tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7251893502218815090..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Churchill in ChicagoNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62914292892505929982019-01-13T21:35:20.218-06:002019-01-13T21:35:20.218-06:00How fortunate that the accident didn't happen ...How fortunate that the accident didn't happen in Chicago, where he might have been clocked by one of those big red streetcars of the old Chicago Surface Lines. Without a Churchill, Hitler might have successfully invaded Great Britain, and eventually won the war.<br /><br /><br /><br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51835118534441368402019-01-13T14:20:30.062-06:002019-01-13T14:20:30.062-06:00That accident was how Churchill was able to get ar...That accident was how Churchill was able to get around Prohibition laws. A doctor wrote him a note that prescribed the need for him to consume alcoholic spirits, especially at meal times, for proper recovery. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73934263045111429382019-01-13T11:43:54.023-06:002019-01-13T11:43:54.023-06:00I'm sure Neil aware of this already, but a lot...I'm sure Neil aware of this already, but a lot of people aren't...<br /><br />On one of his visits to America -- in New York City, I think it was -- Churchill was hit by a car and severely injured. He was laid up in the hospital for months. It happened because he looked to the right as he crossed the street, momentarily forgetting that in America, traffic would approach from his left.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37122297242071284472019-01-13T09:34:12.923-06:002019-01-13T09:34:12.923-06:00Yes Neil the abundance of ready information easily...Yes Neil the abundance of ready information easily at our access has an effect on its value. But a couple other things also affect peoples understanding of the information they're provided as well . <br /><br />There is and has always been debate about historical fact. Bias and misperception have always been present and always accurately or successfully. <br /><br />More recently it has become increasingly easy for people to manipulate information and more difficult to determine when it has been tampered with. Thus the proliferation of conspiracy theories .<br /><br />Finally most people have "their own private fantasies" about what is truth and reality. Most fail to see this about themselves and only see the flaws in others understanding and perceptionFMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8453279082520149372019-01-13T08:31:02.326-06:002019-01-13T08:31:02.326-06:00Neil,
In addition, I think that a person's abi...Neil,<br />In addition, I think that a person's ability to broadcast their fantasies gives a percieved credence to whatever they belch out. Anyone with a smartphone or laptop can find a soapbox to hop up on and spew contaminants into the fact pool.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com