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2019-02-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Stupid Law of the day from 1916 still on the books.

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Posted by 3dc 2019-02-16 06:53|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 ...I suspected as soon as I read this what was actually going on, but I Googled it just to make sure - this was passed during the First Great Worldwide Unpleasantness to keep people from building ships (at exorbitant rates) for the belligerents - instead of building ships for Americans, so THEY could get the money for shipping the stuff over.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-02-16 11:12|| 2019-02-16 11:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Not so ridiculous in this day of Mercenary Private Security Companies if you remember the Treaty of Washington(1871) and the "Alabama claims":
"At Geneva, in 1872, the United States was awarded $15,500,000 pursuant to the terms of the treaty, and the British apologized for the destruction caused by the British-built Confederate ships, while admitting no guilt."

Posted by magpie 2019-02-16 15:01|| 2019-02-16 15:01|| Front Page Top

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