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Ok, so the first thing you need to understand about Kill Bill is that everyone is a monster and there are no “good guys” to root for. ‘The mission was to bring down Bill O’Reilly’: The final days of a Fox News superstar By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Ben Terris, Wasington Post April 21, 2017 The …

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I keep saying I’m a Historian but nobody seems to believe me. I suppose that’s fair enough, it’s a profession in which like writing and journalism your credibility depends on your work product and entertainment value, and while I may assure you my discussions of court intrigue during the Second Intermediate Period at Abydos are …

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A literary device by which an author hints what is to come. Foreshadowing is a dramatic device in which an important plot-point is mentioned early in the story and will return in a more significant way.

I WANT MORE ICED TEA! Yoda Godless Killing Machine “I WILL Sit Here And Gloat” Oh, I’m not done with you yet.

Before the gendarmes (it means “Gentlemen At Arms” in French, also Police, and they are rarely ‘Gentlemen’ but mostly armed thugs employed by the aristocracy) get all down on me as threatening and advocating violence, “Kill It With Fire” is an authentic Internet and Gaming meme arising from the fact that certain antagonists (‘Bosses’ in …

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Like a horrible business that treats both its customers and employees badly and with a clueless and incompetent management. A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in place By Sari Horwitz, Washington Post April 18 Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing …

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Well, the Democrats have high hopes for this one especially after the near miss in Kansas 4. Rather than spending nothing to support a Berniecrat (as they did in Kansas), Institutional Democrats have dumped over $8 Million into this race so they can elect a nice, compliant Blue Dog. It’s a non-partisan jungle primary meaning …

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Trump getting hot and bothered by protesters By Matthew Nussbaum, Politico 04/17/17 The latest flare-up came this past weekend, when Trump’s motorcade took an unexpected detour on Saturday as he returned to his Mar-a-Lago resort from the Trump International Golf Club. The longer route bypassed a throng of protesters, participating in a nationwide demonstration calling …

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It is generally accepted among many Historians that a principal cause of the Korean “Police Action” was the Truman Administration and specifically Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, failing to make it clear that the Southern Rhee government (one can hardly call it a democracy) was part of the defense perimeter of the United States (speech …

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