{"id":169277,"date":"2025-05-08T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169277"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:16:33","slug":"thursday-tidbits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169277","title":{"rendered":"Thursday tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The White House says President Trump has backed off renaming Veteran’s Day to \u201cVictory Day for World War I\u201d . While technically, at least historically speaking, he was correct – the holiday started out as Armistice Day for the cease-fire ending at the 11th minute of the 11th hour on November 11, 1918 – the option of renaming it was notably dumb. May be his proposed renaming of VE day complicated it – it was not the end of WWII as he claimed, and thinking that we did all the heavy lifting in Europe as some think is to ignore history.<\/p>\n

The White House will also go with a victory proclamation rather than a name change — at least in the U.S. — for V-E Day, or Victory in Europe Day, which is observed every May 8 in Europe and May 9 in Russia to mark Nazi Germany\u2019s surrender to the allies in World War II.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not renaming Veterans Day,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News on Friday. \u201cIt will just be an additional proclamation that goes out on that day.\u201dMilitary.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How about we call it\u00a0 VE Day and leave Veteran’s Day alone?<\/p>\n

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A veteran’s group, Veterans on Patrol, is making the news.<\/p>\n

The group Veterans on Patrol, which the Southern Poverty Law Center defines as an anti-government militia organization, views the NWS\u2019 network of Doppler radars as \u201cweather weapons,\u201d according to an internal NOAA email sent Monday and seen by CNN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, they got noticed by the SPLC – geez, any group of conservatives more than three strong does that! – but weather radar?<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis group is advocating for anyone and everyone to join them in conducting penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses which can be used to ultimately destroy the sites,\u201d the email stated, using an acronym for the weather radar network.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group referred to the NEXRAD system towers as \u2018weather weapons,\u2019 and claimed there were no laws preventing American citizens from destroying the \u2018weapons,\u2019\u201d the email states.<\/p>\n

The NOAA emails indicate the FBI and other law enforcement authorities are aware of the militia-style group\u2019s activities and are tracking them, and have issued bulletins about the NEXRAD threat. CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I guess they think the round antennas look like giant marbles, and since they sound like they lost theirs…<\/p>\n

\"IRAN<\/p>\n

Brit counter-terrorism has been busy – they have arrested 7 (mostly peaceful Iranian immigrants) for terrorism charges.<\/p>\n

British counterterrorism police officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target, and three others over an undefined national security threat, London\u2019s Metropolitan Police said Sunday. The government called the operations the biggest \u201ccounter-state threat and counterterrorism\u201d in years.<\/p>\n

The Met, as London\u2019s police force is often known, said five men between the ages of 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing \u201ca terrorist act.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the suspects were being questioned at police stations and had not been charged as of Monday morning. Police said they were searching several properties in London, the Manchester area in northwest England, and Swindon in western England.<\/p>\n

MI5 chief Ken McCallum said in October that his agents and police had tackled 20 \u201cpotentially lethal\u201d plots backed by Iran since 2022, most aimed at Iranians in the U.K. who oppose the country\u2019s authorities.CBS News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Whaddya mean, wrong Blackhawk?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Army is pausing helicopter flights near Reagan Airport again after a Blackhawk flight caused two commercial airliners to abort landings. Need to read the details on this one!<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s close call involved a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.<\/p>\n

They were instructed by air traffic control to \u201cperform go-arounds\u201d because of a \u201cpriority air transport\u201d helicopter, according to an emailed statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far, so bad – sounds like some general wanted a quicker flight nd got sideways with the ATC, right?<\/p>\n

The Army said after the latest incident that the UH-60 Blackhawk was following published FAA flight routes and air traffic control from Reagan airport when it was \u201cdirected by Pentagon Air Traffic Control to conduct a \u2018go-around,\u2019 overflying the Pentagon helipad in accordance with approved flight procedures.Military.com II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the Army chopper was obeying the rules<\/em>.. but caused two aborted landings. Sounds like the FAA and ATC should be doing the ‘splainin’, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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