Category: History

I came across the Battle Of Chosin Reservoir in a documentary some fifteen years ago. I’m glad to see the Fat Electrician give his version.

Not the usual heartwarming Thanksgiving video. But there are some tear-jerking moments.

Last weekend was the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War. In that vein, I’m dropping this here.

Here’s a gem for your consideration. I have a connection for this video as it took place in Idaho.

Edit: This is a generated image. Here’s a Forbes link talking about it and the dangers of these images in disasters. Big takeaway below

Repeated exposure to fake content can erode public trust in legitimate news and information sources. When people repeatedly encounter false images, they begin to question all media, including accurate and necessary disaster updates.

Further, fake images can be a trojan horse for cyberattacks, often being shared in conjunction with phishing links or scam fundraising campaigns. Unsuspecting individuals are lured into contributing funds or providing personal details to malicious actors under the guise of helping those affected by disasters.

I’m keeping up the original post as a reminder to myself that if something looks too perfect, then maybe I do need to take a more skeptical eye.

We’ve all seen the photos of the devastation in Tennessee and South Carolina. However, there are sometimes an image shows up that captures the terror and heartbreak of an event. I’m posting this here for posterity, and to remind myself (if no one else) about the depths of the tragedy that mere numbers cannot express.

I can’t find attribution and have heard that it was AI created.

If it’s a real photo and I find the photographer, I will edit this and give credit.

If it’s AI, well, it’s a damn impressive piece of art.

One year ago, monsters infiltrated across the Israel-Gaza border to rape, slaughter, and kidnap whoever they could. I don’t care what you think of how the Gazans were treated by Israel. Those monsters were not freedom fighters. Freedom fighters do not commit those kinds of atrocities.

I went back and looked at my initial reaction. It was part of a Monday links post, and I predicted a “Republican Pounce” moment. Damn, did I underestimate what would happen across the globe. I’ll address this further in a moment.

Israelis – not just the government, but the people – decided that they could no longer allow Hamas to continue operating in Gaza. If I were living in Israel, I think I would have the same opinion. If the Mexican cartels came across the border and did just the same amount of damage to border towns and farms in a weekend, I don’t doubt for a moment that there would be US troops in Mexico within a week or two. You can’t find peace with people who want you dead. You can have a ceasefire, but peace is not the absence of violence, but the presence of justice.

A good example is Hezbollah, who took the opportunity of Israel’s gaze being turned to Gaza to make northern Israel uninhabitable through rocket barrages. Now, Israel has decapitated Hezbollah and gone after their stockpiles. The chattering class is full of Iran directing all of this, but I’m not so sure. I feel like there are three wars happening simultaneously – Israel-Hamas, Israel-Hezbollah, and Israel-Iran.

Now, back to the public reaction. Sweet FSM, I expected some of the usual suspects to condemn Israel’s reaction. But to actually cheer on Hamas? To close down campus in support of Hamas? To intimidate and assault Jews in support of Hamas? What the hell?

The world has pivoted in ways I never saw coming when I first heard the news a year ago.

Eighty years ago, the Allied forces launched the largest amphibious operation in history.

It’s a good time to review then-General Eisenhower’s address to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who would participate in Operation Overlord.

And because it’s me, here’s the Sabaton History video.