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Secession Sesquicentennial: Mississippi
Today is the 150th anniversary of Mississippi's secession from the Union. To commemorate that, I'm posting "A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union." -- Mississippi's equivalent of the Declaration of Independence. This is what the CSA was fighting for, in the ( Read more... ) -
Pygmalionomnomnom
(yes, I know it needs a better title)
HH: I tell you, I can take any common trollop off the street and pass her off as a duchess.
ED: ’Ere! ’Oo wants to buy me flowers!
WMAT: But there are no flowers in your basket…
ED: ’At’s wut vey call a euphemivvum, guv’na.
FS:
Even her?
HH: Even her!
FS: You 100 pounds sure?
HH: Done!
HH: ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter to Christine O'Donnell
To: the Republican candidate for Delaware's open Senate seat ( Read more... ) -
Almost pure unadulterated awesomesauce
Today I gave a presentation on the War of 1812 for the local Kiwanis Club, and ALMOST had a moment of ultimate awesome ( Read more... ) -
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I got an A on my "Republicans are assholes" history term paper ( Read more... ) -
A Little Slice of History Geek Heaven
Last night I saw William Chrystal (long-time interviewer on The Thomas Jefferson Hour) performing live as Alexander Hamilton. It was a great show, marred only by one audience member using the question and answer session to go on a long rambling demonstration of how much he knew about history and never actually asking a question ( Read more... ) -
Mississippi High School Declares Gay Student an "Unperson"
Article hereThey've removed all references to this kid from the high school year book. No senior photo, no nothing. It's a "Mean Girls" version of a Stalinist purge ( Read more... ) -
Notes from the war on Pesach
You've probably heard the joke about the classic Jewish dilemma: free pork. Well, my father experienced something very much like that tonight. A coffee shop was giving away free bagels. On passover week. Free chumetz on Pesach. This is right up there with McDonald's line of tref bagels back in the 90s. Or was it Burger King? Anyway, they all ( Read more... )
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