Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: Floppies Date: 25 Sep 2025 19:27:24 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <5FLzQ.110783$OHH2.12315@fx14.iad> <10aoava$1jlb8$1@dont-email.me> <10aocau$1jued$1@dont-email.me> <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10aogmh$1kdk0$2@dont-email.me> <10aojal$1lmtl$1@dont-email.me> <10aoodo$1mm57$1@dont-email.me> <10aorpq$1nn70$1@dont-email.me> <56l7qlxno2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7vOdnfVFdLDSYkz1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10ati2m$2ro6u$1@dont-email.me> <10atj5t$2s3p4$1@dont-email.me> <10atqhd$2tjc4$1@dont-email.me> <1kDAQ.92$Jpef.9@fx15.ams1> <10av93r$3acjh$2@dont-email.me> <10avgu9$3c3k8$1@dont-email.me> <20250924082650.00005886@gmail.com> <10b16nk$3pe1v$1@dont-email.me> <10b31r0$5u19$18@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3I9H2cg5hkqcXBllN9KxgQteSWbQqaS3cjvW6yxHJ85cSnNr5Q Cancel-Lock: sha1:BIwQGJfrW6fzzYhDFtTWecMo/R8= sha256:FVklEEadl+6mL9J0wAD+Qfn+4IXN9/HHCV2HoUqLqx4= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75233 alt.usage.english:1128992 On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:25:52 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Its amazing how people with axes to grind airbrush everything that > disproves their thesis out of their versions of history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall It's appropriate that the organization that is synonymous with political corruption in the US was named for a Indian chief and used native terms. To be clear, it existed prior to the current Democratic Party which was founded in 1828 but the Democrats took it over. The party itself is almost a 180 degree reversal from what it was.