@Hikermick to Today I LearnedEnglish • 8 hours agoTIL of the Business Plot, a conspiracy to overthrow the presidency of FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in 1933en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up1298arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1298arrow-down1external-linkTIL of the Business Plot, a conspiracy to overthrow the presidency of FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in 1933en.wikipedia.org@Hikermick to Today I LearnedEnglish • 8 hours agomessage-square17 cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•7 hours agoSmedley Butler was a hero on so many levels, a modern day Cincinnatus. He proved himself in battle again and again, and the rich and powerful offered him a throne. He turned it down, because he was a decent man. A man of conscience.
minus-square@DaMonsterKneeslinkEnglish1•45 minutes agoTruth, and it invokes fond memories of some of my favorite Bean books, although Orson Scott Card can go fuck himself.
Smedley Butler was a hero on so many levels, a modern day Cincinnatus. He proved himself in battle again and again, and the rich and powerful offered him a throne. He turned it down, because he was a decent man. A man of conscience.
Truth, and it invokes fond memories of some of my favorite Bean books, although Orson Scott Card can go fuck himself.