Old Papers or what we miss from history
Venezuela’s El Nacional is celebrating its 76 birthday with not only no paper in which to print but his website is down, I suspect under attack. Still they managing to tweet and that included a photo of their first issue:
Monty and Patton were doing their racing up Sicily. 10,000 Germans were taken prisoners. Possible sabotage of a Pan-American Clipper that crashed in Brazil and top right “Curacao Attacked By The Nazis. One ship sunk, 23 dead including a Venezuelan”
It is a little known fact, even among people in countries of the Caribbean basin that there was a decent amount of German warfare in that area. Venezuela was producing oil for the war effort and there were refineries in Curacao and Aruba that refined the oil into much needed POL (Petroleum, Oil, & Lubricants) supplies. As in any war, interdiction of basic war needs was a priority, but the Nazis were at the end of a long ass line of supply and although important work, they could not keep it up enough to make a difference.
If you go to Aruba and take a tour in a glass-bottomed boat, you will probably be taken by the remains of the oiler Pedernales sunk the 16 February 1942 by the German sub U-156. I am sure scuba divers will happen to know about more WWII wreck in area, but I happened to see this one on a vacation with the missus many years ago.
This is why I enjoy going through old newspaper. You get to see a bit of history as it was made and more likely stuff that never made it to the history books. By now we have historians (possibly very political in their observations) who are basing their work on other historians who checked their stuff from another batch of historians. Few people want to go to the original sources or check original records anymore.
That’s all. Just a little prance through history almost forgotten.
Fantastic news out of Illinois
From Fox News:
Illinois passes bipartisan law to allow hunting education classes in school curriculum
Wedged in among the basics of science, math and English, a new bipartisan measure in Illinois now gives school districts the option to build hunting safety education into the daily curriculum.
The legislation, signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, and put into immediate effect, aims to bolster hunter and gun safety for students.
The House and Senate in Illinois are under Democrats’ control, and the bill was initially introduced in February by downstate Democratic state Rep. Monica Bristow.
“Hunting in Illinois is still very popular, and students can learn about hunting as a sport. Hunters have respect for guns,” she told Fox News, underscoring that the legislation stirred no opposition. “If people have to do the education course to obtain a hunting license anyway, why not be able to do this in school?”
Yes, absolutely, that makes total sense. It should be like drivers ed.
Bristow said there is no minimum age for obtaining the license. She said neither guns nor ammo will be allowed in classrooms, but students will have the option to visit shooting ranges on their own time.
I figured as much.
Sen. Jason Plummer – a Republican from Edwardsville and a sponsor on the bill – said “students who are exposed to lessons in hunting safety have a greater chance of respecting firearms and using them properly for the rest of their lives.”
“As the law is shifting to emphasize the importance of safe handling, adopting legislation like this could make for an accessible path for students to learn these methods in-depth, early on in their lives.”
This is also 100% accurate. This seems like a great way to encourage more youth engagement in shooting sports.
Del Wilber, an Illinois-based hunter, firearms instructor and former police officer, said such courses typically entail teaching about firearms safety, the laws governing ownership and transportation, and ordinances to ensure that students will be in compliance when working with or otherwise involved with hunting.
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Safety Education Division, participants also learn responsibility and ethics, first aid, wildlife conservation and bowhunting.
In Wilber’s view, it is also crucial to separate the rural pockets of the state from the high levels of gun violence experienced in the state’s largest city, Chicago.
“Sadly, young people in Chicago and other inner-city areas simply aren’t exposed to guns for anything other than using them in crimes,” he said. “But hunting has been a part of life in rural Illinois. It isn’t about just killing poor animals; it is also an integral part of wildlife control.
Everything about this law seems to be good news, especially that is was bipartisan.
I hope it is implemented up in the Chicagoland area as well as down state. I know where I lived on the edge of the Chicago bubble in Aurora/Plainfield/Naperville/Oswego there were a number of sportsman clubs that had skeet and trap ranges. So there are shooters in the area.
Demystifying guns for kids who grow up in the city as something used by law-abiding people for sport, and not just criminals is a good idea.
I don’t know how many more states have similar programs but this is the kind of thing that we gun owners and sportsmen should ask our legislature to do.
Good job, Illinois.
Chumming The Waters: Pensacola woman pleads guilty to throwing drink at Matt Gaetz, could face 1 year in prison.
Watch the whole video, she gets arrested on camera.
A woman has pleaded guilty to throwing a sports drink at a Florida congressman who frequently appears on television supporting President Donald Trump.
Federal court records show that 35-year-old Amanda Kondrat’yev pleaded guilty to assault Thursday in Pensacola.
Authorities say Kondrat’yev was part of a group protesting in June outside a town hall meeting attended by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. The second-term Republican was leaving a coffee house when a cup struck him in the back. Several witnesses identified Kondrat’yev as the assailant, and the throw was caught on video.
Pensacola woman pleads guilty to throwing drink at Matt Gaetz, could face 1 year in prison.
I have no idea how many episodes of COPS I have watched and it has been extremely rare that an arrestee shows smugness and pride on the crime that he/she has done. The may do it privately and bitch about being arrested, but in full display for a TV camera?
Amanda Kondrat’yev is a True Believer and they feel themselves above the niceties of social considerations and good manners. If they invoke them, it is just an strategy for you to lower your shields so they can attack with impunity and retreat to their “Safe Spaces” which happens to be our own restrain and consideration for the social norms.
She is not going to get the year, we know that. She will get chided in court, do some community service, perhaps a small fine and let go to boast how she beat the system for cheap. She will be an example for others to engage in the same conduct and go after people they like for no other reason than political disagreement.
And that will Chum the Waters® for more political attacks and more peacock-like behavior for being able to hit whomever they deem a Nazi…till the other side responds and then True Believers will be sacred to demand some of that social consideration and good manner, but it will be too late: The Safe Space has been removed, you get to dance to the other side’s tune and I am sorry to say it is going to be a mosh pit.
(Chumming the Waters® stolen from Michael Bane)
Tolerant New York Progressives and a POC in a MAGA hat
From FOX5 New York:
Man says he was beaten in NYC for wearing MAGA hat
Holy shit, did you see his face? I don’t think this is a hoax.
A New York City art gallery owner says he was viciously beaten in Manhattan by a large group of teens for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
Jahangir “John” Turan, 42, says it happened Tuesday evening on Canal Street. He was wearing the MAGA hat that he had purchased earlier in the day at Trump Tower.
“I love President Trump. I think he’s doing a great job,” Turan said.
Can’t say that in New York City.
He says the group of about 15 “kids” yelled “F*** Trump” and stomped on him. One of them smashed his head into a scaffold. Turan says he suffered a fracture in his cheek and a badly swollen eye. He’s awaiting an eye specialist to determine if there is any permanent damage to his sight.
This is a combination of two things we’ve seen recently, attacks on Trump supporters and attacks by large groups of people (often Teens).
As for wearing the hat again in New York City, he says he’ll think twice before doing it again.
“It’s sad to get beat up for wearing this hat. This is America,” Turan said.
That is the point of attacking a man like that, to make those who disagree with the mob afraid to show their opinion.
The Hill reported this story on Twitter. Many of the comments are what you would expect, e.g.:
I don't approve, but if I wore Klan robes or a Nazi uniform around, I might think that my risk of pissing someone off might increase. Your choice, but consider the message you're sending and don't be surprised if someone responds.
— Doug Horne (@Wendell25) August 1, 2019
I only see more and more of this happening before the next election.
And like I frequently say, it’s the places where you can’t carry that you need a gun the most.