Dammed Divers do it again
To stoke up the Conspiracy side rather than just a trigger happy pilot the Submarine sightings suggest a bit more[bigrolf]
American diplomat Henry W Antheil Jr, 27, was on board the plane when it went down. He was on a rushed government mission evacuating sensitive diplomatic pouches from US missions in Tallinn and Riga, Latvia, as it became clear Moscow was preparing to swallow the small Baltic nations.
The downing of the civilian plane, named Kaleva, en route from Tallinn to Helsinki happened on June 14, 1940 — just three months after Finland signed a peace treaty with Moscow following the 1939-40 Winter War.
The news about the fate of the plane met disbelief and anger by authorities in Helsinki who were informed it was shot down by two Soviet DB-3 bombers 10 minutes after taking off from Tallinn’s Ulemiste airport.
“It was unique that a passenger plane was shot down during peacetime on a normal scheduled flight,” said Finnish aviation historian Carl-Fredrik Geust, who has investigated Kaleva’s case since the 1980s.
"Estonian fishermen and the lighthouse operator on Keri told Finnish media decades after the downing of the plane that a Soviet submarine surfaced close to Kaleva’s crash site and retrieved floating debris, including document pouches that had been collected by fishermen from the site."
conspiracy theories regarding the contents of the pouches and Moscow’s decision to shoot down the plane. It still remains unclear why precisely the Soviet Union decided to down a civilian Finnish passenger plane during peacetime.
“Lots of speculation on the plane’s cargo has been heard over the years,” Geust said. “What was the plane transporting? Many suggest Moscow wanted to prevent sensitive material and documents from exiting Estonia.”
But he said it could have simply been “a mistake” by the Soviet bomber pilots.
Some video of it in this link Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard | AP News
Fake it - Fly me to the moon
"first truly Islamist country"
Britain is ‘first Islamist country with nuclear weapons’ under Labour, claims Trump VP pick
Have to laugh. Is this why the King and queen are coming to Australia soon?
"LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister on Tuesday played down comments by U.S. vice presidential contender J.D. Vance that Britain was an Islamist nuclear-armed country, saying he had a history of making "fruity" remarks.
Britain would work with whoever won November's U.S. presidential election, Angela Rayner added."
You couldn't make some of this stuff up[biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]
UK deputy PM dismisses 'Islamist' nuclear state jibe by Trump VP pick Vance | Reuters
There is some much Friutier links on this topic. Reuters is a lot more restrained
Isolophobia? Racism or just nasty and crazy- Could be the whole lot of course[wink11]
Voluntary taxes and rulz of the road- Sea type- Pirate Paul?
"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland under an international warrant issued by Japan, authorities and his foundation said.Mr Watson, star of the reality TV show Whale Wars, was arrested when his ship docked in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, a police statement said.
The arrest is believed to be related to an Interpol Red Notice issued for Mr Watson’s previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic region, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation said.
The 73-year-old will be brought before a district court with a request to detain him pending a decision on his potential extradition to Japan, police said."
Not a pro or anti whaling type myself. Those who claim whales are special as they a mammals yet get cows or sheep are[bigwhistle][bigwhistle]
Do not support hunting anything to extinction! Balanced harvesting of anything is also fine with me[biggrin]
Pirate Paul is a hero for some and a RULZ breaker for some who veiw the rules of the road or Oceans as important.
Paul has captained boats /ships which have clearly not followed some rulz. Bet this will be a fun one to watch as the anti whaling types try and save him. Doubt a reasonable judge will[bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]
