Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
By Associated Press
Published Dec. 28, 2024, 1:54 a.m. ET
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After Upton’s death, there are only 15 still alive.
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Sad day in history with only a few left.
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After a very frustrating day of “escalations”, broken return calls promised, and countless connect / disconnect / in case / out of case / reconnect, I gave up.
This product is not ready for prime time, I felt like an alpha tester.
Argh! ** 3
They hyped the “hearing test” so much I really wanted it to work.
Frustrated to the full extent.
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Did Heinlein advocate the apparently militaristic, if not fascist society of Starship Troopers?
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In the classic 1959 Sci-Fi novel Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein lays out a view of the future where only the military is allowed full citizenship and suffrage. He presents democracy as intrinsically flawed and physical punishment as an essential part of child-rearing. The novel is often seen as advocating militarism if not fascism.
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“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” ~ Albert Einstein
Perhaps we’d have peace if we sent all the politicians and bureaucrats who want a war, to go fight in the first wave.
Probably be a lot more peaceful and circumspect about the whole topic.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women’s rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.
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Give her credit, it took real courage to vote your conscience. And, in retrospect, she was correct about the reasons for both wars.
Wonder how vets would vote?
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