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33d8dac Dotcom believes one of the reasons he was targeted was his support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He says he was compelled to reach out to the site after US soldier Bradley Manning leaked documents to it. The infamous video recording of the Apache gunship gunning down a group of Iraqis (some of whom, despite widespread belief to the contrary, were later revealed to have been armed), including two Reuters journalists, was the trigger... julian-assange kim-dotcom megaupload neil-macbride transparency-or-the-lack-thereof us-government wikileaks David Fisher
4e92519 Custer simply did not appreciate the determination of the tribes camped on the banks of the Little Bighorn River. This was not only a battle for their sacred land, but their last chance to protect their way of life. Freedom to roam the plains was being taken from them. They weren't fighting for something; they were fighting for everything. Sitting Bull was their great chief, which meant he was in charge of the civil affairs, including all n.. David Fisher
3dc0d30 If every man would wait till his wife got willing for him to go to war, there would be no fighting done till we all got killed in our own house. David Fisher
1406ad5 Davy Crockett did not go to Texas to die at the Alamo but rather to live in a country he described in a letter to his children as "the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here." David Fisher
2d940d1 Sugar Act modified an existing but rarely enforced law and added new goods--including sugar, certain wines, coffee, and calico-- David Fisher