“There are twenty million Germans too many.” -French PM Georges Clemenceau, Dec.1918, on keeping the starvation blockade against Germany despite the armistice I just can’t imagine why the Germans would be spoiling for revenge a generation later. 🤷‍♂️
In case you missed it, yesterday I dropped a new DHP Woodrow Wilson episode. In this one, he makes the most important & worst decision of his life, a decision that’s still negatively impacting the US & much of the rest of the world to this day: getting the US into WW1. image
I just dropped Dangerous History Podcast Ep. 278: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson Pt.14 -- in this plus-sized episode, he gets us into war. Grab it while it's hot & fresh! image
My art for the next DHP Wilson episode- should be out in next day or two! image
Almost all of the next (XXL-sized) Woodrow Wilson episode of Dangerous History is recorded, & I've also edited a good chunk of what I've recorded so far. Fingers crossed that I'll be able to get it all done & published during the first half of the coming week. 🤞 image
“To whom does war bring prosperity? Not to the soldier who ... shoulders his musket and goes into the trench, there to shed his blood and to die if necessary; not to the brokenhearted widow who waits for the return of the mangled body of her husband; not to the mother who weeps at the death of her brave boy; not to the little children who shiver with cold; not to the babe who suffers from hunger; nor to the millions of mothers and daughters who carry broken hearts to their graves. War brings no prosperity to the great mass of common and patriotic citizens... War brings prosperity to the stock gambler on Wall Street--to those who are already in possession of more wealth than can be realized or enjoyed." -Sen. George Norris (R-NE), speaking against the US getting into WWI, Apr. 4th, 1917
In honor of the recent reversion in most of the US back to The Devil's Time (so-called "Daylight Savings"), I reissued DHP Ep. 198, "Fµ©!≤ Daylight Savings!" (from all the way back in 2020!), for a limited time on the public feed. Check it out!
In case anyone is wondering why the next Woodrow Wilson episode isn’t out yet, the answer is that I’ve been battling an eye infection that has made it very difficult to do things like read & work on my computer. I’ve been on antibiotics for a couple days now & hopefully in another couple days I’ll be doing a lot better. The fun never ends. 🤦‍♂️
Time for my semi-annual profession of faith: Bike Week sucks. See you in 6 months (Biketoberfest) for my next reaffirmation.
🤯🤯🤯 Super-extra hard at work today on DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson part 14!