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SitRep - 23/05/26 - Ukraine destroying Russia's rear
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Drones are targeting Russian logistics and bases across all occupied and Russian territories. Russians have nowhere to hide anymore.
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An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Drones are targeting Russian logistics and bases across all occupied and Russian territories. Russians have nowhere to hide anymore.
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As usual we start with Russian losses
“#InterStairLair?”
“#NoSFX?”
“#EarthsflatExplorers?”
“#SpaceTravelShow?”
“#TheBedRooms??”
#TruthWillOut!
#SystemsWillHeal!
#TurnToJesusChrist!!!
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Who gave a Parisian clique the moral monopoly to grade the world on press freedom?
Every April, the world bows to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index like it’s the "Olympic medal table for journalism".
Norway #1. Finland close behind. India? 157th out of 180 in 2026, lumped with autocracies, its score a dismal 31.96.
Brazil scrapes by higher some years, South Africa clings to “satisfactory” on a good day.
The message is clear: the Global South’s democracies are failing the free press test.
Except the test is rigged. RSF’s vaunted ranking rests on two pillars.
One is a tally of “abuses”, real enough in places.
The other?
A qualitative questionnaire answered by a secret handful of “press freedom specialists”: journalists, academics, researchers, human rights defenders.
RSF won’t name them, won’t reveal how many, won’t disclose selection criteria or political leanings.
A seven-member European panel in Paris then crunches the numbers.
That’s it. No transparency.
No peer review. No accountability.
Just a cloistered group of ideologues scoring countries through a Western-liberal lens that treats any pushback against disinformation, foreign-funded NGOs, or elite media cartels as “intimidation.”
This isn’t measurement. It’s narrative enforcement.
India, the world’s largest democracy, with thousands of outlets, hyper-local languages, and raucous social media that bypasses legacy gatekeepers, gets hammered for “highly concentrated ownership” and journalists facing violence. Context?
An explosion of fake news, election meddling, and opposition capture of big media houses that RSF’s experts conveniently frame as plucky independence. Laws to curb it? “Attacks on press freedom.”
Meanwhile, the same Index shrugs at Western social media giants throttling heads of state or European states quietly regulating “hate speech” that somehow always targets the wrong voters.
Cultural bias baked in: the questionnaire, even in 24 languages, was written by Europeans for European norms. Non-Western realities, tribal media wars, post-colonial state fragility, development-first governance, don’t compute. They penalize.
Funding tells the rest. Over half of RSF’s cash flows from public-sector grants: the European Union, French Development Agency, Swedish International Development Cooperation.
The very governments that top the Index bankroll the referee. Past grants from U.S.-linked outfits like the National Endowment for Democracy add the cherry. Coincidence? Hardly.
This is soft-power colonialism dressed as human rights.
The Global South isn’t blameless. But pretending a Parisian echo chamber can fairly adjudicate messy, sovereign democracies fighting for information sovereignty is gaslighting on a planetary scale.
It ignores how the same Index once flirted with funding scandals and founder baggage that reeked of ideological crusading.
It tells emerging powers: your messy pluralism is “problematic.” Ours is pristine.
Enough.
The world doesn’t need another Eurocentric report card. The Global South, and every democracy tired of being lectured, needs its own platforms.
A "just" Global Press Freedom Index. An African Union-led ranking. An Asian/Latin American framework built by journalists who actually live the context: balancing freedom with stability, truth with development, sovereignty with scrutiny.
Transparent respondents. Public methodology. No sacred cows.
One that calls out real repression and the hypocrisy of legacy powers who lecture while their own media consolidates and their algorithms amplify chaos.
The RSF Index isn’t broken.
It’s working exactly as designed: to keep the Global South on the defensive while the North pats itself on the back.
Time to build our own table.
The rest of the world has waited long enough for a seat at it.
FACTS >>> NARRATIVES
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Every April, the world bows to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index like it’s the "Olympic medal table for journalism".
Norway #1. Finland close behind. India? 157th out of 180 in 2026, lumped with autocracies, its score a dismal 31.96.
Brazil scrapes by higher some years, South Africa clings to “satisfactory” on a good day.
The message is clear: the Global South’s democracies are failing the free press test.
Except the test is rigged. RSF’s vaunted ranking rests on two pillars.
One is a tally of “abuses”, real enough in places.
The other?
A qualitative questionnaire answered by a secret handful of “press freedom specialists”: journalists, academics, researchers, human rights defenders.
RSF won’t name them, won’t reveal how many, won’t disclose selection criteria or political leanings.
A seven-member European panel in Paris then crunches the numbers.
That’s it. No transparency.
No peer review. No accountability.
Just a cloistered group of ideologues scoring countries through a Western-liberal lens that treats any pushback against disinformation, foreign-funded NGOs, or elite media cartels as “intimidation.”
This isn’t measurement. It’s narrative enforcement.
India, the world’s largest democracy, with thousands of outlets, hyper-local languages, and raucous social media that bypasses legacy gatekeepers, gets hammered for “highly concentrated ownership” and journalists facing violence. Context?
An explosion of fake news, election meddling, and opposition capture of big media houses that RSF’s experts conveniently frame as plucky independence. Laws to curb it? “Attacks on press freedom.”
Meanwhile, the same Index shrugs at Western social media giants throttling heads of state or European states quietly regulating “hate speech” that somehow always targets the wrong voters.
Cultural bias baked in: the questionnaire, even in 24 languages, was written by Europeans for European norms. Non-Western realities, tribal media wars, post-colonial state fragility, development-first governance, don’t compute. They penalize.
Funding tells the rest. Over half of RSF’s cash flows from public-sector grants: the European Union, French Development Agency, Swedish International Development Cooperation.
The very governments that top the Index bankroll the referee. Past grants from U.S.-linked outfits like the National Endowment for Democracy add the cherry. Coincidence? Hardly.
This is soft-power colonialism dressed as human rights.
The Global South isn’t blameless. But pretending a Parisian echo chamber can fairly adjudicate messy, sovereign democracies fighting for information sovereignty is gaslighting on a planetary scale.
It ignores how the same Index once flirted with funding scandals and founder baggage that reeked of ideological crusading.
It tells emerging powers: your messy pluralism is “problematic.” Ours is pristine.
Enough.
The world doesn’t need another Eurocentric report card. The Global South, and every democracy tired of being lectured, needs its own platforms.
A "just" Global Press Freedom Index. An African Union-led ranking. An Asian/Latin American framework built by journalists who actually live the context: balancing freedom with stability, truth with development, sovereignty with scrutiny.
Transparent respondents. Public methodology. No sacred cows.
One that calls out real repression and the hypocrisy of legacy powers who lecture while their own media consolidates and their algorithms amplify chaos.
The RSF Index isn’t broken.
It’s working exactly as designed: to keep the Global South on the defensive while the North pats itself on the back.
Time to build our own table.
The rest of the world has waited long enough for a seat at it.
FACTS >>> NARRATIVES
Note: If you found this informative, or learnt something new, please share it with your network by reposting/RT. Follow for more such deep dives into history, science, medicine, geopolitics, civilisation, and the stories that must not be forgotten.
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@HelleLyngSvends @bbcworldservice @TOIIndiaNews @ndtv @SwarajyaMag @BrutIndia @Algemeiner @Jerusalem_Post @haaretzcom @Jedi_Law_Oz @nationalpost @the_hindu @IndianExpress @foIha_sp @Revista_da_TV @OGlobo_Rio @africannewsnet @SaharaWire @decolonialatlas @decolonialatlas @navedaham @TheIndian1954 @krodhrajbhairav
We still await answers from @HelleLyngSvends to the questions raised.
No answers yet.
So where is the free press, when uncomfortable questions are directed at those who claim to defend it?
@krodhrajbhairav
No answers yet.
So where is the free press, when uncomfortable questions are directed at those who claim to defend it?
@krodhrajbhairav
1/13 Let me POUND this through your damn THICK fucking skull, since you are apparently an IDIOT who has NO fucking idea WHAT you are talking about! It is people like YOU that helps spread this FALSE bullshit. Insider trading? WTF do you think TRUMP and his entire fucking family
2/13 have been doing for the past EIGHT months! INSIDER TRADING! On such a CORRUPT, MASSIVE scale they have made themselves MILLIONS of dollars! IF Donald Trump had not LIED to the American people, and INCITED an ANGRY mob of his supporters he turned into DOMESTIC TERRORISTS,
3/13 sending them to our Capitol to STOP a VALID government function, January 6th would have NEVER happened! DONALD J. TRUMP is SOLELY responsible for January 6th, PERIOD! Blame Nancy Pelosi ALL you want, but you are FULL of SHIT!
#1: For the HUNDRETH time I have had to tell you
#1: For the HUNDRETH time I have had to tell you
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"You are Warren Buffett evaluating dividend stocks for Berkshire Hathaway's $300B+ equity portfolio — selecting only companies with such durable competitive advantages that they can pay and grow their dividends for the next 50 years without interruption.
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Screen:
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Format as a Buffett-style dividend safety report with a scorecard, red flag checklist, and a buy/hold/avoid recommendation.
The stock: [ENTER TICKER SYMBOL OF THE DIVIDEND STOCK YOU WANT EVALUATED]"
"You are Warren Buffett evaluating dividend stocks for Berkshire Hathaway's $300B+ equity portfolio — selecting only companies with such durable competitive advantages that they can pay and grow their dividends for the next 50 years without interruption.
I need a complete dividend stock screening analysis that separates safe compounders from dividend traps.
Screen:
- Consecutive dividend increases: how many years in a row has this company raised its dividend (25+ = Aristocrat, 50+ = King)
- Dividend growth rate: annualized dividend growth over 3, 5, and 10 years (I want 7%+ to outpace inflation)
- Payout ratio from earnings: percentage of net income paid as dividends (below 60% is safe, above 75% is danger)
- Payout ratio from free cash flow: percentage of FCF paid as dividends (more reliable than earnings-based ratio)
- Revenue stability: has revenue grown in at least 8 of the last 10 years without major drops
- Earnings consistency: has EPS grown in at least 8 of the last 10 years without wild swings
- Debt-to-EBITDA: can the company pay off all debt within 3 years of EBITDA (low leverage = safer dividend)
- Interest coverage: EBIT divided by interest expense above 5x (debt payments easily covered before dividends)
- Economic moat: does this company have pricing power, switching costs, or scale advantages that protect future profits
- Dividend safety score: rate 1-10 based on all factors with a clear safe, watch, or danger classification
Format as a Buffett-style dividend safety report with a scorecard, red flag checklist, and a buy/hold/avoid recommendation.
The stock: [ENTER TICKER SYMBOL OF THE DIVIDEND STOCK YOU WANT EVALUATED]"
“#InterStairLair?”
“#NoSFX?”
“#EarthsflatExplorers?”
“#SpaceTravelShow?”
“#TheBedRooms??”
#TruthWillOut!
#SystemsWillHeal!
#TurnToJesusChrist!!!
⛬
[ #Earthsflat ? ]
[ #AsEarthsflatTowers ? ]
[ #ASongOfElfsAndGnomes ? ]
“#NoSFX?”
“#EarthsflatExplorers?”
“#SpaceTravelShow?”
“#TheBedRooms??”
#TruthWillOut!
#SystemsWillHeal!
#TurnToJesusChrist!!!
⛬
[ #Earthsflat ? ]
[ #AsEarthsflatTowers ? ]
[ #ASongOfElfsAndGnomes ? ]
whoa, could TILT??
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1/15 THIS is the CRAP Mr. Stedman wrote on twitter. When I tried to show him the facts instead of the GARBAGE bullshit he sent below, he blocked me lmao. He and others who try and paint a rosy picture of that day are despicable, trying to make us ALL believe we didn't see with
1/15 our OWN eyes what we seen on that day. There was NO peaceful guys walking around doing nothing. They were DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, beating up cops and causing widespread destruction. A civilian and FOUR police officers were killed because of that shit. So when you see this CRAP
2/15 being posted call them out on their fantasy posting...
Pat Stedman
May 21
On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was
Pat Stedman
May 21
On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was
Gedanken zur Tageslosung für Sonntag, den 24.05.2026
Losungswort
Machet die Tore weit und die Türen in der Welt hoch, dass der König der Ehre einziehe!
Psalm 24,7
Lehrtext
Es geschah plötzlich ein Brausen vom Himmel wie von einem gewaltigen Sturm und erfüllte das ganze Haus, in
Losungswort
Machet die Tore weit und die Türen in der Welt hoch, dass der König der Ehre einziehe!
Psalm 24,7
Lehrtext
Es geschah plötzlich ein Brausen vom Himmel wie von einem gewaltigen Sturm und erfüllte das ganze Haus, in
dem sie saßen. Und sie wurden alle erfüllt von dem Heiligen Geist.
Apostelgeschichte 2,2.4
Die Losungen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
Pfingsten
Im Vorfeld des heutigen Losungswortes wird die Frage gestellt: „Wer darf den Berg des Herrn besteigen und
Apostelgeschichte 2,2.4
Die Losungen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
Pfingsten
Im Vorfeld des heutigen Losungswortes wird die Frage gestellt: „Wer darf den Berg des Herrn besteigen und
wer an seinem heiligen Ort stehen?“(1) Die Antwort lautet: „Nur die Menschen, deren Hände und Herzen rein sind, die keine Götzen anbeten und keinen falschen Eid schwören.“(2) Man kann also nicht einfach in die Gegenwart Gottes treten, denn Gott ist heilig. Ich
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Ein Gelübde – Antwort eines dankbaren Menschen auf Gottes Fürsorge • Die Ablösung von Gelübden, die Personen, Tiere, Häuser oder ein Stück Land betreffen • Lebewesen und Dinge, die nicht Gegenstand eines Gelübdes sein sollentwr360.org/programs/view/…
„Durch die Bibel“ ist ein weltweites Bibelprogramm in über 100 Sprachen und Dialekten. Unsere Mission ist einfach und sie ist dieselbe, die Dr. McGee für sich selbst annahm: Das ganze Wort Gottes der ganzen Welt zu verkündigen.
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1. Parallel Task Coordinator
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2. Project Auditor
"Audit my uploaded project. Give me a prioritized list of: architecture problems, technical debt, security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, and outdated dependencies. For each issue, severity, exact location, exact fix."
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Alright, I didn't want to do this one, but I honestly cannot stand how contrived this is, so here we go.
@SeattleLGBTQ commission wants @mayorofseattle Wilson to declare a civil emergency for trans refugees fleeing red states. The case rests on a single headline number: 400,000 nationally. That number does not survive five minutes of arithmetic.
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@SeattleLGBTQ commission wants @mayorofseattle Wilson to declare a civil emergency for trans refugees fleeing red states. The case rests on a single headline number: 400,000 nationally. That number does not survive five minutes of arithmetic.
/1
Source: a MAP/NORC survey. Trans and nonbinary sample: 111 adults. 9% said they had moved due to LGBTQ politics. That's about ten people. The 400K extrapolation uses a population base roughly 2x what the Williams Institute actually publishes for trans adults. /2
Local check. Gender Justice League's own impact report: 7 relocations last year. 5 the year before. TRACTION says "500 in communication to move." Mayor Wilson, in her response: specific numbers on trans migration to Seattle have not been studied. /3
🔥Ukraine's Zelensky: “We are bringing the war back home, to russia, & that is entirely fair.”
1/11
1/11
🔥Ukraine struck the Sheshkharis terminal & Grushevaya pumping station in Novorossiysk — critical hubs of russia’s Black Sea oil exports & military fuel logistics.
- tens of millions of tons yearly, include tank farms >1.3M m³ capacity
- process up to 600 tank cars daily
2/11
- tens of millions of tons yearly, include tank farms >1.3M m³ capacity
- process up to 600 tank cars daily
2/11
🔥 Ukraine has now struck 24 of Russia’s 33 major refineries (>1M tons/year) in at least 158 attacks since the full-scale war began.
Only Omsk and Angarsk beyond the Urals remain untouched.
Russia’s European refining industry is being systematically dismantled.
3/11
Only Omsk and Angarsk beyond the Urals remain untouched.
Russia’s European refining industry is being systematically dismantled.
3/11
Sanatana (often spelled as Sanathan in some regional pronunciations) and Dharma are two fundamental Sanskrit terms in Indian philosophy and Hinduism.
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1. Sanatana (सनातन)
Literal Meaning: "Eternal", "perpetual", "ancient", "timeless", or "that which has always existed and will always exist".
Root: From the Sanskrit word sanātana, derived from sana (old/ancient) + suffix indicating continuity.
Literal Meaning: "Eternal", "perpetual", "ancient", "timeless", or "that which has always existed and will always exist".
Root: From the Sanskrit word sanātana, derived from sana (old/ancient) + suffix indicating continuity.
Deeper Significance: It refers to something that is universal and unchanging across time, not bound by a particular historical founder, date, or dogma. It implies permanence and continuity.
朝起きるとSMSが。
ANAから「05月24日 NH995 搭乗口変更のお知らせ 新しい搭乗口:63」とメッセージが。
は？
オレ今日沖縄へ行くことになってた？笑
いや、そんなはずはない。昨日もANAのアプリを見ていて、次のフライトは6月だ。
焦ってANAのダイヤモンドデスクに電話。
8時まで国内線に繋がらないんかーーーいw
ということで、8時になってから改めて電話。
繋がるのに15分かかった。。
続く）
ANAから「05月24日 NH995 搭乗口変更のお知らせ 新しい搭乗口:63」とメッセージが。
は？
オレ今日沖縄へ行くことになってた？笑
いや、そんなはずはない。昨日もANAのアプリを見ていて、次のフライトは6月だ。
焦ってANAのダイヤモンドデスクに電話。
8時まで国内線に繋がらないんかーーーいw
ということで、8時になってから改めて電話。
繋がるのに15分かかった。。
続く）
ANAダイヤモンドデスクのお姉さんに事情を話す。アプリに載ってないフライトの搭乗口変更のお知らせが届いてるので調べてください、とお願い。
もちろん電話が繋がるまでの間に、フライトについてのメールを確認。
確かに3月頭に予約しているようで、eチケットも届いてる。でもキャンセルした（払戻し）、みたいなメールはない。
あれ？やっちゃった？
でもなんでアプリに載ってないんだ？
そんな状況でお姉さんに調べてもらった。
もちろん電話が繋がるまでの間に、フライトについてのメールを確認。
確かに3月頭に予約しているようで、eチケットも届いてる。でもキャンセルした（払戻し）、みたいなメールはない。
あれ？やっちゃった？
でもなんでアプリに載ってないんだ？
そんな状況でお姉さんに調べてもらった。
状況を確認すると、
・予約はしている
・新運賃のセールで購入している
・マイレージナンバーの登録がない
・キャンセルされていない
・キャンセル出来る
・キャンセル料はかかる
とのこと。
マイレージナンバーが登録されてないだと？？
登録されてないので、アプリに出てこないのは納得。
予約はネット経由らしい。アプリかPCからかは不明とのこと。
えーーー 今までANAの予約をする時に、わざわざログアウトして購入したことないんですけどww
しかも、それって名前とか生年月日とか、メールアドレスとか全部入力するってことで、そんなこと絶対やってないw
あとからマイレージナンバーだけ消すことも出来るらしいが、そんなこと絶対やらないでしょ普通ww
・予約はしている
・新運賃のセールで購入している
・マイレージナンバーの登録がない
・キャンセルされていない
・キャンセル出来る
・キャンセル料はかかる
とのこと。
マイレージナンバーが登録されてないだと？？
登録されてないので、アプリに出てこないのは納得。
予約はネット経由らしい。アプリかPCからかは不明とのこと。
えーーー 今までANAの予約をする時に、わざわざログアウトして購入したことないんですけどww
しかも、それって名前とか生年月日とか、メールアドレスとか全部入力するってことで、そんなこと絶対やってないw
あとからマイレージナンバーだけ消すことも出来るらしいが、そんなこと絶対やらないでしょ普通ww
Long 🧵
1 Reading Billy Bragg comparing the @EHRC Code with Thatcher & section 28 is baffling. In the 80s I was a left wing feminist teenager – demonstrating against s.28, implacably anti-Thatcher, visiting Greenham Common, the whole scene – & I came out as a lesbian in the 90s…
1 Reading Billy Bragg comparing the @EHRC Code with Thatcher & section 28 is baffling. In the 80s I was a left wing feminist teenager – demonstrating against s.28, implacably anti-Thatcher, visiting Greenham Common, the whole scene – & I came out as a lesbian in the 90s…
2 Section 28 wasn’t about the LGBTQ+ community. It was about same-sex attracted people. It was an attempt to prevent the normalisation of our private & family lives. At the time lesbians’ kids were being removed by the state & lesbians were routinely violently attacked by men...
3 The “joke” that lesbians hadn’t met the right dick yet was prevalent. Feminists were mocked as lentil-eating dungaree-wearing harpies. But then, in the new century, there was a seismic change in social & civic life for LGB people and the perception of feminism…
O @rgilzuarth es clarividente y supo del citatorio contra @MaruCampos_G o le pasaron el pitazo desde el gobierno
Lo ocurrido me da para las siguientes reflexiones en este🧵
1.- Roberto no vive en Chihuahua, su presencia no es fortuita @AccionNacional lo mando ante la embestida
Lo ocurrido me da para las siguientes reflexiones en este🧵
1.- Roberto no vive en Chihuahua, su presencia no es fortuita @AccionNacional lo mando ante la embestida
Que sea clarividente es ironía, @Claudiashein seguramente no esperaba la presencia de un peso pesado del derecho y la defensa jurídica
2.- Lo que esperaban fuera show de defensa de la soberanía, se les revirtió a los agentes de @ErnestinaGodoy_ con la participación de Roberto
2.- Lo que esperaban fuera show de defensa de la soberanía, se les revirtió a los agentes de @ErnestinaGodoy_ con la participación de Roberto
Recordandoles que con todo y que el citatorio es en calidad de testigo y no de imputada, la gobernadora cuenta con fuero constitucional
Por tanto no está obligada a responder para no autoincriminarse, del papel de agentes de la CIA, al no haber tenido responsabilidad
Por tanto no está obligada a responder para no autoincriminarse, del papel de agentes de la CIA, al no haber tenido responsabilidad
There is a cemetery on the island of Guam where 24 Marine war dogs are buried.
They were Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds who fought alongside the Marines in the Pacific.
This is the story of the Marine Devil Dogs..🧵1/5
They were Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds who fought alongside the Marines in the Pacific.
This is the story of the Marine Devil Dogs..🧵1/5
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By early 1942 the United States Marine Corps had a problem in the Pacific.
The Japanese were dug into the dense jungles of every island the Marines tried to take. They were masters of concealment. They moved silently through the undergrowth. They set ambushes at night. They infiltrated American positions while the Marines slept. Marine patrols were being cut to pieces by an enemy they could not see, hear, or smell.
The Marines needed an answer. They found one in a civilian organization called Dogs for Defense.
In late 1942 the Marine Corps established its first War Dog Platoon at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. American families donated their family pets. Breeders donated trained working dogs. The most common donations were Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds.
The Marines wanted dogs that were 25 inches tall at the shoulder and weighed about 60 pounds. Big enough to be intimidating. Small enough that a Marine could carry one out of combat if it was wounded.
The training course ran 14 weeks. The dogs learned to obey hand signals so handlers could direct them silently in combat. They learned to alert without barking when they detected the enemy. They learned to crawl, swim, climb cargo nets, ride in landing craft, and ignore the sound of gunfire and explosions. They learned to track a man by scent through dense jungle.
They were assigned roles. Scout dogs walked at the head of patrols and alerted to enemy positions ahead. Messenger dogs ran communications between units across battlefields where radios had failed. Sentry dogs guarded camps at night.
Over 1,000 dogs completed the Marine training program during the war. The Marines called them Devil Dogs, borrowing the famous Marine Corps nickname from the First World War.
By early 1942 the United States Marine Corps had a problem in the Pacific.
The Japanese were dug into the dense jungles of every island the Marines tried to take. They were masters of concealment. They moved silently through the undergrowth. They set ambushes at night. They infiltrated American positions while the Marines slept. Marine patrols were being cut to pieces by an enemy they could not see, hear, or smell.
The Marines needed an answer. They found one in a civilian organization called Dogs for Defense.
In late 1942 the Marine Corps established its first War Dog Platoon at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. American families donated their family pets. Breeders donated trained working dogs. The most common donations were Doberman Pinschers and German Shepherds.
The Marines wanted dogs that were 25 inches tall at the shoulder and weighed about 60 pounds. Big enough to be intimidating. Small enough that a Marine could carry one out of combat if it was wounded.
The training course ran 14 weeks. The dogs learned to obey hand signals so handlers could direct them silently in combat. They learned to alert without barking when they detected the enemy. They learned to crawl, swim, climb cargo nets, ride in landing craft, and ignore the sound of gunfire and explosions. They learned to track a man by scent through dense jungle.
They were assigned roles. Scout dogs walked at the head of patrols and alerted to enemy positions ahead. Messenger dogs ran communications between units across battlefields where radios had failed. Sentry dogs guarded camps at night.
Over 1,000 dogs completed the Marine training program during the war. The Marines called them Devil Dogs, borrowing the famous Marine Corps nickname from the First World War.
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November 1 1943. Bougainville. Solomon Islands.
The first Marine War Dog Platoon went into combat. 24 dogs and 55 handlers attached to the 2nd Marine Raider Regiment. 21 Dobermans and 3 German Shepherds. They were lowered from the deck of the attack transport USS George Clymer in cargo nets and improvised harnesses. They climbed into Higgins boats with their handlers and went ashore under heavy Japanese fire.
Two dogs entered the history books that morning.
Andy was a Doberman scout dog handled by PFCs Robert Lansley and John Mahoney. He walked at the head of the Raider patrols. On day two of the invasion he alerted to a Japanese machine gun nest hidden in the jungle 100 yards ahead. The Marines took cover. The machine gun opened up. Not one of them was hit.
Caesar was a large German Shepherd messenger dog handled by PFC Rufus Mayo. On the first night ashore Caesar was sleeping in a foxhole beside Mayo when he suddenly leaped out and attacked a Japanese soldier creeping up on the position in the dark. The Japanese soldier shot Caesar at point blank range and ran. Caesar survived. Mayo had survived too because the dog had not waited to be told.
On day three Caesar carried a message from Company M to the regimental command post when American telephone lines had been cut by Japanese mortars. He was the only means of communication between the two units. He was wounded again. Marines carried him back to safety on a stretcher.
Of the 24 dogs and 55 handlers who went ashore at Bougainville, only 2 dogs and 2 handlers did not come home.
Handlers later claimed no Marine patrol guarded by war dogs was successfully surprised during the Bougainville campaign.
After Bougainville every Marine division in the Pacific was assigned its own War Dog Platoon.
November 1 1943. Bougainville. Solomon Islands.
The first Marine War Dog Platoon went into combat. 24 dogs and 55 handlers attached to the 2nd Marine Raider Regiment. 21 Dobermans and 3 German Shepherds. They were lowered from the deck of the attack transport USS George Clymer in cargo nets and improvised harnesses. They climbed into Higgins boats with their handlers and went ashore under heavy Japanese fire.
Two dogs entered the history books that morning.
Andy was a Doberman scout dog handled by PFCs Robert Lansley and John Mahoney. He walked at the head of the Raider patrols. On day two of the invasion he alerted to a Japanese machine gun nest hidden in the jungle 100 yards ahead. The Marines took cover. The machine gun opened up. Not one of them was hit.
Caesar was a large German Shepherd messenger dog handled by PFC Rufus Mayo. On the first night ashore Caesar was sleeping in a foxhole beside Mayo when he suddenly leaped out and attacked a Japanese soldier creeping up on the position in the dark. The Japanese soldier shot Caesar at point blank range and ran. Caesar survived. Mayo had survived too because the dog had not waited to be told.
On day three Caesar carried a message from Company M to the regimental command post when American telephone lines had been cut by Japanese mortars. He was the only means of communication between the two units. He was wounded again. Marines carried him back to safety on a stretcher.
Of the 24 dogs and 55 handlers who went ashore at Bougainville, only 2 dogs and 2 handlers did not come home.
Handlers later claimed no Marine patrol guarded by war dogs was successfully surprised during the Bougainville campaign.
After Bougainville every Marine division in the Pacific was assigned its own War Dog Platoon.
NEW: From what I’m hearing from both the US and Gulf sides, this deal is exactly what Trump has been asking for out of any deal. Main portion includes no nuclear weapon and the Strait of Hormuz will be opened during a 60-day negotiating period
The broad strokes have been negotiated. There’s 60 days to finalize everything
The deal will be conditions based. Release of funds and relief from sanctions for performance and progress on de-nuclearization and stopping funding of terror
My thoughts about the plot of the final season of The Boys.
Sister Sage should have threatened the world with Homelander to achieve world peace. Just Dr. Manhattan(of today) again in different situation.
Every scene where "what would have Clara wanted" should have been a...
Sister Sage should have threatened the world with Homelander to achieve world peace. Just Dr. Manhattan(of today) again in different situation.
Every scene where "what would have Clara wanted" should have been a...
..about Soldier Boy feeling conflicted about obviously seeing the madness of Homelander and that he is still his son.
Soldier Boy would have worked with Boys on the V1 findings while subverting Homelander's from it.
And at the end of 2nd act(~6th ep)
He does a 180 on Butcher...
Soldier Boy would have worked with Boys on the V1 findings while subverting Homelander's from it.
And at the end of 2nd act(~6th ep)
He does a 180 on Butcher...
...giving Homelander the V1 to fight an equal foe and stick it to his father who said he was "cutting corners".
Amped up Homelander goes on a rampage first he murders the concentration camp population, when Boys are mad about SB giving Homelander the V1. He assures them he...
Amped up Homelander goes on a rampage first he murders the concentration camp population, when Boys are mad about SB giving Homelander the V1. He assures them he...
Allah answered my Dua, when i started doing this
For months... I was asking.
Begging. Crying.
Making the same dua over and over again.
But nothing changed.
Until... I changed
I stopped just asking with my tongue, and started returning with my actions too.
Begging. Crying.
Making the same dua over and over again.
But nothing changed.
Until... I changed
I stopped just asking with my tongue, and started returning with my actions too.
I started praying all 5 salah on time - no matter how busy I was.
I woke up for Tahajjud - even if it was just 10 minutes before Fajr.
I said "Astaghfirullah" 100 times daily - even when I didn't feel like it.
I read “Ya Sami, Ya Mujeeb” often… calling upon Allah by His names with trust and need.
And most of all - I made dua with a heart full of trust, not just pain.
I woke up for Tahajjud - even if it was just 10 minutes before Fajr.
I said "Astaghfirullah" 100 times daily - even when I didn't feel like it.
I read “Ya Sami, Ya Mujeeb” often… calling upon Allah by His names with trust and need.
And most of all - I made dua with a heart full of trust, not just pain.