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He is delightful! Funny and warm, as is the subject of the video. I was zero percent surprised to find out the Benjamin Lay was a Quaker.
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Indeed! He’s right that there needs to be a movie about Lay!
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Peter Dinklage?
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How appropriate, considering i just posted this earlier. His ghost must be pleased
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ha! Ea-Nasir and the ancient tablets that describe his copper corruption are a running joke between Dear Brother and me. he has handled the tablet(s?) and we laugh that it was the earleist known “bad yelp review”!
DB just left the keys for Orlando after a week’s stay here with our mum. there is more about his visit in the food thread. Mesopotamian cooking with Dr. Brad. Sumerian lunch bowls and a king’s favorite cookies - tell your friends!
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I think a reproduction of the tablet would be a pretty amusing decoration to have around the house, good conversation starter.
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This reminded me of a brilliant made-for-TV movie from 1978 named “Holocaust,” which I think should be required viewing for everyone in the US now, along with “Army of Shadows.”
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(And @nosaj)
From that article:
That same Tuesday, March 21, an Article 48 decree was issued amnestying National Socialists convicted of crimes, including murder, perpetrated “in the battle for national renewal.” Men convicted of treason were now national heroes.
Chilling. Not just parallels…the actual playbook being performed again.
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Suspect there will be more of this sort of rhyming in our future.
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It really is starting to look like for Tromp and Musk especially, the only problem with Nazis is that they didn’t have nuclear weapons (and um, space lasers? A battalion of billionaires?).
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I mean in this case we are talking about people who purposely studied Hitler to learn from the masters.
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Yep. During the war there was a 3 way race for nukes, and the nazis were the furthest behind on it…
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