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An old parody I made up based on the 1968 Socialist Workers Party nominee for president appearing on William F Buckley’s Firing Line. PARODY: But based on an actual episode in 1968 ! I made up this dialogue and you must pretend it’s said in WF Buckley’s voice and manner.…
When Bosnian nationalist Gavrilo Princip shot the Austrian Archduke in June 1914, it unleashed a series of events that activated an alliance system that set the great ruling houses and empires of Europe at war. The most horrible war imaginable. It set the stage for remaking the…
I might write a baseball book. About baseball. Somehow, baseball writers tend to be leftists and their books are interwoven—depending on the era, about race, politics, social injustices and even Trump ! I want to read about baseball. If I want to read about Vietnam, race…
On “Epstein”… I’m guessing this has been going on forever. Epstein the latest care taker. Knowledge is power. Fear of exposure is great power in the hands of those with that proof. It’s the currency of global decision making. We see the strangest positions taken ? Prince…
The Smith Act of 1940 is part of the Alien Registration Act and was aimed at anarchists and communists but applies to any conspiracy that advocates action—opposed to mere abstract theory-for the violent overthrow of the government. This is true even if the call for action is some…
Stephen King is a big Boston baseball fan. I’m betting his character in The Shining who axed his two daughters and wife to death is based on the similar fate of Boston baseball player Marty Bergen. You know it’s true !! newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/remembering-ma…
Old school baseball ! Turkey Mike Donlin! From baseball stardom to Vaudeville and back !!
BREAKING NEWS OK: “Help is now available for people who had their wireless internet routers infected with malware. WHAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY HAPPENED: -4 Russians were indicted in federal court in OK, for making more than $46 million by creating a botnet to infect older…
While the U.S. lifts sanctions on Syria, let’s recall 2004, when Bush II lifted sanctions on another terror master—Mu’ammar Ghadaffy. The goal was access to abundant “sweet” crude in Libya’s full oil fields. Ghadaffy had threatened to nationalize oil and evicted western companies…
Did the tumult and violence in Libya back in 2011 relate, in part, to growing Chinese influence ? Libya is a major oil producer and their “sweet” crude is easy to process and quickly transport to Europe. According to a Financial Times article on February 24,2011, about 30,000…
Interesting how a young frumpy unshaven guy with hat on backwards can explain world history in a 30 minute podcast and dumb me has spent a lifetime reading books and still can’t unravel it all.
