My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
@myhist.bsky.social
Podcasting since 2006. Providing historical context to today's politics. Knows a little about a lot.
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I'M GOING TO SPEND IT - G.W. BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN Of course political capital was what George W. Bush was talking about, and spend it he did pushing a social security plan that failed by all accounts.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I'M GOING TO SPEND IT - G.W. BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN Of course political capital was what George W. Bush was talking about, and spend it he did pushing a social security plan that failed by all accounts.
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All about #emoluments: George Washington's Mill, John Jay's Horse. I already did this episode in 2017, no need to edit as history repeats! www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
May 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
All about #emoluments: George Washington's Mill, John Jay's Horse. I already did this episode in 2017, no need to edit as history repeats! www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
even the 1990 monument some felt was a little light, seemed to give no agency to anyone for the killings. I am of mixed opinion, liking some minimalism.
May 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
even the 1990 monument some felt was a little light, seemed to give no agency to anyone for the killings. I am of mixed opinion, liking some minimalism.
Monument? Of the shootings? No, at first Kent wanted to forget. in 1978 it went ahead with plans for a gym in spots where students were shot (not those that died), and encouraged 1978 students to protest for a gym against the 1970 alumni's wishes.
May 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Monument? Of the shootings? No, at first Kent wanted to forget. in 1978 it went ahead with plans for a gym in spots where students were shot (not those that died), and encouraged 1978 students to protest for a gym against the 1970 alumni's wishes.
Kent State 1970. Anymore, I will only post this photo blurred. Because I know too much (after researching my recent episode) about Jeffrey Miller (the victim) and Mary Ann Vecchio (shouting) to want to protect them some. Jeffrey was a young man who played drums and wanted peace...
May 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Kent State 1970. Anymore, I will only post this photo blurred. Because I know too much (after researching my recent episode) about Jeffrey Miller (the victim) and Mary Ann Vecchio (shouting) to want to protect them some. Jeffrey was a young man who played drums and wanted peace...
he wasn't that inspiring then either, looking at the crowd. Mostly getting hot dogs.
April 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
he wasn't that inspiring then either, looking at the crowd. Mostly getting hot dogs.
Oh a rich discovery - In 1984 Peter Navarro savaged Walter Mondale for pursuing protectionism - that he was captured by poor-thinking special interests.
April 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh a rich discovery - In 1984 Peter Navarro savaged Walter Mondale for pursuing protectionism - that he was captured by poor-thinking special interests.
It's not my job to help the GOP, but if it were, I'd say: Do you really want to run a Walter Mondale 1984 campaign?
April 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's not my job to help the GOP, but if it were, I'd say: Do you really want to run a Walter Mondale 1984 campaign?
"One man could stop the carnage, by allowing a vote of the House. He won't." There's the ad.
April 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"One man could stop the carnage, by allowing a vote of the House. He won't." There's the ad.
Oh believe me, it's all worth it for this photo given the weeks we've had and the smugness of MAGA's approach.
March 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Oh believe me, it's all worth it for this photo given the weeks we've had and the smugness of MAGA's approach.
Now I realize. This man was just trying to tell us how the markets were going to go, in a gesture!
March 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Now I realize. This man was just trying to tell us how the markets were going to go, in a gesture!
"We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices. And yet we call it protection." - Milton Friedman.
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices. And yet we call it protection." - Milton Friedman.
#2 Political History Podcast - thanks!
March 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#2 Political History Podcast - thanks!
While I don't like "the other place" have GREATLY reduced signs-ins to just a few authors I follow, I must brag that being R/Td by Joyce Carol Oates is an accomplishment.
February 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
While I don't like "the other place" have GREATLY reduced signs-ins to just a few authors I follow, I must brag that being R/Td by Joyce Carol Oates is an accomplishment.
even Grok says DOGE hasn't found any fraud - from the other place:
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
even Grok says DOGE hasn't found any fraud - from the other place:
Chester Arthur [hatted, center] at Yellowstone. Happy #PresidentsDay folks!
February 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Chester Arthur [hatted, center] at Yellowstone. Happy #PresidentsDay folks!
Podcaster Dan Carlin with some well-timed thoughts and getting responses - about the most serious discussion occurring on the other place. @dancarlin.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Podcaster Dan Carlin with some well-timed thoughts and getting responses - about the most serious discussion occurring on the other place. @dancarlin.bsky.social
OK, so Trump and allies "flooding the zone." What do Football coaches do? any lessons there?
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
OK, so Trump and allies "flooding the zone." What do Football coaches do? any lessons there?
Some of these are not applicable, but essentially it comes down to recognizing the most critical attacks and defending - using your manpower against the flood (can't just have one person responding to 3 threats) in football called "man to man." It also involves not having a zone to flood.
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Some of these are not applicable, but essentially it comes down to recognizing the most critical attacks and defending - using your manpower against the flood (can't just have one person responding to 3 threats) in football called "man to man." It also involves not having a zone to flood.
I see an article
February 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I see an article
No dice, JSTOR or Google Books.
So this is a Times of London from that day for comparison - style might be different.
So this is a Times of London from that day for comparison - style might be different.
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
No dice, JSTOR or Google Books.
So this is a Times of London from that day for comparison - style might be different.
So this is a Times of London from that day for comparison - style might be different.
Yes that checks - Scalia was a vote in Synder v. Phelps protecting the speech of the nutter funeral protests. Of all people Alito dissented. And it's about the only thing that man has written I agreed with.
February 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Yes that checks - Scalia was a vote in Synder v. Phelps protecting the speech of the nutter funeral protests. Of all people Alito dissented. And it's about the only thing that man has written I agreed with.
You mean this - CONs were at 44 last week. Pretty big shift upward. second life for a party that shouldn't have one. If present trends, you get coalition. Thanks Trump.
February 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You mean this - CONs were at 44 last week. Pretty big shift upward. second life for a party that shouldn't have one. If present trends, you get coalition. Thanks Trump.
Not that NY Mayors have always been popular... See Koch asked for the crowd's wish, and 2/3rds said remove the egg thrower, and they did. (Koch was big with show of hands thing. Years of little local Village political meetings.)
February 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Not that NY Mayors have always been popular... See Koch asked for the crowd's wish, and 2/3rds said remove the egg thrower, and they did. (Koch was big with show of hands thing. Years of little local Village political meetings.)