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Major Dan

Major Dan is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.

Massive Defeat of Royal Navy by Shorefire and Mines!

By Major Dan on March 18, 2020 March 18, Military

A Brief History On March 18, 1915, the Allied naval operation at the Dardanelles, the straits that provide entry to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean, ended in one of the worst defeats of the British Royal Navy when 3 battleships were lost and another 4 capital ships were seriously damaged. A cruiser was also damaged. Digging Deeper Worse than just the loss of the ships, the British and French suffered 700 men killed on ships alone, along with several dozen killed on shore raids. The Turks suffered only 40 dead and 78 wounded. The stunning part about the failed…

St. Patrick’s Day 2020: No Parade and All Bars and Restaurants Closed!

By Major Dan on March 17, 2020 Humor, March 17, Nature, Religion

A Brief History On March 17, 2020, the United States of America and Ireland both have cancelled virtually all St. Patrick’s Day festivities, absolutely destroying one of the jolliest holidays in either country. For this disappointment, we have to thank the coronavirus, or more correctly COVID-19, the mysterious flu like illness believed to have originated in Wuhan, China only a few months earlier. Digging Deeper While the world has experienced many pandemics throughout history, the last several decades have been marred by only a few breakouts of illness that garnered a lot of attention, including the AIDS/HIV pandemic, the Swine…

Chinese Man Hates Ex-Wife, So He Kills over 100 People!

By Major Dan on March 16, 2020 Crime, March 16, Politics

A Brief History On March 16, 2001, Jin Ruchao, a Chinese citizen of Hubei Province in China proved once again that a deranged person does not need guns to kill a LOT of people, when he set off series of bombs in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang that killed 108 people and injured 38 more. His reason for his wanton murder? He hated his ex-wife and her mother! Digging Deeper As is often the case with people that go off on murderous rampages, Jin had previously threatened to blow up the buildings his ex-wife and her mother lived in. His…

Real Life Game of Thrones

By Major Dan on March 15, 2020 Crime, March 15, Military, Politics

A Brief History On March 15, 493, Ravenna, Italy, was a scene right out of the HBO cable television series Game of Thrones when King Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths invited his defeated enemy, King Odoacer of Italy to a great banquet marking the “end” of hostilities. Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy, whose reign marked the end of the Western Roman Empire, was walking into a trap! Digging Deeper Theodoric used the banquet as a lure to draw in Odoacer so that the erstwhile King of Italy could be killed. In the manner typical of both fictional…

The Time London Was Bombed with No Retaliation

By Major Dan on March 14, 2020 Crime, March 14, Military, Politics

A Brief History On March 14, 1982, an 11 kilogram bomb went off at the office of the African National Congress in London, England. The explosion that occurred at 9 am local time, did not kill anyone, but the considerable blast smashed windows as far as 400 meters away. Obviously, the human damage could have been much worse. ANC voluntary worker, Vernet Mbatha, a caretaker, was the only person injured. He had been sleeping in an apartment above the offices. Digging Deeper The ANC is currently the governing political party of the Republic of South Africa, a country that was…