U.S. Constitution ratified on June 21, 1788

U.S. Constitution ratified: New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land.

By 1786, defects in the post-Revolutionary War Articles of Confederation were apparent, such as the lack of central authority over foreign and domestic commerce. Congress endorsed a plan to draft a new constitution, and on May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

On September 17, 1787, after three months of debate moderated by convention president George Washington, the new U.S. constitution, which created a strong federal government with an intricate system of checks and balances, was signed by 38 of the 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the convention. As dictated by Article VII, the document would not become binding until it was ratified by nine of the 13 states.

Beginning on December 7, five states - Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut - ratified it in quick succession. However, other states, especially Massachusetts, opposed the document, as it failed to reserve undelegated powers to the states and lacked constitutional protection of basic political rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press.

In February 1788, a compromise was reached under which Massachusetts and other states would agree to ratify the document with the assurance that amendments would be immediately proposed. The Constitution was thus narrowly ratified in Massachusetts, followed by Maryland and South Carolina.

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. In June, Virginia ratified the Constitution, followed by New York in July.

On September 25, 1789, the first Congress of the United States adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution - the Bill of Rights - and sent them to the states for ratification.

Ten of these amendments were ratified in 1791. In November 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Rhode Island, which opposed federal control of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U.S. government threatened to sever commercial relations with the state.

On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island voted by two votes to ratify the document, and the last of the original 13 colonies joined the United States. Today the U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution in operation in the world.

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This Day in History

•  533 Vandalic War: A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).

• 1529 War of the League of Cognac: Battle of Landriano French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain.

• 1621 Battle of White Mountain: Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague

• 1791 French Revolution King Louis XVI of France extate family begin the Flight to Varennes.

• 1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Vinegar Hill: British Army defeats Irish rebels.

• 1813 Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte

• 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road.

• 1898 Capture of Guam: The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.

• 1900 Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

• 1919 World War I: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

• 1919 Winnipeg general strike: Royal Canadian Mounted Police: fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two,.

• 1929 Cristero War: An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.

• 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson: Second Assault on the Confederate works.

• 1900 Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

• 1940 World War II: Italian invasion of France: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.

• 1940 World War II: Axis capture of Tobruk: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.

• 1942 World War II: Bombardment of Fort Stevens: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.

• 1945 World War II: Battle of Okinawa: Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.

• 1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner: Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

• 1982 Attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity.

• 1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

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Understanding Military Terminology

Public

(DOD) In public affairs, a segment of the population with common attributes to which a military force can tailor its communication.

See also External Audience; Internal Audience.

Joint Publications (JP 3-61) Civil-Military Operations

Public Affairs

(DOD) Communication activities with external and internal audiences.

Also called PA.

Joint Publications (JP 3-61) Civil-Military Operations

Public Affairs Assessment

(DOD) An analysis of the news media and public environments to evaluate the degree of understanding about strategic and operational objectives and military activities and to identify levels of public support.

See also External Audience; Internal Audience.

Joint Publications (JP 3-61) Civil-Military Operations

Public Affairs Guidance

(DOD) Constraints and restraints established by proper authority regarding public communication activities.

Also calledPAG.

Joint Publications (JP 3-61) Civil-Military Operations

Public Diplomacy

1. Those overt international public information activities of the United States Government designed to promote United States foreign policy objectives by seeking to understand, inform, and influence foreign audiences and opinion makers, and by broadening the dialogue between American citizens and institutions and their counterparts abroad.

2. In peace building, civilian agency efforts to promote an understanding of the reconstruction efforts, rule of law, and civic responsibility through public affairs and international public diplomacy operations.

Joint Publications (JP 3-07.3) Peace Operations

Joint Publication - Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

The Old Salt’s Corner

The Operations Department

This module will cover the organization within the operations department. As with ship’s organizational structure in the previous module, the Operations Department from ship to ship will vary slightly. As before, we will use an example from a typical carrier for purposes of instruction. Elements of a typical carrier Operations Departments include the Combat Direction Center, Air Operations, Intelligence Center, Meteorology, Electronics Material Office, and Strike Operations. Already mentioned in the previous module, the Carrier Intelligence Center (CVIC) is administratively located within the Operations Department.

The Combat Direction Center (CDC)

The CDC is not a specific department per se, but a function within operations (see below). The CDC’s mission is to keep the Commanding Officer apprised of the overall tactical situation and recommend courses of action as appropriate.

CDC accomplishes this mission by collecting, processing, displaying, evaluating, and disseminating tactical information in a timely fashion. CDC is vested with tactical decision making responsibility with respect to ship’s defensive systems and makes recommendations to warfare commanders for overall battlegroup defense. Specific divisions are listed below:

1. OI Division

OI Division is responsible for tracking all surface and air contacts. This division provides tactical information support, control of the ship’s defenses, and supports ship’s safe navigation. Enlisted Operations Specialists (OSs) typically man this division.

2. OW Division

OW Division analyzes data collected from the electromagnetic spectrum. Its mission is to detect, identify, and classify air, surface, and subsurface contacts via passive detection means aided by the use of electronic support measures (ESM) equipment. Enlisted Electronics Warfare Technicians (EWs) typically man this division.

3. OX Division

The OX Division provides mission support to the battlegroup’s undersea warfare assets. It is responsible for the ship’s USW defensive systems and is the fusion center for all USW operations conducted by the carrier’s USW aircraft such as LAMPS helicopters and S-3A/Bs (see Module 2).

4. OEM Division

This division maintains the Phalanx Close In Weapons System (CIWS) for short-range defense against cruise missiles or aircraft. Most every ship has this system to help protect it from anti-ship cruise missiles. Enlisted Fire Control men (FCs) typically work in this division.

5. Meteorology (OA Division)

Meteorology (which is often referred to as "Metro") monitors environmental conditions affecting the battlegroup and provides data to use weather for possible tactical advantage. This is accomplished by providing forecasts of radar effectiveness and acoustic propagation conditions to aid in optional positioning and use of accompanying ships and aircraft. Enlisted Aerographer Mates (AGs), the navy’s weathermen, work in this division.

6. Strike Operations Division

Strike Operations Division coordinates with all warfare commanders to establish a viable AIRPLAN for battlegroup functions. During air operations, Strike Operations coordinates with Air Operations (see below), CDC, and the Air Department (AB, AP) to ensure that air sorties are managed to meet the requirements dictated by combined warfare commanders.

In support of the air wing, Strike Operations aids in weaponeering of ordnance (i.e., determines what ordnance will best be employed to destroy either individual or specific sets of targets). A majority of CVIC’s contacts will be with other divisions within Operations and the Air wing. Specific functions within each division of the Operations Department are abbreviated by a two-letter code beginning with “O” for Operations.

“I’m Just Sayin”

“The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor.

He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.”

“I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie.

I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.”

“You can't have virtue without sin.

What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment.

That's how you test people.”

~ Frank Miller

“Thought for the Day”

“When I am in my painting,

I'm not aware of what I'm doing.”

“My paintings do not have a center,

but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.”

“I have no fear of making changes,

destroying the image, etc.,

because the painting has a life of its own.”

~ Jackson Pollock

“What I Learned”

“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.”

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you.

Just measure it in inches.”

“Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you,

because someone's got to take care of all your details.”

~ Andy Warhol

Second Hand News: Articles from Week 24 - June 21, 2021 - June 27, 2021

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Republicans call abuse of migrants a “moral crisis” of Biden's making • Even Democrats are balking at Sanders’s $6T spending plan • Severe drought is wreaking havoc on hydropower in California, risking outages

National Security: Huawei loses court appeal as FCC increases pressure on “National Security threat” • Healthcare: Medical device makers influence surgeons with billions in payments • Business: Despite campaign promises, 60% could see tax increase under Biden proposals • Editorial: Who made the flag divisive? • Featured: The Importance of Fatherhood

MOST READ: “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) becomes a top issue in Virginia governor's race • Pennsylvania poised to begin Arizona-style election audit with subpoena power • New Jersey congressman caught in what appear to be his boxers during virtual meeting Washington Examiner

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr: Public Schools Are Becoming Unconstitutional “Secular-Progressive Madrassas” • Moms Must Keep Hammering School Boards Until “Critical Race Theory” Is Dead • Democrats Are Turning “Homeland Security” Into A Political Weapon

THREE Ways The Left’s Hatred Of Women Shows Up In Transgender Ideology • This Ruling Might Ultimately Torpedo Democrats’ Dangerous Legislative Agenda • The United Nations Wants To Deliver Abortion To People Starving To Death

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Republicans Demand Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Release Biden Immigration Overhaul Blueprint • Biden Admin Says No Immediate Plans to Confront China Over COVID-19 Origins • Brazil Passes Half a Million COVID-19 Deaths, Experts Warn of Worse Ahead • Iran’s Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown

Time on Market for Typical U.S. Home Drops to Just 6 Days: Report • National Security Agency (NSA) Agrees to Release Records on FBI’s Improper Spying on 16,000 Americans • U.S. Preparing More Russia Sanctions Over Navalny Poisoning, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Says • White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program

Biden Urged to Replace Harris on Border Assignment in Letter Signed by 56 Republicans • Georgia Launches Investigation After Fulton County Official Says Election Forms Are “Missing” • Portland Police Union Blames Officials Who Criticized Officers for Mass Resignation • Israeli PM Warns Against Nuclear Talks With Iran’s “Hangmen Regime” • Coca-Cola Diversity Policy Risks Violating Anti-Discrimination Laws, Shareholders Warn The Epoch Times

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“Investigating the Investigators:” Judicial Watch Warns of Election Integrity Crisis

Judicial Watch: Filing Proves Chicago Mayor’s Discriminatory Interview Policy Judicial Watch

Republican strategist Brad Todd Shoots Down NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd's Lie of “Manufactured” Outrage at “Critical Race Theory” • Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart Joined MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell: Republicans “Trying to Keep Us From Learning All of Our History” • CNN's Don Lemon: “I Don't Know If America Sees Black People … as Fully Human” • Sick Showtime Series Turns Last Supper Into Homoerotic Makeout Scene

“F***in’ White Guys:” HBO Therapy Drama Bemoans Problem of White Straight Cis Men • CNN Decries “Politically Motivated” Bishops On Abortion, Communion • ABC Boosts Democrats Lashing Catholic Bishops Denying Communion to Biden • Crotchety New York Times Lashes Out at Right, Claims Virus “Far More” Donald Trump's Fault Than Xi Jinping News Busters

Mr. Answer Man Please Tell Us: Why Do We Use the Word Mug as a Synonym for Face?

Get caught breaking the law, and you’ll likely be hauled down to the police station so officers can snap a few photos of your face. The reason we call those images mug shots is because the word mug is slang for face.

While there’s no definitive trail of evidence to prove how mug first took on that meaning, most signs point to the Toby jugs of 18th-century Britain.

According to the American Toby Jug Museum in Illinois, the original Toby jugs were ceramic pitchers shaped and painted to resemble “a seated, jovial, stout man dressed in the attire of the period, wearing a tricorn hat, puffing on a pipe, and holding a mug of ale”.

As for who Toby actually was, it’s still up for debate. Some people believe he was inspired by Sir Toby Belch, the boisterous party animal from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Others think he was modeled after Henry Elwes, one of Yorkshire’s most infamous drinkers from the era. Elwes was fondly nicknamed “Toby Philpot” (or “Fillpot”) and immortalized in a drinking song called “The Brown Jug”.

“In boozing about ’twas his pride to excel, and amongst jolly topers he bore off the bell”, the song says of Toby, who’s described as “a thirsty old soul” who sits ”with a friend and a pipe, puffing sorrow away”.

Toby dies suddenly, and his body eventually deteriorates into the clay beneath the grave. The story ends after a potter happens upon that patch of clay and uses it to make a brown jug for ale.

As time progressed, potters started producing receptacles that bore likenesses of other people and characters, too.

While the original Toby jugs depicted a whole man and featured a spout for pouring liquid, many later iterations were drinking mugs that showed only the subject’s face.

These faces were somewhat caricaturish, which may explain why the word mug is often used to describe an unattractive face, a funny facial expression, or even a foolish person.

Since not many suspects manage to look their best in a mug shot, the colloquialism seems especially apt.

Mental Floss / Oxford English Dictionary / Why Do We Use the Word Mug as a Synonym for Face? (YouTube)

NAVSPEAK aka U.S. Navy Slang

SS: Submarine, class of ship.

SSBN: Submarine, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, class of ship. Also called Boomers.

SSGN: Submarine, Guided Missile, Nuclear, class of ship.

SSN: Submarine, Nuclear, class of ship. Also called Fast Attack boats, also Saturdays, Sundays, and Nights, for their operating schedule.

Stacking: The act of crapping on top of some one elses crap when the toilets are secured.

Stain Us: Derogatory name for USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN-74).

Stand By: To wait, can also be to foreshadow chastisement or punishment from a superior.To wait, can also be to foreshadow chastisement or punishment from a superior.

Stand by to stand by: Waiting to find out why everyone is waiting for something to maybe happen.

Standard Navy Redundancy Standard: The near universal habit of repeating the last word in an acronym, e.g. MRC Card: literally Maintenance Requirement Card Card, LEO Ops: Law Enforcment Operations Ops; etc.

Wiktionary.org

Just for you MARINE

SRB: Service Record Book, an administrative record of an enlisted Marine's personal information, promotions, postings, deployments, punishments, and emergency data; much like an officer's Officer Qualification Record (OQR).

SSDD: Same Shit, Different Day, euphemism denoting frustration with an unchanging situation or boredom.

Stacking Swivel: Oblong-shaped link with an opening screwed to the rifle that allowed other rifles to be hooked and stacked (the M1 Garand was the last service rifle to have a stacking swivel, this function is now held by the weapon's sling);

“Grab him by the stacking swivel” infers grabbing a person's throat.

Staff NCO: Staff Non-Commissioned Officer, Enlisted Marines of a rank having a pay grade of E-6 or higher:

Staff Sergeant,

Gunnery Sergeant,

Master Sergeant,

First Sergeant,

Master Gunnery Sergeant,

Sergeant Major.

Stage: To pre-position something.

Stand By: Command to wait.

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Naval Aviation Squadron Nicknames

HSM-72 Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) Squadron SEVEN TWO - nicknamed the “Proud Warriors”

United States Navy - Marine Corps Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic - Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida / HSL-42: October 05, 1984 - January 2013 / HSM-72: January 2013 2013 - present

Where Did That Saying Come From?

“A drowning man will clutch at a straw:”

Meaning: Try any route to get out of a desperate situation, no matter how unlikely it is to succeed.

History: It is only since the mid-19th century that we have been clutching at straws. Even more recently, the 'grasp at straws' version has become commonplace, especially in the USA. Prior to that, desperate people would 'catch at a straw'.

That usage of 'catch' was commonly used in medieval England, by which was meant 'obtain/achieve'; for example, John Wycliffe used it in his 1382 translation of the Bible into English, in 1 Timothy 6:12:

“Stryve thou a good strif of feith, catche everlastyng lyf.”

By the 17th century, in the King James Version, this had migrated to:

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.”

Our present day ambitions are more prosaic and we only use that sense of 'catch' now to catch trains, buses and, occasionally, colds.

A straw was chosen as the height of futility as a means of rescue. Being, as it was, a flimsy and virtually valueless waste product, it was often used as a synonym for the most unimportant and trifling of objects.

Don't give/care a straw' was an indication of indifference, a 'man of straw' was an insubstantial adversary, and to 'condemn someone to straw' was to declare them ready for the madhouse.

'To clutch at straws' is now used as a figurative phrase, to describe any desperate situation. When the expression was coined it specifically referred to drowning.

The notion of a drowning man anxiously seeking 'any port in a storm' was first expressed by Sir Thomas More, in A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, 1534:

“A man in peril of drowning catchest whatsoever cometh next to hand... be it never so simple a stick.”

More used the imagery on several occasions, but didn't mention straw in any of them. The 'catch at a straw' version of the proverb is first recorded in the English cleric John Prime's Fruitful and Brief Discourse, 1583:

“We do not as men redie to be drowned, catch at euery straw.”

The metaphor expresses futility rather well. Straws do float, but a drowning man would have to be pretty much out of other ideas if he put any reliance on it bearing his weight.

Moving on to the 19th century, 'catch' has fallen from favour and we find an early mention of the current 'clutch at straws' version in The New-York Mirror, 1832:

“... as drowning men clutch at straws.”

On to the 21st century and you no longer need to be drowning or desperate to clutch at straws - straw clutch bags have become fashion items.

Phrases.org.uk

Science & Technology

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Solar ‘campfires’ may heat the Sun’s atmosphere to scorching temperatures • FEATURED: These strange salt ‘creatures’ could help unclog power plant pipes

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Bizarre News (we couldn’t make up stuff this good - real news story)

“Brazil nut puzzle” cracked by researchers

Scientists finally show how the biggest nuts rise to the top.

Scientists have finally cracked one of physics' nuttiest mysteries: Why do Brazil nuts always find their way to the top of the bag?

If you've ever dipped a hand into a packet of mixed nuts, you may have noticed that you always find the largest nuts, such as Brazil nuts, at the top. The same goes for the bigger items in cereal boxes — particles of varying dimensions tend to separate by size, with larger items working their way up to the top.

But now, with the use of time-lapse 3D imagery and some serious packet jostling, scientists have finally shown how the “Brazil nut effect” works.

By shaking a mixture of peanuts and Brazil nuts, with the Brazil nuts placed at the bottom, and taking a 3D X-ray scan after each shake, the scientists discovered the forces behind the Brazil nuts' inevitable rise.

The secret, they say, is in the larger nuts' orientation.

“Critically, the orientation of the Brazil nut is key to its upward movement”, lead study author Parmesh Gajjar, a research associate at the University of Manchester in England, said in a statement. “The Brazil nuts initially start horizontal but do not start to rise until they have first rotated sufficiently towards the vertical axis.” Smaller nuts jostle against the sides of bigger ones, making it increasingly likely that the big ones will turn.”

Once the Brazil nuts point upward - after about 50 packet shakes, according to the study - more space is freed for smaller nuts to fall down their sides with successive shakes. The subsequent downward flow of smaller nuts forces the bigger ones up.

So, by the time a typical packet of mixed nuts arrives on grocery store shelves, it has been jostled enough to have all of its bigger contents right at the top.

The finding has applications beyond nuts, though. The results could prove helpful in a wide range of industries.

“This will allow us to better design industrial equipment to minimize size segregation, thus leading to more uniform mixtures“, Gajjar said. “This is critical to many industries - for instance, ensuring an even distribution of active ingredients in medicinal tablets, but also in food processing, mining and construction.”

Related: Why aren't peanuts, pecans and almonds real nuts?

Science Daily (04/14/2021)

Second Hand News: Articles from Week 24 - June 21, 2021 - June 27, 2021

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Illinois city of Evanston CANCELS Independence Day parade over COVID-19 concerns but allows Juneteenth and Pride celebrations to take place in-person • Non-profit tied to “BLM” co-founder “failed to disclose at least $175,000 in donations to the IRS” sparking fresh demands for audit • Washington Post PROMOTES Karen Attiah to “race and culture” columnist after saying white women were “lucky” that black people are “just calling them Karens and not calling for revenge” Daily Mail

Governor Greg Abbott Defunds Texas Legislature After Democrats Stage Walk-Out, Block Election Reforms • WATCH: New Documentary Details Government Crackdown On Canadian Christians, Likens To Communist China

Ex-Obama Doctor Torches Biden In Brutal Letter, Demands Biden “Submit To A Cognitive Test Immediately” • Top Obama Ethics Official Rages: Biden’s Actions “A Real F*** You” To U.S., He’s A “F***ing Failure”

New Report Shows How Lockdowns Destroyed The Middle Class • Georgia Plans To Cut 100,000 Names Off State Voter Rolls In “Major List Maintenance Effort”

Chicago Alderman Says Gangs Are Responsible For Chicago Problems, Not Racism, As Mayor Lori Lightfoot Claimed • Atlanta Mayor Says Lifting Of Restrictions Contributed To City’s Soaring Crime Rate

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Juneteenth, Gay Pride Celebrations Allowed In City That Canceled Independence Day Parade • Californians Receiving Unemployment Must Start Looking For Work Next Month To Remain Eligible Daily Wire