(Part 3) Top products from r/MURICA

This is great. It’s pretty fair and balanced.

https://www.amazon.com/Grant-Ron-Chernow/dp/159420487X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539334724&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=grant&dpPl=1&dpID=51QjQQuYcmL&ref=plSrch

Sorry for the formatting, I’m on mobile.

I had a series of books as a kid that told stories about famous/influential peoople (ValueTales is what they were called). One of them was about Terry Fox; I always thought his story was the best of them, but found it weird that not really anybody else knew about him (I'm American).

Edit: Looks like there is one for sale on amazon.

Context. Great book, 10/10 would recommend.

> When Edison invented the lightbulb

Oooohh wrong example.

Edison, who patented his bulb in 1879, merely improved on a design that British inventor Joseph Swan had patented 10 years earlier. Swan sued Edison for patent infringement, and the British courts ruled against Edison

In contrast the American space programme was a substantial leap beyond what any of the component parts contributed, to the degree that a new discipline, systems engineering management, needed to be developed for the projects to succeed. (e.g.)

> absolutely an American achievement

Everyone in the world knows this so it may only be Americans who notice that their flag isn't there even though American excellence and endeavour is writ large across the whole story.

Neil Armstrong's wife is played by British actress Claire Foy, so Ryan isn't the only foreigner involved, but American accents are ubiquitous in the trailer I've seen.

Some of my friends wore one too!

Bible has two meanings:

1. The Christian Bible
   
   
2. An informative and reliable book (for example, the C++ Bible)
   
   Also, who cares?

I've read a few. Like this one. And this one. And this one. And this one.

Sorry none of them are Lost Cause Confederate propaganda, though. Better luck next time, Johnny Reb.

there's actually an amazing book on this subject entitled Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe.

it details how the war didn't end with VE day; how it continued for years afterwards. rather than reconstruction and rehabilitation in the immediate post-war years, europe descended into mere anarchy, with chaos and violence everywhere, and groups using these conditions to settle 'old scores'. vengeance, displacements, moral disintegration, rape, torture, civil wars, and yes, a resurgence of anti-semitism and a re-opening of the camps.

it was only the marshall plan that brought stability to a region that was ripe for revolution and soviet takeover.

this is an important book, and i recommend it every chance i get, but it is not for the faint of heart: it is terrifying. but the fact is the europe, rather than enjoying a robust economy, would still be digging out from under the rubble today without the americans.

sometimes i indulge myself by wondering if we did the right thing.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bro-Code-Barney-Stinson/dp/1442339586

Depending on where you sit relative to the political 'aisle:' http://www.amazon.com/Rush-Revere-Brave-Pilgrims-Time-Travel/dp/1476755868

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/159474582X?pc_redir=1404835092&robot_redir=1

just hand her a copy of One Day in the
Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn and she'll take that Stalinist shit down off the wall by herself.

He also hated being called Teddy.

My favorite president by far.

If you haven't read this: check out The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Essentially the same thing, no paperwork required

You know what. In fact, here.

https://www.amazon.com/Exorcising-Hitler-Occupation-Denazification-Germany/dp/1608195031

There's a start. Don't try talking about shit you don't know anything about.

It's much appreciated, but I feel guilty that I don't even know what boxing day is (let alone when your independence day equivalent is).

I have read all three of Edmund Morris's biographies on TR, totaling over 2000 pages of Teddy Roosevelt's life. I also teach history. I doubt you can say the same. Here, do some reading before you embarrass yourself anymore.


https://www.amazon.com/Edmund-Morriss-Theodore-Roosevelt-Trilogy/dp/0812958632/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RQ7AY9KEE1QXMDC17X0R

If you think TR is one of the worst presidents in US history, you have a lot to learn, and quite frankly, are delusional.

1. Dog whistle words, and the connotations that the black president is failing to control all black people. Let's face it, he's using the word "thug" the same way that the alt-right use the word "thug."
   
   
2. It's the quote about the Khans. He's heavily implying that because of their religion and nationality, that Khan's wife is forbidden to speak.
   
   
3. link
   
   
4. The quote was spoken on Morning Joe in regards to Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who agreed to hear the class-action suit against Trump. Trump is implying that because he (a second-generation hispanic born in the USA) is "mexican," he is hearing the case out of spite for Trump.
   
   
5. Really? The implication that a black president is illegitimate and possibly a 'muslim' based on absolutely nothing, and demanding to see his birth certificate isn't racist? Just because he adds "I don't know" and "Somebody told me" doesn't mean it isn't his own thoughts. He's just dressing them up in bullshit to try to take the heat off himself and claim that he's just repeating someone else's ideas.