That was the garbage pail kids...you got a double dose it seems.
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Remember when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and began painting over all the murals in the city? They also erased a mural of George Floyd.
The best part is that you're one of those special people that have the ability to remember. It's a powerful tool I fear humanity is losing.
My thoughts exactly. A PPV with any number of hosts would be awesome...but just imagine a few seasons of "The Tribunals" with your host, Donald Trump and a host of others.
I think it's more of a psychological war than a phycological one...unless we're being attacked with algae.
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I saw a smiley face on one side and a distorted face on the other...now I see the world...wow...is that Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic?
It might make for a bad thanksgiving this time...but imagine how good others will be in the future once everyone is awake! Here's to being hopeful for our family and friends that have yet to see the light!
I like the term "spoiler-alert enthusiast."
There's a lot of perspectives out there on this issue.
"Marijuana cultivation began in the United States around 1600 with the Jamestown settlers, who began growing the cannabis sativa or hemp plant for its unusually strong fiber that was used to make rope, sails, and clothing. Until after the Civil War, marijuana was a source of major revenue for the United States. During the 19th century marijuana plantations flourished in Mississippi, Georgia, California, South Carolina, Nebraska, New York, and Kentucky. Also during this period, smoking hashish, a stronger preparation of marijuana derived from the dried resin of the plant, was popular throughout France and to a lesser degree in the US."
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/buyers/socialhistory.html
Either way, we know they at least grew tobacco.
I turned it in around May 2020. No, slavery certainly was a factor. I'd say it ranked anywhere from 2nd to 5th or 6th, depending on the state. The issues were different for everyone. Here's how I summed it up:
"The issues of slavery, westward expansion, internal improvements, and others were paramount to different interests in different states, and at different times. The shifting interests of each state defined what each political party platformed on, and this is one reason why the tariff and revenue issues do not normally pop up during a traditional study of the Civil War."
Also,
"...for the sake of focus and clarity on the subject, we must first put aside all moral reservations and then concede the fact that slavery was a major issue that led to secession and the ‘War of the Rebellion,’ or Civil War; just as westward expansion, internal improvements, and states’ rights were. Preceding all of these issues, though, were the disagreements over tariff and revenue legislation. Indeed, “freedom from oppressive taxation had caused the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and throughout history revolts and rebellions too numerous to mention. The War of the Rebellion, as it was officially called, had at its core what has been at the core of most rebellions from our earliest historical records.” Revolutionary wars; civil wars; world wars; even the most popular fictional wars, more often than not, reveal the initial motivation for war in the ‘opening credits.’ A long time ago in a colony far, far away…"
It's an interesting topic to say the least.
It MUST be the marijuana...
https://greatawakening.win/p/140InI00mO/calm-down-everyone-all-these-hea/
My first thought was the movie "Rat Race".
I got an A thankfully! I didn't cover naval impressment though, as my paper was focused on the implications of taxation regarding secession and the Civil War. The closest thing to naval impressment that I covered was the Fort Sumter attack and how the media covered it. But again, my focus was strictly on taxes, interest, tax law, tax history, and how I believe it was the biggest factor in causing the Civil War.
"America had been founded by rebels, mostly tax rebels, in 1776. The American Revolution can essentially be summed up as a trade war with Britain. The famous ‘Boston Tea Party’ we all learned about was a protest over taxation regarding British tea. Somehow, a mere three percent tax on British tea was enough to start a revolution. As with many lessons from history, important context is usually forgotten, even omitted altogether, that would help explain confusing details like this. “The merchants were not protesting against the three pennies for a pound of tea; what they were protesting is what today we call ‘dumping.’ It is considered an unfair trading practice for the companies of one country to dump goods on the markets of another country to harm local businesses.” The British were trying to undercut the smuggled Dutch tea that was more expensive and had been preferred in America for many years.
However, the colonists understood the long-term consequences that would arise if the British were allowed to continue. “In defense of Boston merchants, the implications of the underpriced tea were disturbing. If a monopoly could be granted for tea, it could also be granted for other products, and become a device to punish anti-British merchants and reward Loyalists.” Indeed, unfair taxation to the point of becoming burdensome was just a likely possibility; but it was enough to motivate the birth of another great republic."
-from a paper I wrote in college.
It was also about the British dumping cheaper products onto the market. Most colonists were happy paying extra for really good Dutch tea, but the British made a monopoly where one shouldn't have existed. It was never about the 3% tax, but the overreach of government and corporations in general.
I made a cheese sauce from bacon grease tonight for my mac n cheese. It's tough to beat animal fats.
Also, Jacobson v Massachusetts only referred to mandates at a state level. It makes no mention of federal mandates.
I don't know for sure, but I know from my own research that the Germans were not the first to use chemical weapons in WWI...they simply retaliated after the French gassed them first. But like all things war, Germany is blamed as the catalyst for all suffering. Your point about people vs clothing is accurate though. I should've made that clear. My point was about the images of naked people getting ready to enter the "gas chambers", when they were really getting ready for a shower. The parallel between Auschwitz and Ellis Island speaks for itself though:
"To determine the "mental fitness" of new arrivals, an examiner administered an exam involving a wooden 10-piece puzzle known as the Feature Profile Test. According to the Smithsonian , officials said the exam would help keep out "feeble-minded" immigrants.
Howard A. Knox, a physician who developed the test, said it would sort out immigrants "who may, because of their mental make-up, become a burden to the State or who may produce offspring that will require care in prisons, asylums, or other institutions."
The puzzle test was used until 1916."
I wonder if Germany got the idea from the US.
"The rising trend from 2007 to 2018 was most pronounced in three groups: ages 18 to 34, men and African Americans."
Yeah, because black men in this age group have NEVER been known for heart problems right? What a joke.
I used to have a link to a site called holocaustdeprogrammingcourse.com or something like that but it's no longer available. I have a degree in history and WWI/WWII was a large focus of my studies. I can tell you that only the official narrative was taught, and anything I brought up that was "controversial" was ignored by my classmates and teachers. I started with an easy topic, thinking I could gain some ground, but was denied any thoughtful discussion.
I brought up the fact that typhus was the largest killer of troops in WWI and many during WWII...that is, until the Nazis developed a treatment that killed lice instantly (lice caused typhus). It was called Zyklon B and used to delouse workers in "gas chambers". This was the same process used all over the world, for example, at Ellis Island in America. The same photos we've all seen of "concentration camp victims" being lined up in chambers are no worse than the photos of immigrants being deloused at Ellis Island. It was standard procedure for many decades leading up to, during, and after WWII.
Then I brought up the Katyn Massacre, an event that was used for about 50 years as the main "proof" that Nazis had mass-exterminated Jews. It wasn't until 1990 that the Soviet government admitted they lied about the whole thing, and had documents to prove that the Soviets had carried out the massacre in the Polish forests. My teacher simply replied with, "Well, with history, sometimes we can't prove things until much later on, and this is one example." Yeah, I'll say.
That's a great point. She celebrated as if she had just won WWIII and was nominated for a peace prize on the same day. I got the same vibes from Obama and his dealings with Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Also, I can't recall but, did Trump have anything to say about Libya/Gaddafi over the past few years?
It's been known as the winter white house long before Trump mentioned it. This makes the case even stronger in my mind.