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I'm with you there though. Thomas Paine was a total mountebank. A perfect foil for that other mountebank, Thomas Jefferson.
Are you suggesting that Jefferson wrote it but implied to Adams that it was ...

CONCLUSION: That most-interesting personage was invented after the forging of Josephus.
Another vexed question. It seems that Josephus material was written for general purposes--presumably in the Ren ...

I find this explanation preposterous. In the first place, 'Jewish', 'Hedge Fund' and 'investment dollars' amounts to a bogus list. It would be a contradiction in terms to invest in something for which ...

Josephus Flavius was a jobbing historian, not a sprig from either the Flavian emperors or the House of David.

ASSUMPTION: Josephus is a forgery.

FACT: Josephus does not mention the one person ev ...

* when a country is a monoculture based on one strain of the mono-plant there can only be one outcome.
I have my doubts.

...but don't like a few woke casting decisions that bring in the international streaming audience, which is what actually pays for the high production values etc.
There is no audience brought in by ...

Angle Land

Let's Talk Potatoes!
Why has there never been another potato famine?

This is very cool. But we have to really move a lot of things about in the timeline. Richard and Helena are hardly chronological contemporaries.

The bugs are features.
I don't understand this.
Computer programming speak.

A "Bug" is a word for a Problem or Error.

You pointed out apparent "bugs" in my thesis. I claim ...

You've got a teensy problem there:

1. Trees fall down remarkably infrequently
2. Even more infrequently near rivers
3. As the largest natural things around there is nothing to transport them
4. ...

Orthodoxy calls this 'parallel evolution' because, for them, the split between marsupial and placental mammals occurred long before the possibility of wolves evolving. But your version allows a little ...

Thanks for the concise summary. If Brian’s idea is at a doctoral level, it certainly deserves closer examination. I’d be curious to hear more about how it aligns with your own thinking — perhaps ...

PS Did you spot the geezer believes in the Western Effect?
What? No! Can you give me a time-stamp for the relevant portion of the video?

A fascinating YouTube. Highly recommended. What a dude! What a log jam! This is quite an important (new, to me) factor in physical geography which has all kinds of implications for various of my/our t ...

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Topic: Red and Green Flags
Ishmael Replies: 133 Views: 171466	Forum: British History Posted: 3:40 pm Subject: Red and Green Flags
Ishmael Replies: 133 Views: 171466	I'm with you there though. Thomas Paine was a total mountebank. A perfect foil for that other mountebank, Thomas Jefferson. Are you suggesting that Jefferson wrote it but implied to Adams that it was ...
Topic: Flying Chaucers
Ishmael Replies: 1171 Views: 679435	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 11:00 pm Subject: Flying Chaucers
Ishmael Replies: 1171 Views: 679435	CONCLUSION: That most-interesting personage was invented after the forging of Josephus. Another vexed question. It seems that Josephus material was written for general purposes--presumably in the Ren ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Ishmael Replies: 2636 Views: 1400044	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:55 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Ishmael Replies: 2636 Views: 1400044	I find this explanation preposterous. In the first place, 'Jewish', 'Hedge Fund' and 'investment dollars' amounts to a bogus list. It would be a contradiction in terms to invest in something for which ...
Topic: Flying Chaucers
Ishmael Replies: 1171 Views: 679435	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 7:31 pm Subject: Flying Chaucers
Ishmael Replies: 1171 Views: 679435	Josephus Flavius was a jobbing historian, not a sprig from either the Flavian emperors or the House of David. ASSUMPTION: Josephus is a forgery. FACT: Josephus does not mention the one person ev ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Ishmael Replies: 2131 Views: 832021	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:24 pm Subject: War on Terrorism
Ishmael Replies: 2131 Views: 832021	* when a country is a monoculture based on one strain of the mono-plant there can only be one outcome. I have my doubts.
Topic: AE on Telly News
Ishmael Replies: 2636 Views: 1400044	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:17 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Ishmael Replies: 2636 Views: 1400044	...but don't like a few woke casting decisions that bring in the international streaming audience, which is what actually pays for the high production values etc. There is no audience brought in by ...
Topic: All Things Roman
Ishmael Replies: 441 Views: 381684	Forum: History Posted: 6:37 pm Subject: All Things Roman
Ishmael Replies: 441 Views: 381684	Angle Land
Topic: War on Terrorism
Ishmael Replies: 2131 Views: 832021	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:34 pm Subject: War on Terrorism
Ishmael Replies: 2131 Views: 832021	Let's Talk Potatoes! Why has there never been another potato famine?
Topic: All Things Roman
Ishmael Replies: 441 Views: 381684	Forum: History Posted: 4:13 am Subject: All Things Roman
Ishmael Replies: 441 Views: 381684	This is very cool. But we have to really move a lot of things about in the timeline. Richard and Helena are hardly chronological contemporaries.
Topic: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 4:10 am Subject: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	The bugs are features. I don't understand this. Computer programming speak. A "Bug" is a word for a Problem or Error. You pointed out apparent "bugs" in my thesis. I claim ...
Topic: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 9:37 am Subject: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	You've got a teensy problem there: 1. Trees fall down remarkably infrequently 2. Even more infrequently near rivers 3. As the largest natural things around there is nothing to transport them 4. ...
Topic: The Causes of Temperature
Ishmael Replies: 352 Views: 222879	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 7:36 am Subject: The Causes of Temperature
Ishmael Replies: 352 Views: 222879	Orthodoxy calls this 'parallel evolution' because, for them, the split between marsupial and placental mammals occurred long before the possibility of wolves evolving. But your version allows a little ...
Topic: Planets-as-suns, and more
Ishmael Replies: 134 Views: 186535	Forum: Astrophysics Posted: 7:25 am Subject: Planets-as-suns, and more
Ishmael Replies: 134 Views: 186535	Thanks for the concise summary. If Brian’s idea is at a doctoral level, it certainly deserves closer examination. I’d be curious to hear more about how it aligns with your own thinking — perhaps ...
Topic: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 6:50 am Subject: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	PS Did you spot the geezer believes in the Western Effect? What? No! Can you give me a time-stamp for the relevant portion of the video?
Topic: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	Forum: Geophysics Posted: 6:49 am Subject: The Mud Flood
Ishmael Replies: 9 Views: 2632	A fascinating YouTube. Highly recommended. What a dude! What a log jam! This is quite an important (new, to me) factor in physical geography which has all kinds of implications for various of my/our t ...