Monday, October 15, 2012

Old Europe: To The White Tower

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" Prinz Eugen der edle Ritter , wollt dem Kaiser wied'rum kriegen Stadt und Festung  Belgerad ! Er ließ schlagen eine Brukk...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cape Esperance: America Fought World War II With Crap Weapons, And That's All Right

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It is night on the glassy seas where  Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira , half-maddened by the horrors of a sixteenth century Pacific crossing, th...
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Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Fall of France, X: A Machine For Controlling Space, VII: The Payoff

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Since time began, men have longed to destroy the Sun.  Wait, no, that's just an ancient Simpsons reference to an even more ancient...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Fall of France, X: A Machine For Controlling Space, VI: The Prince de Ligne died of his wounds at an undisclosed location in Belgium today.*

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The Electric City is in danger! One of those unconsciously revealing snips of history, from 1914. "The inventor of the Lewis gun ...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Plantation of the Atlantic, XVII: 47% Of Mitt's Legacy Is Under A Hill in Darien

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Look! Mormon Larpers!  No, not the spicy Laotian dish made with ground rice, meat, lime and fish sauce, which sounds delicious (thank...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Coal Wood

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 So, this: from the start of history, Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars (6:24ff): "And there was formerly a tim...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Beau Sabreur: Alam el Halfa

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(Warning: not a single scholarly or musically redeemable link above the fold. Plus a repeat!) Seventy years ago, more or less, Alam Hal...
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