(A year or so ago, I came across the following while searching for German army rations in World War II. I did not copy the link, nor in a search today was I able to find the exact wording, even though visiting several sites.)
“Normally, Landsers would be issued their bread ration for the day (Kriegsbrot, a dark, multi-grain bread), and would draw cheese (Käse), jelly or preserves (marmalade) and perhaps hard sausage (Dauerwurst) for their morning meal. The hot coals in the Gulaschkanone would be kept going all day to cook stew or Eintopf for the mid-day meal, normally the largest meal of the day. The evening meal would look much like that of the morning, using the remainder of the bread issue, with perhaps the addition of instant soup or Wehrmachts-Suppekonserve).
“The iron or half-iron ration, which consisted of canned meat and packaged crackers, was similar to the American Army’s K-Ration, though it was packed more simply and lacked many of the sundry items (such as cigarettes, chewing gum and instant coffee) that G.I.s were accustomed to. This ration was carried in the bag on the Landser’s assault pack (Beutel zum Gefechtsgepäck) and was normally placed inside the Zwiebackbeutel. The full Wehrmacht iron ration consisted of 300 grams of hard crackers – 10.5 oz (Zwieback, Hartkeks or Knäckebrot), 200 grams –7 oz. of preserved meat (Fleischkonserve), 150 grams -- 5 oz of preserved or dehydrated vegetables (Gemüse) or pea sausage (Erbsenwurst), 25 grams -- .9 oz of artificial substitute coffee (Kaffe-Ersatz), and 25 grams .9 oz of salt (Salz). The halb-eiserne Portion carried by Landser in their Gefechstgepäck consisted of the canned meat and crackers only.
“There was also Wehrmachts-Suppe, or condensed soup, and coffee, which allowed the cooks to issue warm liquids as a supplement. These items were used only in the case where food supplies from the issue point [note: at regiment or battalion level] to the company field kitchens could not make it through.”
Sunday, November 3, 2013
What government does – and doesn’t do
(Mostly, government grows. And grows.)
(This was called “The Ten Commandments of Government” by Tyler Durden at www.zerohedge.com but “commandments” is not the right word.)
I Generally speaking, government always grows -- it never shrinks -- whether times are good or bad.
II In each area it purports to "assist", government attempts to replace individual decision-making with central planning.
III In order to implement its grand central plans and solidify its power, government must take from one citizen to give to another; this is, in effect, lawful theft.
IV No matter how many times central planning fails, the self-appointed masterminds in government assert that "this time is different" and that with only a few tweaks and more money, their delusional plans will succeed.
V Because it uses funds confiscated from taxpayers, self-restraint is no obstacle to government's ambitions.
VI Its fundamental misunderstanding of human nature notwithstanding, government must claim to grant "rights", which require it steal the labors of one citizen to give to another (such as food, shelter, employment, and health care).
VII No matter how widespread the harm it causes, government will never provide an honest and historical accounting -- a report card -- of its failures.
VIII As more individuals and families are harmed by the failures of central planning, government must find suitable scapegoats, must lie to do so, and therefore must also repress dissent.
IX In order to build its network of redistribution and grow a culture of dependency on its services, government must inevitably undermine the family unit, religion, and the notion of God-given rights in order to cow, bribe, or intimidate its citizens.
X As government grows ever more powerful, it must also become increasingly oppressive through compulsion and force. To do otherwise would mean government must shrink, and this it cannot do.
Found at www.maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com
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(This was called “The Ten Commandments of Government” by Tyler Durden at www.zerohedge.com but “commandments” is not the right word.)
I Generally speaking, government always grows -- it never shrinks -- whether times are good or bad.
II In each area it purports to "assist", government attempts to replace individual decision-making with central planning.
III In order to implement its grand central plans and solidify its power, government must take from one citizen to give to another; this is, in effect, lawful theft.
IV No matter how many times central planning fails, the self-appointed masterminds in government assert that "this time is different" and that with only a few tweaks and more money, their delusional plans will succeed.
V Because it uses funds confiscated from taxpayers, self-restraint is no obstacle to government's ambitions.
VI Its fundamental misunderstanding of human nature notwithstanding, government must claim to grant "rights", which require it steal the labors of one citizen to give to another (such as food, shelter, employment, and health care).
VII No matter how widespread the harm it causes, government will never provide an honest and historical accounting -- a report card -- of its failures.
VIII As more individuals and families are harmed by the failures of central planning, government must find suitable scapegoats, must lie to do so, and therefore must also repress dissent.
IX In order to build its network of redistribution and grow a culture of dependency on its services, government must inevitably undermine the family unit, religion, and the notion of God-given rights in order to cow, bribe, or intimidate its citizens.
X As government grows ever more powerful, it must also become increasingly oppressive through compulsion and force. To do otherwise would mean government must shrink, and this it cannot do.
Found at www.maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com
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‘Report: China Agrees to Use Oil Money for Iran to Finance $20b of Development Projects’
A report by an Iranian media website says China has agreed to finance $20 billion in development projects in Iran using oil money not transferred to the Islamic Republic because of international sanctions.
The U.S. and its allies have imposed oil and banking sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Iran frequently uses barter arrangements because of the sanctions.
China is Iran’s top crude oil importer.
www.gatesofvienna.net
The U.S. and its allies have imposed oil and banking sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Iran frequently uses barter arrangements because of the sanctions.
China is Iran’s top crude oil importer.
www.gatesofvienna.net
Saturday, November 2, 2013
FARK headline: ’21-year-old Chicago man thinks it would be a hilarious Halloween prank to go out and shoot people with paint balls. Guess what happens’
A Chicago woman says she was shot with a paintball gun Thursday not long before the shooter took a bullet from a real gun as a result of his pranks.
Lisa Tappler was walking to her South Side home when she was shot in the apparent Halloween prank.
"My face was bleeding. I didn't know if I had gotten shot with a real gun," Tappler said. "Hee** didn't care who he was shooting ... He didn't know me, I didn't now** him."
Police say the 21-year-old man's prank went too far when one of his victims retaliated by firing back with a real gun in the 7800 block of South Emerald Avenue.
The man was shot in the shoulder and was listed in stable condition. His alleged accomplice in the paintball shootings, 39-year-old Jason Wells, was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession/discharging of an air rifle, a misdemeanor.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Paintball-Shooting-Suspect-Shot-With-Real-Gun-230151181.html#ixzz2jWiSCL1H
(**NBC Chicago: 1. does not have automatic spell/grammar check; or 2. people who know either.)
At www.fark.com
Lisa Tappler was walking to her South Side home when she was shot in the apparent Halloween prank.
"My face was bleeding. I didn't know if I had gotten shot with a real gun," Tappler said. "Hee** didn't care who he was shooting ... He didn't know me, I didn't now** him."
Police say the 21-year-old man's prank went too far when one of his victims retaliated by firing back with a real gun in the 7800 block of South Emerald Avenue.
The man was shot in the shoulder and was listed in stable condition. His alleged accomplice in the paintball shootings, 39-year-old Jason Wells, was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession/discharging of an air rifle, a misdemeanor.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Paintball-Shooting-Suspect-Shot-With-Real-Gun-230151181.html#ixzz2jWiSCL1H
(**NBC Chicago: 1. does not have automatic spell/grammar check; or 2. people who know either.)
At www.fark.com
A little help from our alien friends?
The Chelyabinsk meteorite was the most-photographed in history, but few cameras caught the UFO that intercepted the rock and caused the meteorite to explode and throw pieces into the atmosphere.
Still, “the shockwave from the explosion injured almost 1,200 people and caused approximately $33 million worth of damage,” Russian authorities said.
Alien spacecraft might have tracked the big rock, according to Alexander Komanov, coordinator for the Russian UFO community in Yekaterinburg.
Mr Komanov said “there was an upsurge of UFO sightings in the region weeks before the meteorite exploded in the earth’s atmosphere.”
http://alienrealityweekly.com/ufo-saved-earth-from-crashing-meteor-sky-news-australia-2/
The 20-meter-wide meteorite rammed the Earth’s atmosphere at roughly 41,000 miles per hour on Feb. 15, 2013.
Still, “the shockwave from the explosion injured almost 1,200 people and caused approximately $33 million worth of damage,” Russian authorities said.
Alien spacecraft might have tracked the big rock, according to Alexander Komanov, coordinator for the Russian UFO community in Yekaterinburg.
Mr Komanov said “there was an upsurge of UFO sightings in the region weeks before the meteorite exploded in the earth’s atmosphere.”
http://alienrealityweekly.com/ufo-saved-earth-from-crashing-meteor-sky-news-australia-2/
The 20-meter-wide meteorite rammed the Earth’s atmosphere at roughly 41,000 miles per hour on Feb. 15, 2013.
Give it a break with the crystals and stuff
Looking at steppe pictures last night, I ran across a link to Arkaim, a presumably original city of Aryans. I had never heard of the place, and did some searching. Few sites present facts; most are of the natural religion type, that man must see Nature as the only truth. And some UFOs, too, of course.
Arkaim – the Russian Stonehenge
Arkaim – Crystallinks
Arkaim – Ancient wisdom
“The ancient Ural fortress Arkaim located in the Chelyabinsk region is often called the ‘Russian Stonehenge.’ In addition to streets and buildings scientists have found remnants of a water system, metallurgic furnaces, and mines. It is also said to be one of the strongest 'anomaly zones' in Russia.”
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/russiaarkaim.htm
(Stonehenge is not a fortress; Stonehenge does not have “remnants of a water system, metallurgic furnaces, and mines.”)
“How did people of such ancient civilization manage to accomplish incredible technological progress, which still seems to be unachievable nowadays?”
http://www.ancientx.com/nm/anmviewer.asp?a=74
“’The town and its outskirts are all enclosed in the circles. We still do not know, what point the gigantic circles have, whether they were made for defensive, scientific, educational, or ritual purposes. Some researchers say that the circles were actually used as the runway for an ancient spaceport,’ Vadim Chernobrovy said.”
(The most important part of the statement: “We still do not know …” And what is that “incredible technological progress … unachievable nowadays”?)
Arkaim – Ancient Russian city and psychic hotspot
“… Arkaim finds its prototype in Plato’s Atlantis with its three concentric circles of canals; in legendary Electris, the Hyperborean city some said was built under the Pole Star by the sea-god Poseidon …”
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?18785-Arkaim-ancient-Russian-city-and-psychic-hotspot
Psychic and magical.
(The more we learn, the more we should admit we don’t know much about where and when things started. But the crystals and magnetic anomalies and aliens … Come on.)
Arkaim – the Russian Stonehenge
Arkaim – Crystallinks
Arkaim – Ancient wisdom
“The ancient Ural fortress Arkaim located in the Chelyabinsk region is often called the ‘Russian Stonehenge.’ In addition to streets and buildings scientists have found remnants of a water system, metallurgic furnaces, and mines. It is also said to be one of the strongest 'anomaly zones' in Russia.”
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/russiaarkaim.htm
(Stonehenge is not a fortress; Stonehenge does not have “remnants of a water system, metallurgic furnaces, and mines.”)
“How did people of such ancient civilization manage to accomplish incredible technological progress, which still seems to be unachievable nowadays?”
http://www.ancientx.com/nm/anmviewer.asp?a=74
“’The town and its outskirts are all enclosed in the circles. We still do not know, what point the gigantic circles have, whether they were made for defensive, scientific, educational, or ritual purposes. Some researchers say that the circles were actually used as the runway for an ancient spaceport,’ Vadim Chernobrovy said.”
(The most important part of the statement: “We still do not know …” And what is that “incredible technological progress … unachievable nowadays”?)
Arkaim – Ancient Russian city and psychic hotspot
“… Arkaim finds its prototype in Plato’s Atlantis with its three concentric circles of canals; in legendary Electris, the Hyperborean city some said was built under the Pole Star by the sea-god Poseidon …”
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?18785-Arkaim-ancient-Russian-city-and-psychic-hotspot
Psychic and magical.
(The more we learn, the more we should admit we don’t know much about where and when things started. But the crystals and magnetic anomalies and aliens … Come on.)
Friday, November 1, 2013
A reminder of where I am not
This morning, while sitting in the car in a bank parking lot in Texarkana, Texas, while my wife and her mother took care of some financial things, I got a reminder that I am not living in the Promised Land – Texas – but in that hog-bound state to the northeast.
The reminder came in this manner:
Two women walked from the bank, one in her late 50s, the other in her early 20s. Both wore cowboy boots, jeans and deer-hunter camouflage jackets. The older woman wore a white button blouse, the younger woman a pullover shirt, white with a blue swirley design across the top part. She wore a black cowboy hat, too.
I mentioned the reminder to my wife. She said, “You can see the same thing in Arkansas.” I said I had not seen two women similarly accoutered in Arkansas. She said, “Then you haven’t been in the right places.”
I said, “They walked Texas.” And they did, and no matter how many women you see dressed that way in Arkansas, none will walk Texas, unless she is.
The reminder came in this manner:
Two women walked from the bank, one in her late 50s, the other in her early 20s. Both wore cowboy boots, jeans and deer-hunter camouflage jackets. The older woman wore a white button blouse, the younger woman a pullover shirt, white with a blue swirley design across the top part. She wore a black cowboy hat, too.
I mentioned the reminder to my wife. She said, “You can see the same thing in Arkansas.” I said I had not seen two women similarly accoutered in Arkansas. She said, “Then you haven’t been in the right places.”
I said, “They walked Texas.” And they did, and no matter how many women you see dressed that way in Arkansas, none will walk Texas, unless she is.
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