It is August and things have slowed to crawl. Perhaps you have not been able to get away. Lack of planning. Agreeing in February to set that murder case for August? Whatever the reason you, unlike us, are stuck in Miami. Maybe this will help.
Summer Reading:
1) The Admirals, by Walter Borneman. There were four admirals awarded an unprecedented fifth star during WWII. Who were they? The sad part of this is that even we gave your run-of-the-mill DeSantis drone robe wearer, a few clues, we doubt 98% of them could identify the men and their roles. For the record, the admirals receiving a fifth star Admiral of the Fleet, were Nimitz. Halsey, King, and Leahy. Name the one that commanded a battle group in WWII. "Umm...this is not what I thought this would be, I thought we would talking about original intent of the framers."
You're right, it was a trick question. While Halsey was most known for holding the line in 1941 when all that stood between Japan and California was the Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga, who were all at sea during the attack, and later commanding the fleet at the controversial Battle of Leyte Gulf, Nimitz had a sea command in the North Atlantic before the Pearl Harbor attack required Roosevelt to replace Admiral....? Anyon? Bueller? Anyone? Admiral Husband Kimmel who was in charge when Pearl was attacked.
The least well known, and most influential of the group was William Leahy, who had recently retired before the war started. Roosevelt recalled him to active duty and put Leahy in charge of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Leahy became a close confident of FDR and was rarely not at his side during all of WWII. He wielded tremendous influence over the conduct of the war.
2) The Black Swan Mystery, by Tetsuya Ayukawa. Written and published in Japan in 1960, this is a post-war "film-noir" type of simple yet expertly written murder mystery that satisfies on a beach day. It's been re-released and available on Amazon.
So what else is going on?
There's some controversy over Sydney Sweeney and also the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor statistics after she posted revised employment numbers last week showing the economy had actually lost nearly 260,000 jobs in May and June. We are not sure if the two controversies are related. What exactly is Ms. Sweeney doing wrong? (And for that matter, who is she?) Of more note is the remarkable move of firing an expert for reporting the truth.
"Mr. President, a category five hurricane is bearing down on Florida and we expect catastrophic damage."
"Who said that?"
"Well, uhh, the chief meteorologist of the National Weather Service."
"They're fired. That's Biden-Obama propaganda."
There are all sorts of applications for the novel idea of ignoring reality.
"Hey honey how was your checkup?"
"Bad. The doctor said I gained twenty pounds and needed to start on mounjaro."
"Oh, well, you have looked a little heavy. And you haven't been working out as much."
"Nah. I'm just going to switch doctors. It is so much easier. Want Five-Guys for dinner?"
And on and on it could go, until the economy collapses, the environment collapses, the guy eating another burger and fries collapses while walking up a broken escalator at the REGJB.
Enjoy Your Summer.
5 comments:
In American history Kimmel is the only person I’m aware of whose first name is Husband. Here is my view. 1 a week before he was briefed by intelligence that Japanese aggression was expected shortly although the location was not known. As commander of Pearl he was negligent in not doing more to prevent the attack. BUT so was Halsey who had the three carriers out on training. Haley inexplicably did not order air patrols that would most likely 1 have located the Japanese attack fleet and / or 2 had combat planes in the air to Protect Pearl. Halsey was near Pearl but did nothing to cover the base with his planes. He bears responsibility as well. But here’s the thing. After the attack Halsey was all that stood between Japan and the West Coast and Roosevelt And Admiral King couldn’t afford to replace him. They needed him to find the Japan fleet and confront it which he did with modest success at the Battle of Coral Sea and who his replacement (he was ashore with a bad case of the shingles ) rear admiral Ray Spruance did masterfully at the battle of Midway. If anyone else deserved a fifth star it was Spruance Rump. Do you agree ?
Fully agree with your analysis. And Admiral Raymond Spruance is a man whose name is some what lost to history who we can confidently say saved the United States of America. Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific. Going up against four Japanese carriers and a larger fleet with three carriers, he found and sunk four ! While losing one. After Midway Japan would never go on the offensive again. And if he had lost our carriers without destroying the Japanese fleet, you can make a good argument that the West Coast was completely undefended and open to invasion. Halsey recommended Spruance who had no carrier experience. And yet Spruance made all the right calls. And not just in Midway but in every naval engagement of the war. While Halsey was nick named Bull and the fighting admiral, Spruance had more success in more battles than Halsey did. And if you want to dig deeper we can analyze Halsey at the battle of Leyte Gulf where admiral Jesse Oldendorf saved MacArhur’s landing and Halsey’s butt because Halsey fell for a Japanese trick and dashed off to the north without protecting the beach head and transits to it. Love this stuff btw. More than law.
In what can only be described as a statistical anomaly all the women upset about Sweeney have a BMI over 30; a nose ring, ROYGBIV colored hair; helped to burn down cities during BLM; and ran around like maniacs during metoo pretending to be oppressed.
It thought Trump getting elected in 2024 was a low point for the Dems, i was proven wrong as they are the gift that keeps on giving.
Rump. Admiral Olendorf crossed the T at the battle of Leyte Gulf. He freaking crossed the T and should be remembered as a brilliant battleship tactician. Come on man
At the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf commanded the U.S. Navy’s bombardment and fire support group during the Battle of Surigao Strait, one of the key engagements. On the night of October 24–25, 1944, Oldendorf deployed his force of older battleships, cruisers, and destroyers across the northern end of the strait to block the advancing Japanese Southern Force. Utilizing classic naval tactics, he executed the last major “crossing the T” maneuver in naval history—positioning his battleships perpendicular to the Japanese line of advance, allowing for devastating broadsides. His well-coordinated attack, bolstered by destroyer torpedo strikes, resulted in the destruction of most of the Japanese force, including the battleships Yamashiro and Fusō. Oldendorf’s disciplined and textbook use of firepower was a decisive factor in crippling Japan’s southern pincer and helped secure the Allied landing at Leyte.
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