CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down111cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1523arrow-down1external-linkKevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via Warwww.vanityfair.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down2·7 months ago“I’ll give you $50” “It’s a million square miles!” “Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.” “YOU KILLED THEM!” “Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoA brief history of New York becoming New York: English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine… Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost! English: we have some nutmeg… Dutch: SOLD!
“I’ll give you $50”
“It’s a million square miles!”
“Yeah, but there’s dead bodies all over it.”
“YOU KILLED THEM!”
“Fine. $55. Take it or leave it.”
A brief history of New York becoming New York:
English: that New Amsterdam place is looking mighty fine…
Dutch: Don’t even think about it! New Amsterdam is heavily fortified and not for sale at any cost!
English: we have some nutmeg…
Dutch: SOLD!