Identify the Aircraft
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Game Show
Of course
Bullet Points:
** Sandman
** (ZeroHedge) It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in.
The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent in 2021, and 47 percent in 2022. The key takeaway is that last year, the dollar share slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.
Now it is no longer far-fetched to project a global dollar share of only 30 percent by the end of 2024, coinciding with the next US presidential election.
** King of the Pirates (documentary)
** This idiot completely misses the point of everything because he doesn’t know how to be himself and probably never did. Everything about transgender bs is dehumanizing. Women are being erased, children are being groomed, and the trans people aren’t getting the help they need all so big pharma can make their billions. None of it is good for people or society.
** 1/3 of teen girls considered attempting suicide in 2021 because the CDC kept them from school, socializing & normal activity. The CDC likes to report the consequences but doesn’t acknowledge their part in it so I added context to reflect accuracy.
Historical Note:
The Easter Uprising and 20,000 Russian Rifles,
During World War I Germany and Irish Republicans were allies as it was in Germany’s best interest to destabilize the British Empire in any way possible, and or course the Irish Rebels needed weapons and supplies. In 1916 the German government offered support for the Easter Uprising, a planned rebellion to take place in Dublin on April 24th. On April 9th, 1916 the SS Libau (disguised as the Norwegian merchant ship SS Aud) disembarked from the port of Lubeck, steaming around Denmark and Norway, sneaking past the British blockade, then looping around the North Atlantic before steaming south and secretly delivering its cargo at an Irish port.
The cargo carried by the SS Libau consisted of 20,000 Russian Mosin Nagant Model 1891 bolt action rifles along with 4 million rounds of ammunition. The rifles had been captured by the German Army on the Eastern Front, and since they did not share a common caliber with standard German infantry firearms, were used as a second line rifle, or supplied to Central Power nations and other allies. In addition to the rifles were ten machine guns and explosives.
The SS Libau was able to reach the Irish coast, however, it was discovered by three British destroyers who were suspicious of an unexpected visit by a “Norwegian merchant ship”. Once in Cork harbor, the crew scuttled the ship, sending it to the bottom of Cork harbor on April 16th, a mere week before the Easter Rising. A number of Mosin Nagant rifles were salvaged by Royal Navy divers, and today there are dozens of examples on display in museums across Ireland and the UK. The rifle pictured below is on display at the National Museum of Ireland.
Identify the Aircraft:
1. Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star
2. Consolidated P2Y-1
1. Yes
2. Review the tail closely. Not a P2Y-1 but in that family.
For the record, I’m throwing hard balls with some of these ID photos. Wait for tomorrow’s tank. In the case of #2, the mist obscures the tail somewhat, making the ID tricky. This aircraft was a successor to the P2Y-1 and shares common features.
It’s… the P2Y-2! Which some of the P2Y-1s were modified into.
Or.. the P2Y-3! Which was an evolution of the P2Y-2, with some P2Y-2s being modified into.
Definitely a Consolidated product. You can see the Catalina in the P2Y series.
P4N-1
I thought perhaps the Consolidated Commodore but the cockpit doesn’t look right but it just may be the lighting.
Or the Martin P3M-2
It’s an evolution of the Commodore. Which is what threw you off.
Naval Aircraft Factory XPN4-1 based on WWI Felixstowe F5L. That’s a tricky one!!! And re the Frank Quite- https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/the-greatest-crime-against-humanity-in-history-naomi-wolfs-11-revelations-from-pfizer-vaccine-documents/
Old NFO nailed it. Yes, it is a very tricky ID. The advances in AI technology have forced this Virtual Mirage Blog to try and make it more difficult.
Just a reminder Larry, today is the anniversary of the day our fathers ships got hit with kimakazes. My father and shipmates wrote a collection of memories of that day,”The day the ship stood still”. I try to sip a drink of remembrance for the men lost that day.
It was a day of days for them. And a long grind back to San Francisco, conning the destroyer from an improvised platform on the #2 stack.
Dollar Share of Gold Reserves
May be close to zero since there hasn’t been an audit since 1953.
cynic
Guilty.
WSF, we all need to trust the government unreservedly; would they lie? Neither the DOD or any other government agency requires an audit. I am sure there are metric boatloads of gold in Fort Knox for instance. Might be just a wiff of sarcasm in the above.
You can paint lead ingots with gold paint and from a distance… Safrabank did that not that long ago.