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Created by John Eipper on 08/19/10 5:00 PM

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Crime (Ronald Hilton, USA, 05/26/11 12:55 am)

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Execution of John Wayne Gacy, May 10th, 1994 (David Duggan, USA, 05/10/19 1:35 pm) For those who may not remember it, today is the 25th anniversary of the execution of John Wayne Gacy, still the all-time leader of serial killers with convictions of 33 murders, all young boys. The bo ...
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Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Nationals for DNC Hack (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 07/15/18 6:36 am) I have received an interesting email, from which I quote: "Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday in the hacking of the Democratic National Comm ...
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Orlando Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen; "Bacha Bazi" (Massoud Malek, USA, 06/14/16 3:29 am) In a video, Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, who committed the worst mass shooting in the US history, said: "He was a good and educated son; the sight of two men in Miami kissing anger ...
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History (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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An Early History of Flint, Michigan (1905) (Patrick Mears, -Germany, 03/10/23 3:18 am) I recently discovered, through an O'Leary cousin of mine living in Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland, that my great-grand uncle, John Charles O'Leary (1832-1920), who lived in Flint after emi ...
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History from Cemeteries: Flint, Michigan (Patrick Mears, -Germany, 03/05/23 3:27 am) I hope that you and Aldona are on the ground in Michigan and either in your home or are nearing it. It sounded from your email messages from Portugal that you both had a lovely time. In any event, w ...
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Benjamin Franklin and the Second Amendment (Istvan Simon, USA, 03/03/23 1:00 am) The United States suffers from an obscene bloodbath every single day due to the complete misunderstanding of the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by the owners of guns in our ...
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German Holocaust (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Bernd Rother's "Franco y el Holocausto" (David Pike, -France, 01/21/17 5:51 am) I followed the good advice of WAISer Angel Viñas and ordered the fine work of Bernd Rother, Franco y el Holocausto. Now that I've read it, allow me to make a few points, from the t ...
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re: Holocaust: Voyage of SS St Louis (John Heelan, UK) (John Eipper, USA, 10/22/06 3:32 pm) John Heelan sends this response to Bienvenido Macario's 21 October post on the ill-fated 1939 voyage of the *SS St Louis*: There is a very good account of the SS St. Louis and the tragic ...
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re: Hitler and the Jews (Vincent Littrell, Belgium) (John Eipper, USA, 10/22/06 3:27 pm) Vincent Littrell writes: Rereading Christopher Jones's comment from 18 October, "Of course, Adolf Hitler only wished the best for the world, and the Allies were led to believe that hi ...
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Historical Figures (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Bernardo de Galvez, Key to US Independence (Consoly Leon Arias, Spain / Canary, 07/31/22 3:54 am) A few weeks ago the US president arrived in Madrid to attend the NATO summit. In his appearance before the mass media at the Royal Palace in Madrid, President Biden commented in a relaxed tone to King ...
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Daniel Florence O'Leary (1800-1854), Simon Bolivar's "Crann Taca" (Patrick Mears, -Germany, 03/30/21 9:18 am) On December 3, 1817, a seventeen-year old from Cork City, Ireland boarded the British corvette Prime, and left Portsmouth harbor for South America and a life of great adventure and accom ...
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Death of Stuart Christie, Scottish Anarchist and Would-Be Assassin of Franco (John Torok, USA, 08/22/20 7:01 am) Sorry not have been much in touch with WAIS of late. Since there are many in this group with a strong interest in the Spanish Civil War and aftermath, I thought this obituary of the Scottish an ...
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Decline of West (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Reflections on the Fall of Civilizations (Consoly Leon Arias, Spain / Canary, 02/12/22 10:15 am) Recently a meme circulated on the social networks, in which some legionaries of the ancient Roman Empire, crossing the Alps, could be seen in the upper part of the image. A caption accompanied the car ...
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Searching for Hope in Today's Troubled World (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 06/27/19 4:25 am) Yesterday I read an interesting quote: "The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were ...
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Robert Harris on Empire (John Heelan, -UK, 11/23/15 6:48 am) In his latest book Dictator in the trilogy about Marcus Tullius Cicero (layer, politician, commentator on politics and law) and the decline of the Roman Empire, Robert Harris has Cicero musin ...
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Learning History (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Doctored Historical Photos, and a Mussolini Slogan (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 01/10/17 3:07 pm) Once in a while, WAIS discusses how history is taught in different countries. I can assure you that in Italy it is taught in a politically correct manner. In an 18 December 1934 speech at Littor ...
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Ignorance, Apathy and History: Wineburg in *LA Times* (Francisco Ramirez, USA, 10/24/11 2:14 am) From both the left and the right it is fashionable to assume that younger folks know very little about history. This is especially the charge with respect to younger American students. The charge is r ...
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History Lessons (Daryl DeBell, US) (John Eipper, USA, 09/09/06 4:00 pm) The Economist (7/8/06) has an article "History lessons". Daryl DeBell comments:Since I am naif regarding history, I am reluctant to comment on the subject, but I am curious about it, and this article ...
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