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[MdBou]

Some beautiful pictures here of sties that saw so much horror and carnage:

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/n...ctures-28461026

[MdBou]

Despite the gravity of the crisis, Asquith's thoughts still flitted to young Venetia Stanley, on whom he was fixated. He had hoped to spend the weekend with her but events had determined otherwise.

 

'I got no letter from you this morning, which is the saddest blank in my day.'
Asquith, in a letter to Venetia Stanley, August 2

 

Good to know that the British PM had his prioroties straight!

[SG-1]

Horrific 

[FutureOfToday]

Just taken part in the lights out event. Very moving service in Westminster Abbey as well broadcast live on TV. Lest we forget.

[Yuli Ban]

http://www.history.c...ck-at-the-marne

All you English and Western European readers: If you were born 100 years earlier, you'd be fucking dead, if not now then in the coming months and years.

Especially Russians.
You're reading of the great pivot of world history, ladies and gentlemen!

[FutureOfToday]

The fact that I was born in the same century as the two deadliest wars in human history makes me feel unbelievably fortunate.

[Jakob]

The fact that I was born in the same century as the two deadliest wars in human history makes me feel unbelievably fortunate.

How come?

[Cosmic Cat]

 

The fact that I was born in the same century as the two deadliest wars in human history makes me feel unbelievably fortunate.

How come?

 

 

Because he was born at the end of it, not the start.

 

EDIT: Unike JRR tolkien. Participating in both world wars.

[Jakob]

 

 

The fact that I was born in the same century as the two deadliest wars in human history makes me feel unbelievably fortunate.

How come?

 

 

Because he was born at the end of it, not the start.

 

EDIT: Unike JRR tolkien. Participating in both world wars.

 

It's true that that is lucky, but why is it lucky that he was just born during the same century?

[FutureOfToday]

Because I was (like most of us here) born that close to the wars but at a point in the century at which they were no danger to me.

[tierbook]

Because I was (like most of us here) born that close to the wars but at a point in the century at which they were no danger to me.

I'd recommend you knock on wood.

[FutureOfToday]

^I definitely will! I am confident that we've progressed beyond the stage of world wars now, but only just.

[SG-1]

I expect a world war three

[Maximus]

I expect a world war three

 

This. Nato and Russia are both militarising and still have imperialistic tendencies: sound familiar? And I fear that if this comes to pass, especially in a few decades, China and Russia will crush NATO like a tin can.

[Ghostreaper]

Now we just need to find the lynchpin and stop it.... not an easy task.

[Cosmic Cat]

 

I expect a world war three

 

This. Nato and Russia are both militarising and still have imperialistic tendencies: sound familiar? And I fear that if this comes to pass, especially in a few decades, China and Russia will crush NATO like a tin can.

 

 

Santa's also going to be visited by Canadian and russian military forces in the north pole. Global warming is creating new access to undiscovered resources.

[SG-1]

I want a part in the ass-kicking!

YOLO so kick some major ass while your alive; if you can't beat 'em join 'em.

[Yuli Ban]

^ A lot of those kids didn't live once for very long. 

 

Except for this guy.

 

 

Looks like someone got to live twice.

[SG-1]

interesting

http://paranormal.ab...ddy-Jackson.htm

[Cosmic Cat]

 

 

I expect a world war three

 

This. Nato and Russia are both militarising and still have imperialistic tendencies: sound familiar? And I fear that if this comes to pass, especially in a few decades, China and Russia will crush NATO like a tin can.

 

 

Santa's also going to be visited by Canadian and russian military forces in the north pole. Global warming is creating new access to undiscovered resources.

 

 

This is what I'm going to tell my little brother when he grows up.