August 25 (A Double)
291 B.C. - Poison gas was first used in warfare, by the Chinese.
Look at how far the Chinese were in advance of the West on this matter - thousands of years.
"War is all Hell." - General William T. Sherman...Sherman was correct, and as such war should be about winning. Nations shouldn't go to war unless they are willing to risk extermination.
Yes, I know this makes me a super-radical, but if people fully understood the possible results of going to war there would likely be fewer of them.
325 - The Council Of Nicaea ended with the adoption of the Nicene Creed, establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
The Church has had many meetings of doctrine and practice, but few have been as important as this one...Many precedents were established at Nicaea, and none were more important than the issue of the Trinity and date of Easter.
"The question, touching the day for the celebration of the Feast of Easter, was settled. It was to be kept on the first Sunday after the first ‘Calendar’ full moon, happening upon, or next after, the 21st of March; and if the full moon happened on a Sunday, Easter-day was to be the next Sunday following."
716 - The Siege of Constantinople began.
One of the many 'sieges' of the great city, and one it survived. Amazingly the Byzantines held out against the Muslim Horde - as well as Christian Crusaders - for another 800+ years!!!
1940 - The British Air Force dropped its first bombs on Berlin during an overnight raid: WWII.
There were many more to come...Especially when the Americans finally got in the game.
1944 - Paris was liberated when the local German commander, General Choltitz, surrendered to the allies: WWII.
The French still haven’t recovered from being rescued by the Brits and Americans...It’s not beyond the realm of possibility they’d rather have remained German than be saved by these two.
Think that sounds crazy? Just look at how quickly they surrendered to the Germans in the first place.
1950 - President Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Of course he did. Unions can’t be allowed to break the nation’s infrastructure...Which is exactly why Reagan stuck it to the air traffic controllers in the 1980’s.
1989 - Congressman Barney Frank acknowledged hiring a male prostitute as a personal employee, then firing him after suspecting the aide was selling sex from Frank's apartment.
I’m sure the good people of Massachusetts loved having a Congressman with a whore house for an office...Can you imagine if this were a Republican soliciting sex instead of a Democrat doing so?
I’m sure this makes me a Right-Wing radical, too.
1999 - The FBI reversed itself after six years, admitting its agents might have fired some potentially flammable tear gas canisters on the final day of the 1993 standoff with the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, but said it continued to believe law enforcement agents did not start the fire which engulfed the cult's compound.
Which is exactly why Janet Reno is properly known as Janet 'Sterno'...Can you imagine if Bush or Trump did anything like this?
Look at how far the Chinese were in advance of the West on this matter - thousands of years.
"War is all Hell." - General William T. Sherman...Sherman was correct, and as such war should be about winning. Nations shouldn't go to war unless they are willing to risk extermination.
Yes, I know this makes me a super-radical, but if people fully understood the possible results of going to war there would likely be fewer of them.
325 - The Council Of Nicaea ended with the adoption of the Nicene Creed, establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
The Church has had many meetings of doctrine and practice, but few have been as important as this one...Many precedents were established at Nicaea, and none were more important than the issue of the Trinity and date of Easter.
"The question, touching the day for the celebration of the Feast of Easter, was settled. It was to be kept on the first Sunday after the first ‘Calendar’ full moon, happening upon, or next after, the 21st of March; and if the full moon happened on a Sunday, Easter-day was to be the next Sunday following."
716 - The Siege of Constantinople began.
One of the many 'sieges' of the great city, and one it survived. Amazingly the Byzantines held out against the Muslim Horde - as well as Christian Crusaders - for another 800+ years!!!
1940 - The British Air Force dropped its first bombs on Berlin during an overnight raid: WWII.
There were many more to come...Especially when the Americans finally got in the game.
1944 - Paris was liberated when the local German commander, General Choltitz, surrendered to the allies: WWII.
The French still haven’t recovered from being rescued by the Brits and Americans...It’s not beyond the realm of possibility they’d rather have remained German than be saved by these two.
Think that sounds crazy? Just look at how quickly they surrendered to the Germans in the first place.
1950 - President Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Of course he did. Unions can’t be allowed to break the nation’s infrastructure...Which is exactly why Reagan stuck it to the air traffic controllers in the 1980’s.
1989 - Congressman Barney Frank acknowledged hiring a male prostitute as a personal employee, then firing him after suspecting the aide was selling sex from Frank's apartment.
I’m sure the good people of Massachusetts loved having a Congressman with a whore house for an office...Can you imagine if this were a Republican soliciting sex instead of a Democrat doing so?
I’m sure this makes me a Right-Wing radical, too.
1999 - The FBI reversed itself after six years, admitting its agents might have fired some potentially flammable tear gas canisters on the final day of the 1993 standoff with the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, but said it continued to believe law enforcement agents did not start the fire which engulfed the cult's compound.
Which is exactly why Janet Reno is properly known as Janet 'Sterno'...Can you imagine if Bush or Trump did anything like this?
Labels: Byzantine, China, Christianity, France, Germany, Islam, Science, UK, WWII
posted by Poison Pero @ Friday, August 24, 2018
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