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Saluting America’s Forgotten Veterans: The KISS Army
By Smaktakula In the years since the cacophonous guns of the Western Front fell silent on November 11th, 1918, ending the ‘War to End All Wars,’¹ humanity has sought to mark this anniversary by paying tribute to those men and women who … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Music
Tagged 1918, Abraham Lincoln, Armistice Day, coast guard, Great War, KISS, KISS Army, Marines, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States of America, US Navy, World War One, WWI
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These Things We Believe, Part The First
By Smaktakula On Happiness Around the world, millions–and perhaps more likely, billions–of people are unhappy. Curiously, this appears to be no less true in the United States of America, which, for all its recent travails still remains a relative land … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged be happy, blaming the victim, fun with stereotypes, happiness, hockey, homeless people, it's akin to taking a shower while wearing a raincoat, mental illness, philanthropy, philosophy, poor grammar, Ralph Nader, time travel, United States of America, why am I so unhappy?
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Russia Narrowing Stupidity Gap
By Smaktakula The United States is universally lampooned for among other things its hyper-religiosity, the public’s embarrassingly prevalent belief in alien abductions and for the inability of one-fifth of its population to locate the nation on a map. Labelled for … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, News
Tagged alien abductions, America's edge in stupidity, brilliant dirty weirdos, hygiene, ignorance, national stupidity, places that suck, Russia, Russians sure like that vodka, Soviet Union, space program, UFO abductions, United States of America, USSR, Why am I so stupid?, Yuri Gagarin
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This Day In History: July 2, 1776 CE
On which the Founding Fathers tell the tyrant King George III what he can do with his onerous taxes and hated Redcoats.
Posted in Culture, History, Holiday, Mythology, National Events, People, Relationships, Social Networking
Tagged 1776, all men are created equal, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, Great Britain, Independence Day, John Hancock, July 2nd, July 4th, King George III, liberty, Liberty Hall, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Redcoats, taxation without representation, this day in history, Thomas Jefferson, United States of America
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Flag Day
By Smaktakula On which we celebrate a piece of cloth, but not the brave young men and women who died for it. They already have their own day. Because we just don’t see enough of the flag these days.
Jehovah’s Witnesses: You Might Like To Know
Originally posted 10.04.11 By Smaktakula Admit it, you don’t know much about the Jehovah’s Witnesses other than that you fear them. For many, the sight of a well-dressed, smiling couple patrolling the neighborhood can instill the same fear that a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, News, Religion
Tagged bravery, communists, criminals, fascism, Germany, Gypsies, Holocaust, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, muslims, Nazi Germany, religious intolerance, Roma, shut your mouth!, United States of America, Watchtower
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Tardsie’s True-Ass Tales: Memorial Day Edition
By Tardsie I have never served in the military. Although not a fan of America’s military adventurism over the past half-century, my failure to enlist has less to do with any ideological convictions than with the unfortunate but inescapable fact … Continue reading
