The Bomb and the 509th

Pacific Paratrooper

Pres. Truman

In a 1958 interview, Truman was asked about the soul-searching decision he went through to decide on dropping the bomb. He replied, “Hell no, I made it like _ (snapped his fingers) _ that!” One year later at Columbia University, he said, “The atom bomb was no great decision.” He likened it to a larger gun.

The components for the 20-kiloton weapon were being shipped to Tinian Island, in the Marianas, aboard the USS Indianapolis.   The top-secret package arrived at its destination a mere 24 hours after the official operational order for the bomb was sent to General Carl (“Tooey”) Spaatz.

Prince Konoye

Prince Konoye, after laboring two years for a route to peace, swallowed poison and died the day before he was to turn himself in as a war criminal.

Sadly, four days later, the Indianapolis was hit by three torpedoes and sunk within twelve minutes…

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Monday Notes: Resisting Social Norms

K E Garland

The other day, I went for my biannual haircut. The difference is I’ve been growing my gray hair out since 2021. It’s blossomed a lot faster than I’d anticipated, adding about four inches of snowy white strands on either side of my head, and a salt-and-pepper effect from my crown to the nape of my neck. 

“I saw your pictures on Instagram,” my stylist said. “And I was like, ‘oh, she must done decided to let it all go.’”

I laughed and assured her that was exactly what I’d decided.

“It’s been harder than I thought,” I told her. “One time my husband looked over and asked, ‘are you just gonna have a big gray afro?’ But you know…I haven’t decided what I’m gonna do with it just yet.” Then, I confided, “I almost re-dyed it.”

“Hmmmph,” she replied.

Usually, my stylist finishes my cut and dramatically swirls me around…

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Encourage me–Anima me

Coisas da SIL

Paro tudo que faço agora
É me pego a lembrar
De tudo que deixei de sonhar
De amar
De almejar.

Um dia uma rosa brotou em mim
E agora me faz pensar
Que já está na hora de exalar

Pode ser que isso já demore
Mas que mesmo assim eu comemore
Não me afrouxe
Sigo sorridente
Alegre
E contente…

Novos dias lindos
Novos valores
Novos sonhos
Novas conquistas…
Novas idas…

O caminho já não deve ser mais o mesmo
Só eu que não percebia…
Que bom …que alegria …ter você comigo também…
By: Coisas da SiL
E isso me anima…me faz prosseguir…
By: Coisas da SiL

Encourage me–

I stop everything I do now is get myself to remember everything I stopped dreaming of loving to a long time.

One day a rose sprouted on me and now makes me think it’s time to exhale

it can be that it’s…

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Miséria Social

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Não podemos negar a miséria social, nem nos esquivar em relação as nossas responsabilidades quanto ao problema. Precisamos sim, atuar de forma decisiva para tentar atenuar os efeitos de tantos casos de abusos e violência que tanta gente sofre em nosso país.”

Marii Freire. Miséria Social

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Buoy makes fresh water, powered by waves

Darcy Hitchcock

Coastal communities may consider desalination as a way to meet their water needs, but it’s expensive and energy intensive. The Oneka “Snowflake” is a interesting alternative.

The buoy can be anchored in 35 foot water up to two miles offshore. Waves (3-10 feet) power it. The current model can produce 10,000 liters of drinking water a week.

Because they can be quickly deployed, they could be used in disasters like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti where 800,000 people were infected with cholera, and 9000 died from it.

Oneka is working on a larger model called Iceberg that could serve small communities. Like any desalination system, it produces brine, a saltier solution than seawater, so it would be important to consider impacts on the surrounding environment.

https://inhabitat.com/oneka-water-desalinates-water-without-energy-or-toxic-waste/

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Apple Dumpling Dreams

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Bright Ideas: Apple Dumpling Dreams! There’s something special about an apple dumpling, don’t you think? Perhaps it reminds you of the changing seasons. Perhaps it conjures up childhood memories. Perhaps the earthy spices and syrupy sweetness crank up your comfort level. No matter the hypnotic effect, apple dumpling dreams can reflect the way we look at our lives. Do we deny sweets or do we nourish our bodies? “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. It’s all about perspective, moderation, and control. Thank goodness we have freedom of choice. When it comes to apple dumplings, especially now, dreams really do come true.

APPLE DUMPLING DREAMS

Ingredients:

4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored

1 package refrigerated pie crusts

4 star anise pieces

Ingredients for Syrup:

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup water

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons butter

Ingredients for Apple Filling:

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Jolly Autumnal Monday

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morning, friends, Romans, countrymen!  Oh wait … do you sometimes waken in the morning and have to take a few minutes to figure out who you are, where you are, and what you’re doing here?  I think I’m not quite awake yet … happens a lot as I’ve gotten older!  Anyway, I am quite certain of the fact that today is Monday, the first one of autumn, and the last one in September.  See, I haven’t completely lost my mental acuity.  Joyful is off visiting ‘Uncle Woger’ today, and since Jolly isn’t allowed in the kitchen, I sent him out for donuts ‘n coffee for our morning snack.  No bacon today … sorry guys!  So grab a snack and then we’ve got some fun stuff for your Monday morning chuckles!

Dere’s more in da kitchen if you need more … just ask


How ’bout we start off with…

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Did You Know – Sweet Potatoes — In Dianes Kitchen

Did you know that you can freeze baked Sweet Potatoes? When I get a good price on sweet potatoes, I like to buy a bag of them. Wash them, pierce them and place them on a foil covered baking sheet that is sprayed with cooking oil. Image from Istockphoto.com Bake them in a preheated 375º […]

Did You Know – Sweet Potatoes — In Dianes Kitchen

Refugee crisis: How one girl’s death personifies Europe’s guilt in Mediterranean tragedy | Middle East Eye

Around half a million Palestinian refugees lived in Syria prior to the 2011 uprising and ensuing war. After the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine that led to the establishment of the state of Israel100,000 Palestinians had fled to Syria and were generally integrated into the working class. When Rawnd’s home in Yarmouk, a Damascus camp that hosted the largest Palestinian community in the country, was destroyed by a Syrian army air strike, she fled with her mother and sisters to Jordan.

Unable to join them, her father, Mohammed, remained in Yarmouk. Throughout the Syrian war, Mohammed worked as an ambulance driver for the Syrian branch of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. When I interviewed him in 2017, he recalled harrowing stories from the conflict: starvation became a weapon of war after the Syrian regime imposed a siege on Yarmouk while it was fighting armed groups, including the Islamic State (IS). On the verge of starvation, Mohammed had lost 50 kilogrammes and had resorted to eating grass.

‘It’s a catastrophe’

Fearing he would be targeted by IS because of his social work in the camp, Mohammed fled Yarmouk and tried to reach Turkey. But en route, he says he was detained and tortured in Idlib by members of the Free Syrian Army, who accused him of being a member of IS.

When Rawnd’s home in Yarmouk camp  was destroyed by a Syrian army air strike, she fled with her mother and sisters to Jordan
When Rawnd’s home in Yarmouk camp was destroyed by a Syrian army air strike, she fled with her mother and sisters to Jordan

 

 

Even after Mohammed finally reached Germany and claimed asylum, the ordeal was far from over. The rest of his family was in Jordan, awaiting the family reunification process. Mohammed dreaded the fate of his eldest daughter, Rawnd: “I can’t sleep, I can’t eat because I am so scared that Germany won’t include her in my request for family reunification. And if they don’t, then it’s a catastrophe,” he told me back in 2017.

In December 2021, his worst fears materialised. When Mohammed applied for family reunification, Rawnd was within the accepted age range, but by the time it was approved, she had turned 18 – and thus, she was excluded from the process, preventing her from travelling to Germany with her mother and siblings.

After years of living alone in a foreign country, Rawnd desperately wanted to reunite with her family, which ultimately led her to risk the boat journey. Upon learning of his daughter’s fate, Mohammed said: “I woke up to the heartbreaking news that my daughter breathed her last at sea. I wish I could have hugged her so tight. Authorities could have saved her life had they granted her the right to reunite with us.”

Germany’s family reunification procedure and its exclusion of those over 18, a policy common in Europe, is partly to blame for Rawnd’s death. Such policies should be abolished.

Source: Refugee crisis: How one girl’s death personifies Europe’s guilt in Mediterranean tragedy | Middle East Eye

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