Traktor

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Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (Russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). From 1967 to 2009 the team played their home games at the Yunost Sport Palace. In 2009 the team moved to the arena now called Traktor Ice Arena named after Valery Belousov, their present home arena in Chelyabinsk.

Founded in 1947 as a team of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Traktor have played for the Soviet and Russian championships since 1948. In 1948-1953 the team was called Dzerzhinets and Avangard in 1954 – 1958. The current name was adopted starting with the 1958–59 season.

Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit”

Aside January 6, 2022 Markozen.com History, Music

Billie Holiday performing “Strange Fruit” at Café Society (NYC’s first integrated nightclub) – 1939

The Reality of January 6, 2021

Aside January 6, 2022 Markozen.com Crime, Politics

Trump sat in the dining room off the oval office watching the riot on TV for 3 hours without doing anything to mitigate the insanity.

Brainwashed pro-Trump rioter with twist ties! They intended on taking members of congress hostage!

Rabid Trump supporter foaming at the mouth.

The Trump South will rise again.

Trump finally piped up. “Go home, we love you, you’re very special”. Those violent goons have a soft spot in his heart.

No ifs, ands or buts, this was an attempted coup d’etat. The disinformation spread by Trump and his cohorts lead to misinformation believed and perpetuated by the ignorant supporters. This is a very dangerous time for the U.S.A. The ignorant masses will believe anything and follow anybody.

Great Big Airship

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The Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10, originally developed as the HAV 304, is a hybrid airship designed and built by British manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). Comprising a helium airship with auxiliary wing and tail surfaces, it flies using both aerostatic and aerodynamic lift and is powered by four diesel engine-driven ducted propellers.

The HAV 304 was originally built for the United States Army’s Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) programme. Its maiden flight took place in 2012 at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in the US. In 2013, the LEMV project was cancelled by the US Army.

HAV reacquired the airship and brought it back to Cardington Airfield in England. It was reassembled and modified for civilian use, and in this form was redesignated the Airlander 10. The modified aircraft completed design certification testing before being written off when it came loose from its moorings in a high wind on 18 November 2017 at Cardington Airfield.

A production run of the Airlander 10 is now planned for 2025.

General characteristics

Capacity: 10,000 kg (22,050 lb)
Length: 92 m (302 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 43.5 m (143 ft 0 in)
Height: 26 m (85 ft 0 in)
Volume: 38,000 m³ (1,340,000 cu ft)
Gross weight: 20,000 kg (44,100 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 33,285 kg (73,381 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × 4 litre V8 turbocharged diesel engines, 242 kW (325 hp) each

Last 2 photos remind me of an ass.

Performance

Cruise speed: 148 km/h (92 mph, 80 kn)
Endurance: 5 days manned
Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Loiter speed 20 knots (37 km/h)

Ralph Kramden puts Trump in his place

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January 6, 2021 Capitol building Washington, D.C.

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A peaceful protestor looking to have his voice heard.

Vintage Tech Ads

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Slightly different subject matter.

The Lappet-faced Vulture

Aside January 5, 2022 Markozen.com Animals

The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that group.

This species is patchily distributed through much of Africa, though it is absent from much of the central and western parts of the continent and declining elsewhere in its range. The lappet-faced vulture breeds in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. On the Arabian Peninsula, it breeds in Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It is also present in Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, the Central African Republic and Angola.

As with all vultures the beak and face area are extremely ugly. But this bird has redeeming legs. Almost looks like they are wearing cowboy chaps.

Eerie Abandoned Places From Around The World.

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Island Home, Finland

Methodist Church, Gary, Indiana

Soviet naval testing station in Makhachkala, Russia

Church steeple in the middle of a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy

Lake Reschen is an artificial reservoir. When it was built, it submerged many villages, including a 14th century church.

Victorian-style tree house, Florida, USA

An abandoned hallway, France.

Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

Poveglia Island, Italy

This island was used by Napoleon Bonaparte to isolate those with the plague from those who were healthy. It was later used as an asylum for those struggling from extreme mental health issues.

Abandoned bumper cars, Chernobyl, Ukraine

Overgrown palace, Poland

An abandoned house in the forest. Location unknown.

Abandoned Movie theater in Detroit, Michigan

Church in St. Etienne, France

Update: after doing some research I discovered the above church is a composite photograph. I was curious as to why a small stream went through a church.

Shipwrecks on a sandbar in the Bermuda Triangle