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    Clarissa on Recommended Reading on US HistoryMay 14, 2026

    OK, now I want to drop everything and read this book. 😂😂

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    Anonymous on CrudMay 14, 2026

    His percentage is oddly specific, revealing its use as a rhetorical rather than factual statement. He's also not wrong. We…

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    tatosotele on Recommended Reading on US HistoryMay 14, 2026

    On more granular scale, Stephen Ambrose's: "Undaunted Courage", detailing the Lewis & Clark expedition, articulates more about America than any…

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    Clarissa on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    Done!

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    Anonymous on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    Slightly off-topic: While waiting for your next installment of the worthwhile American novel, could you, please, recommend any book(s) about…

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    Clarissa on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    I can imagine isolated cases where it's hard to get them toilet trained by 5 but this has become a…

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    Clarissa on Dumb DescendantsMay 14, 2026

    The women are weird, too. If you already managed to marry Lincoln's offspring, how can you not want to pass…

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    Anonymous on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    We need to start taking away children from parents for behavior like this. Not teaching your child how to shit…

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    cliff arroyo on Dumb DescendantsMay 14, 2026

    "Lincoln’s family had an extraordinarily high rate of early death" I'm wondering how much Mary Todd Lincoln's mental issues were…

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    Anonymous on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    Re: Cooking over an open fire Check out the YouTube channel, Early American, on life 200 years ago on the…

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    Anonymous on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    Soup, stew, beans, meat, eggs, bread... There were a lot of specialized cast-iron implements for the purpose, dutch ovens, trivets,…

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    Anonymous on Dumb DescendantsMay 14, 2026

    "were they cursed?" yes. Lincoln's family had an extraordinarily high rate of early death, even for the time. ethyl

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    Anonymous on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    This is why you never hear about indentured servitude, which is how an awful lot of the early white people…

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    cliff arroyo on Dumb DescendantsMay 14, 2026

    " All they needed to do is procreate, keep the line going" Looking into it a little... the two men both…

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    Avi on The Lincoln TripMay 13, 2026

    I suppose the obsession with slavery which, as you rightly point out, has now turned into a veritable cult with…

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    Anonymous on New SalemMay 13, 2026

    There is an interesting video about how the song was written. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_U3h1ln8Hs

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    oldcowboy3 on The Lincoln TripMay 13, 2026

    "I have no idea what you can cook on an open fire beyond soup." Kid, somebody with cast iron equipment…

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    Clarissa on New SalemMay 13, 2026

    I love reading your reports about the contest a lot more than I love the contest. ☺️ I wonder what…

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    Clarissa on Dumb DescendantsMay 13, 2026

    OK, this comment won the week. 😂😂

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    Anonymous on Dumb DescendantsMay 13, 2026

    Maybe they were Log Cabin Republicans. Walnut

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    Clarissa on Dumb DescendantsMay 13, 2026

    Very odd. People spend lifetimes searching for meaning, and these morons have baked-in meaning. All they needed to do is…

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    mitchellporter on Dumb DescendantsMay 13, 2026

    This is an odd story, let alone for such a famous family. Were they cursed? Were they cultural forerunners of…

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    cliff arroyo on New SalemMay 13, 2026

    OT: It's that time of year again..... https://cliffarroyo.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/eurovision-2026-sad-the-continent-that-needs-eurovision/

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    Clarissa on Widget MentalityMay 12, 2026

    If we take Spain as an example, both nationalists and anti-nationalists feel a lot of shame around the Spanish Empire.…

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    Clarissa on Widget MentalityMay 12, 2026

    Nationalists have plenty of shame but it's about different things than the anti-nationalist left. I can give examples from several…

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    cliff arroyo on Widget MentalityMay 12, 2026

    "According to the nationalists" Which nationalists? There are a lot of different schools of nationalism, some fine some kind of…

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    v07 on Widget MentalityMay 12, 2026

    Fair enough, let's compare apples to apples. According to the nationalists, shame about the wrongdoings of the ancestors is also…

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    Clarissa on Franco’s FatherMay 12, 2026

    Thank you for posting! Only a little over a year ago people told me here on the blog that I…

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    Anonymous on Franco’s FatherMay 12, 2026

    OT: https://x.com/RMXnews/status/2054163153550754062 This guy, for mysterious algorithm reasons, has haunted my YT feed for what seems like years. I don't…

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    oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 12, 2026

    LOL ;-D

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