It was a picture of eagles killed by wind turbines
Quite a metaphor
The suggestion of the bald eagle as the Cincinnati insignia was made by Major Pierre L'Enfant, a French officer who joined the American Army in 1777, served in the Corps of Engineers, and became one of the first members of the Society
The medallions at the center of the Cincinnati Eagle depict, on the obverse, Cincinnatus receiving his sword from Roman senators and, on the reverse, Cincinnatus at his plow being crowned by the figure of Pheme (a personification of fame).
The Society's colors, light blue and white, symbolize the fraternal bond between the United States and France
A unique diamond encrusted "eagle", referred to as the "Diamond Eagle", was gifted to George Washington by Admiral Comte d'Estaing , on behalf the officers of the French Navy. It was received by Washington on May 11, 1784 at the meeting of the General Society in Philadelphia.
Upon Washington's death, in 1799, it was given by his heirs to Alexander Hamilton , who succeeded Washington as President of the Society en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_o…
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Upon Hamilton's death it was given to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney , who succeeded Hamilton as the Society's president. It has ever since served as the official insignia of the Society's president and is transferred when a new president takes office
In 1753, Pinckney's father moved the family to London, England, where he served as the colony's agent. Both Charles and his brother Thomas were enrolled in the Westminster School
I wonder if that's where the term "rent boy" originated?
But I only speculate..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland…
"The Cleveland Street scandal occurred in 1889, when a homosexual male brothel and house of assignation on Cleveland Street, London, was discovered by police. .. The government was accused of covering up the scandal ..
The police acquired testimonies that Lord Arthur Somerset, an equerry to the Prince of Wales, was a patron. Both he and the brothel keeper, Charles Hammond, managed to flee abroad before a prosecution could be brought..
On 19 August, an arrest warrant was issued in the name of George Veck, an acquaintance of Hammond's who pretended to be a clergyman. Veck had actually worked at the Telegraph Office, but had been sacked for "improper conduct" with the messenger boys ..
"On 22 August, police interviewed Somerset for a second time, after which Somerset left for Bad Homburg , where the Prince of Wales was taking his summer holiday..
On 11 September, Newlove and Veck were committed for trial. Their defence was handled by Somerset's solicitor, Arthur Newton, with Willie Mathews appearing for Newlove, and Charles Gill for Veck. Somerset paid the legal fees.
"By this time, Somerset had moved on to Hanover, to inspect some horses for the Prince of Wales, and the press was referring to "noble lords" implicated in the trial.."
"Hammond escaped to France, but the French authorities expelled him after pressure from the British. Hammond moved on to Belgium from where he emigrated to the United States. Newton, acting for Somerset, paid for Hammond's passage.
On the advice of the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, no extradition proceedings were attempted, and the case against Hammond was quietly dropped
Somerset returned to Britain in late September to attend horse sales at Newmarket but suddenly left for Dieppe on 26 September, probably after being told by Newton that he was in danger of being arrested..
He returned again on 30 September. A few days later, his grandmother, Emily Somerset, Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, died and he attended her funeral
" The Hon. Hamilton Cuffe, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, and James Monro, Commissioner of Police, pressed for action to be taken against Somerset, but the Lord Chancellor, Lord Halsbury, blocked any prosecution..
Rumours of Somerset's involvement were circulating, and on 19 October Somerset fled back to France
The Prince of Wales wrote to Lord Salisbury, expressing satisfaction that Somerset had been allowed to leave the country and asking that if Somerset should "ever dare to show his
face in England again", he would remain unmolested by the authorities, but Lord Salisbury was also being pressured by the police to prosecute Somerset. On 12 November, a warrant for Somerset's arrest was finally issued. By this time, Somerset was already safely abroad, and the
warrant caught little public attention... Somerset settled down to live anonymously in France, at first in Paris then in Hyères on the French Riviera
Somerset lived anonymously in Paris and then in Hyères?
Uh huh...
As part of Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944, the First Special Service Force came ashore off the coast of Hyères to take the islands of Port-Cros and Levant. The small German garrisons offered little resistance and the whole eastern part of Port-Cros was secured by 06:30.
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"The first reference to the town Hyères dates from 963. Originally a possession of the Viscount of Marseilles, it was later transferred to Charles of Anjou. Louis IX King of France (often known as "St Louis") landed at Hyères in 1254 when returning from
the crusades.
A commandry of the Knights Templar was based at the town in the 12th century, outside the town walls
After defecting from Soviet intelligence in 1937, Walter Krivitsky hid in Hyères (one of the farthest points in France from his operational base in Paris)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magda_Lup…
"Lupescu was raised from birth as a Catholic. She was educated at the "Diaconesele", a Bucharest boarding school run by Bavarian nuns of the Institute of Mary from Nymphenburg , and one of the best schools for girls in the country"
Grok:
"Allegations and rumors, such as those linking Malema to controversial businessman Adriano Mazzotti or billionaire Nathan Kirsh, have circulated, but these are unproven and based on speculation"
"Nathan "Natie" Kirsh is a Swazi and South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He heads the Kirsh Group, which holds a majority stake in New York state cash and carry operation Jetro Holdings, owner of Restaurant Depot and Jetro Cash & Carry"
Mother Jones:
"On a list of American companies the country was eager to do business with, one name stood out. Musk’s satellite telecommunications company, Starlink, has been trying to break into the market in Lesotho for a while"🤔
"The memo also played up Lesotho’s willingness to help out on military matters. .. “an advisor close to PM Matekane” told the chargé that his government would consider sending troops to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo"🤔 motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Johannesburg , 2006 -
Mike Schultz, a possible witness in the Brett Kebble murder case, had nothing to do with the killing of Johannesburg socialite Hazel Crane, said his lawyer, Ian Small-Smith...
"Schultz and Nigel McGurk, who are both bouncers, were taken into police custody last week for questioning in the Kebble murder case." archive.is/LRsMo
"The Scorpions arrested one of Kebble's business associates, Glenn Agliotti, and charged him with Kebble's murder.
Crane, a diamond dealer, was killed near her home in Abbotsford, Johannesburg, in November 2004." dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…
Julius Malema rose to national prominence as an outspoken supporter of Jacob Zuma, then-ANC president and later President of South Africa. 🎶 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Ma…
'We saw Prince Harry but we were not allowed to take photos. He took individual Polaroid snaps of each child which they were told they could have as a memento to take away. The publicity was strictly controlled,’ archive.is/6yGj6
"Last October, the Matela clan, .. watched in awe as smart cars swept past their shack taking Harry to the HQ to celebrate nearly two decades of Sentebale’s work in Africa.
‘Prince Harry didn’t wave or stop to say hello to us when he drove by'..