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Surrounded by military police, the Bulgovarian Dictator, Sven Jarakamov prepares to flee the Bulgovarian capitol. Just yards from the windows protestors demand for Jarakamov's execution.
Sensing that the Dictator name might be controversial, the company rebranded the 1938 model as Director in Europe.
Taken at Gärdesloppet 2023-06-04
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New Note: In the film, The Great Dictator renonces his dictatorship in the final speech of the movie. Sadly in RL dictators never toss off their uniform jacket of tyranny and fade into the sunset to play golf.
My dear friend Iris Okiddo turned me on this home movie from the orignal film production, really an awesome look at of 1939 Hollywood!
🎥[Rare Colour Footage - On the set of The Great Dictator]🎥
Ok a little back story.
A few weeks ago I attended a historical one man show (a Chautauqua), the person depicted was Charlie Chaplin in 1945, with him speaking a fair amount his 1940 film "The Great Dictator". I have been catching a few these shows with different historical figures over the last year, this one was the most impressive one to date.
Admittedly I don't believe I have seen the whole film, but I have had seen stills, and a clip or two. So for 1st time I caught his final speech in the film........ OMFG!.... With all thats happing around the glob, the parallels are just insane!
My normal way of doing things is find a song as my titles, I decided no music, just the words of Chaplin's moving and inspiring final speech of the film.
If you have not see seen this clip, do yourself a favor to replenish your soul, with this 3 minutes & 35 seconds of complete and moving brilliance.
Again I cannot say how awesome it is to shoot on The Continental Club sim. I shot this in Manor next to hotel.
"In the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
Peace Out!
Kidd
PS: Yeah I will watch the whole thing
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🎥[The Great Dictator Final Speech (Charlie Chaplin)] 🎥
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish…
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
- Charlie Chaplin
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Buckle up Buttercup!
"Party of Law & Order".... My Ass
Let's close CDC public access, because who needs to know about the shit that kills you.
Who in the hell thought giving the keys to the treasury to a billionaire man child and his little incel posse was a good idea?!?!
Fuck Putin & his Orange Bitch 🌻💙💛🌻
Just a reminder, a "Tariff" is in fact tax on all consumers no matter who you voted for. I like Tequila 🇲🇽 & Maple Syrup 🇨🇦
How's your 401k doing? Because mine is sucking the spiny cock of Satin ATM
Real pro move to close the Department of Education, because who wants a educated population.
Can you kind people give me a minute please, I am on a secret government war plan unsecured text chain.
Holy Shit! What a week, 3 days to blow up the economy envied by the world....Good job Dumb Fuck
1376 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 84
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The critics were harsh, even with Christmas just days away.
“A Christmas scene with no snow? Why even that fellow from Brazil found snow for his forced perspective, Christmas scene!"
“What kind of shenanigans are those Colorado boys trying to pull now?”
Truth be told, snowfall and Christmas do not often meet in the Mile High City. Now, some of you may be whispering, “Global Warming” yet, this was as true back in 1938 when this photo was taken as it is today. Daytime temperatures on Winter Solstice had been a balmy 60 degrees. That evening brought a full moon rising behind the photographer and only a hint of snow in the forecast for Christmas Day.
Local history and a story in Westword suggest, David Dwight "D.D." Sturgeon, a Denver electrician, dipped lightbulbs in red and green paint, connected them to electrical wire, and hung them in a pine tree outside his sick son David's window to brighten his holiday. People came from miles away to see the illuminated tree.
The country's first outdoor-lighting contest was held in Denver in 1918, attracting hundreds of contestants. A year later, the city electrician, John Malpiede, replaced the lights in Denver Civic Center with colored globes of red and green for the holidays. The following year, he put an illuminated Christmas tree in front of the State Capitol. In 1926, Mayor Ben Stapleton approved $400 to illuminate the front of City Hall, and by the late 1920s, Denver had become known (or was calling itself), the "Christmas Capital of the World.” The tradition was transferred to the new City And County Building after it opened in 1933.
The scene hasn’t changed a lot in the years since. The big trees were taken down a few years ago and all the cars cruising by to see the lights are headed southbound now.
Traffic is a little heavier, with Mom and Pop SUVs driving by slowly pointing a phone or pad at the lights. Commercial vehicles crowd the street with horse drawn carriages, 15 passenger hotel buses, 50 passenger tour buses, 40 foot long Cadillac stretch limos and tiny Tuk Tuk cabs. Drivers drop off patrons and wait while they gawk, take selfies and dodge street vendors waving trinkets with shiny lights that will fade by morning. Small herds of electric scooters vie for control of the sidewalks with pedestrians and bicyclists.
The city uses electricity much more efficiently in the modern display than the 1938 version. Nowadays, it is all done with LED lighting. This also allows the lighting scheme to change every now and then. Sturgeon Electric, the company founded by D D Sturgeon in 1912 is still in business and now works throughout the mountain west.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/24 scale die-cast model cars in front of a real background.
Happy Holidays and Peace on Earth from one24thscale!
Danbury Mint 1937 Studebaker Dictator Coupe
Danbury Mint 1931 Ford US Mail Truck
Danbury Mint 1933 Ford Deluxe Coupe
Danbury Mint 1938 GMC Car Carrier
Franklin Mint 1930 Cadillac V-16 Imperial Sedan
The behind-the-scenes photo of from this set-up can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/one24thscale/46479174491/in/datepos...
«Il mondo è nelle mani di coloro che hanno il coraggio di sognare e di correre il rischio di vivere i propri sogni.»
Paulo Coelho
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Ok a little back story.
A few weeks ago I attended a historical one man show (a Chautauqua), the person depicted was Charlie Chaplin in 1945, with him speaking a fair amount his 1940 film "The Great Dictator". I have been catching a few these shows with different historical figures over the last year, this one was the most impressive one to date.
Admittedly I don't believe I have seen the whole film, but I have had seen stills, and a clip or two. So for 1st time I caught his final speech in the film........ OMFG!.... With all thats happing around the glob, the parallels are just insane!
My normal way of doing things is find a song as my titles, I decided no music, just the words of Chaplin's moving and inspiring final speech of the film.
If you have not see seen this clip, do yourself a favor to replenish your soul, with this 3 minutes & 35 seconds of complete and moving brilliance.
Again I cannot say how awesome it is to shoot on The Continental Club sim. I shot this in Manor next to hotel.
"In the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
Peace Out!
Kidd
PS: Yeah I will watch the whole thing
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🎥[The Great Dictator Final Speech (Charlie Chaplin)] 🎥
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish…
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
- Charlie Chaplin
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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Buckle up Buttercup!
"Party of Law & Order".... My Ass
Let's close CDC public access, because who needs to know about the shit that kills you.
Who in the hell thought giving the keys to the treasury to a billionaire man child and his little incel posse was a good idea?!?!
Fuck Putin & his Orange Bitch 🌻💙💛🌻
Just a reminder, a "Tariff" is in fact tax on all consumers no matter who you voted for. I like Tequila 🇲🇽 & Maple Syrup 🇨🇦
How's your 401k doing? Because mine is sucking the spiny cock of Satin ATM
Real pro move to close the Department of Education, because who wants a educated population.
Can you kind people give me a minute please, I am on a secret government war plan unsecured text chain.
Holy Shit! What a week, 3 days to blow up the economy envied by the world....Good job Dumb Fuck
1380 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 80
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and the SPW team for the screws.
🎥🌎🎥[The Continental Club]🎥🌎🎥
Final Word: Thank for all your support good people of Earth One! Back to puppies & rainbows! (hint of big things from moi)
Note: In the film, The Great Dictator renonces his dictatorship in the final speech of the movie. Sadly in RL dictators never toss off their uniform jacket of tyranny and fade into the sunset to play golf.
My dear friend Iris Okiddo turned me on this home movie from the orignal film production, really an awesome look at of 1939 Hollywood!
🎥[Rare Colour Footage - On the set of The Great Dictator]🎥
Ok a little back story.
A few weeks ago I attended a historical one man show (a Chautauqua), the person depicted was Charlie Chaplin in 1945, with him speaking a fair amount his 1940 film "The Great Dictator". I have been catching a few these shows with different historical figures over the last year, this one was the most impressive one to date.
Admittedly I don't believe I have seen the whole film, but I have had seen stills, and a clip or two. So for 1st time I caught his final speech in the film........ OMFG!.... With all thats happing around the glob, the parallels are just insane!
My normal way of doing things is find a song as my titles, I decided no music, just the words of Chaplin's moving and inspiring final speech of the film.
If you have not see seen this clip, do yourself a favor to replenish your soul, with this 3 minutes & 35 seconds of complete and moving brilliance.
Again I cannot say how awesome it is to shoot on The Continental Club sim. I shot this in Manor next to hotel.
"In the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
Peace Out!
Kidd
PS: Yeah I will watch the whole thing
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🎥[The Great Dictator Final Speech (Charlie Chaplin)] 🎥
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish…
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
- Charlie Chaplin
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🐕 💝 1095 Days 💝 🐈
💗 Hope 💗
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Buckle up Buttercup!
"Party of Law & Order".... My Ass
Let's close CDC public access, because who needs to know about the shit that kills you.
Who in the hell thought giving the keys to the treasury to a billionaire man child and his little incel posse was a good idea?!?!
Fuck Putin & his Orange Bitch 🌻💙💛🌻
Just a reminder, a "Tariff" is in fact tax on all consumers no matter who you voted for. I like Tequila 🇲🇽 & Maple Syrup 🇨🇦
How's your 401k doing? Because mine is sucking the spiny cock of Satin ATM
Real pro move to close the Department of Education, because who wants a educated population.
Can you kind people give me a minute please, I am on a secret government war plan unsecured text chain.
Holy Shit! What a week, 3 days to blow up the economy envied by the world....Good job Dumb Fuck
1376 Days Of Suck To Go ...... Day 84
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The dictator is dead, the Cuban people have been thrown to the streets of Miami to celebrate the event. Long life for freedom....!
Se murió Fidel, los Cubanos se lanzaron a las calles de Miami para celebrar el acontecimiento. Viva la Libertad.....! Abajo la dictadura de los Castros....!
Well, looking at the lack of information that many have around the world with reference to this dog named Fidel, I will be as brief as possible.
That human monstrosity, the only thing he did all his life was to hate the Cuban people, at first we did not understand hatred and we still did not understand how he could hate all those who did not follow him.
For him there was no condition of humanity, his own comrades fell dead in the firing wall, only to find their orders unjust with regard to the people, I said that it will be brief, okay, there is a record of the United States Department of Defense, that the links of the drug with the "Colombia Cartel" not only veneered their ideals of hatred towards the American people, but also their eagerness to destroy the educational foundations of this nation with the ideological divisiveness. This is something that I see that has given a very low blow to the United States, because every day is more obvious the ideal of reactionary and dangerous left.
Well, in the so-called Florida Straits, 104,000 people were died, as I said before, according to the State Record, in the African wars, were sent, young boys whose relatives were not aligned with the Castro system, added up their deaths around 87,000, if we keep looking, the executions in prisons in Cuba more than 5,700, I can still put the dead here caused by the son of a bitch of Fidel Castro...
Now, I do not understand, as yet, around the world continue to think that this human shit is a hero .... and say "poor old man" to say that, is so inhuman and so lacking in tact, to say so or think, because it will make you part of that genocide by putting blood in your hands, by your blindness.....
Down with Communism, Down the Castros, Long Live of Freedom....!
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the Armenian Genocide and condemning Turkey's "campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans,kurd. Maronites, and other Christians..."🔞
National Security Adviser, Bolton gave speech last week informing that Trumps greenlighting Turkey to attack Kurds was personally and financially motivated...
terrorist, dictator , fascist , invader , murderer
the Armenian Genocide and condemning Turkey's "campaign of genocide against Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Arameans,kurd. Maronites, and other Christians..."🔞
National Security Adviser, Bolton gave speech last week informing that Trumps greenlighting Turkey to attack Kurds was personally and financially motivated...
they both fight till the last moment...........a hero sacrifices himself for others,while a dictator kills others for himself.........
Former dictator Marcos and his wife had a small private island, right next to Coron island. That small island, which is about 25km², looked a bit deserted to them. So what did they do?
They called their african dictator friends so they can get awesome birthday presents, such as zebras, girafes, antelopes and so on. No carnivores so it allowed them to stroll freely in the middle of their new found personal zoo where every animal is free to wander wherever they want.
30 years later, ding dong, the dictator's gone and the island is still there, welcoming every tourists who is lost enough to find it.
Enjoy and share your enthousiasm if you have any.
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[...]The clouds are lifting! The sun is breaking through! We are coming out of the darkness into the light! We are coming into a new world; a kindlier world, where men will rise above their hate, their greed, and brutality. Look up, Hannah! The soul of man has been given wings and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow! Into the light of hope, into the future! The glorious future, that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up, Hannah. Look up!
Le nuvole si diradano, comincia a risplendere il sole.
Prima o poi usciremo dall'oscurità verso la luce e vivremo in un mondo nuovo, un mondo più buono, in cui gli uomini si solleveranno al di sopra della loro aridità, del loro odio, della loro brutalità.
Guarda in alto, Anna. L'animo umano troverà le sue ali e finalmente comincerà a volare, a volare sull'arcobaleno, verso la luce della speranza, verso il futuro, il glorioso futuro che appartiene a te, a me, a tutti noi.
Guarda in alto Anna. Lassù.
The Great Dictator - Il grande dittatore
I took this pano during sunset in the Icelandic Highlands. I couldn’t use a tripod from this position and also had to do some focus stacking on the right part. The distortion was pretty problematic when I first merged all the shots, which became obvious because of all the water but I could make some local adjustments.
In 1978, the US-appointed dictator of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza assassinated Joaquin Chamorro, publisher of a conservative opposition newspaper. With this, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) maintained control over Nicaragua as Somoza packed his bags for Miami. But Somoza had hardly unpacked his bags in Asuncion when Argentine guerrillas, who considered him their enemy too, found him and put an antitank rocket through the windshield of his bulletproof Mercedes Benz.
Somoza was buried in Miami, at Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum.
In 1979, the Brazilian newspaper Gazeta Mercantil estimated that the Somoza family's fortune amounted to between $2 billion and $4 billion with its head, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, owning $1 billion.
Hey everybody, here is something entirely different from the rest of the stuff on my photo stream! Our IB history class was assigned to read over the history of Latin America and I thought the sections of US-appointed dictatorships and all our programs we had implemented in order to keep anticommunism a priority were quite interesting.
Hope you enjoy!
(From my own archived photos, 2024)
On January 24, 1940, dictator Adolf Hitler gave dictator Francisco Franco a Mercedes Benz 540 G4 W31 car for his birthday, which was delivered by the then ambassador of the Third Reich in Spain, Eberhard von Stohrer, at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
The Führer had two of these models, and a fourth model was given to dictator Benito Mussolini.
With an eight-cylinder in-line engine, 5.4 liters and 115 horsepower, it was capable of moving its 3,840 kg. at a top speed of 67 km/h. With a consumption of 38 litres per 100 km in the city and ten litres less on the highway, with a 98 litre tank, two electric fuel pumps and one mechanical one
However, this Mercedes was not a pure off-roader.
Its four rear wheels propelled the car, but its front axle was not driven.
Even so, equipped with a gearbox with a reduction gear, two rigid rear axles, off-road tyres and a good height, it was really capable of going well off the asphalt.
Its braking system was hydraulic, with servo-assistance on the three axles of the vehicle.
The vehicle was equipped with a set of custom-made chains and six suitcases signed by Karl Baisch.
Franco was not completely convinced by this model, since due to a breakdown, the dictator, who had returned from a hunting trip, had to return to the palace in a Willys Jeep belonging to his personal guard.
However, the change in the Second World War and the defeat of the Third Reich led the Spanish Government to not use this and other vehicles due to the political connotations they entailed.
Mercedes, for its Stuttgart museum, offered the then enormous sum of 1,000 million pesetas for Franco's Mercedes, which at current exchange rates and inflation, we could be talking about more than seven million euros (or US dollars).
DISMANTLED PIECE BY PIECE: A few years later, already in the 21st century, Patrimonio Nacional accepted Mercedes' offer to overhaul the G4, despite the mechanics of the Royal Guard, who take care of it, as well as the rest of the fleet of official vehicles, manufacturing themselves parts for which there were no spare parts.
In the Mercedes workshops, the jewel was dismantled piece by piece in Stuttgart and for three years the German technicians drew the blueprint of the car and, took advantage of the opportunity to faithfully repair the only one of the lower series cars that is exhibited in their museum. (Source: Wikipedia and other websites).
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UN MERCEDES MUY ESPECIAL, 2024
(De mis propias fotos archivadas, 2024)
El 24 de enero de 1940 el dictador Adolf Hitler le regaló al dictador Francisco Franco por su cumpleaños un coche Mercedes Benz 540 G4 W31, que lo entregó el entonces embajador del III Reich en España, Eberhard von Stohrer, en el Palacio de Oriente de Madrid.
El Führer tenía dos de estos modelos, y un cuarto modelo le fue regalado al dictador Benito Mussolini.
Con un motor de ocho cilindros en línea, 5,4 litros y 115 caballos de potencia, era capaz de mover sus 3.840 kg. a una velocidad punta de 67 km/h. con un consumo de 38 litros a los 100 km en ciudad y diez litros menos por carretera, contando con un depósito de 98 litros, con dos bombas eléctricas de combustible y una mecánica
Sin embargo este Mercedes no era un todoterreno puro.
Sus cuatro ruedas traseras impulsaban al coche, pero su eje delantero no era motriz.
Aún así, dotado de una caja de cambios con reductora, dos ejes rígidos traseros, neumáticos todoterreno y una buena altura, era realmente capaz de marchar bien por fuera del asfalto.
Su equipo de frenado era hidráulico, con servo-asistencia en los tres ejes del vehículo.
El vehículo iba equipado con un juego de cadenas hechas a medida y seis maletas firmadas por Karl Baisch.
A Franco no le acabó de convencer este modelo, ya que debido a una avería, el dictador, que venía de una jornada de caza, tuvo que volver al palacio en un Jeep Willys de su guardia personal.
Sin embargo el cambio de signo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la derrota del Tercer Reich llevaron al Gobierno español a no utilizar este y otros vehículos por los connotaciones políticas que conllevaban.
La casa Mercedes, para su museo de Stuttgart, ofreció la entonces enorme cantidad de 1.000 millones de pesetas por el Mercedes de Franco, que al cambio e inflacción actuales, podríamos estar hablando de más de siete millones de euros (o dólares USA).
DESMONTADO PIEZA A PIEZA: Unos años más tarde, ya en el siglo XXI, Patrimonio Nacional aceptó el ofrecimiento de Mercedes de revisar el G4, a pesar de los mecánicos de la Guardia Real, que cuidan de él, así como del resto de la flota de vehículos oficiales, fabricando ellos mismos piezas de las que no había repuesto.
En los talleres de Mercedes, la joya fue desmontada pieza a pieza en Stuttgart y durante tres años los técnicos alemanes dibujaron el plano del coche y, aprovecharon para reparar con fidelidad el único de los automóviles de la serie inferior que se exhibe en su museo. (Fuente: Wikipedia y otras webs).
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(AP Photo/Iraqi Special Tribunal, File) In this photo released by the Iraqi Special Tribunal, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is seen as he is questioned by Chief Investigative Judge Raid Juhi, not seen, in this Aug. 23, 2005 file photo at an unknown location. An Iraqi judge said Friday Dec. 29, 2006 that Saddam Hussein will be executed by Saturday at the latest and lawyers representing him say the condemned former leader is no longer in U.S. custody.
There is glorious power, untold treasure, and sycophantic adoration awaiting a dictator who doesn't have to worry about a robust system of checks and balances.
“It’s nice to be king!*”
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Artist: Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564–1651)
Title: Coronation Scene (1629, Northern Mannerist style)
Venue: Indianapolis Museum of Art via Speed Art Museum, University of Louisville
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*Note: this is a quote from the part of the guy playing King Louis' double (Mel Brooks) right before the French Revolution from the movie The History of the World, Part I by Mel Brooks, with due respect to Sir Walter Raleigh who in real life wrote the original The History of the World, Part 1 while a political prisoner in the Tower of London. Unfortunately, Raleigh was beheaded before he could complete Part 2. Likewise, Brooks marketed a Part 2 at the end of his movie, and how. But it never came. 😉
Will Be A Lot of Small Things...
Here's some small (though actually significant) things you can do today to help democracy:
1. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security is taking calls about Bannon's appointment to the NSC. You can call: 202-224-4751. Tell them you don't want a racist and fascist running our security.
2. Call and/or email your congress person. Here's a quick lookup if you don't know who that is:
Email or call them to oppose Bannon, DeVos, Sessions (those are the big ones) and the Muslim ban. When you call, you will be talking to a Congressional aide and it will take less than 5 minutes. They will jot down your name and occasionally you can leave contact info. for them to get back to you. Most of the time, if you mention you are an active voter and are paying attention to how your congress person votes on an issue, that is enough to do the trick to get the information passed along.
3. The Army is actually taking feedback about the Dakota Access Pipeline. This is an environmental nightmare and opposed by all of the indigenous groups in the area for good reason. Leave your feedback:
actionnetwork.org/letters/submit-your-eis-comment-to-the-...;
4. Grab Your Wallet! We're in an era where profits are more important than people so check out this listing of Trump supporter-businesses and email them telling them you will boycott their product because of it. I sent out about 10 emails last night after I found both Uber and Nordstrom were disassociating themselves from Trump (that's huge!)
5. Take a poll from Fox News! No, seriously. Take the poll. Our government has decided to censor and not allow in most media at this point as they are textbook fascists performing an experiment of modern horror on America. So, the prized baby media of our celebrated Fascist in chief is Fox News. So, for one, tell Fox News you disagree with his policies. And, additionally, it's a relief to see the results on many of these questions. Is Trump right about firing Sally Yates? 65% say no. Is he correct about immigrant restrictions? 77% say no. This is Fox news viewers people....
nation.foxnews.com/poll/index.html
6. Sign some petitions. If you're too tired from protesting or just too fearful at the moment, the very basic thing you can do is to sign petitions. There's been a lot of talk about how petitions might not mean anything and, while I agree it's more meaningful to call your congress person, relate that you are a voter and are paying attention, it is still a fun and easy way to express your voice and, after you fill out your info. once, it auto populates for the rest and you can sign about 20 petitions in less than five minutes. Done and done...invigorating when you see how many other hundreds of thousands of Americans agree with you.
7. Have conversations with people...start with your coworkers and family....including (gasp) your republican family members. Appeal to the goodness of them and their sense of nationalism. They want a strong America...well, selling guns to people who are mentally ill without background checks while deporting highly qualified individuals does not make for a strong America. Reference the Constitution which they are supposed to hold dear themselves. Appeal to them as Christians, women, human beings-whatever. Just find that common ground of conscience that would alert them that what is happening is woefully wrong. If you can't talk about politics in person because you don't feel comfortable, talk about politics on social media-destroy lies like the so called Bowling Green Massacre that never happened Kellyanne Conway made up last night. Make sure that for every lie they spout, you spout the truth. Twitter and Facebook are excellent references for that...most people get their news from social media these days anyway (can't blame them when all of the good news sources have been censored and Trump won't allow a recording to be made when he calls Putin) The other funny thing that happened last night is the Trump memo got out that women should dress like women so everyone started tweeting and uploading photos of famous women and how they dressed, the best being this one: pbs.twimg.com/media/CdCLAAsWoAEEP16.jpg
8. Protest. It's easy to say Resist! Resist! But, really mean it. Get out there on the streets...I am a regular protestor in Chicago and, yes, I would probably be protesting some of Hillary's policies too just in case you're wondering. Some people concerned about protesting ask me things like, "Aren't you afraid of getting hurt?" or "Aren't you afraid of getting arrested?"
Right now, by and large, the public agrees with us. Trust me...40% of people want impeachment...60% disapprove of his presidency so far according to recent polls done in America. Most of the police officers agree with you even though they might not say it. You don't have to break the law...protesting is your democratic right and fascist Trump WILL take it away from us if you don't exercise it. These protests are peaceful and passionate. Add to that energy. Plus, it's a great way to connect with other people in your community. The street is the new bar. Meet people, congregate, fall in love. Just voice your democratic freedom.
Another question people ask me about protesting is where to find out the information. Here's a great website with specific information: mashable.com/2017/02/01/how-to-find-protests-online-trump...
Last, you might live in a place that is not by a major city...well, then organize a protest in your town. Why does that make a difference? Trust me, it DOES. Chicago residents were recently very impressed when three suburbs, Oak Park, Morton Grove, and Evanston (not near to each other) organized three separate protests on different days. The reason why these protests are especially important is that it goes against the idea that it's only those city folk who are against Trump. No, it's not...and proving that in every small suburb, town, and city there will be people who are willing to be a light in the darkness is extremely important.
The next huge protest might be the March For Science on April 22cnd. Visit marchforscience.org for more information on participating and/or starting one in your own city!
9. I put this one at the end not because of lack of importance but because I have tried several times and cannot get through.
House Speaker Paul Ryan's Washington D.C. office is allowing callers to express their opinion regarding the Affordable Care Act, often called the ACA or, more simply, Obamacare.
The survey can be accessed by calling either (202) 225-3031 or (202) 225-0600. In each case, there is a period of silence before callers are asked to press "2" if they want to "express [their] opinion on President [Barack] Obama's healthcare law"; for example, it took two minutes and 30 seconds before being able to begin the process while calling the latter number.
10. Donate $$$ The ACLU has received a ton of donations and that's great. Let's not forget also about Planned Parenthood: www.plannedparenthood.org/ and Refugees in America: www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america
Have a nice day being politically active and standing up against tyranny! Make sure you take your vitamins and caffeine! Don't forget, a little bit of self care is important too in order to help you stay healthy and active.
Btw, this photo is actually from Ghent, Belgium but I liked the message so much, I felt it fit.
**Don't steal this image but spread this message.**
YouTube [Full-HD] Video: youtu.be/UGqSn9oz01A
WDM-3D - the last and the most advanced variant of ALCOs fitted with micro-processors, enhanced cabin facilities, features from EMD GT46PAC such as microprocessors to detect wheel slipping and phased manner power supply. I’m not sure whether they are still in production stage or not. Seen here is Kalyan (KYN) WDM-3D # 11390 in LHF mode rolling down with loud and two small honking at LC gate, towing 11202 Ajni - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express. Same train will reverse as 11205 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Nizamabad Express in the afternoon. Maximum speed limit for WDM-3D is 160 Kmph, however never seen with any train going beyond 110 Kmph.
I have been thinking a great deal about the future of this country. I've always wanted to believe that America has the potential for greatness but every day of Trump's presidency, I question that. I've been reading quite a bit of James Baldwin and thinking also quite a bit about Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. I went to see the film "I'm Not Your Negro" yesterday and it made me cry seeing the images of white people who wanted segregation and oppression and realizing the hate crimes today are exactly the same and prove we haven't come very far in 50+ years since the civil rights movement.
Baldwin's characters often fall in love with white men and women and he mentions wanting to be an optimist as long as he was alive in an interview the film shows. He wanted us to question what purpose having a group to oppress serves and our own human psyche. He wanted people and our country to be different too, and there were times when it couldn't be that he ended up escaping to France instead as well.
In Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, this question is asked, "Are all white people the same?" Though some of his characters (much like I'm sure people in real life back then and now) believed that was the case, Baldwin realized this wasn't the case. He knew that people of every race have the capacity for great flaws and hatred but also for insight and love and he wanted us to move towards that point.
This recently has been coming up increasingly more since I visited the grave of Susan B. Anthony and have been thinking of how she excluded women who weren't white in her aim for women's suffrage. Even though she knew Frederick Douglass in real life (and is buried in Mount Hope cemetery the same as him), she could not reconcile their mutual aims for progress in this country. She put white women before women of other races and this was wrong. She was not only a product of her time but we have many women now who haven't evolved in those hundred years since.
There has been an increase in hate crimes that has occurred since Trump took office and this serves the rich and powerful most as it's a diversion from so many things-the destruction of science, women, rights for people with disabilities, the environment, even animal rights with the USDA removing animal welfare reports. The top 2% have to protect their own profits and the majority, ignorant of this, are falling for it and are taking the bait, accusing refugees and anyone who isn't heterosexual, white, male, able bodied of attacking the "core values of America." Even now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are harassing people of color illegally within our own borders with very vague guidelines and no accountability. Trump and his appointees have even made up two terrorist attacks and people in this country believe them without doing the research because we've been raised to think we're supposed to trust our government. That's extremely harmful dishonesty. This country has never been great when we are fighting each other for power, greed, hatred, and fear. This country can only live up to its potential and true democratic ideals when we can learn from each other, dance with each other, celebrate our joys, and mourn our sicknesses and losses. True happiness cannot be achieved through products and mass marketed ideas. It can only be achieved when we fully realize and embrace our brothers and sisters no matter what our differences are. We've been trying the former way for so many decades and it hasn't worked out for us...perhaps it's time to try something different.
I'm in a period of my life where I'm not experiencing white guilt. I'm experiencing something much deeper-white shame. The idea that Trump and Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos and Sessions and DeVos could share any common genetics with me makes my stomach turn. So, when I am confronted with this burning question, "Are all white people the same?" I want to scream an astounding "NO!" But, here's the thing, it is on myself and every other white person to prove that we are not the same...because, the reality is that years of history are not backing us up on this. No one can change the color of her/his skin but you can change your choices. You can choose to support artists of all races in the books you read, the art exhibits you visit the music you listen to the films you see. You can give to those in need and be generous with your time and your love. You can open your mind to those around you and you will feel so much better. You can call, write and visit your elected officials to demand policies that protect minorities and boycott the products of companies that support hate and discrimination. You can walk with all of your brothers and sisters in the street and when you chant, "No Trump, No KKK, No fascist USA" or "The People United Will Never Be Divided" or "This is What Democracy Looks Like" you will embrace the meaning of those words fully and realize that this movement has momentum because our spirit cannot be crushed when we stand together. We need each other.
I met these two women briefly right after the Inauguration at a protest and I thought it was inspiring to see them supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement. Most people, even those who don't consider themselves ageist, would see an older white woman and think she is most likely racist. These women probably never had the opportunity like I had to go to school with children of any other race besides their own. They lived in an era where segregation was popular and minorities were never considered equal (only separate) despite the dishonest political catch phrase. And yet, their human spirit rose up and they were able to reason that this wasn't right-not for them or for the world and they are still fighting it despite their lengthy time on Earth...a lifelong resistance. I'm already tired and weary and I'm not even forty so I can't imagine having to protest when I'm in my 70s...hopefully, I won't have to.
White people are not all the same...but we must prove ourselves and the time to do so is now! Change the world...make America love, feel, dance, mourn, cherish its differences...only then will we truly thrive as a country and as human beings.
The dictator is dead, the Cuban people have been thrown to the streets of Miami to celebrate the event. Long life for freedom....!
Se murió Fidel, los Cubanos se lanzaron a las calles de Miami para celebrar el acontecimiento. Viva la Libertad.....! Abajo la dictadura de los Castros....!
Well, looking at the lack of information that many have around the world with reference to this dog named Fidel, I will be as brief as possible.
That human monstrosity, the only thing he did all his life was to hate the Cuban people, at first we did not understand hatred and we still did not understand how he could hate all those who did not follow him.
For him there was no condition of humanity, his own comrades fell dead in the firing wall, only to find their orders unjust with regard to the people, I said that it will be brief, okay, there is a record of the United States Department of Defense, that the links of the drug with the "Colombia Cartel" not only veneered their ideals of hatred towards the American people, but also their eagerness to destroy the educational foundations of this nation with the ideological divisiveness. This is something that I see that has given a very low blow to the United States, because every day is more obvious the ideal of reactionary and dangerous left.
Well, in the so-called Florida Straits, 104,000 people were died, as I said before, according to the State Record, in the African wars, were sent, young boys whose relatives were not aligned with the Castro system, added up their deaths around 87,000, if we keep looking, the executions in prisons in Cuba more than 5,700, I can still put the dead here caused by the son of a bitch of Fidel Castro...
Now, I do not understand, as yet, around the world continue to think that this human shit is a hero .... and say "poor old man" to say that, is so inhuman and so lacking in tact, to say so or think, because it will make you part of that genocide by putting blood in your hands, by your blindness.....
Down with Communism, Down the Castros, Long Live of Freedom.....!
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Closeup shot of the front end of former North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung's limousine, which was captured during the Korean War and is now on exhibit at the War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea
Dictators called themselves great leaders. Communists are in collaboration with the capitalists.The politicians who serve their sponsors claimed they are serving the people and the voters.
Poverty, corporate dominance, social polarization, inequality are escalated by the court system or so called rule of law.
Is this world more like a black comedy playing everyday? Shall we laugh or shall we cry when seeing these?
This is shop window seen in Granville Island.
Have a great Monday and week coming!
During the reign of Soviet Dictator Hoxja, anywhere from 175,000 to 500,000 bunkers were built all over Albania. Such a program was a drain on an already stressed economy, but what the dictator wanted, the dictator got. Most have long since been abandoned. Some are used for storage. Some of the more famous are museums, and some are cafes.