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Teddy Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition to the unexplored Amazon rainforest might be one of the most ridiculous things that’s ever happened, ever

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If there’s any doubt how dangerous this expedition was, consider that it would be another thirteen years before anyone successfully made the same trip.  The first follow up expedition had to turn back because of the Indians.  The one after that simply disappeared without a trace, presumably killed by the Indians.  Roosevelt, being Roosevelt, somehow… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition to the unexplored Amazon rainforest might be one of the most ridiculous things that’s ever happened, ever

The popular progressive history of slavery leaves out a whole bunch of important facts

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The plantation system was developed hundreds of years earlier by the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch to supply Europe with massive quantities of sugar.  Those three countries forcibly transported more slaves to the Americas than the United States, many long before 1619, and the long fight for freedom began almost immediately.  Why then do progressives insist… Continue reading The popular progressive history of slavery leaves out a whole bunch of important facts