In other news, as the soon to be former President of Columbia found out: Oppose President Trump and your personal selfie with Epstein and P. Diddy gets published to the world.
In the world of FAFO, President Trump is the King of Find Out.
The “Trump Effect” claims another one… done before the price of coffee could go up!!
Folks in the People’s Republic of Canuckistan (formerly Canada) are hoping Trump’s disdain for Trudeau the Younger (and his Merry Marxist Minions) will finish off the il-Liberal Party.
The Conservatives were already looking well situated to win a strong majority. With a good dose of the Trump Effect, perhaps the Canadian infestation will get wiped out… although it seems like it’s never possible to get all of ’em.
The problem is it is taking too long and how much damage will be done in the mean time.
Hopefully Trump 2.0 will have the patience to wait out our process, give us a chance to make the leadership changes, before doing real damage. The little * (old or new) in power now will react like a bitchy school girl and nuke us.
(Old = Trudeau a nobody elected on nice hair. New = Carney, a WEF banker with a marxist attitude)
January 27, 2025 at 12:37 am
Too Tall
If you are a RINO senator stooge who voted against confirming one of President Trump’s Cabinet nominations, the threat of being primaried is the least of your concerns.
Although you are fully aware of the monsters in your closet, will not be able to explain the “Find Out,” to your families, supporters, or soon-to-be-former constituents.
When you finally realize there is no way out, take comfort in the fact that death obviates all crimes and suicide is painless.
Unless of course, orange is part of your personal color palette and you are partial to jumpsuits accessorized with large, dramatic, pieces of stainless steel jewelry.
In other news, the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35, New York Class) is almost finished with the Restoration work, and is close to 80% Combat Effectiveness. As I recall, Author John Ringo mentions the Texas in one of his Aldnata series of Books. Good reads. Interestly the Texas fought in both world wars, and IIRC, was the only BB to serve in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during WW II.
As an amateur naval historian and World War II naval buff, I found your note about the USS Texas interesting. But I thought there were other American battleships which served in “both oceans”. So I spent a little time with Wikipedia, to see what I could find:
United States Battleships of World War II —
in Which Ocean(s) Did They Serve?
____________________________________
USS Wyoming (BB-32): converted to gunnery training ship (AG-17) in November, 1941
USS Arkansas (BB-33): Supported the landings at Omaha Beach during D-Day, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardment of Iwo Jima
USS New York (BB-34): Supported the landings at Omaha Beach during D-Day, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardments of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
USS Texas (BB-35): Supported the North African and Normandy Beach landings, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardments of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
USS Nevada (BB-36): At Pearl Harbor, bombardments at Attu (Pacific), Normandy Beach and Southern France (Atlantic), Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Pacific)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37): Sunk at Pearl Harbor (too badly damaged to repair)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Arizona (BB-39): Sunk at Pearl Harbor (too badly damaged to repair)
USS New Mexico (BB-40): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Mississippi (BB-41): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Idaho (BB-42): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Tennessee (BB-43): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS California (BB-44): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Colorado (BB-45): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Maryland (BB-46): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Washington (BB-47): cancelled by The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and scrapped
USS West Virginia (BB-48): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
BB-49 through 54 – South Dakota class – cancelled by The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and scrapped
USS North Carolina (BB-55): In Atlantic to counter a possible sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Washington (BB-56): Deployed to Britain to strengthen Home Fleet, sailed in support of Russian convoys, then transferred to the Pacific
USS South Dakota (BB-57): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Indiana (BB-58): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Massachusetts (BB-59): Supported th North African landings, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Alabama (BB-60): Deployed to Britain to strengthen Home Fleet, sailed in support of Russian convoys, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Iowa (BB-61): Served in the Atlantic Fleet before being transferred to Pacific
USS New Jersey (BB-62): Shakedown cruise in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
USS Missouri (BB-63): Shakedown cruises in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
USS Wisconsin (BB-64): Shakedown cruise in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
__________________
Source: Wikipedia
I know this falls into the TL:DR category… but having a little knowledge of the folks who frequent Mr. Muir’s works, I thought SOMEONE might enjoy this.
From Wikipedia: “USS Texas shelled Vichy French forces in the North African Landings and German-held beaches in the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was the only Allied battleship that took part in all four of these amphibious landings.”
Perhaps she was the only battleship to see combat in both the Atlantic and Pacific during WWII. Several others “served” in both oceans, but for battleships in that war a lot of service was just steaming around as a back-up force that turned out to be unneeded.
I took in a sightseeing tour on her many years ago.
January 27, 2025 at 2:57 pm
James/G
Thank both, That only one to to fire in the Four Landings may have been it. And as for the TLDR post, I had always thought there weren’t more than 8 Battleships in the NAVY in WW II, which goes to show how Aircraft Carriers could steal all the headlines…
January 28, 2025 at 2:06 am
markm
More research: USS Texas’s sister ship USS New York (BB-34) fought in both oceans in WWII. It bombarded the shore in North Africa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, but not Normandy.
The Texas and New York also served with the British Grand Fleet in WWI, as the two newest ships in the US 9th Battle Squadron. (At least 4 newer ships were available, but the New York class were the last coal-burning BB’s the US made.) The Brits had coal mines but no oil fields and the Allies were having enough trouble getting enough liquid fuel past the submarines to run the airplanes, tanks, and trucks without adding more oil-hogs.) The US declared war after the Battle of Jutland, so the US squadron saw no battleship-to-battleship fights, but maybe helped persuade the Germans to keep their remaining battleships home.
The US squadron eventually was assigned to protect mine layers that were laying a huge minefield in the North Sea in an attempt to stop the U-Boats getting out into the ocean. On this duty, New York sank a U-Boat – by unknowingly running over it. It scratched the bottom of the New York and broke one of the propellers. When they compared records after the war, two German subs were operating nearby and didn’t come back, so apparently the New York got one, and something else happened to the other. It’s the only time we know of that a battleship bagged a sub, in either war, and that was more useful than many battleships ever were,
aside from service as floating batteries during landings.
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 am
Kafiroon
Nests? Varmints and Petulance! Bring fast movers loaded to the limit with Napalm!
Some of these buildings they’re holed up in are reuseable and a few are historical. A good dose of fast acting but non-persistent agents would seem to be the order of the day, they work great against persistent pests.
I was trying to remember the name of that book. I read “The Ayes of Texas” & “For Texas & Zed” when they first came out. I look back on “The Ayes of Texas” with fondness and wishfulness.
The most effective filler for the big tents would be carbon dioxide. the best thing about that is after it’s done it’s job snuffing out the vermin, it makes a great plant food inside those new greenhouses of truth and the crocodile tears of the liebrals and gorebullians will water the crop of genuine equality before the law. I’ve really got to ease up on the buzzwords until after the second coffee of the morning 🙂
The DNC/PLD will blame Trump for this, which is the truth. Because those assholes refused to do the job in the first place. Most Reports concerning the Southern Border indicate that nearly 3,000 Islamist terrorist entered the US Illegally from Mexico, under the combined Administrations of Obama and Biden-Harris.
Refusing to do the Job of Protecting US Citizens for a total of Twelve years, leaving President Donald J Trump to take the most basic measures to close the border, of course they’ll deny the did anything wrong…
Bastards and Whores. That’s all the DNC/PLD Leadership is made of.
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Bromine gas. It’s what professionals use.
In other news, as the soon to be former President of Columbia found out: Oppose President Trump and your personal selfie with Epstein and P. Diddy gets published to the world.
In the world of FAFO, President Trump is the King of Find Out.
The “Trump Effect” claims another one… done before the price of coffee could go up!!
Folks in the People’s Republic of Canuckistan (formerly Canada) are hoping Trump’s disdain for Trudeau the Younger (and his Merry Marxist Minions) will finish off the il-Liberal Party.
The Conservatives were already looking well situated to win a strong majority. With a good dose of the Trump Effect, perhaps the Canadian infestation will get wiped out… although it seems like it’s never possible to get all of ’em.
The problem is it is taking too long and how much damage will be done in the mean time.
Hopefully Trump 2.0 will have the patience to wait out our process, give us a chance to make the leadership changes, before doing real damage. The little * (old or new) in power now will react like a bitchy school girl and nuke us.
(Old = Trudeau a nobody elected on nice hair. New = Carney, a WEF banker with a marxist attitude)
If you are a RINO
senatorstooge who voted against confirming one of President Trump’s Cabinet nominations, the threat of being primaried is the least of your concerns.Although you are fully aware of the monsters in your closet, will not be able to explain the “Find Out,” to your families, supporters, or soon-to-be-former constituents.
When you finally realize there is no way out, take comfort in the fact that death obviates all crimes and suicide is painless.
Unless of course, orange is part of your personal color palette and you are partial to jumpsuits accessorized with large, dramatic, pieces of stainless steel jewelry.
And Naomi starts labor, Feb 28, 2015.
https://www.daybydaycartoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/022815.jpg
Thank you, James!
You’re welcome. It was a boy.
In other news, the Battleship USS Texas (BB-35, New York Class) is almost finished with the Restoration work, and is close to 80% Combat Effectiveness. As I recall, Author John Ringo mentions the Texas in one of his Aldnata series of Books. Good reads. Interestly the Texas fought in both world wars, and IIRC, was the only BB to serve in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during WW II.
https://www.daybydaycartoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/040215.jpg
James/G,
As an amateur naval historian and World War II naval buff, I found your note about the USS Texas interesting. But I thought there were other American battleships which served in “both oceans”. So I spent a little time with Wikipedia, to see what I could find:
United States Battleships of World War II —
in Which Ocean(s) Did They Serve?
____________________________________
USS Wyoming (BB-32): converted to gunnery training ship (AG-17) in November, 1941
USS Arkansas (BB-33): Supported the landings at Omaha Beach during D-Day, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardment of Iwo Jima
USS New York (BB-34): Supported the landings at Omaha Beach during D-Day, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardments of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
USS Texas (BB-35): Supported the North African and Normandy Beach landings, then transferred to the Pacific for bombardments of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
USS Nevada (BB-36): At Pearl Harbor, bombardments at Attu (Pacific), Normandy Beach and Southern France (Atlantic), Iwo Jima and Okinawa (Pacific)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37): Sunk at Pearl Harbor (too badly damaged to repair)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Arizona (BB-39): Sunk at Pearl Harbor (too badly damaged to repair)
USS New Mexico (BB-40): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Mississippi (BB-41): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Idaho (BB-42): In Atlantic during Pearl Harbor, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Tennessee (BB-43): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS California (BB-44): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Colorado (BB-45): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Maryland (BB-46): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Washington (BB-47): cancelled by The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and scrapped
USS West Virginia (BB-48): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
BB-49 through 54 – South Dakota class – cancelled by The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and scrapped
USS North Carolina (BB-55): In Atlantic to counter a possible sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Washington (BB-56): Deployed to Britain to strengthen Home Fleet, sailed in support of Russian convoys, then transferred to the Pacific
USS South Dakota (BB-57): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Indiana (BB-58): SERVED ONLY IN PACIFIC
USS Massachusetts (BB-59): Supported th North African landings, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Alabama (BB-60): Deployed to Britain to strengthen Home Fleet, sailed in support of Russian convoys, then transferred to the Pacific
USS Iowa (BB-61): Served in the Atlantic Fleet before being transferred to Pacific
USS New Jersey (BB-62): Shakedown cruise in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
USS Missouri (BB-63): Shakedown cruises in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
USS Wisconsin (BB-64): Shakedown cruise in Atlantic, then transferred to Pacific
__________________
Source: Wikipedia
I know this falls into the TL:DR category… but having a little knowledge of the folks who frequent Mr. Muir’s works, I thought SOMEONE might enjoy this.
Thanks for the note on the TEXAS!
From Wikipedia: “USS Texas shelled Vichy French forces in the North African Landings and German-held beaches in the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was the only Allied battleship that took part in all four of these amphibious landings.”
Perhaps she was the only battleship to see combat in both the Atlantic and Pacific during WWII. Several others “served” in both oceans, but for battleships in that war a lot of service was just steaming around as a back-up force that turned out to be unneeded.
I took in a sightseeing tour on her many years ago.
Thank both, That only one to to fire in the Four Landings may have been it. And as for the TLDR post, I had always thought there weren’t more than 8 Battleships in the NAVY in WW II, which goes to show how Aircraft Carriers could steal all the headlines…
More research: USS Texas’s sister ship USS New York (BB-34) fought in both oceans in WWII. It bombarded the shore in North Africa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, but not Normandy.
The Texas and New York also served with the British Grand Fleet in WWI, as the two newest ships in the US 9th Battle Squadron. (At least 4 newer ships were available, but the New York class were the last coal-burning BB’s the US made.) The Brits had coal mines but no oil fields and the Allies were having enough trouble getting enough liquid fuel past the submarines to run the airplanes, tanks, and trucks without adding more oil-hogs.) The US declared war after the Battle of Jutland, so the US squadron saw no battleship-to-battleship fights, but maybe helped persuade the Germans to keep their remaining battleships home.
The US squadron eventually was assigned to protect mine layers that were laying a huge minefield in the North Sea in an attempt to stop the U-Boats getting out into the ocean. On this duty, New York sank a U-Boat – by unknowingly running over it. It scratched the bottom of the New York and broke one of the propellers. When they compared records after the war, two German subs were operating nearby and didn’t come back, so apparently the New York got one, and something else happened to the other. It’s the only time we know of that a battleship bagged a sub, in either war, and that was more useful than many battleships ever were,
aside from service as floating batteries during landings.
Nests? Varmints and Petulance! Bring fast movers loaded to the limit with Napalm!
Dang stiff fingers! Pestilence! Although they are also petulant.
Some of these buildings they’re holed up in are reuseable and a few are historical. A good dose of fast acting but non-persistent agents would seem to be the order of the day, they work great against persistent pests.
“The Ayes of Texas” — Daniel da Cruz
I was trying to recall that book. Thanks. Try “For Texas and Zed.”
I was trying to remember the name of that book. I read “The Ayes of Texas” & “For Texas & Zed” when they first came out. I look back on “The Ayes of Texas” with fondness and wishfulness.
The most effective filler for the big tents would be carbon dioxide. the best thing about that is after it’s done it’s job snuffing out the vermin, it makes a great plant food inside those new greenhouses of truth and the crocodile tears of the liebrals and gorebullians will water the crop of genuine equality before the law. I’ve really got to ease up on the buzzwords until after the second coffee of the morning 🙂
!952’s “Them”. Bring out the flame throwers!
(Stupid shift.)
Just a small correction: “Them!” was released in 1954. Big ants from nuclear explosions in Nevada. Yes, maximum fumigation.
Did it from memory. Some of the 50s SF flicks were very good. Also, “Them!” had good ole Spock in it.
Something more important guys. Mexican Drug Cartels are planting explosives along the Texas Border, maybe elsewhere;
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/cartels-plant-explosives-across-the-border-from-brownsville-prompting-urgent-warning
The DNC/PLD will blame Trump for this, which is the truth. Because those assholes refused to do the job in the first place. Most Reports concerning the Southern Border indicate that nearly 3,000 Islamist terrorist entered the US Illegally from Mexico, under the combined Administrations of Obama and Biden-Harris.
Refusing to do the Job of Protecting US Citizens for a total of Twelve years, leaving President Donald J Trump to take the most basic measures to close the border, of course they’ll deny the did anything wrong…
Bastards and Whores. That’s all the DNC/PLD Leadership is made of.