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...The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

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Deja vu: Libya 2011=Romania 1989

I have a different song playing over there, but this one fits just as well.

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Another bit of World War II history for the history, technology, and GLBTQ rights buffs on my flist.

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Brad De Long is always worth a read, but yesterday I found out that he has started a new series--Liveblogging WWII. What he's doing is posting complete documents from major historical figures on the 70th anniveraries of their issuance. His latest is Senator Burton Wheeler on "the Meanace of Lend-Lease". He also has writings from Churchill and ( Read more... )

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Those two teams haven't met in the playoffs since 1941.  From NFL Touchdown:

1. WWII can’t stop the rivalry: Exactly seven days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Packers and Bears met in the first and only playoff meeting between these two teams. In a time when the country was devastated by the advent of World War II, an overflow crowd of more ( Read more... )

Nescaflowne, Part 2 of 7.

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I first saw this at a con in South Bend, Indiana in October 2003. I thought it was a hoot. I had such a great time at the con that it was enough to convert me to anime fandom and sour me on drum corps fandom for years. In fact, the con was such fun that not even my car starting to die on me (all the seals blew on the ( Read more... )

Crossposted to coffeepartyusa, Daily Kos and Michigan Liberal.


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