November 12 (A Double)
1927 - Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union, and Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.
The Man of Steel finally jumped out of the shadows of Lenin and Trotsky...Both were much more brilliant than he was, and both knew he was a menace to the Party and the Soviet people as a whole.
But Stalin was more ruthless than either, and it was Uncle Joe who perfected the Communist Hell State...It was also Stalin who had the most success at spreading the virus of communism across the planet.
To be fair, it was also Stalin who saved the USSR from being enslaved and eliminated by the Germans in WWII...Even though he originally partnered with the Krauts, and then bungled the first months of the German invasion.
1941 - The German Army's drive to take Moscow was halted on the city's outskirts: World War II.
The moment they stopped was the moment they lost the war...The Russian Autumn slowed the Germans down, and the Russian Winter did its part in keeping them from ever restarting in earnest - Hitler should have learned from Napoleon's similar failure.
As a result, what started as a German route of the USSR ended up a Soviet route of Germany.
1892 - The first professional football game was played: The Allegheny Athletic Association v. the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
Not a huge event, but as a lover of the game it is personally important...My blog, my list.
1921 - Representatives of nine nations gathered for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments.
HAHAHAHAHA!
The U.S., U.K., and Japan were the main nations involved, and at the end of the conference each agreed to limit its naval war-making capability...The U.S. and Brits generally lived up to the agreement, but the Japanese didn't - one of the many reasons the Japanese fared so well at the beginning of WWII against the U.S. and U.K.
1933 - Nazis receive 92% of the vote in a national election.
To make sure everyone has a proper perspective on this vote it is important to point out Hitler had control of the country by this time.
96% of the German people showed up to vote, and almost all voted for the Nazi's. Which means the Nazi's were overwhelmingly elected to lead the German state. Not that the German people had much choice...There were non-Nazi candidates on the ballots, but voting for anything but a Nazi was all but a death sentence. Which is why voting isn't the only thing that matter in elections. Often times, it is just as important to know who is administering and counting the votes.
1948 - Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
Tojo was found guilty of the following crimes:
1. Waging wars of aggression, and war or wars in violation of international law.
2. Waging unprovoked war against China.
3. Waging aggressive war against the United States.
4. Waging aggressive war against the British Commonwealth.
5. Waging aggressive war against the Netherlands (Indonesia).
6. Waging aggressive war against France (Indochina).
7. Ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of prisoners of war and others.
All of which were deserved, and he was executed on December 23, 1948.
1970 - In East Pakistan a cyclone and tidal wave hit several districts, causing the death of at least 200,000 people.
200,000 people!!! All because Bush didn't get FEMA out to the area fast enough....And why did he have to send a cyclone to that part of the world anyway??
Alright, it wasn't GW Bush's fault...It was Global Warming - during a period when the pseudo-scientific EnvironMentalists thought we were going to enter a new Ice Age.
How about this: Mother Nature is simply 'a mother', and we are all bit players in her game.
1991 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev stated he didn't believe U.S. warnings that a revolt was brewing before hard-liners staged a coup.
He soon found out how wrong he was.
1998 - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley filed a $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry, declaring it created a public nuisance by flooding the streets with weapons deliberately marketed to criminals.
Daley would know as well as anyone what it's like to 'market to criminals.'
The 'Tobacco Industry' was raped by such a lawsuits, and Daley managed to piss away Chicago's portion of the booty...So he went big game hunting against the gun industry.
The Man of Steel finally jumped out of the shadows of Lenin and Trotsky...Both were much more brilliant than he was, and both knew he was a menace to the Party and the Soviet people as a whole.
But Stalin was more ruthless than either, and it was Uncle Joe who perfected the Communist Hell State...It was also Stalin who had the most success at spreading the virus of communism across the planet.
To be fair, it was also Stalin who saved the USSR from being enslaved and eliminated by the Germans in WWII...Even though he originally partnered with the Krauts, and then bungled the first months of the German invasion.
1941 - The German Army's drive to take Moscow was halted on the city's outskirts: World War II.
The moment they stopped was the moment they lost the war...The Russian Autumn slowed the Germans down, and the Russian Winter did its part in keeping them from ever restarting in earnest - Hitler should have learned from Napoleon's similar failure.
As a result, what started as a German route of the USSR ended up a Soviet route of Germany.
1892 - The first professional football game was played: The Allegheny Athletic Association v. the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
Not a huge event, but as a lover of the game it is personally important...My blog, my list.
1921 - Representatives of nine nations gathered for the start of the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments.
HAHAHAHAHA!
The U.S., U.K., and Japan were the main nations involved, and at the end of the conference each agreed to limit its naval war-making capability...The U.S. and Brits generally lived up to the agreement, but the Japanese didn't - one of the many reasons the Japanese fared so well at the beginning of WWII against the U.S. and U.K.
1933 - Nazis receive 92% of the vote in a national election.
To make sure everyone has a proper perspective on this vote it is important to point out Hitler had control of the country by this time.
96% of the German people showed up to vote, and almost all voted for the Nazi's. Which means the Nazi's were overwhelmingly elected to lead the German state. Not that the German people had much choice...There were non-Nazi candidates on the ballots, but voting for anything but a Nazi was all but a death sentence. Which is why voting isn't the only thing that matter in elections. Often times, it is just as important to know who is administering and counting the votes.
1948 - Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
Tojo was found guilty of the following crimes:
1. Waging wars of aggression, and war or wars in violation of international law.
2. Waging unprovoked war against China.
3. Waging aggressive war against the United States.
4. Waging aggressive war against the British Commonwealth.
5. Waging aggressive war against the Netherlands (Indonesia).
6. Waging aggressive war against France (Indochina).
7. Ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of prisoners of war and others.
All of which were deserved, and he was executed on December 23, 1948.
1970 - In East Pakistan a cyclone and tidal wave hit several districts, causing the death of at least 200,000 people.
200,000 people!!! All because Bush didn't get FEMA out to the area fast enough....And why did he have to send a cyclone to that part of the world anyway??
Alright, it wasn't GW Bush's fault...It was Global Warming - during a period when the pseudo-scientific EnvironMentalists thought we were going to enter a new Ice Age.
How about this: Mother Nature is simply 'a mother', and we are all bit players in her game.
1991 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev stated he didn't believe U.S. warnings that a revolt was brewing before hard-liners staged a coup.
He soon found out how wrong he was.
1998 - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley filed a $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry, declaring it created a public nuisance by flooding the streets with weapons deliberately marketed to criminals.
Daley would know as well as anyone what it's like to 'market to criminals.'
The 'Tobacco Industry' was raped by such a lawsuits, and Daley managed to piss away Chicago's portion of the booty...So he went big game hunting against the gun industry.
Labels: Germany, Hitler, Japan, Nazis, Pakistan, Russia, Sports, Stalin, WWII
posted by Poison Pero @ Sunday, November 11, 2018
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