Quotulatiousness

September 17, 2018

American Rifles & Shotguns of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special feat. C&Rsenal

Filed under: History, Military, USA, Weapons, WW1 — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

The Great War
Published on 15 Sep 2018

Othais from C&Rsenal tells Indy all about American rifles and shotguns from World War 1.

Minnesota’s placekicker on very thin ice after three misses against Green Bay

Filed under: Football — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 03:00

Kickers have been … a problem … for Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer over the last few seasons. The latest kicking headache popped up in Sunday’s game against the division rival Packers on a road trip to Green Bay. Daniel Carlson was selected in the 2018 draft and was the team’s highest-ever drafted kicker and was deemed to have won the competition against last season’s kicker Kai Forbath (who was released before the final preseason game). From that moment onwards, he’s worked very hard to get into coach Zimmer’s doghouse, and three missed field goals in his latest outing may have him packing his bags soon. Judd Zulgad thinks the time to part company with Carlson is now (updated below):

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“Nazis on Drugs” – Wehrmacht & Meth – Wunderwaffe?

Filed under: Germany, Health, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Military History not Visualized
Published on 17 Aug 2018

There some over-blown claims out there that the “Blitzkriege” were mainly achieved due to the use of Meth (Pervitin) and that historians had ignored this issue. Is it true or false? In this video we take a look at Pervitin, the Wehrmacht, the early German victories aka “Blitzkriege” and various aspects. Was Pervitin a Wunderwaffe? Was the Wehrmacht on Meth? How long was it used? And some aspects.

QotD: Parents and drug use

Filed under: Humour, Quotations — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 01:00

Any parent who has ever smoked a joint has a moral duty to give up all hope of achieving good things in life, give him- or herself permanent brain damage, and get a career working on an assembly line, wearing a hairnet and stamping packages of irradiated food. Only in this way will kids realize drugs always lead to a bad end.

Tim Cavanaugh, “Don’t try this at home, kids; you might end up becoming President”, Reason Hit and Run, 2005-02-20.

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