Day: October 6, 2023

History, Plain Speaking, Reality Check

People! Build Nuclear Bomb Shelters! Or Else!

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Well, OK, it's a headline from sixty-two years ago today, but who's counting? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IpdcFKHOrZU?feature=share Not worried. I've already said, here and elsewhere, that in the event of cataclysm, disaster, nuclear catastrophe, holocaust, or anything else, I'm heading for the chicken coop. Most resilient and steadfast structure on the property.  I know.  I built it. Water--check.… Continue reading People! Build Nuclear Bomb Shelters! Or Else!

History, Literature, War

“Theirs But To Do and Die”

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Some things never change. On 25th October 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava, 670 British soldiers under the command of Lord Cardigan, launched an ill-fated attack upon a well-defended Russian artillery battery and sustained 40 percent casualties in the form of approximately 120 killed, and at least 160 wounded. Fifty were taken prisoner. Also killed… Continue reading “Theirs But To Do and Die”