This Day in History
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HappyHighwayman
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The head of the current Nation of Islam is a proud anti-semite who is never called out by his female black followers who call him the best thing ever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan#Allegations_of_racism
Antisemitism is popular among religious leaders
afm199
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Both items are out there, don't have time right now to do it.
doc4216
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1914 Henry Ford astounds the world as he announces that he will pay a minimum wage of $5 a day and will share with employees $10 million in the previous year's profits.
I just learned this yesterday when I was watching a History Channel series "Men who built America." This was also the same time that Rockefeller, Chase, and the other major tycoons were paying their workers $1 a day, well below the poverty level.
Ford, well known for initiating the assembly line, had other positive effects such as introducing M-F work weeks and the 8 hour work day, both now standard, thanks to the efficiency of the assembly line.
I just learned this yesterday when I was watching a History Channel series "Men who built America." This was also the same time that Rockefeller, Chase, and the other major tycoons were paying their workers $1 a day, well below the poverty level.
Ford, well known for initiating the assembly line, had other positive effects such as introducing M-F work weeks and the 8 hour work day, both now standard, thanks to the efficiency of the assembly line.
afm199
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Ford was a complicated guy. He was like the first Krupp, who gave his workers social security, housing, and medical care for life. In turn he demanded utter loyalty, no strikes, and hard work. Ford was ruthless toward strikers and his "Fordism" forced assembly line workers into robotic compliance. So kind of good and bad from both.
mosquito
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January 5, 1933
Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/golden-gate-bridge-is-born
Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/golden-gate-bridge-is-born
mosquito
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I've always wanted to. It's been way after hours every time I've made it though.
Mike95060
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Yup. Even the social lives of Ford employees were scrutinized. So complicated is defiantly a term that describes Henry well.
Ford was a dick too. He was accused of having strikers killed, but never prosecuted. He did not want unions and demanded his employees not. If one did they were fired and he paid bounties to have employees rat on each other. Ford ruled the auto industry for a while and it was his own stubborness that allowed GM to grow strong and compete with him.
bpw
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Anti-other religionism is essentially mandatory for any religion. It may not be discussed directly but you can't be religious without also believing everyone else is wrong.
mosquito
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Jan 6
1978 The Sex Pistols have their first US show in Atlanta, GA.
1998 The Harley-Davidson plant in Kansas City, MO ceremonially opens.
https://www.postbulletin.com/galler...ion_65146110-09f8-11e9-a4a1-335741325b8e.html
1978 The Sex Pistols have their first US show in Atlanta, GA.
1998 The Harley-Davidson plant in Kansas City, MO ceremonially opens.
https://www.postbulletin.com/galler...ion_65146110-09f8-11e9-a4a1-335741325b8e.html
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mosquito
Above all I like to play.
January 8th is the birth day of the following in these years:
1911 – Tom Delaney
1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee
1912 – José Ferrer
1931 – Bill Graham
1935 – Elvis Presley
1938 – Bob Eubanks
1941 – Graham Chapman
1942 – Stephen Hawking
1942 – Junichirō Koizumi
1947 – David Bowie
1984 – Kim Jong-un
And it is International Typing Day in (at least) Malaysia.
1911 – Tom Delaney
1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee
1912 – José Ferrer
1931 – Bill Graham
1935 – Elvis Presley
1938 – Bob Eubanks
1941 – Graham Chapman
1942 – Stephen Hawking
1942 – Junichirō Koizumi
1947 – David Bowie
1984 – Kim Jong-un
And it is International Typing Day in (at least) Malaysia.
HappyHighwayman
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mosquito
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Ran across another interesting thing for today:
On this day in 2005, USS San Francisco (SSN 711) collided with an uncharted mountain, killing one crew member and injuring 70. The head-on crash ruptured the submarine's forward ballast (buoyancy) tanks and flooded its sonar dome — see the horrifying damage below.
With great effort, the crew regained positive buoyancy, executed an emergency blow, and kept the sub afloat to return to drydock for temporary repairs.
San Francisco survived this terrible accident because of the Submarine Safety Program, which works to ensure that submarines can recover from flooding incidents.
https://www.facebook.com/navalunderseamuseum/
On this day in 2005, USS San Francisco (SSN 711) collided with an uncharted mountain, killing one crew member and injuring 70. The head-on crash ruptured the submarine's forward ballast (buoyancy) tanks and flooded its sonar dome — see the horrifying damage below.
With great effort, the crew regained positive buoyancy, executed an emergency blow, and kept the sub afloat to return to drydock for temporary repairs.
San Francisco survived this terrible accident because of the Submarine Safety Program, which works to ensure that submarines can recover from flooding incidents.
https://www.facebook.com/navalunderseamuseum/
Mike95060
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"Uncharted mountain" is an interesting name for a Russian sub...