But I think it’s OK to gloat about some really fine, distilled, coronavirus irony. I guess I’m just a nasty person; well, that’s who’s running the world today so I’d better jump on the bandwagon.
But I think it’s OK to gloat about some really fine, distilled, coronavirus irony. I guess I’m just a nasty person; well, that’s who’s running the world today so I’d better jump on the bandwagon.
In an earlier posting, I asked “why does coffee work for etching knife blades?” It’s all the rage and it does work. [stderr] [Read more…]
This is translated by me from the French; dad forwarded it from one of his European friends. I guess that’ll tell you something about how they feel in some parts of France.
One of the things I loathe is America’s infatuation with its military.
The Romans’ advice was characteristically succinct: “divide et impera” (divide and rule)
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Prince was notoriously careful with any media that leaked from his clutches. He wanted everything to be perfect, and it was according to his vision. But now some things leak out.
The folks at 99% Invisible podcast must be scrambling, and their scrambles are totally worth it.
The scenario we usually believe has Roosevelt, who was ailing and near death, participating in the Yalta conference with Stalin and Churchill – dividing up the spoils after Japan was going to be conquered.
Over at The Daily Beast they do some serious investigative journalism, and keep an eye on the important problems affecting the world today. It’s hard not to chuckle a bit over this one – it’s both so unexpected and completely expectable. Before we dig into it, why don’t you pause and think for a second and ask yourself “what would be an unexpected problem making a movie out of Cats?”
