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Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump
Message-ID <oGxD4F.EEB@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2016-11-20 05:12 +0000
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In article <41bbd590-b82f-4d8a-8e00-2064ee6101fe@googlegroups.com>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 10:02:13 PM UTC-5, Gutless Umbrella
>Carrying Sissy wrote:
>> William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:11ef6f76-df3a-46f7-b136-7a51946d76c6@googlegroups.com: 
>> 
>> > On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 5:18:00 PM UTC-5, Gutless
>> > Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: 
>> >> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>> >> news:oGwt8v.1J4q@kithrup.com: 
>> >> 
>> >> > In article
>> >> > <7f832423-e076-465e-86b8-9a09d99ac701@googlegroups.com>,
>> >> > Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote: 
>> >> >>On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 1:41:58 PM UTC-5, Quadibloc
>> >> >>wrote: 
>> >> >>> On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 1:15:04 PM UTC-7, Dorothy J
>> >> >>> Heydt wrote: 
>> >> >>>  
>> >> >>> > Not to mention the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill
>> >> >>> > Hitler," one of whose elements (not the primary one) is
>> >> >>> > "Oh damn, we were going to kill Hitler for his crimes
>> >> >>> > against humanity, but we're too early, he hasn't
>> >> >>> > committed most of them yet, we'll have to come back
>> >> >>> > later." 
>> >> >>> 
>> >> >>> Obviously the Doctor is too ethical to get the point...
>> >> >>> killing an "innocent" Hitler is a perfectly reasonable
>> >> >>> thing to do as his innocent victims 
>> >> >>are to be 
>> >> >>> preferred.
>> >> >>> 
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>....but what if that's the "good Hitler" timeline where he
>> >> >>moves to New York in 1907 (rather than to Vienna,) winds up
>> >> >>being in the Armory Show and becomes an influential, if
>> >> >>minor, modern artist? 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Again ... "Wikihistory."
>> >> > 
>> >> > If I already posted the link, you may ignore it.
>> >> > 
>> >> > http://www.tor.com/2011/08/31/wikihistory/
>> >> > 
>> >> > No Hitler, no World War II,
>> >> 
>> >> Unlikely. WWII was inevitable due to the "end" of WWI, and the 
>> >> oppressive conditions imposed on Germany. If not Hitler,
>> >> someone else, possibly somone not as crazy and stupid.
>> > 
>> > Once again, Stephen Fry's "Making History" is recommended.
>> > 
>> Based on the Wikipedia summary, it seems terribly overwrought until 
>> I got to ". . . except that his favourite band never existed . . 
>> ." Now I'm almost tempted to read it.
>
>I found it amusing, though my copy went walkies somewhere in Texas so
>I've never done a reread.  I don't think Fry does "Overwrought".
>
>Well, one might regard "The Stars' Tennis Balls" (aka "The Revenge" in
>its US printing) as overwrought, but then it's based on Dumas.

Well, so are Brust's Paarfi books.

(I dunno about Brust, but Dumas was paid by the *line*.

Hence all those

"What are you saying?"

"You heard me."

"But this means --"

"Exactly."

"Then we must---"

"Understood." )

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-06 14:13 -0800
  Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-06 23:41 +0000
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 20:00 -0500
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-11-06 17:32 -0800
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 04:36 +0000
  Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 21:26 -0600
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-11-07 04:40 +0000
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-11-06 22:42 -0800
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 05:39 -0500
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 13:34 +0000
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-07 05:54 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 07:20 -0700
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 07:19 -0700
  Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 12:26 -0600
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-07 11:35 -0800
    Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-07 20:13 +0000
      Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-19 10:41 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-11-19 12:45 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:02 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 14:18 -0700
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 14:59 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 19:02 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 19:50 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 20:34 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-20 05:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:35 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:35 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-20 05:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 21:40 -0800
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-20 12:39 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 13:00 -0700
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-11-20 17:59 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2016-11-21 14:18 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 09:01 -0800
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-11-21 09:37 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-19 13:57 -0800
          Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:04 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-19 14:56 -0800
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 23:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-11-21 14:02 -0800
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-11-19 22:56 +0000
              Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 23:12 +0000
                Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-11-19 23:19 +0000
            Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-11-19 20:01 -0800
        Re: Radical Left Rag Attacks Donald Trump djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-11-19 22:00 +0000

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