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On this 9/11 let us never forget....
That 338 years ago the Holy League lifted the 60-day siege of Vienna, performing the largest cavalry charge in history in the process and turning the tide in the 300 year Ottoman invasion of Europe. Over the following 20 years, the Ottoman Empire would be driven from Hungary and Transylvania, and pushed back to the Bosporus Straight.
This event is a possible reason the WTC attacks happened on September 11th (rather than any other day): Western victory in Vienna marked the beginning of Western preeminence in the world, and the beginning of the decline in the Muslim world. Bin-Laden hoped his attacks would be the start of the reversal.
And because all history lessons are improved by Swedish metal bands, here is a music video about the battle:
That 338 years ago the Holy League lifted the 60-day siege of Vienna, performing the largest cavalry charge in history in the process and turning the tide in the 300 year Ottoman invasion of Europe. Over the following 20 years, the Ottoman Empire would be driven from Hungary and Transylvania, and pushed back to the Bosporus Straight.
This event is a possible reason the WTC attacks happened on September 11th (rather than any other day): Western victory in Vienna marked the beginning of Western preeminence in the world, and the beginning of the decline in the Muslim world. Bin-Laden hoped his attacks would be the start of the reversal.
And because all history lessons are improved by Swedish metal bands, here is a music video about the battle:
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Seeing faux-dramatic 9/11 stuff, from people who weren't on the ground in NYC, working like hell to restore the city's communications infrastructure, or otherwise engaged in similar activities, kind of bothers me.
One of my guys, Steve Jacobsen, died up on 110 1WTC. The rest of us worked our asses off to get Radio & TV back on the air. 20 years ago, before smartphones and social media and Braineack's "Trump is literally God" echo-chamber, that mattered. It was how normal people heard about things.
This is a thing that happens every year. Twenty, being a big anniversary, makes it... hard.
Seeing faux-dramatic 9/11 stuff, from people who weren't on the ground in NYC, working like hell to restore the city's communications infrastructure, or otherwise engaged in similar activities, kind of bothers me.
One of my guys, Steve Jacobsen, died up on 110 1WTC. The rest of us worked our asses off to get Radio & TV back on the air. 20 years ago, before smartphones and social media and Braineack's "Trump is literally God" echo-chamber, that mattered. It was how normal people heard about things.
This is a thing that happens every year. Twenty, being a big anniversary, makes it... hard.
Last edited by Joe Perez; 09-11-2021 at 02:52 PM.
If that isn't enough lunacy, people are flipping out about the Texas Abortion law because the State can't mandate control over a woman's body as long as she wants to kill a baby.
Yet more lunacy as Florida creates a ban on forcing students to wear masks (the law doesn't prevent a person from willingly wearing a mask) and now the Federal Government wants to step on State's Rights to say "yes you can force Free citizens to do what you want them to do".
Also, I loved how Biden made his ridiculous Dictator mandate "Get the vaccine" by saying "we were so nice to allow you the choice, now it's time to do what we want" and then just left the podium without taking a single question.
Turns out I'm not the only one, and quite a lot has recently been written on the subject. As luck would have it, there is already precedent for this. In 1905, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that forcing a citizen to receive the smallpox vaccination, and subjecting them to criminal penalty if they refuse, does not violate the Due Process clause, and is okey-dokey as far as the Constitution is concerned. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11
The level to which you feel you are important is staggering. You have no greater "right" to your feelings than anyone else in the Country, but here you are, thinking you can pull rank - "well, one of my guys was in the tower". But please, walk us through how entitled you are to shoulder the "real" pain of 9/11 and how you support a dictator that has clear mental degradation, wants to force all citizens to take an experimental vaccine or be fired.
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The level to which you feel you are important is staggering. You have no greater "right" to your feelings than anyone else in the Country, but here you are, thinking you can pull rank - "well, one of my guys was in the tower". But please, walk us through how entitled you are to shoulder the "real" pain of 9/11 and how you support a dictator that has clear mental degradation, wants to force all citizens to take an experimental vaccine or be fired.
Honestly, I am not even sure how to respond to that. It blows my mind to read this.
If you had fabricated photos which depicted me having sex with my own mother, I'd feel approximately the same level of opprobrium as I do reading this.
What is your goal here? What do you hope to accomplish from provoking me in this way?
I'd like a direct answer to that. What has caused you to feel the need to attack me in this specific manner?
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Trump was met with cheers and applaud yesterday as he met with first responders. Fox News cut off his speech.
Biden was met with boos yesterday during his photo op; pulling down his mask to yell at someone during a silent/somber event.
Biden was met with boos yesterday during his photo op; pulling down his mask to yell at someone during a silent/somber event.
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Don't know if this has been posted. But another highly published doctor with dark views on the "vaccine".
Don't know if this has been posted. But another highly published doctor with dark views on the "vaccine".
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I'm going to jump on the vaccine is working bandwagon.
Here is a an overlay of covid-19 cases in Thailand from Jan 28, 2020 - Sept 12, 2021 with doses of vaccines given.
Like Joe Perez has said all along: The vaccine is preventing hospitalizations and deaths!
Here is a an overlay of covid-19 cases in Thailand from Jan 28, 2020 - Sept 12, 2021 with doses of vaccines given.
Like Joe Perez has said all along: The vaccine is preventing hospitalizations and deaths!
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Since vaccines work so well to prevent the spread of COVID-19, I'm very glad Biden is only mandating unvaccinated people to regular COVID-19 testing. This is pandemic of the unvaccinated -- get your vaccine so you no longer have to wear a mask, be tested, or end up in the hospital!!!
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Why do college kids keep chanting "**** Joe Biden" at football games???? This isn't about freedom, it's about your safety. Trust Biden -- he's been in politics since 1972 -- he know what he's doing!