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October 1 will be China's 58th National Day! The background of the photo is Dictator Mao Zedong's handwriting five Chinese characters "serving the people"; foreground is the prospect of two soldiers armed with conventional weapons walked into the Xinhua Gate —— the front gate of the Chinese Communist Party’s Headquarter in Beijing(中南海新华门).
Mao Zedong's death 30 years, China has also undergone tremendous changes within the last 30 years, but Chinese people are still living under the shadow of the dictator, and China is still a highly centralized authoritarian state. 1.3 billion Chinese citizens still live in the darkness of the "Social Democracy "—— democracy without political rights. However, it has been a long time since Chinese people raised a question: Is the party serving the people, or are the people serving the party?
再过几天就国庆节了，我想到了一件有趣的往事：我漫步在红砖绿瓦的西长安街上，路过雕龙绘凤的中南海新华门时，偶然看到政府衙门的卫兵在换岗，我即刻拿出了相机，当卫兵们所持的那两把刺刀把“民”字挟持在中间时，我往前走了四五米，冲进了门口的“黄线”，并按下了快门。不料一个探子随之走了过来严厉质问我：“你是干什么的？”我只好随机应变，用英语反问了他几句，他摸不着头绪，以为我是外国游客，便指着我身后的黄线意示我离开。
上图照片中的背景是雕刻在新华门前牌坊上毛泽东当年手写的“为人民服务”，前景是两位手持常规武器的军人走入新华门。毛泽东已去世三十年，中国在这三十年里也发生了巨大的变化，但中国人仍然生活在毛的阴影之下，而且中国仍旧是一个高度集权的专制国家。十三亿中国公民至今仍然生活在阴暗之处的“刀光剑影”之中，没有政治上的民主权利，而共产党也没有任何在除去他们量身定做的法律保障之外的群体或机构的监督，这就使一个问题浮出了水面：到底是共产党在为人民服务呢？ 还是人民在为共产党服务呢？
1945年黄炎培访问延安，在窑洞里与毛泽东谈话说：“我生六十多年，耳闻的不说，所亲眼看到的，真所谓‘其兴也浡焉’，‘其亡也忽焉’，一人，一家，一团体，一地方，乃至一国，不少不少单位都没有能跳出这周期率的支配力。中共诸君从过去到现在，我略略了解的了。就是希望找出一条新路，来跳出这周期率的支配。” 毛泽东听后几乎从座椅上跳了起来，大声嚷道：“我们已经找到新路，我们能跳出这周期率。这条新路，就是民主。只有让人民来监督政府，政府才不敢松懈。只有人人起来负责，才不会人亡政息。”
可是六十多年过去了，共产党建国到今天又已过了五十八年，老毛及中共所说的“民主”在哪里呢？ 连个影子都看不见。别说“让人民来监督政府，” 就是共产党的干部们少拿人民的纳税钱养几个二奶，少出几个贪污犯；高级官员的王八子孙们不用特权谋取私利，不把国家当自己家，中国的老百姓就谢谢共产党了！
每次当我走过中南海新华门时，我都会思考一个问题：为什么新华门前的这道“为人民服务”的屏风不是立在新华门对面，而是立在里面，让过往行人看不见里面的景象呢？这显然与中国的政治文化有关系。但我想说的是，假如日后有一天“为人民服务”的招牌被立在了新华门对面，不仅能随时提醒出门的高级官员都明白自己是在“为人民服务”（现在是只有在他们回中南海时才能看见“为人民服务”的招牌），而且能让人民至少能感觉到中南海的透明，从而消除政府高级官员在人民心目中犹如皇帝般的神秘面纱，这不仅有助于提高中央政府的形象，而且有助于提高中央政府高级官员的觉悟，知道自己是“为人民服务”为出发，而不是“人民为自己服务”。
当然，即使是这种表面改变的可能性都很小，毕竟中国自古就是一个封建专制的国家，在这个国家，若是没有一个人、一个政党的专制统制，国家的面貌也会面目全非。中国人也早已习惯了儒家家长式的统制风格，而且已经几乎成为了我们民族性情的一部分。若中国人一心想建设民主，拥有自由，一场切肤之痛也是不可避免的核心过程。不过，长痛不如短痛，假如中国人民意识到没有民主及自由是不幸时，中国人民会用自己的方式告诉世界：我们已经忍耐了两千年！
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.....!
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. 😉
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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.
(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).
(es.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_W_31_with_Hitler...)
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).
(es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Mercedes-Benz_W_31_with_Hit...)
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
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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!
".......whelp. It's here. My lovely bunch'a pupils, it's descending on us. The International Amateur Aeronautics Competition for some godforsaken reason is coming to Gotham this year. Flyboys and girls from all over the entire goddamn WORLD are gonna land at this very airfield, on our home! Well I'll tell you what, I ain't havin' that shit! Sure, they can stay here, so long as they like the feeling of our afterburners in their smug, stupid faces! They'll all be dead before they even taxi out to the runway! You know why? Because that's how we fucking roll! This is OUR town, OUR airfield, and OUR competition! AM I RIGHT!?"
SB: "....didn't your mom ever tell you it's rude to point?"
"....you ruined it. You ruined it and I'm leaving."
TD: "Some leader right there."
"You guys suck."
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.
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..."🔞
سوڵتانی تیرۆر ھەڕەشە لە ئەوروپا دەکات و دەڵێت: ھەموو داعشەکانتان بۆ دەنێرمەوە، واتا پێشووتر ئەو داعشەکانی ھێناوە!!!!!
Explore, aug. 22, 2014
The Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Het Paleis van het Volk, tegenwoordig het parlementsgebouw, ligt op een heuvel in Boekarest. Met een oppervlakte van 350.000 m² is het het grootste gebouw van Europa, en het op één na grootste gebouw van de wereld. De dictator Ceaușescu liet het bouwen, voor zichzelf, maar het is hem nooit gelukt om er in te wonen. Het gebouw is 270 bij 240 meter, 86 meter hoog en 92 meter diep en heeft 12 verdiepingen en vier ondergrondse niveaus. Binnen bevinden zich 2000 zalen en kamers. Sinds 1994 zetelt het Roemeense parlement in dit gebouw en wordt het deels verhuurd voor congressen. Ook zijn er twee musea in het gebouw, het ene van het parlement zelf, en het andere voor traditionele Roemeense kostuums.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boekarest
Bucharest has landmark buildings and monuments. Perhaps the most prominent of these is the Palace of the Parliament, built in the 1980s during the reign of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. The largest Parliament building in the world, the Palace houses the Romanian Parliament (the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate), as well as the National Museum of Contemporary Art. The building boasts one of the largest convention centres in the world.
Photographed May 24, 2016 at Hidden Lake Gardens near Tipton in Michigan's Irish Hills. These are the botanical gardens of Michigan State University and the location chosen by the owner for a photo session with his Studebaker, one of only four 1927 right hand drive Studebakers known to still exist. The model was marketed for postal delivery use.
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This photo is of an actor of a play in the park of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Caesar contemplates how to bolster his power as dictator and diminish the power of his worst enemies in the Senate. (Quote by Caesar in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar)
The people loved the wildly popular dictator, Julius Caesar, who ended the supremacy of the Senate and the reign of the Roman Republic. In its place would rise an emperor who could dictate at will without the old checks and balances. An empire. Ah, there's that royal Tyrian purple in that stripe. All can see from that color that this is Caesar. (It should be a bit more magenta, not just our modern purple.)
"الموت للديكتاتور"
إيران تحترق بسبب ما اقترفت ايديها من نهب وجرائم وسرقة خيرات العراق ولبنان وسورية واليمن.
الله ينصر كل مظلوم يدافع عن ابسط حقوقه
ukraine war awfulness needs to be handled by a competent humanitarian strike force to take out their artillery esp around kiev
Despots, dictators and bullies cannot and will not be allowed to win. Whatever it takes. peace, hope and respect will be victorious. Glory to Ukraine.
This may look like a rather poor railway photo but this view tells the tale of a horrendous recent historical period.
Step back in time to 1973 when Augusto Pinochet a Chilean Army general seized power and became the countries dictator and later president for the period right up to 1990.
After his rise to power, Pinochet persecuted leftists, socialists, political critics and in general communists resulting in the executions of thousands of people. the internment of as many as 80,000 people, and the torture of tens of thousands. His country headquarters was in the small town of San Jose de Maipo where this photo was taken. Our guide for the day advised that the ranch he lived on doubled as a torture centre. When those unfortunate to be taken there had been tortured, the survivors were put on this narrow gauge train, taken five miles up the railway line to a tunnel when they had to disembark before being gunned down. This process went on for many years and our guide mentioned that of the likely tens of thousands of dead his cousin was one.
Of course the official government records only detail much smaller number but it remains true that over the period tens of thousands of people with opposing political views disappeared never to be traced agin.
As for Pinochet, his popularity dwindles, he stepped down in 1990 but continued as commander in chief of the Chilean military until 1998. He was arrested in London that year as a result of the mounting humanitarian accusations and retuned to Chile where he was placed under house arrest. Despite being eventually deemed for to stand trial he passed away at home through natural causes in 2006 aged 89. As a result he never received any sentence for these atrocities. Maybe some of the reason for this leniency was due to American involvement when they backed the coup and supported the Pinochet regime.
For the record the locomotives here are designated J-3 and J-5 of the Puente Alto-El Volcan railway and were photographed at the small museum in San Jose de Maipo.
Artist: Khuc Dinh Duong, Vietnam
"I aim to create satirical paintings and sculptures of controversial political characters throughout history. I like to portray the eminent faces in the backdrop of cheap stuff like plastic food containers normally reserved for pre-packed fish or meat, a world apart from these famous faces representing whole remarkable eras in history.
I present those highly esteemed figures in the centre of a plastic tray, wrapped in layers of cling film. I use cling film, a cheap disposable material,
to draw attention to the transience of commercial merchandise all over the world.
My aim is not to be offensive to historical figures. I want to bring them closer tothe public so that everybody can learn about them and their legacy. But, I also hope to change the opinions surrounding these figures, make them more objective. My artworks are created in a humorous style with a splash of solemnity to
better aid our understanding of the world that we live in."
My caricature or parody of the famous "I want you" posters that originally featured Lord Kitchener and Uncle Sam, used in WW1 for recruiting soldiers.
This one however featuring Russia's president Putin.
Photographed May 24, 2016 at Hidden Lake Gardens near Tipton in Michigan's Irish Hills. These are the botanical gardens of Michigan State University and the location chosen by the owner for a photo session with his Studebaker, one of only four 1927 right hand drive Studebakers known to still exist. The model was marketed for postal delivery use.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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Model : Gabriela
Fidel Castro Is Dead!
Fidel Castro is dead at the age of 90. The brutal communist dictator established a repressive police state in Cuba, reneging on his promise of free elections for a democratic nation. He executed thousands of Cubans who opposed his totalitarian regime and imprisoned tens of thousands, beating and torturing many of them. He divided tens of thousands of families, destroyed the economy and the culture and established a communist regime, becoming a satellite of the Soviet Union. He put the world on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
During almost six decades, millions of Cubans have fled the communist island in search of freedom and prosperity because all freedoms were suspended by the tyrant who would lecture the nation via radio and TV saying: “Dentro de la revolución todo, contra la revolución nada.” (With the revolution, everything, against the revolution, nothing.) He made sure all his opponents were silenced by incarceration and often by torture and death.
Fidel Castro and his communist regime exported and supported terrorism, guerrilla warfare, as well as drug trafficking throughout Latin America and the world.
I'm a living witness that his legacy is one of repression, family separation, suffering, death, and destruction of a once prosperous nation.
Free Cubans all over the world are celebrating the death of a monster who enslaved an entire nation and made the Island of Cuba his private plantation. Donald Trump's statements about the legacy of Fidel Castro are spot on and historically accurate. I should know, I lived under that repressive regime for more than ten years and experienced firsthand the havoc this brutal dictator has reeked during his more than five decades in power, turning Cuba into a maximum security prison. Trump said:
"Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. While Cuba remains a totalitarian island, it is my hope that today marks a move away from the horrors endured for too long, and toward a future in which the wonderful Cuban people finally live in the freedom they so richly deserve."
The President-elect added, "Though the tragedies, deaths and pain caused by Fidel Castro cannot be erased, our administration will do all it can to ensure the Cuban people can finally begin their journey toward prosperity and liberty." May our people be free at last!
Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy during the Second World War always had the desire to rebuild the Roman Empire. However, both France and the United Kingdom controlled the Mediterranean Sea.
So Italy started the construction of a new class of large fast battleships to replace the older (but recently modernized) Conte di Cavour and Andrea Doria battleships.
Four new ships were ordered (Vittorio Veneto, Littorio, Roma and Impero) but only the first three were completed.
A few months after Italy entered the war, the Navy had 6 operational battleships, more than 21 cruisers (7 of them Heavy) and hundreds of destroyers and submarines. France was no longer a threat due to the German Invasion and the construction of Bismarck and Tirpitz in Germany kept the Royal Navy Admirals in great stress with few battleships and aircraft carriers to patrol both regions at the same time and the Atlantic.
However, the Italian Admirals were extremely cautious during the war. Perhaps too much...
Not wanting to be considered responsible for the loss of a battleship, they usually retreated even if facing sometimes much weaker foes. The English Admirals on the other hand were extremely aggressive.
The Italian ships also suffered from other problems; poor quality of the shells resulted in very inaccurate salvos, the lack of radar and an effective fire-control system, weaker armour protection (especially against torpedoes) significantly reduced the efficiency of these battleships. During the Battle of Matapan, 11 shells got stuck on the gun barrels of Vittorio Veneto, which reduced the rate of fire and precision.
The lack of an Aircraft Carrier to protect the ships against enemy planes was another considerable problem since they were always at the mercy of the British Fleet Air Arm.
Two torpedoes hit Littorio during the Taranto Harbour attack, sinking it in shallow waters and requiring more than 3 months in repairs. A few months after the attack, the Italian navy (pressured by Germany) launched a large operation (Battleship Vittorio Veneto, eight cruisers and many destroyers) to attack a British convoy to Greece. Unfortunately, Vittorio Veneto got hit by a torpedo launched by an Albacore torpedo-bomber and was forced to retreat. Later, the operation became known as Battle of Matapan and resulted in the total loss of 3 heavy cruisers and two destroyers for the Italian Navy. The British only lost one plane and it´s crew of 3.
After this, and a series of failed attacks against Malta convoys, the Italian Navy failed to control the Mediterranean Sea. When Italy surrendered and joined the allies, Vittorio Veneto, Littorio (then renamed Italia) and Roma departed from Italy to be interned in British ports. The German Luftwaffe immediately received orders to stop the ships at all cost.
Italia was attacked and damaged by Fritz-X guided bombs dropped by German bombers and survived.
Then, two Fritz-X bombs struck Roma; one of them exploded on the second shell magazine, throwing the second turret to the sky, rolled over and sank with heavy loss of life.
After the war, Vittorio Veneto, Littorio and Impero were dismantled in Italy.
I posted this photo in a few Military Blogs asking for opinions and suggestions. Most of them only said "nice work" or "where can I buy this" or "finally LEGO sells Military stuff".
I can only receive good opinions on Flickr. :D
The ship will receive some improvements in the near future, new camouflage, 100% studless, a slightly lower hull and armament improvements.
My next big project for 2016 is a Military Harbour Display with at least 20 different ships (so far I only have 14).
Any new suggestions is greatly appreciated.
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Eínon
Photographed May 24, 2016 at Hidden Lake Gardens near Tipton in Michigan's Irish Hills. These are the botanical gardens of Michigan State University and the location chosen by the owner for a photo session with his Studebaker, one of only four 1927 right hand drive Studebakers known to still exist. The model was marketed for postal delivery use.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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After Montefalco's first democratic election in 900 years, Benito Mustachioni was elected as prime minister and Il Duce. As one of his first actions as PM, Mustachioni has announced a new treaty with the Germanikan Reich. In celebration, Montefalco is hosting the three fuhrers at the Royal Palace. From left: Il Duce Benito Mustachioni, Fuhrer Adolf Ganon, Grand Marshal Rohan, and Governor Rudolph Guttenberg.
The September 16, 2018 Orphan Car show at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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