The problem, fundamentally, in this country boils down to two main things ( Read more... )

I finally got around to watching Master and Command, a mere 17 years after it came out. I made it less than 10 minutes before I noticed their first fuck-up.

The captain says "Sharpshooters to the top of the deck" yet the movie is supposed to take place in 1805.

The term "Sharpshooter" was first coined in the US Civil War which was started in ( Read more... )

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Whenever someone starts pipping up about the importance of "States' Rights," in particular the idea of "State Rights > Federal Power" I would like to direct their attention to the history of the Reconstruction. In particular the role of Andrew Johnson in this fiasco by his emphasis on protecting state rights... which in turn allowed for the now ( Read more... )

So maybe I'm just being paranoid but...

Take this article on the "mini ice age" that struck during from around 1200AD to 1500AD. In particular, these parts suck out to me ( Read more... )