A fan!!! I'll have a drink of whatever it is you are drinking. Still, thank you. To answer more fully, I need to lose weight. Never believed 200+ pounds was possible... am at 237. Proof the impossible can happen through persistence. Darn. Hope you don't have my problem. Mike
Thanks for the compliment. Don't know about "an excellent one," -- there are people who truly are that, but I'll take it. About to make a "short" on one of my rules of life. We will see how that goes.
Maybe today -- or tomorrow -- I film again. I never do politics, but will be making a "short" about the Character seen in the assassination attempt. You read that first. Mike
Mike, Another great video and very informative. I learned a lot. It really makes you appreciate and think about the sacrifices that all those military men and women have made to keep us in freedom. May Almighty God give them all them the everlasting Peace that they deserve.
Mike: Something that should be taught in every American school. Children need to understand more than just of the latest fashionable whatever. God Bless these Heroes, known to him alone.
Mike: A long-time interest of mine, yet the disappearance of the great wooden pyramids of canvas was something that I knew little about. It was wonderful doing the research, and fun sharing a bit of it.
Such a big handsome man, and so passionate about the topic at hand. I just love watching your warm smile and the enthusiastic way in which you express yourself. Killer smile, too! I just watched this and know of what you are speaking: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qWlcaZ8MtVs.html
What a comment! You could have added that I have the body of a Greek God -- Bacchus (aka, Dionysus) -- which is well concealed under my layers of fat. I do enjoy many of my videos -- not those touching difficult topics, though. Those are an obligation, not a pleasure. Still, I doubly thank you as the video link you shared reminded of forgotten things -- with other videos to be found from it. Thank you and continue enjoying exploring. Mike
@@SWExplore (Steve). There is (was) a big stairway next to the beautiful waiting room in Hoboken's Train station. I "accidentally" went up it, and through one of the many doors preventing further access (possibly following an employee). Beyond, there is a huge expanse -- almost as if it were another waiting room. The far wall had still the ferry destinations and schedules -- of boats which had not sailed in decades. It was the top-level for the ferry's. Many preferred the top level vs. the bottom. History is such a surprise when unexpectedly encountered. Stay well. Mike
@@BeMoreBetter Mike (you big handsome Adonis!), I wished you had recorded your accidentally wandering up to the top level to other waiting room. To have seen the decades-old destination schedules would have been such a wonderful sight. In the video link that I had shared earlier, I could see that the ferry labeled 'Scranton' did have two levels; now it makes sense that one would have been able to alight from either the upper or lower level of the ferry.
@@SWExplore Steve: Worked in NYC, Jersey City, etc. back a while. Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken was one of my schools. Retired now, it would have been wonderful to film so much from back then. My research for my books, talks, articles and videos amazes... and saddens. People were sometimes so smart... and stupid. How to maximize my impact is another question. Need a cute kitten. Mike
With no disrespect intended, let me answer. One with a sense of humor. Two, one that tries to provide interesting things with something more in them to make the viewer better, e.g., make $0.11 with two coins, where one of them is not allowed to be a penny. That's the first video we ever made. Three, one that will not use a four-letter word beginning with "F", and five, hopes you might become a subscriber to decide if the content we create is worth it. Mike
Fantastic video! One of the best short histories of battleships I have come across. Fun fact - Fulton who you mentioned is from Lancaster County, PA. A landlocked county who’s most famous son is known for his steamships.
Have done so myself... well, with my wife. Each of these structures amazes me. Have not seen the remains of the runaway train in the river. Don't know if the cars are still in the water.
@@BeMoreBetter I might go back and do more exploring. We want to check out Paulinskill for sure. We've also been atop the Tunkhannock viaduct in Northern PA South of the NYS line.
@@marktoken6052 Have not beer atop either the Paulinskill or the Tunkhannock. Someday. So much to see, and do. Am working on the next video, returning to history of battleships... the end of the age of sail. Will then turn to Victorian Era RR bridges. It is a good plan. Mike
Interesting. Horatio Nelson, was a most innovative commander for his time. He fought major actions, of different types. Open sea battles,such as Trafalgar,close actions such Copenhagen and the Nile. To put this all in perspective. England realized her ability to survive as a major power was dependent upon her control of the ocean. She placed much emphasis on both her navy and merchant marine. It was all intertwined in a coherent policy. If you spotted a sailing vessel at sea, the chances are it was British-flagged. The control of the sea allowed Britain to be the global economic power of Nelson's time. But that is where that power ended. France and her many and changing Allies,dominated the land. Britain adapted a policy of cutting off as much of French trade as possible. It meant capturing or rendering ineffective French overseas colonies. This was done by invasion, or interdiction or merchant ships at sea. After Tralfagar there weren't really any more fleet actions. The war turned to the interdiction of commerce. At this England excelled, in numerous small fleet actions, and cutting out raids, England basically made it impossible for France to receive the vital supplies to fight the war. Remember to England was fighting the US in the War of 1812. It is estimated that England had 500-600 1st through 6th rate warships,in the period of the Napolenoic wars. A massive undertaking for the time. Not a perfect enterprise, but enough to get the job done.
A wonderful bit of historic perspective!!! An addition might be how the situation changed when the pyramids of canvass were obsolesced by Iron then Steel. When the HMS Dreadnought was launched, GB's lead in ships was reduced to one. Germany then began to race the RN. Germany, like France earlier, was the land power. WWI had a ring of steel thrown around the central powers. The 20th Century's 30-years-war (Part II is known as WWII) continued. I do plan to continue my History of Battleships series here... eventually. Thank you Mike
@BeMoreBetter Yes, you are correct about the battleship race prior to WW1. Germany wanted her 'place in the sun'. The way to gain this was through overseas colonies. England was in no way to give up her domination of the world's oceans. So an arms raced developed between the two. England prior to WW1 was authorizing 8 battleships per year. England had more in raw numbers,Germany had slightly better quality. This was one of the causes of WW1.
@RaymondTroth-cf3if The battleship race culminated in the threeJapanese Super battleships (2 built as such, 1 as an aircraft carrier). Yet, other, larger ships were planned, Russis, the USA, etc. All these despite General Mitchell proving those ships were obsolete. Still... are nuclear powered missile submarines the next generation of battleships??? You can see I'm thinking about the next videos after I reach an end to protesting the stupidity of antisemitism. Mike
@BeMoreBetter Yes,nuclear submarines could be considered the next battleship. They are virtually untraceable and pack an incredible amount of firepower. Your right about battleships. The US,Japan,and England, planned and in the case of England with Vanguard additional battleships. Japan was stopped by material shortages,and dockyard and priority work on escort vessels. The US had the Montana class designed and ready. But changing priorities, the need for landing craft and escort vessels, and the change from fleet actions to island invasions, finally convinced the Navy, that 10 fast battleships was enough. They used the material for smaller vessels.
@@RaymondTroth-cf3if You know an amazing amount re this subject! Now that I have learned it from you, it may go into one of my videos... or even two. Thank you. Mike
That presentation was very good ! I did not know why the Lackawanna Cutoff was discontinued. I am looking foreward to seeing it being reopened again. Thank You !
Gordon: Since making it, the various commenters continue to drop gems about the reason for closing. People are so knowledgeable -- so much more than I am. Still, I do my best to share what little I learn even as I continue to find new things. Some of these are not pleasant. I've just made 3 1/2 videos about antisemitism. Not a happy topic. Hard to believe it has been coming out of the woodwork lately. Regards, Mike
Be more better and go marry your own mother to become your father's father. Be more better and remember...incest is best. I'm just joking. I just thought that it was ironic, so I had to say it.
Another factor in the abandonment of the Jersey Cut-Off was the fear by ConRail that the Delaware and Hudson Railroad would be granted operating rights over it to access Northern New Jersey to create competition. Pull up the tracks and you have no way for another railroad to compete with you.
Well, yes this is some of the story. Erie & DLW merged 10/17/60. Both were in shaky financial shape, hence the merger. They ran both routes the Erie via Port Jervis and the DLW. They favored the Erie at first, then shifted in the 70's to the DLW. What really killed the Cut-Off was New Jersey. Conrail had the LV,NYC,PRR and EL all going to Buffalo. Well,you don't 4 routes from NYC to Buffalo. So they picked the NYC,from North Jersey to Albany and then west. No grades,it had on-line business and Selkirk is the major yard for New England and NY/NJ. The others are pretty much gone,servered or shortlines. Now New Jersey. New Jersey heavily taxes railroad property it's one of the reasons CNJ,was bankrupt by 1967. In the USRA plan,rationalizing rail routes was key. Density,on line business,population etc was all evaluated. Unfortunately the Cut-Off while a great piece of engineering didn't measure up. Conrail did use it until 1978. By then the rehab of the NYC,allowed them to discontinue using the Cut-Off. So it was really modern day reality, that ended it. Regarding the re-opening. I don't know if it's worth it for just 3 trains each way a day. I would rather see it extended to Binghamton or Buffalo. I know everyone is excited about this, but these questions need to be answered. The ridership figures look a little high at 480,000 a year on 6 trains a day. You can't build a railroad and walk away. It needs to be maintained,on a regular basis,track,signals,bridges etc. It has no signals or PTC, or even dispatching,that will be necessary costs with everything else.
What a clear, reasoned, and logical presentation of "the rest of the story". For me, I "found" two viaducts that had been abandoned -- over the Delaware and the Hainsburg. That led to the Cutoff and thence to more history. Thank you so much! Mike
@BeMoreBetter I'm glad you found my response so enlightening. Northeast railroad is a complex subject. I've been railfanning since the 70's. I've seen Pre-Conrail,Conrail and post Conrail. There is a really good back called the 'Men Who Loved Trains'by Rush Loving it goes into this way more than I can. I try to take a measured approach to why the railroads do what they do. I look at it in the time it was occurring. Economics change over the years.
Ray: I'll put that book down onto my "When I get a chance." Am right now reading "Antisemitism - A Very Short Introduction " by Steven Beller. Eye-opening, but not fun. Research for another in my response to the 10/7 attacks that murdered so many in Israel. Thanks, Mike@@RaymondTroth-cf3if
The antisemitism of France 100 years ago was a disease that afflicted only part of the population and was spread deliberately, but, and there's always a "but," antisemitism today is identical -- both in terms of part of the world's population and its deliberate spread. It remails to be seen as to whether President Trump's saga has a heroic outcome or not. Other than my one vote, there is little I can do to affect the outcome. Thank you for the compliment. Mike
Crazy that Tunkhannock actually featured anti aircraft batteries during wartime. It was vital, and obviously such a massive marvel of engineering wouldn’t be fast or easy to replace if destroyed.
Thanks for the information. Did not know about the anti-aircraft batteries. Did read that German spies went after Grand Central Terminal's power converters. All they needed was a handful of sand in them to ruin them. The spies were captured. Hope you have a great 2024! Mike
Fast forward Jan 2024 Scranton service on track. Via a 125mph super railroad cut off. But republicans that agreed to it. Now are trying to derail it. But if they can't will take credit for it. If Trump gets in kiss it good bye. Along with the country. He admits he does not believe or want elections and wants to be dictator.
When the Cutoff is restored, that will represent the smart utilization of amazing infrastructure. We cannot just throw away assets as a nation. As for President Trump and politics... there are other places to debate them. I did a video about the Dreyfus Affair 120 years ago (lasted 12 years) and President Trump's travails ( now in year 8 and counting) --- but, and there's always a "but," I don't opine either way on Politics here. Great 2024 to you and yours. Mike
Sorry this is in play now. REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTROL OF CONGRESS that is funding the rebuilding program. THEY ARE WORKING TO KILL IT! Yes people need to know what is going on! Thanks
I am french.....i know the history for Capitaine Dreyfus and E.Zola. My grand father was "dreyfusard" (partisan for Cap dreyfus). But.....think you the Président Trump is really enough warranting for respect the US Constitution ? (attack the Institution, the Capitole.) ? I love your always greatest nation and your greatest men ! G Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Eseinhauwer, Kennedy, and i remember you was going two interventions in France for fight the Nazi....with numerous american soldiers in cemetery in Normandie. Never forget Thank for this. friendly for France.
Messr. Morvan: Bon jure. Je ne parle pas très bien le français. En fait, je le parle terriblement, mais, et il y a toujours un « mais », Je suis ravie de vous« Écoutez » de votre part - d’autant plus que je touche l’histoire (votre grand-père) à travers vous. Je ne dis pas que Trump est Dreyfus, simplement que les deux « affaires » semblent avoir beaucoup en commun. L’histoire de France -- les gloires de France -- est une merveille pour moi. Je continue d’en apprendre davantage. Passez un merveilleux Noël. Mike
Mike just revisited this site where you discuss the cutoff. Funny in today’s world I see a renaissance in rail travel. It is exciting! America and Canada have beautiful scenery seen from the railroad. The adventure of traveling by train to faraway places may again be happening. Imagine traveling to Chicago on a newly rebuilt Twentieth Century limited train outfitted with the exact same livery as they did in the thirties and forties with the streamlined J on the front end. The red carpet in Grand Central station as well. Or the long slant nosed E6 GM diesel pulling the orange blossom special to Florida.
Garth??? At this time of the Birth of Christ, you touch upon something important... to look and marvel at the world around us... including the people in our lives... and not just family, but, and there's always a "but," friends and neighbors. In fact, my sixth book (WIP, like books 3, 4, and 5) is some Rules of Life -- like the one that says, "Take care of your team." Your team are your people. If you go into a store, you are a shopper of that store. All other shoppers are your people. Now, repeat this in every instance of your life. You have lots of people to enjoy. Am now doing some videos to try and deal with antisemitism. On my list for later, are some Victorian-Era Railroad Bridges. So much to see and marvel at. Have a Blessed Christmas. Mike
I don’t have a specific answer to how to solve antisemitism but I pray everyday for peace More people should be praying for peace too God does here our petitions
Ginny: As an engineer, I look for solutions be they concrete or aspirational. Understanding can come from much, including education. There is only one God... the same for Jew, Christian, Muslim, Bahai, Buddhist... The same God. If he cared how or when we worshiped... we all would (being the All-Powerful gives the ability to, well, do anything). God Bless you at this time of chaos... and of the Birth of Christ.
Mike your right on the money! We find that history repeats itself because people are to dam lazy to learn from it! As we look toward Europe it's in the process of happening again, if we don't help Ukraine by giving it what it needs to stop putin! This is the time and the place, before we end up waiting to long and having to perform another D-day in our future. Thank you Sir, for trying to get people interested in our past!
"Stardust": Thank you for the compliment. The video is not to opine on President Trump, simply to express my concern of the tear in the American fabric. Thanksgiving once had family come together; too often now, families can't discuss differences of opinion without rancor -- or even worse. The world has problems. Big ones. We are a big nation which has done much to solve problems -- yet more is needed -- who else can do what we do best? Am going to continue to address antisemitism in the next video. God Bless. Mike
Dreyfus affair was pretty bad internationally. But putting everything else aside, Trump´s support of the insurrection will, according to the law, prohibit him from running for an elected office ever again. Also, Trump is not running for the presidency for the 3rd time, he already ran (and lost) in the 20th century. Look it up.
President Trump has not been charged with insurrection, and he is currently running for President, so I don't understand the prohibition (of course, the R's do not yet have a nominee). I will look up his first foray into Presidential pursuit prior to 2016. Thank yuu. Mike
@@BeMoreBetter It is actually interesting. Under 14th amendment, you are disqualified from holding public office if you either engange in insurrection or "provide aid or comfort" to the insurrectionists. So there is a different suit proving that you provided support to the insurrectionist - you do not have to engage in the insurrection proper. And Trump calls them great patriots and sings songs of their heroism - sounds like comforting to me. There are already suits like this in a couple states, e.g. Colorado, and more will probably follow. If anything, this will cause Trump never be president ever again.
There may be lawsuits charging President Trump with providing aid and comfort by his speeches. Am not familiar with any. Am not an attorney, but , and there's always a "but," he -- like any US Citizen -- is innocent until proven guilty of that charge. BTW, other nations have different legal systems, so I don't know if Innocent until proven guilty is global or not.
Looked it up. You are right. Donald J. Trump was a Presidential Candidate for Russ Perot's party in 2002. You have an excellent memory. Thanks for the education.
@@BeMoreBetter Thanks for the conversation, I really liked the first part of the video. Innocent until proven guilty should be nowadays accepted globally (in criminal cases mind you, there is a different standard in civil cases in different countries). I just think Trump made very wrong political decision where he even cowrote one of the songs about the insurrection and brags about it on stage. Even if he wanted to support them, he should have let his people do it instead of on his own. I really do not see a way to spin that to anything other than providing comfort to the insurrectionists. In the end, it is a constitutional case so it does not mean he will end up in prison, it just means he will not be able to run for any office.
Dave (I'm guessing here): Glad I made you laugh. It was not my intention. I thought France 1894-1906 is similar to the USA 2016-23: both nations torn apart, men rich, opponents, etc.) Was not my intention to support or degrade President Trump. I tried to be on neither side here. Mike
Media hypocrisy should be ruled a hate crime. Thank you Mike for your dedication to revealing history that sure needs to be shared with the youth today lest we be doomed or deemed to soft to respond to constant lies and hypocrisy.
Thanks (do I know your first name? Senility hits when you least expect). The Dreyfus Affair was something I read about decades ago -- and did not understand it then. Now, realization is it is back. Tried not to be pro or anti President Trump. Got so upset researching the Cambodian Genocide. We cant' ever go there... yet the antisemitism we are seeing frightens. I may do the next video on that. Thinking. Mike
You can feel free to educate me. The video tries to not take sides, just to provide facts. What am I missing that is critical... and please don't make it complex. It's is me you are educating. Thanks. Mike
Sad history continues. People learn somehow to hate the Blacks, hate the Italians, hate the Irish, hate the Catholics, hate the Jews (in real time/Israel)... to hate everyone. When will people learn that hate does not make the world better???!!!
I am sorry Italians were lynched. I had never heard of this but i do know the Chinese building the railroads were also beaten and murdered as well as Greeks ( the Ludlow massacre) and ofcourse the Japanese two thirds who were born here , etc.... not saying this because I believe the other groups suffered more but please understand when an Italian walks down the street we don't know hes Italian but when a black person or Asian walks down the street we KNOW theyre black or Asian easier to discriminate against . Also i saw a PBS documentary on Italians in America. I was surprised to see thousands in American streets listening to a speech Mussolini was giving to Italians throughout the world on radio. They were cheering and praising him even though they knew he was fighting on the German Nazi side against the United States. Their support didn't diminish it just was kept quiet. It was when Italian American men fighting during WW2 that they realized Mussolini was NOT good for Italians. My mother was in elementary school in Greece when Mussolinis soldiers entered her classroom and forced the kids to learn the GENOVESE song praising Mussolini. The Greeks kicked their butts out of the country despite having a poor equipt army. There is a holiday in Greece called OXI meaning NO in Greek celebrating the Italians ouster. Mussolini also killed 150,000 Ethiopians in the 1930s. At least 50, ooo sere women and children. Please read the book Vatican s bankers. Also the pope blessed the planes with "holy" water before those planes flew into Ethiopia. DISGUSTING!
Thanks for writing. History has much which should be remembered and never repeated. Some things inspire; others are sickening. These things have afflicted all races, colors, creeds, sexes... have afflicted humanity. This video is just about one naming from a specific massacre. Here is a different perspective: the book "Origins of Species" where the theory of Evolution was proposed -- some took it to inspire Europe's nations to arm themselves at the beginning of the 1900's... leading to WWI, and its "Part II"(sometimes called WW II)... followed by the Cold War. Let's pray humanity learns something.
Do we really know what a person born 600 years ago wrote or spoke? Italy was not a unified nation until about 1871. In 1882 the Knights of Columbus were formed. Our Charity, Unity, and Fraternity exemplifition has: "...Columbus was a revered hero of the 19th century, who inspired the names of cities throughout the United States, including the nation's capital, a province in Canada, and a nation in Latin America..." That remains true. Certainly, eleven Italians were lynched and Christopher Columbus was chosen to show that Italian Americans played an essential role in the European Exploration of America.
Don't speak of what you don't know. Don't repeat something you heard just because it fits your biases. This is not a criticism, my friend, just a piece of unrequested life advice.
@@senecanzallanute4066 what did he write in Italian? His signature is written in Greek and Latin. He wrote mostly in Spanish, Portuguese, Latin n Greek.
@@Michael_passio His birth certificate - the original of his which is visible in the Museo Marittimo in Genoa - is written in Genoese-Italian. According to all available sources, he was born in a hamlet a few miles from the city of Genoa and certainly spoke Genoese-Italian with his family and friends (who were all from the region). When at sea, he presumably spoke lingua franca (as all other Mediterranean sailors would) and Spanish of course when he worked in Spain. But he probably also spoke Italian with his friend and testamentary executor, Amerigo Vespucci, who was from Florence. Let me add that the tales about Colombo being Spanish, Jewish, Portuguese, or what not, flourished when Colombo was considered a hero. Now that his fortune (mostly created by Washington Irving to exalt the US) has faded, the only ones who still claim him are those who truly should: the Italians.
@@senecanzallanute4066 can you send me link to that museum in Genoa. I was just at house of Colombo in Genoa and they say it’s a reconstruction and he wasn’t born in that house. Washington Irving was a fairytale writer also. How did colon marry into Portuguese nobility being a wool weaver?
I don't know what you are doing but 'The Lackawanna CutOff' is filled with Toxic Waste in 'the Waltz and Reese Cut'. EPA reports for 'The Mansfield Trail Dump Superfund Site' confirm this. Byram Lakes Elementary School is right downhill from this Toxic Distal Plume and when NJ Transit and Amtrak start running trains on it again, it will poison the kids at the Elementary School. Keep this comment public. To make it not public, I think would be illegal as you will be covering up a crime.
My videos try to put out interesting things -- usually positive ones -- which may stick in the viewer's mind. Videos then offer something which may be life-changing (or not). Your comment is about something I did not know about, though I do care about preserving the world we live in -- and makiing it better, too. Your threatening me here is perhaps a first. Was that needed? Ignoring the threat, I'll keep this comment as toxic waste sites are worth knowing about; need remediation; and need to be learned from. Thank you. Mike
@@BeMoreBetter No threat implied at all. Every other train channel makes this comment private and endangers the public in doing so. Ask @LackawannaCutOff , as he does not care about public safety if it gets in the way of his Choo-Choo. I am just trying to look out for local kids and keep them safe. How more positive can you get?
@@HORIINKO Good morning. I'll take your word that "To make it not public, I think would be illegal as you will be covering up a crime." is not a threat. That mentioned, am not a train channel, so don't know that they do about your comment, nor why they would make it private. Looking out for local kids and keeping them safe is certainly a wonderful thing to do. Keep it up. Mike
@@BeMoreBetter It is hard trying to keep these kids safe. I apologize if you misinterpreted what I was saying and I apologize that I thought you were with them. I watched some of your other videos and realize that you are a good person that is just trying to make the world a better place, just like me. Keep up your good work! The world needs more people like you! Sincerely, Jason
@@HORIINKO Jason: Good afternoon. Enough said about the misunderstandings. Have been on hiatus this far this year... life does give us unexpected gifts. Am editing my next... to say "thank you" to a woman who lived in a 1796-built house. She give it to our town to become a museum... after she'd lived there for almost 100 years. One thing more... thank you for writing I am a good person. Someday God will have to judge the truth of what you wrote about me. Mike
Thanks for the comment. Many have told me that the decision was not "engineering" but rather to favor one company over the other. That might be true, but the factors I list are true also.
Good morning. I have to ask. Who rose against God if not Lucifer? BTW, since God is all-merciful, if Lucifer ever repents, God will forgive him, and he will again be Lucifer.
@@BeMoreBetter Lucifer was and is fighting against Satan, the God from the bible. God is merciful BUT not the God you know from the bible who says he's a jealous God..he's the only one and we need to worship him! The real God is the one who sent Jesus to "wake us up" as we're living the biggest lie ever. Satan created world, not God! Anyway...never stop believing in the Light Bringer, no matter if you call him Jesus or Lucifer it's the same.
At 2:27 is CR 6669 formerly EL 3638. I saw 3638 once as EL. I would catch 6669 many times. All still in red/white/blue. CR 6670 is the only surviving SDP45 in the USA.
It is always a pleasure to "meet" people who are so much more knowledgeable about so many subjects than I... and there are so many things to know! Enjoy your day, and thank you. Mike
Given the enormous growth of the region abandoning (vs simple shutdown) of such infrastructure was stupid and foreseeably so! Every commuter on a train is one less car choking the roads. Rail built the northeast long before cars were common. Done right it's convenient (I loved sleeping en-route), energy-efficient and a vital enhancer to regional infrastructure.
Japan and Cheju or Jeju Island had a humane Steam Age of steam filled tail sitter airships patterned after a Korean farthingale called Hanbok having steam jet rockets patterned after Korean bustled panniers called Daeshin Chima having above dangling chained cabled ropes and below twin undercarriage keels comprised of concentric coaxial conical fuel hoppers around boilers around smokestacks above a ceramic burner fueled by sulfur from fluid jet drilled wells while female divers were an alternative to serfdom of solar agriculture. "Far Eastern Review" 1910 to 1911 on Japanese refrigerated airship hangers so eventually Anglo Americans forced rail transit and agricultural farm on Japan to herd like cattle. In contrast rest of the world had coolies crucified under rail transit tracks and serfs crucified under cultivator tines along with Fritz Lang "Metropolis" like coal furnaces.
From the US Army tomb of the unknown site: "Originally, a civilian watchman was responsible for the security of the Tomb of the Unknowns. Then, March 24, 1926, a military guard from the Washington Provisional Brigade (forerunner of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington) was established during daylight hours. In 1948, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," assumed the post, following the unit's reactivation in the nation's capital. Members of the regiment's Honor Guard continue to perform this duty today." And the reason they placed a guard there was because visitors were using the tomb as a picnic table! Since 1948 total respect and silence is required at the tomb. Laughing, loud talk, casual attitudes, and wandering around the tomb or crossing the chains, will get a quick and stern warning from the sentinel. Should you be near the tomb and you don't leave when ordered the second time, the next thing you will hear is the racking of the sentinel's rifle bolt! Theynmean business!
Pat: I'd read that and a bunch more. While the TUS gives one pause, to discover the many other TUS(s) shocked me. Sad... and so few know of them. Serving and giving the last full measure... then being laid to res unknown. Hard to believe. These men (and some women) deserve our thanks, respect and our prayers. God Bless Them.
The French Revolution was conceived not by. the French Philisophers like Rousseau alone . Rather , the seed of the Revolution was sown by the builder of the Notre Dame Cathedral - here a Virgin woman is conceiving the SON OF GOD ! Revolution was in the very blood of the Perisians who were brought up generation after generation under the shadow of the Notre Dame - the VIRGIN MOTHER ! Thankyou !
Thanks so very much. Have never tried a "comedy" video before; will do more of them in the future. The next out will be "Battleship History part V" which will very unusual (the script is done). Hope you enjoy them, too.
Oops! One fact you did not mention in your passionately delivered presentation… All of the amazingly diabolical things that Christopher Columbus did on the Caribbean Islands that he “discovered.“ The result of his discovery annihilated a whole race of people. You may want to update your video to include that fact. ❄️🔆❄️
Yes, life in 1500 had many terrible things. History has many terrible things. Sometimes they happen in front of us. Consider the barbarity of murdering some 40,000,000 babies in the womb just in the US (a number that is still growing). The K of C began before the slaughter that is abortion. Anti-Catholic prejudice remains today. As I said in the video, "Father McGibney named the K of C after Columbus to show the important role of American Catholics began with its European discovery. He did so to counter the strong anti-Catholic bias immigrants encountered in the United States...."
Good morning. "This man" is NOT "my father's son." No, he is not -- except as the answer. In the riddle, "This man's father" IS "my father's son" because he is. Does that help? Am working on "Real Men Don't Dust," "Battleship History V," and a new riddle "The Stolen Dollar" Life has been busy lately, I'll bet the videos out eventually.
