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Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

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WeAreNDHockey said:
Former PBS political commentator Mark Shields died on Saturday. When he joined the News Hour on PBS back in the 1980s I thought TV news was still in a golden era. The end may have been on the horizon, but at the time there was still a ton of hard news, often quite in depth, and delivered straight (especially on the NewsHour/MacNeil/Lehrer Report/NewsHour), and political commentary that at least started with fact based ideas.
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Back then nothing beat the McLaughlin group :-)

appointment viewing for us nerds on Saturday night
 
mookie1995 said:
Back then nothing beat the McLaughlin group :-)

appointment viewing for us nerds on Saturday night
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It was awesome, but who would have expected Pat and Tucker would turn out to be such sh-ts.

I basically hated everybody on the show except that fat old Baltimore paleoliberal newsman, Jack Germond. Eleanor Clift was proto-Hillary, Mortan Kondracke and Freddy the Beadle Barnes were hacks, and the rest was an excuse to have guys spewing idiotic fresh water economics talking points on a "news" review. Brought to you by ADM.
 
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams - last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WW2, 98

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as demolition sergeant serving with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 23 February 1945. Quick to volunteer his services when our tanks were maneuvering vainly to open a lane for the infantry through the network of reinforced concrete pillboxes, buried mines, and black volcanic sands, Cpl. Williams daringly went forward alone to attempt the reduction of devastating machine-gun fire from the unyielding positions. Covered only by four riflemen, he fought desperately for four hours under terrific enemy small-arms fire and repeatedly returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain serviced flamethrowers, struggling back, frequently to the rear of hostile emplacements, to wipe out one position after another. On one occasion, he daringly mounted a pillbox to insert the nozzle of his flamethrower through the air vent, killing the occupants, and silencing the gun; on another he grimly charged enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets and destroyed them with a burst of flame from his weapon. His unyielding determination and extraordinary heroism in the face of ruthless enemy resistance were directly instrumental in neutralizing one of the most fanatically defended Japanese strongpoints encountered by his regiment and aided vitally in enabling his company to reach its objective. Cpl. Williams' aggressive fighting spirit and valiant devotion to duty throughout this fiercely contested action sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
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He was 21 years old when he did this.
 
joecct said:
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams - last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WW2, 98

He was 21 years old when he did this.
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Wow. That is impressive.

Though LOL that he acted "daringly" and with "heroism" while the Japanese (also 21 years old) acted "fanatically." SSDD, guys. Next time unite and kill your officers.
 
Kepler said:
Wow. That is impressive.

Though LOL that he acted "daringly" and with "heroism" while the Japanese (also 21 years old) acted "fanatically." SSDD, guys. Next time unite and kill your officers.
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Supernova in the East podcast by Dan Carlin does a ridiculously good job of framing it from the Japanese POV.
 
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