Daily Archive: May 16, 2011

May 16, 2011

Game of Thrones Book Club

So commenter Daniel and I are going to be hosting a book club for Game of Thrones here at The League. Recent discussions of the show have been a lot of fun, so we...

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May 16, 2011

Foote’s Civil War: Spotsylvania and the Death of Jeb Stuart

As the narrator turns his eye to Grant’s first Eastern campaign—the Forty Days—the shift is from chivalry to butchery, or even from an older war closer to our myths to something more terrible because...

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Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarThis is a place where smart people belong in figuring this out I've met one or two smart people before. They w…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarEh, I’m not a fan of tariffs at all. If the other guy is shooting himself in the foot, why join him? Tariffs s…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025JayBird: the dance where someone asks for evidence and then, when it’s provided, they say “that’s not conclusi…
Andrew S. in reply to Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: MetroidvaniasThat sounds about right from what I've seen of Hollow Knight (I think I beat the first boss and got slightly i…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarI probably wouldn't consider India a first world country but they're getting there (and good for them). Street…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarAnd, let’s face it, if I wanted to argue for tariffs at all, easy mode would be “reciprocal tariffs against fe…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I don't know that he's lying. I'm sure that he believes everything he's saying, just as he believed that there…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025You...think he's lying about the people he directly quoted and usually linked to the quotes of int he article?