Tag: Vikings
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History and the Land Before History
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Feb. 24, 2021) — Contrary to popular opinion, history is not about memorizing names and dates. It is a story. Your story – ultimately. Everyone has a story. You would not be staring at this screen today if you had not decided to follow this blog in the past. You might say…
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Let’s Rewrite History
CAN THE PAST BE ERASED? SHOULD IT BE? by OPOVV, ©2020 (Jun. 4, 2020) — Once upon a time the Vikings roamed the North Woods, and then came Columbus. Problem is, the Vikings didn’t advertise lots for sale in swampy Florida, but Columbus did. And then came the Revolutionary War, but that was so long ago…
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Greta, Why is the Polar Bear Not Now Kaput?
“PLEASE LISTEN TO THE DANES” October 1, 2019 Dear Editor, So Sweden’s 16-year-old man-made global warming guru Greta Thunberg headed off across the Atlantic (in a high-carbon-emissions, construction-type, 21st-century hi-tech boat, fitted out with radar, depth-finding and satellite-monitoring emergency beacon and GPS) to retrace some of her Viking forefathers’ great ocean voyages of discovery in…
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Either Support the Constitution, or Leave
SEEKING AMERICA’S DEMISE by OPOVV, ©2013 (Oct. 10, 2013) — I am one-eighth American Indian, and even though I am not 100% Redskin, I feel a strong affinity towards my ancestors that were defeated by the weapon of the “Forked Tongue” and blankets infested with the smallpox virus. What, cat got your tongue? There’s nothing…