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2023-04-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

America's Crime Problem Begins in Our Colleges

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-03 04:38|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Many people in his own time and subsequently have venerated John Brown. I have never been a fan. Maybe it is the hair, but less superficially, I am against change enacted by violent slaughter of civilians. I am also not big on Curtis LeMay. I believe that dropping the nuclear bombs prevented millions of casualties on both sides, but generally the firebombing of civilians is abhorrent. Maybe LeMay’s tactics were useful and effective, but I choose not to keep the John Brown characters out of my personal pantheon of heroes. By not singing the mournful hymns about John Brown’s body, I can reject characters like Angela Davis without being hypocritical. Thelma and Louise sucked anyway.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-04-03 07:44|| 2023-04-03 07:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Not sure how LeMay has anything to do with this, but ok. LeMay was not a fan of the bomb. He called it, "something dropped by someone". He was a believer in firebombing as part of total war. BTW Japan was the last war we won, largely due to his efforts of bringing the cost of war home to Japan. I find the whole idea of war abhorrent, nukes, gas, fire bombs and bullets, but if we must put our younger generation at risk, total war should be the method. LeMay did more in the short firebombing stint in Europe than all the strategic bombing did. For example, strategic bombing of the ball bearing factories, costing over 70 B17s and 600 men over the one night, yielded a reduced production of 34% for a whopping 3 days, 6 weeks to retain full production. We, on the other hand lost 20% of our entire bomber planes and crews. Just maybe firebombing them would have been a better choice. If we are going to fight, fight to win.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-04-03 13:07|| 2023-04-03 13:07|| Front Page Top

#3
1970 Marin County courthouse murders

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-03 13:29|| 2023-04-03 13:29|| Front Page Top

#4 From the San Francisco Chronicle archives:

FILE - Angela Davis enters court in San Rafael, Calif., Dec. 23, 1970, following a heavily-guarded airborne extradition from New York. Davis, who was accused of supplying some of the weapons used in a shootout during an attempted escape of prisoners at the Marin County Courthouse, was eventually acquitted of federal charges.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-03 13:32|| 2023-04-03 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Shocking, sensation pictures at the link. For some reason I was not able to post them.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-03 13:33|| 2023-04-03 13:33|| Front Page Top

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