The Off Topic Topic

[celedhring]

Incidentally the prospective new mayor of Barcelona has been arrested a few times by the local police because of her involvement in protests against evictions. Security meetings are going to be fun.

[Syt]

Meanwhile, in Japan.

[Syt]

A strange military career:

Lauri Törni served as Captain in the Finnish army, as Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS, and died as Captain of the US Special Forces in Vietnam (promoted to Major posthumously).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni

Looking at his biography he seems to have really hated the commies.

[grumbler]

A strange military career:

Lauri Törni served as Captain in the Finnish army, as Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS, and died as Captain of the US Special Forces in Vietnam (promoted to Major posthumously).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni

Looking at his biography he seems to have really hated the commies.

Yeah, there was something on him recently on one of the web sites I visit, though I don't recall the specifics.  Maybe they talked about pullinghis medals because he enlisted fraudulently (didn't mention membership in a criminal organization, the SS)?  I don't recall.  Anyway, his is an interesting story.  I don't know why his fans insist that he was the model for the John Wayne character in The Green Berets, though.

I think an even better story, though, is the similar story of Rick Rescoria.  He was a British soldier/policeman in in Cyprus, Rhodesia, and London.  He then went to the US to enlist in the US Army in order to fight communism.  He served with Hal Moore at Ia Dang and is the soldier on the cover of Moore's book (chosen because Moore thought him the best platoon leader in the army).  After Vietnam, he taught law, wrote books, and worked for Morgan Stanley as a security expert (predicting both the 1993 and 2001 attacks on the WTC).  He died in the collapse of the South Tower, after evacuating the almost 3,000 people under his protection, because he went back for the 12 not accounted for.

The US got its money's worth from these guys.

[Caliga]

I first learned of that Finnish dude a few years ago and thought his story was awesome.  There was another guy who served in the Japanese Army, the Red Army and the Wehrmacht and was captured during the Normandy landings IIRC.  I think he was Korean.

[Malthus]

I first learned of that Finnish dude a few years ago and thought his story was awesome.  There was another guy who served in the Japanese Army, the Red Army and the Wehrmacht and was captured during the Normandy landings IIRC.  I think he was Korean.

Yup. Though in his case - he kept getting captured and forcibly recruited.

He ended up, of all places, livng in Illinois. No doubt either thanking his lucky stars that he survived all that, or cursing his unlucky stars that he was dragged through the whole war in such an unbelievable fashion - depending on his personality type. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Kyoungjong

[Caliga]

Yeah, that dude.

[Malthus]

Yeah, that dude.

If one were a superstitious sort, one may conclude that forcibly recruiting this guy is not a good sign for the health of the cause. 

[The Brain]

A strange military career:

Lauri Törni served as Captain in the Finnish army, as Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS, and died as Captain of the US Special Forces in Vietnam (promoted to Major posthumously).



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni

Looking at his biography he seems to have really hated the commies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNhLBtbvXgA

[The Brain]

Sadly though YouTube comments inform me that Törni was a worrier.

[MadBurgerMaker]

My Jeep broke.    Done with it.  Getting something else next weekend (because it isn't out of the fucking shop yet and I can't do it tomorrow). 

GOD FORBID YOU DRIVE A JEEP ACROSS A FIELD OR SOMETHING

Really though it's just an excellent excuse to get something that isn't a tiny two door.  It's just too small.  I'm not in high school anymore.

F150 acquired.  Problem solved (well, I still have to take the Jeep to the place once it's fixed, but w/e). 

Air conditioner in the seats is amazing, by the way. 

E:  It also gets better gas mileage than my Jeep, which is ridiculous.  It's a bigass crew cab truck vs. a 2 door...well....Jeep.  Granted, the Jeep had a small (2.5") lift and knobby tires and all that, but damn it's like a 3-4mpg difference in town, and at least a 2-3mpg difference on the highway. 

[celedhring]

From time to time I do some translating from English to Spanish as a side job. I just stumbled upon this paragraph in a text from the 90s about municipal piping (fascinating subject):

On the other hand, plastic maincases resisted corrosion better than bronze meters, and municipal water companies in some large cities, such as Detroit, refused to buy bronze meters because residents were stealing them to sell for scrap.

[Liep]

Kadyrov is sure to give us more grief on our appalling animal rights record.

Danish radio host kills rabbit during liveshow about animal welfare

Host Asger Juhl said it was a way of demonstrating the 'hypocrisy' of animal rights
campaigners
A Danish radio station has come under fire after one of its hosts killed a baby rabbit live
on air during a show about animal welfare.
Radio24syv presenter Asger Juhl was hosting a live debate when he reportedly hit nineweek­old
rabbit Allan with a bicycle pump, saying it was a way of demonstrating the
"hypocrisy" of animal rights campaigners who eat meat from supermarkets.
Allan was killed despite objections from reality star Linse Kesser, who was brought onto
the programme as an outspoken advocate for animal rights.
Sky News reported that the rabbit "twitched several times before quietly dying".
A video was posted on the radio's Facebook page showing meat being fried. A comment
from the station said Juhl and his co­host Kristoffer Eriksen would eat the rabbit following
its death.
In a video message posted on Facebook after the show, Kessler said she understood the
point that Radio24syv was trying to make, but Allan "should not have been killed" live on
air.
Local media was quick to draw comparisions to the controversial killing of Marius the
giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo.
A statement from the radio station read: "We ensured that we killed the rabbit in a sound
manner, in accordance with very precise instructions that were given to us by a
zookeeper– so the rabbit did not suffer any harm."
"It is not our wish to offend anyone with this debate. And we regret that many people
have misunderstood our message," the station added. "But we hope that this heated
debate creates better conditions for animals in Danish agriculture."

[Razgovory]

Uh, allergies are giving hell this year.  My eyes are always red and I'm sniffly.  I think I'll buy a gas mask and protect my self from weed spunk.  I think it would give a good impression at a job interview.  I mean, that tells a guy I'm coming in prepared.

[MadImmortalMan]

Uh, allergies are giving hell this year.  My eyes are always red and I'm sniffly.  I think I'll buy a gas mask and protect my self from weed spunk.  I think it would give a good impression at a job interview.  I mean, that tells a guy I'm coming in prepared.

Mine too, and I live in the desert. Maybe all these storms are kicking stuff up.