Spockydog Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, JGP said: Saw that earlier. It's really funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LynnS Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 https://twitter.com/Indian_two/status/1515555787971919882/photo/1 Prince of the North 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 This strikes home! LongRider and JoeyBanana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Best how to ever! Prince of the North, Zorral and TormundsWoman 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 That laughter, though, is infectious. JGP, Spockydog and LongRider 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I'm dying. LongRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toth Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Fitting to the thread title, an ode to the internet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litechick Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 7/21/2022 at 4:07 PM, Zorral said: This strikes home! In honor of your post, allow me to contribute: Black Tom Explosion I was playing a video game which referenced damage to the Statue of Liberty and had to look it up to see if it was true. I had heard that people used to be able to go up into the torch and that it was damaged so that people could not go up there anymore but I never dreamed of this. This article reports that Russia sued a US company for negligence and that the incident contributed to both the Japanese Internment Camps and the creation of the CIA. Mind Blown. If this is inaccurate, please point it out to me. (Although, in fairness, my swear jar would be much higher than my 'unwelcome history lesson' jar.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, litechick said: the incident contributed to both the Japanese Internment Camps and the creation of the CIA. What might be iffy in terms of strict accuracy is the above, as both these occurred in the US in WWII, not WWI. And the Central Intelligence Agency, per se, in fact, wasn't formed until after WWII; during the War it was the OSS -- as Britannica and the Smithsonian provides, the CIA https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sabotage-in-new-york-harbor-123968672/ Quote ... grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, competition, and lack of coordination, problems that continued, to some degree, into the 21st century. However, as the Wiki entry points out accurately, responses and consequences taken by the US government and other governments at the time, i.e. WWI, provided precedent to the WWII and post-war US government for handling intelligence and domestic, internal threats in war time -- and, in non-wartime footing as well. O, and let me haste to add: WWI isn't my area of expertise at all -- though I've been trying over the years in a not so systematic manner, to fill in the gaps. It's racism and Woodrow Wilson and the Great Influenza that has drawn most of my attention too. Edited July 29, 2022 by Zorral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 The replies are excellent. TormundsWoman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LongRider Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Zorral said: I saw this earlier, and have to admit, I do not ‘get’ it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Reichlican performance art, of how evil it is that 'we' are punished for being part of an attempted, treasonous coup. Or, as others have put it, "The CPAC's version of Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Cry For Me CPACtina!" In the meantime, we get something even better -- Palin railing about -- YES! You get it in one -- Hillary's emails! Edited August 5, 2022 by Zorral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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