History Forum / General / British History / September 2009

Far larger than Sutton Hoo and not a word on this site yet?
Apart from its massive monetary value, pieces shown so far are
outstandingly beautiful.
And many new questions posed as to why & who.

197 years ago, today, by September of 1812, Napoleon's army had
penetrated deep into Russian territory.  The Russians fled, and Moscow
was in flames, largely deserted, leading Napoleon to proclaim victory.
"Mountains of red, rolling flames," Napoleon recalled later, "like

CALL TO ACTION FOR DAVID SPENCER HINES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
"Renia's pal Hines" according to Leo V P and Sjostrom
GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2009-09/1251901499

Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
By George F. Will
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
"Yesterday," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I

a war movie recommendation...
[not recommended for alt.war.vietnam's Crybaby Vets]
;-)
Hamburger Hill, a favorite Vietnam war movie because:

"...The refinements Donnelly wrought in the art of pseudoscience were
advances as profound as were Darwin's refinements of actual science.
In many ways Donnelly helped create the modern counter history that
America was born to have.

1. Private insurance companies - *huge* profits
2. Private hospitals - *huge* profits
3. Private doctors - good profits
4. Other private medical companies - good profits

How could that be-pimpled, ass-scratching
doofus from Stratford possibly be the author
of our beloved Hamlet? Were the Queen's
decrees scratched on bark with sticks dipped

From The Sunday Times
August 30, 2009
Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'
Jason Allardyce