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Originally Posted by smc
I have long argued with colleagues that the two most important dates in twentieth century history may well have been:
August 15, 1971: The day Nixon ended the Bretton Woods system and ended trading of gold at the fixed price of $35/ounce.
August 4, 1914: The day "socialists" in European parliaments sided with their bourgeois governments and voted in favor of extending war credits so that World War I could be waged (thus compelling the Bolsheviks to declare the end of the Second International and the need for a new Third International).
What is it about August?
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According to the Terminator franchise, Judgement Day occurs on August 29th. Just sayin'...
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[QUOTE=God(from Futurama)]Right and wrong are just words; what matters is what you do... If you do too much, people get dependent on you. And if you do nothing, they lose hope... When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
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