how many folks got killed in the bars on saturday night. All they know of america was from the movies.
in the 70's in england the local yout's asked me what kind of machine gun I owned
how many folks got killed in the bars on saturday night. All they know of america was from the movies. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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Right - and unfortunately for the Russians . . .
. . they learned all about Capitalism from C and D level gangster movies - thus Putin and his pals. |
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It couldn't have been "all movies" in the UK.
Over 1,600,000 American servicemen and women were in Great Britain as the invasion was launched. Numbers dwindled thereafter, but as late as April 30, 1945 there were still over 224,000 airmen, 109,000 communications zone troops, and 100,000 in hospitals or preparing to serve as individual replacements. https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/americans-great-britain-world-war-ii-online-interactive-released bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again. |
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Stahp.
You asked a question, I answered it. I will talk slowly, as if to a small child: We just. didn't. care. about. American. domestic. news. and. events. There. were very. few. ways. of. getting. it. even. if. we. did. The vast majority of those military personnel were on American bases where they had little to no interaction with The Limeys, other than getting pissed in the local pub. And then, very shortly afterwards, the vast, vast majority of them fucked off home, as you would expect. |
Euro take on dis-US's crumbling future re any 'trans-Pacific-Alliance' ... and implications.
- (Ashton)
- (21)
- July 3, 2020, 05:29:59 PM EDT
We're finally achieving the world title we should have had since 1980.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (20)
- July 6, 2020, 08:20:56 AM EDT
Err, ~1620? if we look for Root-causes..
- (Ashton)
- (19)
- July 7, 2020, 05:29:18 PM EDT
IME, it didn't necessarily take truthiness.
- (mmoffitt)
- (18)
- July 8, 2020, 12:14:01 PM EDT
Not gonna happen
-NT
- (drook)
- (14)
- July 8, 2020, 12:57:39 PM EDT
YM rebuild US reputation? Naah, I'm with Droo: That peaked forever somewhere between JFK and Reagan.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (13)
- July 10, 2020, 06:21:50 AM EDT
Also, Obama was wildly popular outside the US
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (12)
- July 10, 2020, 08:14:02 AM EDT
Peaked in Europe following WWII and Marshall Plan?
- (mmoffitt)
- (11)
- July 10, 2020, 08:37:43 AM EDT
I think you're conflating two things that don't need conflating.
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- July 10, 2020, 09:01:08 AM EDT
Disagree.
- (mmoffitt)
- (7)
- July 10, 2020, 09:52:29 AM EDT
You answer your own question
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- July 10, 2020, 10:05:39 AM EDT
Willful?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- July 10, 2020, 11:55:27 AM EDT
Now you're just being obtuse.
- (pwhysall)
- July 10, 2020, 11:58:48 AM EDT
in the 70's in england the local yout's asked me what kind of machine gun I owned
- (boxley)
- (3)
- July 10, 2020, 11:27:30 AM EDT
Right - and unfortunately for the Russians . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- July 10, 2020, 11:30:37 AM EDT
It couldn't have been "all movies" in the UK.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- July 10, 2020, 11:59:05 AM EDT
Stahp.
- (pwhysall)
- July 10, 2020, 12:02:39 PM EDT
A) Yes, and B) What a stupid question and statement.
- (CRConrad)
- July 13, 2020, 09:24:54 AM EDT
And to a large extent, they still don't care. Or at least, not in a way to make things better.
- (scoenye)
- July 13, 2020, 07:58:48 PM EDT
Thanks ... good to realize your take, then.
- (Ashton)
- July 8, 2020, 03:59:33 PM EDT
I am not "around the world", but . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- July 8, 2020, 04:11:36 PM EDT
I'll FIFY: s/The women's vote was instrumental/The White women's vote was instrumental/
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- July 9, 2020, 12:26:11 PM EDT
