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PISSED Belfort Instrument Company DigiWx users
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With a customer dissatisfaction rate approaching 25% (that's nearly one out of every 4 buyers), here's what Belfort Instrument Company DigiWx AWOS owners are saying.... Libby (S59) airport manager Keith Kinden: It's a piece of SHIT! Cross Keys (17N) airport manager Hank Ostrosky: DigiWx is completely... more »
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DISCLOSE.TV UP SH*T CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
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< ED CONRAD'S CONFIDENTIAL E-MAIL
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To: disclose.tv...@yahoo.com
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT I HAVE BEEN BANNED
FROM DISCLOSE.TV FOR LIFE (FOR THE FOURTH OR FIFTH
TIME) AND IT CAME AS SUCH A SHOCK, I BELIEVE I HAVE... more »
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(OT) Questions of the 1930s US Neutrality Acts, and their application -
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The Neutrality Acts of the 1930s were proactive attempts to prevent the US from getting into situations similar to what was thought to have gotten into World War I.
More extreme proposals were on the table, including the Ludlow Amendment, intended to force a referendum on any congressional declaration of war. It was never enacted.... more »
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A small-scale scenario - WI the Panay was not attacked?
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What effects are there on US policy, if the Panay is not attacked in 1937 and no comparable incident happens to a US ship in China for all of 1937 & 1938 ?
Would the content of US neutrality legislation or FDR's public pronouncements on foreign policy (ie, the "Quarantine" speech) have been any different?... more »
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A small-scale scenario- What if the St. Louis, the "ship of the damned" went to Santo Domingo?
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The USS St. Louis, holding many German and Austrian Jewish refugees was turned back by American and Cuban immigration authorities. Ultimately its passengers were returned to Europe, where a significant portion of them were later killed in the Holocaust.
However, what if the skipper had tried to go to Santo Domingo? The Trujillo government I believe had a welcoming policy to refugees, and fewer people came than he was willing to let in.... more »
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Fremont a Democrat?
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I've seen it claimed from time to time that John C Fremont, before becoming the Republican candidate in 1856, had been approached by Democratic politicians and asked to run as their candidate. A few questions.
Firstly, is this true or just an urban legend?
Secondly, if Fremont agreed, had he any chance of actually getting the Democratic nomination? I'd have thought the South would have been pretty dubious about him toi say the least.... more »
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POD Valentines day, 1974 Washington D.C.
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Dateline Valentines morning 1974, President Nixon died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack, first lady Pat Nixon awoke to find him clutching his arm and gasping in his sleep. Secret Service agents immediately took action but were unable to revive the President who was declared dead at 3:45 AM by... more »
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