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| Apr-17-19 | | john barleycorn: "The collected posts of Hazza and Scazza on CG" by Alcoholics Anonymous |
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| Apr-17-19 | | I Like Fish: a brain...
the size...
of a walnut... |
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| Apr-17-19 | | wtpy: Count, Don't think I have been on this page before. Swedes were pretty bad ass in the early 18th century. Charles XI kicked much Russian and Polish butt until finally laid low at Poltova. According to Winston Churchill even the Duke of Marlborough, the foremost soldier of the age, was wary of him. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | Diademas: Another book probably not worth reading.
<My System> by Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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| Apr-18-19 | | rogge: <john barleycorn: <Diademas: <On My Great Predecessor> By Donald J. Trump>
That book must also be the shortest one hahaha like the book on Italian war heroes.> Shorter than "Danish medalists in the winter Olympics"? |
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Apr-18-19
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| Apr-18-19 | | Diademas: Other short books:
<A collection of Compelling Arguments> from the Kenneth S Rogoff page. <Pumping Iron> by Stephen Hawking <Why I Love Chessgames.com> by User: john barleycorn |
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Apr-18-19
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AlphaZero and the Naughty Bits |
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| Apr-18-19 | | Count Wedgemore: <wtpy> You're thinking of Charles XII, although both Charles XI and his son Charles XII were great warrior kings. Yeah, Charles XII took on the mighty Russians, but eventually it was a Norwegian sniper that took him out when he was inspecting the border between Sweden and Denmark-Norway, or so the story was told. However, there are historians who question this narrative. Anyway, I'm impressed with your knowledge of Scandinavian History, <wtpy>. Quite uncommon among you ignorant yankees := |
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| Apr-18-19 | | wtpy: Count, Thanks. Huey Long once said, about his Attorney General, "If you want to hide something from Jack Gremilllion, put it in a law book." Sadly in 2019 it is possible to paraphrase Huey's quip and say if you want to hide something from an American, put it it in a book. If you are ever looking for a great read, check out T. Harry William's Huey Long. It won the Pulitzer for history and provides great perspective on the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Fears of a leftist takeover are often expressed on the Rogoff page: Huey is as close as we've come. So far. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | Diademas: <wtpy: Fears of a leftist takeover are often expressed on the Rogoff page: Huey is as close as we've come. So far.> Henry A. Wallace would be another candidate for that title. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | wtpy: Wallace was neither an astute politician or noted orator and was easily absorbed in Roosevelt's cabinet. Huey on the other hand was formidable on the stump, devastating in debate and astute in his manipulation of every lever of control available in our country's version of democratic government He was ruthless, singleminded in pursuit of the presidency and brilliant. As governor of Louisiana he brought John Rockefeller and Standard Oil to heel. No other politician ever came close to doing that. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | Diademas: <wtpy: Wallace was neither an astute politician or noted orator and was easily absorbed in Roosevelt's cabinet. Huey on the other hand was formidable on the stump, devastating in debate and astute in his manipulation of every lever of control available in our country's version of democratic government
He was ruthless, singleminded in pursuit of the presidency and brilliant. As governor of Louisiana he brought John Rockefeller and Standard Oil to heel. No other politician ever came close to doing that.> Not denying that Long as a politician stood head and shoulders above Wallace, but he did serve four years as Vice President under a President with rapidly deteriorating health. |
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Apr-18-19
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I think 'Swedish War Heroes' is even thinner.> Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII, and the Varangian Guard are enough to put them ahead of most countries. <Fears of a leftist takeover are often expressed on the Rogoff page: Huey is as close as we've come.> We got affirmative action from Richard Nixon. We're currently seeing the abrogation of the freedom of speech courtesy of giant corporations. We don't need leftist leaders to get leftist takeovers. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | Jack Bauer: I can't believe it...CNN has apologized for the waste of 2 years assuming the President was guilty. Also...MSNBC headline is awesome "TRUMP DID NOT COLLUDE".... What a day... |
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| Apr-18-19 | | john barleycorn: <Diademas: Other short books: ...
<Why I Love Chessgames.com> by User: john barleycorn> >That's not going to be a book. just a letter stamp. |
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| Apr-18-19 | | wtpy: Diademas, You make a good point. I am not sure Roosevelt knew how sick he was but he certainly knew people worried about his health and might not support him in 1944 if Wallace was on the ticket. I don't think Wallace could have gotten reelected if Roosevelt had died during his third term. |
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| Apr-19-19 | | Diademas: <wtpy: As governor of Louisiana he brought John Rockefeller and Standard Oil to heel. No other politician ever came close to doing that.> Just to prove that I'm a nitpicker.
Theodore Roosevelt? ;) |
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| Apr-19-19 | | wtpy: Diademas, You are right of course: TR (who might be my favorite 20th century president)and his justice department did do successful battle with Standard Oil and broke it up into component entities. It was a pyrrhic victory because Standard Oil was much like the Hydra--cut off one head and two grew back: Standard Oil of New Jersey became Exon, Standard Oil of New York became Mobil, and Standard Oil of Indianna became Amoco. I was thinking more about Huey's political contemporaries when I made my assertion. |
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| Apr-19-19 | | Diademas: <wtpy: I don't think Wallace could have gotten reelected if Roosevelt had died during his third term.> That would have been the least of our worries. Imagining Wallace handling Pearl Harbor, WWII and Uncle Joe sends shivers down my spine. Luckily the world was saved from that catastrophe. |
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| Apr-20-19 | | wtpy: Diademas, Good point. I know my people could have learned to speak German, but not so sure about Japanese. |
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| May-03-19 | | technical win: <If you cannot trusty a company to do it's own testing, who can you trust?> A Boeing 737MAX certification engineer, quoted in Bloomberg |
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May-07-19
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| May-07-19 | | Diademas: <valiant: <<keypusher: <Count Wedgemore: <jbc:..like the book on Italian war heroes.> I think 'Swedish War Heroes' is even thinner.>
Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII, and the Varangian Guard are enough to put them ahead of most countries.>> I'm afraid the 1939 book "500 Years of Norwegian War Heroes" didn't take up much space in the shelf. One short chapter on Tordenskjold, and that's about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter... |
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| May-08-19 | | ragtag: <The FBI doesn’t spy, the FBI investigates.> -- James' Comedy |
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