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narciso ayon kay ...: Carried from last night

https://open.substack.com/pub/cdrsalamander/p/we-need-to-talk-about-ken-burnss?r=8reln&utm_medium=ios; 11/19/25, 6:55 PM
Howard ayon kay ...: The Top photo is JMW Turneresque; 11/19/25, 6:58 PM
Beasts of England ayon kay ...: The top photo is outstanding…; 11/19/25, 7:06 PM
tcrosse ayon kay ...: Howard beat me to it. Brava, Althouse.; 11/19/25, 7:09 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: Yes there are some great contrast in the tableau; 11/19/25, 7:12 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: https://share.google/awnKz1MWcNE1WsqAJ; 11/19/25, 7:15 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1991289926575374779; 11/19/25, 7:17 PM
Iman ayon kay ...: DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
You should know that this is an open call for others to carry out one of the steps involved in executing a color revolution. See Step 6: defections within military, intelligence, and law enforcement.

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1990917358735798541?s=20

Follows an established game plan used for the “Color Revolution”, which is detailed at the link.; 11/19/25, 7:23 PM
Ampersand ayon kay ...: The darkness of shorter days feels like midwinter, as we are less than six weeks from the solstice. But winter weather hasn't arrived. It feels odd.; 11/19/25, 7:25 PM
Breezy ayon kay ...: @Howard. Agreed. Life really imitates art sometimes.; 11/19/25, 7:26 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: Border Commander Greg Bovino Responds to Woman Who Says She'll Stab ICE Agents With a Screwdriver – Twitchy https://share.google/NA9ebSBGwtHO6FTbd; 11/19/25, 7:29 PM
john mosby ayon kay ...: ciso, thanks for the Sal link. I have fallen behind on him. I am being a bit more merciful toward Ken Burns. I always knew the Iroquois Confederacy was an inspiration for our Constitution, and it's not so bad to mention it because probably not everyone had the Am Hist opportunities I did. Involvement of Indians in the Am Rev is complex, and Burns tried to show that within the confines of what, even over five nights, is a short format. Same with involvement of blacks.

And of course, I am a massive monarchist. So I don't mind giving the Brit/Loyalist perspective a bit more of an airing. We revolted against the freest country in the world at that time. Yes, they didn't give us the full complement of freedom, but we also didn't do that great in some areas. Had we stayed under the Crown, we would have had abolition fifty years earlier, and all the other reforms of the early 19th century. And there would have been no Napoleonic Wars, since there would have been no French Revolution without our example. Though who am I kidding - the Frogs under whatever regime gotta frog, so there probably would have been one more Anglo-French war somewhere along the line.

Of course, as a monarchist I also agree with the original colonial position, which is that their colonial charters made them separate realms of George 3, kind of like Ireland or Hanover, and not subject to the London Parliament.

I do agree with Sal that Burns could have done a bit more with the intellectual heritage of the ideas behind the Declaration.

So overall, not a bad miniseries so far. CC, JSM; 11/19/25, 7:37 PM
planetgeo ayon kay ...: The following code section sounds pretty relevant to the Democrats' latest efforts:

18 U.S. Code § 2387 – Activities affecting armed forces generally

(a)Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:

(1)advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States;
…
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.; 11/19/25, 7:42 PM
rehajm ayon kay ...: No mistaking the opening credits acknowledgement of crimson lion, a Harvahd reference but its goals are always deep blue…; 11/19/25, 7:48 PM
Mark ayon kay ...: This Comey trial is just a neverending clown car.; 11/19/25, 7:50 PM
john mosby ayon kay ...: Yeah, planetgeo, I don't think the D order-refusal video will get many takers, because officers understand Trump v2 will use the heck out of the justice system on them. I wouldn't put it past him to also use the statute you cited on the congresscritters. Speech/Debate Clause won't shield them, I don't think. CC, JSM; 11/19/25, 7:52 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: The driving force of the Revolution was the Proclamation of 1763–which blocked colonial settlement in the west. Washington’s land speculation letters show this. It’s also why the much of the Haudenosaunee and Joseph Brant fought alongside British forces. Of course, this is complicated, as many Native peoples also supported Americans, such as Mohegan peoples like Samson Occom and Joseph Johnson, who died during the conflict working as a spy for Washington.

At the end of the day, I am happy that a popular piece of media touches on the proclamation and Washington’s focus on it. It is so important that we’re honest about this history without falling into blind critique of critique. If we’re not honest about these histories, we end up with a very troubling future based in the same problematic ideologies that led us to many of our present problems.; 11/19/25, 7:52 PM
mongo ayon kay ...: Hey, Jamie, how’s your knee? Mine is held together with Elmer’s glue and baling wire, so a replacement is likely in my future. Hope it is going better.; 11/19/25, 7:59 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: "This Comey trial is just a neverending clown car."

My guess is the court would dismiss the indictment without prejudice if it’s because Halligan was not correctly appointed, but dismiss with prejudice over vindictive prosecution and possibly some other forms of misconduct.; 11/19/25, 8:03 PM
Humperdink ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 11/19/25, 8:32 PM
wildswan ayon kay ...: "Kakistocracy said...
The driving force of the Revolution was the Proclamation of 1763–which blocked colonial settlement in the west"

But then why did the colonists write the Declaration of Independence in the way they did? Why talk about "self-evident truths?" Why were slaves set free in the New England states as a result of a war for possession of the Ohio Valley? Why was slavery banned in that valley in the Northwest Ordinance?
Again, how much of the land of the Iroquois was taken from the Hurons, the Delawares, the Mohicans, the Illinois and many others in war? Why do we acknowledge the Iroquois but not those they defeated? Read The Conspiracy of Pontiac by Francis Parkman - if you dare.; 11/19/25, 8:33 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...: I love the top pic myself. Thanks for posting.; 11/19/25, 8:36 PM
Humperdink ayon kay ...: From the archives: Recall one week after Trump was shot through the ear, FBI Director Christopher Wrap testified before congress. In his testimony, Wray stated that Trump may have been hit by shrapnel as opposed to a bullet. This from the head of US’s top investigative agency.; 11/19/25, 8:45 PM
Humperdink ayon kay ...: Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) former text-pal of Jeffrey Epstein.

Elmo Plaskettt (Catcher - U.S. Virgin Islands) former Pittsburgh Pirate early 1960’s. .200 avg, 1 HR career.

Pirate fan since the late 1950’s.; 11/19/25, 8:51 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...: YouTube: A sample from my favorite channel right now

The Mountain

Description
Hi, I’m Elie. A 29-year-old woman, born and raised in a quiet city deep in the Caucasus Mountains. Currently PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam, exploring human consciousness and cognition. I make educational content on strange and mind bending ideas, effects of artificial intelligence and future of human potential.

I don’t follow any path, but my own...; 11/19/25, 9:00 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: "THEY’VE FOUND 30,000 SO FAR: ICE Has Found 30,000 Migrant Children Who Were Trafficked Under Biden"; 11/19/25, 9:00 PM
Aggie ayon kay ...: Now that the heat has broken, I spent the afternoon snaking new support beams underneath a poorly-built shed with a sagging floor. Navigated a couple of scorpions without killing them, saw no brown recluses, beams in place, and the shed's old plywood floor is no longer springy and sagging.

Coming home, NPR is clearly not pleased with the results of the Epstein project. They spent an entire program segment dissecting the past week's worth of drama - first, the brave dissenting Republican House members, standing up to the Trumpian demands for obedience. On and on it went, blow-by-blow. It was like one of those NFL Post-Game wrapups. The only thing missing was John Madden, with his hand-held white board and marker, marking down the Congressional votes as they happened, and connecting them with arrows.

I couldn't believe they would spend a whole segment on this, trying to put it across like Trump had supposedly caved on something because of the Brave 4 Who Could, and this certainly means that MAGA is splintering on many, many fronts, and midterms will be a lark, so forth - but I've realized that they have to make it about something else - and the more different it is, the better. Otherwise, they'll be talking about Plaskett, and Hakeem, and Summers, and Harvard, and the Clintons going to jail like Steve Bannon did, for ignoring a subpoena.; 11/19/25, 9:07 PM
MadTownGuy ayon kay ...: ‘I dissent,’ judge says 16 times in 100-page broadside against colleagues in Texas redistricting case

Long article. Here's an introduction:

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Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, August 20,.
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, ...

A federal judge on Wednesday issued an extraordinary broadside against his two colleagues over their decision to publish their opinion in a major redistricting case in Texas before he had a chance to finish writing his dissent, saying they had lost “any pretense of judicial restraint, good faith, or trust.”

The statement issued by Judge Jerry Smith, who sits on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, accuses the two other judges of unfairly rushing to get their ruling out on Tuesday even after he told them he had not wrapped up his part of the case.

On Wednesday, the Ronald Reagan-appointed judge issued a 100-page dissent that says the majority ruling is “replete with legal and factual error, and accompanied by naked procedural abuse.”"

The two judges who rushed through the decision ruled against Texas' redistricting plan. It's likely to be appealed.; 11/19/25, 9:12 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: "saw no brown recluses,"

that is a good day.; 11/19/25, 9:28 PM
Jon Ericson ayon kay ...: A cartoon that is funny because it is true.; 11/19/25, 9:40 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...: Pluribus looks promising.; 11/19/25, 10:07 PM
Bruce Hayden ayon kay ...: “ The driving force of the Revolution was the Proclamation of 1763–which blocked colonial settlement in the west.”

Not really. The American Colonies were quite diverse. Maybe more diverse then than those states are now. Yes, maybe big Virginian landowners didn’t like the British preventing them from expanding west. But that says nothing about what farmers in New England were thinking about. Many whom were descended from Puritans, and even then, considered slavery evil. Or the lawyers and philosophers in Boston and NYC debating Rousseau and Voltaire.; 11/19/25, 10:11 PM
Dave Begley ayon kay ...: Nuremberg was very good even with it’s not-so-subtle anti-Trump message.; 11/19/25, 10:19 PM
Milwaukie guy ayon kay ...: I've read a lot of U.S. history. Nowhere have I read that the Iroquois Confederacy was an inspiration for our Constitution. A confederation of tribal groupings is hardly unique to the Iroquois. Their ritual torture/cannibalism of select captured warriors and partially matriarchical political structures were rather novel for colonial times though.; 11/19/25, 10:20 PM
effinayright ayon kay ...: So....that old Led Zep line requesting she "squeeze my lemon" was written by Jeffrey Epstein....who knew?

https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-victim-describes-his-penis-as-extremely-deformed-lemon-shaped/; 11/19/25, 10:22 PM
Peachy ayon kay ...: How can this party win elections? They are all corrupt; 11/19/25, 10:23 PM
Milwaukie guy ayon kay ...: Further thinking about it, maybe the Iroquois thing is from Howard Zinn, who I've never bothered with. I did know many Marxist-lite hippies who believed that particular chestnut.; 11/19/25, 10:24 PM
Big Mike ayon kay ...: Now a judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot power-wash the Executive Office Building. Picayune.; 11/19/25, 10:39 PM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: I recently read Hannah Arendt's amazing book "On Revolution" which meticulously details why the American Revolution succeeded and the French Revolution fell into bickering, violent disarray and infighting. Also shows how Adams, Jefferson and so many others knew ancient models of government and utilized them to influence their new ideas on structuring Congress and the other two branches.

I agree that the Revolution was also a civil war and extremely complex in its many actors. But, it remains inspirational and core to our nation and our ethos at its' best.

I am also reading Rick Atkinson's "The British are Coming." I assume that he was one of the historians Burns drew on. I certainly hope so. I read this passage yesterday concluding the chapters on Washington's disastrous defense of New York in 1776:

"Yet for all the misfortune of the recent weeks, for all the heartbreak and exhaustion, a flame still burned in those few as they tramped deeper into New Jersey. Stubborn, resolved, perhaps even undaunted, they somehow kept faith with their cause, with one another, and with those generation yet unborn."

This is the power of the legacy of the Revolution to inspire later generations to "the latest generation" as Lincoln put it in another civil war. As long as our nation persists and we remain true to these ideals it always will.; 11/19/25, 11:05 PM
Gospace ayon kay ...: john mosby said...
... Had we stayed under the Crown, we would have had abolition fifty years earlier, and all the other reforms of the early 19th century. ...

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed in 1833, 32 years before the Civil War ended, not 50. And it ended slavery in the entire British Empire! Kind of, sort of, but not really. A little more complicated then that.

But even so- it wouldn't have passed if Britain still ruled the American colonies. Slavery was a really minor part of the whole British economy in 1833 because they had lost the American colonies. Had they still ruled the slave owning colonies, slavery would have been a substantially larger piece of their economy.

The Iroquois Confederacy being an inspiration for our Constitution is one of those Noble Savages myths perpetrated later. Were the founders aware of the Iroquois Confederacy? Yes. I mean, anyone can go back and read the agreements. Oh, wait, they can't. Like all the other Noble Savages in North America- they had no written language. Would have made it really hard for anyone to study up on it and be influenced by it. The written language of the Cherokee Nation didn't come until much later. TBH- I'm not aware of a written form of any other North American Indian language.; 11/19/25, 11:38 PM
Gospace ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 11/19/25, 11:39 PM
Gospace ayon kay ...: Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.; 11/19/25, 11:39 PM
Gospace ayon kay ...: I've made two attempts at ending italics. If this doesn't work, well I tried.; 11/19/25, 11:41 PM
Iman ayon kay ...: Sheesh; 11/19/25, 11:56 PM
Lazarus ayon kay ...: Olivia Nuzzi, former would-be teen pop star and lover of Keith Olbermann and Mark Sanford. Is there nothing that woman can't do and hasn't done?; 11/20/25, 12:10 AM
wildswan ayon kay ...: I've never found a reference that says anyone of the Founding Fathers referred to the Iroquois Confederation. But I seem to remember 18th and 19th century writers of ten made that statement. I think they mentioned a chief, Tamanni. Supposedly, one of the political parties in New York City modeled themselves on him and on the Iroquois unwritten constitution and that's why in New York City, they spoke of Tammny Hall. The Tammany legend wasn't true but it was widely believed over a long period of time.; 11/20/25, 12:41 AM
Disparity of Cult ayon kay ...: https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/blue-line-fire-attacker-yelled-burn-alive-b-as-officers-took-him-into-custody.html

A young woman set on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train.

The article mentions the questionable decisions of local judges regarding her attacker, serial offender Lawrence Reed.

Say their names --

Judge Arthur Hill
Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez
Judge Ralph Meczyk; 11/20/25, 12:42 AM
Bruce Hayden ayon kay ...: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/breaking-president-trump-officially-signs-epstein-files-transparency/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115579394833948106

“Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged by the Trump Justice Department in 2019 (Not the Democrats!), was a lifelong Democrat, donated Thousands of Dollars to Democrat Politicians, and was deeply associated with many well-known Democrat figures, such as Bill Clinton (who traveled on his plane 26 times), Larry Summers (who just resigned from many Boards, including Harvard), Sleazebag Political Activist Reid Hoffman, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (who asked Epstein to donate to his Campaign AFTER Epstein was charged), Democrat Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, and many more. Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively. Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage. At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress. Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him. Democrats have used the “Epstein” issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories, including THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TAX CUT BILL, Strong Borders, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, lowering Prices, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History, ending EIGHT Wars, rebuilding our Military, knocking out Iran’s Nuclear capability, getting Trillions of Dollars INVESTED in the U.S.A., creating the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World, and even delivering a HUGE DEFEAT to the Democrats on the recent Shutdown Disaster. For years our Great Nation has had to endure RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1, IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2, and many other Democrat created Witch Hunts and Scams, all of which have been so terrible and divisive for our Country, and have been done to confuse, deflect, and distract from the GREAT JOB that Republicans, and the Trump Administration, are doing. This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”; 11/20/25, 12:53 AM
gadfly ayon kay ...: Gosh - Trump's mind has gone bye bye. He forgot to say that he was best buddies with Jeffrey E. and that he was a Democrat as well who also rode on the Lolita Express. Somehow, he thinks that the American people like him when we do not.; 11/20/25, 1:15 AM
Bruce Hayden ayon kay ...: ..
“Gosh - Trump's mind has gone bye bye. He forgot to say that he was best buddies with Jeffrey E. and that he was a Democrat as well who also rode on the Lolita Express. Somehow, he thinks that the American people like him when we do not.”

Lying again, the same way that Kak was doing. Assuming a falsehood, then going from there. Yes, the private jet pooled between NYC and Palm Beach. What that means is that Trump caught a ride with Epstein, since it’s a much nicer way to travel than commercial. And that was before Trump caught Epstein exploiting women at MAL (and quickly banned him from there, and apparently became an FBI CI against him). We know that. We have known that for several years. Nothing else. And we have known that for several years. Yet, you continue to try to make it more than it was.; 11/20/25, 3:21 AM
LibertarianLeisure ayon kay ...: Peachie:..." they've ( ICE) found 30,000 children who were trafficked.."
Rescued children! Outstanding!; 11/20/25, 3:44 AM
jaydub ayon kay ...: Kak at 7:52: " If we’re not honest about these histories, we end up with a very troubling future based in the same problematic ideologies that led us to many of our present problems."

Who had Kak lecturing anyone on "honesty" on their bingo card? Me neither.; 11/20/25, 5:14 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: Macron is as popular among the French people as Trump is among Democrats, in the US. Think about that. Same with Starmer, same with Fred Mertz in Germany. Mertz is going to institute the draft in Germany if he doesn't get enough men to volunteer. All three of these leaders can only envy Trump his popularity.; 11/20/25, 5:32 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: "they've ( ICE) found 30,000 children who were trafficked.."

Didn't happen because NPR didn't report it.; 11/20/25, 5:33 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: "He forgot to say that he was best buddies with Jeffrey E."

Funny, because Epstein's emails say that Epstein hated him, you know, because he got kicked out of Mar a Lago by Trump, and he seems to have spent some time with the Democrats raising money for them and plotting his revenge against "his best buddy."; 11/20/25, 5:37 AM
Saint Croix ayon kay ...: It kills me that the teenage mutant ninja turtle guy did a little research into art history, and so he got Leonardo's name right.

And the Da Vinci Code guy did zero research into art history. In a book about art history! And got Leonardo's name wrong.

That is my nominee for the dumbest book ever written, by the way. "We're murdering people to hide a marriage." Dude.; 11/20/25, 5:51 AM
Saint Croix ayon kay ...: No, "We're murdering people to hide what a painter said was a secret marriage." Dumbest plot ever!; 11/20/25, 5:52 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: Ben Franklin is well known to have been an admirer of the Iroquois confederacy, which dated back 700 years.

"It would be a very strange Thing, if six Nations of Ignorant Savages should be capable of forming a Scheme for such an Union, and be able to execute it in such a Manner, as that it has subsisted Ages, and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like Union should be impracticable for ten or a Dozen English Colonies, to whom it is more necessary, and must be more advantageous; and who cannot be supposed to want an equal Understanding of their Interests." - Ben Franklin

As far as written language, they had a proto version, they had runes that they carved in trees, for instance, over the site of victories in battle, which obviously have not survived, and they had wampum, which memorialized agreements and historic events. What brought wampum to an end was that though it was originally hand made from shells, and highly valuable as a currency, the colonists made machines to make it, and its value collapsed, so it's mostly all gone too. But they had wampum belts to memorialize treaties, that were passed down for centuries.

I don't get the hate for the Indians, sure they massacred people settling on their land, but how many Indians did we massacre? It was a war over a continent, look what we did at Wounded Knee, massacring the last free band of Sioux, men women and children. The Sullivan expedition into Iroquois was about genocide, and ethnically cleansing Upstate New York. It was ordered by George Washington.

One thing that the series makes clear, is that the American patriots were masters of propaganda, and I think that they were extremely well led, and that the civil war, which the propagandists called a "revolution," was very well planned from the outset. Too well led, like maybe the French had a hand in designing the war before it even happened.

Hemingway wrote a story called "The Revolutionist" about a guy who was an expert in the tradecraft of revolution, and it seems like such people must have had their hand in designing the war from the outset. And as Orwell said, "The dictatorship is not created to protect the revolution, but the revolution is fought to create the dictatorship." In this case, what the people behind the civil war wanted was access to the immense riches that existed beyond the line drawn by the Proclamation of 1763. "The only good Indian is a dead Indian" came out of what appears to have been a conscious plan to take their land from them, and propaganda often outlives its original purpose.; 11/20/25, 5:54 AM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." ~ Donald Trump; 11/20/25, 7:22 AM
Iman ayon kay ...: The Epstein TAPES:

Larry Summers: “I’m having trouble getting this beautiful young lady into bed, she doesn’t even want to go out for drinks… what do I do?”

Jeffrey Epstein: “What grade is she in?”; 11/20/25, 8:24 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: The priory de sion was a debunked notion decades before dan brown borrowed it from teabing and his collaborator

But it is apparently a toxic narrative; 11/20/25, 8:30 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: They chose poorly in allying with the british and we needed their land to expand; 11/20/25, 8:36 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: Its not a straight line progression, the american revolution was 'lightning in a bottle' a chemical reaction, as pointed out before the second mysore war was a close run thing; 11/20/25, 8:40 AM
Peachy ayon kay ...: BREAKING - Newly released campaign finance records show that from 1990 to 2018, Jeffrey Epstein directed about 89% of his political donations to Democratic and progressive causes, with notable individual recipients including Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Chuck Schumer.; 11/20/25, 8:56 AM
Iman ayon kay ...: So the biggest backfire in history has begun...; 11/20/25, 9:25 AM
Narr ayon kay ...: The Indians played the game to the best of their ability, and lost.

That's history (or History, if you prefer) for you.; 11/20/25, 10:00 AM
Leland ayon kay ...: Not breaking news, whatever nefarious act Democrats accuse Republicans of doing, it is a safe bet that Democrats are doing that exact thing at the moment they levy the accusation.; 11/20/25, 10:01 AM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: So.. Bruce Hayden's defense of Trump goes like this:
'Trump was working undercover for the FBI trying to take Epstein down and he had to get massages from teenage girls to maintain his cover.'

MAGA levels of denial and cope will be studied for centuries.; 11/20/25, 10:03 AM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: Re: Lounge Lizard Larry..
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.

Maybe if liberals weren’t such an insufferable pack of woke Karens and sweary wine moms the right-wing media wouldn’t need to embrace the rising tide of avowed far right neo-nazi influencers.; 11/20/25, 10:07 AM
boatbuilder ayon kay ...: If you had a "friend" who was a very wealthy playboy, who had a private jet on which all sorts of wild sexual escapades with underage girls was a regular feature, and you had been a participant in such wild sexual escapades, would you take your wife with you on flights on that plane? Does that add up?; 11/20/25, 10:20 AM
boatbuilder ayon kay ...: My question pertains to both Clinton and Trump.
Maybe politicians are very different from the rest of us.; 11/20/25, 10:22 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: "The Indians played the game to the best of their ability, and lost."

Yep, but that's no reason to hate them, or despise them, or deny what they did manage to accomplish.; 11/20/25, 10:49 AM
Kakistocracy ayon kay ...: “Epstein donated to Democrats!!”

So did Donald Trump.; 11/20/25, 10:55 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: Here is my secret history theory. The French sent "revolutionists" to America after losing the French and Indian War, who taught the Americans the theory and practice, the tradecraft of it. The Americans had many officers who had fought for the British and gained valuable experience against the French in that war, less than two decades prior, and an inside knowledge of how European armies fought, and a lot of time to think about how such armies could be defeated by new tactics and strategies.

After the war, these same "revolutionists" returned to France, and, well, the rest is history.

That's just the premise for a 'alternate history" novel like 1632. I have zero evidence for any of it but the obvious parts about the American officers having been experienced and therefore much better than the British expected.; 11/20/25, 10:57 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: The French king said, after losing New France, that the English king would regret the loss of an "enemy" to the north who would keep his people frightened and unified and dependent on their king for protection.; 11/20/25, 10:59 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: It was franklin who reached out to france and not vice versa

Jay winiks the great upheaval is a great primer on the rise and fall of enlightenment based movements; 11/20/25, 11:12 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: "It was franklin who reached out to france and not vice versa"

As far as we know... But if he did, he did it because he recognized a common interest in throwing out the English king from North America.; 11/20/25, 11:14 AM
Jaq ayon kay ...: I don't believe that it is possible to be cynical enough to really follow what goes on between members of the ruling elite.; 11/20/25, 11:15 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: Because there were common philosophical currents we chose montesquieu the french chose Rousseau (they chose poorly); 11/20/25, 11:18 AM
Narr ayon kay ...: "Yep, but that's no reason to hate them."

I don't.; 11/20/25, 11:19 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: Larry wanted money as did Chomsky so they willing to indulge
a caricature of a financier; 11/20/25, 11:21 AM
narciso ayon kay ...: They were a noble adversary but in the end they lost; 11/20/25, 11:22 AM
Narr ayon kay ...: Larry Ferriero's book "Brothers in Arms" is a great study of just how involved the French (and others) were in the AmRev--which involvement, he argues, was much earlier and deeper than we are accustomed to think.

I saw Nathaniel Philbrick on CSpan last weekend, talking about his new book about the decisive Battle of the Chesapeake--a rare French naval victory at just the right moment. On my list.; 11/20/25, 11:25 AM
Iman ayon kay ...: Dat’s Earth-shattering news, kaka @10:55am.

/sarc; 11/20/25, 12:05 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: The stupidest possible take; 11/20/25, 12:37 PM
Saint Croix ayon kay ...: Take a class at Harvard, get an A. 60% of the time!

I wonder if some of our Harvard grads understand the concept of inflation?

How expensive is that diploma and how worthless is it?; 11/20/25, 2:01 PM
john mosby ayon kay ...: Ref Harvard grade inflation: the competition to get in has gotten so steep that nearly all freshmen have already gotten a college education before they set foot in Cambridge. Yes, even the DEI admits, who are more often like the Obama daughters than like kids from the jets.

So the question becomes what to do with these kids for four years. Some, like me, kind of wander around the intellectual toy store. Others get into a brutal department like Sanskrit or abstract math, where there’s not even a textbook. Or engineering projects where they’re building something that never existed.

So what grades do you assign to them? What is someone supposed to think when they see a C from Harvard? Also, do you want that C man to lose out on jobs or grad schools that follow a strict GPA criterion? If you deflate grades, do you do it on a curve? That’s going to stimulate cooperation. If you do it on an absolute scale, what happens when all the kids get 98%? Or if they’re studying under a genius who can’t teach and they all get 43%?

The current situation probably isn’t the best solution. But I am not sure how to make it better. CC, JSM; 11/20/25, 2:42 PM
Jaq ayon kay ...: " he argues, was much earlier and deeper than we are accustomed to think."

Well, I will have to read that, because watching this series, it just began to smell that way to me. I was just spitballing in my comment based on the sophistication of methods that the Americans plainly showed. Is it really "lightening in a bottle"?; 11/20/25, 3:15 PM
Jim at ayon kay ...: Gosh - Trump's mind has gone bye bye.

No. The crazy one is the guy who continues to peddle the same, stupid lies and expects us to believe him.

Nutbar.; 11/20/25, 3:23 PM
Inga ayon kay ...: No, the crazy one is the guy who said grocery prices haven’t gone up from last year.; 11/20/25, 3:33 PM
Michael McNeil ayon kay ...: I'm not aware of a written form of any other North American Indian language.

The only pre-Columbian American people to develop a full-blown written language—a notation capable of recording anything that could be said—was the Maya, of southeastern Mexico and Central America.; 11/20/25, 3:44 PM
narciso ayon kay ...: The french and spanish precursors were interesting; 11/20/25, 5:09 PM
Rusty ayon kay ...: Jaq said...
"The Indians played the game to the best of their ability, and lost."

"Yep, but that's no reason to hate them, or despise them, or deny what they did manage to accomplish."

Why should I despise or hate them? They fought their wars with us the only way they knew how. Like Ruthless bloodthirsty savages. But for gods sake don't paint them as paragons of virtue of the woodlands and prairies.
I wasn't their fault that they didn't know that 3000 miles away was an inexhaustible supply of white men.; 11/20/25, 5:13 PM
Rusty ayon kay ...: Jaq said...
"Ben Franklin is well known to have been an admirer of the Iroquois confederacy, which dated back 700 years."

Uh, no.; 11/20/25, 5:18 PM
Narr ayon kay ...: The Ferriero book assumes pretty good knowledge of the period, but he makes his argument clearly enough.; 11/20/25, 6:31 PM

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