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Canadian General Lawrence Moore Cosgrave had a problem: when he was serving in WW I, he was wounded and blinded in his left eye. Roughly twenty-five years later, this would cause a diplomatic problem that could have led to World War II never ending–or at least not ending aboard the USS Missouri. So, what happened and why was General Cosgrave in the center of this diplomatic faux pa? Preparing the Articles of Surrender When it was signaled to the Allies (read: the Americans) that Japan was willing to surrender unconditionally, the physical documents were hastily created once the wording had ben worked out. There were to be two copies of the Instruments of Surrender: a copy for the Americans and a copy for the Japanese. Interestingly, both copies were printed in English. Whether or not this was done to humiliate the Japanese by having to accept a document not in their own language remains unclear. What is clear was that the Americans didn’t want any ambiguities due to translation, so they wrote the Articles of Surrender in English so there would be no misunderstanding1. Parchment was found for both copies in a monastery and the documents were prepared by General McArthur’s staff. The Americans put their copy in a leather folder with gold tooling and embossed seals2 whereas the Japanese copy was put into a canvas with irregular stitching and no seals or embellishments. Again, this was not to insult the Japanese, it was more due to a lack of resources in a war zone on short notice. Both copies had the same eight paragraph text on the verso and signatures on the recto. The Japanese signatures were on the top of the recto and the Allied signatures were underneath. There was a line where each signatory was to sign with their title underneath the line. When it came time to sign the documents, the Japanese signatories, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijirō Umezu, signed first. When it was each man’s turn to sign, they signed both the Allied and Japanese copies of the Articles of Surrender as did each of the Allied signatories. The Allies signed in printed order from top to bottom with General Douglas MacArthur signing first. As with the Japanese signatories, both documents were signed by each signatory when it was their turn to sign. MacArthur was followed by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, General Hsu Yung-chang for China, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser for the United Kingdom, Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko for the Soviet Union, General Sir Thomas Blamey for Australia, Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave for Canada, Général de Corps d’Armée Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque for France, Lieutenant Admiral Conrad Helfrich for the Netherlands and finally Air Vice-Marshal Leonard M. Isitt for New Zealand. Cosgrave’s Error When General Cosgrave signed the Japanese copy of the Articles of Surrender, he skipped his line and signed on the line below where he was supposed to sign. Hauteclocque, Helfrich and Isitt signed below Cosgrave’s signature. The error was pointed out to General Richard K. Sutherland, MacArthur’s Chief of Staff. See, this was a legal document. A very important legal document. If it wasn’t filled out correctly, it may not have the force of law behind it. The Japanese3 could have claimed that World War II, therefore, did not properly end. The Japanese could have fought on, though this likely would not have occurred given they were severely resource constrained. In order to rectify the situation, Sutherland crossed out the printed titles and hand wrote them under the representatives’ signatures. The Japanese were still not happy with measure, so Sutherland initialed each of his changes. At this point, the Japanese accepted their copy of the document and World War II officially ended. 1 Have you ever heard of the aphorism, “The sun never set on the British Empire”? Well, one of the consequences of the truth in that aphorism is that the English language was spread around the globe. As a consequence of that, it turns out that English in 1945 made for a reasonable choice for diplomatic language. In fact, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu was fluent in English and was the only defendant during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (held the following year in 1946) to answer and participate in English! It’s amazing to me to think that the British Empire covered more ground than did the Roman Empire. How can such a tiny island nation have colonized so much? 2 Seals like, in a generic sense, the Presidential seal. 3 Well, really, either side, but the Japanese were more likely to protest since they were the ones surrendering.
For us fans he obviously doesn't say much we haven't heard before* - but it's still a wonderful hi-speed tour de force through the topic for newbies & normies & as such, enormously important exposure 🙌👍😊 ------- *I think I've stressed before the importance of hammering on the same message; it may not be news to Us™️ anymore but A. repetition begets recognition & B. those of us who already know are not the target audience.
Journalist, internet activist, and author Cory Doctorow talks to Ronny Chieng about the concept behind his latest book, “Enshittification,” which breaks down...
It's been my suspicion that trying to fight AI corporations on copyright grounds wouldn't be a good strategy, because ultimately what would happen is they'd end up in a situation that just entrenches them and media megacorps as monopolists. And, well... deadline.com/2025/12/disney-op…
Add on top of that how centralization of the web has lead to almost all art being published being under a ToS that can sell the data to OpenAI and ultimately indies get squeezed out of the fight.
Journalist, internet activist, and author Cory Doctorow talks to Ronny Chieng about the concept behind his latest book, “Enshittification,” which breaks down...
#Florida #PalmBeach - Flowers placed to honor those detained and tears fall as children describe parentless families after ICE raids during vigil at Guatemalan-Maya Center
Είναι αδιανόητο οι νέοι\ες να υποστηρίζουν το εκάστοτε κυβερνών κόμμα και το κατεστημένο, μου είπε σήμερα ένας δεξιός και κατέβασα μονορούφι μια 500άρα Μάμος
Le fermage, ce statut qui protège les paysans des abus des propriétaires terriens
Limiter les pouvoirs absolus de la propriété privée, c’est possible en France pour les terres agricoles grâce au « fermage », un outil juridique mis en place il y a 80 ans, à la Libération. On commémore cette année les 80 ans de la Sécurité sociale, grande avancée dont chacun et chacune bénéficie. On commémore aussi un autre grand progrès, en particulier pour les zones rurales, la création du « fermage », il y a 80 ans également. Celui-ci permet de protéger les agriculteur.ices qui louent une terre pour la cultiver des abus des propriétaires fonciers.
Limiter les pouvoirs absolus de la propriété privée, c'est possible en France pour les terres agricoles grâce au « fermage », un outil juridique mis en place il y a 80 ans, à la Libération.
Fantástica época do ano em que a gente vai abrir a caixa do e-mail sem saber se estará vazia porque ninguém quer fazer mais nada ou se estará lotada porque deixaram um monte de pepino estourar no fim do ano.
At its annual Lamplighter Gala in September 2025, the American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) awarded Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp a top honor and inscribed his name on a ceremonial Torah scroll, recognizing the company’s role in delivering adv…
É da poco terminato in piazza della Scala il corteo per lo sciopero generale indetto dalla CGIL contro la manovra finanziaria del Governo Meloni e partito da Porta Genova. Tra i temi fondamentali della giornata di astensione dal lavoro l'opposizione all'aumento delle spese militari e al combinato disposto tassazione-inflazione che ha eroso pesantemente i faticosi aumenti salariali degli ultimi anni.
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@munchkinbear I haven't played prometheus for months because it's just same shit different day over there. I've been playing Erion and loving the heck out of it.
President Donald Trump's Department of Education stopped AI bots and "ghost students" from fraudulently obtaining more than $1 billion in federal student loans.
While these are all funny, I find the first one to be the funniest, because these dumb fucks lost a TV by fucking around with their dogs for a laugh... 🤣
Ilhan Omar and Eddie Murphy speak about Somalian fraud.The internet is wild af.. lmao pic.twitter.com/NktEv6TVh6— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) December 11, 2025
“Inequality is silent until it becomes scandalous”
1% of Indians take 40% of national income: latest World Inequality Report. Kavitha Iyer reports how such inequality entrenches unequal opportunities, worsen health & education outcomes for the poor.
How does a little-known “Christian” girl with a tramp stamp end up in Israel with Netanyahu’s son, before marrying one of the preeminent conservative thought leaders in America? Curious.
I'm going to keep calling out companies that offer to pay me to repost stuff on my site. Especially the AI-backed ones, which seem unusually aggressive in this PR tactic. Who knows, maybe they'll stop sending them to me at least (not holding my breath).
Polish border guards have discovered another underground tunnel from Belarus, through which 180 illegal migrants were able to enter Poland, more than 130 of
For #FrescoFriday a #Roman wall painting from the Casa dei Cervi, Herculaneum, depicting Cupids playing hide and seek. I especially like the one who covers his eyes - some things haven't changed since Roman times! In Roman wall painting of the 1st c. AD, scenes depicting Cupid in everyday activities were very popular. The fresco dates 50/60 AD. Now at Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
Playing Erotes These four small pictures, with other 18 frescos still preserved “in situ”, are a set of images showing Erotes involved in children's games or while they are performing activities for adults.
3,223 likes, 1,620 comments - dallasfingerprint_ on December 9, 2025: "Blinn Community College in Bryan, Texas has been facing criticism after photos were published online showing the new paper signs reading “biological men” and “biological women” po…
"What I want these leaders to do is also consider how a decision to essentially throw one group of people under the bus undermines scientific integrity and harms everyone.
"And I think that it’s also necessary for the rise of autocracy to go along, to compromise, to acquiesce."
"...if it’s OK to comply with a directive to remove information about gender, what if the next demand is that we don’t report about people who emigrated from other countries, or on people who are experiencing homelessness? What if there’s a directive to suppress data about a particular racial or ethnic group that’s unpopular? How far would we go?"
HIV physician John Weiser talks about why complying with President Donald Trump’s orders to erase transgender people is bad for science and society. And he notes that acquiescing didn’t spare the CDC from further harm.
Here we go. USA setting policy in countries where it’s laws do not apply.
”In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity.”
#Vaccines Become a Religion (videos) For years you followed the rules, trusted the white coats, and believed the story everyone insisted was unshakably true. But beneath the certainty was a doctrine guarded like scripture - a belief system so woven into modern life that most never realized they’d been initiated. Talking to vaccine zealots is like speaking to a brick wall. Regardless of the evidence presented, you cannot reach them — sometimes it feels like speaking to religious fanatics unwilling to consider the “blasphemy you’re spewing forth” This is deliberate, as vaccines have been enshrined as the holy water which baptizes you into the faith of Western medicine and became the “miracle” the superiority of modern medicine is based upon articles.mercola.com/sites/art… odysee.com/@DoctorMercola:2/Ho…
Are we mistaking belief for evidence when it comes to vaccines? This episode unpacks how prestige, bias, and trial design choices can turn ‘safe and effective’ into a slogan—then shows you how to veri...
Because of this faith and the relentless propaganda accompanying it, a series of absurd and contradictory arguments have been established to assert vaccines are “safe” which would never be accepted anywhere else As a result, all vaccine research is designed around the assumption vaccines must be safe, and all regulatory decisions sharing this bias — thereby making it nearly impossible to prove a vaccine is harmful, regardless of how many people it kills or injures
Scum Trump, Herr Shitler, needs to be removed from office. But he won't be--and indeed, without concrete action? I think the killings will start in '26 in earnest. commondreams.org/opinion/trump…
The president's latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States.
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