Month: February 2023

"Heroes of the Holocaust in Poland WWII" The Jan Karski Humanitarian Awards Reception May 20, 2019 Kosciuszko Foundation 15 East 65 Street New York City, NY Key Note speaker Stan Norwalk, Assistant Chairman of the Polish Jewish Dialogue Committee Honoring Irena Sendler with The Jan Karski Humanitarian Award Posthumously. Good evening distinguished guests, ladies and gentleman, my name is Stan Norwalk Assistant Chairman of the Polish Jewish Dialogue Committee. Tonight we celebrate the Christian men and woman in Poland during World War II who did something most of us would probably not do. Save Jews. Their selflessness was noble, remarkable, and under many scenarios incredulous, perhaps bordering on insanity. Their actions were bold and incomprehensible. Who amongst us i...

February 4th, 2023 early afternoon the U.S. Air force shot down the Chinese balloon with a  sidewinder missile when they could have used the planes guns with dozens or perhaps hundreds of bullets that can pierce the metal armored tanks so that balloon should be a problem . Bullets cost hundreds of dollars and depending on how many were needed perhaps thousands of dollars. The bullets would have had the same results and we would have been able to recover more of the balloon to examine .The disbursement of the debris would be spread over a smaller area. Wikipedia says: The sidewinder cost US$381,069.74 (Block II) US$399,500.00 (Block II Plus) US$209,492.75 (training missile) (All as in 2019). We have high altitude fighter planes that could reach the altitude of the balloon and bullets ...