A Brief History On August 18, 2017, we learned of Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Democrat from Union City, made the idiotic statement, “I hope Trump is assassinated!” on Facebook on August 16, 2017. An African American woman, Chappelle-Nadal has refused demands that she resign. Although the Facebook conversation was removed, Chappelle-Nadal reiterated the comment in an interview with the Post-Dispatch. Digging Deeper Needless to say, the Secret Service is aware of the post and reported interview and will be detailing the St. Louis office to look into the matter. Now claiming that she spoke out of “frustration” and “didn’t…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar 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.
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A Brief History On August 18, 1976, Soldiers of the North Korean Army used an ax to murder two US Army officers that were overseeing a work party to cut down a tree in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, in an area known as a Joint Security Area (JSA) that is manned by soldiers from North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. Digging Deeper The JSA is a post set up to monitor the DMZ by both sides in the Korean conflict to ensure a safe border and prevent dangerous incidents. The United Nations observers…
A Brief History On August 16, 1927, the Dole Air Race began, with 8 airplanes taking off from Oakland, California and heading to Honolulu, Hawaii. Of the 8 planes that managed to get into the air and race, 6 were lost with the loss of 10 men. Only 2 of the planes made it to Hawaii. Sometimes races of any type go wrong, horribly wrong, and people or animals end up dead or maimed, sometimes not even the participants! Here we list 5 disastrous races. Digging Deeper 1. Dole Air Race, 1927. Also known as the Dole Air Derby, between 15…
A Brief History On August 15, 1769, little Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica, to ethnic Italian parents, although living on what was then a French island, having been transferred to France by Genoa only a year earlier. Had that transfer not taken place, history may have been quite different indeed! Digging Deeper Napoleon Bonaparte is the most written about human mortal being of all time (Jesus Christ, arguably not a mortal human being is the only person with more written about him), which is an indication of why we consider him for classification as the “Greatest…
A Brief History On August 14, 2017, President Donald Trump of the United States and Dictator for Life Kim Jong Un of North Korea have been engaging in a war of words, threatening each other’s country with one sort of hyperbolic annihilation or another. Both countries have large military forces and nuclear weapons, so these threats are frightening. Should they be? What is the likelihood of military confrontation, and what would that confrontation be? Digging Deeper On August 14, 2017, President Donald Trump of the United States and Dictator for Life Kim Jong Un of North Korea have been engaging…