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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:57:09 -0500
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Lynn McGuire wrote:
> 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...".

A movie is worth a million lies.

William Hyde