Loading ...Insanely tenacious is a good way of putting it I’d say. And I could think of worse things to be insanely tenacious of , like maybe SHOES . gasp .
Lets hope they never get their hands on it, and that Syria continues to exist. The whole area is a maelstrom! How many countries are involved in the fighting in the ME? We should thank our stars we weren’t born there.
Declaration Of War? Erdogan Says Turkish Forces Are In Syria To End Assad’s Rule
Having stated in the past that the only reason Turkish forces are on Syrian soil is to combat Islamic State terrorists, today Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a dramatic diplomatic reversal and said that the Turkish Army has entered Syria to end the rule of President Bashar Assad, whom he accused of terrorism and causing the deaths of thousands.
“We entered [Syria] to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorizes with state terror. [We didn’t enter] for any other reason,” the Turkish president was quoted by Huyrriyet as saying at the first Inter-Parliamentary Jerusalem Platform Symposium in Istanbul. Erdogan said that Turkey has no territorial claims in Syria, but instead wants to hand over power to the Syrian population, adding that Ankara is seeking to restore “justice.”
“Why did we enter? We do not have an eye on Syrian soil. The issue is to provide lands to their real owners. That is to say we are there for the establishment of justice,” he said, taking a page out of the US playbook, which however in recent weeks has been muted following substantial advances by Syrian and Russian forces which as reported last night, have made material gains in the fight against Syrian rebels in east Aleppo.
I’ve noticed GPL and its strength the last week or so, not sure what is going on with that. Maybe someone knows something we don’t. I own some but not enough.
Kind of a weak day for pm’s considering the dollar weakness. Pretty frustrating although silver managed to finish flat.
A major change to big-bank rules could happen this week
Nov. 8, 1948 – The Czechoslovak national ice hockey team plane crashes in the English Channel just off France, killing five members including IIHF Hall of Famer, Ladislav Trojak.
May 4, 1949 – The plane for Italian soccer club Torino A.C. crashed in its hometown of Turin. The four-time league champions lost 22 members, including 18 players, which compromised most of its senior squad.
Jan. 7, 1950 – The Moscow VVS ice hockey team’s plane crashed near Sverdlovsk. They lost almost the entire team, 11 players, in the accident.
Feb. 6, 1958 – The plane carrying English soccer champion Manchester United crashed in Munich, Germany. The Munich Disaster is still recognized today in both England and Germany. A total of 23 people died in the crash, including eight soccer players and three members of the club.
Aug. 14, 1958 – The Egyptian fencing team was on a plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, killing all 99 people on board, including six members of the team.
July 16, 1960 – Members of the Danish national football team were on a plane that crashed in the strait separating Denmark and Sweden, killing all eight passengers, including three members of the national team.
Oct. 10, 1960 – The airplane carrying the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo football team crashed during takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. A total of 22 people were killed, including 16 members of the football team.
Feb. 16, 1961 – The entire U.S. figure skating team was killed on a flight heading to the World Figure Skating Championships when their plane went down Prague, Czech Republic. A total of 18 team members and 10 coaches and officials were killed in the crash in Belgium.
April 3, 1961 – Eight soccer players from the now-defunct Chilean soccer team CD Green Cross were killed along with two coaches when their plane went down in the Las Lastimas Mountains, killing a total of 24 people. Rescuers spent fruitless weeks searching for the missing plane and symbolic funerals for the missing players drew huge crowds in Chile. The wreckage of the crash was finally found 54 years later by hikers.
April 28, 1968 – Five members of the Lamar Tech track team, their coach and a pilot were killed during the return flight from a meet in Iowa when their plane crashed on landing at their hometown of Beaumont, Texas.
Sept. 26, 1969 – While traveling home from a special holiday match, almost every member of the Bolivian soccer team “The Strongest” was killed in a crash that left a total of 83 people dead. Sixteen soccer players, their coach, and two team staffers died in the crash near Viloco, Bolivia.
Oct. 2, 1970 – One of two planes carrying the Wichita State football team to a game against Utah State crashed in Colorado, killing a total of 31 people, including 14 players. An investigation blamed the crash on the fact that the plane took a sightseeing route through the Rocky Mountains that ended up in a dead-end canyon.
Nov. 14, 1970 – Most of the Marshall University football team was killed in a crash as the team was returning from a loss to East Carolina, in a disaster that left all 75 people on the plane dead. A total of 37 players died in the crash in Huntington, West Virginia, in addition to nine coaches and 25 boosters. It remains the deadliest tragedy involving an American sports team in history. A movie was made about the disaster, “We Are Marshall,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox.
Oct. 13, 1972 – Members of the Uruguayan rugby team Old Christians Club were involved in what has become known as the Miracle of the Andes, when their plane crashed in a disaster that claimed a total of 29 lives, including 11 players. The 16 survivors of the crash weren’t rescued until two months later, forcing them to survive high in the mountains with little food and no heat, leading to cannibalism and a desperate 10-day trek through the elements by two survivors for help when the search for the plane was abandoned.The incident became a movie called “Alive,” starring Ethan Hawk and directed by Frank Marshall.
Nov. 29, 1975 – The short-lived Formula 1 Embassy Hill racing team was more or less wiped out when six members of the team died in a crash while returning to England from France. Team founder and world champion Graham Hill was piloting the aircraft, and both he and his only other driver died.
Dec. 13, 1977 – The plane the University of Evansville men’s basketball team crashed on takeoff carrying them en route to a game against Middle Tennessee, killing 29 people on board. The crash killed coach Bobby Watson, 14 players, and other team members in Evansville, Indiana.
Aug. 11, 1979 – All 17 players and staff of the Soviet top division Pakhtakor Football Club team were killed in a mid-air collision over the Ukraine, that took a total of 178 lives.
March 14, 1980 – Members of the U.S. amateur boxing team were on a plane that crashed in Warsaw, Poland, while traveling from New York City, killing a total of 87 people on board. Fourteen members of the boxing team died in the crash.
Nov. 25, 1985 – A small plane carrying the Iowa State women’s cross country team crashed on approach to Des Moines. Coach Ron Renko, assistant coach Pat Moynihan, and team members Julie Rose, Susan Baxter and Sheryl Maahs were killed in the crash as they were returning them from a triumphant meet in Milwaukee.
Dec. 8, 1987 – The plane carrying members of the Peruvian soccer club Alianza Lima crashed just short of their home city of Callao, killing a total of 43 people, basically the entire team.
June 7, 1989 – Professional soccer players from Suriname playing on an exhibition team were killed on a flight home from the Netherlands when the plane they were on went down on final approach, killing 176 people on board. A total of 15 soccer players were killed.
April 28, 1993 – Nearly the entire Zambian national soccer team was killed flying to a World Cup qualifying match in Senegal, when their plane went down in the Atlantic Ocean near Gabon. A total 18 players and five team officials died in the crash. Many fans say this was among the most promising teams the country ever produced.
Jan. 27, 2001 – The team plane for the Oklahoma State University men’s basketball crashed near Denver on its way back from a loss against Colorado during a snow storm. The crash killed players Dan Lawson and Nate Fleming, and six team staffers and broadcasters.
Oct. 24, 2004 – The Hendricks Motorpsorts team aircraft crashed on approach in Virginia on a flight from North Carolina. Ten people were killed in the crash, including team president John Hendrick and former driver and owner Ricky Hendrick.
I have watched the music video filmed at the ‘Peacock Castle’ several times now. Along with the exceptional beauty and tile work my eye caught a glimpse of some writing on one of walls at the 1:52 time marker. I think (?) I have found an image of that particular writing. I am dying of curiosity to know what words the builders of such a magnificent place would have had inscribed for all to see. So if you, or anyone else at the Oasis could let us know what it says that would be great.
And don’t chide me about having nothing else to do. The answer is No, besides it’s a rainy day, and that gal’s voice is starting to grow on me. Though I do think a cup of hot tea and honey would soothe a few of those raspy notes. 🙂 Imagine that, Farmboy a music critic. But I do occasionally get to watch The Voice.
Don’t blame you for staying where your at amongst nature.. And peace., sounds nice.
So far looks like airline or Pilot error. The whole team but a few were killed. They were all jazzed about winning a hard team from Venezuela. So tragic, 6 survived the crash but can only estimate from the crash site they have to be in critical condition and probably going to substandard hospitals. so don’t know how many of them will survive good care or not. Only 3 they said stayed behind from sports injuries. Looks like except for a few the whole team gone.
Nice long term charts. Good site for the faves.
Happy I am to hear you explain your position with regard to women. If your posts had been clear on the particular women, such as Clinton and Stein, I would not have made a comment…to me it sounded as though all women should be trounced. I’m glad that is not the case.
I only had to fire TWO ! ,one MALE ,one Female ,both were much older than I was ..I was about thirty they were both in late fiftys ..
They had a problem with a younger boss. When I was 19, I had 15 employees to start with ! the biggest problem I had was MY age ,not managing ! Some older folks just cant deal with it ! The two that got fired ,one when I was 35 the female 60 and the male when I was 52 and he was 63 ….insubordination was the cause in both cases. defiance ! The guy said he was going to show me how to run this place….He had no idea who he was talking to !! It took me 1 second to show him the door ! Not too bad a record for fifty some years and thousands of employees …
Silver wants to play !!
I was not generalizing about women ,I was very specific about Jill Stein and Hillary and they are fair Game .they both wanted to be President so they need to be able to take criticism weather they like it or not ! Those two are both Greedy and corrupt ,I would be happy to have a woman President that was logical and competent and honest Margaret Thatcher was a favorite of mine ! Indira Ghandi and that woman from Pakistan who got murdered I forget her name were competent, weather I agreed with their politics dosent matter .So was Golda Maier of Israel .. AYN RAND would have made a great President ,her logical mind was incomparable ! .Its just like calling everybody a Racist that dont agree with Obama ..He is dishonest incompetent and disloyal …does that mean Im a Racist ? Thats nonsense ,I can think of some other Blacks that could do the JOB very well. I just want loyalty to America,honesty,and a reasonable level of competency.WE can look to the Military to find women & Blacks for Presidential material because they get GOOD training and mental discipline there ! I have had some very good Woman & Black employees in the past that I trusted enough to handle my money and continue to perform in my absence ! I was never disappointed ! Honesty,Loyalty and reasonable level of competency were all I asked ! Some worked for me for 25 Years ! I worked with more woman than most ,I had 150 women work for me about 15 % were Black ,some worked for my father for 40 years ! One time he had 600 women work for him ! Talk about experience ! I cant recall of any complaints of unfairness to women ,not once ! Some would leave my employment to have a family and would ask to return after 15 years ..They didnt do that just for money ,they knew it was a good place to work !
Over the years I had thousands of women work for me ,I have more experience employing woman than 90 % of employers.
I am not afraid to criticize a womens work or dishonesty ,but I never criticized them personally ,If they were dishonest or disloyal they didn’t last long .I have had two busineses and the average employee tenure was 16 years some as long as 25 years. 95 % woman….
I speak from experience ,not generalities !
