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Archaeology and History Tidbits
These are some interesting things! For example, the bones of D’Artagnan, one of the heroes featured in the book The Three Musketeers, may have been found. This is cool!

Although the book is a novel (more about the book and it’s writer(s) here) , D’Artagnan was a real person, and he died via a musket shot to the throat while conquering Masstricht during the Franco-Dutch War. It’s believed that he was buried in Masstricht in a church near the French camp. And, lo and behold, an archaeological dig (after a hole appeared under tiles in the church) has found his possible remains, underneath where the altar table used to sit. DNA testing and other work will confirm the find, eventually.

All for one, and one for all!!! The three musketeers and D’Artagnan! Image from www.completefrance.com

The current debacle in world affairs and US hegemonic ambitions crashes upon the putative leadership in the west.

The common observation bandied about by the "experts" is that there is no apparent strategy or method discernable in US policy abroad, particularly as demonstrated in the middle east currently. The US appears embarrassed by an obsolete worldview. It's policies seemed to be based on delusions rather than reality.

I saw on Tv a squib of Bernie Sanders talking about the 25th Amendment, sounding like the 2015-16 Bernie. The MSN home page offers a nonstop parade of squibs raising Cain about Trump and Israel and their downright EVIL effort to eliminate Iran from planet earth.

Good morning everyone.
Wet and cool here this morning. But the newly planted tomatoes are loving it. Have 3 varieties of onions to do next. Will throw out some lettuce and a little broccoli.