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Sure, why not? I'll post here today!

I want to make a YTP style mash up of Next Gen. It'll include all the TNG edits I've ever done, which should probably include some of the action figure stuff.

For all of a few dozen seconds, I've thought about that commentary from Move Along Home, and... something from TNG that I've already forgotten about, but I thought about recutting the Sherlock Holmes scenes into a opening credits for "HOLMES", with the House theme music, etc... my idea came afterward.

But after this accidentally redacted content, I thought about the Q court scene from Encounter at Farpoint and All Good Things, and doing it in action figure, with "Q" talking to Greta, Douglas, and Trent, who might not even be going by their names, but their actors' names- Rachael, Floyd, and Wyatt.

We put the "Q" in Judy Quort! Except it's just regular TNG action figure Q with the uniform, but he's floating around against The Holy Guts, and some other imagery, and so, there's this premise of a test, but it won't be the mission at Farpoint, it'll be told in the Star Trek content produced so far in addtion to more stuff which can be used to help give all this footage a theme, and maybe even recreate some scenes from the episodes.

And this is the missing puzzle piece, the obvious one: Heart of Glory. That's the Geordi-Vision episode. Look over at Data! And so we shall, and I hope...

YES!

There should be a behind the scenes segment. I don't know how or why- Newton is asleep, or Moxie is tripping on substances that I will need a science consultant to get the name of the thing right, but that's where the stranger things could be happening: Moxie is tripping balls and it's the VCR board game. Newton or Herman dreams of The Bionic Bunny Show- YEAH! Take that spare Geordi action figure I have and turn him into a proper LeVar, just add some stuff to his uniform to make a puffy late 80s professional looking sweater, which, of course, is going to have a dress shirt underneath and poking from the collar, and jeans with a belt, because god damn you if you dress even the slightest for comfort.

That's the kind of AFB project I'd want to do right now, and it can also take care of that other itch- the mash up. I still don't know what I'd make, though. I just don't, though recreating TNG scenes with action figures sound exciting...

How about we find out that we're in Judy Quort because The Gang is a defendant, but defendant against whom?

A class action lawsuit? We see:

Newton, right?

Or, in a shock twist, it's Herman. Maybe we don't even see who it is until the end.

Okay, here it is:

I'm going to contnue brainstorming offline.

OFF-LINE BRAINSTORM:

Heavy Metal Zoom Quilt down to the Cascadia, where on the surface of the enormous spacecraft, four astronauts exit a pressure corridor onto the surface. It is quickly revealed that they are just out there to watch more Star Trek. It can go to something custom, something that’s a mix of animation and episode, or it’s just episode commentary. But it’s like the music videos from Beavis and Butthead… AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED! So, there’s an ongoing plot, maybe several, going around involving Douglas being taken to Judy Quort, and it may even shift between the case itself, the “commentary” scenes with the action figures watching and commenting, and so forth, different layers of reality.

USS Syracuse

REGISTER: Epsilon Eridani

REGISTERY No.: EASS-7141-9

DDSMV ID #: 10f7-119d-7338-bc6f

Mo’Bile Class Starliner

COLOR: WHITE

UPTIME: 165 years, 1 month, 6 days, local time

DESTINATION: Civil Bend Sector, Labyrinth H Reach, Greater Milky Way

Deep zoom to the surface, which becomes increasingly textured, until we see some kind of maze like pattern appear in black against the white surface. It goes all the way until we are on the surface of the ship, and we are facing the black face to face. It’s a long corridor of VHS tape. The astronauts- Douglas, Greta, Trent, and Moxie, exit. Get your coughs out and your food down! It’s time…!

We start with new versions of “Move Along Home”, and perhaps some other commentaries cut, allowing for getting the best of segments, like Dorsey Batteries (AGT), which could make use of the AGT action figures.

A scene could be used for the end to “Code of Honor”, and we get that one scene in HD. The aliens are extremely diversified- all weird alien species, odd pairings and role selection! Do we use this scene?

Then there is Judy Quort, which then goes back to the perspective of commentary.

Eventually, it gets weird when they happen upon a channel or video after a “I want to watch something else” break plays out, and it’s Newton, and it’s the TV removal scene, and we see a crack in the dark sky, and THG arms slither out, and then casts a shadow- it’s outside.

Everyone inside! But it’s too late. From it’s eye, we see an action figure Kavok- EXPERIENCE BIJ! But then something goes wrong- a low level malfunction! Then they start to talk about Riker at Large, and we may get to finally see a mock up of this, using a deep fake Frakes, and low level graphics like the post report with the fake Picard.

...when THG arrives, it’s after the lights start to flicker and we all get UFO anxiety.

The floor is different here- same pattern, but different color pallette. I want a new box to hold up the Kindle, and a printed pattern on the walls. I want more consistency, less “shit thrown together”, so the walls are all consistent, though there could still be some things that remain the same, the yellow wall, for instance, or the Nintendo toaster shell.

Did they use the chaos corridor?

Yeah.

It’s been 14 days, 19 hours since we first entered the Chaos Corridor. So far, it’s all been the same. We find a TV room, we watch TV for a while until the room starts to malfunction, then we move to the next. We’ve lost all sense of direction and how to get back, but as far as getting stuck goes, this isn’t too bad. There’s also boiler rooms, which has a vending machine and laundry. We’ve yet to run into the one like our own, but they’re all the same. So far, we haven’t had luck finding a bathroom or some showers. We’ve yet to run into any rooms that someone has previously crapped, pissed, or vomited in so far.

The story may be different- Moxie may have been with them at some point, but has since disappeared. Herman, as it turns out, went after them and is similarly lost. Sometimes, they can communicate by phone. All versions of Newton appear illusury. At one point during Judy Quort, Newton is the bailiff because he says “On your feet, Douglas!”. Schekki is Josephine, or rather… Josephine Schekkina, the differentiate her from other versions of Schekki. This is named after one of the People’s Court bailiffs. Why not have two? Or Newton is switched out with this version of Schekki without explanation.

A dumb twist to all of it: No one gets out of their seats. This means that sometimes, someone gets left behind. They meet up, never quite sure if these are the same friends they were with a few days ago.

Labyrinth H could become literal. There’s a curtain and when pulled back, we see the TV room has four exits, but it’s not euclidiean, so if you leave, you might not ever come back. One mode of transportation may be trippy and make no sense, but involving a special blanket or game chair.

Sometimes, the configuration is definitely off- one stays in a suit, sometimes, it’s either Gerald Jr. or Cirroqman Jake or Brandon, whose name is censored out… poorly? Brandon should be emo. Cirroqman Jake does a stunt like Megaweeoo where he splits, but it’s with more style, like an 8 bit effect, used from warp effects to death.

Perhaps things get scary when Cirroqman Jake shows up perhaps a minute before a monster showed up, the animation gets shitty, but we get a good look at the final shot and it should be horrible. Just absolutely spritz your pants horrible. This is where the fear comes in. After all these days, something terrible has arrived, and they need to figure out the way back, if such a thing is possible. There could be a lot of debate on whether to stay put or keep going. That could be the crux of the main plot.

One version of Douglas has his Scott Bakula mask on. With another Douglas action figure, the second could be painted to look like an Enterprise uniform. The Scott Bakula head could be done entirely in post, or several print out from different episodes could be done depending on angle and speech. I want the episode where he plays Jimmy from the meme famous scene from Quantum Leap, for better or worse.

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Recent Titles I Have Acquired

Honorary Alumnus of the University of Phoenix

International Man of Memes

Knight of the Clown Table

Ordained Minister of the Universal Life Church

Most Likely to be Personally and Specifically Condemned by the UN Security Council (as voted by my high school senior class by unheard of margins)

Employee of the Month (later revoked due to that motherfucker Jerry)

Second-Chair Air Violinist of the Wyola, Montana Philharmonic Orchestra

"Worst Pirate I’ve Ever Heard of” (awarded by Special Agent Hugh Cox of the Federal Bureau of Investigations’s Really Cool Crimes Division shortly after foiling my plot to illegally download the USS Constitution off of Limewire and use it to perform shore bombardment of Salt Lake City by making Great Salt Lake so shallow that I ran aground near Molly’s Nipple. Those Mormon landlubbers never would’ve seen it coming)

Honorary Alumnus of Subway Sandwich University

Warrior-Poet

Guinness World of Record, “Most consecutive clown egg designs rejected by the Clown Egg Registry”

Supreme Ruler of Danbury, Ct (disputed)

Senior Secretary to the Deputy Vice President of the “Received A Lifetime Ban From An Applebee’s In All 48 Contiguous States And the District Of Columbia” Club

Fresh Prince of Bel Aire (title inherited following previous holder’s disgrace and abdication)

Guinness World Record Holder, “Most Bones Broken During A Single Trampoline Stunt” (later revoked due to rules revision requiring that all bones broken belong to record holder)

Guinness World Record Holder, “Most Casualties and Collateral Damage Caused By A Single Trampoline Stunt” (record subsequently discontinued due to “encouraging poor moral character”)

"Best Pirate I’ve Ever Seen” (awarded by Special Agent Hugh Cox of the Federal Bureau of Investigations’s Really Cool Crimes Division shortly after successful shore bombardment of Milwaukee, Wisconsin using illegally downloaded armored cruiser USS Olympia)

President of Hell’s Angels Cedar Rapids, Iowa Chapter (title gained through single combat, subsequently abdicated after instituting rule limiting engine displacement to 50cc so that I can get some peace and goddamn quiet)

Cryptid “Some maniacally giggling vaguely humanoid being in Groucho Glasses,” last seen in Stroudsburg, PA, 2019

The Scourge of Syracuse

Guinness World Record Holder, “Noise Complaints Caused in Most Cities Within a 1-Hour Timespan” (record actually set during my famous 1973 “Carbon-Phenolic Ablative Ball Run” from St. Augustine to San Diego with a time of 1:57:23, but only recently officially recognized after previous record holder was retroactively disqualified for use of atomic weaponry. Record discontinued 2 weeks later at urging of Texas and Arizona state patrols for fear that future attempts would be made using same route). The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has once again denied my application to display the record setting vehicle “SuckMyFuckingBallsCops Geraldine” unless they are granted permission to paint over and censor the name and the “obscene” (sic) nose art, which I will not stand for as it is a violation of my 1st Amendment rights.

Guinness World Record Holder, “Most Casualties from Single Errant Golf Shot,” set on August 28th, 2021 at the Sunnyside Country Club Golf Course in Fresno, CA, using a 5-iron from the tee box at the 13th Hole. Number of casualties was 45 at the time of Guinness discontinuing the record to discourage future attempts, but has since increased to 61 and may continue to increase as more victims are discovered.

Guinness World Record Holder, “Holder of Most Discontinued World Records”

The Defiler of Barstow (I am currently disputing this title with the National Barbarian Pillaging Association as city was already in defiled state long before my arrival)

Personally and Specifically Condemned by the UN Security Council for willdly successful shore bombardment of Puno, Peru and Copacabana, Bolivia using illegally downloaded HMS Trincomalee

Personally responsible for Copacabana, Bolivia now holding Guinness World Record for Highest Altitude City To Be Bombarded By Pirate Ship, unseating previous record holder of Tahoe City, California although city has so far not answered my requests to have statue erected next to commemorative plaque

Gold Member of my local public radio station. I have the thank you coffee mug to prove it.

#shitpost #high-effort shitposting #death tw #atrocities tw #crimes against humanity tw #golf mention #Barstow California mention cw #true stories #lists #piracy #i was bored

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I wanna learn literally anything you can teach me about bandstand

Alright! These are some facts which I thought pertained to Bandstand that I’ve come across in my research and that I found interesting.

The USS Reid (Jimmy’s ship) was sunk by kamikaze pilots in only two minutes, following a period where the crew was only able to sleep for two hours at a time at most before being called to their battle stations. Jimmy likely would have barely had time to register what was happening before it was all over, and he was in the water.

The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) had a relatively significant number of lesbians enlisted during World War II (I’m not saying that Jo was a member of the WAC during the war, but Jo was a member of the WAC during the war).

In some military canteens, a soldier could record a message on a record to be sent home to their family. I headcanon that Michael did this for Julia.

This has more to do with the Bandstand touring cast, where the actor playing Jimmy (Rob Clove) is POC, but before 1942, the only position in the United States Navy open to African American servicemen was mess hall attendant. In 1942 enlisted ratings opened to all qualified personnel, but the Navy still remained widely racially segregated.

Johnny’s pain pills were likely some form of opioid, one of the only major prescription painkillers available at the time, making them highly addictive.

The Cleveland Limited was an overnight train. According to its timetable in June of 1950, it left the Cleveland Union Terminal at 8:35 PM and arrived in New York City at the Grand Central Terminal at 7:45 AM. It stopped off at East Cleveland, Ohio, Syracuse, New York, Albany, New York, and Harmon, New York on the way.

The movie Donny references seeing in Right This Way which features Robert Walker and Judy Garland was a real movie. It was called The Clock and it was first released on May 25th, 1945. It is about a soldier named Joe Allen (played by Robert Walker) who meets a young woman named Alice Mayberry (played by Judy Garland) while he’s on a 48-hour leave.

This doesn’t have much to do with Bandstand itself, but Donny, Julia, Michael, and everyone else would have been alive and (probably) living in Cleveland when the Cleveland Torso Murders took place.

Thank you so much for your ask! Don’t hesitate to send me more questions you may have, about Bandstand or any other musical.

#bandstand #bandstand fanfiction #ask #anonymous #1940s #history #headcanons #military history #jimmy campbell #donny novitski #julia trojan #michael trojan

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The Carrier Classic NCAA college basketball game between Michigan State and North Carolina on Friday, November 11, 2011, in Coronado, California, drew a national audience. Why? Because a basketball court on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier docked in San Diego Bay, was a pretty special event.

This is the kind of luck it had: The original plan was to build a 7,000-seat temporary stadium on the 4.5-acre flight deck along with a more intimate venue downstairs in the hangar bay in case of inclement weather. But in the days before the game organizers decided against constructing the latter and rolled the dice with a forecast calling for a 50-percent chance of rain.

This is the kind of synchronicity it had: The game was played on 11/11/11. North Carolina won 67-55 but few people remember the score, or that Michigan State was 2 of 20 behind the 3-point arc in the evening breeze, or that the game matched future NBA teammates on Golden State’s 2015 championship team in UNC’s Harrison Barnes and MSU’s Draymond Green.

“One of the neatest things I’ve ever done,” said Tar Heels coach Roy Williams, who wore cargo pants tucked into beige combat boots. “Hopefully I’ll coach another 10 or 15 years. It will be hard to top this.”

“A hell of a memory maker,” Spartans coach Tom Izzo said.

Mother Nature cooperated, but 90 minutes after the final buzzer she also sent a stern warning about doing it again. The skies opened and it poured.

There was talk of a 2012 Carrier Classic between Connecticut and Arizona, also in San Diego Bay, but it never came off amid alleged financial issues with the promoter. There were two attempts the following year on the East Coast; one was abandoned at halftime, the other before tip-off. SDSU would play Syracuse on the USS Midway Museum on 11/11/12, but it had to be moved from its original day due to weather and then was plagued by glare, wind and scoreboard malfunctions.

#the carrier classic #basketball #college basketball #michigan state university #north carolina university #harrison barnes #draymond green

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Andrew “Andy” G. Dziduch | News, Sports, Jobs

Andrew Andy G. Dziduch, 93, died Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk.

Andy was born in Dunkirk to the late George and Julia Dziduch.

In 1943, at the young age of 17, Andy enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country World War II aboard the LST 993. In 1950, Andy also served in the Korean War aboard the USS Duncan 874. In between the wars, he was enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He was a member of the Dunkirk Naval Militia Boxing Team. Andy stayed connected with many friends he served with by traveling all over the country with his wife to attend LST Navy reunions. Andy was an extremely proud veteran and was honored to be chosen as the Grand Marshall in the 2013 Memorial Day parade.

Before leaving for the Korean War, Andy met his sweetheart, Diane, and they became engaged and then were married on May 7, 1952. Andy had a love for carpentry, something that his father had taught him during his young years. He went on to establish his carpentry profession working as an apprentice for Bernett & Strauser, learning everything there was to know about the building trade.

In 1953, Andy and Diane formed Andrew Dziduch Construction Company, where he built and remodeled many homes and businesses in his community. Andy was an expert at his craft, teaching the carpentry trade to his three sons. In 1982, Andy and Diane expanded their business to include a retail lumberyard, forming the ADD Lumber Company. Andy and Diane came up with the name âADDã by combining their initials. He leaves behind a family business legacy with three ADD Lumber locations. Andy continued to work into his 90ás. Five of his children as well as, his son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandsons and granddaughters all continue to operate the family business.

In addition to his strong work ethic and family values, Andy had unwavering faith. He was a devout Catholic and a member of the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish for over 65 years. There he servedas a eucharistic minister, on the parish council, and an advisor for St. Maryás Cemetery. Andy believed deeply in family and helping others. Just like his wife Diane, Andy always saw the best in others. Andy loved reading the newspaper every day and could always tell you what was happening around the world. He was a humble man and although, one of few words, you knew he was always listening. He kept an open and curious mind about the world, even into his older years. Andy will be remembered for his many stories, quick wit and infinite wisdom.

Outside of his family, business and faith, Andy enjoyed horse racing and even owned harness race horses. He would often spend time with his family and friends at Buffalo Raceway and Batavia Downs to watch his horses race. Andyás other hobbies were completing jigsaw puzzles, watching football (Buffalo Bills) and baseball (Boston Red Sox), golf and wrestling.

Surviving are his seven children: Linda (Leonard) Rao of Syracuse, Frederick (Zoraida) Dziduch and Gerald (Cheryl) Dziduch, both of Dunkirk, Laura (Ricky) Bellando of Fredonia, Kenneth (Karen Gentner) Dziduch of Fairview Texas, Lisa (Rick) Crandall of Dunkirk and Louise (Christopher) Lanski of Fredonia. Grandchildren: Thomas Rao, Christina (Brett) Myles, Leonard (Brandi Doyle) Raom Daniel (Staci) Dziduch, Shannon (Chris) Dantem Jillian and Janelle Bremer, Cory (Aleah) Dziduch, Kellie Dziduch, Zachary and Mackenzie Crandall and Lydia and Claire Lanski. Great-grandchildren: Josie and Jaxson Myles, Dominik and Andrew J. Dziduch, Nicholas Dante and Ellie and Ayden Dziduch. Also survived by cousin, Irene May; and many extended grandchildren and great- grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Andy was preceded in death by his wife, Diane (Gregory) Dziduch, of 63 years; parents; brother, Stanley Dziduch; and sisters: Victoria Mikula, Florence Szopinski, Bernice Dull and infant sister Doris Dziduch.

Following the guidlines and protocals administered by the governor of New York, relatives and friends may call on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., at the R. Mackowiak Funeral Home Inc., 56 E Doughty St. Funeral Services will be Monday morning at 10 a.m., in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church. Entombment will be in the Assumption Mausoleum in St. Maryás Cemetery

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Northern Chautauqua Catholic School (NCCS), 336 Washington Ave., Dunkirk NY 14048 or Roswell Park Alliance Foundation P.O. Box 631, Buffalo NY 14240.

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Covid-19 có thể ghìm chân Trump tái cử

Trump cần cho người dân thấy kết quả của nỗ lực chống dịch vào khoảng tháng 7, để có thể thắng cử vào tháng 11, theo giới chuyên gia. 

Ngày 12/4, Mỹ ghi nhận hơn 20.300 người chết trong tổng số hơn 520.000 ca nhiễm nCoV, trở thành quốc gia đầu tiên trên thế giới có số ca tử vong vượt 20.000. Mỹ trước đó phải tuyên bố tình trạng thảm hoạ ở 49 bang khi Covid-19 đang hoành hành. Nước này chưa bao giờ tuyên bố tình trạng thảm họa liên bang cho 50 bang cùng lúc.

Cuộc khủng hoảng do Covid-19 xảy ra vào thời điểm đáng lẽ Tổng thống Mỹ Trump cần tập trung vào chiến dịch tái tranh cử vào tháng 11. Hiện ông đang phải dồn sức xử lý dịch bệnh và bị chỉ trích vì số người nhiễm nCoV và ca tử vong vẫn gia tăng.

Grant Reeher, Giáo sư về khoa học chính trị, Đại học Syracuse, Mỹ, cho biết cơ hội tái đắc cử của Trump phụ thuộc vào cảm nhận của công chúng về sự an toàn với họ và vào hiệu quả kiểm soát dịch bệnh của Mỹ.

Theo Reeher, trong những năm bầu cử bình thường, tháng 9 là thời điểm các ứng viên tổng thống cho thấy một phần kết quả của tháng 11. Tuy nhiên, 2020 lại là một năm bất thường, các cử tri Mỹ muốn thấy xu hướng sớm hơn.

"Đầu mùa thu năm nay, khoảng tháng 7, mọi việc ở Mỹ cần phải trở lại bình thường, trên các phương diện công việc, mua sắm, xã hội, giải trí, đi lại", Reeher nói với VnExpress, nhắc đến "giới hạn chịu đựng" của người Mỹ trước cách kiểm soát dịch của Tổng thống Trump.  

Khi đó, Tổng thống Trump cũng cần đưa ra những dấu hiệu rõ ràng, chứng minh kinh tế Mỹ bắt đầu hồi phục sau những thiệt hại do Covid-19 gây ra. 

Tổng thống Mỹ Trump trong họp báo về Covid-19 ngày 9/4 tại Washington DC. Ảnh: Reuters.

Giáo sư Wendy Schiller Kalunian, nghiên cứu về khoa học chính trị, Đại học Brown, Mỹ, cho rằng nếu người dân không trở lại làm việc hoàn toàn vào tháng 9 hoặc tháng 10, Trump sẽ chịu tổn thất trong chiến dịch tái tranh cử vào tháng 11. 

Theo Kalunian, cử tri Mỹ có thể cảm thông với Tổng thống vì Covid-19 là thảm hoạ trên toàn cầu, nhưng họ sẽ tức giận nếu không có lại được ổn định tài chính. Người dân sẽ "trút giận" lên ông chủ Nhà Trắng hoặc đảng cầm quyền, điều không có lợi cho Trump. 

"Thách thức lớn là đưa nền kinh tế trở lại đúng hướng ở Mỹ và trên toàn cầu. Nó sẽ mất nhiều thời gian hơn dự đoán của mọi người", Kalunian nói.

Đánh giá khó khăn của Mỹ hiện nay, Giáo sư Reeher cho rằng có nhiều yếu tố cho thấy bất ổn do Covid-19 vẫn "đeo bám" chính quyền Trump. Chính phủ đã có biện pháp mạnh để khắc phục thiệt hại kinh tế do dịch bệnh. Trump ngày 28/3 ký thông qua gói cứu trợ kinh tế 2.200 tỷ USD nhằm hỗ trợ các doanh nghiệp và người lao động Mỹ gặp khó khăn. Washington cũng thúc đẩy việc nghiên cứu vaccine chống nCoV. Tuy nhiên, cần có thời gian để kiểm chứng hiệu quả các biện pháp chặn Covid-19 của chính quyền.

Theo Kalunian, chính quyền Trump vẫn đang ở "thế thụ động" khi nói đến thời điểm nhận thức về mức độ nghiêm trọng của dịch bệnh. Trump hôm 8/4 cho biết ông chưa từng đọc tài liệu cảnh báo nguy cơ "Mỹ thất thủ" trước Covid-19 được cố vấn Nhà Trắng Peter Navarro công bố đầu năm. Tuyên bố này cho thấy Trump không chịu trách nhiệm về việc "hành động trễ" trong nhận dạng nguy cơ. 

Đề cập việc quyền Bộ trưởng Hải quân Mỹ Thomas Modly từ chức sau khi bị chỉ trích vì cách xử lý Covid-19 trên tàu sân bay USS Theodore Roosevelt, Kalunian nói sẽ không ngạc nhiên nếu có thêm nhân sự của chính phủ từ chức trong những tháng tới, vì chính quyền Trump "rối loạn hơn bất cứ chính quyền nào trong thời gian gần đây, về vấn đề này". Bà dự đoán một số cố vấn chủ chốt của Nhà Trắng sẽ ra đi. Bà cho rằng Trump sẽ đổ lỗi cho thống đốc các bang nếu số ca tử vong do nCoV tăng cao hơn dự kiến.

Peter Feaver, Giáo sư khoa học chính trị, Đại học Duke, nhấn mạnh đến tình trạng bị động, cho rằng Covid-19 là cuộc khủng hoảng thực sự đầu tiên chính quyền Trump phải đối phó, trên phương diện tác động từ bên ngoài. Cuộc khủng hoảng này không phải hệ quả từ các quyết định mà Trump đưa ra. Tổng thống cần xử lý Covi-19 theo cách mang lại lợi ích thực sự cho người dân, chứ không phải nhắm đến lợi ích của mình trong cuộc tái tranh cử. 

"Nếu Trump thể hiện được ông không lợi dụng cuộc chiến chống dịch vì những mục đích chính trị, người dân sẽ đánh giá ông cao hơn", Feaver nói.

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WHO'S ON FIRST

Comedy at its best! Classic comedy. From yesterday. Guaranteed to keep you laughing.

The show titled Classics of Comedy 2. The place The Studios of Key West. January 9-11.

The best of of the old hits includes Abbott and Costello’s Who’s On First. One of the best. From Abbott and Costello’s 1950’s repertoire.

If you enjoy laughing, a good show to see.

Key West City Fathers are about as bright as the Congress of the United States. The City Commission is seriously considering expanding the sidewalks on Duval to permit outdoor dining

I thought the several month experiment with closing off certain portions of Duval was a disaster and waste. I did not hear many favorable comments re the experiment.

Some Duval parking places will be lost. City Commissioners do not seem to care when parking spaces are removed. Haven’t we lost enough already?

Duval itself is too narrow to begin with. It is going to be hell for other than foot traffic. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles, etc. all vying for space. A guaranteed invitation to more accidents.

As far as I am concerned, the idea is as good as Trump’s was to kill General Soleimani.

The 1970’s for Key West were the roaring 20’s. Except for the method of getting high. Drugs replaced booze.

Several writers organized an informal social club. Named it Club Mandible. Twenty to thirty members. Wore special club shirts and had different club names. Like General Chaos and Private Parts. They generally “boogied.”

The Club spearheaded its members’ efforts “toward the unconscious.” Or, a rather a “punishing form of conscious.” The “punishing form of conscious” was a state easily realized due to the availability of drugs.

When the comedian John Belushi died of a drug overdose in 1982, one of the members remarked that “he didn’t seem all that crazy by Key West standards.”

Michelle Goldberg is a New York Times opinion columnist. Her comments re Trump killing General Soleimani in yesterday’s Times right on: “There are no more adults in the room. After three harrowing years, we’ve reached the point many of us feared from the moment Donald Trump was elected. His decision to kill Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani…..made…..with little discernible deliberation, has brought the United States to the brink of a devastating new conflict in the Middle East.”

Iraq has said…..U.S. remove your troops from our land. A day or 2 before, the U.S. announced 4,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne had been deployed. Yesterday, it was announced 2,000 Marines were en route on the USS Bataan.

Don’t look like the U.S. is going anywhere.

Trump says the economy is good. I think not. Have not for quite a while. The stock market alone is not an accurate indication of the economical health of a nation.

The market also has the capacity as history tells us to drop suddenly and disastrously.

Businesses are hurting.

The most recent example is Pier 1 Imports. It was announced  by Pier 1 that it is closing close to 450 stores. The number representing half its stores.

The rumor is Pier 1 is nearing a bankruptcy filing.

Its stock has dropped. In 2015, $300 a share. Around $5 today.

The last quarter of 2019 found sales decreased 11.4 percent from the same period the previous year. Pier 1 lost $59 million last year.

Nationally in 2019, there were 9,302 retail store closings. The closings 59 percent greater in 2019 that 2018.

As Trump tells us, the economy is good, the best ever.

Puerto Rico can’t seem to win.

In a 24 hour period, it was hit with 2 major earthquakes. A 5.8 magnitude one monday morning at 5:32 am. A stronger one this morning at 3:24 am. A magnitude 6.4. The second one knocked out the electrical system for the entire island.

There may be more earthquakes in the next few days. The experts had predicted the second one. Fortunately, no predictions re tsunamis.

Beware of internet dating!

The incident only one in millions of contacts made. However, one is enough.

Grindr the dating site.

Kevin Bacon 25 found Mark Latunko on the internet. They met Christmas eve at Latunko’s apartment.

Three days later, Bacon was found hanging naked in Latunko’s apartment. He was hanging by his ankles, his throat cut, and parts of his body missing.

Latunko has admitted to cutting off Bacon’s testicles after he was dead. He later ate them.

Modern day cannibalism.

Syracuse/Virginia Tech at 9 tonight. Virginia Tech has the much better record. Syracuse has to begin a winning steak.

At 9 tonight also, my blog talk radio show. Tuesday Talk with Key West Lou. I will miss half of the first half of the game.

A ton of interesting topics tonight. Many which will cause me to rant and rave.

Please join me. www.blogtalkradio.com/key-west-lou.

Enjoy your day!

WHO’S ON FIRST was originally published on Key West Lou

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#Star Trek #Federation #Starfleet #Galaxy Class #USS Enterprise-D #Saucer Section #USS Syracuse #Stardrive Section #Sci-Fi #Mecha #Spaceship #Jetfreak-7

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Events 9.15

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes. 1530 – Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912. 1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain. 1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free public school in modern Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy, by Joseph Calasanz. 1762 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign. 1789 – The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties. 1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign. 1795 – Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic. 1812 – The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow. 1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. 1816 – HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar 1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal. 1821 – The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain. 1830 – The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket. 1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago. 1851 – Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia. 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) 1873 – Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity. 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang. 1915 – The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales. 1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme. 1918 – World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front. 1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. 1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika. 1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft. 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal. 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy. 1944 – Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery. 1945 – A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond. 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077. 1948 – The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo. 1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon 1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia. 1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48. 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States. 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1963 – Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. 1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island. 1972 – A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport. 1974 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board. 1975 – The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica) 1978 – Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans. 1981 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C. 1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns. 2000 – The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia. 2004 – National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office. 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. 2017 – The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.

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Don't skip it.. it affects you.. read it 👇👇👇 . . Reposted from @robertfkennedyjr - MERCK’S MMR: NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT . . This Naval War Ship, USS FT McHenry, has been wandering the Persian Gulf for three months, unable to dock due to a galloping mumps outbreak caused by Merck’s MMR va$$ine. The ship is likely to spend many more months adrift since naval regulations require full quarantine for 50 days after the last case and new infections appear every week, with 25 cases to date among the ship’s 700 fully va$$inated marines and sailors. In order to qualify for a government granted MMR monopoly, FDA required Merck to prove that each MMR component had a 95% efficacy. The Mumps component stalled out at 69% and efficacy quickly wained. Mumps is a harmless disease in childhood but very dangerous for adults. Merck knew that such an anemic immune response, rather than preventing mumps, would simply delay outbreaks until older age when mumps can cause grave injuries including sterility. Nevertheless, Merck ordered its scientists to spike human blood samples with rabbit antibodies to fool regulators, and when that didn’t work, to falsify lab results. Merck got its monopoly and now a generation of college kids and soldiers are suffering dangerous mumps outbreaks. My niece at Penn currently has mumps and the disease has devastated fully va$$inated populations at Harvard, Temple, Syracuse, Louisiana State, IU, U of Missouri and many others. Not wanting to embarrass Merck, the press doesn’t cover these epidemics— which have infected over 9000 young adults over two years— focusing instead on a tiny handful of measles outbreaks affecting a few dozen children, which can be leveraged to mandate Merck’s dangerous MMR for all Americans. Those bills doom the next generation to continual adult onset mumps infections. Corrupt regulators and easily gulled legislators are all dancing according to Mercks choreography. Ironically, national security concerns lead to waiver of rigorous prelicensing safety testing for all va$$ines. Now that policy is coming back to bite our military. - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzgRXshHjF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l8rulupk3ton

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[keywestlou]

ACQUA ALTA AND KING TIDES.....VENICE AND KEY WEST

Flooding is occurring in many places world wide. Some natural and common place. Others new and/or aggravated by global warming.

One such flooding is known as Acqua Alta, the other King Tides.

Acqua Alta is Italian for high water. Occurs in the Venice, Italy area between autumn and spring. They are exceptionally high tides.

King Tides are common in many places in the world. My concern is for those that are annual occurrences in the south Florida area which would include Key West. King Tides are “high tides” or “highest tides.”

King Tides can cause sunny day tidal flooding.

Key West experienced King Tidal flooding in the past month. My recollection is it happens twice a year. I am not certain when next it will occur.

The Venice and Key West floodings are higher in recent years because of global warming. The floodings in both communities will probably result in terrible happenings in both places.

Experts believe Venice will wash away. Venice is presently sinking at the rate of one fifth an inch each year. Another contributing factor to Venice’s problem is that its underwater barriers are incomplete.

As to Key West, it is believed ocean front homes will be gone. The waters will come inland and make other areas inhabitable. Solares Hill may be the only land point remaining.

Venice is experiencing its highest tides in 50 years. Each year Key West flooding is a bit more.

I write about the two differently named tides and increasing water levels because of what is occurring in Venice at the moment. Flooding 5-6 feet. Damage significant. Hotel lobbies swimming pools. Century old relics being destroyed.

Nature has a way of expressing itself, regardless of the cause.

“Baby, it’s cold outside!” No question about it. Most of the U.S. experiencing record lows and snow storms.

Key West fortunately not affected. Its sufficiently south location and warm Gulf waters and breezes preclude what northern U.S. is experiencing.

Maine is the northern extreme of the U.S. The southern extreme is Florida. Specifically, Key West. Maine today undergoing record lows. Today’s Key West high 83.

An arctic blowout!

When I practiced law in upstate New York, major automobile accidents were commonplace on days being discussed. Generally on a state highway.

Ohio yesterday experienced 2 major accidents in separate parts of the state. One involving 75 cars, the other 50. The cause typical. Reduced visibility and heavy snow.

Frequently heard is nothing is certain except for death and taxes. Whence its source? Ben Franklin. On this day in 1789, Franklin in a letter to a friend wrote, “In the world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

One blog reader is Sue from Cape Cod. She came upon the blog a couple of months ago and wrote me. Sue worked for me in my law firm in the early 1980’s.

It is nice to hear from old friends.

Sue is now retired. Lives on Cape Cod. She has been following my infrequent comments re great white sharks. In one written a few days ago, I said great whites are like humans. They summer in Cape Cod and winter off the Florida Keys.

Several have been observed off Key West since September. Off Smathers Beach and the Gulf side of the island.

As we have a Key West Citizen, the Cape has the Cape Cod Times.

In the Times 11/11/19 edition there appeared a front page article re great whites. Sue sent me a copy.

Great whites get tagged. Specific data is kept re their travels. Researchers have spent the past 5 years tagging the sharks. The tags provide the information.

This past summer a record tagging season. Fifty great whites tagged.

We know now how such precise information in recent years has been provided re great whites.

Jimmy Buffett was scheduled to do a major concert at Orlando Amway Center on 12/7. His performance has been cancelled. He will be having shoulder surgery. His concert rescheduled for next year on 12/5/20.

Harry Truman part of Key West history on this date in 1948. A few days after he won the 1948 Presidential election.

Bess and Margaret followed him to Key West a few days after the election. Truman came down for a much needed vacation the day after the election.

On this day in November 1948, the President, wife Bess and daughter Margaret took a trip on the yacht USS Williamsburg to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas.

Today is one of America’s most important days. The public portion of the Presidential Inquiry began at 10 this morning.

I am writing this blog in one room while listening to the TV in another on the other side of the house.

Trump must go! Either by impeachment or at the polls next year. Think of the damage he has done in less than 3 years in office. We can’t afford him another 1 1/2 years. Hopefully impeachment will succeed.

The U.S. car maker Tesla is opening in second plant outside U.S. borders. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced yesterday that a trial factory in China began operation. He further announced a new factory was being opened in Berlin.

The Berlin plant will definitely make Germany the winner in the “great electric car race.”

I don’t understand. Trump told us in the 2016 election that he was going to bring industry/jobs back to the U.S. Doesn’t seem to be working as he told us. In addition to Tesla planning to manufacture in China and Germany, many U.S. auto plants have moved to Mexico since Trump’s election.

The President is a man of his word. He also delivers on what he promised. Does anyone believe him other than himself?

Syracuse/Colgate tonight.

Early season many big time teams play smaller schools. A stipend is paid the smaller college to take the beating. The bigger school gets its team some experience.

Generally, the smaller school gets killed. Sometimes however the smaller school beats the bigger one.

Kentucky early season is ranked #1. Evansville beat Kentucky last night 67-64.

I recall several years ago, Syracuse played Le Moyne early season. Le Moyne did a number on Syracuse.

So it goes.

Enjoy your day!

  ACQUA ALTA AND KING TIDES…..VENICE AND KEY WEST was originally published on Key West Lou

[keywestlou]

MORE $100 BILLS THAN $1 BILLS IN CIRCULATION

There are more US $100 bills in circulation than US $1 bills.

Hard to believe.

I don’t see it. I always have many $1 bills in my pocket. Rarely $100 ones unless I ask specifically for a few at a bank.

All linked to global corruption and hoarding. Twelve billion of them. Eighty percent located overseas.

Those involved in crime related ventures use the $100 bills to transact business. No checks. Bills not traceable.

Then there are those who fear an economic collapse. They hoard $100 bills.

Finally, there are those who do not wish anyone, government or otherwise, to know the extent of their assets. Secrete $100 bills.

Interesting.

Some nights are special. Last night was one of them. I had dinner with Donna and Terri. We had a roaring time. From 7-10. We were the last to leave.

We ate at Hurricane Hole. Probably a year since I was last there. What a difference a year makes! Expanded. At least one third more tables. Even a large kids area. A  2 story pirate ship with slides and other things to keep the young ones occupied. While mom and dad enjoy a quiet meal. One eye on the food, the other on their child/children.

The season unusually good. Many tourists. Evident by the number standing and waiting for a table.

A great afternoon ahead. Syracuse/Wake Forest. At Wake Forest. Syracuse a 7.5 point favorite.

I assume we will win. Hopefully.

I will be lounging in an easy chair in the living room watching the game. Tip off time noon.

A special honor has been bestowed upon Key West. A high honor. The USS Billings will be commissioned in August in Key West. Full ceremony.

The Billings is a littoral combat ship that specializes in support roles such as mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.

Key West has only had one other such honor. In 2011, the USS Spruance was commissioned here.

I want to congratulate our President. He did it again. Screwed something up!

He has threatened Venezuela with invasion, sent the Vice-President on the road to rabble rouse Venezuelan neighbors, shipped goods to the border, etc.

Trump is not being humanitarian. He wants control of the oil reserves. The largest in the world.

So does Russia. Putin smart. He sits back and does relatively nothing. Lets Trump rant, rave and raise hell.

Maduro had enough. He announced yesterday that he was moving Venezuela’s state owned oil firm PDVSA’s office to Moscow.

Congratulations, Mr. President! You did good! It never ends. Putin outfoxing you. You are no competition for your “friend” Putin?

Trump had another “victory” this past week. The summit with Kim in Hanoi.

Trump suggests he and Kim have a kumbaya relationship. Trump “loves” Kim.

Didn’t end that way in Hanoi.

The two did not even appear together at the end of the summit. Nothing was accomplished. Trump immediately went on the air without Kim and explained why.

Several hours later, 2 North Korean delegates did a press conference. A rarity for the North Koreans. They indicated the facts were not as represented by Trump.

Keep it up, Mr. President! You are doing a terrific job! First you alienate our allies and pursue dictators. Your new found friends. Now you are pissing the dictators off.

Who will be left to love us in the end?

The U.S. will be alone by the telephone.

Tonight, I don’t know. The Chart Room first, of course. Then where ever the evening takes me.

Enjoy your day!

    MORE $100 BILLS THAN $1 BILLS IN CIRCULATION was originally published on Key West Lou

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Events 9.15

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes. 1530 – Appearance of the miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano in Soriano Calabro, Calabria, Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the Roman Catholic Church 1644-1912. 1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain. 1616 – Joseph Calasanz opens the first modern public elementary school. 1762 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign. 1789 – The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties. 1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign. 1795 – Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic. 1812 – The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow. 1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. 1816 – HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar 1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal. 1821 – The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain. 1830 – The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket. 1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago. 1851 – Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia. 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia) 1873 – Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity. 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang. 1915 – The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales. 1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme. 1918 – World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front. 1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. 1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika. 1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft. 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal. 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy. 1944 – Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery. 1945 – A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond. 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077. 1948 – The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo. 1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon 1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia. 1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48. 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States. 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1963 – 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. 1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island. 1972 – A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport. 1974 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board. 1975 – The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica) 1978 – Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans. 1981 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C. 1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns. 2001 – President George W. Bush gives his first post September 11th weekly address. 2004 – National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office. 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. 2017 – The Parsons Green bombing took place in London. 2017 – The Cassini–Huygens probe is retired.

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