Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- 8 Best Exercises to Help You Sleep at Night. Especially in older adults.

- Iran stops negotiations with US.

- Just learned of the heroics of General Teddy Roosevelt Jr. On D-Day. Where do we find such men?

- From the archives: Dan Carlin on D-Day.

D-Day Never Forget

Remember

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Douglas Murray: Liberals turn killers, racists, and haters into martyrs.

- From the archives: How to remember anything that you read.

- Dan Carlin on D-Day: The real war will never get into the books.

- Marc Maron to stop doing his podcast after 16-years.

D-Day

The Department of Defense remembers.

- 81-years ago.

- 81-years ago.

- The Navy remembers.

- Remembering the first General to land on D-Day

- The VA remembers those sacrifices made on D-Day 

Remember

Veteran's Day Remembrances.

 Some Veteran's Day posts worth sharing.

- Lest we forget.

- CDR Salamander on the 11th day of the 11 month.

- Can't imagine how emotional this silence was

- Never forget those who fought on D-Day

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- .California fast food restaurants have cut 10,000 jobs because of $20 minimum wage. Don't call this "unexpected" either when many said this would happen.

- Who will win the Stanley Cup? Series begins tomorrow.

- VDH on the myth that Biden had nothing to do with the Trump trials.

- What a Presidential address on D-Day is supposed to be likeWhat a Presidential address on D-Day is supposed to be like

Reminder

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D-Day: Never Forget

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More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

-  There are now 61 living Medal of Honor winners. (HT Borepatch)

-  Ayaan Hirsi Ali: We have been subverted. On the very real threat to Western Civilization. Today's must read.

- Hunter Biden may be seeking jury nullification rather than vindication. How can the Biden re-election team not see that not finding Hunter guilty of a clear violation will just reinforce the idea of two tiers of justice in America?

- Normandy remembers.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Possible Trump VP choices. I'd add Ron DeSantis to the list but really don't care. Just looking forward to any of them debating Kamala Harris. (HT Execupundit)

- Reminder

- Sasha Chapman: 50 things I know. Good life advice.

- The Gospel according to Peter Thiel. Couple of years old but still worth a read from time to time.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and wanted to share.

- Niall Ferguson and the Adam Smith House speech.

- CMD Salamander on where is Taiwan's Cherbourg? Admit to being largely ignorant of this bit of D-Day history.

- Cool - a free collection of digital classical and modern art.

- I want one

General Eisenhower's D-Day Speech

 

Thank God we had real leadership when it was needed.

Never Forget

General Eisenhower's D-Day Speech

FDR's D-Day Prayer

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- FDR's masterful D-Day prayer

- Jordan Peterson - the Value of Beauty

- All four are white and all Democratic Governors oh and they have one other thing in common

- Cryo-electron microscopy has produced images of individual atoms in a protein for the first time. This could be a huge deal for both science and medicine.

- Protest in Hong Kong

- The Athletic lays off 8% of staff and institutes pays cuts across the board.

- The secret to long term wealth

D-Day

Above is General Eisenhower's speech he gave on D-Day 76 years ago.

Here is the speech he planned to give if things went badly. He planned on taking full responsibility. Thank God he never had to give that speech.

D-Day's 75th Anniversary

Yesterday was the actual anniversary but here's some items you may have missed:

- The "epic human tragedy" of the first wave at Omaha Beach. Long read but worth the time.

- Some D-Day veterans still have plenty of spunk

- The photo - the story

- This gave me chills.

- A collection of colorized D-Day photos

- Wow - just wow.

- Ernie Pyle's D-Day ledger

- New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona a Naval Academy graduate who is also serving on active duty in the Navy was promoted to lieutenant on the 75th anniversary of D-Day in a ceremony that was witnessed by the entire team.