium and Transportation Corridors (WP)
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/dt59-2009
CLIMATE CHANGE
Soil Management: Key to Fighting Climate Change?
https://www.ecowatch.com/soil-management-climate-change-2511013020.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e001ddc1e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e001ddc1e9-85328381
WEATHER
More Harvey-Sized Hurricanes Likely to Hit Texas (Same old bulls__t ... Harvey wasn't particularly large, it just hung around for a long time.)
https://www.ecowatch.com/more-texas-harvey-hurricanes-2511012347.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e001ddc1e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e001ddc1e9-85328381
SCIENCE
A Helping of Science With Your Thanksgiving Dinner
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/science/thanksgiving-dinner-science.html?emc=edit_nn_20171121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/21/this-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat/?utm_term=.ef6119740726&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1
LEPIDOPTEROLOGY
What monarch butterflies prefer
http://earthsky.org/earth/monarch-butterfly-egg-laying-farmlands-vs-roadsides?mc_cid=a0d6650423&mc_eid=11b1b20d94
CYBER SECURITY
Are your medical records safe?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-your-medical-records-safe-2017-11-21
LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Two women in Arlington, Texas, called police for help on July 10 as a mentally ill man doused himself with gasoline in preparation to commit suicide. When responding officers began talking with the distraught man, he poured more gasoline on himself and appeared to be holding a lighter in his hand. Hoping to subdue him, one of the officers used his Taser on the man and the gasoline ignited, engulfing him in flames. Officers wrapped him in blankets and removed him from the house. His family reports he was severely burned, and at press time he was in critical condition. [NBC DFW, 7/11/2017]
BIG BROTHER
FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use (This is a really, really, really BAD idea. The end result will be massive censorship. If you think the problem with the liberal print media is bad, wait until the liberals control the ISPs.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/21/the-fcc-has-unveiled-its-plan-to-rollback-its-net-neutrality-rules/?utm_term=.f110afc069de&wpisrc=al_news__alert-economy--alert-national&wpmk=1
IMMIGRATION
Low-skilled immigrants and their correlation with why America can't $hake child-poverty rates
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/hymowitz112117.php3
TERRORISM
Single U.S. airstrike wipes out 100 terrorists in Somalia
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/21/us-airstrikes-kill-hundreds-fighters-somalia-air-c/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURSbVpHSmhNamczTkRRMyIsInQiOiI5Y2dTMXg0MDFnZHd2VkREM0s1ZUZjcSsxdlpGUk1mUXNiWXdmSUZhYVlHbWZjT1FRdlExSHpBSU1MRG5XUEdnVURvOUFlOVZ3djlrcFBZT0pWaXE5KzVwSVFQOVlwWEpyMUNkRE5pRWJGb29CTUNBMHdaN0RqOVRZTDNidnRkaCJ9
The US Secretly Let Thousands Of Heavily Armed ISIS Fighters Escape Raqqa In Broad Daylight
http://taskandpurpose.com/raqqa-isis-fighters-secret-deal/
NORK
The Latest: US slaps new sanctions on NKorean, Chinese firms
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_japans_abe_welcomes_us_move_on_north_ko-ap/category/news
With technology, these researchers are figuring out North Korea’s nuclear secrets (All of this might be unavailable under the proposed FCC internet rule.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/with-technology-these-researchers-are-figuring-out-north-koreas-nuclear-secrets/2017/11/20/274d9786-c9e2-11e7-b244-2d22ac912500_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.f2af17719a5b&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Air China suspends North Korea flights, deepening isolation
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2017/11/21/air-china-suspends-north-korea-flights-due-to-poor-business-n2412338
POTUS
Girl Scouts warn parents about forcing kids to hug relatives for the holidays (Actually a pretty good article teaching kids about consent.)
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/girl-scouts-not-force-kids-hug-relatives-holiday-174211967--abc-news-parenting.html
Strange tale: Why the tail chopped from your Thanksgiving turkey will travel 5,000 miles
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-tail-chopped-from-your-thanksgiving-turkey-is-a-favorite-food-in-a-country-5000-miles-away-2017-11-17
THIS NEWS FEED REGULARLY APPEARS HERE
This idyllic Swiss village wants to pay you more than £50,000 to move there
https://www.yahoo.com/news/idyllic-swiss-village-wants-pay-152719521.html
The News in Zingers
http://jewishworldreview.com/1017/hamilton.php3
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
After Weinstein: A List of Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and the Fallout for Each
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/10/us/men-accused-sexual-misconduct-weinstein.html?emc=edit_nn_20171121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
MONEY
25 Richest Members of Congress
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/11/17/25-richest-members-of-congress/?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=25-richest-members-of-congress&utm_campaign=AOL
What $1,000 invested in 15 popular stocks before Great Recession looks like now
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-1000-invested-in-15-popular-stocks-before-the-great-recession-looks-like-now-2017-11-20
BUSINESS
Toyota Warns US Workers: Build Camry for Less, or Else
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-warns-us-workers-build-132112969.html
Amazon wants to disrupt the neighborhood pharmacy—but its sketchy health products could get in the way
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazons-sketchy-health-products-could-hurt-its-big-pharmacy-ambitions-2017-11-20
$900MM – Stanley Black And Decker Buys Craftsman
https://www.protoolreviews.com/news/900mm-stanley-black-and-decker-buys-craftsman/27928/
Geo-Economics in Central Asia and the ‘Great Game’ of Natural Resources: Water, Oil, Gas, Uranium and Transportation Corridors (WP)
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/dt59-2009
CLIMATE CHANGE
Soil Management: Key to Fighting Climate Change?
https://www.ecowatch.com/soil-management-climate-change-2511013020.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e001ddc1e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e001ddc1e9-85328381
WEATHER
More Harvey-Sized Hurricanes Likely to Hit Texas (Same old bulls__t ... Harvey wasn't particularly large, it just hung around for a long time.)
https://www.ecowatch.com/more-texas-harvey-hurricanes-2511012347.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e001ddc1e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e001ddc1e9-85328381
SCIENCE
A Helping of Science With Your Thanksgiving Dinner
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/science/thanksgiving-dinner-science.html?emc=edit_nn_20171121&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1
This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/21/this-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat/?utm_term=.ef6119740726&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1
LEPIDOPTEROLOGY
What monarch butterflies prefer
http://earthsky.org/earth/monarch-butterfly-egg-laying-farmlands-vs-roadsides?mc_cid=a0d6650423&mc_eid=11b1b20d94
CYBER SECURITY
Are your medical records safe?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/are-your-medical-records-safe-2017-11-21
LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Two women in Arlington, Texas, called police for help on July 10 as a mentally ill man doused himself with gasoline in preparation to commit suicide. When responding officers began talking with the distraught man, he poured more gasoline on himself and appeared to be holding a lighter in his hand. Hoping to subdue him, one of the officers used his Taser on the man and the gasoline ignited, engulfing him in flames. Officers wrapped him in blankets and removed him from the house. His family reports he was severely burned, and at press time he was in critical condition. [NBC DFW, 7/11/2017]
BIG BROTHER
FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see and use (This is a really, really, really BAD idea. The end result will be massive censorship. If you think the problem with the liberal print media is bad, wait until the liberals control the ISPs.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/21/the-fcc-has-unveiled-its-plan-to-rollback-its-net-neutrality-rules/?utm_term=.f110afc069de&wpisrc=al_news__alert-economy--alert-national&wpmk=1
IMMIGRATION
Low-skilled immigrants and their correlation with why America can't $hake child-poverty rates
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1117/hymowitz112117.php3
TERRORISM
Single U.S. airstrike wipes out 100 terrorists in Somalia
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/21/us-airstrikes-kill-hundreds-fighters-somalia-air-c/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURSbVpHSmhNamczTkRRMyIsInQiOiI5Y2dTMXg0MDFnZHd2VkREM0s1ZUZjcSsxdlpGUk1mUXNiWXdmSUZhYVlHbWZjT1FRdlExSHpBSU1MRG5XUEdnVURvOUFlOVZ3djlrcFBZT0pWaXE5KzVwSVFQOVlwWEpyMUNkRE5pRWJGb29CTUNBMHdaN0RqOVRZTDNidnRkaCJ9
The US Secretly Let Thousands Of Heavily Armed ISIS Fighters Escape Raqqa In Broad Daylight
http://taskandpurpose.com/raqqa-isis-fighters-secret-deal/
NORK
The Latest: US slaps new sanctions on NKorean, Chinese firms
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_japans_abe_welcomes_us_move_on_north_ko-ap/category/news
With technology, these researchers are figuring out North Korea’s nuclear secrets (All of this might be unavailable under the proposed FCC internet rule.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/with-technology-these-researchers-are-figuring-out-north-koreas-nuclear-secrets/2017/11/20/274d9786-c9e2-11e7-b244-2d22ac912500_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.f2af17719a5b&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Air China suspends North Korea flights, deepening isolation
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2017/11/21/air-china-suspends-north-korea-flights-due-to-poor-business-n2412338
POTUS
--
“The last resort of the competitive economy is the bailiff, but the ultimate sanction of a planned economy
is the hangman."
~ F. A. Hayek
Saturday, November 04, 2017
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THE AMAZON interface to Blogger is not working well just now but HERE are the DVD and Streaming products from BuzzCreek from the search bar.
Additional DVD information and purchasing links are at the BUZZCREEK website.
BOOKS and RESOURCES
THESE ARE A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND RESOURCES with HISTORY and CULTURE from the NW FLORIDA and the GENERAL REGION. DIRECT LINKS ARE PROVIDED for you to buy from AMAZON or other links to acquire independent titles. We are diving DEEP for you. Do you know a book that should be here? Let me know.
Here is a thought. A lot of hospitals won't allow flowers or plants delivered but you can send a book. Local authors have some great books. And visitors can even read them to the patient for a little joy.
Dr. Brian Rucker histories --- Address for above books
The Floridale book is $10 (inlcudes tax) plus $3.95 shipping
from Patagonia Press, P.O. Box 284, Bagdad, FL 32530
The above listed books are at the same address..
from Patagonia Press, P.O. Box 284, Bagdad, FL 32530
The above listed books are at the same address..
More to add to support local authors and other recommended books and products.
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