Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Classified information: withheld from general circulation for reasons of national security!

It's so hilarious -- particularly in American movies -- The protagonist's profile is: He's trained in so many martial arts --Vietnam veteran -- And blah-blah Then in the end they say other things are classified. LOL

Monday, January 21, 2019

The captain goes down with the ship

The captain goes down with the ship" is an idiom and maritime tradition that a sea captain holds ultimate responsibility for both his ship and everyone embarked on it, and that in an emergency, he will either save them or die trying. Although often connected to the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912 and its captain, Edward J. Smith, the phrase precedes Titanic by at least 11 years.[1] In most instances, the captain of the ship forgoes his own rapid departure of a ship in distress, and concentrates instead on saving other people. It often results in either the death or belated rescue of the captain as the last person on board. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_captain_goes_down_with_the_ship

Why must a captain never leave a sinking ship?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/21/schettino-should-have-stayed-aboard

Must a captain be the last one off a sinking ship?

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16611371

The captain of the Costa Concordia, which crashed into rocks off the Italian coast and capsized, has been criticised for allegedly leaving the ship while passengers were still on board. Is a ship's captain legally required to be the last one off?

Statue of a Mexican Navy sailor at the Naval History Museum.


Enlistment Oath.— Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:

I, (state name of enlistee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment

Bride burning

Time Magazine reported that dowry deaths in India increased from around 400 a year in the early 1980s to around 5800 a year by the middle of the 1990s.[6] A year later, CNN ran a story saying that every year police receive more than 2500 reports of bride burning.[7] According to Indian National Crime Record Bureau, there were 1948 convictions and 3876 acquittals in dowry death cases in 2008

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_burning