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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:42:16 -0600
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On 1/15/2025 5:16 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 1/15/2025 8:42 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Dealing with monarchies is a weird thing, because it comes down entirely
>>> to figuring out what the monarch is thinking, which isn't always what he
>>> is saying either domestically or to the foreign press.  Whatever happened
>>> to Kremlinologists and Sovietologists anyway?
>>> --scott
>>
>> I enjoyed the new Napoleon movie and relearned a lot of European
>> history.  The battle scenes were amazing.
> 
> An entertainment film should not be confused with history, in
> any aspect.
> 
> Real history is far more nuanced than can be conveyed in 120 minutes.

I recall someone saying "A picture is worth a thousand words...".

Lynn