I’m curious about a theory posted in a rhyming-slang encoding guide meant to demystify some fun yet secretive communication: …no cake can be eaten that has not been given (by a shopkeeper) and taken… “Give and Take”, which rhymes with cake, is thus said to mean cake. However, cake can be eaten alone. Cake also … Continue reading The Give and Take of Cake
I’m definitely not the first to ask this. James Whitman a couple years ago published a whole book at Princeton Press called “Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law” Whitman tells us of Nazi efforts to use American racist laws to help draft their Nuremberg Laws. It makes sense. … Continue reading Was Woodrow Wilson’s Administration a Blueprint for Nazi Germany?
Nobody cares about sailing but if you’re nobody… I’m happy to explain exactly why “Patriot” is a great metaphor for American extreme-right politics: Winless and when it starts to get ahead it self-destructs from easily predictable yet careless abuse of power. Did you know “Patriot” platform was a thing? Now here is a video with … Continue reading Forensics on America’s “Patriot” platform crash
I’ve been asked, perhaps in jest by those reading my SS blog post, whether the Columbia logo is a swastika because it also has four quadrants (it’s not). …founded in 1938 [a year after largest shirt factory owners Paul and Marie Lamfrom were forced to escape Nazi Germany], used a simple wordmark until the introduction … Continue reading What Isn’t a Swastika?