What would have happened had the Union just let the Confederacy walk. It would have been the most significant two State solution in modern times. My prediction is slavery would still be legal in the South and the continent would be a completely different animal, humanly speaking.
Some 10,000-20,000 defeated confederates fled to Brazil after the war where chattel slavery was still legal. The descendants of many of these "confederados" still live there.
^^^^^ It would be fitting and interesting if they were part of Mexico
True statement here, but an unlikely historical counternarrative, since Texas was secured from Mexico to the USA by the Mexican-American war which had just ended in 1848. If the USA had simply choose to let the Confederate states secede, it seems unlikely they would have had any marriage with Mexico since Mexico considered Texas a stolen Mexican asset.
But as a counternarrative it seems the idea of the USA making a calculated risk to let the Confederate states secede not an unreasonable idea. It seems in real time it might have gone either way. I think Lincoln was the big wild card at this conjuncture in history and he forced the Civil War to happen. I find it fascinating to think what the Confederate States of America would have panned out to be if history had gone in that direction.
Puerto Rico and Mexico are completely different cultures. PR even speaks it own dialect of spanish, so i don't see them as a good fit together.
A two-state solution for Israel and Palestine presents interesting juxtaposition. However, Palestine would have to make peace with Israel, as it's not going anywhere. Right now, Hamas is no partner for peace, in its charter is the destruction of Israel.
What's also interesting is that from the formation of Israel in 1948 until 1967, the west bank was occupied by Jordan and Gaza was occupied by Egypt. Jordan allowed no Israelis into the old city of Jerusalem or the western wall. Neither Jordan nor Egypt offered citizenship to the people in these territories or offered for them to make a state. Then Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in 1967 and Israel defeated them and gained the Golan Heights, the west bank. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Arabs greatly underestimated Israel's mighty military. By 1956 Israel also occupied Sinai. And again in 1973, attacked by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq failed militarily to destroy Israel. The Palestinian people have been pawns used over and over again by Arab states to justify anti-Israel hatred and also in no small part to take attention away from their own human-rights abuses (Saudi Arabia anyone?). Hamas has done very little to enrich or give its citizens' lives. They take billions of dollars every year to enrich their leaders (some of whom live in huge palaces in places like Qatar) and to build and provide weapons and to dig terror tunnels.
To anyone who lived through apartheid in South Africa, calling Israel an apartheid state means you have no idea what apartheid means. Arabs are free to live and work in Israel as Israeli citizens, participate in elections (as voters and as candidates), seek an education, be gay, educate women. Nowhere else in the Arab world are they as free. Black South Africans had none of these rights during apartheid.
I of course, and many Israelis as well, do not support the Netanyahu government and wish for a day to come soon where he is in jail for his corruption-and peace again may see the light of day. Israel is a tiny country, only 9 miles wide and about the size of New Jersey. Surrounded by hostile neighbors they are forced to be on the defensive.
I thought this information from Phil Lesh's new book "Searching for the Sound" would be of interest to Grateful Dead and McIntosh enthusiasts. This exerpt describes their Los Angeles housing in 1966. Per Phil Lesh:
"The equipment was set up in the living room: the 'lead sled' of Mac amps (four McIntosh 240 stereo tube amps running mono, one for each electric instrument - two guitars, bass, and keyboard - bolted onto a single sheet of two-inch plywood), the Altec "Voice of the Theater" speakers (huge woofer and horn combo speakers, four in all, one for each amp), and all the drums and instruments. The volume level of this gear was enough to bulge out the sides of the house when we cranked it
also
The Dead also bought some McIntosh amps back in 1973. Their equipment hadn't all made it to the Watkin's Glen site, so (if ,memory serves...) they grabbed a copter to the McIntosh plant in Binghampton, NY. They pulled amps off the line that were not 100% completed with lettering/numbering and threw downs wads of cash, then off to the show. Look behind Jerry in pictures from any year 1973 and after to see his McIntosh amp.
Is that when they went to the MC-2300 amps, bridged into 600 watts mono? I've seen those live and in films. Those things weight about 130 lbs. each! They look great on stage, the blue meters and all.
Separatley, McIntosh made a high power vacuum tube amp, the MC-3500 or MI-350 for the "industrial" version. 350 watts of vintage McIntosh tube power. Very, very rare. I've been informed there were 10 of these monoblock amps under the stage at Woodstock!
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Are we talking California ?
Are we talking California ?
I thought it was 5.
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What would have happened had
What would have happened had the Union just let the Confederacy walk. It would have been the most significant two State solution in modern times. My prediction is slavery would still be legal in the South and the continent would be a completely different animal, humanly speaking.
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Seems to have worked out
Seems to have worked out alright for Virginia.
West Virginia maybe not so much.
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Israel
Israel
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Palestinians are human too
Palestinians are human too and there is a lack of balance from my perspective
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And I would be wise to not
And I would be wise to not share my opinion about the "confederate states "
It would be fitting and interesting if they were part of Mexico
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Some 10,000 defeated
Some 10,000-20,000 defeated confederates fled to Brazil after the war where chattel slavery was still legal. The descendants of many of these "confederados" still live there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederados
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I'd like to see the
I'd like to see the Palestinians get a state...
I'd like to see the Kurds get a state
I'd like to see District of Colombians get a state
I'd like to see Puerto Ricans (and other island nation territories) get a state
But, I prefer tubes to solid state....
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^^^^^ It would be fitting and
^^^^^ It would be fitting and interesting if they were part of Mexico
True statement here, but an unlikely historical counternarrative, since Texas was secured from Mexico to the USA by the Mexican-American war which had just ended in 1848. If the USA had simply choose to let the Confederate states secede, it seems unlikely they would have had any marriage with Mexico since Mexico considered Texas a stolen Mexican asset.
But as a counternarrative it seems the idea of the USA making a calculated risk to let the Confederate states secede not an unreasonable idea. It seems in real time it might have gone either way. I think Lincoln was the big wild card at this conjuncture in history and he forced the Civil War to happen. I find it fascinating to think what the Confederate States of America would have panned out to be if history had gone in that direction.
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Puerto Rico and Mexico are
Puerto Rico and Mexico are completely different cultures. PR even speaks it own dialect of spanish, so i don't see them as a good fit together.
A two-state solution for Israel and Palestine presents interesting juxtaposition. However, Palestine would have to make peace with Israel, as it's not going anywhere. Right now, Hamas is no partner for peace, in its charter is the destruction of Israel.
What's also interesting is that from the formation of Israel in 1948 until 1967, the west bank was occupied by Jordan and Gaza was occupied by Egypt. Jordan allowed no Israelis into the old city of Jerusalem or the western wall. Neither Jordan nor Egypt offered citizenship to the people in these territories or offered for them to make a state. Then Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in 1967 and Israel defeated them and gained the Golan Heights, the west bank. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Arabs greatly underestimated Israel's mighty military. By 1956 Israel also occupied Sinai. And again in 1973, attacked by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq failed militarily to destroy Israel. The Palestinian people have been pawns used over and over again by Arab states to justify anti-Israel hatred and also in no small part to take attention away from their own human-rights abuses (Saudi Arabia anyone?). Hamas has done very little to enrich or give its citizens' lives. They take billions of dollars every year to enrich their leaders (some of whom live in huge palaces in places like Qatar) and to build and provide weapons and to dig terror tunnels.
To anyone who lived through apartheid in South Africa, calling Israel an apartheid state means you have no idea what apartheid means. Arabs are free to live and work in Israel as Israeli citizens, participate in elections (as voters and as candidates), seek an education, be gay, educate women. Nowhere else in the Arab world are they as free. Black South Africans had none of these rights during apartheid.
I of course, and many Israelis as well, do not support the Netanyahu government and wish for a day to come soon where he is in jail for his corruption-and peace again may see the light of day. Israel is a tiny country, only 9 miles wide and about the size of New Jersey. Surrounded by hostile neighbors they are forced to be on the defensive.
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So they have to gentrify as
So they have to gentrify as much as possible?
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>>>>>I'd like to see Puerto
>>>>>I'd like to see Puerto Ricans (and other island nation territories) get a state
This. PR has a greater population than 19 states.
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i doubt it ever happens for
i doubt it ever happens for pr...
shit look at the place and our response after the hurricanes.
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interesting commentary
interesting commentary probable cosby
and gunkman
Dubra: Macintosh tube amps powered the wall of THE BAND
loved the debut of the wall of sound at Stanford Maples and at the cow palace
those were the days my friend.....
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Actually they were solid
Actually they were solid state.
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Hmmm
Hmmm
I thought this information from Phil Lesh's new book "Searching for the Sound" would be of interest to Grateful Dead and McIntosh enthusiasts. This exerpt describes their Los Angeles housing in 1966. Per Phil Lesh:
"The equipment was set up in the living room: the 'lead sled' of Mac amps (four McIntosh 240 stereo tube amps running mono, one for each electric instrument - two guitars, bass, and keyboard - bolted onto a single sheet of two-inch plywood), the Altec "Voice of the Theater" speakers (huge woofer and horn combo speakers, four in all, one for each amp), and all the drums and instruments. The volume level of this gear was enough to bulge out the sides of the house when we cranked it
also
The Dead also bought some McIntosh amps back in 1973. Their equipment hadn't all made it to the Watkin's Glen site, so (if ,memory serves...) they grabbed a copter to the McIntosh plant in Binghampton, NY. They pulled amps off the line that were not 100% completed with lettering/numbering and threw downs wads of cash, then off to the show. Look behind Jerry in pictures from any year 1973 and after to see his McIntosh amp.
Is that when they went to the MC-2300 amps, bridged into 600 watts mono? I've seen those live and in films. Those things weight about 130 lbs. each! They look great on stage, the blue meters and all.
Separatley, McIntosh made a high power vacuum tube amp, the MC-3500 or MI-350 for the "industrial" version. 350 watts of vintage McIntosh tube power. Very, very rare. I've been informed there were 10 of these monoblock amps under the stage at Woodstock!
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http://www.oestex.com/tubes/Mac/MC-3500.html
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I am not a sound guy
I do remember a certain glow
http://www.oestex.com/tubes/Mac/MC-3500.html
And I remember the band Osiris's sound guy having a glowing Macintosh amp and Altec Lansing speakers it was pretty fucking amazing
(Osiris got some other equipment from the dead and played in mckernan's garage
Going to band practice was fun