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@impassable Al Jolson, inter alia, will be surprised to learn that.

"No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am...

The odd choice of scenes used to illustrate this reminds me of Jean-François Revel, a French socialist writer, who talks about one of the great unexplained phenomena of modern astronomy: namely, that the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe....

It's a nice song, but I believe the German phrase "Ode an die Freude", translates as "Kumbaya"

@doctorpsycho1960 Great Voice, horrible recording, the amp is clearly saturating. Does anyone know of decent recording?

@agapaol The song was introduced in the musical "South Pacific", the picture depicts a scene from the film adaptation. The gentleman depicted is a French planter, who marries an nurse américaine. At some point he seranades her with this song.

@ProudBisayangDako She's even cuter doing Mr. Sandman.

@ImDavidGurney The NY Yankees used to play a different, and if possible, better rendition before home games. That's why I came looking for it. (BTW, I am a Red Sox fan, but give the Yankees their props.)

@Michael71186 Du hast recht.

Hello Muddah, hello Faddah...

@mjm412010 Whatever. I'm tired of listening to facile posturing and vacuous pieties.

@Troublesome2008 I knew a guy who fought in Europe. He said that after Malmedy, they did not take SS Prisoners. Also, Omar Bradley remarked at one point that he was sick and tired of hearing reports of German snipers surrendering with empty clips. Thereafter, again according to the same first ...

@sicoticosandro Psst, it's dead, JIm.

@mschasez7076 I haven't seen every place on earth, but of all I've seen, none beats the Shenandoah Valley.

Conservatives cling to abhorent and outmoded habit of treating people as individuals rather than the embodiment of racial, sexual and ethnic stereotypes.

@zmanmediagroup The 1984 Superbowl was the only time it aired *nationally*. It aired at least hundreds of times on local stations. I do agree it was outstanding.

Does anyone know if Australians call a semi-truck, a "Semi"?

Arguing that slavery was only incidental to the Civil War is rank sophistry. Please. Stop. Now.

Masthead motto of the now sadly defunct New York Sun, "It shines for all".

If the New York Sun sounds familiar it is because is was the origin of the "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." letter.

Mathew has at last joined him. Thank God.

Marty Robbins' grandfather was a Texas Ranger, working in the west Texas. One of the best Western story songs.

The chorus is priceless.

@thisismark1 Oscar Wilde, on the overwrought death of Little Nell in Dicken's Old Curiosity Shop: "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing."

@Shitmyself888 He didn't write it. He was somewhat skeptical about it, as a matter of fact. It is reported that after the recording session, he walked out remarking something to the effect, "There it is, you morbid son of a bitch." Jones' career had been on the skids at the time, in part becau...

@ramona14220 The U.S. wasn't in the business of saving half of Germany from Stalin, but half of Europe. The U.

S. forces in WW-I were small and green, a relatively minor factor in the scheme of things, but provided the Western Allies a some margin over the Germans and their allies. The importan...

@lethalsub Messy is used by engineers (I are won) to characterize problems that mathematicians haven't tidied up. I did read the Wikipedia article on "closed form" *after* commenting, and they cite Eric Weisstein's Mathematica article, which is brief, but more or less agrees with my definition....