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Russian Memories
by Pat_S on March 3, 2012Tomorrow is election day in Russia. Vladimir Putin is expected to win easily. His campaign was heavily seasoned with anti-American rhetoric and a call to restore Russian greatness. The weakness projected by the American president is certainly a factor but there is more to it. I’d like to point your attention to the Russian people. We in the West, especially Americans, believe there is an innate human desire for freedom. We may be overly optimistic about that. The anti-American rhetoric spewing from Putin is vintage Soviet-style propaganda—there are external enemies, the United States is meddling in internal affairs, the military must be strengthened to project Russian greatness. The Russian people are going for it despite an authentic opposition to Putin....
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Happy Washington’s Birthday! Here’s Your Politics Lounge and Open Thread
by Tammy on February 20, 2012Here are a few of the political stories I’ll be chewing on during Tammy Radio Live. What’s on your mind as we start another lovely week of saving the world and kicking liberal (D & R) patooty? First, let’s start with this: CSM: Why you should stop calling today Presidents’ Day True, many refer to today’s national day off as Presidents’ Day, but federal law actually lists the holiday as Washington’s Birthday…Yes, there is a federal day off on Feb. 20, 2012. But its official name is “Washington’s Birthday.” We’re supposed to celebrate the life and legacy of the Father of Our Country, not the rest of those Mount Rushmore guys. They can get their own holiday. Thomas Jefferson, we’re...
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FDR, The New Deal, and The Sick Chicken Case
by Tammy on February 16, 2012**A Guest Post by TAM Shifra** During my high school and undergraduate years, in the ‘60’s, it was widely believed that FDR was a national hero for ending the Great Depression. Recently, however, conservative historians and economists, including Amity Shlaes, in her book “The Forgotten Man,” have begun to argue that his policies not only did not end the Great Depression, but they actually prolonged it by several years.
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
by Tammy on December 7, 2011Our great thanks to those who paid the ultimate price on December 7, 1941 and to every troop called to action in the years that followed. That sneak attacked reminded our great nation that we can never hide from the beasts of the world, and it remains our duty to vanquish fascists who dare to think Americans will allow savagery and oppression to rule the world.
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Apocalypse 2012 Update: Second Mayan Inscription Uncovered
by Tammy on November 25, 2011I do believe the world will end in 2012. For liberals. November 6, 2012 to be exact.
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Your History Fix/Weekend News Lounge
by Tammy on October 15, 2011Happy weekend everyone! Here is an Open Thread/News Lounge where the usual ‘no links’ rule has been lifted in the name of sharing and lounging. Please use this post as your general point for chiming in about whatever news of the day is stuck in your craw Here are some history notes to get us started: Libyans battle to protect ancient treasures from looting …Local townspeople aided by the site’s archeological police patrolled 24/7. The Leptis Magna museum scattered its precious artifacts around various tightly secured warehouses. Its director went one step further, distributing a thoroughly documented inventory to friends in the capital an hour’s drive away, so even if the town were destroyed during the war its history would...
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Your Morning News Lounge
by Tammy on July 28, 2011(Michael Ramirez) This is a News and Palin Lounge, so don’t feel limited when it comes to your links and comments. And as with the other Lounges, the usual no-links rule is lifted due to the nature of lounging and sharing Comments including links, however, will still be moderated. Linkage: Real Clear Politics: Palin to Keynote Tea Party Rally in Iowa Why we keep our powder dry and our hopes high: The date for this rally is 9/3/11, the 3rd anniversary of her speech to the Republican convention on 9/3/08. And no, I don’t think she’s going to Iowa to tell the peeps she won’t be running Politico: Debt ceiling talks between Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell Boston Globe: GOP plan...
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The Topography of Defensible Israeli Borders
by Maynard on July 10, 2011A post by Maynard You’ve heard the ongoing debates about where the final borders of Israel should be set. These discussions are usually phrased in terms of how much land changes hands, as if Israel’s purpose is simply to have more land. But the vital pursuit isn’t land for its own sake, but control of land that’s strategically defensible. Topography makes all the difference in the world. You want natural barriers to make it difficult for the other guy’s tanks and armies to move into your territory. A river makes a good barrier; this is why you hear of bridges getting blown up in wartime. No bridges means no large-scale invasion. Also, you want to control the adjacent mountain ranges....
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Your History Fix/Weekend News Lounge
by Tammy on July 9, 2011Happy weekend everyone! Here is an Open Thread/News Lounge where the usual ‘no links’ rule has been lifted as with other Lounges. Please use this post as your general point of chiming in about whatever news of the day is stuck in your craw There will also be a “Palin Lounge” later today for the weekend along with the “Palin Report” podcast, so please save your Palin links for that Lounge. Thanks. Here are some history notes to get us started: Darwin’s Personal Library with Handwritten Notes Available Online Notes and comments hand-written by Charles Darwin on the pages and margins of the books in his personal library are now available online for the first time, enabling new insights into...
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Sneak Peek at Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher
by Tammy on July 7, 2011A Hollywood film about Thatcher. What could go wrong? As I noted on Tammy Radio, there’s something very wrong with this trailer as it seems to make Thatcher a cartoon. As someone over at Hot Air put it, Streep is delivering Mrs. Doubtfire not Mrs. Thatcher.
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Your History Fix for the Day
by Tammy on June 26, 2011Gangsters and Romans and Marilyn, Oh my! Christie’s expecting six-figure bid for Al Capone’s revolver …Christie’s, the world-famous auction house, is selling Capone’s .38 special, a “police-positive” Colt nickel-plated, six-shot double-action revolver. It also has a handsome checkered walnut grip. Christie’s expects the winning bidder to cough up between $80,600 and $112,840. Hardly an offer you can’t refuse. A similar firearm sans the Scarface pedigree would run you a few hundred dollars. The auction listing for the Brooklyn-born mob boss’s pistol says that Madeleine Capone Morichetti, wife of Capone’s brother, Ralph, explained in a 1976 letter to Edmund Koeski that Ralph “Bottles” Capone wanted Koeski to have the gun upon Bottles’ death. The letter further described the weapon as “a...
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Your History Fix for the Day
by Tammy on June 16, 2011Dormice, sea urchins and fresh figs: the Roman diet revealed Dormice, sea urchins and fresh figs were among the delicacies enjoyed by ordinary Romans, British archaeologists have revealed after discovering a giant septic tank at one of the ancient cities destroyed by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. Archaeologists found a treasure trove of everyday artefacts after digging up nearly 800 sacks of compacted human waste from the tank, which lies beneath the remains of a Roman apartment block in Herculaneum, destroyed after it was buried by ash from the volcano in AD79. The British team has found hundreds of objects, including bronze coins, precious stones, bone hair pins and an exquisite gold ring decorated with a tiny figure of the...
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Your History Fix for the Day
by Tammy on June 8, 2011Ancient War Revealed in Discovery of Incan Fortresses Incan fortresses built some 500 years ago have been discovered along an extinct volcano in northern Ecuador, revealing evidence of a war fought by the Inca just before the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Andes. “We’re seeing evidence for a pre-Columbian frontier, or borderline, that we think existed between Inca fortresses and Ecuadorian people’s fortresses,” project director Samuel Connell, of Foothill College in California, told LiveScience. The team has identified what they think are 20 fortresses built by the Inca and two forts that were built by a people from Ecuador known as the Cayambe. The volcano is called Pambamarca. Landmark Hitler letter on Jews unveiled in New York A letter by...
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Recently Discovered Historical Documents
by Pat_S on May 24, 2011A dealer has uncovered historical documents that promise to generate significant interest and discussion. Included are: Significant Historical Documents To Be Unveiled By The Raab Collection This Week A newly discovered letter penned in 1798 by Alexander Hamilton A founding document by a famed signer of the Declaration of Independence And this document of significant historical interest– A letter by President Barack Obama expressing pride in being American Imagine the confusion that will generate in decades to come.
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Guest Blog: The bin Laden Mission & Geronimo–An American Indian Perspective
by Tammy on May 6, 2011When the news broke about the bin Laden raid and I heard the code for the mission and enemy was “Geronimo” my initial reaction was shock. You all know my background and core of my work–which includes exposing the liberal and government effort to oppress, suppress and control the power of the individual through such tactics as political correctness and Thought Policing. While the use of political correctness in itself is dangerous liberal trope designed to silence you, it’s important we not dismiss legitimate concerns because of attempts by the left to manipulate our decency for their depraved benefit. The legitimate point here is the assignment of the name of a revered American Indian to the world’s most wanted terrorist...
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