Gee, the first paragraph of the prologue of the book Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century by Alastair Horne (published 2015) sure is interesting.🤔

"So thoroughly had the present prosperity persuaded the Athenians that nothing could withstand them, and that they could achieve what was possible and what was impracticable alike, with means ample or inadequate it mattered not. The reason for this was their [prior] extraordinary success, which made them confuse their strengths with their hopes." -Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book IV

The decline of the American Empire is really pulling down the standard of living for all of us — even the elites. I mean, just a few generations ago our rulers were dining on fine wine & caviar, but now they mostly just eat pizza & grape soda.

Those who 🍇 minors should be 🍇ed to death by miners.

I lost my stepfather - who was a very good guy with whom I was pretty close- yesterday. I’ll be heading up to NC on Thursday to spend some time with my mom so she’s not alone her first week without him. Apologies ahead of time that I’ll probably be even more incommunicado than usual for the next week or so.

Today = 2 & 1/2 years 🥃-free for me.

Happy REAL declaration of independence day! 250 years ago, on 4/19/1775, thousands of average Americans, acting on their own local initiative, confronted the Redcoats & declared their independence with blood & bullets. (The fancy powdered-wig guys in Philly would take almost 15 months to catch up & declare it with ink & parchment.) To commemorate, I've just reissued Dangerous History Ep. 59 (made a decade ago!), which is part II of my American Revolution series.

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The Dangerous History Podcast • Reissue: DHP Ep. 59: The American Revolution, Part II: 1775 • Listen on Fountain

April 19th, 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the REAL American Declaration of Independence, when thousands of average, non-elite Americans decla...

“There are twenty million Germans too many.” -French PM Georges Clemenceau, Dec.1918, on keeping the starvation blockade against Germany despite the armistice I just can’t imagine why the Germans would be spoiling for revenge a generation later. 🤷‍♂️

In case you missed it, yesterday I dropped a new DHP Woodrow Wilson episode. In this one, he makes the most important & worst decision of his life, a decision that’s still negatively impacting the US & much of the rest of the world to this day: getting the US into WW1.

Almost all of the next (XXL-sized) Woodrow Wilson episode of Dangerous History is recorded, & I've also edited a good chunk of what I've recorded so far. Fingers crossed that I'll be able to get it all done & published during the first half of the coming week. 🤞

Since Los Angeles is on fire, maybe the “Biden” administration should send another hundred billion dollars to the Ukraine & Israel. (After all, when they did that in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene helped the people of NC in a way that was nothing short of miraculous.)

Holy shit, I just witnessed something that is more rare than an albino Bigfoot riding on a unicorn while fighting the Loch Ness monster: A car with a Nikki Haley bumper sticker on it in front of me in traffic. 😮 🤯

"He has no interest whatsoever in the Army ... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible." -Sgt. James Spears, report on Pvt. James Hendrix, May 24, 1962

Happy Deliberate Sacrifice of 2,403 Pawns so FDR Could Get the US Fully into WWII Day!

Trying a new experiment to up my following: posting dick-pics. Well, here goes! 🤞🏻 ⬇️

Woodrow Wilson was narrowly reelected in 1916, primarily because he pretended to be much more anti-war than he actually was. To learn more on that and other things, check out my latest DHP episode! 👇🏻

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The Dangerous History Podcast • Ep. 0275: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 13 • Listen on Fountain

Join CJ as he continues his coverage of the life & career of Woodrow Wilson through 1916, culminating in Wilson’s successful-but-close reelection...

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful that I’m still alive, still sober, still married, still not homeless, & still on the upswing (across the board) in life despite many trials & tribulations. And I’m thankful for my listeners, without whom I wouldn’t have made it this far. PS-Woodrow Wilson Part 13 is in the works, trying to get it finished over Thanksgiving weekend. I’ll be thankful if I’m able to do so. 😉