History Forum / General / British History / February 2005

Recte:
Great Story!
Where?
Did he knock the pogue off his feet?

And the American Leftover Left, epitomized in our own pet goose, the
radical-chic, Greenwich-Village Marxist and NYU journeyman chemist, P.
Jonathan Gans, soon to retire, prattles on proudly.
Hilarious!

"The Imperial Conference met in the air-raid shelter of the imperial
palace at 10:30 a.m. on August 14.  The conflicting arguments were
repeated once again.  Suzuki then apologised to the emperor for the
continuing deadlock. Hirohito then told a hushed audience that he had

If you hypothetically had a time machine, what event/s in past British
or European history would you most want to witness and see for
yourself in person
(rather than change or alter anything) and why (for any event named) ?

Ay, Caramba!
Hilarius Magnus Cum Laude!
DSH
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Under the thread,"The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?" D. Spencer Hines
wrote:
...
<<Yale did NOT BUY the Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation. Paul Mellon

I am currently ploughing through "Celt & Saxon" by
Peter Beresford Ellis. Disappointing so far, but I
noticed his reference to "Germanic settlers".
I have seen a number of other references from

Found a website with an interesting perspective on British history at:
http://www.geocities.com/british_atrocities/
"If only we could see ourselves as others see us...."

"Condi Rice"
"The new secretary of state has been doing something both different in
public and, I suspect, not without meaning.
When she meets with the leader of another country and poses for the

Leo, what on earth have you been smoking or injecting?
You are retailing malicious, idle, jejune, childish FANTASIES -- through
rampant INSINUATION and HYPERBOLE.
Further, the ONUS is on YOU to PROVE your FANTASIES have some basis in

Britain Getting Cold Feet?
Cheney's remark about the unpredictability of the Israelis struck
precisely the right tone.
The United States should not be taking ANY options off the table vis a

Maurice Hinchey represents the people of New York's 22nd Congressional
District:
["New York's wonderfully scenic 22nd Congressional District includes all
or part of eight counties and ranges from the Hudson River, through the

You may want to know that the book is being read on BBC Radio 7 in 16 daily
half-hour episodes. We're up to episode 4 but the first three are still
available as 'Listen again' on the BBC Radio 7 website. Though presented as
fiction there's a good bit of discussion about 'school ...

"Hillary."
"Forget her prepared speeches, put aside her moderate statements on Iraq
and abortion.
This is how you know she's running for president in 2008.