30 years ago today, something rather amazing happened.

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History books generally denote September 1, 1939 as the start of World War Two but a whole lot happened in the decades before this, resulting in what we think of as WW2. This documentary provides a comprehensive view of the war and the events before the war.

The Eagle has landed.

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It is time to examine the new evidence objectively and to reassess McCarthy, his activities, and Soviet espionage penetration of the U.S. government. (from 2016)

Saturday, March 4, 1865: “Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”

The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:
Battle deaths: 110,070
Disease, etc.: 250,152
Total 360,222

The Confederate strength, known less accurately because of missing records, was from 750,000 to 1,250,000. Its estimated losses:
Battle deaths: 94,000
Disease, etc.: 164,000
Total 258,000

Four years of civil war changed all that forever. In 1865 the national debt stood at $2.7 billion. Just the annual interest on that debt was more than twice our entire national budget in 1860. In fact, that Civil War debt is almost twice what the federal government spent before 1860.

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Thursday, June 13, 2019: “WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover set to testify before a House panel.”

Rediscovered in 2014, the film reels that make up this documentary often have remarkably clear film footage for the time. It provides a fascinating account of what occurred on D-Day and a few days following:

As the hours count down to the start of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, you might find it interesting to see these details of this massive historical event:

Visit the MLK monument while you still can.

I reached out to SDA regular Gord Tulk to share his thoughts about what occurred Tuesday in Alberta. He kindly shared the following:

1. The Pollsters – They didn’t miss by their margin of error. The missed by the margin of Liar. It is scandalous how biased they were. One poll I saw in the final week said the gap was 8%. It was 22%. And there was no last-minute swing. The undecideds were low and there was no “Lake of Fire” reversal.
2. There are still 100K to 200K ballots yet to be counted – to be done this weekend – so it is possible that a couple maybe even four more riding will flip to UCP.
3. The UCP won because they had a pan-Albertan platform and talked about issues that affect all Albertans. The NDP constantly tried to divide the body politic through pandering to the issues of the fringe of the fringe.
4. The only group that supported the NDP were those who were massively dependent on government activity. The correlation to the number of government employees in a riding and the level of mass transit usage is a perfect one. The takeaway is simple: Reduce the number of public sector employees and stop spending on public transit expansion and the NDP support levels will decline.
5. There was a small cabal of people who got Kenney and the party to where it is today. Not least of whom was Dr. John Wiessenberger who I understand to be a long-time close friend of Stephen Harper and who was instrumental in the reforms if the immigration department. A great person and team with the results to show for it.
6. Kenney and the UCP are what Albertans have been wanting to have in power for about fifty years but never got. The last couple years of Ernest Manning, then Strome, Lougheed, Getty, Klein (who was not conservative and who when he had the chance spent and hired as heavily as any Liberal), Stelmach, Redford, Prentice and Notley were all Red Tories or Socialist. The Wildrose was an offshoot of frustration with this.
   And now they have THE MOST CONSERVATIVE leader and party to ever come to power at the provincial or federal level since Ernest Manning.
7. I have casually known and watched Jason Kenney for over 15 years:
   1. He is a Conservative’s Conservative. He is the real deal.
   2. He is the hardest working politician I know. It’s not even close. I don’t know if he even has any hobbies
   3. He may be prone to being authoritarian in his management style. Perhaps it was his upbringing.Many on the left especially thought Harper was a control freak. IMO he wasn’t – he let his ministers run their portfolios. They got to do any ribbon-cutting and announcing. And they were held accountable when something went wrong. What he was was a fierce controller of the parties messaging sometimes to the party’s detriment.I wonder if Kenney will give his ministers the kind of autonomy Harper did. I have no doubt that he will as fierce if not fiercer than Harper was on messaging.(this area is my biggest concern re: Kenney)
   4. He is a doer. When he was immigration minister he brought in massive change. He will not be idle. Though I do fear he may be a bit rash – too quick to act – like he was on TFAs and proposing limiting oil exports.
8. Since the late Klein years, a succession of governments have added massively to government employee levels – probably north pf 200,000 (!). This in an era when technology should be reducing the need for staff. If the UCP cuts government employee levels by 100,000 (basically just the hiring done by Redford and Notley) and assuming the average cost of and employee is $100K (wages, benefits and facilities) they will save Albertans $10 billion annually. I wish them Godspeed.
9. While I expect Kenney and the party to be very active right away, I do expect they practice some restraint until after the federal election so as to not be used as a club to prevent Andrew Scheer and the CPC from winning in October. After that? Regardless of who wins federally, the gloves come off and regardless of who is Prime Minister things will be uncomfortable for them.
10. With this election we now have four provinces being led by capital “C” conservative parties – AB, SK, MB and ON. Combined they represent 22 out of 38 million Canadians. Constitutional change only requires 3 more provinces to agree. NL and NB will support most of what many would like to see done. Depending on the item – BC, PEI or NS could be enticed to sign on? (one can hope)Regardless, this block of provinces will become a powerful force going forward and I think all four are wanting to act…
11. I and a lot of other Albertans are walking an inch taller today and feeling far lighter in spirit.

The work now begins to make Alberta Great Again and both directly and indirectly change the Canadian Confederation for the better.

DO TELL: That was an extraordinary, not to say amazing, piece of forensic prognostication.

And highly likely to remain so…

I’ve been on the road all day and just catching news on the radio, but if this is true, it’s a freaking miracle.

The bravery of firemen and the genius of vaulted ceilings saved Notre Dame. The stone probably prevented most of the fire from entering the interior. Only the outer timber could burn. #NotreDameFire pic.twitter.com/H4XY1Leba0

— Grace Frizzell (@gfrizzell4) April 15, 2019

At least there is some good news from the #NotreDameFire #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/npXIeIX5oQ

— Fili Camrix 🦅 (@FCamrix) April 15, 2019

CURIOUS FACT:
"The gargoyles that were known to take care of Notre Dame Cathedral were removed a week ago for remodeling, the today is on fire, because there was no one to take care of it." #NotreDameFire pic.twitter.com/gHZCpBR779

— ; (@cubansflex) April 16, 2019

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Richard Cole, a World War 2 pilot, dies at age 103.

Here’s a lovely discussion about this very brave man.

Feel free to get involved: HeroesOfTheSecondWorldWar.org