Monthly Archives: December 2020

Tibullus Elegy I.3: A Chopin Nocturne on War

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Steven J. Willett

Translated by Steven Willett   Across Aegean waves Massalla, you'll sail without me,     yet thinking of me, I hope, you and your staff! Phaeacia now holds me back, sick in an unknown land     —if only black black Death … Continue reading →

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The Fall of the Republic – part1

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Pat Lang

"Correspondence between Hunter Biden and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming from 2017 shows President-elect Joe Biden's son extending "best wishes from the entire Biden family," and urging the chairman to "quickly" send a $10 million wire to "properly fund and operate" the Biden … Continue reading →

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Thucydides on the Spartan Ethic for War – Commentary by Steven Willett

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Steven J. Willett

In his History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides lays out the events that precipitated a long, enormously destructive war between the city-states of Athens and Sparta. The war ran from 431BCE to 404BCE with only a few years of intervening … Continue reading →

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Electoral College members meet in the states

Posted on December 14, 2020 by willmann

By Robert Willmann Congress set a date for presidential electors to meet as "the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State as the legislature of such State shall direct", … Continue reading →

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‘You will own nothing, and you will be happy’: Warnings of ‘Orwellian’ Great Reset

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Pat Lang

"A terrifying coalition of big business and big tech are so confident and brazen they are promising the public “you will own nothing, and you will be happy” in an advertising campaign for a global reset, according to Sky News … Continue reading →

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“To Sullivan” – The GAGA Dictionary By Walrus.

Posted on December 14, 2020 by walrus

Friends, herewith the first entry in what I have termed "The GAGA Dictionary". I name it the GaGa for no reason. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "To Sullivan", adjective; to use a judicial position to persecute an individual beyond any pretext of administering justice. … Continue reading →

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New York! New York!

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Pat Lang

Back of the freezer, cleaning out.  Two inches thick.  pl

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Tibullus I.10: Peace and Farming against War

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Steven J. Willett

Translated by Steven J. Willett [Please note that ….. indicates text missing from the Latin manuscript.]   Who was it, who first invented the terrifying sword?     How savage and truly iron-tempered he was. Then butchery for the race of … Continue reading →

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“German prisoners of war in the United States” wiki

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Pat Lang

"There were insufficient American guards, especially German speakers. They mostly supervised the German officers and NCOs who strictly maintained discipline.[13][25][12]:33–34[16] The Germans woke their own men, marched them to and from meals, and prepared them for work;[26] their routine successfully recreated the … Continue reading →

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More sword

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Pat Lang

63 degrees today, sunny tomorrow.  pl

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