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Randomly surfing the interwebs I stumbled across this: https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/the-covid-19-death-toll-in-the-us-has-now-surpassed-that-of-their-20-year-military-involvement-in-vietnam.299729/post-9990251 I inserted paragraph breaks for readability...

Here are three articles I came across recently. All were worth the read, but for different reasons. All are somewhat related. Each will take less than five minutes to read. One of them is a hoot. No snips; wouldn't do any of them justice. First...

https://spectator.org/on-ronald-reagans-racism/ A number of folks are making a big deal out of a comment that recently came to light where in 1971 Reagan made a "uncomfortable" comment. As a result, many of these folks are claiming that Reagan was a racist (and by association, Republicans)...

Cool story (yes, with "Gladiator" ties): https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9508239/ancient-rome-most-accurate-model-ever --- End of line (MCP)

Several jokes immediately come to mind. But I'm posting this with only the following comment: the more you learn about the Nazis and their ideology the stranger it gets (I had done some research on Nazi form/function/ideology in art years ago in college and - wow - that was a strange ride)...

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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.... --- End of line (MCP)

The original water-powered textile mill, "Clifton Factory," built in 1812 was rebuilt as a flour mill in 1900 by John Thomas Cecil. Historic district also includes Cecil's County Store and Post Office built in 1906. Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.

50 HP Type Y. Built 1923. Serial No. 574317, Cecil's Mill in Great Mills, Md. Photos taken in Dec. 2005.