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Created by John Eipper on 08/19/10 5:00 PM

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Crime (Ronald Hilton, USA, 05/26/11 12:55 am)

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Execution of John Wayne Gacy, May 10th, 1994 (David Duggan, USA, 05/10/19 1:35 pm) For those who may not remember it, today is the 25th anniversary of the execution of John Wayne Gacy, still the all-time leader of serial killers with convictions of 33 murders, all young boys. The bo ...
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Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Nationals for DNC Hack (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 07/15/18 6:36 am) I have received an interesting email, from which I quote: "Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday in the hacking of the Democratic National Comm ...
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Orlando Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen; "Bacha Bazi" (Massoud Malek, USA, 06/14/16 3:29 am) In a video, Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, who committed the worst mass shooting in the US history, said: "He was a good and educated son; the sight of two men in Miami kissing anger ...
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History (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Is the Spanish Civil War Still Relevant? (Francisco Wong-Diaz, USA, 02/24/21 2:53 am) The first civil war of the 20th century occurred in 1910 Mexico, followed by the one in Russia. Both were led by personalities fighting ideological battles where atrocities occurred which were later r ...
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History Judging Trump (Jordi Molins, -Spain, 02/15/21 2:01 pm) A trendy subject on WAIS is whether Trump has been a good American President. From a historical perspective, it is not possible to know yet. We are living still in the "Fed put" regime ...
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Tank Warfare in Spain: Anthony Candil in "Armor" (Anthony J Candil, USA, 11/23/20 8:38 am) I don't want to bother you with irrelevant things, but as you told me it was of interest for you, I send the link to the latest issue of the US Army Armor magazine, the oldest profession ...
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German Holocaust (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Bernd Rother's "Franco y el Holocausto" (David Pike, -France, 01/21/17 5:51 am) I followed the good advice of WAISer Angel Viñas and ordered the fine work of Bernd Rother, Franco y el Holocausto. Now that I've read it, allow me to make a few points, from the t ...
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re: Holocaust: Voyage of SS St Louis (John Heelan, UK) (John Eipper, USA, 10/22/06 3:32 pm) John Heelan sends this response to Bienvenido Macario's 21 October post on the ill-fated 1939 voyage of the *SS St Louis*: There is a very good account of the SS St. Louis and the tragic ...
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re: Hitler and the Jews (Vincent Littrell, Belgium) (John Eipper, USA, 10/22/06 3:27 pm) Vincent Littrell writes: Rereading Christopher Jones's comment from 18 October, "Of course, Adolf Hitler only wished the best for the world, and the Allies were led to believe that hi ...
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Historical Figures (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Daniel Florence O'Leary (1800-1854), Simon Bolivar's "Crann Taca" (Patrick Mears, -Germany, 03/30/21 9:18 am) On December 3, 1817, a seventeen-year old from Cork City, Ireland boarded the British corvette Prime, and left Portsmouth harbor for South America and a life of great adventure and accom ...
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Death of Stuart Christie, Scottish Anarchist and Would-Be Assassin of Franco (John Torok, USA, 08/22/20 7:01 am) Sorry not have been much in touch with WAIS of late. Since there are many in this group with a strong interest in the Spanish Civil War and aftermath, I thought this obituary of the Scottish an ...
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Trump, Coronavirus, and the Legacy of History (Anthony D'Agostino, USA, 03/20/20 4:09 am) Thinking about the very droll posting of Paul Pitlick and JE's comment (March 19th), I thought about my own WAIS note of November 2016, "Trump: the World Historical Individual." At ...
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Decline of West (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Searching for Hope in Today's Troubled World (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 06/27/19 4:25 am) Yesterday I read an interesting quote: "The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were ...
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Robert Harris on Empire (John Heelan, -UK, 11/23/15 6:48 am) In his latest book Dictator in the trilogy about Marcus Tullius Cicero (layer, politician, commentator on politics and law) and the decline of the Roman Empire, Robert Harris has Cicero musin ...
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Social Unrest and Decline of Parliamentarianism (Jon Kofas, Greece, 10/03/11 2:09 am) US protesters in New York remain vigilant against Wall Street capitalism that the two-party system guards while pretending to uphold the welfare of citizens. That the police arrested 700 New Yorkers t ...
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Learning History (John Eipper, USA, 08/26/10 5:02 am)

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Doctored Historical Photos, and a Mussolini Slogan (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 01/10/17 3:07 pm) Once in a while, WAIS discusses how history is taught in different countries. I can assure you that in Italy it is taught in a politically correct manner. In an 18 December 1934 speech at Littor ...
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Ignorance, Apathy and History: Wineburg in *LA Times* (Francisco Ramirez, USA, 10/24/11 2:14 am) From both the left and the right it is fashionable to assume that younger folks know very little about history. This is especially the charge with respect to younger American students. The charge is r ...
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History Lessons (Daryl DeBell, US) (John Eipper, USA, 09/09/06 4:00 pm) The Economist (7/8/06) has an article "History lessons". Daryl DeBell comments:Since I am naif regarding history, I am reluctant to comment on the subject, but I am curious about it, and this article ...
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