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Q: Whence Trumpian ways?

Frode BjørdalIs Trump's predilection for saying something p and then shortly afterwards not-p with him a blurring which implies some sort of tactical manipulation? If so, is there some theory concerning such communicative strategies? Have other politicians occasionally or frequently exploited similar blurring...

 
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Q: Was the Vendee uprising during the French Revolution about loyalty to the monarchy, or really about Brenton nationalism?

Brian GhilliottiWas the Vendee uprising during the French Revolution about loyalty to the French monarchy, or really about Breton nationalism? Brian Ghilliotti

 
 
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9:22 AM
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Q: How historically accurate was the Queen's trip to Ghana portrayed in Episode 8 of The Crown?

TBBTOK let me be more specific. In episode 8 of The Crown (Netflix), it is implied that Queen Elizabeth II went to Ghana (because she heard a sly comment from JFK's wife) to prevent the country from going into the arm of the USSR despite the warming of her PM. It is portrayed in the show that the Que...

 
 
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6:52 PM
Happy 71st birthday today to the worlds greatest Astrophycist rock guitarist, Brian May.
Here's a video of him performing the best rock song ever written about Special Relativistic Time Dilation:
 
 
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10:15 PM
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Q: Why was there a surge in the US incarceration rate during the 1990s

Marmelador This surge seems to only have stabilized in the last decade and spans roughly 1980-2005. What is it’s cause? Even when accounting for population growth, the graph does not look much different. 

 
10:32 PM
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Q: Did the Welsh ever called Britain Albion?

DanielI understand that the word exists in Welsh, but that it's a modern loanword from Gaelic referring to Scotland. Albion first appears in ancient Greek accounts along with Ierne as being part of the British Isles. The Romans don't appear to have used the term much, preferring Britannia though the ...

 

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