#1940

Intel:1) Files discovered in Argentina have revealed the names of 12,000 Nazi's, which is not German, it means Nation Zionism.. they lived there in the 1930's & many has Swiss
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On this Memorial Day, I remember Al Blozis, the New York Giants' all-pro tackle who lost his life in January 1945 fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, just six
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From September 1940 to May 1942, Charley Burley posted a win streak that included a victory over highly underrated Holman Williams. He was only 24, still growing. It was during
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An American watercolor fiesta!Edward Hopper - White River at Sharon - 1937 Andrew Wyeth - Seascape - 1940 John Singer Sargent - Palmettos - 1917 Charles Burchfield - In the
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Weekend Reading : Story of Indian Spy in WW2 - Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan Born(1914) in Russia, and later moved to France, Noor was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, and
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the great conjunction happening on december 21st alligns with techsumeh’s curse in the united states. for the past 200 years, every inauguration year with jupiter-saturn conjunt happens to be when
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On this day 80 years ago, Operation Dynamo began. A flotilla of military and civilian ships and boats began the evacuation of Allied military forces from Dunkirk. Our ships’ predecessors
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The Cinematic Inspirations and Influences of Star Wars - A Thread “Flash Gordon” Serials (1936-1940)Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Ben-Hur (1959)Star Wars: Episode I – The
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Government source says French threats against Jersey are worse than Nazi occupation: “At least the Nazis kept the lights on.”The ignorance & denialism about history here is shocking. The scale
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Review and Ranking thread! I'm probably not gonna stick super strictly to chronological order (for example, i think i'll watch Maleficent right after sleeping beauty) and maybe include some Pixar
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1. There is a section in Ziauddin Sardar's "Balti Britain" (a crap book, by an excellent writer) where we talks about the transfer of power between hakims/vaids to European trained
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Jack Delano/FSA: Mrs. Leroy Dunn chopping cotton in a field. White Plains (vicinity), Georgia. May 1941. The photo reminds me a lot of some of Charles White's depictions of African
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(Thread)What about all those judges Trump appointed?A little history puts Trump judges in perspective.(In a separate thread, I’ll chart the way forward)Through most of U.S. history, courts have been right
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The President of the United States is campaigning for reelection with a Nazi symbol. Again.On the left: an official Trump/Pence “America First” tee.On the right; the Iron Eagle, the official
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Every election is, in effect, a test of what will be carried over from one president to the next, or from one party to another. Nominations demonstrate which trends have
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Tempted to use my latest opshoporium acquisitions as Lamington’s water bowls, but I’m worried about the impact of combined canine, military and patriotic symbolism on her delicate psyche. Empire ‘Shelton
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