Musicians Hired by Military as Codebreakers

 Yes, there is truth to the fact that musicians were hired by the US military as codebreakers during World War II. The search results provide several relevant pieces of information:

1. Bletchley Park, the British codebreaking headquarters during WWII, specifically sought out musicians for their codebreaking efforts. They found a strong correlation between musical ability and puzzle-solving skills [1].

2. There were so many musicians at Bletchley Park that they even formed an orchestra [1].

3. The link between musical ability and mathematical prowess, which is useful in codebreaking, has been debated since the time of Plato [1].

4. Throughout history, musicians have been involved in espionage due to their unique skills and access. Examples include Renaissance composer Pierre Alamire and British opera star Margery Booth [1].

5. While not specifically about WWII, the story of Johnny Cash's time as a Morse code interceptor for the US Air Force during the Cold War illustrates the military's use of musicians in signals intelligence roles [2][3].

6. During WWII, thousands of women were secretly recruited and trained to become codebreakers for the US Army and Navy. While not explicitly stated that these women were musicians, it shows the widespread recruitment of civilians with specific skills for codebreaking [4].

The connection between musical ability and codebreaking seems to be based on skills such as pattern recognition, attention to detail, and the ability to discern subtle differences in tone and rhythm. These skills are valuable in both music and codebreaking, making musicians potentially well-suited for such work.

Citations:
[1] https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/musicians-have-all-the-skills-to-be-spies/
[2] https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/2022/09/26/that-time-johnny-cash-might-have-intercepted-secret-russian-code/
[3] https://stationhypo.com/2018/02/26/johnny-cash-the-man-in-black-was-a-morse-code-intercept-operator/
[4] https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/code-girls-untold-story-american-women-code-breakers-world-war-ii
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%E2%80%931944_musicians'_strike
[6] https://research.contrary.com/company/zapier
[7] https://ariintheair.com/coaching/
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6qmYM0OTrM

I Am A Statistic In These Categories - THANKS DADDY!

## Prevalence of Fatherlessness

- **General Statistics**: Approximately 24.7 million children (33%) live absent their biological father. Nearly 20 million children (27%) live in single-parent homes.

- **Demographic Breakdown**: 57.6% of black children, 31.2% of Hispanic children, and 20.7% of white children live absent their biological fathers.

## Economic Impact

- **Poverty**: Children in father-absent homes are almost four times more likely to be poor. In 2011, 12% of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared to 44% of children in mother-only families. Children living in female-headed families with no spouse present had a poverty rate of 47.6%, over four times the rate in married-couple families.

## Educational Impact

- **School Performance**: Children in grades 7-12 who have lived with at least one biological parent and experienced divorce, separation, or nonunion birth reported lower grade point averages than those who have always lived with both biological parents. Father involvement in schools is associated with a higher likelihood of a student getting mostly A’s.

## Behavioral and Emotional Health

- **Behavioral Problems**: Children living with married biological parents had significantly fewer externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems than children living with at least one non-biological parent.

- **Drug and Alcohol Abuse**: Fatherless children are at a dramatically greater risk of drug and alcohol abuse. 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes, which is ten times the average.

- **Mental Health**: Children from fatherless homes are more likely to suffer from health and emotional problems. Boys are more likely to become involved in crime, and girls are more likely to become pregnant as teens.

## Long-term Consequences

- **Crime and Incarceration**: Boys from fatherless homes are more likely to become involved in crime.

- **Teen Pregnancy**: Girls from fatherless homes are more likely to become pregnant as teens.

- **Educational Attainment**: 71% of high school dropouts are fatherless.

## Social Perception

- **Public Opinion**: According to 72.2% of the U.S. population, fatherlessness is the most significant family or social problem facing America.

## Impact of Limited Step-parent Involvement

- **Emotional and Social Dynamics**: Having a stepfather who is limited in his role due to the dynamics of divorce and parental guidance can create a unique set of challenges. While a stepfather may provide support and care, the lack of full paternal involvement can still lead to feelings of awkwardness and emotional gaps.

- **Support and Stability**: A stepfather who does his best under constrained circumstances can still offer significant emotional support and stability, which can mitigate some of the negative impacts associated with fatherlessness. However, the limitations imposed by the situation can prevent the stepfather from fully functioning as a father figure, potentially leaving some needs unmet.

These statistics and insights highlight the profound impact that the absence or limited involvement of a biological father can have on a child's development and well-being, extending into adulthood with long-term consequences. The presence of a stepfather, while beneficial, may not fully compensate for the absence of a biological father, especially when his role is restricted by the circumstances of divorce and family dynamics.

The Future of Israel-Palestine if the US Supports Palestine and Destroys Israel - Hypothetical

 What I think the best geopolitical and military move in the best interests of the United States at this point in time, is for the US to support Palestine and destroy Israel, making the US heroes to most of the world and to all the Palestinian people.  The US will then have the capabilities of establishing another foot in the Middle East, to eventually take its resources before the Russians or Chinese get them which is currently a race that is speeding up and will ultimately come to a climax in the somewhat near future, and will be able to have the Palestinian population at its mercy and essentially enslave them into a proletariat class as  is being done in the US and was in the USSR.  This could possibly massively improve quality of life for Americans living in the homeland, if the taxpayer money from the Palestinians, who will have to pay taxes to the US, are sent back to the USA and used to improve the infrastructure of the country and quality of life for all including wild life and nature.  The Palestinians, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and other strong countries in the Middle East could join the USA in a coalition to fight against communism and prevent Russian and Chinese expansion on the map of the earth. 

Random Thoughts on State of the United States and War in Gaza Between Israel and Palestine

  I am watching now, after just watching Donald Trump be found guilty of 34 felonies after being POTUS from 2016-2020 and losing the 2020 election in a controversial event, leading to the Jan 6th event which the media and pop culture call "Storming the capital" or "The insurrection" and using words like "violent" which are all untrue, I saw it myself and I am here to document that that did not happen, people entered peacefully into the building, escorted by guards and police officers, and then a few people broke a part of a desk in the room and did some very minor cosmetic damage to the interior of the structure, and there was no riot considering there were so many people in one place at one time, they actually behaved very compliant. 

But now I am  watching this about Israel and Palestine trying to come to a cease fire agreement which will most likely be futile because the two powers truly hate each other and want to destroy each other with passion and it doesn't seem it can be solved any other way than massive bloodshed, which is happening, and has happened throughout the decades since 1947.  I believe the Jews are in control of the United States intellegencia and elite powers and thus they control most of the world and what happens to humanity and its trajectory.  The Israelis were attacked on October 7th 2023 and about 1200 people were killed.  since then, Israelisrael has carried out full scale air and missile attacks, bombings, and infantry taking territory of Palestine and forcing the population to move to very inadequate refugee camps and have to rely on imports from the US and other countries to survive.  They are being genocided by the state of Israel under Netanyahu, who in my opinion is trying to play the role of Adolf Hitler and have his time for the Jews to do some damage and have some glory in history but it really is just a pathetic manufactured charade because they were only established because of the help of the UN after the UK wanted nothing more to do with the state of Israel because it was essentially too much of a burden for them to deal with and worry about.  

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New album out, just released January 8th 2024, 10 new tracks and will be performing locally soon.  Also a lot of new music still being worked on for another album in the near future, I never stop writing or recording or playing so I plan to just keep putting material out as long as I live.  Any feedback is greatly appreciated and anyone who wants to collaborate or has any offers just contact me directly.  

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New York Rangers 2023-24 Season Rant

 So far this season has turned out to be excellent and the Rangers have been first in the NHL in the standings for many days on and off as the Bruins and other teams keep fighting for the top spot in the league.  These are the current standings as of today:


Here is my assessment of what the Rangers have gone through with the coaching changes over the last several years and why they haven't won a Stanley Cup, despite having extremely successful regular seasons and 4 highly successful playoff runs including once Finals appearance which ended up as a loss to the Los Angeles Kings in 5 games, after the Rangers had lead by 2 goals in 4 of those 5 games and lost 3 of them which was their ultimate downfall in the series. 

Tom Renney  - Not one of the all time greatest coaches but definitely not a bad coach, he helped the Rangers end their 7 year playoff drought lead by Jaromir Jagr and the Czech line and rookie Henrik Lundqvist who emerged after starting goaltender Kevin Weekes went down early in the 2005-06 season with a lower body injury.  However, this team never got passed the 2nd round and did not have much young talent that lived up to expectations and the great veteran talent in Rucinsky, Straka and Nylander lead by Jagr was just not enough but they made the Rangers relevant again and brought them back into the playoff discussion. 

John Tortorella

 aka "Torts" - too much shot blocking, leading to injuries and banging players up, not quite  enough super star talent on defense or offense, and had issues with reporters such as the legendary Larry Brooks who is one of the most distinguished journalists who reports on NY Rangers hockey and was quite disrespectful to him.  This and his very tough, and being hard on players and not a "players coach" attitude and losing in a big upset to the NJ Devils in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals when they were very much favored lead to the end of his tenure, but he has had success as coach of other teams and is a great coach to help build a young team up and teach them discipline and respect for the game. 

Alain Vigneault

aka "AV" - too much turtling after getting leads and then blowing the leads and losing the game, this is what he will be remembered for by Rangers fans, as I've talked to hundreds who all say this exact same thing.

David Quinn  - Was brought in mainly to help develop younger players bc he had great success at Boston College as a coach and was actually a great hockey coach, but maybe not ready for the NHL to be a cup winner just yet, he's still young.

Gerard Gallant - Hard to determine why he keeps getting fired but it must be something locker room related, inside the team and internal issues, because the performance on the ice was not an issue.  I enjoyed him as NY Rangers coach, one of the biggest complaints I constantly heard from Ranger fans was that he switched up the lines too often and did not allow the potential chemistry needed to flourish. Personally, I liked him.  But I am very happy having our new coach Peter Laviolette now who has won a Cup and been to the finals several times.  

Update November 30 2023 - Dark Times since 2020 but bigger Storm to Come Soon

 There is a skyrocketing rise in anti-Semitism in the world, Israel and Palestine are at war, Russia and Ukraine are at war, and Iran is threatening and the US is already pre-emptively sending ships and troops to areas surrounding the battle around the Gaza Strip.  We have a very controversial and very tight presidential race that will determine the trajectory of the future in one year from now.  It is going to be a very exciting and fruitful year, I hope. God bless us all.