Quintus Curtius has posted this little bit [https://qcurtius.com/2017/02/12/how-benito-mussolini-took-power/] on Mussolini’s rise to power. This caught my eye: > It was never established whether Mussolini was involved or knew anything about the plot beforehand. He was certainly not above using violence, or encouraging its use, against political opponents; but such a reckless step probably was taken without his knowledge or approval. Despite this, he was able to use the crisis that the murder…
Helton Strom isn’t having a good day. Or week for that matter. A teacher who can’t get the job he wants as pilot (even managing to break the simulator while testing), he decides to take a break to help out his sister, he then has his citizenship and job stripped from him, and is left adrift with nothing to do. To make matters worse, the ship has been hijacked by pirates, and he, and the passengers, have been stranded on a desert planet, to be used as slaves. Little did he know things were alre…
… and I have yet to see it (but soon… soon….). As you well may know, I’m a huge fan of the first movie [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/10/more-on-john-wick.html]. But others have, and they like it [https://wastelandandsky.blogspot.ca/2017/02/the-myth-legend.html]: > I’ll be frank, I thought this movie was great. The lore from the first movie is expanded upon and given a real kick in the pants, John Wick himself shows even more charisma and surprising depth, and the supporting cast is even str…
Back when Fukushima had it’s issues due to an earthquake moving the entire island of Japan 8 feet [http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html] over, Randall Munroe over at XKCD had not yet gone off the rails, and posted an interesting and highly useful infographic [https://xkcd.com/radiation/] on radiation levels. For people who hadn’t been trained in radiation dosimetry, it certainly is a damned useful way to visualize the degree of hazard associated…
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