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Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:42 am to Armymann50
Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:42 am to Armymann50
Good morning folks. Two interesting tidbits Army's beloved facts of the day that I have babbled about before but I'll babble about them again.
This treaty was almost for all the marbles. The Mexican elite (the folks who really ran Mexico) got along very well with the US elite (the folks who really run America) to the point there was serious discussion of absorbing the entirety of Mexico into the United States. The Catholic Church had grudgingly signed off on it after being assured they'd be protected (and it the parts of Mexico that the US seized the church was protected) and the idea had buy in from both sides.
What scuttled the whole deal was that Mexico was vehemently anti-slavery and slave owning states would have quickly become a small minority. To keep the peace the US turned down absorbing all of Mexico and managed push off any disagreement for 13 whole years before we fought our worst war.
Khomeini was a frothing at the mouth religious fanatic and an unpleasant human being but the US drove the new Iranian government kicking and screaming into this. Khomeini hated the US (for really good reasons, we treated Iran and its government like toilet paper after a night of Taco Bell) but with the Soviet Union on his border the last thing he wanted was to be on our bad side. Remember, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan recently. And Iran had vastly more wealth to plunder than the Afghans.
Their only condition in exchange for normalized relations was the US remain neutral in the ongoing Iranian revolution and not allow the Shah into the US. Which we did. Considering the Iranians had gone to great lengths to do their best to protect US assets during the revolution they took this poorly. And so we got the afterbirth of the modern Middle East as a result.
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1848 The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States' war with Mexico.
This treaty was almost for all the marbles. The Mexican elite (the folks who really ran Mexico) got along very well with the US elite (the folks who really run America) to the point there was serious discussion of absorbing the entirety of Mexico into the United States. The Catholic Church had grudgingly signed off on it after being assured they'd be protected (and it the parts of Mexico that the US seized the church was protected) and the idea had buy in from both sides.
What scuttled the whole deal was that Mexico was vehemently anti-slavery and slave owning states would have quickly become a small minority. To keep the peace the US turned down absorbing all of Mexico and managed push off any disagreement for 13 whole years before we fought our worst war.
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1980 Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran.
Khomeini was a frothing at the mouth religious fanatic and an unpleasant human being but the US drove the new Iranian government kicking and screaming into this. Khomeini hated the US (for really good reasons, we treated Iran and its government like toilet paper after a night of Taco Bell) but with the Soviet Union on his border the last thing he wanted was to be on our bad side. Remember, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan recently. And Iran had vastly more wealth to plunder than the Afghans.
Their only condition in exchange for normalized relations was the US remain neutral in the ongoing Iranian revolution and not allow the Shah into the US. Which we did. Considering the Iranians had gone to great lengths to do their best to protect US assets during the revolution they took this poorly. And so we got the afterbirth of the modern Middle East as a result.
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Posted on 3/11/25 at 4:02 am to Arksulli
Today in History: March 11
0537 The Goths lay siege to Rome.
843 Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople
1845 Seven hundred Maoris led by their chief, Hone-Heke, burn the small town of Kororareka in protest at the settlement of Maoriland by Europeans, in breach with the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
1861 A Confederate Convention is held in Montgomery, Ala., where the new constitution is adopted.
1888 A disastrous blizzard hits the northeastern United States. Some 400 people die, mainly from exposure.
1905 The Parisian subway is officially inaugurated.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes the Lend-Lease Act which authorizes the act of giving war supplies to the Allies.
1942 General Douglas MacArthur leaves Bataan for Australia.
1969 Levi-Strauss starts to sell bell-bottomed jeans.
1973 An FBI agent is shot at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
2020 COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths
2021 Digital art work "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" a digital college by Beeple, with a non-fungible token, sells for record $69.3 million in online auction by Christie's
Born on March 11
1885 Sir Michael Campbell, the first motorist to exceed 300 mph.
1908 Lawrence Welk, orchestra leader.
JOTD
This fellow was so deeply in love that just before he was married, he had his bride's name tattooed on his love muscle. Normally, only the first and last letters were visible, although when he was aroused, the tattoo spelled out W-E-N-D-Y.
Now they're on their honeymoon at a resort in Montego Bay. One night, in the men's room, this fellow finds himself standing next to a tall Jamaican at the urinal.
To his amazement, he notices that this man, too, has the letters W-Y tattooed on his penis.
"Excuse me," he says, "but I couldn't help noticing your tattoo. Do you have a girlfriend named Wendy?"
"No way, mon, I work for the Tourist board. Mine reads, "Welcome to Jamaica, Have a nice day.'"
Posted on 3/11/25 at 5:02 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:03 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 3/11/25 at 6:11 am to Rockbrc
HAND
Posted on 3/11/25 at 7:19 am to Armymann50
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843 Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople
Hundreds of years of religious artifacts, some predating Christianity, were destroyed during this campaign. The high point of Eastern Christianity art was wiped out... except in Italy of all places.
The Eastern Roman Empire had partially recaptured Italy a few times, built churches and such, and then left. So, the only surviving art from this period exists in the home of the Catholic Church, the bitter arch rival of the Orthodox faith.
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1845 Seven hundred Maoris led by their chief, Hone-Heke, burn the small town of Kororareka in protest at the settlement of Maoriland by Europeans, in breach with the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
The indigenous people who won their wars against colonists thank you. In New Zealand the terrain favored defensive fortifications and the Maori had surprisingly sophisticated forts. After all, they had been fighting siege warfare campaigns for hundreds of years. Add to that they were very enthusiastic early adopters of European technology and they fought the British to a standstill.
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1942 General Douglas MacArthur leaves Bataan for Australia.
A few days later the Australians probably started asking the US to take MacArthur back to Bataan and make the Japanese deal with him. He was not a popular guest of the Australian people and until very recently probably got top billing down under as the most hated American.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 7:40 am to Arksulli
Can we please do a podcast together?
Good morning, sinners
Good morning, sinners
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:57 am to Armymann50
Morning All 
Have a little time I'm able to post this morning while I'm watching a cow calve.
Have a little time I'm able to post this morning while I'm watching a cow calve.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:00 am to OK Roughneck
Take some pics! Morning!
Posted on 3/11/25 at 8:28 pm to teamjackson
Just saw this and you asking for pics and I actually took some this morning. 
Cow calving this morning.
Thought this was funny because you could see its bottom teeth.
Sun coming up.
Cow calving this morning.
Thought this was funny because you could see its bottom teeth.
Sun coming up.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:23 pm to OK Roughneck
living the dream
Posted on 3/11/25 at 9:32 pm to Armymann50
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living the dream
Sometimes a dream other times a headache.
You are doing the retirement thing right by traveling.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:37 am to OK Roughneck
Morning all
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:57 am to OK Roughneck
KFY6. Does that mean Kentucky Fried Yellow 6?
Interesting naming convention
Interesting naming convention
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:21 am to kywildcatfanone
12 March
1496 Jews are expelled from Syria
1799 Austria declares war on France
1868 US Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
1917 A German submarine sinks an unarmed US merchant ship, the 'Algonquin' on the same day that US President Woodrow Wilson gives executive order to arm US merchant ships
1928 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people
1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1964 Union leader Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1970 US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
2008 Streaming service Hulu launches for public access in the United States
2020 UK PM Boris Johnson says the UK is facing the “worst public health crisis for a generation”, that up to 10,000 people may already be infected with COVID-19
2020 US President Trump bans travel with 26 European countries, though not the UK, due to COVID-19 (UK and Ireland added a day later)
2022 Saudi Arabia executes 81 convicted criminals, the country's largest known mass execution in modern times
on this day in history 12 March
1945 Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, American mobster who testified against John Gotti, born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 Tammy Duckworth(55th Birthday)1968 Thai-American politician (US Senator from Illinois (D), 2017-; US Representarive from Illinois, 2013-17), and, former US National Guard Lieutenant Colonel, born in Bangkok, Thailand
JOKE OF THE DAY
THE STAGES OF SUCCESS
At age 4 success is…not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is…having friends.
At age 16 success is…having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is…having sex.
At age 35 success is…having money.
At age 50 success is…having money.
At age 60 success is…having sex.
At age 70 success is…having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is…having friends.
At age 80 success is…not peeing in your pants
Posted on 3/12/25 at 7:58 am to Armymann50
I'm finding the stages of success are highly accurate
Posted on 3/12/25 at 4:26 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:
KFY6. Does that mean Kentucky Fried Yellow 6?
Yup ...
My initials are the top two. Y indicates the mothers tag color "yellow" and number.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:44 am to OK Roughneck
Morning all
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:07 am to kywildcatfanone
Today in History: March 13
0607 The 12th recorded passage of Halley's Comet occurs.
1777 Congress orders its European envoys to appeal to high-ranking foreign officers to send troops to reinforce the American army.
1781 Astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, which he names 'Georgium Sidus,' in honor of King George III.
1793 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
1861 Jefferson Davis signs a bill authorizing slaves to be used as soldiers for the Confederacy.
1868 The U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
1877 American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15
1918 Women are scheduled to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York due to a shortage of men.
1935 A three-thousand-year-old archive is found in Jerusalem confirming biblical history.
1951 Israel demands $1.5 billion in German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees.
1957 The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa on bribery charges.
1974 The U.S. Senate votes 54-33 to restore the death penalty.
1974 Arab nations decide to end the oil embargo on the United States.
1985 Upon the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union.
1991 Exxon pays $1 billion in fines and costs for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill.
2008 Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000.00 an ounce for the first time.
2020 12 hours after PGA Tour cancelled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces postponement of the Masters Tournament to a date to be fixed because of COVID-19 pandemic
2020 US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency, freeing up $50 billion to fight COVID-19
2023 Vinyl records outsell CDs in the US for the first time since 1987 (41 million vinyl records vs 33 million CDs), according to new report
Born on March 13
1615 Innocent XII, Roman Catholic Pope
1733 Joseph Priestly, scientist credited with the discovery of oxygen.
Joke of the Day
The other day, my wife asked me to pass her lipstick, but I accidentally passed her a glue stick.
She still isn’t talking to me.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 5:44 am to teamjackson
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Can we please do a podcast together?
DO IT MAN!
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