This day in history ...On Saturday, it marked the 72nd Anniversary of the attack on US forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese Imperial Navy which brought the US officially into World War II. Early dawn in Hawaii, which was in the early evening on the US East Coast, airplanes from the Imperial Japanese Navy left six different aircraft carries and bombed US ships and air forces while idle. Many theories exist that he US knew that the attack would happen to bring the US into the war which I do believe in. The reason for these is the ships were lined up for aerial attack saying it was to protect them from submarines. The US aircraft carries were conveniently out to see on maneuvers with other more modern ships. The ships were lost were basically World War I vessels and on the verge of being scrapped in my opinion. Let's take a look at the four capital ships that were sunk:
*USS Oklahoma - built in 1914
*USS Arizona - built in 1915
*USS California - built in 1919
*USS West Virginia - built in 1921
These were not new ships and most had action in World War I, they were unfortunately slow and inefficient for that time period.
Weekly Update:
The world lost a revered and renowned statesmen. The leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela passed after battling illness the past several months. He was once a political prisoner of the country he eventually became President of. Several movies have been made about the man, his country and what he has done for the world. He was beloved not just in South Africa but around the world. He help unite a country separated by color and was respected by all. He never sought revenge for his incarceration but refers to it often as he learned from other's mistakes and not just his own. Nelson is probably one of the most quotable people of our generation and more to come. He passed on Thursday at the age of 95.
At the movies:
As predicted, "Frozen" chills out the box office with the #1 spot this week for it's 2nd week earning a nice 31.6 mil in what is traditionally a slow box office weekend. This brings the new Disney film to a 134 million cume and will definitely hit 200 by the end of the year if not sooner. Out of the top spot but still holding a solid 2nd place is "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" with another 27 mil and now over 337 mil domestic cume. The drop off may be pretty substantial this coming weekend though so it could fall shy of 400 mil cume, but we will see. New at a VERY distant #3 is Out of the Furnance with only 5.3 mil (as predicted) and seems like a throw-away title anyway. Still in the top 5 is "Thor: The Dark World" taking 4th this week with 4.7 mil more and now at 193 mil cume. It should break 200 before the year end though. At #5 for one more week is "The Delivery Man" which turns out to be more drama than comedy than the ad campaign led us to believe. This film delivers another 3.8 mil and should wrap up pretty soon.
Quote of the week:
"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." - Nelson Mandela
Facts & Tips:
Beavers have orange teeth.
"There are more fools in this world than people. So back off, cuz." - Terry Crews as Hale Caesar in "The Expendables."
Facts & Tips:
Beavers have orange teeth.
"There are more fools in this world than people. So back off, cuz." - Terry Crews as Hale Caesar in "The Expendables."
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