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Who cares why World War I began?
A couple of months ago, a question, disconnected from anything I was doing or thinking at the time, popped up in my head: “How did we — the U.S., that is — get into World War I?” We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged Albania, Archduke Franze Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, NATO, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Russia, Sarajevo, Serbia, Turkey, World War I, World War II
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Good news about, gulp, banks
♥ Goldman Sachs is pulling out of Russia. It is the first large bank to do so. ♥ And so is J.P. Morgan Chase. Wowee. So far… P.S. Deutsche Bank, however, is staying in Russia.
Posted in Good Things Happening, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, War
Tagged Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, pulling out of Russia
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Madmen, monsters, gods and hero
Reading Edith Hamilton‘s Mythology is an exercise of one’s horror muscles. In ancient mythology, awful things happen to moderately good people, except there are no purely good people. Greek mythology has plenty of heroes, each one of whom makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War
Tagged ancient Athens, ancient Thebes, Bronze Age, deus ex machina, Edith Hamilton, Greek mythology, MhZ, Netflix, Theseus, Theseus of Athens
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