TheParisCommune1871
TheParisCommune1871 t1_j68nckn wrote
Reply to TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad
UN “Peacekeepers” went around raping A LOT of Haitian women and girls too.
TheParisCommune1871 t1_j0wx0h2 wrote
Cromwell like Napoleon is as the kids say nowadays is a problematic fave.
TheParisCommune1871 t1_iy9p3je wrote
Reply to Mid 20th century wedding in Iran (before the Islamic Republic took over in 1979) by LookAtThatHotTurtle
Before or after the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh?
TheParisCommune1871 t1_ixvgzjg wrote
Reply to TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company. by ltdanhasnolegs
Isn’t Singapore a quasi military dictatorship like the ruling political party is the political party of the Military?
TheParisCommune1871 t1_iqx4qjd wrote
Reply to comment by thenewcomputer in TIL Jean Bernadotte was born a commoner in France; and died the King of Sweden by thenewcomputer
I know I study the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era.
TheParisCommune1871 t1_iqwzssg wrote
Reply to comment by Justice-Gorsuch in TIL Jean Bernadotte was born a commoner in France; and died the King of Sweden by thenewcomputer
Instead they get the Syphilitic-Gangrenous Louis XVIII and his reactionary dullard Charles X.
TheParisCommune1871 t1_iqwyz14 wrote
Reply to TIL Jean Bernadotte was born a commoner in France; and died the King of Sweden by thenewcomputer
The current King of Sweden is from the French Third Estate?!?!? The Royal Swedish Coat of Arms still has the Napoleonic Eagle.
TheParisCommune1871 t1_ja42gku wrote
Reply to What genre is Steely Dan? by Sniperizer
It’s a giant dildo from William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch.