On this day in 1918, German leaders sign the armistice ending World War I, a conflict so terrible it was called "The War to End All Wars." It was a day full of hope. But the allies bungled the ensuing peace, so another world war erupted a measly 20 years later. Now the day is set aside to honor veterans, of which we have a never ending supply thanks to continuous bungling. (...or there is there some devious logic to it? Hmmm...?)
Anyhoo - THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE, DONVITI! Enjoy your free oil change.
In other open thread goodness...
Here is a piece from Salon by Lucian Truscott IV (don't thank him for his service).
I whole-heartedly agree with these points:
Over the years that I traveled to Southeast Missouri to go canoeing and fishing, the Democratic Party began its strategy of concentrating on the “battleground states.” You’d watch the political coverage, and it was all Florida and Ohio and Pennsylvania. Democrats went from contesting the whole country in elections to counting on holding the Northeast and West and what did they call it before it fell in 2016? Oh yeah, I remember. The “blue wall” in the “rust belt:” Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Read it all fellow bunglers.
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