The Off Topic Topic

[Malthus]

DerFaschist is defending a Democrat.

Well, that's only because Truman personally rode the A-Bomb as it dropped on Japan, whoopin' and hollerin' all the way down; he was shielded from the atomic blast hurting him by his enormous, radiation-proof balls. That makes him an honourary Republican.

Or at least, so I learned watching an Oliver Stone documentary. 

[alfred russel]

I've gone back & forth in my opinion of Truman.  I've settled on an overall positive view.

I think the Truman administration got the big calls right, but mismanaged a lot of the smaller stuff.

Basically, Truman was like Obama. 

[The Brain]

I've gone back & forth in my opinion of Truman.  I've settled on an overall positive view.

Cameo.

[sbr]

I enjoyed David McCullough's biography on Truman.

I have no idea if there was a political slant to it, I wasn't looking for that, but it was a good read.

[Valmy]

Damn.  Does McCullough have a political slant?  He has done so many different American History things.  I would think mostly being an apologist for his subject.

[Razgovory]

By the standards of today, probably. What's his explanation for his desegregation of the military? That surely paints him as progressive by the standards of his time.

That was somehow omitted from the documentary.  I had to send my coworker a link to Executive Order 9981 to prove it happened.  Wasn't enough to get him to question Stone's characterization of Truman, unfortunately.

He also pushed for universal healthcare.

[sbr]

Damn.  Does McCullough have a political slant?  He has done so many different American History things.  I would think mostly being an apologist for his subject.

I don't know or care, I just wanted to get in front of the "Oh MCullough he is so ..." brigade if there happened to be one.

[Malthus]

Heh, I'd love to move to this town. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/matajudios-jew-killer-town_n_5133302.html

[The Brain]

David McCallum is great.

[derspiess]

By the standards of today, probably. What's his explanation for his desegregation of the military? That surely paints him as progressive by the standards of his time.

That was somehow omitted from the documentary.  I had to send my coworker a link to Executive Order 9981 to prove it happened.  Wasn't enough to get him to question Stone's characterization of Truman, unfortunately.

He also pushed for universal healthcare.

As did Nixon.

[The Brain]

Obama pushed it in front of the bus. Or was that his granny?

[Malthus]

Well, this is disturbing. 25 dead cats found hanging from trees in bags.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/25/dead-cats-plastic-bags-woods-new-york/8141177/

Neighbour says: 'well, it was always dirty back there, so I didn't notice'. 

Nice neighbourhood ...

[Ed Anger]

DerFaschist is defending a Democrat.

Well, that's only because Truman personally rode the A-Bomb as it dropped on Japan, whoopin' and hollerin' all the way down; he was shielded from the atomic blast hurting him by his enormous, radiation-proof balls. That makes him an honourary Republican.

Or at least, so I learned watching an Oliver Stone documentary. 

You trying to give me a boner?

[The Larch]

Heh, I'd love to move to this town. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/matajudios-jew-killer-town_n_5133302.html

Apparently the name comes from a typo by some clerk back in the XVIth century. 

[alfred russel]

So I have another question about the bots trying to take over our forum...

I understand that the ones reading, logging in, and registering are probing our defenses; trying to spread their bot messages.

But what are the ones printing threads doing? I can only guess that they have moved on to a higher plane of intelligence, beyond the level of me to comprehend their actions. The singularity is here?

[I may be wrong on this--I thought the same thing as I watched EU AI armies congregate in a single low supply province in the middle of winter]