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How did Hitler's scar-faced henchman become an Irish farmer?
BBC News ^ | 30th December 2014 | Peter Crutchley

Posted on 01/01/2015 1:14:08 PM PST by the scotsman

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To: ansel12

A pipe in the sleeve is the tool of choice in the knockout game now.


81 posted on 03/31/2016 8:09:51 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: Zhang Fei
The rancor against Britain ran deep, perhaps because of the Irish Potato Famine.

The famine and about about 500 other reasons.

82 posted on 03/31/2016 8:12:18 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ansel12

Dueling ... the earlier term limits approach.


83 posted on 03/31/2016 8:13:39 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
I know what you were saying, SoCal. The debate is a healthy one, even if some on this thread don't have the manners to avoid coming across as condescending.
84 posted on 04/01/2016 4:58:31 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: Eternal_Bear
he was not considered a war criminal

Simon Weisenthal would disagree, since he refused to take him off the "hunt" list. Mossad forged the papers to get Skorzeny to work for them.

85 posted on 04/01/2016 5:01:37 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: tcrlaf

The only guy of more interest was Hitler’s intended successor: Hans Ulrich Rudel.
The guy never stopped being a committed Nazi, helped German war criminals escaped, had a lucrative business career in South America, and was made welcome again in Germany (and caused all sorts of problems...). Died 1982.


86 posted on 04/01/2016 5:41:09 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: HonkyTonkMan
This thread [From January 2nd, 2015] ....curiouser and curiouser

Tell me about it. From the subject, to the various other comments ... And I'm reading it over a year later.

87 posted on 04/01/2016 8:33:31 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: submarinerswife

Thank you. There is no doubt that the man was brave, bold, and cunning. Competent and accomplished, maybe not so much. A concise review of the SS propaganda that built the Skorzeny mythology can be read here:

http://historum.com/war-military-history/63168-reputation-hitler-s-favourite-commando-otto-skorzeny-much-too-overrated.html


88 posted on 04/01/2016 8:58:28 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: MinuteGal
In Germany at the time he was going to college it was the fashion to have a "dueling scar".

Himmler had to pay one of his fellow students to mark him.

Germany had some weird quirks long before the Nazi's popped up.

89 posted on 04/01/2016 9:03:12 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: MHGinTN

Either that or eliminate the Secret Service entirely.

The original definition of a ‘Tyrant’ was someone who needed to go around with security because they were afraid of the populace.

“No elected official should ever be out of rifle range of their constituents” as the old saying goes.

YMMV


90 posted on 04/02/2016 5:08:37 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Better questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.)
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