With the promise of Taco Bell, which he has never had, mac has finished another book. That is 2 books in a week and a half. We are in new territory.
'Potential'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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That's awesome
when did goodstuff get redesigned?
Timelies all!
Sorry that you've had so much stress over this, Consuela.
when did goodstuff get redesigned?
Couple days ago. The conversation wasn't here? Everything is mushed together in my head. I suppose tech is a perfectly appropriate place for it to happen.
Okay, naptime.
It was in tech. I don't feel overly tied to the new version, but I did want the number of notes on there, and couldn't figure out how to do it with the flowers. I think I can swap out the background image, if anyone has ideas.
ION, the Homer is eating! So that's something.
So, I was listening to This american life (the most recent episode about Minnesota and Native Americans) and it is fucking depressing.
My question is: is there any point in the history of the U.S. in which Native Americans were treated honorably? Because damn our history is fucked up. The letter from Thomas Jefferson killed me.
is there any point in the history of the U.S. in which Native Americans were treated honorably?
Maybe in the early colonial days, but I think the prevailing thought was "We're stronger than you, conquering nations get all the marbles, too bad you're the losers." The occupants of a conquered lands were pretty much always trampled on, no matter their color.
Maybe in the early colonial days,
No, not an exception. Christopher Columbus forward to today.
I could give a Washington State example up in Bellingham.
Pretty much the Native Americans were thought of as non-people. The Americas were a great empty wilderness ripe for the taking. A land without a people for a people without a land.