TINY MINDS » History’s Idiots http://www.tinyminds.net Why must we suffer fools gladly? Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Obama should ask this historian… http://www.tinyminds.net/2010/10/29/obama-should-ask-this-historian/ http://www.tinyminds.net/2010/10/29/obama-should-ask-this-historian/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:30:56 +0000 Henry Jennings http://www.tinyminds.net/?p=1215

… how to avoid the mistakes of FDR in solving economic woes.

It’s as simple as adopting the basic rules of Monopoly. No, really.

Read this important article, and make sure you pass it around to any of your friends who is lacking a clue about economics.

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]]> http://www.tinyminds.net/2010/10/29/obama-should-ask-this-historian/feed/ 1 LA’s own Willy Mulholland is numero uno in this list of stupid engineer tricks http://www.tinyminds.net/2006/06/02/las-own-willy-mulholand-is-numero-uno-in-this-list-of-stupid-engineer-tricks/ http://www.tinyminds.net/2006/06/02/las-own-willy-mulholand-is-numero-uno-in-this-list-of-stupid-engineer-tricks/#comments Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:14:25 +0000 Oxenstern http://dumbshitoftheweek.com/?p=284

The “self taught” engineer part is classic.

1. St. Francis Dam, 1928
Self-taught engineer William Mulholland built this LA dam on a defective foundation and ignored the geology of the surrounding canyon. He also dismissed cracks that formed as soon as the reservoir behind it was filled. Five days later, it ruptured, killing 450 people and destroying entire towns (along with Mulholland’s career).

Note, however, that he had one of the most famous streets in Los Angeles named after him.

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“Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the creation of Planet of the Apes-style warriors by crossing humans with apes, according to recently uncovered secret documents.

Moscow archives show that in the mid-1920s Russia’s top animal breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, was ordered to turn his skills from horse and animal work to the quest for a super-warrior.”

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