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plimsoll

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32. I think we need to make it pretty narrow.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jul 2020

The Americas discovered by the ancestors of todays Native Americans 10,000+ years ago.
First European to discover the Americas and return Leif Eriksson.
First Southern European to discover America and return Columbus.

The difference being that the Spanish could exploit the discovery in a new economic system.

Of course he said that, he knows nothing, at all, about anything, history too, and absoLUTELY Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #1
Yep. He probably believes there were airports in 1492 too. Lock him up. Jul 2020 #40
Ha wow soothsayer Jul 2020 #2
His dentures are coming loose again blogslut Jul 2020 #3
His hemmorhoids are losing their grip. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2020 #16
not here. on our deck, glass of wine, our 2 dogs, beautiful evening. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #4
not here, grill smoking chicken, glass of vino, DU dweller Jul 2020 #22
Nor here. Ate my pulled pork, collards and zippier peas. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #48
CNN isn't showing it. LOL! mobeau69 Jul 2020 #5
I've noticed when MSNBC starts showing him, I can often switch over there and see something else. Flaleftist Jul 2020 #7
I can't even stand watching him while the presenters talk Ilsa Jul 2020 #6
Don't forget the accordion hands I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #23
Haaaaa!!!!! That's fabulous! Thanks! nt Ilsa Jul 2020 #25
I wish I could rec this post! Earth Bound Misfit Jul 2020 #36
did Melania wear a bra this time? CatWoman Jul 2020 #8
No. She likes to show off her Polly Hennessey Jul 2020 #13
But still afflicted homegirl Jul 2020 #27
Not a trace of class between the two of them. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #20
I think you nailed it. They love the classness masked under gilded surrounds. Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #45
And he said people, the protesters, don't know(understand) Solly Mack Jul 2020 #9
What a dumbass. They're making history! nt mobeau69 Jul 2020 #12
He is perpetuating and adding on to an alternate reality for his followers. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #10
he is a coward, to the bone Demonaut Jul 2020 #11
The Bahamas maybe agingdem Jul 2020 #14
After Columbus "discovered" American, then the Pilgrims came and then they wrote the Declaration Dream Girl Jul 2020 #15
Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #18
It started with the first "white guy" who helped conquer... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #17
That's easy! Plymouth Rock! Dream Girl Jul 2020 #28
Lol again! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #43
No, no, no... SergeStorms Jul 2020 #44
Columbus Avenue, NYC Totally Tunsie Jul 2020 #49
As someone who is protesting Olafjoy Jul 2020 #19
Ha! Mossfern Jul 2020 #35
To be fair, my white washed history books when I was in school... Pacifist Patriot Jul 2020 #21
We probably never know who discovered America sarge43 Jul 2020 #47
I'm fascinated by anthropology and archeology. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2020 #50
I'm fascinated by the DNA research. sarge43 Jul 2020 #52
Yep! Pacifist Patriot Jul 2020 #53
What about Leif Erikson? MiniMe Jul 2020 #24
Didn't he turn left at Greenland around 1000 A.D.? Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #30
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland c. 1000 Celerity Jul 2020 #33
I think we need to make it pretty narrow. plimsoll Jul 2020 #32
Did you hear the one about liberating the airports from the Redcoats? Marcuse Jul 2020 #26
And Trump and his flock just go on, and on, and on Ahpook Jul 2020 #39
That was last year. SergeStorms Jul 2020 #46
Worst episode of Drunk History ever gratuitous Jul 2020 #29
Reminds me of the drunken speech in the movie Giant. James Dean in his final role japple Jul 2020 #31
I forget... griloco Jul 2020 #34
He's added a new one.. incoherent! /nt jimlup Jul 2020 #37
Not only does he not have clothes Danascot Jul 2020 #38
I never watch (or listen to) him, elleng Jul 2020 #41
He's talking again? paleotn Jul 2020 #42
Is your OP title from 2015 or sometime later? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #51
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