The Face Of War

Today Is Flag Day

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
--Alexander the Great

Tucson Weather Today

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If the job of the police,
Is to enforce the peace,
What is the aim of war --
What the hell is war for?

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Random Images

I don't recall where I first viewed the below image, but I saved it. I liked it so much that I am re-posting it here. It seems that the more one examines it (in detail) the more one  finds over which to marvel.

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Did You Know . . .?

Thirty-seven years before Pearl Harbor, Japan launched a surprise attack on Russia, destroying much of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. U.S. officials applauded the attack for its ingenuity.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the world's first commercially produced electronic digital computer. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today's digital computers.

UNIVAC and other first-generation computers were replaced by transistor computers of the late 1950s, which were smaller, used less power, and could perform nearly a thousand times more operations per second. These were, in turn, supplanted by the integrated-circuit machines of the mid-1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, the development of the microprocessor made possible small, powerful computers such as the personal computer, and more recently the laptop and hand-held computers.

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WORD FOR TODAY

war  [wawr]
noun
1.  a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation.
2.  a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations.
3.  a contest carried on by force of arms.
4.  armed fighting.
5.  active hostility or contention.

According to Wikipedia  war is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities, and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Donald John Trump, Sr.

(born June 14, 1946)

Donald Trump is an American business magnate, investor, television personality, and author.

Marla Gibbs

(born June 14, 1931)

Marla Gibbs is an American television and film actress and singer. She is best known for playing Louise and George Jefferson's feisty maid, Florence Johnston, on The Jeffersons.

William Rankin "Will" Patton

(born June 14, 1954)

Will Patton is an American actor. He currently stars as Captain Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies.

Lucy Kate Hale

(born June 14, 1989)

Lucy Hale is an American actress and singer. She was one of five winners of the reality show American Juniors. She is best known for her role as Aria Montgomery on the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars. She released her debut single, "You Sound Good to Me", in January 2014.

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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
--John F. Kennedy

NASA TV

This Is Who I Am

   

No Title Again... (so sue me)

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Tucson Weather Today

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Just to follow up, the picture I posted yesterday was of the Calvary Chapel Christian School located on Tucson's East side.

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Using Twitter is an effective way to help a writer trim a thought to a more concise expression, but I don't know if such editing enhances clarity... or not. For example: in my notes was the following sentence -- "What is predominantly considered to be intelligence is sometimes merely the utilization of an excellent memory... no more than a regurgitation and a subsequent integration of supposed facts and not at all truly original thought."

I edited that thought to fit within Twitter's maximum word count... cut it down to: "What is considered intelligence is often merely usage of an excellent memory, a regurgitation of known facts and not truly original thought."

Now I am wondering which version is best. I seem to be in a decisional quandary. (Did I just coin a new word... decisional?)

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Do you have any Blockbuster Video gift cards lying around the house? Better find them and use them up soon, assuming that you can find a Blockbuster outlet. Multiple sources inside the company have revealed that those gift cards won't be accepted after April 6, 2011 due to the company's bankruptcy.

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Environmentalism is now (according to The Radical Christian Right) -- The Green Dragon

("Eek!")

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What are those Brits up to now?

Who is DOCTOR WHO?

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In the beginning, a bunch of scientists created a huge machine capable of complex calculations and called it UNIVAC. Eager to test their invention, the makers asked it, "Is there a God?" There was a pause... Finally, the machine answered, "THERE IS NOW."