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PETRUS

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6. Yeah, that poster has no idea what they're talking about.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 05:11 PM

Aug 2019

I recommend "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States," by Daniel Immerwahr (I read it myself a couple of months ago). There are facts in that book that will dispel at least some of their illusions.

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Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Unravelling of US Empire [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2019 OP

We may have interests but the US is not an empire tirebiter Aug 2019 #1

Finding out the actual history involved would do you a world of good. Judi Lynn Aug 2019 #2

Yeah, that poster has no idea what they're talking about. PETRUS Aug 2019 #6

After seeing your comment, looked up a summary of the book, and it sounds excellent. Judi Lynn Aug 2019 #7

Thanks, Judi! PETRUS Aug 2019 #8

Officials in the Canary Islands are ready to build the telescope, Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #3

Hadn't heard a word about that, yet. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2019 #5

This history is so accessible, it's everywhere: Judi Lynn Aug 2019 #4