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In 1948, European Jews outnumbered Orientals four to one. Last year the balance began to swing the other way round: 60% of immigrants were Orientals. The percentage will go higher. The Jews from Yemen, living culturally and technologically in about the year 1000 AD, are segregated from all the rest.

Mar 5, 1951 TIME A half-million immigrants have joined the half-million population which the state of Israel had when it was set up in 1948. New arrivals are herded into a former British army camp renamed Shaar Aliyah (Gate of Immigration), for two weeks of medical isolation
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Kurdish dissident groups say they are preparing to join the fight against Iran with US support

Kurds in Iran have a long history of grievances and uprisings against both the current Islamic Republic and the monarchy that preceded it. During the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Kurds were marginalized and repressed and sometimes rebelled.

It was also in 1941.

Hispanics still didn't live in town when we moved there in 1970.

Medford, Oregon was widely known as a "sundown town" between the 1920s and 1960s, where non-whites were forced to leave before sunset or face violence. This history was supported by an active Ku Klux Klan.
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It's snowing in Incline Village.☃️

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A 54-year-old Army reservist from Sacramento is believed to have died in the Iran conflict. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan is one of six U.S. service members killed on Sunday. http://www.kcra.com/article/robert-marzan-soldier-from-sacramento-killed-in-war-with-iran/70612735 

Massive scam.

Text of the Inaugural Address; President for Vigorous Action; " This Is Pre-eminently the Time to Speak the Truth," He Says, in Demand That "the Temple of Our Civilization Be Restored to the Ancient T...

Mar 4, 1933 NYT FDR "This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So first of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
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Organized labor drifted toward the Democratic party because of its ethno-cultural basis of support within an increasingly “new” immigrant working class. With the coming of Roosevelt’s New Deal and from 1936 onward the Democratic Party could count on the labor movement.
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In our own words.
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Headquarters of the United Nations - Wikipedia

In 1946, Zeckendorf purchased the land with the intention to create a futuristic, self-contained city called "X City". While the UN had dreamed of constructing an independent city for its new world capital, multiple obstacles soon forced the organization to downsize.
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WORK IS UNDER WAY ON FINAL U.N. BUILDING (Published 1951)

Feb 15, 1951 NYT Erection of the steel framework of the United Nations General Assembly building, final unit of the world capital, began here today. It is hoped that the building will be ready for plenary meetings of the Assembly in the summer of 1952.
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It’s the first time since #WWII that a US submarine has sunk another vessel using a torpedo. The submarine launched an MK-48 heavyweight torpedo. The incident marks the first time the war with Iran has expanded to US 7th Fleet.

WWII Raids into the Indian Ocean
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I wish I could!

MAGA will do anything to deny that Trump started a war with Iran, even if it means cribbing from the Putin playbook

@sonofsandor.bsky.social Good morning. Clear. Today, “In Nazi Germany. General election under Nazi regime. The ruling coalition of Nazi Party and National People's Party won a majority (1933).” Pictured is a police officer (left) and an SA Brownshirt (right). #What_day_is_it? www.nnh.to/03/05.html

They probably wish they had the Ottomans back.
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The same thing happened to the League of Nations. bsky.app/profile/sono...

Hundreds of Nazi-linked accounts discovered at Credit Suisse, lawmaker says UBS, which acquired Credit Suisse in an emergency takeover in 2023, said last year it was working to shed light on Nazi-linked accounts held at its former competitor.

Switzerland always does well during war.
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Europe going down together.

Some big percentages. Check out South Korea!

Through the Empire Air Training Scheme, or in Canada, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, some 10,000 Australian aircrew received advance training in Canada before heading to Britain to serve with the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command.
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YouTube video by Wincy Studio The Big Year (2011) | Scene: The freak blizzard

It made me think of The Big Year.
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ISRAEL'S DEFENSE STAND; Bid for Staff Talks With U.S. Denied by Foreign Office (Published 1951)

Mar 3, 1951 NYT The spokesman said there had been continuous talks between the Israeli and US Governments over the last two years on the strengthening of Israeli armed forces through arms purchases and the placing of Israeli service men in US training establishments.
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It was in the middle of the fight over the Aleutian Islands with the Japanese during WWII. If I'm still here next year I will post the operation in real time. Other than that I see the name a lot on my earthquake alerts.
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Including Dad's.
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YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers Storm Warning (1951) Official Trailer - Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan Movie HD

Mar 3, 1951 NYT Storm Warning. Ronald Reagan is as pat and pedestrian as any well-drilled stock company DA, and Ginger Rogers plays a young lady who just happens to witness a murder in passing by. Doris Day plays her younger sister. #TCMparty
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