Twenty years ago this morning, half a world away in Iraq, me and the rest of my scout platoon prepared for a convoy escort mission that had us, if not exactly worried, spooked.

But we'd been in country since April. We'd been blown up and shot at and done plenty of shooting ourselves.

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Auschwitz II-Birkenau. In front of a pond located by the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium II.

„To the memory
of the men, women and children
who fell victim to the Nazi genocide.
Here lie their ashes
May their souls rest in peace.”

(Photo: instagram.com/lukos86)

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Don't scroll down this thread there's a monster at the end of these skeets

Most Jews deported by the German Nazis to Auschwitz for extermination were promised resettlement & new life. They packed their suitcases with all the essential items. Hope was used as a weapon.

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I'm never going to have a better use for this meme.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.

THIS

THIS IS THE WAY

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look at this absolute unit

say what you will about gustav holst that mother fucker knew exactly what planets sound like

today would have been phil hartman's 76th birthday. this is the first time i ever saw him on "snl," and it's still on my all-time favorite list of sketches from that show's 50 years. it may be the greatest political sketch they ever did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wf...