Tag: History

“Go ahead, make my day” 

The shoot-out, which lasted only about 30 seconds, involved Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday against the Clanton gang. Three outlaws were killed, but the violence persisted. Virgil was ambushed and wounded in December 1881, and Morgan was killed in March 1882.

History was shaped by the Horse’s Ass

I DIDN’T KNOW THAT: The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that’s the way they built the railways in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads. Why […]

Conscience and Courage Changes Man and History

CHURCHILL AND THE BOER WAR ‘There is only a means, the resistance of the Boers to break; namely the toughest oppression. In other words, we need to kill the parents, so that the children have respect for us.’ ~ Winston Churchill, Journalist, Morning Post. NOTE: Boer concentration camp […]

WHO WILL SPEAK FOR EUROPE?

WHO WILL SPEAK FOR EUROPE? . Will no one speak for Europe, We are a special breed, So many hate and denigrate, Pour scorn upon our seed, But who will stand and speak for us, Before we’re trampled in the dust, Oh, such a tragic fate. There’s just […]

THE WHITE SLAVES OF EUROPE

THE WHITE SLAVES OF EUROPE . We’re not so very different, From what was long ago, The harvest then the people, And our own the cruellest foe, They shipped us off to colonies, Indentured, exiled slaves, Americas Australia, They worked us to our graves. Nothing much has changed, […]

The fastest aircraft in the world + Video

The fastest aircraft in the world – the new Su-57 will surpass the best American fighters. The Russian Su-57 fighter with the new engine will be the fastest in the world and will surpass its Western counterparts in several respects, Military Watch claims.  Unlike the American F-35, the […]