The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    75th anniversary of VE day

    By artappraiser on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 4:47pm |

    Was there, lived through it. Never paid much attention to that Brexit thing?

    (Since we were talking "greatest gen" on another thread, came to mind Liz actually is a very good representative of her generation, it'slike it's the only generation she "gets".)

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    The Beeb on the speech and other UK celebrations of  the day:

     VE Day: UK's streets not empty as filled with love, says Queen

    • 24 minutes ago


    by artappraiser on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 4:57pm

    That was very good.


    by moat on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 5:40pm

    Oops, VE Day-1 it seems - jumped the gun, ruined the parade.

    (similar accomodations were made to have the Americans hold up in Pilsen so Russians could "liberate" a largely abandoned-by-Germans Prague.)

    Another anecdote from Is Paris Burning? where a radiojournalist flew to London for critical dental surgery, secure in the knowledge that Paris liberation was weeks away, only to hear on the way that a secret agreement with Allies and an insubordinate local German commander had allowed a French unit to slip in for the coup-de-grace ahead of schedule (and before the city could be detonated under Hitler's orders).

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/08/reporting_germanys...


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 6:41am

    "And I will be Queen..."
    All heroes.


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 4:50am

    that's just so fabulous, essence of Brit. I think the crowning touch is not her dragging out a crown is Fripp's wearing the stuffy formal shirt, tie and "jumper" and standing still.


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 8:45am

    Of course that's what Fripp's done for decades...

     

    https://rockandrollglobe.com/new-wave/the-drive-to-1981-begins-robert-fr...


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 11:43am

    Mother's Day meets VE Day

    https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/history/2020/...


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 4:51am

    Ooh I saw that but didn't click on it, thank you for giving me a second chance.


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 8:41am

         One of my professors opposed World War II because of the internment of Japanese-Americans. I say he was a moral idiot. He was a World War II veteran.


    by Aaron Carine on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 7:31am

    Many heroes are idiots - quite a few self-confessed.
    I doubt his recalcitrance made much difference to the draft board,
    in the case he didn't enlist like most everyone.
    Plus regrets often come later.


    by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 8:13am

    That's a very profound reminiscence, Aaron.


    by artappraiser on Mon, 05/11/2020 - 8:46am


    by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/16/2020 - 8:16am