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1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

Did any of you right wing nut jobs realize that a gay ex-Prussian officer was responsible for training the American revolutionary army to beat the British.

Yeah, dude.  Right wing response:

"Fuck that faggot foreigner!  God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!  And get your foreign ass outta here -- I don't know which mexican country Prussia is, but I know it sucks! AMERICA FUCK YEAH!"

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3 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Did any of you right wing nut jobs realize that a gay ex-Prussian officer was responsible for training the American revolutionary army to beat the British. He was one of the most important figures in the history of the United States in terms of making the American military competent. 

What was the officer's name? I had no idea about that small detail in our history

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5 minutes ago, Captainant said:

What was the officer's name? I had no idea about that small detail in our history

Baron von Steuben. He also introduced the bayonet to the Americans. It’s how they countered the fact that British could load ammo faster. 

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Also fun fact: Von Steuben was at the siege of Prague during the war of the Austrian Succession and there is still a Prussian cannonball lodged in the wall of the oldest church still extant (St. Martin).  
 

Photo my own, you can barely make it out next to the window on the right. 
 

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8 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Baron von Steuben. He also introduced the bayonet to the Americans. It’s how they countered the fact that British could load ammo faster. 

And taught them how to lay out a camp so not everyone would get dysentery and diphtheria. 
 

Someone should do a big pop history of the marching camp and its effect on fighting power from the Romans to modern day. 

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1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

He was well loved by the student body, and apparently a really strong advocate for students. They are really pissed.

Welch was extremely competent, well-liked, and high-character. It’s a big loss and I’m furious about this whole bullshit. 

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18 minutes ago, txexlonghorn23 said:

The whole state's public higher education system is under attack.

The riot cops teakettling students was the first bite at the apple, and it was cheered on. This is just further down the road 

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20 minutes ago, txexlonghorn23 said:

Is there a thread somewhere about our university's leadership?

I read a letter from the Dean of Education indicating that he is being forced out.

 

 

go bump it 

 

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6 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

And taught them how to lay out a camp so not everyone would get dysentery and diphtheria. 
 

Woke! It’s my god given American right to get a disease that’s easily avoided 

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6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Perhaps he will show up in the Ken Burns American Revolution series in November. I’m pumped for that. 

I can’t see how he isn’t included. Back when education in Texas was normal he was someone we learned about in elementary school.

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1 hour ago, UpperWestside said:

I can’t see how he isn’t included. Back when education in Texas was normal he was someone we learned about in elementary school.

Agree. I do recall him, though vaguely. 7th grade was not my strong suit in history, even though it did end up as my major. 

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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Agree. I do recall him, though vaguely. 7th grade was not my strong suit in history, even though it did end up as my major. 

7th grade was the Texas History year in Lampasas. That was fun back then. Had Coach Carroll teaching it. He made history fun.

The “Baron” was an eclectic character, but like most Prussian military leaders he was exceptionally well organized and understood what that did for an undermanned force (Which Prussia always was in regards to its neighbors.). In my opinion his contribution was equal to what any one person did for the Continental Army. 

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On 9/19/2025 at 9:34 PM, txexlonghorn23 said:

 

The whole state's public higher education system is under attack.

Me retiring last year was not a coincidence.

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On 9/19/2025 at 11:09 PM, Satchel said:

And a whole lot of the assholes fucking us and our kids over have degrees from Ivy League schools or other out-of-state schools. The irony is lost on Texas voters.

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On 9/19/2025 at 5:30 PM, Dbeasy said:

Did any of you right wing nut jobs realize that a gay ex-Prussian officer was responsible for training the American revolutionary army to beat the British. He was one of the most important figures in the history of the United States in terms of making the American military competent. 

Um, I dont know what history books you are reading but I saw what I believe to be a very historically accurate film on this subject. Mel Gibson's character cobbled together a rag tag bunch of militia men and single handedly trained them up to defeat the British.  It's why we have well regulated militias today. I think I would have remembered a bunch of gays nancing around doing the French Mistake.

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On 9/20/2025 at 12:19 AM, UpperWestside said:

I can’t see how he isn’t included. Back when education in Texas was normal he was someone we learned about in elementary school.

And also in Army Basic Training.

There's a joke in there somewhere.

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5 minutes ago, Cousin Strawberry said:

Um, I dont know what history books you are reading but I saw what I believe to be a very historically accurate film on this subject. Mel Gibson's character cobbled together a rag tag bunch of militia men and single handedly trained them up to defeat the British.  It's why we have well regulated militias today. I think I would have remembered a bunch of gays nancing around doing the French Mistake.

You're thinking of Scotland, when Mel Gibson played Bilbo Gandalf and defeated the evil English King Sauroman II, in that movie "Brave".

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3 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Stevie Ray is honored with a second statue in Wales I see.

And I'm impressed they have metal and concrete buildings with glass windows; I expected wattle and daub.

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3 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Stevie Ray is honored with a second statue in Wales I see.

Dunno, but that statue is the one on Auditorium Shores in downtown Austin. 
I took the photo in 2017.

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Just now, atomheartbevo said:

And I'm impressed they have metal and concrete buildings with glass windows; I expected wattle and daub.

Probably wattle and daub cleverly constructed to mimic metal and concrete. Typical cargo cult stuff.

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2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

And I'm impressed they have metal and concrete buildings with glass windows; I expected wattle and daub.

There's a 98% chance that "Wattle and Daub" is an overpriced gastropub in London specializing in food described as "artisanal" and "curated" and shit like that.

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Just now, Armybrat said:

Dunno, but that statue is the one on Auditorium Shores in downtown Austin. 
I took the photo in 2017.

Well which is it, young feller, is she Welsh, or Texan?

Because if the's Welsh, she'd be standin in Cardiff.

And if she's Texan, she's not gonna be in motion if she was already here.

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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

There's a 98% chance that "Wattle and Daub" is an overpriced gastropub in London specializing in food described as "artisanal" and "curated" and shit like that.

I hope so.

CSB: maybe 12 years ago when I was selling $5 cartoons on eBay, an artsy gallery on Brick Lane in London bought batches of them to resell. They took me about 5 minutes each to make. I hope they marked them up 10 times and sold them at nose-bleed prices to vacationing aristocracy who'd never handle knowing they originated from my dirty filthy Alabamian hands. Good times. /CSB

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8 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Probably wattle and daub cleverly constructed to mimic metal and concrete. Typical cargo cult stuff.

Désolé. Je ne pouvais pas pu résister, sachant que tu apprécies, sans doute, cette petite chanson sexy.

 

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10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Désolé. Je ne pouvais pas pu résister, sachant que tu apprécies, sans doute, cette petite chanson sexy.

 

Ben bon, je me branle en l'écoutant.

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59 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Well which is it, young feller, is she Welsh, or Texan?

Because if the's Welsh, she'd be standin in Cardiff.

And if she's Texan, she's not gonna be in motion if she was already here.

Her mum & dad were Welsh, but she married an Englishman and has lived most of her adult life in Perton, a ‘burb of Wolverhampton.

She does love Texas though (politics notwithstanding) - particularly Fredericksburg and  Luckenbach. 
 At Dooley’s in FB:

 

 

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