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Cinco de Mayo IS NOT MEXICO’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
The real story of the Battle of Puebla, aka, Cinco de Mayo.  
The Mexican victory over the French army at the Battle of Puebla occurred May 5th, 1862, 50 years after Mexico’s Independence Day, which is September 16th, 1810.

On May 5, 1862, during the French-Mexican War (1861-1867), an outnumbered Mexican army defeats a powerful invading French force at Puebla. The retreat of the French troops at the Battle of Puebla represented a great moral victory for the people of Mexico, symbolizing the country’s ability to defend its sovereignty against a powerful foreign nation.
In 1861, Benito Juarez became president of Mexico, a country in financial ruin, and he was forced to default on his debts to European governments. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement.
Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve a dependent empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into retreat.
Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles de Lorencez set out in May, 1862, to attack Puebla de Los Angeles. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a ragtag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla.
Led by General Ignacio Zaragoza, an estimated 2,000—5,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the assault by the well-equipped French force.
On the fifth of May, or Cinco de Mayo, Lorencez gathered his army and began an attack from the north side of Puebla.
The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening. After Lorencez realized his superior French force was loosing far more troops than the Mexicans, he completely withdrew his defeated army.
Though not a major strategic victory in the overall war against the French, Zaragoza’s victory at Puebla galvanized Mexican resistance, and six years later France withdrew. Later that same year, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who had been installed as emperor of Mexico by Napoleon in 1864, was captured and executed by a firing squad.
Puebla de Los Angeles, the site of Zaragoza’s historic victory, was renamed Puebla de Zaragoza in honor of the general. Today, Mexicans (and Mexican Americans) celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla as Cinco de Mayo, a holiday in the state of Puebla.

Incidentally, most Mexicans are surprised at the amount of celebrations in the U.S. for the Battle of Puebla.

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1 hour ago, Schmidt Meister said:

Cinco de Mayo IS NOT MEXICO’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
The real story of the Battle of Puebla, aka, Cinco de Mayo.  
The Mexican victory over the French army at the Battle of Puebla occurred May 5th, 1862, 50 years after Mexico’s Independence Day, which is September 16th, 1810.

On May 5, 1862, during the French-Mexican War (1861-1867), an outnumbered Mexican army defeats a powerful invading French force at Puebla. The retreat of the French troops at the Battle of Puebla represented a great moral victory for the people of Mexico, symbolizing the country’s ability to defend its sovereignty against a powerful foreign nation.
In 1861, Benito Juarez became president of Mexico, a country in financial ruin, and he was forced to default on his debts to European governments. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement.
Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve a dependent empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into retreat.
Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles de Lorencez set out in May, 1862, to attack Puebla de Los Angeles. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a ragtag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla.
Led by General Ignacio Zaragoza, an estimated 2,000—5,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the assault by the well-equipped French force.
On the fifth of May, or Cinco de Mayo, Lorencez gathered his army and began an attack from the north side of Puebla.
The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening. After Lorencez realized his superior French force was loosing far more troops than the Mexicans, he completely withdrew his defeated army.
Though not a major strategic victory in the overall war against the French, Zaragoza’s victory at Puebla galvanized Mexican resistance, and six years later France withdrew. Later that same year, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who had been installed as emperor of Mexico by Napoleon in 1864, was captured and executed by a firing squad.
Puebla de Los Angeles, the site of Zaragoza’s historic victory, was renamed Puebla de Zaragoza in honor of the general. Today, Mexicans (and Mexican Americans) celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla as Cinco de Mayo, a holiday in the state of Puebla.

Incidentally, most Mexicans are surprised at the amount of celebrations in the U.S. for the Battle of Puebla.

Hey Schmidt...those were 2/3's of a PUN  

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I'm trying to imagine French meskins. 

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Seize the coffee.

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DAMN, what kind of sick sh1t is Snap-On tools into ... ?

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2 hours ago, Schmidt Meister said:

DAMN, what kind of sick sh1t is Snap-On tools into ... ?

What has changed, back then it meant something...  now ?? 

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Pilot miraculously avoids death in crazy runway collision.
At the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada September 21st, 2016 – an event where planes race each other thousands of feet up in the air – pilot Thom Richard noticed that something was amiss with his engine while on the runway.
Following protocol, Richard signaled that something was wrong with his plane, killed the engine, and opened up his canopy. Now normally, all of the other pilots on the runway should have been made aware of the situation so that they could keep their planes at bay and let Richard get out of harms way. Unfortunately, not all the planes on the runway received the  message. Before you know it, a plane was speeding down the runway, barreling towards Richard who at this point was effectively helpless.
Richard said. “I’m not the slightest bit upset over the accident. I, in fact, consider myself a very lucky man. Another four feet to the left and I would have been minced meat. Literally dodging a bullet. A busted up hand is a small price to pay. I’ll take it. It’ll heal. Though it is difficult to type one-handed.”
For those interested, Richard took to YouTube and described in more detail what happened.

On September 18, 2016, during the Gold final start we experienced an accident involving our F1 racer, ‘Hot Stuff’ and a fellow competitor’s airplane.
We were number four on the starting grid, which was the middle inside position with three aircraft on the front row, one to our right and three behind. Upon running the engine up in anticipation of the start, about 20 seconds before the green flag drop, the engine was not running well enough for flight, as you can hear from the audio, never mind racing. I made the decision to shut the engine down to signal the starters to halt the starting process. The flagman on my row put his hands in an ‘X’ over his head, as our procedures prescribe, and I opened my canopy to make it clear I was out of the race and so everyone could see me. The alternate airplane was signaled to taxi on to the runway to replace my entry. I felt confident the communications had reached the appropriate people and waited for personnel to push me off the runway.
However, much to my surprise, I saw the flagman run out on to the runway waving his hands over his head as if something was wrong. The aircraft to my right started rolling and a few seconds later the number six and eight aircraft flew by me on either side. All I could do at that point was hope the number seven (center) aircraft would clear me on the centerline to my right.
The impact was violent and loud. His left leading edge shaved off the top several inches from my vertical and skimmed the turtle-deck without touching until it impacted my right hand holding up the canopy, at well over sixty miles an hour. The left landing gear hit the top of the gull-wing center-section, blowing a hole in the top skin and impacted the rear face of the front spar so hard that it broke the landing gear clean off his airplane. The propeller sliced three evenly spaced gashes about mid span of my right wing, about a foot apart. The right landing gear sheared the wing off just short of the right wingtip. The impact spun me around nearly 180º, like a teacup ride at warp eight. The other aircraft came to rest several hundred feet in front of me with a folded gear, damaged wing and sheared propeller facing the other way as well. That pilot received no injuries.
Three things immediately came to mind. Make yourself as small as possible to avoid further injury until things stop moving. Once the aircraft came to rest, DON’T MOVE! And since I was not on fire, wait for help to arrive. I knew my hand was busted and was not looking forward to removing my glove. But it was more important to make sure I had not been struck in the head or hurt my neck or back. After assessing my situation I realized I did not have any further injuries and proceeded to shut the switches off and assist with un-strapping myself from the wreckage. Help was there very quickly, including my flagman.
Then I proceeded to ask the condition of the other pilot and how this had happened. The video should speak for itself. My next concern was to let my crew know I was OK. The one thing any spectator looks for in an accident are the correct number of flight suits walking around the wreckage after any crash, I made sure I did. Everything else can be fixed. Reno EMS quickly patched me up with a splint and had me walking back to my pit in no time. They really are good at what they do.
Hot Stuff suffered severe damage. It’ll be several months before we figure out what to do with her. I’m not the slightest bit upset over the accident. I, in fact, consider myself a very lucky man. Another four feet to the left and I would have been minced meat. Literally dodging a bullet. A busted up hand is a small price to pay. I’ll take it. It’ll heal. Though it is difficult to type one-handed.
I’ve said many times before and I’ll say it again, there’s risk in everything we do. But the counterpart to that is reward. I choose to cross the street because the risk of crossing the street is worth the reward of getting to the other side. Same thing with air racing, I’ll be back. Of course there’ll be a review of procedures, how to prevent something like this from happening again and a thorough investigation. I’ve used up another of my nine lives, but why would you have nine unless you plan to use them?… We live, learn and race on.
Fly fast, Thom Richard

 

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My wife told me to pick up some ground pork but ..... now I'm scared to go down the isle because I have no idea if that thing bites ....

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Learning Time with Uncle Scotty
STRONG Language Alert

(I don't ... very, very rarely ... post on Twitter/X. But I do follow and cut and paste a lot of Twitter/X accounts. Scott LoBaido is now on my follow list. He's a PATRIOT ... maybe a crude speaking PATRIOT but that's what we need from time to time.)

You can't run an army without profanity, and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag." - Gen. George S. Patton

This message is for those “dumb stupid f**ks” who think they’re gonna take down America.

 

[DAKA]

1 hour ago, Schmidt Meister said:

Learning Time with Uncle Scotty
STRONG Language Alert

(I don't ... very, very rarely ... post on Twitter/X. But I do follow and cut and paste a lot of Twitter/X accounts. Scott LoBaido is now on my follow list. He's a PATRIOT ... maybe a crude speaking PATRIOT but that's what we need from time to time.)

You can't run an army without profanity, and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag." - Gen. George S. Patton

This message is for those “dumb stupid f**ks” who think they’re gonna take down America.

 

I have forwarded this to a few people   

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22 minutes ago, DAKA said:

I have forwarded this to a few people   

Great. I'm gad you enjoyed it enough to share. If you have a moment you might want to go to his twitter account and watch the pinned post at the top of his page. I really enjoyed it and it tells you a little about the man. I'm a fan. I tried to post the link here several times and it just ended up in disaster.

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Is JKF's damaged brain just flashing back to the days when he got stoned and jammed to Pink Floyd ? (I suffer from the same affliction ... not the worm damage but the DBF (Damaged Brain Flashbacks.)

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And I hope none of my friends on here need it but I highlighted the parts you need to reread if you don't get this one.

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The Circle Of Life ...

Anybody who has ever raised chickens at home knows they will eat meat. I usually separated the meat scraps from the kitchen table from the other scraps. But if I didn't separate them, when we would carry the scraps out, they would jump on a hamburger just as quick as they would a slice of watermelon.

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1 hour ago, Schmidt Meister said:

The Circle Of Life ...

Anybody who has ever raised chickens at home knows they will eat meat. I usually separated the meat scraps from the kitchen table from the other scraps. But if I didn't separate them, when we would carry the scraps out, they would jump on a hamburger just as quick as they would a slice of watermelon.

Hey.....It's cousin Billy Bob  ...

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Just screen-shotted? this from a website I visit daily. He lives in central Florida.

https://theviewfromladylake.blogspot.com

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Sean Strickland DOES NOT mince words and he never backs off. I’m not a MMA fan but I am definitely a Sean Strickland fan. He doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to LGBTQ2POS or 2nd Amendment or anything else. (His shirt says "A woman in every kitchen. A gun in every hand.")

 

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5 hours ago, Schmidt Meister said:

Sean Strickland DOES NOT mince words and he never backs off. I’m not a MMA fan but I am definitely a Sean Strickland fan. He doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to LGBTQ2POS or 2nd Amendment or anything else. (His shirt says "A woman in every kitchen. A gun in every hand.)

 

Yesterday at Denny's the waitress/manager slid into the booth with me and my wife. She slides up to me and I "playfully" put my arm around her and rub her hip", - YES!  I told my wife what I do.

Anyway, Yesterday she slide up to me and turned to me and said, I feel steel! I had to tell my wife that she felt my hip and a G-41.  My wife laughed and said there is no "Steel" there that I recall.

They both laughed at me and I was at a loss as to my retort!

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Tornado in north central Florida yesterday ALMOST got us. The center of the tornado came within 3 miles of our house but it felt like it was right here. It wasn't a super strong tornado and I haven't hear what strength it was. Lost land line and internet, it's Kinetic/Windstream and if it rains hard, it kicks their ass. Just got it back. No major damage to our 5 acres but a huge amount off leaves and branch tips all over the ground. Alot of trees down and in the roads in town, 3 miles north of us.