Thinking back. it certainly seems true in my case!
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Lakeshore HS Invitational 2018
Lakeshore HS Invitational 2018 – If you like bands, marching, and showmanship you would have loved to be at this years Lakeshore HS Invitational held Saturday in Stevensville, Mi
The Internet & You!
It’s true, it really is. You can actually ignore Face Book comments and live a happy and contented life.
As I get older this seems to apply to me more often than not.
Why, Why do I still do this?
Is it too late for me?
There is a lot of truth in this!
Here is the Trivia Diver Question asked at the August Michigan Underwater (MUD) club meeting.
Question: Other than the German Mine-layer, the UC-97, what other submarine has visited Benton Harbor/ Saint Joseph MI as part of a War Bond drive?
If you were at last month’s club meeting or read the newsletter you know.
Answer:
It was the Japanese mini sub HA-19 used in the Dec 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was paraded thru Benton Harbor to help sell War Bond’s on July 23,1943.
The Japanese Navy’s midget submarines were ~78-feet long, weighted 46-ton submerged, had a crew of two and was armed with two 450-millimeter Type 97 torpedoes with 800 pound warheads. They could sprint up to 26 miles per hour submerged, but could not dive deeper than 300 feet. More importantly, the Type As had no engine and ran purely on batteries. This gave the diminutive vessels a maximum endurance of 12 hours at speeds of 6 miles per hour. The subs often ran out of power much faster in real combat. A larger submarine mothership had to bring the Type As close to the target area. With the battery limitations it was unlikely the midget sub could make it back to safety. Each one had a 300-pound scuttling charge.
The submarines boat captain was the first Japanese prisoner of war.
September 1: Food for Reflection perhaps?
Food for Reflection perhaps?
This video was posted on the General Aviation Junkyard which is about neglected, abandoned and/or derelict aircraft. The site also provides a reflection about the history and its loss of general, commercial, and military aircraft.
This is one a video that I feel has significant and emotional meaning if you really think about it. It applies not to just the thoughts and memories of those in the wars, not just WWII, but can apply to all the following wars and conflicts since.
The mechanics of warfare have changed but the effect on those in them have not. What is the real cost in and to people, both service personnel and families? What of the tremendous cost conflicts impact on the economics of the country whether you are considered the winner or loser?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGNKO6wz10
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 airport scene Dana Andrews – Clip from the 1946 film with Dana Andrews walking through a aircraft graveyard. Film synopsis: Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
The Daily News -Truth or Fiction
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS, The CW, and separate cable news CNN, MSNBC, and FNC, etc
True or False:
“And now it’s time to go over the carefully selected stories that have been chosen to manipulate your emotions and thinking for a specific agenda.”
Do you believe that “reporters” sift through facts, weigh them up, make editorial judgements about their relative strength and importance, and then present them in a way that illuminates the truth of a matter? Or do their ramblings mimic their prejudices and preconceptions, picking the facts that support their (or the stations managers) opinion and ignoring the ones that do not?
Do you believe that if you are provided with just the known “Facts” it leaves you bewildered and you need reporters to have the facts interpreted for you?
Should we not expect reporters of the news to examine the evidence and reach conclusions based on rigorous and professional judgement’s rather than their opinions or their hunches?
We are assailed on all sides by information presented to us by those with hidden agendas, causes to push and products to sell.
To wade into the ocean of digital information these days is to feel manipulated, pressured and overwhelmed by “facts” that have been twisted and misrepresented to suit someone else’s opinion.
What we need are reporters who are trying to cut through the manipulation and the spin and let the facts do the talking.