Since last night I have felt possessed of the most odd -- no, creepy! -- feeling that, perhaps, President-Elect Obama will be assassinated at some point. Perhaps some of it has to do with the general perception of him as a "Black Kennedy", or the curious mix of Kennedy and MLK, Jr. (and their preceding assassinations), which he may represent to ( Read more... )

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( The Text of the speech. Read it when you have a moment... it is VERY MUCH worth your time. )

I thought this was so great, I had to share it. The following snippet comes from my friend, Nilo:
Yesterday, in one of my TV/Movie communities, someone posted screen caps to one of the upcoming episodes of The Tudors. It happened to be the episode where Anne Boleyn gets executed. The pics were under a cut, but not the description. Someone was all mad ( Read more... )

I've begun reading Reader's Digest's Illustrated History of World War 2. I'll be reading it, in little pieces, probably over the next few months. I've been wanting to brush up on some more of my history, and this was a good place to go next. Plus, I tend to trust RD's chosen author(s) over some of the more revisionist intellectuals out there, who ( Read more... )

You would think we would have learned from history, right? Major kudos to my brother, for passing this on. ;-)

(p.s. -- Turkey is where the ruins of Troy have been discovered)

November 20, 1945     Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II ( Read more... )

Did you know that Alaska was attacked, and parts of it were occupied, during World War II?

• National Parks Service: The "Forgotten War" in the Aleutians

• About.com: The Aleutian Campaign

• Wikipedia: Battle of the Aleutian Islands


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