Blog Mirror: ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

 ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

Blog Mirror: Why You Can’t Be an Iran Hawk and a Russia Dove

 

Why You Can’t Be an Iran Hawk and a Russia Dove

Wednesday, April 19, 1944. Operation Ichi-Go.

 Operation Ichi-Go commenced in China.

Japanese plans for the offensive, which would be a largely successful Japanese effort.

Control of the ground at the end of the war.

The massive and highly successful offensive was designed, in no small measure, to help force a conclusion to the war in China, something perhaps best demonstrated by its alternative Japanese name, Tairiku Datsū Sakusen (大陸打通作戦), "Continent Cross-Through Operation"). It would gain a huge amount of ground, and demonstrate the importance of the war on the mainland to the Asian conflict.  It's specific goas were to link railways in Beijing and Hankou in northern China to the southern Chinese coast at Canton and spare shipping and avoid American submarines; to take the airfields in Sichuan and Guangxi to preclude U.S. bombing of Taiwan and the Japanese mainland; and to destroy elite Nationalist units to cause the Nationalist government to collapse.

It was ambitious and would be, late war though it was, the largest military campaign of the Japanese war against China.  Japan committed 80% of their forces in China, some 500,000 men, as well as 100,000 horses, 1,500 artillery pieces, and 800 tanks.

700,000 Nationalist Chinese troops were eliminated from combat in the operation, which would continue into October.

The Allies launched Operation Cockpit, an operation that featured all of the principal Allied forces in the East, the same being an air assault on Sabang Indonesia.

The RAF mined the Danube.

 

Sarah Sundin notes, on her blog:

Today in World War II History—April 19, 1944 In the US, shortening, salad & cooking oils are removed from rationing, but butter & margarine are still rationed. Read more: “Make It Do—Rationing of Butter, Fats & Oils in World War II.”

Congress extended the Lend Lease Act.  Apparently the 78th Congress was a little more active than the 119th.

The 1944 NFL Draft was held, and the first draft pick was Angelo Bertelli, who was drafted by the Boston Yanks.  It wouldn't matter, Bertelli was already slated to enter the Marine Corps.

Canadian Gérard Côté won the Boston Marathon.

Côté winning the 1940 Boston Marathon.

He was serving in the Canadian Army at the time, and took leave to run in the race, sponsored by a Montreal restaurateur.  While the Canadian Army, which initially used him as a physical education instructor, and then stationed him in a munitions plant, had been proud of his status as Canada's premier runner, it had taken heat for perceived preferential treatment that he received, and reacted negatively to his taking leave and running in the race. Côté was shipped to the UK and served the rest of the war in Europe, winning three English marathons during that time period.

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Tuesday, April 18, 1944. 4,000 tons v. 53.

1940s, 1943, Battle of Kohima, boats and ships, Catholic, Crimea, Eastern Front, German Luftwaffe, London England, Operation U-Go, Royal Air Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, World War Two

Blog Mirror: Radio at School, 1924

 

Radio at School, 1924

Blog Mirror: Biden's position in the polls is* improving against Trump — here's my theory for why

 

Biden's position in the polls is* improving against Trump — here's my theory for why

Blog mirror: The Party’s Over

 

The Party’s Over

Blog Mirror: I still have 2 big questions about the Shohei Ohtani case

 

I still have 2 big questions about the Shohei Ohtani case

Why Law School Should Be an Undergraduate Program — Minding The Campus

Why Law School Should Be an Undergraduate Program — Minding The Campus: In most parts of the world, lawyers are formally trained in an undergraduate degree program. The Bachelor of Law (LL.B), is also an accelerated three-year curriculum. In the United States it takes over twice as long. First you need a 4-year undergraduate degree in any subject—a gratuitous requirement, as there is no such thing as […]

Thoughts?

There's something to this suggestion, particularly since law school has become essentially a trade school, as that's what the law is now, a trade.

But it shouldn't be, which might be why law school shouldn't be either. 

Blog Mirror: Friday, April 17, 1964: Shea Stadium Opens & Ford Introduces the Mustang

 

April 17, 1964: Shea Stadium Opens & Ford Introduces the Mustang

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Blog Mirror: Sunday, February 9, 1964: The Beatles On "The Ed Sullivan Show"

960s, 1964, 1964 Olympics, Growing up in the 1960s, Growing up in the 1970s, Music, Rock Music, television

Blog Mirror: The Wurst Article

An item by a German expatriate living in the UK on what Germans call what most Americans call "hot dogs"

The Wurst Article

Note the presentation.

I'm surprised that in Frankfurt, Wieners are regarded as a delicacy.  When I was a kid, we had them all the time, and I liked them.  I particularly liked "hot lunches" at school, which we rarely got, when we were served steamed hot dogs.

I still like the recollection of how those tasted.

Now days, I only eat hot dogs if I'm at a baseball game. That's about it.  Otherwise, I never do.  I probably had too many fried hot dogs as a kid. 

Yes, my mother fried them. But she was an awful cook.

Anyhow, my grandfather was a meat packer and this article caused me to think of what we called these sausages.  We called them "hot dogs" the American standard word, but my father would call them Wieners.  His father was of 100% Westphalian extraction and had grown up speaking German.  My father could speak it too, but sort of kept that to himself, like many other things in his very quiet personality.  Anyhow, maybe that's why my father used that term for the little mild sausages.

The packing house did make them.  Apparently they made a lot of them during World War Two, as the Army ordered them.  When the war ended the contract for them was suddenly canceled and it turned out to be a big problem for the packing house, as the Army wouldn't order them with the added red dye that is what actually causes them to be that color.  That was an unnecessary added expense, in the Army's view.  

But not for civilians.  The hot dogs turned out to be hard to sell to grocery stores as they weren't the expected pink.  Without it, they're white.

I love sausages, FWIW.  It's probably one of the things that will get me in the end, but then I don't have the American expectation of living perfectly fit until I'm 120 years old. But I'm not keen on Wieners.  Brots, yes, other sausages, you bet.  But these aren't my favorite.

Maybe they would be in Frankfurt.

Roads to the Great War: "Seemed Like a Good Idea": American Subchasers in ...

Roads to the Great War: "Seemed Like a Good Idea": American Subchasers in ...: Three Submarine Chasers in Port The U.S. Navy employed a type of anti-submarine craft from which much was expected. These were the 70-ton, 1...

Interesting article.  An aspect of the US role in World War One you don't hear much about.

Indeed, you don't hear much about the Navy in World War One in general, even though the U.S. Navy had a major role in it, and originally, the Administration thought our role would be principally naval. 

Blog Mirror: Why I Don’t Live Like the Sky is Falling

This from one of the blogs linked in here:

Why I Don’t Live Like the Sky is Falling

It is an interesting prospective, and isn't apocalyptic as some agrarian stuff can be.  I was frankly a little surprised as I have mixed feelings about this blog, and I really did after I briefly subscribed to the podcast which was a little out there on some things, I thought. But frankly that's my view on the entire "homesteading" movement.

Going Feral: Going Feral: No excuse.

Going Feral: Going Feral: No excuse.: Going Feral: No excuse. :  I have nothing against wolf hunting, but there's no excuse for behavior like thiss. Photo Shows Wyoming Man W...

Going Feral: No excuse.

Going Feral: No excuse.:  I have nothing against wolf hunting, but there's no excuse for behavior like thiss. Photo Shows Wyoming Man With Tormented Wolf Before ...

It's increasingly clear that there's going to be a prosecution here.  The only question is for what. After initially indicating it was more or less helpless in the matter, the Game & Fish has retracted that statement and made it clear that it's condemning this behavior.  The Governor has condemned it.  And Suzette County is indicating its looking at prosecution, for something.

Going Feral: No excuse.

Going Feral: No excuse.:  

No excuse.

 I have nothing against wolf hunting, but there's no excuse for behavior like thiss.

Photo Shows Wyoming Man With Tormented Wolf Before It Was Killed

Rod Miller of the Cowboy State Daily wrote an op-ed about it:

Rod Miller: Of Wolves and Assholes

In it, he stated the following:

Any cowboy, hunter or serious outdoorsman with a modicum of ethics and respect for creation should be just as pissed off. Roberts’ malicious stupidity will give political ammunition to those outside our borders who are convinced that they can manage the Cowboy State better than we can.

I think that, in Roberts’ case, there is a disconnect between the laws we have on our books and the ethics we have in our hearts. And maybe its not possible for our code of laws to adequately express our code of ethics. 

That should in no manner diminish the impetus to live an ethical life with respect to our neighbors and our surroundings, particularly in a place as unique and sparsely peopled as Wyoming. Morality shouldn’t always need to be written down to be lived.

Roberts would do himself and his state a great service if he humbled himself and publicly apologized to he fellow Wyomingites for his very public display of a lack of ethics. That would mean a helluva lot more than the two-hundred and fifty bucks from his wallet.

And maybe this situation warrants us adding another article to our official Wyoming Code of Conduct, alternatively called the Code of the West. Since some folks need to be reminded from time to time, we can amend our Code to include one final item. It could read something like:

#11 – Don’t be an asshole.

I agree.

Roberts would really do the state a favor if he just left it, permanently. 

Blog Mirror: Forever Elsewhere

 

Forever Elsewhere

Blog Mirror: Vintage Photos Of People Tending To Their Gardens 1930s-1960s

 

Vintage Photos Of People Tending To Their Gardens 1930s-1960s

Blog Mirror: Is The Secure Act 2.0 Really “Saving” Retirement for Americans?, by Sam Sturgis

 

Is The Secure Act 2.0 Really “Saving” Retirement for Americans?, by Sam Sturgis

Sunday, April 6, 1924. The launch of the around the world flight.

The Aerodrome: Sunday, April 6, 1924. The launch of the around t...: 

Sunday, April 6, 1924. The launch of the around the world flight.

The United States Army Air Service launched its around the world flying expedition from Seattle, Washington, although as previously noted, it could be argued the party had commenced several days prior by flying to Seattle.

Chicago, the lead Douglas World Cruiser.

Around the World in 175 Days, 1924: Department of State Contributions to the U.S. Army Aerial Circumnavigation: Part I

Fascist swept Italian parliamentary elections.

Note, they really swept them.  So, like Germany later, authoritarianism was brought about by the vote.

Last prior edition:

Saturday, April 5, 1924. Fighting the KKK in Lilly.

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Blog Mirror: Family Values

 

Family Values

History as a warning

 History as a warning.