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The Eric Metaxas Show
A highlight from Socrates in the City: Eugenia Constantinou (encore)
"Welcome to the Eric Metaxas Show. I shouldn't tell you this, but Eric hired someone who sounds just like him to host today's show. But since I'm the announcer, they told me, so I'm telling you, don't be fooled. The real Eric's in jail. Hey there, folks. Welcome to a special edition, Holy Thursday special edition of the Eric Metaxas Show, where we're going to be airing, starting right now, my conversation from Socrates in the City. We did it on February 28th with the extraordinary Eugenia Constantino. The woman is obviously Greek, but she is, if you've read her book, The Crucifixion of the King of Glory, an utter genius. Not just in her scholarship, but in communicating with super clarity the events of Holy Week, what happens on Good Friday. We thought it was appropriate to air it today because it's just that wonderful. I can't recommend her book, The Crucifixion of the King of Glory, highly enough to anybody interested in what happened that week. It's the latest scholarship. It is brilliant. It is powerful. And it's a devotional thing. So that's why I wanted to air that today. So coming up in a couple seconds, my conversations. Don't miss it. Share it. Here it is. Eugenia Constantino, welcome to the stage of Socrates in the City.
Animal Radio
A highlight from 1242. Turning Your Pet Into A Social Media Influencer. Wise Words From An Expert.
"Celebrating the connection with our pets, this is Animal Radio, featuring your dream team, veterinarian, Dr. Debbie White and groomer, Joey Vellani. And here are your hosts, Hal Abrams and Judy Francis. If you're like Judy, you spend a lot of time online, social media, going through videos. You'll spend like an hour a day maybe just watching. I just get down a rabbit hole, you watch one and then another one pops up, oh, I got to see that. And it's like, oh, look at this one. And they're all animal or pet related. Is that mostly it? Yeah, I won't watch. I don't know if I'm not interested in the other ones. Yeah, sure. Sure. Yeah. So in your life, who would you say is the biggest social media influencer for you? What animal do you maybe even follow? You know what? I'm not a follower. In fact, no. And I like watching both cat and dog videos. So I don't really hone in on a certain animal and like follow that particular animal. I'm kind of like, I watch them all. Have you ever seen, I'm going to hold up a picture here. Have you ever seen this animal here? This is, this is Loki. I hadn't seen Loki. Again, I don't follow any certain animals if I happen to come across a video, but I don't, I don't, I, yeah. He's beautiful. Loki is, what kind of dog is Loki? He's like some kind of a Malamute wolf hybrid. Like a wolf. I'm not quite sure. He's a big dog. This particular picture that I'm holding up to the microphone is Loki and his guardian, Kelly. They're sitting in a hammock. You may have seen this picture. It's a picture that he just casually posted on his Instagram page. And then, uh, the people over at Bored Panda saw it, wanted to do an interview with him. Buzzfeed picked it up. Eventually he realized that his dog was becoming extremely popular online. And he decided after about a year after this picture went out to quit his job and focus on promoting his animal online to become a social media sensation. We're going to find out how he's doing on that and whether or not we should quit our jobs to become ladybugs. Yeah. Well, she has a Facebook page. It's not very popular. Maybe she needs to post more. Well, I just, you know, everybody go to her Facebook page and like her right now. So we're going to talk to this Kelly Lund coming up here. He's the guardian of Loki and we're going to find out what his secret is to becoming a viral sensation. Also on the show today. And in this hour, we're going to talk to Fiona Gilbert. Fiona, do you need to get that? I'm expecting a call from my pharmacist. Can we, can you just make sure? Cause I'm, I have to pick something up and I'm just waiting for them to call and say it's ready. So can you just check that? Thank you. Coming up this hour, Fiona Gilbert will be joining us. She has MS unfortunately, and she has a service dog to help her with her MS. What kind of dog is that there? It's a pit bull. It is a, it is a pit bull. Surprise, surprise. Well now how can that be? I mean a pit bull service dog? Is there such a thing as a pit bull service dog? Why not? Well, I guess not. Why not? I do know that Delta or American Airlines just banned service animals that happened to be pit bulls. I do know that in Denver it is illegal to have a pit bull. That's just wrong. That is wrong. I bet Fiona has a bone to pick with Delta Airlines. I'm guessing that. Or her dog does. Okay, we're going to find out about her service dog, her pit bull coming up here on Animal Radio. Lori, what are you working on for this hour? You were just a minute ago Hal talking about social media and Loki and everything. Well, I have for you a new list from Forbes. They did, I love this word influencers because I had never really heard of it before. I just thought, you're famous on social media. If you're famous on social media, you're an influencer. So Forbes had this edition where they had the top 10 people influencers, the top 10 chef influencers and on and on with everything. And they did a list on pets. So pets on social media. So I will tell you the most famous pets or influencers on social media. When Forbes is involved, there must be money involved. Of course. Okay. That list on the way. First year calls. Let's go to Wanda. Hi Wanda. Hi. How are you doing? Very good. I have the whole dream team here to answer your questions. What's going on with your pets? Okay. I have Dachshund miniature pincher mix. She's having skin problems. I switched vets like four times and they always said that it's yeast, airborne yeast. And they give her shots and she goes okay for two weeks. But then they give her prednisone. That makes her eat a lot. She still eating and she still have the yeast and she still have the smell. Okay. Yeah. I don't know what to do. So has she had any money in the beds? Okay. And have we used any medicine that specifically geared towards the yeast, either by a pill form or by a shampoo or a topical form? Well, they give me Mariset. Okay. And I have to bathe her every other day, but sometimes I can tell you the truth. I don't have time and it's cold and she gets very cold. I'll give her a bath every other day. Okay. And is that it or are they using any pills for that other than the prednisone? No. They give me Apoquel. Apoquel, she still eating and then the doctor say I will then give her Benadryl. Okay. So I'm going to kind of make some interpretations of what you've said and what I think may be the direction that your veterinarian is going here. So if your pet has yeast on the skin, the important thing to know about that is that yeast is generally not the primary problem. It's a secondary problem. So there's usually something else that's making that skin barrier unhealthy where the yeast can really grow and proliferate. So if they're using things like prednisone and Apoquel, it sounds like they're suspicious that she has an underlying allergy. So those medicines are geared towards the allergy. But the sad thing is if we use that and don't address infection and treat it with the medications for those conditions, we're really not going to get anywhere. So we're going to think that, you know, the medicine isn't working for allergies when we're really just not treating a bacterial infection or say a yeast infection that could be present. So what my consideration, and I'd ask you to talk to your veterinarian if this seems fair and like a direction that they would agree with, is that if we have yeast in the skin and it's chronic, especially if it creates some of the different symptoms I see with yeast, and I should mention those, yeast in the skin will often cause a really stinky foot odor. It smells like old man foot. I have to wash my bed and everything every day. Yeah. So it's a real strong smell. The dogs will often have kind of a greasy feel to them in those areas. And in some cases when it's present for chronic long -term periods of time, we'll actually get a thickening of the skin and it'll become kind of darkly pigmented and what almost I describe as elephantinized. So it kind of becomes like elephant skin. She had that in her tail, but then I gave her and gave and went away. Okay. So yeah, so that definitely, if those kinds of things are going on, then yeast is very suspicious. We usually confirm that by taking a sample from the skin and looking and you know, yeast show up pretty easy on an impression smear. So the thing I would ask you to talk to your veterinarian about is, can we use something systemic for her, for this yeast? And that might mean a couple different possible medicines, but they basically all fall under the category of an antifungal medicine, such as ketoconazole or itraconazole, or even one called terbenafene. Any of those are used with yeast infections, whether it be in the ears or say in the skin. So that would be something, and it does take a long period of time. We might get some improvement after maybe a week or two, but many times this is something that we have to treat for many weeks to months. So that would be something where, you know, I would definitely talk to them about that. The other thing is, you know, definitely the maliceb that you're using is certainly an appropriate one if we're suspicious of yeast, but there can be even some other things that we can use topically as well, as far as different types of mousses or sprays that we can use that contain either say chlorhexidine, which is a type of an antiseptic, or miconazole, which is an anti -yeast topical. So those can be things that we can add into the regimen. But I think the good thing in your situation is there is some things that I can suggest for you to try, and the big thing is sticking with it, because it really does take, I had just like a bald, kind of darkly skinned, very little hair. It only had hair on the tip of its tail and around its head, and it took four months of yeast therapy that we treated, and it finally got most of its hair back. It never did get all of it back, because it was so scarred, but it can really be very rewarding. You just kind of have to trek through it. So yeah, with her, she's black. When people see her and they tell me, why are you taking it? Because her top hair of her body is black, shiny, so pretty. It's just under the legs, on her stomach, at her four paws, and under the tail. You know, they don't have it, she doesn't have it anyplace else. And I bathe her, I bathe her, she's my baby. Yeah, well, and yeast is horribly itchy. Any human knows that. So it's a miserable thing. So definitely, and even some other kind of anti -itch remedies, you know, that we can use. I am using a lot of the canine atopic dermatitis immunoglobulin called CADI, and that helps a lot just to kind of stop the itch, to give pets relief while we're dealing with all the other things. Yes, I don't want to bite. I know that the steroids, they're going to hurt her a long time. And I say, what I'm giving to her is she's not going to be improving. That's why I hear you every morning. And I say on Sundays, and I say, I'm going to call because maybe I can go to the vet with some knowledge and say, hey, give me the yeast infection medication, take her away from the prednisone. Absolutely. And that makes it harder. The prednisone definitely makes it harder for her to fight these infections. So if we use it sparingly, just to kind of help relieve it, and then yeah, get her off that. I agree totally. So she needs to go to the vet and ask for something systematic. Is that right? Systemic. Systemic. A systemic and a yeast medicine. Yes, a yeast medicine. I will do that. Hopefully we can get her some good help and I wish you guys the best. Let us know how things turn out and hopefully we'll get her feeling and looking better and smelling better too. Thanks Wanda. Well, this portion of Animal Radio is underwritten by Fear Free Happy Homes. Don't forget you can get your fix of Animal Radio anytime you want with the Animal Radio app for iPhone and Android. Download it now. It's made possible by Fear Free Happy Homes. Helping your pets live their happiest, healthiest, fullest lives at home, at the vet, and everywhere in between. Visit them at fearfreehappyhomes .com. And thanks, Fear Free, for underwriting Animal Radio.
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"Interactive brokers clients earn up to USD 4 .83 % on their uninvested instantly available cash balances rates subject to change visit ibkr .com slash interest rates to learn more here the full conversation on the latest edition of the masters in business podcast subscribe on Apple Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts plus listen anytime on the broadcasting 24 hours a day at Bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act this is Bloomberg radio this is public daybreak Middle East and Africa our top stories this morning it's that day the central bank is expected to pause but leave the door open for another increase as early as November five and ten year Treasury yields hit levels not seen since 2007 amid higher for longer fear oils recent rally will certainly be a cause of concern for the FOMC meanwhile sources tell Bloomberg that one single trading firm is behind the recent price up in the u .s. physical crude market inflation also in focus for the UK this morning with CPI data due in a couple of hours expected increase will make the Bank of England's already difficult job even harder we're gonna go live to London later this show and Saudi Arabia's football spending spree may have transformed it into one of the world's biggest transfer markets league games are averaging just eight and a half thousand spectators and then highlights just how far it has to go just got 8 a .m. across the emirates 6 a .m.
The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
A highlight from Are Millionaires Buying Bitcoin? (Time Is Running Out)
"Seven out of 22 private families have already deployed some of their money into Bitcoin or crypto that is seven out of 22 Call it a third tiny tiny bits two and a half million dollar allocation 397 ,000 families requires 37 million What's up everybody welcome to another Saturday edition of the alpha series with myself Kelly Kellum director the bit lab Academy I'm so excited to have an incredible guest on today. Another one. Mr Gary Cardone and we're gonna be diving into that here in a few moments And if you want to watch the full length of this interview The link is in the description down below and you also see a link at the end of this video Stick around because we have a lot that we're gonna be digging into about Bitcoin and aetherium and this digital asset ecosystem So without any further ado, it's mr. Gary Cardone. How are you doing my friend? I'm so happy to have you here Doing good, man doing good. It feels like it's the end of a week and it's only what thirsty So I've been to three states already and I think eight podcasts or some crazy number so it just keeps getting more interesting and I Think it's becoming very clear what the real opportunity is. So I'm doing good Well before we really dive into this I have to just express my gratitude for you being here I've had the opportunity to be on a number of different podcasts and spaces with you and You even kind of pulled me aside at one point we got on about our zoom call and just talking life and markets and so many people get so focused on the dollar and the you know, What is the thing that makes money and you did something that I absolutely commend in business in life? Which is who's the person who's the person underneath this? How can we how can I help you? How can you help me and I just want to say I thank you for that and I appreciate you and As we're diving into this before we even get into it What if somebody were to walk up to you on the street and pose the question or even the resistance about Bitcoin an? Opportunity that is or isn't there underlying What would be your brief sort of you know few minute? This is why whether your retail or institution? Why is Bitcoin? Despite the price action that's been going on. It might feel frustrating zoomed in on a one -hour chart Why is this something that is an absolute? Necessity for people's attention to at least pay attention to if not yet get involved in how many green lights do we need? Okay Now this is the math two and a half million dollars I have far more than two and a half million dollars and I am NOT a super hotnet war player Okay, which like I'm probably at the very bottom of the food chain Seven out of 22 private families have already deployed some of their money into Bitcoin or crypto that is seven out of 22 Call it a third tiny tiny bits two and a half million dollar allocation 397 ,000 families requires 37 million Bitcoin 37 million Bitcoin will allow a extremely wealthy guy like me to buy 92 Bitcoin. That's it So you guys consider and do the math all you want but like no everybody's thinking about the under bank We should think about the over bank. The over bank will drive this market I've been saying this forever The under bank are going to come along when this when the value of a Satoshi is somewhere between a penny and half a penny Then we'll see Satoshi's working But that means bitcoins price actually has to move so Satoshi's become something that can be exchanged In the meantime, you're gonna have a lot of tokens make up the little payment rails, right? Whether they're fake tokens or CD DC tokens or whatever tokens they are. They're gonna fill that gap until we're there So that that's my best explanation and by the way, that's before 62 millionaires across planet Earth deploy $2 ,500 So just Just $2 ,500 each for these millionaires Okay for the multi wealth the super well it's You can do it over ten years $25 ,000 a pop or you can do it all at one time. Okay, they need 5 .7 million Shit, the millionaires can't even buy $2 ,500 worth of crypto do without moving this market substantially Okay, there's not five million Bitcoin floating around So that is my thesis. Okay. I don't know any rich people that have ever found a product that They can beat their neighbor to bind like guys like us love doing that. Well, I can buy something you can't have that is awesome So I think we forget I can I think actually most high net worth players Have are already at max consumption That they look literally no more planes. They don't need anything else. I don't need anything else now. It's all just investment It's all the future so You can do that math any way you want. You can take those three hundred ninety seven thousand dollars and factor that down to 10 % I am wrong by 90 % It's still four million Bitcoin Okay, any way you work this number you can also back into it and say well The high net worth players are actually moving into an eight hundred trillion dollar market, you know I have assumed that no one even changes their allocation to eight hundred trillion.
RADCast Outdoors
A highlight from Fishing New Waters with Patrick Edwards
"This episode of RadCast Outdoors is brought to you by P .K. Lures, Bow Spider, and High Mountain Seasonings. Fish on! Hey, RadCast is on! Hunting, fishing, and everything in between. This is RadCast Outdoors. Here are David Merrill and Patrick Edwards. Welcome back to another episode of RadCast Outdoors. I'm your host today, Patrick Edwards, and I'm on the road. So this is a special edition of Patrick on the Road. I'm heading out doing some traveling for my work. Wanted to talk a little bit about something that was brought up to me the other day. My friend Seth, he asked me to do a breakdown of when you're going to a new body of water, what are some things that you need to do? What are some things that you need to look at? What's the kind of gear you should take? And so what I'm going to do is I'm going to do a high -level overview of how to break down different types of water and maybe some ideas of things that you should do beforehand, some things you should take with you, and of course some things you should try while you're there. So we'll go through that, and then we're going to talk specifically towards the end about pike, because he was more curious about the pike fishing aspect of things. So we'll talk about that too. But first, I just want to say a big thank you again to PK Lures. They are our fishing sponsor for the podcast. They've been a great company to work with over the last few years. They have quite the arsenal of products, and if you're going to be going anywhere this year fishing, doesn't matter whether it's open water or hard water, make sure to grab some PK Lures. They've got applications for all of the above for ice fishing season. If you don't have the PK Flutterfish and the PK Spoon and the PK Predator in your box, you're missing out. If you're fishing the open water and the new PK Ridge Rattler, it's a rattling crankbait. You can use it through the ice too, by the way, but it works great in open water. If you're catching trout, bass, walleye, doesn't matter. It catches just about everything. They have some great trolling applications. They have some trolling crankbaits like the PK Ridgeline crank, and then of course their Wobbler Dakota Disc, ReefRig and other trolling systems for walleye specifically. Those things are absolutely deadly. And then year round, the PK Spinajig. How could I forget that one? That one's amazing. So go to PKLure .com if you use Ragcast at checkout, you get 20 % off your order. So let's talk about breaking down bodies of water. Really, there's a few things that you should do well beforehand. If you know you're going to be taking a big trip and you're going to make a big investment, especially right now when you got gas, it's four, some places, five bucks a gallon. You want to make sure that you've done your homework prior to going to this body of water to fish. It doesn't matter whether it's a river, a lake, a pond, a reservoir. You need to do your homework beforehand. So one of the things that I always recommend is number one, get a hold of the fisheries biologists that work at that body of water. They're going to be able to share important information with you, some reconnaissance on what kind of fish are there. What are the typical size? Maybe you're interested in the size classes. Maybe you're going after master anglers and you want to make sure that you give yourself the absolute best chance of catching that master angler fish. The best thing to do is say, hey, I want to go there and I want to catch a big fish. OK, they're going to be able to hopefully key you in on some good areas or at least give you some people to talk to. You can also do some recon on the computer or on your phone. So onX is a great tool. Google Earth, of course, is a great tool. I like to pull it up and just look at what I can see visually from the satellite view. Sometimes you get the bad luck of having a western reservoir after runoff and the whole reservoir looks like chocolate because all the sediments washed down the river, you can't really see like into the water. You can see some of the rocky points and structures, but you can't see much else. But some are super clear bodies of water and you can see really well. So what I recommend is pull it up, take a look at it, maybe drop some pins on some areas that you think look good. And so some areas that I look for is transitions from hard to soft bottom. So if you see like a rocky shoreline where it goes into like maybe a sandbar, that's a good spot. Any kind of point that has a drop -off, if you can see weed edges, transitions are typically where you're going to find fish most of the time. So I mark those and just get an idea of what I'm looking at and just get a feel for the reservoir. I also look at where can I put in, if I'm taking a boat, where's the boat ramp at? Where's the bathroom at? Those are important things. Where's the parking area? Maybe I'm just going to go take my waders and I'm going to fish the shoreline. You're going to have to look for a parking area. You also want to look at the properties surrounding that body of water to make sure that it's public, because if you need special access to it, you're going to have to request that beforehand. So if there's private access, you're going to need to make those phone calls, those emails, whatever it takes to get access to that area. So that's some of the pre homework that I would recommend. I would also recommend you maybe call a local bait shop and just say, Hey, I'm coming to fish for this specific species. What are people catching fish on right now? What's the hot bait or during the time of year that I'm going, if I'm going in September and I'm calling the bait shop in May, say, Hey, in the fall around September, what kind of things should I be bringing to catch whatever fish it is? Right. Could be walleye trout, whatever, but just be very specific. Ask those questions. Those bait shops are going to be more than happy to tell you because they want you to come and buy those lures from them. And I always try to do that. Support your local bait shops, go in there, buy a few lures. That's a great gesture. They really appreciate it when you do that. So do that. That'll get you set up for your trip. Okay. Now let's talk about some of the things you ought to take for most fresh water situations around the entire country here in the United States. These are some of the things I recommend everybody takes. Okay. You should have some kind of suspending crank bait anywhere you go in this country, especially if you're going to fish for anything predatory. So if you're going for bass, walleye, trout, panfish, they all eat suspending crank baits. I've caught them all on it. And I've even caught suckers and carp on them too. So you never know. You may catch one of the less desirables on it too, but a suspending crank is one of my number one things. So you want to have those, you want to have some kind of a jig set up. I always have jigs with me and usually they're the eighth ounce and 16th ounce size. I always have Baraboo jigs because those catch everything from yeah, carp all the way through to trout. So make sure that you have some kind of a jig set up. I also like the VMC Munai jig. Those are phenomenal. And of course, like I mentioned earlier, the PK spinner jig, because it's a hybrid between a jig and a spinner. And you can do a lot of cool things with it. You can swim it, you can jig it, you can do all kinds of stuff with it. I also make sure to take some kind of a soft plastic to tip my jigs with. I like to bring Berkeley Gulp. Gulp seems to work really well, especially on trout. I catch tons of trout on Gulp, but you can also bring the Power Minnows. You can bring Paddle Tails. I like the Walleye Assassin Paddle Tails quite a bit. So make sure to bring something like that to tip your jigs with. And then of course, depending on the body of water that you're going to and what the regulations are, you might be able to buy some live bait, which is great. It's always good to have some crawlers if it's during the summer, maybe minnows, like in the fall, spring and winter. So just check the regulations, make sure that you're doing the appropriate things and fishing with the right stuff. But jigs are essential to have in your kit. I like molded swimbaits too. So like Storm makes a molded swimbait. It's just, it's about two and a half, three inches long. I like to have those cause they're really easy to fish. All you got to do is tie them on, cast them out, let them sink down to whatever depth you want to fish and just slow reel them back, you can reel them and pop them back. But those work on just about every species that I fish for. So those are critical, but also spoons are huge.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Dr. James Lindsay: Author, Mathematician & Renowned Troublemaker
"We continue our conversation with James Lindsay. I didn't say earlier, but you, James, are the founder of New Discourses, which is a journal, like an actual journal where maybe people would want to read what you write or what is written in New Discourses, and you've written a number of books. So this kind of blows up, and you and your colleagues become famous for having pulled off this brilliant hoax on the insane academic world, woke, super woke academic world. So the Wall Street Journal got involved. We cooperated with the journalist there pretty much from the beginning, and she ends up breaking the story in early October of 2018. The New York Times put it on the front page, believe it or not, on October 5th. They actually gave us, I have a copy still to this day, they gave us fair treatment. They didn't exactly give us a glowing review for a recommendation for what we had done, but they gave us quite fair treatment even in the New York Times, and it ended up blowing up all over the place. I think it made the print edition of newspapers around the world in over 400 or 500 places. Even the South China Daily had us with a photograph of us in their newspaper, which is from Shanghai, mainland China, and they had talked about this. So it really made worldwide headlines for about a month or so and ended up, we were on just about every show in the world, maybe except yours, just teasing you. But for a while, Joe Rogan had Peter and I on, and that got a ton of attention. We ended up doing media, media, media for like six, eight months, and that turned out to be interesting and fun, but as it is a bit of a distraction. Peter had another project he was working on, so he kind of diverted, but Helen and I sat down and decided we needed to tell the world what we learned doing this, but without pointing back to the thing itself. So we wrote a book that's got a lot of attention since that's called Cynical Theories, which outlines that there are deep postmodern theory roots to like, how did we do this? What did we understand? In the book, we never talk about this grievance studies, fake articles, hoax thing at all, but we talk about what we learned about what are the roots of gender studies, of critical race theory, of postcolonial theory. And we traced back, not the entire historical register, but back through the postmodern philosophers of Foucault and Derrida and Baudrillard and Lyotard and so
DerrickTalk
A highlight from "Jeezy & Jennie Mai Seemed To Truly Be In Love...What Happened ?"
"Welcome to a Sunday edition of Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming, and I want to talk about something that I think, you know, it, some people say, well, why do, why do people care? Is their business? I get it. They're celebrities. They're high profile people, but that's their business. The divorce between Young Jeezy and is it Jenny Mai, the former talk show host from The Real, they seem so in love. And this is what I think is a little bit confusing about the divorce. The fact that our Young Jeezy recently filed for divorce in Fulton County, Georgia. After they posted so many pictures, him trying to adapt to her culture. Of course, I think she is, is a Filipino. She's from, she's not African American. She definitely is a woman who is from another culture. So I think the fact that Jeezy showed that he was trying to acclimate to her traditions, her culture, they had a baby together, Monaco. I think the baby is what, two? I'm not sure. Don't quote me. But here, here is the problem that I have with the Young Jeezy filing for divorce. So many women, specifically women of color, African American women are excited that he filed for divorce. They're saying things like, well, why was he with her in the first place? You know, hey, he should have known better. Here's, she's not black, you know, stick with your own kind, stick with your race. Anytime somebody files for divorce, that means that that was a last ditch effort. That means that they tried everything, but they just couldn't make it work. Unfortunately, who is going to suffer in this situation is baby Monaco. The baby's going to suffer, the child, the daughter. Adults sometimes can't make it work. Regardless of how hard they fight, it just isn't working. But we should not be clapping and applauding that somebody had to file for divorce. Because this is, again, another young black child that is going to be raised by a single mother. Let's just be clear. And Jeannie Mai, she's not a black woman, and I can understand the sisterhood that African American women seem to have. But still, it is very unfortunate that he had to file for divorce, and he was separated before he filed for divorce. That means that they had kind of like irreconcilable, irreconcilable differences. Let's not applaud people's downfall. Let's not applaud divorce. Divorce is nothing to be happy about. I think there are people, and I'm happy that some people actually have said, we hope they work it out. We hope they get back together. We hope they can come to some type of an agreement. Divorce is not pretty. And these are two people that I think really loved one another. I definitely think that Jeannie Mai loved Young Jeezy. I think it was something different for her. Many people are saying, hey, you know, she said that black men are only great for a side dish, that she was married to a white man, that Jeezy was more like a fetish for her. Maybe at first. But I think as she began to learn more about him, his culture, his background, the fact that he came from humble beginnings, he's from the trap, he was a dope boy. I think she tried to do her best to be a good wife to Jeezy. And there are people that are saying Jeezy used her to enhance his career, that he was on a downfall. You know, now he has a book, Adversity for Sale, that's on the New York Times bestseller list. She basically made Young Jeezy relevant again, Jay Jenkins. So my thoughts, I just hope they work it out. I have my personal opinions, but I just hope they can work it out for the sake of the baby. And I hope that Jeezy thinks about what he's doing. I haven't heard anything from Jeannie Mai at all. She's been very silent. Obviously, she's going to break her silence at some point. But we're definitely rooting that they work it out and get back together. You guys have been locked into another edition, a Sunday edition of Convo Over Cigars. I'm of course your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. Take care.
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"Interactive Brokers charges USD margin loan rates from 5 .83 percent to 6 .83 percent. Rated the lowest margin fees by stockbrokers .com. Rates subject to change. Learn more at ibkr .com slash compare. And that is it for this edition of Bloomberg Best. I'm Ed Baxter. And I'm Denise Pellegrini. And this is Bloomberg. Stay with us now. Top stories and global business headlines are coming up right now. Broadcasting 24 hours a day at Bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act. This is Bloomberg Radio. This is a Bloomberg Money Minute. Technology is changing the car business and not just with electric vehicles. Bloomberg reporter Keith Naughton says it's giving automakers a chance to sell new services to owners long after the car has left the showroom. Whether it's infotainment in the dashboard or safety features or convenience features like the hands -free driving. Automakers often sell these services by subscription, helping to smooth out the ups and downs of the car business. It gives you that continuous revenue stream that they don't have from just selling cars. And secondly, the profit margins on these subscription services are huge. And subscription services are not just showing up in electric cars. It doesn't have to be an electric car to have a working modem. All cars have modems now. And so it does not have to be an electric vehicle. Commercial fleets are among the early adopters, helping them to monitor where and how their vehicles are driven. But consumers are close behind. Larry Kofsky, Bloomberg Radio. Look through your children's eyes to see the true magic of a forest. It's a storybook world for them. You look and see a tree. They see the wrinkled face of a wizard with arms outstretched to the sky. They see treasure in pebbles.
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"With Bloomberg, you get the story behind the story, the story behind the global birth rate, behind your EV batteries' environmental impact, behind sand. Yeah, sand. You get context. And context changes everything. Go to Bloomberg .com to get context. And that is it for this edition of Bloomberg Best. I'm Ed Baxter. And I'm Denise Pellegrini. And this is Bloomberg. Stay with us now. Top stories and global business headlines are coming up right now. Broadcasting 24 hours a day at Bloomberg .com and the Bloomberg Business Act. This is Bloomberg Radio. United auto workers are holding talks with Ford and GM on day two of the UAW strike. Union members are striking for better pay and pension benefits. Representatives for both GM and Ford say negotiations have resumed after Friday's pause. Union leaders are pushing for what they call a strong and fair contract. President Biden sent two high level White House officials to help mediate the talks. Post tropical cyclone Lee is slamming New England as it barrels toward Canada. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says Lee is now packing top winds of 75 miles per hour, about 100 miles south southeast of Eastport, Maine. Some 85 ,000 customers have lost power in Maine. Forecasters say tropical storm conditions are likely to continue for several more hours along the coast of Maine and Cape Cod. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will remain in office. State senators voted on 16 articles of impeachment today after ending deliberations. The senators acquitted the attorney general of all counts. Paxton only needed to be convicted of one of the articles to automatically be removed from office. He was accused of abusing the power of his office to help a political donor. U .S. Supreme Court Justice Katanji Brown Jackson is calling for American schools to teach the history of racism in the U .S. Jackson was in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of his death.
The Charlie Kirk Show
A highlight from THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 13 Willard Romney's Revenge? Dems Legitimizing Prostitution? Oliver The Fake?
"Hey, feeling unsure about your finances these days? You're not alone. That's why Noble Gold Investments is here to help. Just hear it straight from the people who they've helped. The Noble crew walked me through everything with no stress. With their help, I could finally sleep easy at night. And now this month, Noble Gold Investments is handing out a free 5 -ounce silver America the Beautiful coin if you qualify for an IRA. Invest in gold and silver with Noble Gold Investments. Go to noblegoldinvestments .com right now. That is noblegoldinvestments .com right now. Hey, everybody. Happy Saturday. Thought Crimes. I joined late to this because I was at our Pastor Summit. But Andrew, Blake, and Jack carry the water for the first part of the episode. Talk about Mitt Romney. Talk about the Virginia Hooker. And then we also talk about Oliver Anthony, who I call a ginger Bernie Sanders with a banjo. Thought Crimes, where we say things that you're not even allowed to think in Western society. This is your warning. I'm just warning you that, yes, there is things in this episode that are not always appropriate for homeschoolers. Email us as always freedom at charliekirk .com and get involved with Turning Point USA at tpusa .com. That is tpusa .com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campuses. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight's edition, this week's edition of Thought Crime. Are you ready to commit thought crime? Because we've got a lot. Let's go around the horn. I'm not even sure because we got a lot of craziness going on right now. Our gas prices are up almost a full dollar here since last week, almost. And I was in California about a week ago. And I think are you guys hitting about six, almost $6 a gallon right now? Yeah, we are. Yeah, it's about five. How do you do it? I mean, honestly, Santa Barbara is a small town, so we don't drive a whole bunch. We don't feel it as much as probably like, you know, our Los Angeles friends. But I mean, at the end of the day, I mean, California is and actually this, this includes Arizona, Nevada, I believe, Washington and Oregon are considered the same sort of gas island. So they are as it has to do with where the oil comes from. It has to do with where they're getting refined. California has all these special additives and regulations that the refineries, these these benchmarks that refineries need to hit. So it can only come from certain refineries. So it limits the supply even more. It's a whole problem. So Charlie will be here in a little bit. He's at the Pastor Summit right now. He's dealing with some stuff. He's taking care of business on assignment, of course, for Turning Point USA, the faith coalition. But we're here. We're going to hold down the fort until Charlie returns. So shoot us your emails freedom at Charlie kirk .com. Let's get into the first topic here. This one, I think we've all talked about it, but we haven't all mentioned it together. This one, the the revenge or should we say the elegy for Willard Romney? Willard Mitt Romney has announced he's quitting the Senate total rage quit right before the 2024 election. So he's going to serve out the remainder of his term. And of course, as befits his character, he's riding off into the sunset by having the globalists at the Atlantic publish a completely obnoxious passive aggressive interview, trashing his colleagues, trashing Trump, trashing the GOP base. So what is the final word on the GOP 2012 standard bearer, the man who was the nominee for president in 2012? And, Blake, I think you actually have an excerpt from the from this article that's by McKay Coppins in the Atlantic. Oh, well, yeah, exactly, Jack. It's it's amazing. So, of course, he's everything about Romney is, you know, the supposed like, you know, politeness and decorum and all the damage that Trump does to our democracy by being always the last Boy Scout. Yeah, yeah, the last Boy Scout. So naturally, what he does is he announces he's retiring. And then, you know, in perfect timing with it, McKay Coppins has this biography that he's putting out that's, you know, all about Romney and has all these like data points in it. And he's basically just like Romney doing like a drive by shooting on other members of the Republican Party as he leaves. Let's see, like one of the lines from it. This is a summary as Axios summarizes it helpfully for us. Romney shares a unique disgust for senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas, who he thought were too smart to believe Trump won the 2020 election. But, quote, put politics above the interests of liberal democracy and the Constitution. And then the even wilder one is for Senator J .D. Vance of Ohio. He says, quote, I don't know that I can disrespect someone more than J .D. Vance. That is a direct quote from Senator Romney describing Senator Vance, who he still has to, you know, share a Senate chamber with for the next year before he actually quits. But, you know, J .D., I mean, can can someone explain what what what is J .D. Vance done in his time in the Senate that's been so ill reputable? It could. Does anyone have what when he went to East Palestine and it seems it seems his crime is that went on there? I'm trying to figure this out. It seems his crime is that, you know, J .D. Vance came out of Ohio. He went to Yale, I believe it was. And then he was in finance and was, you know, and then wrote his memoir, which was very well received. And he's this up and comer on the coast. And then I guess he moved back to Ohio, started doing too many appearances on Tucker Carlson tonight. And like, according to Romney, it was like the transformation was just was just too jarring, like it was too too much of a transformation for for Mr. Romney, who himself has basically transmuted into this like Democrat, I guess. But that doesn't count. This is an interesting this is an interesting take on on all of it. And Andrew, maybe you can give us a sense of it, because what I think that Romney is really upset about here is that he's considering J .D. Vance a class a class traitor. He's calling him a class traitor and saying, look, you're allowed to make money in finance. You're allowed to make go to Yale. You're allowed to go to the great schools. But the one thing and you're certainly allowed to run for the Senate. But the one thing you're not allowed to do is actually go out to the people of your state, listen to the their interests and listen to their issues and then grow and go and try to actually represent them in the United States Senate. This I is think class traitor. I think that's really smart framing, Jack, because at some level, a lot of this is much more about vibe. It's much more about what Mitt Romney thinks is classy versus gross or respectable versus, you know, essentially untoward and beyond the pale. Right. So it's all based on his own little framework of of class structure, of decorum, those sorts of things. So it says here in this, he says he was also highly critical of Senator J .D. Vance, Republican of Ohio, who reinvented his persona to become a Trump acolyte after publishing a bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy about the working class that Romney loved. So Romney loved the book. So at some level, I think it was just like, so I love this book. And how can this kind of become like a Trump bootlicker? Go ahead. Right. So I can there's there and just real quickly, it's kind of like because in the book, J .D. Vance's conclusions, I would say I don't offer this as criticism. I just say it's sort of it's an evolution on J .D. Vance's part because he sort of just says in the book, well, that that sort of that blase classic Republican line of, you know, and everybody just needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I can do it. So can you. And we should cut taxes for big businesses and the one percent pays most of the income tax and that that's kind of it. And then when he went to actually run for office and started really engaging with people politically, that's when he shifted, not socially. Right. But he shifted economically to become more of a populist. Blake, what you're saying? Well, what's so telling in this article is like some of the just a little specific anecdotes that it does pick. And I almost wonder if Coppins is like subtly trolling Romney. Apparently Romney lives by himself and his family in D .C. It mentions let me get let me get the line here. It talks about his his his pad that he lives in. And it says the place had not been Romney's first choice for Washington residents when he was elected in twenty eighteen. He'd had his eye on a newly remodeled condo at the Watergate with glittering views of the Potomac. His wife, Ann, fell in love with the place, but his soon to be staffers and colleagues warned him about the commute, which, by the way, it's like a mile and a half to the Capitol. So he grudgingly chose practicality over luxury and settled for the two point four million dollar townhouse instead. And then, of course, this is not good enough for for Ann. So she never visits him when he's in D .C. So it turns into a gross bachelor pad that has it mentions there's crumbs everywhere.
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Monitor Show 19:00 09-15-2023 19:00
"With Bloomberg, you get the story behind the story, the story behind the global birth rate, behind your EV battery's environmental impact, behind sand, yeah, sand, you get context. And context changes everything. Go to Bloomberg .com to get context. That is it for this edition of Bloomberg Best. I'm Ed Baxter. And I'm Denise Pellegrini. And this is Bloomberg. Stay with us now. Top stories and global business headlines are coming up right now. President Biden spoke about the issue. Auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of UAW workers. Speaking from the White House today, Biden also said he believes union workers have not been paid fairly over the past several years. The strike kicked off Friday after the current contract expired at midnight. Parts of coastal New England are bracing for tropical storm conditions as Hurricane Lee moves northward in the western Atlantic. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center says Lee remains a large hurricane with top winds of 80 miles an hour. Unsealed court records show the special counsel investigating former President Trump obtained direct messages from Trump's Twitter account. The court documents reveal special federal counsel Jack Smith's investigators warn Trump could precipitate violence if he was made aware about their efforts to get the messages. California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation.
DerrickTalk
Jeezy Says "See Ya" And Files For Divorce From Wife Of 2 Years Jennie Mai
"Welcome to Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host Derek Andre Flemming. Some kind of bad news for rapper Young Jeezy. Jeezy is one of my favorite rappers. He's from Columbia, South Carolina. I know he hails from South Carolina as I do. Rapper Young Jeezy has filed for divorce from his wife of two years, Jeannie Mai. The couple share a daughter, Monica Mai Jenkins. Sources say that J Jenkins, aka Young Jeezy, had already separated from Jeannie before filing for divorce. The two met on her previous talk show, The Real, which was canceled back in 2022 after eight seasons. The couple showed no sign of distress or any problems. She definitely supported Jeezy when he came out with his new book, Adversity for Sale. She was extremely supportive when he released the book, so no one saw this coming. But obviously, like I said, he had already separated from her. The crazy part about this particular story, their union in general, Jeannie Mai had said some things in the past that, you know, I think I'm kind of paraphrasing. Well, she said that you don't really marry or date black men. You just kind of have them on the side. They're kind of like a, you know, like a plaything when she was actually married to a Caucasian man, if I'm not mistaken. So there were people and there still are people who say that Jeannie Mai is just kind of like an undercover racist or she has these racial tendencies. She says some things that are a little bit off color. So there were a lot of women, especially African -American women, who say that, you know, why was Jeezy even with this woman in the first place? Why did he even marry her? You know, Jeezy straight off from the hood, you know, even though he's very, very successful, very wealthy rapper who came out the trap. You know, you know, he marries a woman who is I think she's a Filipino descent, if I'm not mistaken. Don't quote me. But so there are a lot of women, particularly who are clapping, who are plotting this split. The fact that Jay Jenkins, a .k .a. Young Jeezy, has filed for divorce from his wife of two years. The couple was together for a total of four years, but they've only been married for two. Fortunately, there was also a prenuptial agreement in place. So Jeannie Mai comes into the marriage, well, leaves the marriage with everything she came in with. So does Jay Jenkins, a .k .a. Young Jeezy. We're going to keep you guys abreast of what's going on with this developing story again. Rapper Young Jeezy files for divorce from his wife of two years. You guys have been locked into another edition of Combo of Cigars. I'm your host, Derek Andre Flemming on a Friday. Everybody take care. Have a great weekend, guys.
KAILASH HAZARI IAS ACADEMY /ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT SERVICE (WORLDWIDE)
A highlight from Child Malnutrition Estimates
"Hello friends, Joint Child Malnutrition estimates recently the 2023 edition of Joint Child Malnutrition estimates was released by UNICEF WHO and the World Bank. It includes estimates of prevalence and numbers for child stunting, over weight, wasting and severe wasting. The key findings are reduction in stunting. India has shown a reduction in stunting among children under 5 years. The prevalence rate of stunting dropped from 41 .6 % in 2012 to 31 .7 % in 2022. This resulted in 1 .6 crore fewer stunted children in 2022 compared to 2012. Global and regional compared region, globally, the prevalence of stunting declined from 26 .3 % in 2012 to 22 .3 % in 2022. In South Asia, including India, the decline was more significant, dropping from 40 .3 % to 30 .5%. India's share of global burden of stunting decreased from 30 % to 25 % over the past decade. Vasting remains a concern in India with an overall prevalence rate of 18 .7 % in 2022. India contributes 49 % to the global burden of wasting. Obesity levels, the prevalence of obesity among children in India increased marginally from 2 .2 % in 2012 to 2 .8 % in 2022. India's obesity numbers grew to 31 .8 lakh from 27 .5 lakh, contributing to 8 .8 % of the global share. However, the overall classification for obesity in India remains low compared to the global prevalence of 5 .6%. Weight issue, the prevalence rate of overweight children globally increased from 5 .5 % to 5 .6%. NFHS data, the decline in stunting observed in India aligns with the National Family Health Survey. NFHS -5 data, which estimated a prevalence of 35 .5 % compared to 38 % in NFHS -4 and 48 % in NFHS -3. NFHS -5 also highlighted improvements in access to health services and reductions in underweight children but raised concerns about amnesia. Vaternal malnutrition and wasting, wasting is a complex indicator that assesses acute malnutrition over short periods. In India, two -thirds of wasting cases among children at 12 or 24 months were found to be caused by maternal malnutrition. This suggests that children are born with low weight for height and do not recover despite weight gain.
DerrickTalk
A highlight from The Disrpect For BG Is Crazy
"Spotify for Podcasters has revolutionized the world of podcasting by allowing the novice and seasoned podcaster to create a podcast painlessly and in real time. No cost, no hassle, and you can even record from the comfort of your own PC or phone. That's right, and the Q &A polls allow real -time interaction between the host and his audience. What are you waiting for? Download Spotify for Podcasters now and make your voice heard on sites like Spotify, iHeartRadio, Deezer and more. Welcome to Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. Shout out to a gentleman by the name of Christopher Noel Dorsey, aka BG Man, short for Baby Gangsta, an member infamous of the Hot Boyz. They formed the Hot Boyz back in, was it, 1997. It was Lil Wayne, Juvenile and Turk back in 1997 with BG. Those guys formed the Hot Boyz. Probably one of the most successful rap, would you call them a trio, in history, man. You know, the block is hot, Juvy had a lot of commercial success with Back That Thing Up. When talk you Lil Wayne, Birdman, that whole cash money clique, man, they just, they did things that are historic when it comes to hip hop, especially when you're talking about New Orleans. Of course, you got people like Master P that are also mystical, that also put New Orleans on the map, but you gotta give BG a lot of respect, and the disrespect that I'm seeing for this young man online since he's been released, it's kind of crazy. Back in July of 2012, BG was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on a gun -possessing charge and an obstruction of justice charge. Now I'm reading that he did 11, I think it was 11 or 12 years on that 14 -year sentence. BG is now a free man, and since he's returned, of course, I mean, and I'm not sure what his age is, but he's a little bit older now. When BG was first incarcerated, of course, he was basically a kid. So now that he's done his time, he's now out, he looks a little different with the braids. A lot of people are saying he has a lot of female mannerisms, he looks and appears to be kind of girly, kind of zesty, that's the word that they're using, but I just think the disrespect for BG needs to really kind of stop, man. You're talking about a guy who did his time, he didn't tell, he didn't snitch, he didn't do anything. He basically held true to that whole street code, and we got to give this guy a lot of respect, man. Now that he's out and he's doing his thing, obviously, he is under the tutelage and he has signed with Brian Birdman Williams with cash money, so he's not going to have any money troubles or anything like that, but I'm just wishing that he has a lot of success and that great things manifest in this young man's life. So the disrespect, the saying that he looks girly, he's a little sweet now, got the braids, the mannerisms, hey, the man's been locked down for 11 years, man, he did his time. Let him live, let him be great. We as African American people specifically are kind of tearing this man down unnecessarily, and that's my opinion here on Convo Over Cigars on a Thursday. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming, BG, baby gangster. Like I said, he was locked up back in, I think it was 2012, for obstruction of justice and a gun possession charge. He did his time, he took it to the chin, he didn't tell or cooperate, everything that we talk about in the streets that gives people real credibility. BG stood solid on all 10 toes, so obviously a man who deserves a lot of respect, but the comments, the disrespect for the gangster that he is now out, he is no longer incarcerated is a bit much. In my opinion, we need to respect this young man and wish him well on his journey back to the top of the cash money regime. You guys have been locked into another edition of Convo Over Cigars. I'm your host, Derrick Andre Flemming. Guys, take care.
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"Interactive brokers clients earn up to USD 4 .83 % on their uninvested instantly available cash balances rates subject to change visit ibkr .com slash interest rates to learn more here's the full conversation on the latest edition of the masters in business podcast subscribe on Apple Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts plus listen anytime on the bloomberg business app and bloomberg .com broadcasting 24 hours a day and the bloomberg business app this is bloomberg radio this is bloomberg daybreak at least in Africa our top stories this morning US headline inflation rises by the most in more than a year while core CPI accelerates on a monthly basis for the first time since February I pick up in gas prices piling more pressure on already strained household budgets is a great decision from the ECD markets have completely changed their view in recent days on what is likely to happen highlighting just how much uncertainty surrounds the decision we're live to Frankfurt this hour the IEA warns that oil supply cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia will create a significant supply shortfall threatened with new surge in price volatility and Citigroup is preparing for a wave of job cuts as CEO Jane Frazier launches the biggest restructuring of the Wall Street giant in two decades we'll have the details just gone 8 a .m. across the Emirates exam a few Johannesburg I'm using a Medellin in Dubai we're seeing a little bit of cautious upside in u .s.
History That Doesn't Suck
"second edition" Discussed on History That Doesn't Suck
"This shows some of the problems that historians face all the time. So we can move an episode in its place in the catalog by changing the date. And we can change the date. So our plan is to take this episode. That really kind of explains what's going on with the second editions. And we're going to keep this right at the end of any second edition episodes we've done. And to also go ahead and address, I'm starting to get a few emails on it. It's probably because we've replaced the first 7. Yeah, 7 files now, right? You'll be a shortly. I am planning on doing more second editions for sure. And again, I'm so proud of it. Please no worries. I know I'll probably get an email or a slew, saying some of Greg, those early episodes are great. Leave them be and you can still listen to them. They're still all on YouTube. Yep, we're not getting rid of them getting rid of them. And if they're not, I don't know, I think they're all still on the Patreon as well. They are Patreon YouTube. I'm sure that indefinitely in the future, HTV S podcast dot com. Anything you want to do with this podcast, you'll find a path to it if it's not on the website itself. So log that away, yeah, I mean, I'm proud of them, just like just like if you go buy a volume, this won't surprise those who listened to episode 100. I do have a first edition multi volume Edgar Allan Poe. Yeah, you're going to find some different punctuations and different things in that first edition versus a later. You can still get the first edition. And that's what I mean. The first edition. It's not like these are disappearing and hiding them away forever. No, they're still available. They're still out there. Just like, just like with the book, 'cause again, that's how I conceive of this. The second edition, right? Yeah. That's the one that you're gonna find readily available in the paperback at the bookstore. Exactly. Assuming a few years from now, we'll bookstore still exist. So those first editions will always be there. I still love them to death. But I will definitely do some more. Will I actually do a second edition of every single one that preceded airship, I don't want to commit to that. I mean, life is long. We'll see. But it's very, it's very plausible. That could it's not out of the realm of possibility. Right. And so as we definitely do some more of these particularly the
History That Doesn't Suck
"second edition" Discussed on History That Doesn't Suck
"In Boston. George describes this in a letter to his younger brother, John Augustine, Washington, AKA Jack. Once he's a few weeks on the job. I found a mixed multitude of people here, under very little discipline, order, or government. My whole time since I came here, has been employed in throwing up lines of defense. George is pushing seems to be paying off. Around the same time, late July 1775, an old friend of ours from our time in Concord during the last episode. The reverend William Emerson has a fairly different description of the army from that of the British surgeon. Generals Washington and Lee are upon the lines every day. New orders from his excellency are read to the respective regiments every morning after prayers. The strictest government is taking place and great distinction is made between officers and soldiers. Everyone is made to know his place and keep it. It is surprising how much work has been done. George's sad excuse for an army is still nothing compared to the British. But he's moving things in the right direction. And do you know what else is remarkable? George is winning over these new englanders. See, despite the description of drunkenness, these free spirited and independent new englanders have a strong work ethic and respect frugality. They step up and although George is a man of hierarchy and order who believes troops and commanders need to avoid familiarity, he wastes nothing and is constantly encamped. As he suffers right along with those under his command, here in their respect. Indeed, as the men get to know him, they see what Connecticut congressional delegate, a life lit dyer sees in describing George as, quote, discreet and virtuous, no harem scare morante, swearing fellow, but sober, steady, and calm. They get why Patrick Henry calls his fellow virginian, a man of quote him, no pretensions to eloquence, solid judgment, and information. They agree with their fellow new englander Abigail Adams, who, in writing to her husband, John, describes George by alluding to the queen of sheba's praise for the wise king Solomon in first kings ten 7. Quote Abigail. I was struck with general Washington. You had prepared me to entertain a favorable opinion of him, but I thought the one half was not told me. Dignity with ease and complacency, the gentleman and soldier look agreeably blended in him. Yeah, George is humble, likeable, and frankly, chime in as hell. At 1775 wears on, this Congress imposed southerner is gaining the trust and confidence of these Yankees. But even with robust, intimidating defensive lines and drilling, all is not well with the Continental Army. Now in the last months of the year, enlistments are expiring. Exhausted men want to head home and thousands do. By New Year's Eve, George literally doesn't have enough troops to man all of his defenses. He's afraid the British will realize how weak they are and take him on. Perhaps the general can hope for good news from Canada. I realize that might sound out of the blue, but the Patriots are invading Canada right now. And there are good reasons. Taking Canada would deprive the British military of a staging ground for attacking the colonies. Further, might this region home to 80,000 French speaking abysmal, who are only somewhat recently subjects of the British Crown because of you guessed it. The French and Indian or 7 years war prove a 14th rebellious colony on this very same New Year's Eve that has George stretched so thin in Cambridge. This question is all but being answered with a decisive battle up north. It's 2 a.m., December 31st, 1775. Roughly 1000 American troops are pushing their way through deep snow drifts and freezing, whipping winds, just outside Quebec, Canada. Oh, this is not what Congress had in mind. When it gave general Philip Schuyler, the green light to invade back in June. But Philip made a mistakes, got sick. It was September before his second in command, Brigadier general Richard Montgomery took over. Mid November by the time he then took fort saint Jean and Montreal and still two more weeks before this brilliant Irish foreign leader could join his forces with those sent by George Washington under the command of colonel Benedict Arnold. Thus it was that these two young and bold commanders found themselves just outside the Canadian capital of Quebec, in December, with only two weeks before end of year expiring enlistments would all but end their already depleted army. And thus it is that they're taking advantage of this blinding blizzard to attack the city before those enlistments and in less than 24 hours. It's now about 5 a.m.. With the frozen saint Lawrence river behind them, the divided American strike convicts lower town from opposite ends. On the north side, Benedict Arnold boldly leads the way. Until a musket ball crashes into his left leg. It's bad. His red hot blood seeps into the thick white snow. He yells out encouragement, cheering his men to advance, even as two soldiers supporting the colonel's body, pull him away. 7 years war veteran Daniel Morgan and his sharpshooting rifleman dash forward, shattering defenses, but they find no support behind them. Not in time, at least. The attack collapses. Daniel and many others are taken prisoner. Meanwhile, on the south side, Richard Montgomery is leading his Vanguard in an attack against a blockhouse. That is, until British artillery fire grape shot that rips through his thigh groin and chin. The fallen general's faithful aide de camp, a 19 year old officer named Aaron Burr, reaches the commander as a life disappears from his eyes. All by himself, Aaron tries to recover the general's body. But the teen just isn't strong enough to drag the lifeless commander through the deep snow, and is forced to leave Richard Montgomery's body as the Americans retreat. Four hundred Americans are taken prisoner. Scores more are dead. And they've lost general Richard Montgomery. Meanwhile, the 1700 strong British defenders have suffered only 20 casualties. What a disaster for the Patriots. Congress will yet send thousands of reinforcements, but in the months ahead, rampant smallpox described by John Adams as ten times more terrible than Britain's Canadians and Indians together. Will soon force the complete abandonment of this campaign and retreat to New York. From Cambridge to Canada. It appears nothing is going to patriots way as they enter the year of 1776. On New Year's Day, January 1st, 1776, George Washington has a flag raised among his army's fortifications on Somerville's prospect hill. Though some scholars will later argue over its exact design, many historians will stand by the traditional understanding that it has a union Jack in the top left corner and 13 stripes. One for each colony in this united rebellion. A fitting representation of British subjects wrestling with their national identity, particularly as ships from London are just bringing news of the king's proclamation of rebellion. But knowing how meager George's forces are, some write coats in Boston genuinely misconstrue this new and unfamiliar banner as a flag of surrender. Yet, George is starting to bounce back. Second in command Charles Lee's attempt to re enlist men with angry death threats late last year didn't help. There's a reason Native Americans call this ill tempered general boiling water, but half of the 7000 soldiers whose enlistments expire in January sign on again. Meanwhile, new faces are showing up. Most are still locals, but some are southerners, which helps to make this less of a new englander and more an actual Continental Army. Further, the desperate need for troops pushed George at the end of last year to overturn an earlier order, denying black Americans the ability to enlist in the army. George's initial opposition is lamentable, but not surprising. Born and raised in a slaveholding family and the inheritor of a plantation, Georgia absorbed the prejudices that presently have most southerners opposed to the idea of black soldiers. But pressed by necessity and exposed to new thinking as George's biographer Ron chernow puts it to the tolerance of his New England men. The virginian commander reverses his earlier decision. Free black men will continue to fight, including our bunker hill hero Salem poor, who will suffer at valley forge and see some of the bloodiest, most decisive battles of the war. In fact, at any given time, 6 to 12% of the Continental Army will be black. So this policy changes not only good personal growth for George, who will continue to grow bit by bit as he witnesses the valor of black troops in years to come. It's a crucial change for the cause of America. But even though the Continental Army is rebuilding in early January 1776, it still lacks the strength to do what its bold commander really wants to do. Drive the red coats out of Boston and ride into the sea. Ah, the British Army. We haven't paid much attention to this impressive fighting force holding Boston since we first witnessed the brutal June 1775 battle of bunker hill at the start of this episode. So let's pick up by noting a serious change in leadership. You remember general slash Massachusetts governor Thomas gage, right? Of course you do. We got to know him quite well in episodes 5 and 6. Well, he's out as the commander of British forces in North America. Although bunker hill was a technical victory, the high cost in British casualties didn't reflect well. So in October, blundering Tom, as his men have taken to calling him, was replaced in Boston by the general whom we met on the ground at bunker hill. William Howe. He'll be with us for a long time. Let's get to know him as well. As I mentioned briefly at the start of this episode, this tall, dark enhancing English man, is no stranger to North America. As a young lieutenant colonel, William Howe commanded light infantry at Quebec, that fateful day in September, 1759, when, just outside the city's walls, on the plains of Abraham, British general James Wolfe, bested French general Louis montcalm and effectively ended French power in North America. Treaties ending the French and Indian, or 7 years war, soon formalized this new reality. Now in his mid 40s and a general, William Howe is a bit softer in the middle. Can be a procrastinator and is a man of indulgence. In fact, word has it that sequestered in Boston. He's having an affair with Elizabeth Lloyd loring. And with her husband's blessing no less. People are calling Elizabeth, Billy Howe's Cleopatra. But don't let his charm or penchant for pleasure disarm you. His skill and bravery in battle is unmatched. That said, in early January 1776, we are on any battlefields. We have a stalemate. General Billy Howe and his maybe 7 to 8000 men are hunkered down in Boston. They've of course fortified the Boston neck, which, short of the Charles river freezing over, is the only way the rebels could attack this port city at the end of a thin Peninsula. The British also still hold bunker hill on the charlestown Peninsula to Boston's north, and have likewise fortified it. So Billy Howe's forces are secure, yet they're also trapped in Boston. Who better trained than the continentals in patriot militiamen, the redcoats are fewer in number, independent on British ships for reinforcements and supplies. In fact, these rationing men are surviving the harsh New England winter by cutting down trees to burn as fuel, including the Patriots beloved liberty tree that I've told you about in previous episodes. So even as a frustrated George Washington goes out to the bay and jumps on the ice, testing and hoping to find it strong enough to hold an attacking army. Neither side can launch a confident attack. They appear to be at an impasse. Until Henry Knox shows up with a ridiculous amount of cannons, that is. Boston born and bred, 25 year old Henry Knox is known for being the life of the party. He's a big dude for the era. He's over 6 feet tall and weighs in over 250 pounds. But don't let his jovial nature or size fool you. He's brawn and brains. Henry's been hustling and working to help support his mom and family since his dad disappeared in the West Indies when he was only 9 years old. Eventually he opened a bookstore in Boston called the London bookstore, with all the latest and greatest from the empire's capital. He did well. His shop became a hangout for British officers and loyalist ladies alike. Henry had no experience as a soldier before the war, but his bookworm weighs included books on military science. Henry rocked it at the battle of bunker hill, is now a colonel in the Continental Army and becoming a fast friend of George Washington. That all said, what's up with these cannons? Well, remember fort ticonderoga from the last episode? I only mentioned it briefly, so I'll remind you that this French then British fortification sits on the edge of colonial New York's disputed boundary. On the southwest shore of Lake champlain, and half a year back, on May 10th, 1775, Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen seized it. It was loaded with cannons from the 7 years war, and back on November 16th, Henry began the journey from Cambridge to this isolated fort. He arrived on December 5th, intent upon taking many of those guns back to Massachusetts bay. It's hard to overstate Henry Knox's accomplishment here. Traversing 300 miles of mountain passes frozen rivers and terrible roads, this bookworm colonel leads hundreds of men in transporting nearly 60 guns. Just over 40 cannons and over a dozen mortars from fort ticonderoga to the Continental Army outside of Boston. Some of these weigh over 5000 pounds altogether, they are an astonishing 120,000 pounds. The feet requires boats, 42 massive sleds, 80 yoke of oxen, and a difficult rescue mission win as Henry tells us in his journal the heaviest cannon falls into the river at half moon ferry. Grateful for the assistance of locals from Albany in recovering this gun, the colonel names this cannon, the Albany and their honor. Yet, despite these challenges, not a single gun is lost. In late January, as news of the American defeat at Quebec and copies of Thomas paine's common sense circulate, George Washington gratefully welcomes Henry Knox in his veritable arsenal into camp. Looks like the nature of this stalemate just radically changed. Over the following month, Henry's guns are placed on the American lines. George, however, wants to take the fight to the red coats. He summons his council of war and lays out a plan to cross the now frozen channel and attack British occupied Boston. Wisely, the council rejects the plan. And that leads to a far better idea. Let's talk geography for a moment. We've already seen in this episode that Boston is at the end of a Peninsula, and that to its north is another Peninsula. That more northern one, again, is where you'll find bunker hill. Still held by the redcoats just like Boston itself. But right now, in 1776, so very long before Boston's future decision to fill in and dramatically expand its landmass. The region has yet another clearly visible third Peninsula to the south of the city. This is the dorchester Peninsula, and on it are some hills that reach over 100 feet in elevation, known as the heights. Like the hills on the charlestown Peninsula, dorchester heights is high enough for canon to threaten the right coats in Boston. But unlike the northern Peninsula, the procrastinating general William Howe hasn't bothered to fortify down here. Now that we know the lay of the land, here's the plan. The Continental Army will build fortifications and play some of Henry Knox's cannons on dorchester heights. Thereby threatening the British in Boston. But here's the catch. This must be done under the cover of a single night. That's the only way general Howe's army doesn't come up and stop them. How can George Washington's men fortify the hill when they can't dig in the frozen ground though? Well, lieutenant colonel Rufus putnam has been reading a book called molars field engineer, which suggests that in this situation an army builds its fortifications off site. Auxin can then haul these defenses into place before the morning dawns. Not bad for a pre industrial society. Prefab at its finest. Ingenious. George has been spend the next few weeks building wooden frames to later fill with hay and bundles of sticks. They also fill barrels with dirt. If general Howe's men try to charge up the hill, these things will be rolled down on his troops. That's right, just like the old school donkey Kong arcade. In all seriousness though, the Patriots know that fortifying the hills of dorchester heights could unleash a bloodbath. Just like when they fortified bunker hill in a single night. As such, George Washington is preparing for hard fighting. He's also readying three of his best generals with 4000 troops in Cambridge. Assuming the British attack dorchester heights after its fortified, these generals and their men will be waiting for a signal from the roxbury church steeple to take to the boats in Russia across the thawing waters in mountain amphibious attack on defenseless Boston. Yeah, this could get ugly. The hospital in Cambridge is preparing accordingly. As the day of this bold move approaches, a nervous George calms his mind by catching up on his correspondence. This includes a young black woman in Providence Rhode Island, the poet Phyllis wheatley. She recently wrote a poem for George praising and encouraging him. He writes back on February 28th, 1776. If you should ever come to Cambridge or near headquarters, I shall be happy to see a person so favored by the muses. And only a few days after writing these words, the virginian commander makes his move to break the stalemate. It's midnight, march 2nd, 1776. Continental cannons opened fire on the British. Right vote artillery answer and kind. The loud, thundering guns, Nina sleek less night for many in the Boston area, including Abigail Adams. Only miles away from the cannons, her home in Braintree shapes. But no real damage is done anywhere. George is merely distracting the British. March 3rd, the cannonade continues. The reverend William Gordon will later report that about half a dozen soldiers lost their limbs. March 4th for the third night in a row, continental guns scream at the British. And once again, British guns reply. But tonight is different. Tonight, these roaring guns cover movement on the dorchester Peninsula. Ever so quietly, more quietly than the cannonade, at least. General John Thomas leads 2000 men to the dorchester causeway. 800 of them provide cover, but seeing no red coats, the remaining 1200 get to work. With the assistance of over 300 ox carts, they silently and stealthily move their tools, guns, 700 to 800 bundles of sticks, wooden frames, dirt filled barrels, hay bells, and other items that constitute their prefab fortifications up the steep frozen hills of dorchester heights. Most important though are the 20 or more cannons from fort ticonderoga. Still making as little noise as possible. They work under the moonlight. And by 10 p.m., have two functional forts, one on each of the heights two hills. By 3 a.m., the exhausted, freezing soldiers are finished. They go rest as 3000 fresh troops replace them on the hill. It's now daybreak, March 5th. After enjoying a night of drinking, general William Howe and his men wake up in Boston, absolutely stunned. Looking across the water, they see the fortifications on dorchester heights. According to the reverend William Gordon, quote, general Howe was seen to scratch his head and heard to say by those that were about him, that he did not know what he should do. That the provincials had done more work in one night than his whole army would have done in 6 months. Another officer staring in wonder at the overnight fortifications finds himself thinking as he later puts it of the Genie belonging to Aladdin's wonderful lamp. More than that, though, this officer grasps the real threat these rebels now pose. Quote, from these hills, they command the whole town so that we must drive them from their post or dessert the place. British cannons opened fire on the patriot held hills of dorchester heights. It's of no use. But still, sitting in range of the continentals cannons, general Howe knows he must respond. He decides to attack. Boston's long wharf soon teams with thousands of red coats preparing to ship out. And as they think back on the last time they fought these colonials for a Peninsula, that bloody, deadly battle of bunker hill, good God. Somewhat vengeance, but others feel like sheep going to the slaughter. Clad in his blue coat, mounted on his steed, George Washington inspects the work of his men atop dorchester heights. The parapets are in place. The cannons are prepared. The barrels are ready to roll. The right coats are in a state of pandemonium far below in Boston. It's perfection. Blood may flow today, but if it does, it will be on George's terms. The Virginia commander bell is out to his troops. Remember, it is the 5th of March and avenge the death of your brethren. George's words serve, as the reverend William Gordon would later write, like fresh fuel to the martial fire. And why is that? Because George's man know exactly who those brethren are. He's talking about avenging Samuel gray. Avenging James Caldwell. And Samuel maverick and Patrick Carr and Christmas addicts. Because today, March 5th, 1776, makes exactly 6 years since captain Thomas Preston's redcoats killed these 5 men in the Boston massacre. The pain is still fresh in the hearts of George's predominantly new englander men. Some of whom like Henry Knox were there that night. And now, with their minds focused on their fallen brethren, these new englanders and their brothers in arms from sister colonies stand, muskets and cannon at the ready, impatient to greet the British attack. History that doesn't suck is created and hosted by me, Greg Jackson. Episode researched and written by Greg Jackson, production by airship. Sound designed by Molly Bach, theme music composed by Greg Jackson, arrangement and additional composition by Lindsey Graham airship. For bibliography of all primary and secondary sources consulted in writing this episode. Visit HTTPS podcast dot com. HTTPS is supported by fans at Patreon dot com slash history that doesn't suck. 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"In Boston. George describes this in a letter to his younger brother, John Augustine, Washington, AKA Jack. Once he's a few weeks on the job. I found a mixed multitude of people here, under very little discipline, order, or government. My whole time since I came here, has been employed in throwing up lines of defense. George is pushing seems to be paying off. Around the same time, late July 1775, an old friend of ours from our time in Concord during the last episode. The reverend William Emerson has a fairly different description of the army from that of the British surgeon. Generals Washington and Lee are upon the lines every day. New orders from his excellency are read to the respective regiments every morning after prayers. The strictest government is taking place and great distinction is made between officers and soldiers. Everyone is made to know his place and keep it. It is surprising how much work has been done. George's sad excuse for an army is still nothing compared to the British. But he's moving things in the right direction. And do you know what else is remarkable? George is winning over these new englanders. See, despite the description of drunkenness, these free spirited and independent new englanders have a strong work ethic and respect frugality. They step up and although George is a man of hierarchy and order who believes troops and commanders need to avoid familiarity, he wastes nothing and is constantly encamped. As he suffers right along with those under his command, here in their respect. Indeed, as the men get to know him, they see what Connecticut congressional delegate, a life lit dyer sees in describing George as, quote, discreet and virtuous, no harem scare morante, swearing fellow, but sober, steady, and calm. They get why Patrick Henry calls his fellow virginian, a man of quote him, no pretensions to eloquence, solid judgment, and information. They agree with their fellow new englander Abigail Adams, who, in writing to her husband, John, describes George by alluding to the queen of sheba's praise for the wise king Solomon in first kings ten 7. Quote Abigail. I was struck with general Washington. You had prepared me to entertain a favorable opinion of him, but I thought the one half was not told me. Dignity with ease and complacency, the gentleman and soldier look agreeably blended in him. Yeah, George is humble, likeable, and frankly, chime in as hell. At 1775 wears on, this Congress imposed southerner is gaining the trust and confidence of these Yankees. But even with robust, intimidating defensive lines and drilling, all is not well with the Continental Army. Now in the last months of the year, enlistments are expiring. Exhausted men want to head home and thousands do. By New Year's Eve, George literally doesn't have enough troops to man all of his defenses. He's afraid the British will realize how weak they are and take him on. Perhaps the general can hope for good news from Canada. I realize that might sound out of the blue, but the Patriots are invading Canada right now. And there are good reasons. Taking Canada would deprive the British military of a staging ground for attacking the colonies. Further, might this region home to 80,000 French speaking abysmal, who are only somewhat recently subjects of the British Crown because of you guessed it. The French and Indian or 7 years war prove a 14th rebellious colony on this very same New Year's Eve that has George stretched so thin in Cambridge. This question is all but being answered with a decisive battle up north. It's 2 a.m., December 31st, 1775. Roughly 1000 American troops are pushing their way through deep snow drifts and freezing, whipping winds, just outside Quebec, Canada. Oh, this is not what Congress had in mind. When it gave general Philip Schuyler, the green light to invade back in June. But Philip made a mistakes, got sick. It was September before his second in command, Brigadier general Richard Montgomery took over. Mid November by the time he then took fort saint Jean and Montreal and still two more weeks before this brilliant Irish foreign leader could join his forces with those sent by George Washington under the command of colonel Benedict Arnold. Thus it was that these two young and bold commanders found themselves just outside the Canadian capital of Quebec, in December, with only two weeks before end of year expiring enlistments would all but end their already depleted army. And thus it is that they're taking advantage of this blinding blizzard to attack the city before those enlistments and in less than 24 hours. It's now about 5 a.m.. With the frozen saint Lawrence river behind them, the divided American strike convicts lower town from opposite ends. On the north side, Benedict Arnold boldly leads the way. Until a musket ball crashes into his left leg. It's bad. His red hot blood seeps into the thick white snow. He yells out encouragement, cheering his men to advance, even as two soldiers supporting the colonel's body, pull him away. 7 years war veteran Daniel Morgan and his sharpshooting rifleman dash forward, shattering defenses, but they find no support behind them. Not in time, at least. The attack collapses. Daniel and many others are taken prisoner. Meanwhile, on the south side, Richard Montgomery is leading his Vanguard in an attack against a blockhouse. That is, until British artillery fire grape shot that rips through his thigh groin and chin. The fallen general's faithful aide de camp, a 19 year old officer named Aaron Burr, reaches the commander as a life disappears from his eyes. All by himself, Aaron tries to recover the general's body. But the teen just isn't strong enough to drag the lifeless commander through the deep snow, and is forced to leave Richard Montgomery's body as the Americans retreat. Four hundred Americans are taken prisoner. Scores more are dead. And they've lost general Richard Montgomery. Meanwhile, the 1700 strong British defenders have suffered only 20 casualties. What a disaster for the Patriots. Congress will yet send thousands of reinforcements, but in the months ahead, rampant smallpox described by John Adams as ten times more terrible than Britain's Canadians and Indians together. Will soon force the complete abandonment of this campaign and retreat to New York. From Cambridge to Canada. It appears nothing is going to patriots way as they enter the year of 1776. On New Year's Day, January 1st, 1776, George Washington has a flag raised among his army's fortifications on Somerville's prospect hill. Though some scholars will later argue over its exact design, many historians will stand by the traditional understanding that it has a union Jack in the top left corner and 13 stripes. One for each colony in this united rebellion. A fitting representation of British subjects wrestling with their national identity, particularly as ships from London are just bringing news of the king's proclamation of rebellion. But knowing how meager George's forces are, some write coats in Boston genuinely misconstrue this new and unfamiliar banner as a flag of surrender. Yet, George is starting to bounce back. Second in command Charles Lee's attempt to re enlist men with angry death threats late last year didn't help. There's a reason Native Americans call this ill tempered general boiling water, but half of the 7000 soldiers whose enlistments expire in January sign on again. Meanwhile, new faces are showing up. Most
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"Battles, the royal governor of Virginia trying to start a slave rebellion. Rumors that British agents want to enlist Native Americans in the fight to come, and of course, word of the king's proclamation of rebellion and subsequent speech, colonials are ripe for ditching their British identity. And in that context, Tom's forceful clear riding and common sense is a wrecking ball. He goes viral. In sparsely populated colonies alone, Tom sells over 150,000 copies to say nothing of the copying and sharing, and finds an audience across the Atlantic. The young Prince of Wales reads it. His mom catches him in the act. Perhaps most impressive though, Tom impacts George Washington, who first acknowledges in writing the possibility of independence on January 31st, 1776. In doing so, he mentions quote the sound doctrine and unanswerable reasoning contained in the pamphlet, common sense. So maybe this isn't just a Civil War. Maybe this is a war for independence. But wait, what is going on with George Washington and that American army has been commanding since shortly after the battle of bunker hill. Are the American forces holding their own outside redco occupied Boston? Or have things turned for the worse? As intriguing as it is to see patriot leaders finally giving serious thought to independence in early 1776, we can't tackle the rest of that story in this episode, not while Civil War is consuming Massachusetts bay. Let's go back half a year and catch up with the war itself. Rewind. Just before Thanksgiving, I strained my back quite badly. I knew it would pass in a few days, but it left me struggling to write without being in agony. After fumbling at my desk for a bit though, I found the answer. I wrote for my sleep number bed. Laptop in hand, I retreated to my room, and with a few swipes on the app, had the bed set to zero G a firmed up the mattress, changing my sleep number to 65, and oh, that was the relief I needed. Writing was tolerable again, and my sleep didn't have to suffer. I sleep score IQ is actually gone up from 74 to 75. Why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? Because to be your best every day, you need proven quality sleep every night. And now, during sleep number's lowest price of the season, the sleep number 360 C two smart bed is only $899. Save $200, only at sleep number stores or sleep number dot com slash HTTPS.
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"Before sunrise. June 17th, 1775. Over a thousand patriot militiamen are on the Charles town Peninsula, just north of redcoat occupied Boston, and hundreds of them are wielding shovels and pickaxes, or moving stones and barrels, as they furiously work under a dark sky to prepare an earthen fort. Known as a redoubt, on breed's hill. It's a brilliant move. By fortifying this 75 foot tall elevation overnight, these sleepless new englanders are depriving the slower moving British Army of a strategic position. But wait. Breed's hill? The committee of safety specifically instructed the patriot commanders here to fortify the Peninsula's farther back and slightly taller elevation called bunker hill. It's true that patriot cannon could strike British warships from breed's hill. But the British might answer in kind. This is like daring the right codes to attack. Is this a mistake? Or patriot general Israel putnam just being his aggressive self. We'll never know for sure, but his 4 a.m. cons and goes, as British navy men here, then with a rising sun, see the rebels menacingly entrenching themselves on breed's hill, they prepare to respond. From her position in the Charles river's wide mouth, the crew of the 20 gun sloop of war, the HMS lively, opens a cannonade. It continues for hours. Petrie of forces are shaken when a cannonball decapitates one of them. But colonel William Prescott inspires the men. I jump in on top of their incomplete redoubts wall and fully exposing himself to the enemy's guns. This fills the colonials with new courage. They bury their fallen man and keep working on the way down, which soon stretches over 100 feet long and has a 6 foot tall parapet. But as the Patriots work in cannonballs fly, general Thomas gage and three new arrivals of Boston. Journals William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John gentleman, Johnny burgoyne, are holding counsel. They soon decide to land troops and run the rebels off the Peninsula. It's now just past 12 noon. 28 barges, transporting some 1500 soldiers under the command of William Howe across in the waters between Boston and the triangularly shaped Charles town Peninsula's eastern corner called Moulton's point. Around one o'clock, they begin splashing out of the barges and organizing. Patriot forces are well entrenched now. The redoubt on breed's hill is strong and militia from Connecticut in New Hampshire are showing up the patriot left Flank behind a stone and rail fence that runs along a beach northeast of breed's hill and below bunker hill. But with several hundred reinforcements still landing, general Howe feels he can take them. He plans to lead elite, light infantry, grenadiers, and two other regiments in an attack on rebels at the stone and rail fence, while Brigadier general Robert Pickett leads three regiments and marines and attacking the redoubt on breed's hill. It's a bold move, but William Howe is a bold man. And after the embarrassment of the British military's retreat from Concord two months ago, it's time to make these rebellious colonials pay. It's now just past 3 p.m.. Tickets wing is advancing uphill through breed's tall grass. House forces are moving along the beach toward the stone and rail fence. The British fire occasional volleys, but the colonials don't fire back. In fact, down at the fence, John stark commands his men to wait until they can see the half Gators on the red coats shins. Or perhaps its patriot general Israel putnam, who's calling out. Don't throw away a single shot, my brave fellows don't throw away a single shot, but take good aim. Nor touch the trigger until you can see the whites of their eyes. Or is it colonel William Prescott saying this to his men inside the redoubt on breed's hill? We'll never be certain of the exact commander or phrase, but the sentiment is spot on. Only when the red coats half Gators and glistening bayonets are clearly discernible. Possibly as close as ten yards, you patriot leaders give the order. Fire. Explosion of American musketry tears through the wide, three man deep oblong lines of crimson clad soldiers with lethal effect. In one instance, the first line of soldiers falls dead and wounded right into the second line. A second close range volley further decimates and repulses his majesty's troops, forcing them to retreat. Both wings of the British force senior group. They make a second assault. The spirit of the batter. One English soldier will later recall that most of the grenadiers and light infantry quote lost three fourths and many 9 tenths of their men. Some had only 8 or 9 men a company left, some only three four and 5. From breed's grass covered hill to the beach's stone and rail fence, dead and bleeding British soldiers litter the ground. General Howe's utterly shocked, embarrassed. Pissed off. His entire personal staff is wounded or dead. Even his wine didn't survive. A colonial shot shattered the bottle while in his servant's hands. How the general remains unscathed is a mystery of God. But this 46 year old, 6 foot tall, handsome, dark eyed veteran of the American theater of the 7 years war. That is, the French and Indian War won't abide the shame of the British Army losing to these colonials as they did at Concord. He prepares to make a third assault. His men are eager to their war cries, push on, push on and fight, conquer or die, are heard amid the shots of British cannon. This time, the march in spaced out deep palms to give the Patriots less target. Back in the redoubt, William Prescott and his men are nearly out of ammo. Some are loading shards of glass and rusty nails down their muskets barrels for wanting to fall. They began to hold their shot, waiting until the British troops are within 15 to 20 yards. And then, as with the last two repulsed assaults, they fire with the deadly effect. But that's the last one. As William will later put it, their ammo goes out like a candle. The Americans have nothing left to shoot. They can't repulse the redcoats. British troops swarm into the Patriots fortifications. Williams men swing their muskets by the barrel like clubs. They throw rocks. A valiant effort, but no match against British bayonets. Seeking revenge for their own dead, the redcoats slice and impale the Americans. All while dashing out the brains of others as one British marine later report. The patriot dead stack up within the redoubt. The survivors, including colonel William Prescott, who parries bayonet thrusts with his sword as they retreat, barely get out alive. They do so as the village of Charles town below burns to ash. And the better equipped British Army occupies the Peninsula's hills.
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"It's likely June 14th, 1775, delegates officially representing 12 of the 13 colonists, all but Georgia. Are gathered in the Pennsylvania state House is assembly room. Seated in Windsor chairs amid a sea of tables draped in green. The delegates are in the midst of deliberations. For weeks now, they've considered creating a Continental Army. But John Adams is eager to move this along. The short, stout New England arises and takes the floor. As John later recalls. I rose in my place, and in as short a speech as the subject would admit, represented the state of the colonies. The uncertainty in the minds of the people, their great expectation and anxiety. The distresses of the army, the danger of its disillusion. The difficulty of collecting another and the probability that the British Army would take advantage of our delays march out of Boston and spread desolation as far as they could go. I concluded with emotion, inform that Congress would adopt the army at Cambridge and appoint a general. President of the Congress, John Hancock's eyes light up. He wants to be the army's commander in chief and trusts his fellow Massachusetts man has his back. But to continue with John Adams account. I had no hesitation to declare that I had but one gentleman in mind for that important command. And that was a gentleman from Virginia, who is among us and very well known to all of us. A gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command approbation of all America and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the union. Mister Washington. Dressed in his elegant blue and buff military uniform. As a show of support for the Civil War in New England. George Washington, unintentionally already looks the part. Yet, the humble delegate will not sit here and listen to such confidence. The powerfully built tower in Virginia now rises and quietly exits the room as the disappointed president John Hancock flowers. With George absent, the delegates debate his candidacy for general and earnest. John Adams tells us that no one opposes George for any personal reasons. True, his military track record is checkered. As we learned in episode one, his loss at fort necessity in 1754 marked the start of the French and Indian or 7 years war. Yet his cool under fire leadership saved hundreds of general Edward Braddock's men in 1755. Americans tend to focus on the latter though, so brave yet modest George is a war hero here. The real question for many is whether this Cambridge based army of new englanders will obey a southerner. Eventually, doubting delegates are able to see this as a virtue, not a vice. These colonies can't make united stand without actually being united. A southern commander from the powerful, most populous colony, Virginia, is in fact a good thing. In short, George is perfect for the job. John Adams diary isn't the clearest on the exact day he gave this speech that set up George Washington's nomination, though I believe the evidence strongly suggests June 14th. The same day that the Congress officially created the Continental Army. But whether the 14th, a few days earlier, or even the next day, George again, absence himself on June 15th, while the delegates vote on his candidacy. Unanimously, they select him as the new Continental Army's commander in chief. And yes, even John Hancock comes around. At least to some degree, describing George as a fine man when he writes about this outcome to elbridge Gary of Massachusetts. It's a great honor. But George isn't the kid we met nearly 21 years ago at fort necessity. He gets that war isn't a game and glory. He understands better than most, what a burden this command is. That success is not guaranteed. And he doubts if he's up to the task. He expresses these worries in a letter to his wife, Martha. I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it. This command. Not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of it being a trust too great for my capacity. But George also understands duty. And so, the day after Congress votes to make him commander of the Continental Army, he gives his answer. It's June 16th, 1775. Congress is assembled in the Pennsylvania state House. From his seat as president of the Congress, John Hancock informs the delegate from Virginia. George Washington that yesterday, this assembled body voted unanimously to name him general and commander in chief of those forces raised and to be raised in defense of American liberty. And now, John asks will he accept. George Washington rises from his chair. Standing tall and elegant as ever in his blue uniform. He answers John Hancock. Mister president, though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment. Yet, I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust. However, as the Congress desire it, I will enter upon the momentous duty, and exert every power I possess in their service, and for support of the glorious cause. I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their approbation. But lest some unlucky events should happen. Unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in this room. That I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity. I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that is no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to have accepted this arch of its employment. At the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those I doubt not, they will discharge. And that is all I desire. No promises of victory or greatness. Only recognition of the weight of the task and his own shortcomings. Wise
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"It's likely June 14th, 1775, delegates officially representing 12 of the 13 colonists, all but Georgia. Are gathered in the Pennsylvania state House is assembly room. Seated in Windsor chairs amid a sea of tables draped in green. The delegates are in the midst of deliberations. For weeks now, they've considered creating a Continental Army. But John Adams is eager to move this along. The short, stout New England arises and takes the floor. As John later recalls. I rose in my place, and in as short a speech as the subject would admit, represented the state of the colonies. The uncertainty in the minds of the people, their great expectation and anxiety. The distresses of the army, the danger of its disillusion. The difficulty of collecting another and the probability that the British Army would take advantage of our delays march out of Boston and spread desolation as far as they could go. I concluded with emotion, inform that Congress would adopt the army at Cambridge and appoint a general. President of the Congress, John Hancock's eyes light up. He wants to be the army's commander in chief and trusts his fellow Massachusetts man has his back. But to continue with John Adams account. I had no hesitation to declare that I had but one gentleman in mind for that important command. And that was a gentleman from Virginia, who is among us and very well known to all of us. A gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command approbation of all America and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the union. Mister Washington. Dressed in his elegant blue and buff military uniform. As a show of support for the Civil War in New England. George Washington, unintentionally already looks the part. Yet, the humble delegate will not sit here and listen to such confidence. The powerfully built tower in Virginia now rises and quietly exits the room as the disappointed president John Hancock flowers. With George absent, the delegates debate his candidacy for general and earnest. John Adams tells us that no one opposes George for any personal reasons. True, his military track record is checkered. As we learned in episode one, his loss at fort necessity in 1754 marked the start of the French and Indian or 7 years war. Yet his cool under fire leadership saved hundreds of general Edward Braddock's men in 1755. Americans tend to focus on the latter though, so brave yet modest George is a war hero here. The real question for many is whether this Cambridge based army of new englanders will obey a southerner. Eventually, doubting delegates are able to see this as a virtue, not a vice. These colonies can't make united stand without actually being united. A southern commander from the powerful, most populous colony, Virginia, is in fact a good thing. In short, George is perfect for the job. John Adams diary isn't the clearest on the exact day he gave this speech that set up George Washington's nomination, though I believe the evidence strongly suggests June 14th. The same day that the Congress officially created the Continental Army. But whether the 14th, a few days earlier, or even the next day, George again, absence himself on June 15th, while the delegates vote on his candidacy. Unanimously, they select him as the new Continental Army's commander in chief. And yes, even John Hancock comes around. At least to some degree, describing George as a fine man when he writes about this outcome to elbridge Gary of Massachusetts. It's a great honor. But George isn't the kid we met nearly 21 years ago at fort necessity. He gets that war isn't a game and glory. He understands better than most, what a burden this command is. That success is not guaranteed. And he doubts if he's up to the task. He expresses these worries in a letter to his wife, Martha. I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it. This command. Not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of it being a trust too great for my capacity. But George also understands duty. And so, the day after Congress votes to make him commander of the Continental Army, he gives his answer. It's June 16th, 1775. Congress is assembled in the Pennsylvania state House. From his seat as president of the Congress, John Hancock informs the delegate from Virginia. George Washington that yesterday, this assembled body voted unanimously to name him general and commander in chief of those forces raised and to be raised in defense of American liberty. And now, John asks will he accept. George Washington rises from his chair. Standing tall and elegant as ever in his blue uniform. He answers John Hancock. Mister president, though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment. Yet, I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust. However, as the Congress desire it, I will enter upon the momentous duty, and exert every power I possess in their service, and for support of the glorious cause. I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their approbation. But lest some unlucky events should happen. Unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in this room. That I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity. I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that is no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to have accepted this arch of its employment. At the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those I doubt not, they will discharge. And that is all I desire. No promises of victory or greatness. Only recognition of the weight of the task and his own shortcomings. Wise
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"I trust you recall last year's first Continental Congress from the last episode. I won't rehash that 1774 gathering, but we'll remind you that, among its actions, this collective body representing the separate colonies rejected most of parliament's authority and listed several grievances in its declaration and resolves, and enacted economic sanctions through its continental association. The delegates also decided before going their separate ways in October 1774 that they would only hold a second Congress if things really went poorly. And that event, they would meet in about half a year, starting on May 10th, 1775. Well, between king George the third in parliament, each separately describing New England as being in a state of rebellion that winter, then the botched attempt to seize munitions at Salem last February, I guess you could say things were going poorly. The second Continental Congress was definitely on. This further botched attempt to seize munitions at conquered. That turned into a battle, was just the cherry on top. There's a sad irony to this. Only a few months back, on February 27th, one day after that ugly business in Salem, parliament accepted prime minister lord Frederick north's conciliatory proposition. This proposed to let each colony tax itself. So long as a colony raised the funds to cover civil judicial and military needs, parliament wouldn't interfere. But alas. This olive branch is too little too late. Especially after the battle of Lexington and Concord. A second Continental Congress is definitely happening. So, back to Philadelphia. We're not at Carpenter's hall this time, though still on chestnut street. Only a block or two away. At the Pennsylvania state House. You might know this building by a different name. A name that will come later after, well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. That's a story for a later episode. Let's just say you might know this place as independence hall. But to set the stage for this Congress, I'll add that the state House shares a lot stylistically with Carpenter's hall. While the state House is a bit older, both are built in the Georgian style and have a white trim around their windows and white doors. Both are primarily built to red brick, though independence hall lacks that beautiful checkering of black and bricks we saw at Carpenter's hall. Another difference. The state House has a large bell tower at its top, but don't picture it looking quite as nice as it will in the 21st century. It has no clock in 1775. Also, the wooden towers ride. Of course, the choice to move buildings for this Congress has nothing to do with either buildings gorgeous facades. Rotting steel is standing. It's because the state House slash independence hall is bigger. And they'll need the space. This second Congress will have more in new delegates than the last one, including some friends of ours from past episodes. Like Boston's popular, wealthy merchant, John Hancock. Within the first month, he'll replace Peyton Randolph as president of the Congress. We also have Boston born, but now Philly dwelling doctor Benjamin Franklin. An inventor renaissance man and the author of the 1754 join or die political cartoon. Ben's also recently widowed and returned from Britain, where he served as an agent, or perhaps diplomat rather for Pennsylvania and other colonies. Let's also take note of a young red headed virginian we've met on a few past occasions. Between this Congress, which will last several years, and the early decades of the republic to come, he has a number of significant roles yet ahead. This is Thomas Jefferson. Well, it sounds like we have our who, why, where and when. Let's go ahead and convene this Congress. Per last year's arrangement, the second Continental Congress officially begins on May 10th, 1775. War is in the air and militias are training across the colonies, but let's be clear. This still does not mean talk of independence. Not just yet. Perhaps those Massachusetts men, particularly the Adams cousins, John and Sam might like to have such conversations. At least, a future letter from John Adams to James Warren, and doctor Benjamin rushes later writings indicate that. But by and large, independence is not yet on the minds or at least not openly on the lips of patriots. Thus far, this is a Civil War and local to New England at that. What more will become remains to be seen, though recent events are pressing Congress to make decisions. After 5 days in various reports on the battle of Lexington and Concord, the second Continental Congress responds to news of British troops heading to New York by instructing the colony to permit them, but be ready to defend itself. Been only days later, on May 18th, this August body learns that in the early still dark hours of May 10th, a little over 100 new englanders, primarily from a group known as the green mountain boys, seized fort ticonderoga on Lake champlain southwestern shore. This is a messy development for several reasons. One. This military operations co commanders, Ethan Allen, and the later to become infamous Benedict Arnold. Both want the glory and control of the narrative. Two. The fort surrounding area, called the New Hampshire grants, is disputed territory, claimed by New York and New Hampshire. In three, rumor has it that Ethan claimed the fort. Quote, in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. This second Congress, which only first convened hours after the fall of the fort. Certainly never gave him such authority. Yet, here we are. Perhaps preparing for this Civil War to spread is wise. Before the month is through, Congress organizes a ways and means committee to examine the acquisition of munitions. As early June passes, talk of a colonial army grows among the delegates, with the Congress voting on June 10th to recommend to the various colonies to procure or prepare munitions or send such support to the quote unquote American army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Still, does this Continental Congress really want to take the monumental step of creating a united colony's Continental Army. It's a major proposition. My God's forgiveness spare British North America from this deadly path and open the way to reconciliation with the king. On June 12th, 1775, Congress calls for the colonies to fast prey and repent for this very purpose. Quote this Congress therefore considering the present critical alarming and calamitous state of these colonies. Do earnestly recommend that Thursday, the 20th day of July next, be observed by the inhabitants of all the English colonies on this continent. As a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer. That we may, with united hearts and voices, unfairly confess and deplore our many sins. And offer up our joint supplications to the all wise, omnipotent, and merciful, disposer of all events. Humbly beseeching him to forgive our iniquities to remove our present calamities to avert those desolating judgments with which we are threatened, and to bless our rightful sovereign, king George the third. Ha. Rightful sovereign. Seems that, for all the growing support, some delegates still don't want to charge into a fight. But this talk of reconciliation and waiting things out doesn't fly for the Massachusetts delegates. They have war on their hands already. John Adams has personally seen the militias gathering at the Cambridge common hoping to keep the British Army from again advancing out of Boston in the wake of the battle of Lexington and Concord. They need this Continental Congress to do as the president of the Massachusetts provincial Congress, James Warren, has requested to organize its own Continental Army from across the colonies. And despite this Congress's many divisions, its sectionalism and various opinions, John Adams is determined to see it done.
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"I trust you recall last year's first Continental Congress from the last episode. I won't rehash that 1774 gathering, but we'll remind you that, among its actions, this collective body representing the separate colonies rejected most of parliament's authority and listed several grievances in its declaration and resolves, and enacted economic sanctions through its continental association. The delegates also decided before going their separate ways in October 1774 that they would only hold a second Congress if things really went poorly. And that event, they would meet in about half a year, starting on May 10th, 1775. Well, between king George the third in parliament, each separately describing New England as being in a state of rebellion that winter, then the botched attempt to seize munitions at Salem last February, I guess you could say things were going poorly. The second Continental Congress was definitely on. This further botched attempt to seize munitions at conquered. That turned into a battle, was just the cherry on top. There's a sad irony to this. Only a few months back, on February 27th, one day after that ugly business in Salem, parliament accepted prime minister lord Frederick north's conciliatory proposition. This proposed to let each colony tax itself. So long as a colony raised the funds to cover civil judicial and military needs, parliament wouldn't interfere. But alas. This olive branch is too little too late. Especially after the battle of Lexington and Concord. A second Continental Congress is definitely happening. So, back to Philadelphia. We're not at Carpenter's hall this time, though still on chestnut street. Only a block or two away. At the Pennsylvania state House. You might know this building by a different name. A name that will come later after, well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. That's a story for a later episode. Let's just say you might know this place as independence hall. But to set the stage for this Congress, I'll add that the state House shares a lot stylistically with Carpenter's hall. While the state House is a bit older, both are built in the Georgian style and have a white trim around their windows and white doors. Both are primarily built to red brick, though independence hall lacks that beautiful checkering of black and bricks we saw at Carpenter's hall. Another difference. The state House has a large bell tower at its top, but don't picture it looking quite as nice as it will in the 21st century. It has no clock in 1775. Also, the wooden towers ride. Of course, the choice to move buildings for this Congress has nothing to do with either buildings gorgeous facades. Rotting steel is standing. It's because the state House slash independence hall is bigger. And they'll need the space. This second Congress will have more in new delegates than the last one, including some friends of ours from past episodes. Like Boston's popular, wealthy merchant, John Hancock. Within the first month, he'll replace Peyton Randolph as president of the Congress. We also have Boston born, but now Philly dwelling doctor Benjamin Franklin. An inventor renaissance man and the author of the 1754 join or die political cartoon. Ben's also recently widowed and returned from Britain, where he served as an agent, or perhaps diplomat rather for Pennsylvania and other colonies. Let's also take note of a young red headed virginian we've met on a few past occasions. Between this Congress, which will last several years, and the early decades of the republic to come, he has a number of significant roles yet ahead. This is Thomas Jefferson. Well, it sounds like we have our who, why, where and when. Let's go ahead and convene this Congress. Per last year's arrangement, the second Continental Congress officially begins on May 10th, 1775. War is in the air and militias are training across the colonies, but let's be clear. This still does not mean talk of independence. Not just yet. Perhaps those Massachusetts men, particularly the Adams cousins, John and Sam might like to have such conversations. At least, a future letter from John Adams to James Warren, and doctor Benjamin rushes later writings indicate that. But by and large, independence is not yet on the minds or at least not openly on the lips of patriots. Thus far, this is a Civil War and local to New England at that. What more will become remains to be seen, though recent events are pressing Congress to make decisions. After 5 days in various reports on the battle of Lexington and Concord, the second Continental Congress responds to news of British troops heading to New York by instructing the colony to permit them, but be ready to defend itself. Been only days later, on May 18th, this August body learns that in the early still dark hours of May 10th, a little over 100 new englanders, primarily from a group known as the green mountain boys, seized fort ticonderoga on Lake champlain southwestern shore. This is a messy development for several reasons. One. This military operations co commanders, Ethan Allen, and the later to become infamous Benedict Arnold. Both want the glory and control of the narrative. Two. The fort surrounding area, called the New Hampshire grants, is disputed territory, claimed by New York and New Hampshire. In three, rumor has it that Ethan claimed the fort. Quote, in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress. This second Congress, which only first convened hours after the fall of the fort. Certainly never gave him such authority. Yet, here we are. Perhaps preparing for this Civil War to spread is wise. Before the month is through, Congress organizes a ways and means committee to examine the acquisition of munitions. As early June passes, talk of a colonial army grows among the delegates, with the Congress voting on June 10th to recommend to the various colonies to procure or prepare munitions or send such support to the quote unquote American army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Still, does this Continental Congress really want to take the monumental step of creating a united colony's Continental Army. It's a major proposition. My God's forgiveness spare British North America from this deadly path and open the way to reconciliation with the king. On June 12th, 1775, Congress calls for the colonies to fast prey and repent for this very purpose. Quote this Congress therefore considering the present critical alarming and calamitous state of these colonies. Do earnestly recommend that Thursday, the 20th day of July next, be observed by the inhabitants of all the English colonies on this continent. As a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer. That we may, with united hearts and voices, unfairly confess and deplore our many sins. And offer up our joint supplications to the all wise, omnipotent, and merciful, disposer of all events. Humbly beseeching him to forgive our iniquities to remove our present calamities to avert those desolating judgments with which we are threatened, and to bless our rightful sovereign, king George the third. Ha. Rightful sovereign. Seems that, for all the growing support, some delegates still don't want to charge into a fight. But this talk of reconciliation and waiting things out doesn't fly for the Massachusetts delegates. They have war on their hands already. John Adams has personally seen the militias gathering at the Cambridge common hoping to keep the British Army from again advancing out of Boston in the wake of the battle of Lexington and Concord. They need this Continental Congress to do as the president of the Massachusetts provincial Congress, James Warren, has requested to organize its own Continental Army from across the colonies. And despite this Congress's many divisions, its sectionalism and various opinions, John Adams is determined to see it done.
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"He eggs on the much younger captain. If you don't go and drive them British from that bridge, I shall call you a coward. Others nod, or voice their agreement. Remembering his orders not to start a fight, the much younger captain answers. I should rather be called a coward by you than called to account by my superior officer for disobedience of orders. Thanks to John's cool head, the first shot at Concord won't be fired here. But I'll go ahead and add that the old firebrand of a deacon won't live to see the end of the day. He'll die later in battle. As maturity prevails to the south, captain Parsons takes his 200 plus force, the one mile up from conquered proper to the north bridge. He leaves one company under the command of captain Walter S Larry to hold this crossing. Then another company each atop two knolls and other couple hundred yards past it. Captain Parsons then leads the remaining three companies or about a 120 men, another two miles west to militia colonel James Barrett's farm. Once again, Intel says that James, who's with the militia up on punk tassa hill, has all sorts of military goods stashed at his place. The captain marches with high expectations. But let's keep our focus on Walter Laurie at the north bridge for a second. He's nervous. That rebel militia above him on the hill is continuing to swell. There are hundreds of them, while he only has about 40 men at the bridge. The British companies on the two knolls are becoming nervous as well. They fall back to the bridge with captain Lowry, bringing his forces up to a hundred or so. But that's still far smaller in number than the colonials. The anxious captain sends lieutenant Alexander Robertson back to town to ask colonel Smith for reinforcements. But it might be too late as something goes terribly wrong and conquered. Back in the heart of town, the majority of colonel smith's troops are searching for munitions. They're being perfect gentlemen about it. Concord resident Timothy Wheeler will later recall stopping the right coats from destroying stores of flour, rye and wheat in his barn by asserting ownership over all of it. I am a Miller, sir, yonder stands my mill. I get my living by it. Though disappointed, the officer answers. Well, we do not injure private property. They've been withdrew. Likewise, when soldiers search Dorothy Woods house and she tells them not to go in a room because ladies aren't inside. The soldiers respect her wishes. In reality, the only lady that might have been in there was Brown Bess, which is the name of one of the most popular muskets in the 18th century British Empire. Why are the redcoats so thoughtful? Let's remember that no one realizes the Revolutionary War started this morning. Not even the soldiers who participated in the fighting at Lexington. Indeed, trying to set things right after this morning's disaster might be driving some of their civility, even if that makes their search less effective. But the truth is, the red coats wouldn't find much even if they were aggressive. Remember those patriot spies we met in the last episode? Yeah, they were on it. Paul Revere may have gotten arrested on his way here last night, or this morning rather. But he had a much more successful ride out to conquer just days ago and brought warning that something was likely going to happen soon. That's why most munitions have already been moved or, as we'll get C, cleverly hidden. And so, for all the trouble this 16 mile march from Boston to Concord, the red coats find very little. 500 pounds of musket balls, some flour. Lieutenant Barker of the king's own adds that they destroy three pieces of cannon. I think the cannons are worth highlighting, we need to remember the redcoats aren't just seizing near pistols and muskets. These patriot militias have some serious artillery. Yet, much of what the British soldiers find isn't destroyed anyhow. They toss much of this into the town's pond, which the Patriots will mostly rescue from the water the following day. But the red coats do destroy some of their findings with fire. And this is where things go wrong. The flame spread they start to look at the courthouse. With great persistence and a claim that the building's second floor is filled with black powder, 71 year old widow, Martha Moulton, gets hungry red coats to put down breakfast and form a bucket brigade to put it out. Well done, Martha. But this fire has already done more damage than the redcoats could know. Up on punk a tacit hill, the now 400 plus militiamen and their officers are discussing what to do. And that's when they see it. A column of black smoke billowing in the sky right over Concord. They don't know the fires and accident and that the red coats are trying to put it out. All they see are flames in the midst of their homes. Their businesses. Among their friends, wives and children. Have the British just put all that they love and hold dear to the torch? Militia lieutenant Joseph Hosmer turns to the other officers and blurts out. But you stand here and let them burn the town down. Colonel James Barrett gives the order. The indignant militiamen descend the hill toward the north bridge still very much held by British forces under the command of captain Walter Laurie. And if crossing that bridge means battle,
History That Doesn't Suck
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"He eggs on the much younger captain. If you don't go and drive them British from that bridge, I shall call you a coward. Others nod, or voice their agreement. Remembering his orders not to start a fight, the much younger captain answers. I should rather be called a coward by you than called to account by my superior officer for disobedience of orders. Thanks to John's cool head, the first shot at Concord won't be fired here. But I'll go ahead and add that the old firebrand of a deacon won't live to see the end of the day. He'll die later in battle. As maturity prevails to the south, captain Parsons takes his 200 plus force, the one mile up from conquered proper to the north bridge. He leaves one company under the command of captain Walter S Larry to hold this crossing. Then another company each atop two knolls and other couple hundred yards past it. Captain Parsons then leads the remaining three companies or about a 120 men, another two miles west to militia colonel James Barrett's farm. Once again, Intel says that James, who's with the militia up on punk tassa hill, has all sorts of military goods stashed at his place. The captain marches with high expectations. But let's keep our focus on Walter Laurie at the north bridge for a second. He's nervous. That rebel militia above him on the hill is continuing to swell. There are hundreds of them, while he only has about 40 men at the bridge. The British companies on the two knolls are becoming nervous as well. They fall back to the bridge with captain Lowry, bringing his forces up to a hundred or so. But that's still far smaller in number than the colonials. The anxious captain sends lieutenant Alexander Robertson back to town to ask colonel Smith for reinforcements. But it might be too late as something goes terribly wrong and conquered. Back in the heart of town, the majority of colonel smith's troops are searching for munitions. They're being perfect gentlemen about it. Concord resident Timothy Wheeler will later recall stopping the right coats from destroying stores of flour, rye and wheat in his barn by asserting ownership over all of it. I am a Miller, sir, yonder stands my mill. I get my living by it. Though disappointed, the officer answers. Well, we do not injure private property. They've been withdrew. Likewise, when soldiers search Dorothy Woods house and she tells them not to go in a room because ladies aren't inside. The soldiers respect her wishes. In reality, the only lady that might have been in there was Brown Bess, which is the name of one of the most popular muskets in the 18th century British Empire. Why are the redcoats so thoughtful? Let's remember that no one realizes the Revolutionary War started this morning. Not even the soldiers who participated in the fighting at Lexington. Indeed, trying to set things right after this morning's disaster might be driving some of their civility, even if that makes their search less effective. But the truth is, the red coats wouldn't find much even if they were aggressive. Remember those patriot spies we met in the last episode? Yeah, they were on it. Paul Revere may have gotten arrested on his way here last night, or this morning rather. But he had a much more successful ride out to conquer just days ago and brought warning that something was likely going to happen soon. That's why most munitions have already been moved or, as we'll get C, cleverly hidden. And so, for all the trouble this 16 mile march from Boston to Concord, the red coats find very little. 500 pounds of musket balls, some flour. Lieutenant Barker of the king's own adds that they destroy three pieces of cannon. I think the cannons are worth highlighting, we need to remember the redcoats aren't just seizing near pistols and muskets. These patriot militias have some serious artillery. Yet, much of what the British soldiers find isn't destroyed anyhow. They toss much of this into the town's pond, which the Patriots will mostly rescue from the water the following day. But the red coats do destroy some of their findings with fire. And this is where things go wrong. The flame spread they start to look at the courthouse. With great persistence and a claim that the building's second floor is filled with black powder, 71 year old widow, Martha Moulton, gets hungry red coats to put down breakfast and form a bucket brigade to put it out. Well done, Martha. But this fire has already done more damage than the redcoats could know. Up on punk a tacit hill, the now 400 plus militiamen and their officers are discussing what to do. And that's when they see it. A column of black smoke billowing in the sky right over Concord. They don't know the fires and accident and that the red coats are trying to put it out. All they see are flames in the midst of their homes. Their businesses. Among their friends, wives and children. Have the British just put all that they love and hold dear to the torch? Militia lieutenant Joseph Hosmer turns to the other officers and blurts out. But you stand here and let them burn the town down. Colonel James Barrett gives the order. The indignant militiamen descend the hill toward the north bridge still very much held by British forces under the command of captain Walter Laurie. And if crossing that bridge means battle,
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