Watching this speech is a real argument for not losing elections— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 1, 2017
So what the hell was he doing during the election, jacking off in his hat? And where was the effort to abolish the Electoral College during Obama's eight yrs.? Kee-rist, what an asshole.
And: Xians are doing some bullshit in reference to their pig-on-a-stick god's phony death.One Of The Most Violent Police Shootouts In Modern American History Happened In L.A. 20 Years Ago
SAT 28 FEB 1942
Pacific
Battle of Java Sea, begun late the previous afternoon, concludes. Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro torpedoes and sinks Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter (Doorman's flagship, in which he is lost) while Nachi torpedoes and sinks Dutch light cruiser Java; remnants of the Allied force flee to Surabaya, sheltering briefly there before trying to escape to Australia. In the wake of the battle, submarine S-37 (SS-142) encounters boat from the sunken De Ruyter and recovers two U.S. Navy sailors who had been serving in a liaison capacity in the Dutch ship. Before continuing on patrol, the U.S. submariners provide the Dutch seamen with rations. S-37's sistership S-38 (SS-143) rescues survivors from sunken British destroyer HMS Electra.
Japanese land on north coast of Java. Battle of Sunda Strait begins shortly before midnight as heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) and Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth (Captain Hector M. L. Waller, RAN), attempting to retire from Java, accidentally encounter Japanese transport force and escorting ships (Rear Admiral Takagi Takeo) in Banten Bay, Java, and engage them (see 1 March).
Minesweeper Whippoorwill (AM-35), while searching waters south of Tjilatjap for survivors of sunken seaplane tender Langley (AV-3), rescues crew of British freighter City of Manchester, that had just been torpedoed, shelled and sunk by Japanese submarine I-153 at 08°16'S, 108°52'E. Gunboat Tulsa (PG-22), in the vicinity on the same errand, takes on board the injured British merchant sailors and treats the wounded.
Atlantic
German submarine U-578 torpedoes and sinks destroyer Jacob Jones (DD-130) off the Delaware capes, 38°42'N, 74°39'W.
Unarmed U.S. tanker Oregon is torpedoed, shelled, and sunk by German submarine U-156 about 150 miles northeast of Mona Passage, 20°44'N, 67°52'W; U-156 machineguns the crew trying to launch one of the lifeboats, killing six men. One group of 26 survivors reaches Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on 4 March; U.S. tanker Gulfpenn rescues other group of four men the following day.
PBY (VP 73) mistakenly bombs and damages submarine Greenling (SS-213) outside submarine sanctuary off New London, Connecticut.
Yes, "his" generals, the very generals he personally trained & then promoted, right? Except they suck too:Trump won’t accept responsibility for deadly SEAL raid he approved over dinner, blames Obama
“Well, this was a mission that was started before I got here.”
Trump was asked about Owens’ comments during a Fox & Friends interview that aired Tuesday morning. He responded by trying to blame President Obama for a mission Trump gave final approval for over dinner with his advisers during his first full weekend as president.
“Well, this was a mission that was started before I got here,” Trump said. “This was something that was, you know, they wanted to do. They came to see me, they explained what they wanted to do — the generals, who are very respected, my generals are the most respected that we’ve had in many decades, I believe.”
Trump passes blame for Yemen raid to his generals: ‘They lost Ryan’After this pathetic bullshit, can we assume the likelihood of a military coup has increased?Weeks after a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in a covert mission in Yemen, Trump has resisted accepting responsibility for authorizing the mission and the subsequent death of Senior Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens.
In an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday morning, Trump said the mission “was started before I got here.”
He noted that the operation was something his generals “were looking at for a long time doing.”
“This was something that was, you know, just — they wanted to do,” Trump said. “ And they came to see me and they explained what they wanted to do, the generals, who are very respected.”
“And they lost Ryan,” Trump continued.
His comments since Inauguration Day have disintegrated into a pettiness unbefitting a man of Bill Kristol’sIntellectual heft & influence? Assumption not backed by any evidence. Who the fuck are you trying to kid?
intellectual heft and influence.
FRI 27 FEB 1942
Pacific
Battle of Java Sea is fought as Allied naval force (Rear Admiral Karel W.F.M. Doorman, RNN) of five cruisers and 11 destroyers in Java Sea near Surabaya attacks Japanese support force (Rear Admiral Takagi Takeo) covering Java invasion convoy. Japanese gunfire proves ineffective, as heavy cruisers Nachi and Haguro expend 1,271 8-inch rounds but achieve only five hits. Of those five, four are duds: one each on Houston (CA-30) and British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and two on Dutch light cruiser De Ruyter. The only shell that does explode reduces Exeter's speed. Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro torpedoes and sinks Dutch destroyer Kortenaer; survivors are rescued by British destroyer HMS Encounter. Japanese destroyer gunfire sinks British destroyer HMS Electra (see 28 February); while British destroyer HMS Jupiter is sunk by mine laid earlier that day by Dutch minelayer Gouden Leeuw. Allied gunfire damages Japanese destroyers Asagumo and Minegumo; U.S. destroyers' torpedo attack proves ineffective (see 28 February).
Seaplane tender Langley (AV-3), carrying 32 USAAF P-40s earmarked for the defense of Java, is bombed by Japanese naval land attack planes (Takao Kokutai) 75 miles south of Tjilatjap, Java, 08°58'S, 109°02'E. Irreparably damaged, the ship that had once been the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier (she had been converted to a seaplane tender in 1936) is shelled and torpedoed by destroyer Whipple (DD-217). Necessity to clear the area precludes knowing exactly when Langley sinks.
U.S. freighter Sea Witch delivers 27 crated USAAF P-40s to Tjilatjap, Java, but the planes will be destroyed on the docks to deny their use by the victors.
Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) damages Japanese fleet tanker Manju Maru, 28°55'N, 138°15'E.
Atlantic
Joint U.S.-Mexican Defense Commission is established.
May I suggest you cancers on the planet stop killing yourselves slowly like the cowards you are & pick up the human extinction pace. The sooner the better, too. Talk about enjoying the suffering of others. Whooo!“Rich western countries are now siphoning up the planet’s resources and destroying its ecosystems at an unprecedented rate,” said biologist Paul Ehrlich, of Stanford University in California. “We want to build highways across the Serengeti to get more rare earth minerals for our cell phones. We grab all the fish from the sea, wreck the coral reefs and put carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. We have triggered a major extinction event. The question is: how do we stop it?”
If it takes convincing this world of dumbfucks of anything that doesn't please them, you losers & your pathetically devolving children (who will hate you if any of them survive) are completely fucked, & deservedly so.Ehrlich agreed: “If you look at the figures, it is clear that to support today’s world population sustainably – and I emphasise the word sustainably – you would require another half a planet to provide us with those resources. However, if everyone consumed resources at the US level – which is what the world aspires to – you will need another four or five Earths.
“We are wrecking our planet’s life support systems. We have the capacity to stop that. The trouble is that the danger does not seem obvious to most people, and that is something we must put right.”
THU 26 FEB 1942
Pacific
Submarine S-38 (SS-143) bombards Japanese radio station on enemy-occupied Bawean Island that had been set up the previous day.
Small reconnaissance seaplane from Japanese submarine I-25 reconnoiters Melbourne, Australia.
Atlantic
Unarmed U.S. bulk carrier Marore is torpedoed, shelled, and sunk by German submarine U-432 off the North Carolina coast, 35°33'N, 74°58'W. U.S. tanker John D. Gill rescues 25 survivors; 15 more men land at Coast Guard Big Kinnakeet Lifeboat Station. There are no casualties.
U.S. tanker R.P. Resor is torpedoed by German submarine U-578 five miles off Sea Girt, Delaware, 39°47'N, 73°26'W; of the 41-man merchant crew and 8 Armed Guard sailors on board, one civilian and one Armed Guard sailor are rescued by submarine chaser PC-507. Coast Guard cutters Icarus (WPC-110) and Antietam (WPC-128), yacht Zircon (PY-16) and coastal minesweeper AMc-200 converge on the scene; Eagle Boat PE-55 attacks sound contact in the vicinity without result (see 1 March).
U.S. tanker Cassimir is sunk in collision with U.S. freighter Lara 48 miles from Frying Pan Shoals lightship, 33°28'N, 77°34'W.
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Deepest bench of presidential candidates ever, remember?Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio on skipping town halls: Activists will ‘heckle and scream at me’ — Sen. Marco Rubio won't participate in town hall meetings because he says political activists will crash them to create a media spectacle of people who “heckle and scream at me in front of cameras.”Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump to skip White House correspondents' dinner: ‘No reason for him to go in and sit and pretend’ — President Trump will not attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, after a campaign and early tenure during which he has continually battled with the press.
WED 25 FEB 1942
General
Coast Guard assumes responsibility for U.S. port security.
Pacific
Japanese force lands on Bawean Island, 85 miles north of Surabaya, Java, and sets up a radio station (see 26 February).
Submarine Perch (SS-176) attacks what she identifies as a Japanese merchantman but is damaged by shellfire and is forced to break off action. Perch remains on patrol.
Japanese cargo ship Fukushima Maru runs aground on a reef and is wrecked, Katsura Bay, 35°09'N, 140°18'E.
Speaking today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), actor Robert Davi called for the passage of laws that would jail reporters for spreading false information about “the very best of our American heroes,” like President Trump.
Davi claimed that in Ancient Rome, anti-calumny laws made it “impossible to spread false rumors or lies against upstanding and virtuous political candidates” and called for such laws to be enacted in America.
“Let’s go back to Ancient Rome,” David said, “because if such laws existed today, we would see more men like Donald Trump and Mike Pence running for Congress or the Senate or the presidency and more fake reporters perhaps going to prison for the very lies they make up to commit cruel character assassination against the very best of our American heroes.”
Nothing says "pragmatism" like assaulting the First Amendment & the last vestiges of rationality. In Journal-world only the press does battle; certainly the pragmatic Trump has barely mentioned the media, & then only in the most glowing terms. And "journalists thought it was about them"? It takes a card-carrying, dues-paying memberThe Media Do Battle With a Pragmatic New President
Trump talked policy in his Florida rally, but journalists thought it was about them.
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TUE 24 FEB 1942
Pacific
TF 16 (Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.) raids Wake Island to destroy Japanese installations there. SBDs and TBDs (VB 6, VS 6, VT 6) from carrier Enterprise (CV-6) and SOCs (VCS 5) from heavy cruisers Northampton (CA-26) and Salt Lake City (CA-25) bomb installations on Wake. Bombardment unit consisting of Northampton and Salt Lake City and destroyers Balch (DD-363) and Maury (DD-401) (Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance) shells the atoll. Combined efforts of Enterprise's planes (bombing and strafing) and ships' gunfire sink guardboats No.5 Fukyu Maru and No.1 Miho Maru. Fortunately, the bombing and shelling of Wake harms none of the American marines, sailors and construction workers too badly wounded to have been evacuated in the initial increment of POWs, and the civilian workmen (Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases) retained on the island to continue work on defenses. One SBD (VS 6) is lost, however, and its crew taken prisoner (see 13 March).
Small reconnaissance seaplane launched from Japanese submarine I-9 reconnoiters Pearl Harbor.
Panamanian motor freighter Snark is mined while attempting to enter Nouméa, New Caledonia, without a pilot. Destroyer Worden (DD-352) tows the crippled ship out of the channel but has to abandon further salvage when the damaged vessel drifts and grounds hard and fast onto a reef.
Submarine Swordfish (SS-193) embarks U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands Francis B. Sayre and his party off Manila Bay (see 9 March). Their original destination is Surabaya, Java.
Submarines Pike (SS-172) and Pickerel (SS-177) are sent to assist stranded submarine Tarpon (SS-175) in Boling Strait, N.E.I.; in the event that they cannot free the grounded boat, they are to destroy her. Fortunately, Tarpon manages to work herself free by removing anchors, torpedoes, oil and ammunition.
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Gabrielle Bluestone / The Slot:Trump lost bigly; insecurity must be running rampant in & out of the Swiss-cheese holes that riddle his brain,
Here's a Picture of the Crowd Lined Up Outside CPAC to See Donald Trump Speak — NATIONAL HARBOR, MD—A few minutes into his CPAC speech Friday, esteemed and honest president Donald J. Trump said people were so excited to hear him speak that, “There are lines that go back six blocks."Discussion:
Travis Gettys / Raw Story: Photos easily disprove Trump boast about six-block crowd waiting to hear him speak at CPACJack Davis / Western Journalism: Media Go On Fact-Checking Spree After Trump Cites Depth Of His SupportNatalie Dickinson / Occupy Democrats: Trump Just Got Caught LYING About The Size Of His CPAC Speech CrowdDana Eisenberg / Mediaite: No, The Lines Didn't ‘Go Back Six Blocks’ for Trump's CPAC Speech
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MON 23 FEB 1942
Pacific
Japanese submarine I-17 shells oil refinery at Ellwood, California. [The Wiki indicates I-17 hit an oil well on a golf course in what is now incorporated as Goleta, CA.]Submarine Tarpon (SS-175) is damaged when she runs aground in Boling Strait, N.E.I. and becomes stranded (see 24 February).
Atlantic
U.S. freighter Lihue is torpedoed by German submarine U-161 about 275 miles west of Martinique, 14°30'N, 64°45'W; Lihue, damaged, engages U-161 in a surface gunnery action before the freighter is subsequently abandoned and the crew rescued by British tanker British Governor. Canadian armed merchant cruiser HMCS Prince Henry places a salvage party on board in attempt to save Lihue. Minesweeper Partridge (AM-16) tries to tow Lihue to safety, but the crippled merchantman sinks short of St. Lucia, the intended destination. There are no casualties to either the 36-man merchant crew or the 9-man Armed Guard.
Unarmed U.S. tanker Sun is torpedoed by German submarine U-502 about 54 miles north of Aruba, 13°02'N, 70°41'W, and although initially abandoned is reboarded. She is ultimately repaired and returned to service; there are no casualties among the 36-man crew (see 5 July).
Unarmed U.S. tanker Republic, torpedoed by German submarine U-504 on 21 February, having drifted onto reefs off Hobe Sound, Florida, sinks.
SUN 22 FEB 1942
Pacific
Submarine Swordfish (SS-193) disembarks Philippine President Manuel Quezon and his party
(embarked since 20 February) at San Jose, Panay, P.I., to continue their journey out of the archipelago.
Atlantic
U.S. tanker Cities Service Empire is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-128 25 miles north of Bethel Shoals, 28°00'N, 80°22'W. Destroyer Biddle (DD-151) rescues survivors from life rafts while Coast Guard cutter Vigilant (WPC-154) goes alongside and rescues men directly from the burning ship. All told,
3 of the 9-man Armed Guard are lost, in addition to 11 of the 41-man civilian complement.
Unarmed U.S. tanker W.D. Anderson is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-504 about 12 miles northeast of Jupiter Point Lighthouse, 27°09'N, 79°56'W. The sole survivor of the 36-man crew swims ashore at Stewart, Florida.
Unarmed U.S. freighter West Zeda is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-129 about 125 miles southeast of Trinidad, B.W.I., 09°13'N, 69°04'W. Schooner Emeralda rescues the entire 35-man crew,
who suffer no casualties in the encounter with the U-boat.
Hollywood Reporter: Oscars Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Can't Name One Best Picture NomineeContinuing the "crop of cinematic crap" theme, a partial list of nominations from the only awards that matter, The Golden Raspberries:Discussion:
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I'll bet Trump understands it too; only a really good mind, the best mind, could follow it.“We’re not bragging, we brought the president where he is,” Jones said. “That doesn’t mean he didn’t have the will like a ship to be on the ocean but we were on the ocean that Trump was on. He knows that.”
Sauce, goose, gander, Jones. Surely you're always armed. G'wan, ya chicken?But Jones, as usual, reserved his greatest wrath for the “globalists” who he says are determined to destroy humanity: “All across the world, humanity knows you’re the enemy. We’re going to get you assholes, just know that. It doesn’t mean we’re perfect but we’re not out to screw women and children and hurt people. You understand that, assholes? You hate humanity because you project your own hatred of yourself on us, assholes. You want to kill us, how about you die? Kill your fucking selves you fucking globalists!”
Last May, Jones told conservative columnist George Will to “put a .357 Magnum to your head and blow what little is left of your brains out all over yourself” for daring to criticize Trump.
SAT 21 FEB 1942
Pacific
Submarine Triton (SS-201) sinks Japanese merchant cargo vessel Shokyu Maru in East China Sea, 60 miles south of Quelpart Island, 32°10'N, 126°28'E.
Atlantic
Unarmed U.S. tanker J.N. Pew is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-67 about 225 miles west of Aruba, N.W.I, 12°40'N, 74°00'W; two survivors reach the coast of Colombia, 35 miles east of Riohacha (see 14 March).
Unarmed U.S. tanker Republic is torpedoed by German submarine U-504 about three miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, 27°05'N, 80°15'W; three crewmen perish in the initial explosion, while two drown in the abandonment. One lifeboat reaches shore unaided (18 men on board) while U.S. tanker Cities Service Missouri rescues six men from a second boat (see 23 February).
Europe
Admiral Leahy receives instruction to see Admiral Darlan immediately about German submarine U-156 receiving assistance at Martinique. Unless the Vichy French can assure the U.S. government that no Axis ships or planes will be allowed to enter French ports or territory in the Western Hemisphere, and that unless such assurances are rigidly maintained, the United States "will take such action in the interest of security of the Western Hemisphere as it may judge necessary and in accordance with existing inter-American obligations." Leahy writes in his diary that everything points to his early recall to Washington "for consultation" (see 16 April).
Next, a proposal to ban "liberal" Jooos from academe? And we can't have no Catholics teaching our Protestant evangelical children now, can we? No women perfessin' neither, they should be at home cleanin' up after the children.Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Senator Mark Chelgren Aims To Purge Democrats From Iowa Universities — The party affiliation on your voter registration card could block you from employment at Iowa's state universities were a newly proposed bill by Senator Mark Chelgren to become law. Senate File 288, proposed …Discussion:
Erin Corbett / Raw Story: Iowa Republican proposes bill restricting left-leaning faculty at state collegesKaitlyn Schallhorn / TheBlaze: Iowa Republican wants party affiliation to be considered in college faculty hiringTaegan Goddard / Political Wire: Bill Seeks Political Balance Among University ProfessorsRELATED:
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FRI 20 FEB 1942
General
Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet directs Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to establish Amphibious Forces.
Pacific
TF 11 (Vice Admiral Wilson Brown Jr.), en route to attack Rabaul, is spotted by Japanese reconnaissance flying boats (Yokohama Kokutai).Although the American attack is cancelled, Japanese naval land-based bombers (4th Kokutai) attack TF 11, centering their efforts upon Lexington (CV-2). In the ensuing battle off Bougainville, combat air patrol F4Fs (VF 3) and SBDs (VS 2) (the latter utilized in the anti-torpedo plane role) and ships' antiaircraft fire annihilate the enemy formations. In the battle, Lieutenant Edward H. O'Hare (VF 3) shoots down five bombers in six minutes, a phenomenal performance that earns him the Medal of Honor.
Submarine Swordfish (SS-193) embarks Philippine President Manuel Quezon, his wife and two children, Vice President Sergio Osmeña, and other Philippine government officials off Mariveles.
In the wake of the Japanese carrier strike the day before, Darwin, Australia, is abandoned as an Allied naval base. RAF and USAAF air operations from the field outside the port, however, will continue.
Japanese invade Timor Island, N.E.I.
Destroyer Stewart (DD-224), damaged by shellfire in the Battle of Badoeng Strait the previous night, suffers further damage when, improperly shored and placed on blocks, she rolls on her port side in a Dutch floating drydock at Surabaya, Java.
Atlantic
U.S. freighter Delplata is torpedoed by German submarine U-156 about 60 miles west of Martinique, 14°45'N, 62°10'W. Small seaplane tender Lapwing (AVP-1) rescues the 52 survivors (including the 13-man Armed Guard) and then scuttles the irreparably damaged merchantman with gunfire.
Unarmed U.S. freighter Azalea City is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-432 about 125 miles east-southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, 38°00'N, 73°00'W. There are no survivors from the 38-man crew.
Europe
Admiral William D. Leahy writes to President Roosevelt that he expects a recall "for consultation" since the French have not responded positively to Roosevelt's message of 11 February. President Roosevelt, while sympathetic to Admiral Leahy's position, subsequently informs his ambassador to Vichy that "to hold the fort [in Vichy] is as important a military task as any other in these days." Leahy is thus retained in France. On the same day that Leahy writes to the President, however, German submarine U-156 puts in to Martinique to put ashore one of the men wounded by the premature barrel explosion on 16 February (see 21 February).
THU 19 FEB 1942
Pacific
Japanese forces land on Bali, N.E.I.
Battle of Badoeng Strait begins as Allied naval force (Rear Admiral Karel W.F.M. Doorman, RNN) of three cruisers and accompanying destroyers attacks retiring Japanese Bali occupation force (Rear Admiral Kubo Kyuji) in Badoeng Strait. Destroyer Stewart (DD-224) is damaged by gunfire of destroyers Oshio and Asashio, 07°18'S, 112°46'E. Dutch destroyer Piet Hien is sunk; 30 of her survivors find motor whaleboat jettisoned by destroyer John D. Ford (DD-228) and proceed unaided to Java. Dutch light cruisers Java and Tromp are damaged by Japanese gunfire. Japanese destroyers Ushio and Michisio are damaged by Allied gunfire.
Japanese carrier striking force (Vice Admiral Nagumo Chuichi) attacks Darwin, Australia; 189 planes from carriers Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu bomb shipping, airfields, and shore installations; carrier bombers sink destroyer Peary (DD 226), 12°30'S, 130°50'E, U.S. Army Transport Miegs and U.S. freighter Mauna Loa (on board the latter all hands--37-man crew and seven passengers--survive); and damage seaplane tender (destroyer) William B. Preston (AVD-7). U.S. freighter Portmar is damaged and beached (one of her 34-man crew is killed; two of the 300 embarked soldiers perish as well; 12 men are injured); freighter Admiral Halstead (carrying drummed gasoline) is damaged as well (she suffers no casualties). In related actions, U.S. freighter Florence D, under charter to the Army and carrying a cargo of ammunition, rescues eight-man PBY (VP 22) crew (Lieutenant Thomas H. Moorer) off north coast of Australia, near Darwin, and later comes under attack by Japanese carrier aircraft that bomb and sink the ship (one man of Moorer's crew and three of the 37-man ship's complement are killed in action); Australian minesweeper HMAS Warrnambol and mission boat St. Francis rescue the survivors. Japanese carrier planes also bomb and sink Philippine motorship Don Isidro (chartered by the U.S. Army to run supplies to Corregidor) off northwest coast of Bathurst Island, 11°00'S, 130°00'E; 11 of the 67-man crew and one of the 16 embarked soldiers are killed. HMAS Warrnambol rescues the surviving crew and passengers. Japanese naval land attack planes (Kanoya and 1st Kokutais) bomb airfield at Darwin.
Submarine S-37 (SS-142) is damaged by grounding off the northeast corner of Lembogan Island, Lombok Strait, N.E.I., but continues on patrol.
Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Harold F. Dixon (Naval Aviation Pilot) and his two-man crew (VT 6), whose plane ditched due to fuel exhaustion on 16 January, reach Danger Islands, 10°48'S, 165°49'E, having spent 34 days at sea in their rubber boat. They have subsisted on occasional fish speared with a pocket knife, two birds, and rain water. While the straight line distance traveled measures 450 miles, the estimated track is approximately 1,200 miles. Dixon is awarded the Navy Cross for heroism, leadership, and resourcefulness.
Atlantic
Destroyer Dallas (DD-199) rescues 46 survivors from Brazilian tanker Olinda, sunk the day before by German submarine U-432.
Unarmed U.S. tanker Pan Massachusetts is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-128 about 20 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, 28°27'N, 80°08'W; Coast Guard lighthouse tender Forward (WAGL-160) and British tanker Elizabeth Massey rescue 18 survivors from the 38-man crew.
U.S. freighter Lake Osweya is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96 in the North Atlantic, 43°14'N, 54°45'W. Although U-96 sees three lifeboats pull away from the ship, no survivors from the 30-man merchant complement or the seven-man Armed Guard are ever found.
Caribbean
Transport William P. Biddle (AP-15) arrives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and disembarks the 9th Defense Battalion.
Note that the "imminent" link goes to neonnettle.com., which would appear to be where typist "Jay Greenberg" first published this lump of codswallop, in the grand "One lies, the other swears to it" tradition of the Echo Chamber of Idiocy & Paranoid Buffoonery.As the world braces itself for the high profile arrests to begin of senior politicians in relation to the “Pizzagate” Washington D.C. pedophile ring scandal, CNN seems to be preparing their own spin on the shocking (fake) news story.
The mainstream media outlet, who have been desperately trying to cover up Pedogate since it first broke last year by branding it as “fake news”, are now preparing to suggest that the upcoming arrests are all part of some elaborate coup by President Trump’s administration to “drain the swamp” of some of his less desirable opponents.The American cable and satellite TV channel even went as far as to suggest that the arrests will be a “shock event” also used as a diversionary tactic to distract the public from “those Trump tax returns, or even his ties to Russia”.
CNN, along with other news agencies and high-level politicians, have desperately been trying to convince the public that the Washington pedophilia ring was nothing more that a wild conspiracy theory, but as the Pizzagate arrests now seem imminent, the conspirers begin scrambling to create another cover story.
Published ten days ago: What's Sessions waiting for?The news broke last week of the imminent arrests following the leak from an FBI insider last week, confirming that 30 politicians and 40 other individuals are to be arrested in Washington D.C., Virginia, and New York City in connection with the Pizzagate pedophile ring.
According to the leak, the FBI has now submitted the arrest warrants to the Department Of Justice and awaits the signature of the newly appointed Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, and soon as he is sworn in this Thursday morning.
Mr. Sessions was briefed on the investigation and all of the evidence over three weeks ago.
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- Globalists Launch ‘Purple Revolution’ Against America As Warning Goes Out: ‘Everything Is in Place’ To Bring It All Down
- The Clintons and Soros Launch America’s Purple Revolution
- Will an American Spring take place in 2017? If so, the Trump Movement needs to lead the way.
- Leading Progressives Kucinich and Greenwald: Even Americans Who Hate Trump Should Defend Him Against Attempted Coup by the “Deep State”
- Obama’s Secret Socialism Formula: Alinsky’s Rules + Cloward-Piven
- Cultural Marxism Is Destroying America
- BBC ‘journalist’ recounts his experience at Trump press conference, shows how clueless the MSM has become, British media the primary mouthpiece for Deep State
- Is Obama’s Shadow Government Real?
- Still Think Obama’s “Shadow Government” is “Conspiracy Theory?”
- Obama’s Army of Activists Behind the Scenes
- Will an Arab Spring come to American soil?
- Soros Groups Behind Massive Anti-Trump Tax Day Protest Plot
- $90,000 Fine for former Obama Aide
- Is There A Hidden Message In Michael Flynn’s Resignation Letter?
- MUST SEE VIDEO: President Trump’s Incredible Press Conference
- Ex-Intel on Michael Flynn: ‘This Was a Hit Job’
- Hillary Clinton Calls Pizzagate Fake News With Flynn Tweet
- Psychics Providing Deep Intel to the CIA
- These 8 neocons are gearing up to destroy President Trump and “Make America Bomb Again”
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Robert De Niro at National Press Conference – Vaccine Safety
- WashPo ‘Media Critic’ Says Newspaper Makes Money From Propaganda Ads
- HOUSE INTEL CHAIRMAN SAYS FLYNN CALL LEAKERS ‘BROKE THE LAW’ AND ‘BELONG IN JAIL’
- Flynn Resignation A Deep State Sabotage Of Trump
- Intelligence Agencies Go Rogue On Trump
- BOMBSHELL: Three Muslim Brothers Hired By House Gained Unauthorized Access To Intelligence Info!
- WikiLeaks: ‘Destabilization Campaign’ Responsible for Flynn Resignation
- VIDEO: Ann Coulter Exposes The Whole Corrupt Two-Party System
- Ann Coulter Asks Bill Maher a Question He Can’t Answer!
- Bill O’Reilly Destroys Mark Cuban On Donald Trump
- WOW! Tucker Carlson Makes Short Work Of WashPo’s Eric Wemple
- “Felonies Committed” During Strategic Plan To Eliminate General Flynn
- Piers Morgan: Media’s Attempt to Delegitimize Trump Is ‘Un-American’
- Was the purge of General Flynn the “Pearl Harbor” for the Trump Movement?
- Limbaugh on Flynn Resignation: ‘The Question Is What Did Barack Obama Know and When Did He Know It?’ — BREITBART
- Major PIZZAGATE Arrest! Huge Development Could Unravel Pedogate Criminal Conspiracy
- The Neocons and the “deep state” have neutered the Trump Presidency
- Intel community trying to undermine Trump’s presidency?
- A Letter From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Robert De Niro to American Journalists
- CIA “spying” on President Donald Trump Goes to Federal Court
- The Oroville Crisis Exposes The Vulnerability Of America’s Entire National Dam System
- IRS Deals Major Blow To Obamacare Mandate
- Aetna CEO Says Obamacare In “Death Spiral” And “It’s Getting Worse”
- Flynn Resignation A Deep State Sabotage Of Trump
- Why was Treasury Secretary Steve Mnunchin a major Democratic donor?
- The Mercury Project: A $100,000 Challenge to Stop Toxic Vaccinations
- Did the Trump Administration just declare war on Russia?
- Trump: Intelligence community giving out classified information to press ‘like candy’
- Oprah Gives Senators Video of Puzder Abuse Allegations
- Report: Obama Loyalists Behind Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn
- GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE
- Trump Has Only One Alternative…
- PizzaGate Pedophile Victim’s Mom Speaks Out In Exclusive Tell-All
- Trump Stumbles As US/Russia Relations Continue To Deteriorate!
- Activists Warned Officials About Oroville Dam 12 Years Ago — but Nobody Listened
- Inside The Secret Campaign To Oust Flynn
- Mike Flynn May Face Felony Charges For Lying To The FBI
- “A Never-Happened-Before Event”: As Oroville Dam Drains, A Problem Remains
- Jeff Sessions Shuts Down Groping Joe Biden (Video)
- Purple Revolution: How does Obama command a 30K strong leftwing army?
- Crews work to backfill erosion on Oroville spillway
- Brand new elite whistleblower smashes global warming science
- BREAKING BOMBSHELL: NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails: Money Laundering, Sex Crimes with Children, Child Exploitation, Pay to Play, Perjury
- OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOW DIRECTLY LINKED TO PIZZAGATE STYLE SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
- Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. Chosen As Acting National Security Adviser
- Flynn Resignation Raises Tough Questions for FBI, Intel Services
- TPP is Not Dead: It’s Now Called the Trade In Services Agreement
- New MAGA Superstar Rises in the Firmament
- Media Ignores Pakistanis Fired for Accessing Highly Sensitive Government Documents
- Why the CIA Wants to Destroy Flynn
- The CIA continues to wage war on the Trump Administration
- The Pizzagate Tweet That Got Michael Flynn, Jr. Fired From The Trump Transition Team
- DEEP STATE Fired NSA General Michael Flynn
- OROVILLE DISASTER: Is Governor Jerry Brown really that clueless?
- Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Advisor
- Trey Gowdy Greatly Urged Donald Trump To Reopen Hillary Clinton Investigation
- The Clintons’ Early Days in the Child Sex Trafficking Business — #PizzaGate
- Pizzagate Is Real: Some updates
- Napolitano on 9th Circuit ruling: ‘Intellectually dishonest’
- PIZZAGATE, CHILD TRAFFICKING, AND MK ULTRA
- The Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway Was About to Fail! Why?
- Raw Video: Lake Oroville spillway flooding
- Was the Oroville Dam Spillway engineered to collapse at an appointed time?
- BREAKING: No word when evacuation order for 188,000 will be lifted as Oroville threat remains
- Oroville Dam sabotage aimed at destroying Californian economy
- Trump, Bannon and the Clash of Civilizations
- New People’s Party Forming Around Sanders Voter Base!?!
- What craziness is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals doing now?!
- Yuba County evacuated amid fears of California spillway failure
- Empire Strikes Back on Trump-Catherine Austin Fitts
- Is Priebus Out? Trump Friend Slams Chief Of Staff As “Weak, Incompetent”
- How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump’s presidency
- It’s time to stick a fork in the WHCD–“has become a creature of the White House, at which journalists take on the role of bit players in service to those in power.”
- BROWSHIRTS! Yeah, liberal ones. Is this Hollywood actress that delusional? Or does she not know when to stop acting? Leave it to the NYT to give her a platform.
- The media can no longer hide the truth about Fukushima; the entire world is in danger — Natural News
- Darrell Issa’s New Nuclear Waste Policy Act (H. R. 474) is a disaster for taxpayers
- 108 ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS IN SEX STING; 752 ARRESTED ACROSS US
- CIA files reveal how U.S. used psychics to spy on Iran
- ‘Evidence I never worked for Russia’: Snowden on NBC report claiming he’s to be ‘gifted’ to Trump
- Trumping With A “Brand New” Immigration Executive Order?
- The Real Reason The Elite Hate Trump So Much
- IMPORTANT VIDEO: Media Brainwashing
- Donald Trump considers issuing new travel ban
- Trump And Tillerson Just Made The Best Move
- Abrams Out—Who will be the next Deputy Secretary of State?
- Why were the Podesta brothers staying with Sigmund Freud’s Grandson in Portugal?
- Some useful money investment and saving tricks
- Did Blumenthal really misrepresent the Gorsuch “disheartening and demoralizing” comment?
- Drudge may be right, but the MSM has run interference at every turn.
- ‘TRUMP MUST BREAK JUDICIAL POWER’ — Pat Buchanan
- Is this how the Democrats have always made their money?
- Why does the Democratic Pocahantas keep talking herself into trouble?
- Conservatives Push President Trump to Fire IRS Commissioner
- Trump Issues New Presidential Executive Order Re: Transnational Criminal Organizations
- Trump Drops HUGE Terror Bombshell While Democrats Keep Obstructing
- While Libs Were Protesting, Trump Dropped HUGE Bombshell That Shut Them Up.
- Nordstrom gets an earful
- How will the MSM deal with the upcoming Pizzagate arrests?
- PizzaGate Update: New Arrests Coming? Sessions Sworn In. Vault 7 Tweets!
- Trump hits Blumenthal for Gorsuch comment claims, Vietnam ‘lie’
- Why is a guy convicted for withholding info from Congress up for #2 job at State?
- Elliott Abrams to the State Department? Baffling.
