History

. . . Isn't the point to have fun at all costs and to be offensive, if at all possible? Those censors in Helland just don't get it: > The Dutch university student who produced a pro-Holocaust video apologized Wednesday, calling the creation a joke. > Expatica reports that

Maybe we need to watch more of The History Channel in February. This fascinating fellow Gannibal has fallen through our reading net (which we--probably foolishly--like to think is rather large): > In his elegantly written new biography, Hugh Barnes suggests Gannibal was born in Chad, taken as a slave to

We'd never heard about Disneyland's opening day fifty years ago. This writer gives a concise overview of a miserable day: > The heat and the crowds, along with a Magic Kingdom full of other problems, contributed to what will forever after be called Black Sunday in

Historical knowledge or no food? Americans everywhere could starve: > Japanese customers must apologise for their country's wartime occupation of China before getting a seat at a restaurant in former Manchuria or find another place to eat, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Tuesday. > No