Platystemon posted:

jazzyjay posted:

Holy poo poo a 7' long submarine made of fibreglass for $6.98? Is this how oceangate got its start?

Platystemon posted:

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

The last fatal duel in England was fought between two french political refugees, both participants in 1848. The winner, Emmanuel Barthélemy, had commanded a barricade during the June Days, the response to the Second Republic trying to close the national workshops. He was also a buddy of Karl Marx, and in fact taught Marx fencing. His slain opponent was Frédéric Constant Cournet, a resigned Admiral, who had participated in the overthrow of Louis-Philippe but not the June Days. He was elected to the National Assembly, and only exiled after opposing Napoléon III's coup.

The duel was about Cournet making rude remarks about one of Barthélemy's exes.

Barthélemy was hung not long after in London, for shooting a cop.

French people remain cooler than english people.

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In London, Willich became an associate of the French revolutionary and political exile Emmanuel Barthélemy. According to Wilhelm Liebknecht, Willich and Barthélemy plotted to kill Karl Marx for being too conservative. Willich publicly insulted Marx and challenged him to a duel, which Marx refused to fight.[5] Instead Willich was challenged by a young associate of Marx, Konrad Schramm. The pistol duel was fought in Belgium with Barthélemy acting as Willich's second;[6] Schramm was wounded but survived the encounter

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At the request of Governor Oliver P. Morton, he assumed command of the Thirty-second Indiana. Willich drilled his regiment, in German, to a high degree of professionalism. It made a favorable impression wherever it served. An innovative officer, he suggested construction of special wagons convertible to pontoon boats by removal of wheels. To speed up troop movement and assure combat condition of troops upon arrival on the battlefield, he recommended wagon transport of troops. His superiors rejected both ideas. Yet, Willich's concern for his men's well-being earned him the nickname "Papa". When possible, he ordered bakery ovens constructed so that troops would have fresh bread.

The 32nd gained nationwide recognition for its stand against Confederate forces at Rowlett's Station, Kentucky. A detachment of 500 men under Lt. Col. Henry von Trebra fought off 1,300 men of Terry's Texas Rangers and infantry under General Hindman. The 32nd formed the "hollow square", and drove the attackers back, losing 10 troopers and 22 wounded, but killing 33 of the enemy, including Col. Terry, and wounding fifty others.

The 32nd saw action at Shiloh on the second day, during which Col. Willich displayed great leadership. When his troops became unsteady under fire, he stood before them, his back to the enemy, and conducted the regiment through the manual of arms. He had the regimental band play "La Marseillaise", the anthem for all republican movements in Europe. Recovering its stability, the 32nd launched a bayonet attack. Afterwards Willich was given command of the Horn Brigade. The 32nd remained in his brigade, under command of von Trebra and, later, Frank Erdelmeyer.

ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETo97YJ9hI

InediblePenguin posted:

wtf is this bullshit

Woolie Wool posted:

in my experience neopaganism, reactionary politics, and anti-Semitism go together like wonder bread, peanut butter, amd jelly

Woolie Wool posted:

in my experience neopaganism, reactionary politics, and anti-Semitism go together like wonder bread, peanut butter, amd jelly

Gaius Marius posted:

Cringe but harmless

christmas boots posted:

Why odin specifically? Is there like a part in the Norse stories where he just goes off on a screed about marriage being between one man and one woman of the SAME RACE or something?

exquisite tea posted:

What about the pagans who are into witches and crystals.

christmas boots posted:

Why odin specifically? Is there like a part in the Norse stories where he just goes off on a screed about marriage being between one man and one woman of the SAME RACE or something?

feedmyleg posted:

Much like the Nazis and the white supremacists in their tradition, these people really don't care about historical, religious, mythological, sociological, or biological accuracy and truth. Instead, they make up some bullshit, them ascribe it to whatever tradition feels most fitting to theirs views—based, of course, on their extremely limited willfully-ignorant understanding of that tradition. In this case, Odin is an important god in Norse mythology, Vikings are often viewed by dumb racist people as a pure, Aryan culture, therefore Odin naturally is the god of white people. And being a god, naturally he disapproves of homosexuality.

It really is that straightforward.

exquisite tea posted:

What about the pagans who are into witches and crystals.

zedprime posted:

It lends really well to get high on your own supply too when you consider (probably apocryphal) cults of Odin who's goals were to continuously ritualistically sacrifice everyone considered lesser or different to spiritually super charge Odin while purifying and training the armies of earth to fight in Ragnarok.

Oh hi, Odin. We need to prevent the end of the earth by killing lesser races? And we do it by hanging them from trees? You're never gonna guess what we already want do.

CharlestheHammer posted:

I mean paganism would have been those things because shockingly a bunch of people that existed thousands of years ago weren’t exactly progressive

Byzantine posted:

Do you have any references for them? Not disputing, just curious. Usually Odin's deal was he wanted the souls of warriors who died in battle for his army of Einherjar, not to train the living.

zedprime posted:

It lends really well to get high on your own supply too when you consider (probably apocryphal) cults of Odin who's goals were to continuously ritualistically sacrifice everyone considered lesser or different to spiritually super charge Odin while purifying and training the armies of earth to fight in Ragnarok.

Oh hi, Odin. We need to prevent the end of the earth by killing lesser races? And we do it by hanging them from trees? You're never gonna guess what we already want do.