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The Bee is funny, but not always where you want to go for your history.

[21twelve]

Back when the kids were learning about the Holocaust the whole idea of “never again” was behind the learning.

I told the kids of course it is important to learn about the Holocaust. But - this idea of “never again” is stupid. Told them of all of the more recent examples of genocide like Pol Pot, Rwanda, China....

This article points out the EXACT SAME THING is going on in China today.

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Peelosi was but a wee socialist back then.

[Bonemaker]

"So, Owens was not personally snubbed by Hitler. However, Owens did feel that he had been snubbed by someone: U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. A month after the Olympic Games, Owens told a crowd, “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was [Roosevelt] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” Roosevelt never publicly acknowledged Owens’s triumphs—or the triumphs of any of the 18 African Americans who competed at the Berlin Olympics. Only white Olympians were invited to the White House in 1936. A number of explanations have been offered for the president’s actions. Most likely, Roosevelt did not want to risk losing the support of Southern Democrats by appearing overly soft on the race issue. The black Olympians who competed in Berlin were not recognized by the White House until 2016, when Pres. Barack Obama invited the athletes’ relatives to an event in celebration of their lives and accomplishments."

Britannica.com