The best posts of the week of May 26, 2024.
Harrison Butker telling us what we don't want to hear.
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
Thursday, June 1, 1944. Chanson d'automne.
LST's loading for Overlord, June 1, 1944.
Today in World War II History—June 1, 1944: Countdown to D-day: BBC sends first coded message to warn French resistance of the coming invasion. US Fifth Army opens final offensive for Rome.
The coded message was taken from lines of Chanson d'automne and the Germans were aware of its meaning, but failed to respond to it.
The poem:
Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Blessent mon cœur
D'une langueur
Monotone.
Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
Sonne l'heure,
Je me souviens
Des jours anciens
Et je pleure;
Et je m'en vais
Au vent mauvais
Qui m'emporte
Deçà, delà,
Pareil à la
Feuille morte.
Rangers file through a Red Cross canteen prior to embarking on landing craft, June 1, 1944.
The British took Frosinone in Italy. They also dropped 60 men of the 2nd Parachute Brigade behind German lines in the Abruzzo region in order to interdict supply lines, which met with an oversized German response.
Allied advances caused Kesselring to order a withdrawal from Rome to defensive positions north of the city.
Adolf Hitler dissolved the Abwehr and transferred its functions to the Reich Security Main Office. This placed its duties under Heinrich Himmler.
German forces that were on the attack near Jassy were pushed back by counterattacks of the Red Army, which regained ground recently lost.
A German convoy bound to Crete from Greece was attacked from the air, losing several ships.
On Biak US forces began to gain ground with armored support, while around the Aitape beachhead US forces continued to fall back under heavy attack.
The USS Herring was sunk by Japanese coastal batteries on Matua Island, in the Kuril's.
Two U.S. Navy K-class blimps completed the first transatlantic crossing by non-rigid airframe, flying from the US to Morocco in 80 hours.
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Wednesday, May 31, 1944. Advances in Italy.
Thursday, June 1, 1899. White Horse Pass.
White Horse Pass.
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Wednesday, May 31, 1899. The Harriman Alaska Expediction departs.
The 2024 Election, Part XVIII. The list.
June 1, 2024
And the complete state races are now in.
First takeaway. The Senatorial race is now a three-way race, with the most recent entrant being long expected. A democrat, Scott Murrow, has also entered the race, and accordingly will face off against the winner of the GOP primary, and lose.
Harriet Hageman is facing a challenge in the GOP primary from Steve Helling, who ran in the last House race as a Trump supporting Democrat.. He'll lose.
So what about the local county races?
House Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| State Representative 35 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Christopher Dresang | |
| Republican | Tony Locke | |
| State Representative 36 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Art Washut | |
| State Representative 37 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Steve Harshman | |
| State Representative 38 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Jayme Lien | |
| Republican | Tom Walters | |
| State Representative 56 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Elissa Campbell | |
| Republican | Pete Fox | |
| Republican | Pamela Mertens | |
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| State Representative 57 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Julie Jarvis | |
| Republican | Jeanette Ward | |
| State Representative 58 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Bill Allemand | |
| Republican | Tom Jones | |
| State Representative 59 | 2 years | |
| Republican | J.R. Riggins | |
| State Representative 62 | 2 years | |
| Republican | Edis Allen | |
| Republican | Kevin Campbell | |
County Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Two County Commissioners | 4 years | |
| Republican | Paul C Bertoglio | |
| Republican | Casey Coates | |
| Republican | Rozmaring Czaban | |
| Republican | Matt Keating | |
| Republican | Dave North | |
| Republican | Curt Simpson Jr | |
| Republican | Terry Wingerter | |
| Republican | Arthur Youngberg | |
City of Casper Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Two Casper City Council Ward I | 4 years | |
| Jude Buchanan | ||
| Julie Collins-Thiel | ||
| Ken Dockweiler | ||
| Dawn Madrid | ||
| Amber Pollock | ||
| Kianna Smith | ||
| Patrick "Pat" Sweeney | ||
| (2) Two Casper City Council Ward II | 4 years | |
| Bill Brockley Jr | ||
| Lisa Engebretsen | ||
| Kyle Gamroth | ||
| Matthew Larson | ||
| Ross Schriftman | ||
| Gabriel Tullis | ||
| Casper City Council Ward III | 4 years | |
| Michael H Mcintosh | ||
City of Mills Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Two Mills City Council | 4 years | |
| James Hollander | ||
| Dawade P Jones | ||
| Sara E Mccarthy | ||
| Laura Miramontes | ||
| Brad Neumiller | ||
| Angela Volzke | ||
Bar Nunn Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Two Bar Nunn Town Council | 4 years | |
| Keenan Morgan | ||
| Frank Schwarzrock | ||
Evansville Contests
| Contest | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Two Evansville Town Council | 4 years | |
| Ernie Blackford | ||
| Dacia Edwards | ||
| Dale Shelden | ||
| Alex Stoops | ||
| Evansville Town Council (2 year unexpired) | 2 years | |
| Alona Vigneault | ||
| Evansville Town Mayor (2 year unexpired) | 2 years | |
| Steve Krohn | ||
| Candace Machado | ||
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The 2024 Election, Part XVII. Standing on their feet or crawling on their knees.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Donald Trump on Presidents under indictment.
She shouldn’t be allowed to run...If she wins, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. In that situation, we could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and, ultimately, a criminal trial. It would grind government to a halt.
Donald Trump regarding Hillary Clinton in 2016.
This was an attempt, apparently not successfully given the comment, to point out a bit of hypocrisy on Trump's part. If he followed his own advice, he'd drop out of the race.
Friday, May 31, 1974. The Golan Heights.
The Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria was signed in Geneva. Artillery fire stopped at 1:15 p.m. The United Nations Disengagement Force was created by UN Security Council Resolution 350. Israel was left with the Golan Heights.
The British Home Office announced the end of the "bread and water" diet as a prison punishment.
Malaysia and China established diplomatic relations.
Vietnam Veterans marched from Boulder to Denver in protest over the war, which the US had of course withdrawn from, and for amnesty for draft evaders and deserters.
Last prior edition:
Monday, May 27, 1974. Memorial Day and Los Seis de Boulder.
Wednesday, May 31, 1944. Advances in Italy.
The Canadian 1st Corp took Frosinone; the British 10th Corps Sora. The US 6th Corps captured Velletri and Monte Artemiso, unhinging the Caesar Line.
Casper Durband, of Worthington, Minn., 163rd Signal Photo Co., looks at an abandoned German half-track. Between Cori and Artena. 31 May, 1944.
US forces on the north coast of New Guinea come under heavy Japanese attacks. The Australians took Bunabum.
The Government of India formed the Department of Planning and Development to plan for the postwar future of the country.
Sarah Sundin reports that Japanese Gen. Sato Kotoku ordered Japanese forces to withdraw from Indian, against his orders. More here: Today in World War II History—May 31, 1944
She also reports that forces for Omaha beach began to load.
Polesti was bombed by the U.S. Army Air Force with heavy aircraft losses.
The USS England sank the Japanese submarine RO105, the sixth sub victory by the England in twelve days. The HMS Milne sank the U-289 in the Barents Sea.
Last prior edition:
Tuesday, May 30, 1944. Loading up for Overlord.
Labels: 1940s, 1944, Ireland, Irish Free State, Italy, Monaco, Monarchy, Monte Cassino, Operation Overlord, Politics, World War Two
Wednesday, May 31, 1899. The Harriman Alaska Expediction departs.
The scientific Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle for the coast of Alaska.
Last prior edition:
May 30, 1899. Decoration Day.
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