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New Food: Cornflake Crusted Chicken Tenders
If you subscribe to my Pinterest page, my @douglaswelch Twitter account or my Google+ feed, you know that I am always finding recipes I want to try. This series, New Food, will highlight some of those finds as we make them for the first time … Continue reading
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Two Stanzas From The Divine Comedy: Inferno
THE DIVINE COMEDY: INFERNO In the world this man was filled with arrogance,and nothing good about him decks his memory;for this, his shade is filled with fury here. Many in life esteem themselves great menwho then will wallow here like … Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: The Mueller Report – 103 in a series – “…was paid to explain what a Trump presidency would entail.”
“Trump was elected President on November 8, 2016. Manafort told the Office that, in the wake of Trump’s victory, he was not interested in an Administration job. Manafort instead preferred to stay on the “outside,” and monetize his campaign position … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass – 94 in a series – “… Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a Great Man…”
“I have often said elsewhere what I wish to repeat here, that Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a Great Man—too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Anatomy of Fascism – 41 in a series – “Failed fascist movements may tell us as much about what was needed for taking root as successful ones.”
“Not even the victor nations were immune to the fascist virus after World War I. Outside Italy and Germany, however, although fascists could be noisy or troublesome, they did not get close to power. That does not mean we should … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Mueller Report – 102 in a series – “Despite his resignation, Manafort continued to offer advice to various Campaign officials…”
“Manafort resigned from the Trump Campaign in mid-August 2016, approximately two weeks after his second meeting with Kilimnik, amidst negative media reporting about his political consulting work for the pro-Russian Party of Regions in Ukraine. Despite his resignation, Manafort continued … Continue reading
Ceramic Tile Pattern, Porto, Portugal via Instagram
Follow Me On Instagram! Ceramic Tile Pattern, Porto, Portugal Facades like this are one of my most striking memories of Porto. They are everywhere and bind the city together as and architectural whole. See more from my Instagram Feed * … Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass – 93 in a series – “…they were willing to fight for the union, but that they were not willing to fight for the freedom of the negroes…”
“The old cry was raised by the copperhead organs of “an abolition war,” and a pretext was thus found for an excuse for refusing to enlist, and for marshaling all the negro prejudice of the north on the rebel side. … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Anatomy of Fascism – 41 in a series – “he Nazi rank and file grew restive as the chances for jobs and places seemed to be slipping away.”
“Hitler thus built Nazism by July 1932 into the first catch-all party in German history and the largest party so far seen there. His Storm Troopers aroused both fear and admiration by their readiness to beat up socialists, communists, … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Mueller Report – 101 in a series – “…creating an autonomous republic in its more industrialized eastern region…”
“First, Manafort and Kilimnik discussed a plan to resolve the ongoing political problems in Ukraine by creating an autonomous republic in its more industrialized eastern region of Donbas,922 and having Yanukovych, the Ukrainian President ousted in 2014, elected to head … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass – 92 in a series – “The Proclamation itself was like Mr. Lincoln throughout.”
“The Proclamation itself was like Mr. Lincoln throughout. It was framed with a view to the least harm and the most good possible in the circumstances, and with especial consideration of the latter. It was thoughtful, cautious, and well guarded … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Anatomy of Fascism – 40 in a series – “…in incessant public meetings spiced up by uniformed strong-arm squads…”
“The growth of the Nazi vote from the ninth party in Germany in 1928 to the first in 1932 showed how successfully Hitler and his strategists profited from the discredit of the traditional parties by devising new electoral techniques … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass – 91 in a series – “… the government would be found on the side of emancipation.”
“And now, on this day of January 1st, 1863, the formal and solemn announcement was made that thereafter the government would be found on the side of emancipation. This proclamation changed everything. It gave a new direction to the councils … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Anatomy of Fascism – 39 in a series – “…turned to the Landbund, a violent peasant self-help league.”
“The Weimar Republic was triply damned in their eyes: dominated by distant Prussia, by sinful and decadent Berlin, and by “reds” who thought only of cheap food for urban workers. [It] forced many of them into debt and foreclosure, desperate … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: The Mueller Report – 100 in a series – “…three being Ukrainian oligarchs who were senior Opposition Bloc officials.”
“Immediately upon joining the Campaign, Manafort directed Gates to prepare for his review separate memoranda addressed to Deripaska, Akhmetov, Serhiy Lyovochkin, and Boris Kolesnikov,879 the last three being Ukrainian oligarchs who were senior Opposition Bloc officials.880 The memoranda described Manafort’s … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: Life and Times of Frederick Douglass – 90 in a series – “…yet the slave who loved us, was hated, and the slaveholder who hated us, was loved.”
“Generals, in the field, and councils in the Cabinet, had persisted in advancing this policy through defeats and disasters, even to the verge of ruin. We fought the rebellion, but not its cause. The key to the situation was the … Continue reading
