tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post3739291120513532267..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Weekend Link DumpUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-54239297372438376732020-01-22T04:36:30.579-08:002020-01-22T04:36:30.579-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-34789650822819851472020-01-21T11:16:30.614-08:002020-01-21T11:16:30.614-08:00The Soviet Union really was what Reagan called it,...The Soviet Union really was what Reagan called it, an "evil empire", ruling by oppression, fear and mistrust. I've read books by people who lived through the Great Purge, and the arbitrary nature of imprisonment, torture and death is unimaginable to most these days.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-42890037509597595372020-01-20T16:23:45.743-08:002020-01-20T16:23:45.743-08:00I’ve also wondered why Charles hasn’t been dramati...I’ve also wondered why Charles hasn’t been dramatized more. When he is, the focus is usually on his sex life rather than the remarkable story of how he came to regain the monarchy.<br /><br />Wallenberg’s story has always haunted me. As a side note, my grandfather’s sister was tossed in a Soviet prison, where she subsequently *cough* “committed suicide” *cough*. One of his brothers spent many years in a Siberian gulag.<br /><br />I don’t have many warm and fuzzy feelings about the Soviets.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-8723504703812790392020-01-19T08:24:40.580-08:002020-01-19T08:24:40.580-08:00Boy, did I transpose some letters in "Stalin&...Boy, did I transpose some letters in "Stalin"...John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-9771507220120430552020-01-19T08:24:11.639-08:002020-01-19T08:24:11.639-08:00I am very surprised that Charles II's exploits...I am very surprised that Charles II's exploits escaping from Parliament have not become a major motion picture. I have not even heard of a British tv series based on them, though there could be one or more. You'd think it is a natural subject. I've always thought Charles a very likeable man personally, even if his reign as a king was not highly skilled. It's telling that in many movies and tv series in which he appears, he is portrayed as sensible, sharp and sympathetic.<br /><br />The tale of Wallenberg, however, has long struck me as tragic. I can't think of many more nightmarish situations than to disappear into the Soviet Union's secret police state-within-a-state during Satloin's rule.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-81159963637015483012020-01-17T16:34:48.578-08:002020-01-17T16:34:48.578-08:00A case of archaeological mistaken identity.
I do ...A case of archaeological mistaken identity.<br /><br />I do not want a doctor who can't tell I'm not a newt.busterggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146221182670363053noreply@blogger.com