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  1. 02-16-2012 10:49 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by eb45 View Post
    I'm taking a history of Soviet Russia class right now. It'll be interesting to see what the Cold War gets blamed on from that perspective. I've never heard the heart physiology perspective, though. That's pretty great.
    The one I took (with the cold war still going on) mostly blamed Russia's past history of being occupied. Of course it didn't help that the US had folks fighting against the Bolsheviks during the civil war.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucky Jim View Post
    Poor Moe.
    Moe easily has the funniest single moments on the show. Something about that character is hilarious.



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    Quote Originally Posted by square634 View Post
    Yesterday in a heart physiology lecture in med school, the British lecturer spent roughly the last 20 minutes on a thesis that the Cold War was caused by FDR's loss of mental faculties during the Yalta conference due to chronic hypertension.

    I kid you not.
    I've read some books that touched on this. FDR originally wanted Berlin in the US zone after the war but his health deteriorated rapidly before Yalta and he never brought it up at that meeting. Stalin ended up getting pretty much everything he wanted at Yalta. I don't think it would have stopped the Cold War but it could have affected Germany being divided.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Satyr3206 View Post
    I've read some books that touched on this. FDR originally wanted Berlin in the US zone after the war but his health deteriorated rapidly before Yalta and he never brought it up at that meeting. Stalin ended up getting pretty much everything he wanted at Yalta. I don't think it would have stopped the Cold War but it could have affected Germany being divided.
    FDR believed that Stalin would keep his promises and treaty engagements, much like we want to with the Orioles ownership and management. So, this really should be moved to the Orioles Talk forum
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    I'd go with either Harriet Jones or Harold Saxon.
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  6. 02-18-2012 11:21 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by crowmst3k! View Post
    I'd go with either Harriet Jones or Harold Saxon.
    Saxon? Really?
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    Quote Originally Posted by eb45 View Post
    Saxon? Really?
    Yeah, I mean...he's just kind of...good. I don't remember what his policies were but I remember them being...good.
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