my work here is done!
Host of the Cold War Channel in YouTube. Independent Historian 20th Century, military, and Soviet and Post-Soviet spaces. Lifetime Spurs sufferer/supporter. He/him History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or white
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POTUS saving the city from crime:
Puerto Rico would like a word. Several, in fact.
In fact, Trump now believes his IS Batman (Adam West style)
In his mind...yes, I believe so.
Going to make DC crime free...anybody want to point out the obvious??
technically, not wrong.
Trump thinks this is Mayor Bowser
"got a job through woke" huh?
they have to keep it short so they can get Trump back to his cryogenic chamber?
"we're not behind but we need to catch up"
The original score to Swan Lake (the one Tchaikovsky stole from) was REALLY heavy on the bass?
Current live feed from the WH press conference:
I'll be honest...i usually can't keep either of the straight in my brain 😅
interesting that the Canadians follow the British pattern of named regiments while Australia/NZ seem to follow a numbered naming pattern Unless i'm missing something from the cursory inspection I just conducted?
Monarchy for the 21st Century...
how dare you forget to include the Princess's! no citizenship for you.
Space Force moving to Alabama screams The Far Side...
I have messaged both kids* to wish them good luck. Naturally, they have not responded 😅 *they are both adults. and yet, they will forever be kids to me.
you mean like this, but with Suleiman? No idea...not my kind of history.
Did you know that in the 1950s, there was a series of uncontrolled nuclear reactions at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Simi Valley outside Los Angeles? Find out more about this is a Cold War episode from last year... youtu.be/iXSSCdlTst4
Send this to anyone who is having a bad day, I can’t breathe 🤣 ohhh boy
Tomorrow, September 2, is the first First Day of School where I don't have kids starting in a public school. Instead, I have a kid starting a specialized mechanics program and a kid starting a transition program into a 4-year undergrad program (they never finished high school) I am very happy.
Oh damn :( Rest well, sir.
Stephen Miller, Shakespearean actor.
There are jokes in there about being a cadet, but I'm assured those things no longer happen...
And in this year's performance of "Is Woodrow Wilson Dead?", the role of Eleanor will be played by...Melania?? Oh Fuck.
his natural palour
Not dead but probably not really alive either...
i typically listen to music relevant to whatever it is I am researching...been a lot of Vietnamese Bolero and French 50/60s pop music in my playlist lately What are you listing to?
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
Damio, no doubt!
There is a long term financial concern, of course. But to suggest that the only solution to that is "let-hate-in" seems unreasonable at best
So glad to see the "BlueSky is dying because it doesn't force me to interact with things I don't want" discourse is back again 🙄
Wait...due to visual resemblance or by reputation of what happened inside?
Lubyanka, FSB/KGB headquarters, Moscow. Reputed as the tallest building in Moscow due to the ability to see Siberia from the basement.
So...how long until we get this?
The ship itself has an interesting connection to Nazi history too...it was used as a Hitler Youth vacation ship and then a hospital ship during the war. Steel Ship indeed
Translation: Rudi was drunk driving with a prostitute in the car and got into an accident because he was drunk, with a prostitute in the car.
okay, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking The One Ring to Mordor:
House things done. Now time for a Book n' Beer in the backyard.
this is what i have to repeat to myself multiple times before hand. i also only attempt projects when my wife isn't home so that she isn't there watching and stressing me out 😂
I am *not* somebody who has ever been described as "handy" so even doing something as basic as changing a light fixture in the house feels like a huge win
more passengers. Admiral Nakhimov sank in 8 minutes, claiming the lives of 423 people. The subsequent investigation found that the captains of both ships had violated navigational safety rules and both were sentenced to 15 years in prison. Both men were released in 1992.
The passenger ship immediately began to list to starboard and the power on the ship failed, leaving the passengers, many of who had retired to their cabins, in total darkness. The ship quickly began to sink, the result of the removal of bulkheads during the refit to be able to accommodate
but it was too late. At 11:12 p.m., Admiral Nakhimov was struck by Pyotr Vasev and the momentum of the cargo ship opened an 84-square meter hole int he side of the Admiral Nakhimov. between the engine room and the boiler room.
Admiral Nakhimov, Vadim Markov retired to his cabin, leaving second mate Alexander Chudnovsk in command. The Pyotr Vasev, however, did nothing to alter its course or speed. Chudnovsk continued to radio the freighter and even eventually altered his own course by 10 degrees
bulk freighter Pyotr Vasev. The Admiral Nakhimov radioed the Pyotr Vasev and its captain, Viktor Tkachenko, with a warning, but was assured that the the ships would pass clear of each other and that everything would be fine. Based on this, the captain of the
was used to take holidaymakers on cruises between Odessa and Batumi. She was capable of carrying over 1,000 passengers on the six-day cruise. On the evening of August 31, 1986, having left Novorossiysk enroute to Sochi, the Admiral Nakhimov found itself on a collision course with the
OTD August 31, 1986 The SS Admiral Nakhimov, a Soviet passenger ship collides with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev and sinks, killing 423 passengers. The SS Admiral Nakhimov, originally built in Germany and named the SS Berlin but refit as a Soviet passenger ship from 1957,
#SubRosa #TNG
Thank you for the shoutout! An honour to be included in distinguished company. check out the list here folks for some great recommendations
Celtic...sel-tick? Sell-tis? Kel-tick? kel-tis? Who made up this word??
Grade 7: Ms Fernando taught ancient history and while the specific material didn't stick, her passion for it did. Grade 9: Mrs Duschinsky taught modern European history from Westphalia to the present. Have had the chance to thank them both in the years since...
Random request: Does anyone have a flak map or unit dispositions for Walcheren in late 1944? Trying to figure out how Marineflak Unit 810 were situated.
Maybe...going to let the finished script sit for a few days and then go over it to see if I can bring it down
6,000 words may a little long for a single script...but i am bad at editing and want to tell a specific story.
The early ideas for the new Knight Rider movie look terrible
i'm only an hour in so we'll see...it is clunky for sure
Console.
Going to try Disco Elysium again...started it before but life interfered and I stopped pretty early in.
Is this different from Fanta Xa Xi, from Vietnam?
and i see they let the clock run long enough to allow Utd to pull ahead too
Spurs lose and Trump is still alive. What a crumby Saturday morning.
Bollocks.
The lack of attacking options on the left is very telling...Xavi can't get into the squad soon enough #COYS
new delivery being made to Old Trafford as we speak...
it's the only way to out-Spurs last year
a lifetime of pain and suffering punctuated by brief moments of hope, actually
just turning on the Spurs match and...WTF lads?
That's courage to use a wood chipper first thing in the morning. Esp if you've seen Fargo.
He isn't actually my neighbour...maybe a 5min walk down the street (pressed him while walking the dogs). So no action by me will be involved lol
In my neighborhood? He's just going to get assaulted
HOAs aren't really a thing here. City noise bylaw is 7am. Still, I can't imagine his neighbours are happy
He's going to get punched
City noise bylaw, etc he's within his rights but he IS going to get punched
Never assault somebody on the Saturday of a long weekend No bail until Tuesday
There is a dude in my neighborhood mowing his lawn. AT 7 AM?!
At least one...doesn't seem to properly cool down now until into November
6:40am, it is 10 degrees, and the sun is just coming up. The summer is definitely coming to an end.
Embers of War is fantastically good.
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa: Trump is "objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset. He functions as an asset." In March, British Conservative Party MP Graham Stuart raised that Trump had been groomed by the Kremlin’s security services over a period of decades.
i have used it as a source for some things but honestly have not sat and just read it. It comes across in the text as fairly balanced and is, to my knowledge, the most recent academic overview of the whole period rather than area specific.
recommendation on a more balanced single volume? Logevall did such an outstanding job with Embers that i feel its been spoiled now lol
total bawbag
Opinions on Wawro's "The Vietnam War"? I've heard that it is very Ameri-centric...
A ballsack with eyes.
They think he is from Dragonstan (explaining LFC is more complicated than convincing ppl that Dragonstan is a real place)
Military Industrial Complex intensifies! President Eisenhower contemplates returning from the dead to ask "WTF?!"! www.aol.com/news/us-coul...
I am reading a Max Hastings book at the moment and while it is stylistically exquisite, the actual story he is telling has more than a few yikes moments so far.
while flattered, if you are watching for my looks, you need to get out more.
counterpoint: we need people to understand that credibility/watchability is not derived from how hot a person is.
Powerade/Gatorade schism incoming...
are we taking bets on which of the binned cables you will need by the end of the weekend?
idk if this is a thing, but are there historians with a specialty in the use of public transportation during war?
This song lasts far longer...
now what if the driver who got the grocery store starts telling everybody that they won the race, despite both vehicles going in different directions to different locations?