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A drawing of the 1631 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius  by Glovan Batista Passaro. The December 7, 1631 Transit of Venus was followed on December 16th by a violent, unexpected eruption of Mt. Vesuvius beginning around 6:00 am. Vesivius have been inactive for a great deal of time, probably since 1139. During the night of December 16-17, earthquakes occurred every 1-15 minutes. At about 11:00 am on the 17th, a large mass of ash, gas, and stones flowed down all sides of Vesuvius, causing the liquefaction of the mountain. Ten minutes later, a tsunami up to 6 to 15 feet of height hit the coast. By 6:00 pm on December 17th, the decline of activity began, lasting several days. The death toll was variously reported to be 3000 to 6000 deceased individuals in Pompeii and other locations. A Transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a sm...

As I mentioned earlier ,  Seven Days in May  is a tale of the attempted overthrow of the United States of America. The book has been described as realistic, prophetic, and a page-turning tale of conspiracy at the highest political levels. The story is set to a background conflict occurring between Russia and the United States in... Iran . Both the fictional book (1962) and movie (1964)  Seven Days in May , employing twilight language, utilizes coded messages hidden in conversations about horse race betting and the running of the Preakness. So let's play this out. Now, on the threshold of the Preakness (see here for name game for this moniker), which will run on May 19th, the news is filled with Iran. The map of Iran at Wikipedia. Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran,  is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran," which in Persian means "Land of the Aryans,"  has been in use natively since the Sassanian era. Wikipedia Rick Gladstone at the...