Extract from a prayer ‘For my old age’: “I ask for sufficient grace to be able to listen to the accounts of other People’s illnesses and complaints. Help me to suffer this with patience but seal my lips when I begin to talk about my own aches and pains. They are increasing and the satisfactionRead more
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.” Arthur Ashe Heinkel He 178 (Information from Wikipedia) The He 178 was developed to test the jet propulsion concept devised by the German engineer Hans von OhainRead more
“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are weRead more
“Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.” Thomas Paine Renard R.36 (Information from Wikipedia) The Renard R.36 was a Belgian all-metal fighter aircraft designed by Alfred Renard to replace the Fairey Firefly IIM within the Belgian Air Force. Designed to improve on the Renard Epervier, which was never adopted by theRead more
““From the moment the first leader of the first clan in human history took charge, he busied himself with this question: ‘What can I say and do that will make my people react the way I want them to.’ He was the first Pavlov. He was the first psychologist, the first propagandist, the first mind-controlRead more
“It is your place in the world; it is your life. Go on and do all you can with it and make it the life you want to live with.” Mae Jemison Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Information from Wikipedia) The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Eagle Owl) was a German twin-engine, twin-boom, three-seat tactical reconnaissance andRead more
“Everything is destroyed by its own vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is and shall be a consuming disease.” Menander Since last week’s mystery aircraft was relatively easyRead more
“Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend and must not be contingent on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blindRead more
“Money is a new form of slavery and is distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal that there is no human relation between master and slave.” Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi Since last week’s mystery aircraft was challenging to identify, according to the number of correct answers I received, this week IRead more
“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.” James A. Garfield Mitsubishi Ki-20 Heavy Bomber: is a Japanese bomber variant of the Junkers G.38 airliner. Mitsubishi manufactured six aircraft under license from Junkers. These aircraft, designated Army Type 92 Heavy Bomber, served through the 1930s. DuringRead more