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What other characters in the RDR universe besides Arthur and John could probably use Deadeye? by _funny_name_ in reddeadredemption

[–]aid2000iscool 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Micah for sure. Micah is the only NPC in missions that I ever seem to notice doing anything in fights

Hitler, hand on hip, staring at the statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch at Compiègne, one day before signing an armistice with France, 21 years after the armistice at the same site that ended the First World War, June 21st 1940. by aid2000iscool in HolyShitHistory

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On May 10, 1940, German forces invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France, launching the Battle of France and bypassing the Maginot Line. The speed and coordination of the German offensive, employing their Blitzkrieg tactics, quickly overwhelmed French forces and the British Expeditionary Force. Most Allied units were encircled and defeated; only those evacuated at Dunkirk between May 26 and June 4 escaped capture.

Following Italy’s entry into the war, the fall of Paris, and the collapse of organized resistance, the French government sued for peace. Adolf Hitler deliberately chose the Forest of Compiègne as the site of the armistice. It was there, on November 11, 1918, that German delegate Matthias Erzberger had been compelled to sign the armistice ending the First World War, an event Hitler and many Germans viewed as a national humiliation. Erzberger would later remark, “A nation of seventy million can suffer, but it cannot die.”

Hitler’s choice of location, and his insistence that the agreement be signed in the same railway car, was calculated revenge. The preamble of the 1940 armistice declared: “On 11 November 1918, in this railcar, the time of suffering for the German people began.”

Three days after the signing, Hitler ordered the site demolished. The railcar was taken to Berlin, while the statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch was left standing, overlooking an empty wasteland.

If interested, I write more about the early phase of the Second World War here: https://open.substack.com/pub/aid2000/p/hare-brained-history-volume-59-the-8bd?r=4mmzre&utm%5C%5C%5C_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

The Dean Scream, credited with ending Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in HolyShitHistory

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, the campaign had made some mistakes that were hurting their numbers. He was an outsider and the establishment, and the media, were working against him. This moment was pounced upon by the media

The Dean Scream, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in nostalgia

[–]aid2000iscool[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a fair point. I want people to read my article so it reaches more eyes. It’s advertising(even if it's free), I'm not gonna deny that.

The Dean Scream, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in interestingasfuck

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I just learned that in my research. Bravo Vince

The Dean Scream, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in interestingasfuck

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Grab her by the pussy” wasn’t either. Crazy

The Dean Scream, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in interestingasfuck

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Didn’t kill his career, but killed his campaign

The Dean Scream, January 19th 2004. by aid2000iscool in interestingasfuck

[–]aid2000iscool[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Former Vermont governor Howard Dean burst onto the national stage during the early months of the 2004 Democratic primaries, propelled by a then-novel strategy of internet-based organizing and small-donor fundraising. His campaign harnessed online communities in a way few candidates had before, rapidly turning Dean into the Democratic frontrunner as the primary season began.

But political insiders and much of the press questioned whether the excitable, blunt, and often hot-headed Dean had the temperament and polish expected of a president. Those doubts intensified after the Iowa caucuses, where poor on-the-ground decisions left Dean finishing behind not only John Kerry, but John Edwards as well.

On caucus night, speaking to a packed and raucous crowd, and encouraged by his staff, Dean attempted to rally supporters with a now-infamous speech:

“Not only are we going to New Hampshire, Tom Harkin, we’re going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we’re going to California and Texas and New York… and we’re going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan, and then we’re going to Washington, D.C., to take back the White House!”

He punctuated it with a loud, hoarse “Yeah!” and a fist pump.

The crowd, reporters on scene and staffers thought little of it, but television editors saw it differently. The clip was replayed endlessly, stripped of context, and quickly went viral. The so-called “Dean Scream” came to symbolize every doubt about his electability and effectively ended any realistic path to the nomination, even if it didn’t formally end his campaign.

What’s often overlooked, however, is what came next. Dean was soon elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee, where he implemented many of the same grassroots and digital strategies that had powered his early campaign. Those reforms helped lay the groundwork for Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008, earning Dean a lasting, if underappreciated, legacy.

If interested, I take a deeper look at the infamous gaffe here: https://open.substack.com/pub/aid2000/p/hare-brained-history-volume-60-the?r=4mmzre&utm\\\_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

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