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  1. I think we are kind of talking past each other: I was trying to say that Columbus’ miscalculations of the size of Asia and the size of the world led to him trying to reach the East Indies via a westward route— and this was significant. Both in the attempt and where he landed. Cabral is interesting— did he really stumble on Brazil by accident or had someone seen/suspected a land mass was there? And what would have been the follow-up had he been first. Would they have followed the coast north or would they have done what they did, which was use Brazil as a source of hardwood and a launch point for a southern route? Hard to say since the Spaniards were already in the Caribbean. Regardless, by the time Magellan was doing his voyage Spain was in the valley of Mexico. The Columbus voyage really did result in a few decades where a lot of history happened. I don’t dispute at all that Erickson made it to the New World and established a colony. Just that the impact was marginal. Some wild stories from a long-dead Viking culture that was as far away from Columbus in time as we are, if they were known at all.
  2. I am unaware of a single documented intentional attempt to reach the Indies via a westward route prior to Columbus. The volta do mar had been figured out but that was always intended to turn east and follow the coast of Africa. Ships were expensive and crews wanted at least a chance to return home. Not a sarcastic ask: if you know of any voyages pre-Columbus I’d be fascinated to know more.
  3. The discovery of the Bulge of Brazil is super historically interesting: Cabral was following ocean currents to ease a voyage that was intended to eventually go east and some think he legitimately wandered too far west and some think the coast had been sighted before. The treaty dividing new lands had already been signed. Cabral did figure out that he had sailed to a continent and not an island. They were relatively uninterested in Brazil as a settlement till well into the 16th century. The Portuguese would have been good candidates to find something. I just don’t know if the Spanish or anyone else would have purposefully sailed west (not intending to loop back towards Africa) if CC hadn’t been so stubborn with his miscalculation.
  4. The petrostates and the Europeans are going to be pressed to donate. And right now the smart money is just to invest in those contractors because there’s no foreseeable decent investment climate for the strip itself.
  5. It’s debatable when the Europeans would have sailed to the Americas again if Columbus didn’t. Columbus miscalculated two things: the circumference of the world (undershot) and the size of Asia (overshot). Had they got the correct numbers (and he was debated at the time while astronomy and calculation was getting better), the idea of a Western passage would have possibly been abandoned. They didn’t know another continent was there and would have assumed it was impossible given the technology of the time. Eventually yes but the timeline could have shifted over a century easily. There was no historical memory of Ericsson.
  6. Facts. And it does make me wonder if Florida will make a move on Billy like their fans hope. They are at least more likely to let him finish the season to see if he can pull out of a flat spin. Because some schools are about to really overpay the coaches they end up hiring.
  7. Fajitas and chicken with a red carneceria marinade. Homemade guacamole and chipotle salsa, charro beans not shown.
  8. If you told me that people rapidly lost sympathy for the Israeli cause the more they were forced to work with the Israelis I’d absolutely concur as I’ve seen it happen over and over. It’s a statement of fact and not how thing should be. There’s a long history of antipathy towards the Palestinian cause especially from the neighbors that host large Palestinian populations. Being handed the job of keeping a lid on Gaza isnt likely to be endearing.
  9. I’m sorry it doesn’t match your worldview but it’s objectively true for whatever the reason you’d care to think. Surrounding Arab states started viewing the PLO as an existential threat in the 1970s (they tried to overthrow the Jordanian government) and basically all of them loathe Hamas for various reasons— only the Iranians and sort of the Qataris. A huge reason Hamas launched October 7 was to get popular opinion wound up because there was just no focus or energy from erstwhile allies on their cause.
  10. Should have clarified “East Asia.” Pakistan is in Asia too. The Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc aren’t going to be doing this.
  11. The IDF has quietly built a really good working relationship with most of these militaries even during the war. They might break the ceasefire ans shoot at locals but not peacekeepers.
  12. No other real choice. Hamas is an Islamic supremacist movement and non-Islamist troops in Gaza would be the end of aby claim they have to rule. And no Europeans or Asians want a part of this. Something in it for Israel, too— historically Arab and Muslim nations and populations rapidly lose interest in supporting Palestine in direct proportion to how much exposure they have to Palestinians. That is for sure a bit of the calculus.
  13. Jimmy Sexton negotiating RN.
  14. I think it’s too early to tell. It’s going to be some time before we get fidelity on what the mandate and RoE is for the peacekeeping force and who will actually make up the boots on ground. Right now it appears to be mostly Arab with some Turks and U.S. advisors not in Gaza. The Arabs are not known for…uh…effectiveness. Likely will be a lot of paying the bad guys to not stir shit up. Israel will be fine with Palestinians killing each other.
  15. It’s a lot easier to turn an 11 win program into a 7 or 8 win program as opposed to a 14 win program. PSU likely to find that out. I used to kind of like Penn State; a hard-nosed football crazed place that’s less insufferable than Michigan and trashy than tOSU. That was before the whole thing where they let a DC rape kids in the shower and didn’t tell anyone or stop it.
  16. The reason this is funny is that they are very likely to end up with a worse coach unless it’s Cignetti.
  17. I think he’d be a better choice than Rhule. And they’d likely pay him less if they can get him to leave.
  18. The only knock against Cignetti is his age, you have maybe 5-6 years of him left. And also whether he wants to jump and how much IU is willing to pay to keep him there for those 5-6 years. They might be willing to redirect some hoops cash to make it enticing not to move. Dude is a badass. “I win. Google me.”
  19. They’ll start to get CFP chatter if they beat ND, although I think the Irish win. Feels like a game where the score will look closer than the game is. Meanwhile this guy wonders why losing by 4 points total to two teams in the top 5 impressed voters more than losing by 71 points total to two teams in the top 5. Illinois basically didn't take the field against IU. They looked like a middling FCS team.
  20. PSU is basically the football school for the Acela Corridor when they are good, and Franklin had gotten the pipeline in order. Northern Virginia to New York. That’s a lot of dudes. It might get chippy with Maryland when they are good or VaTech back in the day at the South end but PSU is not far and is the big choice for DC, Maryland, Penn, NJ, New York.
  21. He could turn them into a 7-9 win team. That never beats Texas or LSU. So far we’ve got these P4 jobs open: PSU, MSU, UCLA, Arkansas, VaTech, Stanford, Okie Lite. Florida is likely getting added to the list. Those are some big jobs and not a lot of sure thing hires. Some mediocre corches gonna get PAID.
  22. I can see Penn State going the way of Tennessee for a while. Pedigree, fans, right pieces but just wandering as conference mates clean up. Although I don’t think Moore at Michigan is the answer which will help. Come to think of it, Heupel has kind of a Franklin-type thus far.
  23. Last year wasn’t a fluke IMO. He won 11 or more games 5/10 years there and another one with 10. The fair knock against him was that he can’t win against the top 10 and get over the hump.
  24. Penn State is a great job. All this “blue blood or not” is meaningless. Massive fan base, massive money, great school, good conference. Franklin had a .700 winning percentage there. They can win big.
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