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Why would you want to? An airplane is one place you will have difficulty with social distancing. And why would you want to stress out everyone around you because you want your nose out of your mask? You may not be aware, but when they test for Covid they stick a specimen brush well up into your nose in a rather uncomfortable fashion. That is one place the virus can be found.

5 Facts About The Bombing on Nagasaki & Hiroshima_2 On August 9, 1945, the United States detonated a nuclear device over Nagasaki effectively bringing the war with Japan to an end. Here are 5 things you didn't know about an attack that ended the Pacific portion of World War II. Japanese Citizens Were Warned About the Upcoming Nuclear Attack Days before the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, American planes dropped leaflets that warned residents of the cities to evacuate. The pamphlets said that bombs could not differentiate between military factories and people, so as part of America’s humanitarian beliefs, citizens were being asked to save their lives. Radio broadcasts also warned citizens every quarter of an hour, and after Hiroshima, those in Nagasaki were told to run. The Bombs Used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Were Different The two bombs were very different since “Little Boy,” the bomb used on Hiroshima, was made of enriched Uranium-235, and the one used on Nagasaki used 8 kg of Plutonium-239. The latter was sourced through a much more detailed process. The United States used the difference to evaluate each bomb's effectiveness. To Build the Hiroshima Bomb, the United States Used All the Uranium That Existed Building Little Boy by using 141 pounds of Uranium came at a price since it used almost all the uranium that existed at that time. In “Command and Control,” author Eric Schlosser said that the majority of the Uranium was destroyed before reaching the supercritical phase. Schlosser noted that only .7 g of uranium was used to create an explosion that killed about 80,000 people in Hiroshima. One Japanese Man May Be the Luckiest in History A Japanese citizen, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survived the blasts in both cities and is recognized by the government of Japan as the only person to do so. On August 6, 1945, he was in Hiroshima as part of his work for Mitsubishi and was in the blast but survived. He went back to Nagasaki on August 7 and was in the city for the second explosion and survived that too, dying at age 93 in 2010. The Pilot of The Enola Gay Met Hiroshima Victims on This Is Your Life In 1955, ten years after the bombing, several Japanese victims were flown to America to receive plastic surgery. US television thought it would be a good opportunity to reunite victims of the Hiroshima bombing with the co-pilot of the plane which dropped the bomb. Footage of the extraordinary meeting was featured in a US documentary, and it appears that the meeting was every bit as awkward as you might expect.

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Wrigley Field On August 8, 1988, the lights went on at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Previously limited to daytime games only, Cubs fans could now watch games at night under powerful, bright lights. Here are five things you didn't know about Wrigley Field... It Took 47 Years for Lights to Be Added to Wrigley Field Lights were supposed to be added to Wrigley Field back in 1941. However, once Pearl Harbor was bombed and the U.S. entered World War II, the steel meant for the lighting setup was donated to the war effort, putting a stop to all lighting plans. In addition to that, Chicago ordered Wrigley Field to avoid all night games because of the potential for bothering neighbors. It wasn't until 1988 that the city and the organization that ran Wrigley Field agreed on terms that allowed night games to occur. And Then the First Night Game Got Rained Out Of course, the universe has a sense of humor, and after waiting all those decades for a night game at Wrigley, the very first night game was rained out during the bottom of the fourth inning. Baseball games need to get through five innings to be considered an official game, so while the Cubs-Phillies matchup is technically considered the first night game at Wrigley Field, it's not considered the first official night game. That honor goes to the Cubs-Mets game played the next night, on August 9. Catching a Home Run Ball Is Subject to Strict Etiquette Thinking of catching a Cubs game at Wrigley and hopefully catching a home run ball for a souvenir? You can do one or the other, but not both at Wrigley. There the tradition is to hand home run balls back to the Cubs players who hit them or to throw the ball back on the field if it was hit by an opponent. This etiquette extends outside the park, too. If someone finds a home run ball that's been hit out of the park, that person is supposed to try to throw the ball back in. The Famous Ivy Backdrop Was Planted in 1937 Ivy has adorned the outfield walls at Wrigley Field for so long that it's basically impossible to imagine baseball without it. In 1937, Bill Veeck Jr., the son of the Cubs's president, planted ivy vines against the outfield wall. It was originally 350 Japanese bittersweet plants and 200 Boston ivy plants, but the Boston ivy eventually took over. So Far, No One's Hit the Scoreboard With a Baseball The Wrigley Field scoreboard is a huge, manually operated board that sticks out and up -- ripe for more than a few hits with baseballs. Or so you'd think. Despite its prominent placement, it has never been struck with a batted ball. One man was able to hit it with a golf ball; that was golfer Sam Snead when he teed off from home late and hit it in 1951.

?promise Strength in my soul Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Some of the looting, as i understand it, is done by White supremacists. Remember the Umbrella Man? Also, Antifa means Anti -Fascist, so the only thing wrong with that is some conservative members of the govt use that group as an enemy, while other groups are just pushed aside. And I think stinsonmarri was using that just that as an example of how involved the youth are becoming.

While I agree with you that burning a Bible isn't really a good thing, for my money the Bible has been misused for a long time by this country. I cannot believe the amount of people in our government who profess to be Christian, but are about the worst examples I've seen. Total uncaring for their fellow man, only interested in lining their pockets, allowing families to be separated, etc, things that break your heart- but there is not a darn thing you can do about it. Opus Dei, etc. I just shake my head. Jesus' name gets thrown around a whole lot, and I guess that is supposed to be some stamp of approval. No. It is just as much blasphemy as verbally taking His Name in vain. Against all of these, burning a Bible is far less. I don't condone it, mind you, I love the Lord, and His Word, but God would require we were acting our religion. I'm sure His heart is far more broken by seeing children being taken from their parents that seeing someone burn a Bible or two. For me, I hope we get a more people oriented majority elected.. Whether you attach God's name to a party, I don't know, but it sounds like you might, in my eyes, what we have now is an inhumane government. Christians do not act as we are acting.