Feb 3, 2025 · In 1876, America celebrated its centennial. In 1926, she celebrated a sesquicentennial, and in 1976, a bicentennial. Is there a commonly accepted word to designate a 250th anniversary, or are we going to be stuck with fifty years to the tricentennial?

5 days ago · I heard a joke that started: I just got hired at the guillotine factory… I’ll beheading there soon. Yeah, silly premise… or is it? How many guillotines were ever produced? Were they all one-offs, or was there a factory that made them? ETA: I found this. Upshot is, no, the United States did not buy guillotines from France, but many other countries did. So someone was building a lot of ...

Feb 5, 2025 · Hasten America’s collapse. Work with America’s enemies to form a coalition just like the Allies did to stop Hitler. Unlike Hitler, I hope this time they start the process sooner. I think Trudeau had the right idea by targeting tariffs to hurt red states; the more America’s opponents can exploit the internal tensions in the US, the better.

Sep 29, 2024 · Dunno if/when it might turn up on BBC America (did his Shakespeare ever make it?) The setup is he’s a reclusive puzzle guy with an identical twin Detective in Cambridge who goes missing. So of course the wife of his brother convinces him to come (what’s 150 miles from Cambridge?) and impersonate his brother. I reckon it started last Wednesday yet my wife and I were able to watch the first ...

Dec 19, 2024 · You’ve probably heard of dead internet theory. Here’s a good article on it: A key quote: “As evidence, [author of famous post on the theory] IlluminatiPirate offers, “I’ve seen the same threads, the same pics, and the same replies reposted over and over across the years.” Although I don’t feel I see the exact same stuff over and over, and I don’t think there’s any kind of ...

Dec 8, 2024 · People keep bugging me to define what ‘woke’ means, but that’s not an easy task. Probably the best definition is to say that ‘woke’ refers to the ideas believed by and spread by the Social Justice movement, and to the societal changes and policies pushed by them. But what is the Social Justice movement? Some history: fifty years after the Civil Rights movement, black Americans were ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Trump promised to bring the price of American groceries down to earth. And he believes strongly that he is going to do it. So it only makes sense to have a thread monitoring his unbelievable progress. Please list the enormous savings you have noticed here. In the unlikely event tariffs to countries (which account for, say, 74% of fruits and vegetables imported) actually raise prices, you could ...

Oct 13, 2024 · I’m hoping that the ubiquity of the chocolate treat named “Smarties” is fairly familiar. I want to outrageously steal their signature brand image, at the request of my 7 year old son this Halloween. He wants to go as a box of Smarties. I am capable of making the costume, the “Smartie” circular decorations, the patch on one side with ingredients and …

Sep 15, 2024 · The origin story of the United States of America usually begins with a debate over “taxation without representation”. The British Crown, needing to pay for the costs of the recently concluded French and Indian War, imposed taxes on the colonies which gave rise to protest, and, eventually, a revolution. The first act was the Sugar Act , …

Sep 30, 2024 · It’s a relatively common sight (at least here in America). You drive by a public park or memorial and they have a tank or a plane or an artillery piece on display. I’m assuming that all of this military equipment has been disabled beyond use. And I’m assuming these are genuine former military equipment and not replicas. So how do the parks obtain these displays? Do they purchase them ...