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Things Only The Seriously Nerdy Worry About
By Tardsie Man, it really chaps my hide when I’m reading¹ a historical work and the author makes an ambiguous statement like “Many historians agree that the underlying causes of the First World War were rooted…” It’s like, geez, aren’t … Continue reading
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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This Day In History: June 28, 1914 CE
On which, in an unlikely Balkan backwater, a Serbian crazyman formally inaugurates the 20th Century with a bang. *** *** If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, History, Politics
Tagged 1914, Archduke, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire, backwater shithole, Balkans, death by gun, Dulce Et Decorum Est, famous Austrians, First World War, Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, June 28, places that suck, Sarajevo, smooth move Ex-Lax, The War To End All Wars, this day in history, Wilfred Owen, WWI
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Respect Mother Earth Or The Space Aliens Will Destroy Us All
By Smaktakula Aliens may be forced to destroy humanity so that the universe might live. Such a scenario is possible, says Shawn Domagal-Goldman of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, wherein these galactic stewards of the environment may be compelled to launch … Continue reading
Posted in News, Science, Stupidity
Tagged Al Gore, Al Gore is the political Art Garfunkel, Bush Doctrine, Care Bears, cooties, extraterrestrials, for your own good, galactic armada, Homo Sapiens, NASA, outright lies, Planetary Science Division, scientists, sexual harassment, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, unremitting virginity, we know best, WWI
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This Day In History April 25, 1915 CE
On which Allied forces begin the assault on the Gallipoli Peninsula which First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, believes will knock Turkey from the war and lay bare the soft underbelly of the Central Powers. The campaign was such … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged 1915, Allies, ANZAC, Anzac Day, April 25th, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, Central Powers, Dardanelles, First Lord of the Admiralty, First World War, Gallipoli, military disasters, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, New Zealand, Pyrrhic victories, that trick never works, the Great War, this day in history, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Turkey, Winston Churchill, World War One, WWI
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This Day In History: November 11, 1918 CE
On which, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an Armistice ends the sanguinary horrors of the First World War, ensuring that armed conflict would from this day forward forever be an ugly artifact of … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 11 November, 1918, Allies, Armistice Day, eleventh hour, Germany, Great War, sacrifice, surrender, The War To End All Wars, this day in history, trenches, Veterans Day, World War I, WWI
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