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Friday Food For Thought

Denton Greenbelt Disaster in Slow Motion – Making Good Trouble Can’t you tell I’m frustrated by the lack of progress on the Denton Greenbelt Debacle? E mails to the local authority at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), based in Lewisville, Texas, are responded to in (seemingly) premeditated one-week intervals. I must ass-u-me that response time is normal for ALL Federal agencies, just to…

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Stop the Army Corps from Draining Thousands of Acres of Wetlands

Yet again, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has resurrected a destructive project in Mississippi's South Delta that would damage at least 90,000 acres of wetlands that support more than 450 species of birds and wildlife. Their “preferred alternative” for the Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project is slated to include a massive pump that will drain and damage hemispherically important wetlands.

Urge the Army Corps to abandon this project once and for all. The deadline to comment is August 27.

Note: Your letter will be sent directly to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a public comment period and will become part of the public record.

Photo: Marjie Goldberg/Audubon Photography Awards

Take action here!

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4 MONTHS after Hurricane Helene living in SUBFREEZING temps...Thank God for President Trump!

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Evolution of the Flying Fortress.

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https://people.com/tyler-perry-the-six-triple-eight-first-look-exclusive-8701722

We finally have a trailer and a release date for the Six Triple Eight movie!! December 20, 2024 on Netflix!!

I'm so so excited for this movie! And everything I see looks so good. The hair styles, the civilian outfits, the uniforms are worn correctly and with the right insignia and hats. The clips in the trailer look so good and accurate and I'm so excited!!!

It's about time we had a WWII film focused on women. Where the women are not background characters. Where the focus is not a love story. Where the women are not props for the men's stories. Finally we have a movie about what women did during World War II that isn't about the home front or nursing! Cause they did SO MUCH during the war and it's never told.

The story of the 6888th Battalion is incredible and I'm beyond thrilled to see it told this way. Me and my fellow female WWII reenactors are going to have a watch party.

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Parade for Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Record Group 336: Records of the Office of the Chief of TransportationSeries: Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation

Original caption: " View of Color Guard of Camp Hill, HRPE, as it proceeded down Chestnut Avenue, Newport News, Virginia, during parade which marked the 81st Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Left to right are: Cpl. Emanuel Davis, 34417230, McCalla, Alabama; Cpl. Owen Winn, 34417240, Bessmer, Alabama; Sgt. Lewis C. Phillips, 34416994, Fairfield, Alabama; Cpl. Francis Banks, 33369949, Pottstown, Virginia. Official photograph U.S. Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia."

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Veterans eat free today…

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M48 Patton in South Vietnam

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B-17 Evolution

Taken from Popular Science magazine August 1945 pages 92-93.

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Canadian Women’s Army Corps Sergeant Shirley McNeill using a foot pump 

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[theworldatwar]

During the early stages of WW2 there was a real fear in Britain that Germany would use gas during their air raids. Here, British soldiers from the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) undergo anti-gas suit training - England 1940

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This is what a funeral on Oa looks like. One of the Guardians of the Universe was murdered and is being put to rest within the Central Power Battery itself, becoming one with the energy that powers the Green Lantern Corps.

Green Lantern (2021) Issue #2

There isn't any emotional weight to this scene, largely because Koyos is some random Guardian of the Universe who was introduced in the previous issue and not a character with a long history like Ganthet or Sayd. Still, it does give us some insight into some of the practices of the Corps.

Notice the modified uniforms that John, Kilowog, and Guy are wearing. Earlier in the issue, John refers to this as "mourning dress." When you take into consideration the context of the Emotional Spectrum, it's rather symbolic that the funeral attire of a Green Lantern is almost all the color of death, with only hints of their usual green present. White, the color of life, is totally absent. Also the glowing sigil of the Corps on the chest being the only light amidst the darkness? Chef's kiss.

Now you may have noticed that Hal and Kyle look more like their usual selves (actually Kyle is wearing his post-Ion uniform but he changes his outfit so often I genuinely don't know if this was intended or a continuity error). They're not actually there, and are instead projecting constructs of themselves across the universe. Crazy stuff, though previous comics have established that this is something that GLs are capable of.

Now, Nemosyne's narration indicates that this is a funeral rite that is unique to Maltusians. Which does line up with the established canon that fallen Green Lanterns are usually interred in the Crypts of Oa- at least, the ones whose remains could be recovered and presumably weren't delivered to family.

Granted, that crypt did get emptied out during Blackest Night, so how cool would it have been if this kind of ceremony was now the norm for the Corps? Imagine if the Central Battery that is the source of the power they wield and the symbol they wear in life, is also the final resting place for those who make the ultimate sacrifice in service to the Green Lanterns' sacred oath. Becoming one with the willpower that charges their power rings, strengthening their family from beyond the grave.

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