Today, August 2 In History

Rex Racer said:
Especially when the Red Sox are cratering and playing like the Bad News Bears :facepalm:
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GO Angels!! :heh:

And yeah, I know... Angels suck as usual. Good thing I'm not much of a baseball fan! :drink:
 
ho-ly shit

Nats just traded Bell and Soto to the Padres...

that's wild
 
ill said:
ho-ly shit

Nats just traded Bell and Soto to the Padres...

that's wild
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Hats off to the Padres for being aggressive at the trade deadline.
 
ill said:
ho-ly shit

Nats just traded Bell and Soto to the Padres...

that's wild
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Phillies have 11 games left against Natitude. I think their Twitter account is going to have a bad couple of months.
 
Guy Incognito said:
Phillies have 11 games left against Natitude. I think their Twitter account is going to have a bad couple of months.
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they are playing those 11 games in one weekend at Nats Park too
 
ill said:
ho-ly shit

Nats just traded Bell and Soto to the Padres...

that's wild
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I think Hosmer vetoed the Bell portion of that trade.
 
SlinkyRedfoot said:
I think Hosmer vetoed the Bell portion of that trade.
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I think he vetoed his part of it because they are on his no-trade clause...

but I think Bell and Soto are still heading to SD
 
ill said:
I think he vetoed his part of it because they are on his no-trade clause...

but I think Bell and Soto are still heading to SD
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You might be right.
 
HammerDown said:
Not exactly but it was the first step for sure. He was constrained by parliament for awhile but it didn't take him and his thugs long at all to bust enough heads of the opposition til it all evaporated as everyone fled in horror. Simultaneous to this, other things were happening economically that made Hitler look like a savior. So political opposition from all sides disappeared very rapidly.

When it comes to the Third Reich, Hollywood couldn't make this shit up. Absolutely fascinating.

If anyone is interested I highly recommend Hitler by Volker Ullrich but the absolute ultimate is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. Without a doubt, no close second, the most fascinating page-turner I've ever read. When I got it, I thought "I'll never be able to read something like this" since it looks like an encyclopedia but I started reading and the next thing I knew I had been in an armchair reading til 4am.

Truth is way stranger than fiction.
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Thanks for the tip, I've been trying to catch up on the classics in my retirement.

I'll pick it up today.
 
HammerDown said:
Not exactly but it was the first step for sure. He was constrained by parliament for awhile but it didn't take him and his thugs long at all to bust enough heads of the opposition til it all evaporated as everyone fled in horror. Simultaneous to this, other things were happening economically that made Hitler look like a savior. So political opposition from all sides disappeared very rapidly.

When it comes to the Third Reich, Hollywood couldn't make this shit up. Absolutely fascinating.

If anyone is interested I highly recommend Hitler by Volker Ullrich but the absolute ultimate is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. Without a doubt, no close second, the most fascinating page-turner I've ever read. When I got it, I thought "I'll never be able to read something like this" since it looks like an encyclopedia but I started reading and the next thing I knew I had been in an armchair reading til 4am.

Truth is way stranger than fiction.
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Hitler becomes dictator of Germany | August 2, 1934 | HISTORY

With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or “Leader.” The German army took an oath of allegiance to its new commander-in-chief, and the last remnants of Germany’s democratic government were...
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Make no mistake, von Hindenburg's death made then Chancellor Adolf Hitler absolute dictator under the title Fuhrer.
 
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