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Lee was outnumbered significantly for the duration of the conflict, fighting an enemy with practically no material constraints and which was willing to import endless foreign hordes to invade the cradle of the Revolution (43% of the Union army was immigrant or first gen) Despite those overwhelming odds, he twice came within a hair’s breadth of winning an offensive victory significant enough to win the war, and for four long years won tremendous victories against invading armies In the 1864 campaign alone, Grant lost more men than served in the Army of Northern Virginia

I watched “The Blair Witch Project” on a whim last night. Never saw it when it came out in 1999. Surprisingly not scary, despite its reputation. And because you never actually see the witch, I kept bracing myself for a jump scare that never came. Still, impressive that a couple of film students from the University of Central Florida made an inexpensive film that became a huge blockbuster hit and one of the most well-known titles in horror cinema.

Michael, 1996 John Travolta Dance scene📽️ There is something about John Travolta dancing. It just seems so natural for him. You don't learn that. You just have it.

Watching for the first time: THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)

Sorry, but The Last Jedi is genuinely the single best Star Wars movie there is. It’s a story of failure, naivety, letting go, and redemption. I will defend this movie to my grave, I do not have anything bad to say about it

27 shots on goal to 10. Down 2-1 Hockey is ridiculous

Iron Man 3 turns 13 today. Not one of Marvel’s best, but it delivers one of cinema’s all-time great cameos: Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery. The perfect irony: one of the world’s finest actors playing a guy whose peak is being dubbed “the toast of Croydon” for King Lear. 🤣

In Ben-Hur: Judah (Charlton Heston), exhausted in the desert, is silently given water by Jesus—only his silhouette is visible, his face hidden. No dialogue, yet the performance transitions from despair to hope with compelling force. William Wyler's cinematography creates a powerful sense of sacredness. A simple moment that becomes the foundation for a journey of forgiveness—and one of the greatest film scenes in histor

I think about this tweet so often and i keep imagining what Paul's song would actually sound like why hasn't any Beatle bootleg singers have done this

THE FORREST — GOULD AFFAIR, June 13, 1863 After Bedford Forrest’s promotion to Major General, one of his first official acts was to reassign Lt. A. W. Gould, the officer who had abandoned the two guns on Sand Mountain, to another command. The young lieutenant asked for an interview with Forrest as he was given no reason for the move. Both men were on time for the appointment. They went out into the hall and slowly walked up and down the corridor. The Lieutenant's voice soon rose in excitement. He was asking the reason for his transfer. His General told him that he would give him no reason and that, furthermore, he need not ever again expect to serve in his command. Gould, as the remarks he had heard on the battlefield returned and charged his quick temper, drew a pistol from an inside pocket and shot his commander. The ball entered the left hip, traveled in the vicinity of the intestines, and went out again. Forrest reached out with his left hand, grabbed the pistol hand, and pointed the barrel away from his body. He raised his knife to his teeth and opened the largest blade; then, with very little conscious effort, struck Gould in the belly, ripping it open and perforating the bowels. Gould dropped the pistol and ran out into the street. Forrest walked to Doctor Yandell's office and dropped his trousers. The doctor examined the wound, pronounced it dangerous, and advised him to go to the hospital for treatment. "No damn man can kill me and live." Saying this, Forrest ran out of the office, and snatched a pistol from a holster saddled to a horse tied in front of the building. Gould had fled to a tailor's shop and was lying on the counter bleeding profusely. A large crowd had gathered in and before the shop. General Forrest's powerful form charged its outer edge. Somebody told Gould he was there, and he could hear... "Get out of my way. He's mortally wounded me, and I aim to kill him before I die." Gould leaped out of the back window, some five or six feet to the ground. Forrest shot. Gould fell as if he had been done for. Voices cried, "You have killed him, General.” In several days rumor had it that the General would recover, but the young lieutenant would not. Two days later the doctor said Gould could not last much longer. He sent word to his commander that he wished to speak with him before he died and that, if it were possible, he would like to see him. They lifted General Forrest's cot into the room and set it down close to the dying man's bed. Gould, when he saw who it was, reached over and took Forrest's hand and held it between both of his. "General, I shall not be here long, and I was not willing to go away without seeing you in person and saying to you how thankful I am that I am the one who is to die and that you are spared to the country. What I did, I did in a moment of rashness, and I want your forgiveness."  Forrest leaned over the bed and "wept like a child." He told the young man he forgave him freely. — Lytle, Bedford Forrest and his Critter Company

-Richard Dawkins writes a delightful, funny, and entertaining article -Everyone hates him for no good reason and decides to massively misrepresent his article in the most smug and humourless way imaginable ^ description of a constant internet occurrence since approximately 2006