Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
OROZCO by SK GUNS and Pascual Orozco himself.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Thursday, Feburary 7, 1924. De la Huerta retreats and the M1911A1 is born.
Adolfo de la Huerta and his staff withdrew by boat to Mérida, Yucatán, after federal troops recaptured Veracruz.
Italy recognized the Soviet Union.
Around this time, Colt began to ship what is called the "Colt Transition Model 1911", which were actually the first of the M1911A1s.
The Colt M1911 is a John Browning designed semi-automatic pistol that can legitimately be regarded s the greatest handgun ever made, although there are, or perhaps more accurately were, a few other contenders. Other than the mostly John Browning Designed Hi Power, none of the other contenders remain in service somewhere however and the M1911 has by far the longest period of service.
Adopted by the U.S. on March 29, 1911, in 1923 the handgun received some minor modifications, the most significant of which is a curved spring housing which changed the profile of the grip. The trigger was also shortened. In 1924 the modified design started to ship, this month, from Colt. The M1911A1 designation came in 1926.
Large quantities of M1911s were made in World War One, and even larger quantities of M1911A1s were made during World War Two. So many were in fact made that no new orders were placed for M1911s through the rest of its primary service life, up to when the M9 Beretta 9mm handgun was ordered to replace it.
The M9 actually failed to completely replace the M1911A1, although it nearly did so. Some small quantities of M1911A1s that had been issued to officers remained in ongoing use. In addition, the pistol never ceased being used by special troops, who favored it over the 9mm M9 due to its larger .45ACP cartridge. The Marines nearly immediately resisted the change and adopted a reworked and custom-built M1911, with flat spring housing, as the MEU(SOC) pistol for close combat, taking in quantities of M9s at the same time.
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Churches of the West: Holy Days of Obligation.
Holy Days of Obligation.
At one time, I assumed that the entire globe had the same Catholic Holy Days of Obligation, but this is not true. No, not at all.
The United States has the following:
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Ascension of the Lord
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- All Saints' Day
- Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
- Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- The Body and Blood of Christ
- Christmas
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Epiphany
- Feast of the Ascension
- Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- All Saints' Day
- Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Thomas the Apostle
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Birth of our Lady
- Christmas
- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Christmas
- Epiphany
- Presentation of the Lord
- Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary
- Feast of the Ascension
- Transfiguration of the Lord
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Presentation of Mary
- Christmas
- 8 December: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 25 December: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
- 1 January: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
- 6 January: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
- 19 March: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Thursday of the sixth week of Eastertide: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
- Thursday after Trinity Sunday: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Feast of Corpus Christi)
- 29 June: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
- 15 August: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 1 November: Solemnity of All Saints
- The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
- The Epiphany
- The Ascension
- The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
- The Dormition of Holy Mary, the Mother of God
- The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25
- The Circumcision of Christ, January 1
- Ascension Day, 40 Days after Pascha (Easter)
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15
- All Saints Day, November 1
- The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
September 2, 1920. Changing views.
Most of the time when I put a newspaper up here, it's to mark some big or at least interesting century old event. Every now and then, however it's to comment on something and how it was perceived, which by extension comments on how we perceive things now.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Cowgirls at the Pendleton Round Up, 1911
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Mexican Revolution. . . where we're at in terms of century delayed time.
Lex Anteinternet: Venustiano Carranza assassinated . . .: .
Venustiano Carranza assassinated . . .
And it goes on from there.
So, where are we at on this story that we've been following for years and for which there are now 306 entries on this blog.
The story starts with the revolution against Porifirio Diaz in 1911
Well, not really. Diaz, who had been a lieutenant of Mexican revolutionary and then president Benito Juarez, served as President of Mexico three times with his last period of dictatorial service running form 1884 until May 21, 1911. An odd statement to an American reporter about being willing to hold elections in 1908 lead to one and ultimately he proved unwilling not to run, as he'd promised, with his running meaning an assured reelection.. That lead to the rebellion in 1910 we now call The Mexican Revolution, lead at first by the improbable Francisco Modero.
On this date in 1920, Diaz had been dead five years. He'd died of natural causes at age 85 in France.
In 1911 he took to his exile and was succeeded by Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano, whom Mexican conservatives called the "white president" due to his purity. He only served until November.
So, so far we've seen the assassination of two of the real revolutionary presidents of Mexico, the odd but admirable Modero and the determined and not so admirable Carranza. And we've seen the exile of three of the right wing pretenders, two of whom had died by natural causes.
Not dying by natural causes up to this point were thousands of Mexican soldiers who had fought on both sides of the Mexican Revolution, and in some cases literally on both sides. Included in that number was Emiliano Zapata, the greatest of the Mexican revolutionaries, who was its best post Modero hope.
And the revolution was getting increasingly extreme. Having gone from a hope for democracy with Modero it was coming to increasingly reflect the extreme left wing politics of revolutions of its age, something that would have ill consequences for Mexico in coming years.
Indeed, a real oddity of Mexico's post Maximillian politics in general, up to this point, is how radical it was even when seemingly combined with conservative elements. If Diaz sometimes dressed like Napoleon, his politics, he in some ways was like him. He was a political liberal but one who did not trust the democratic process. Ultimately he governed as a moderate liberal with a focus on stability. Even today he is credited with having laid the foundations for modern Mexico. His real fault was in not trusting democracy and running for reelection in 1910, when he promised not to.
Had Diaz held to his initial promise, Modero would have been elected in 1910. Whether Diaz stepping away from politics voluntarily would have necessarily resulted in a Mexican army that would have accepted the election is another question, and one we will never know the answer to. Had that occured, Mexico would have stepped into being a true democracy in 1910, something that would take another century to occur. Diaz's failure to trust his own people lead to a revolution in which propelled radicals to the top. One of those radicals was Carranza, who ended up sharing that lack of trust with Diaz. He sought to dictate the results of the upcoming 1920 Mexican election, which in turn lead to his bloody end in May, 1920. That put Obregon in the position of being the assured ultimate next president of the country, with extreme radicals rising up right behind him.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Tuesday, April 14, 1914. Opening Day and Threats in Mexico.
The region had been part of China until it broke away during the 1911 Revolution.
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