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Happy Columbus Day!

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Despite the pouring rain during my commute into downtown Washington this morning, I had the shortest commute of the semester so far.
You might have discovered a solution to the inadequate infrastructure problem.
 
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Here's hoping we have a happy day in Columbus.
That will be something to celebrate.
 
Did Christopher Columbus and his “wise guys” use the queen’s influence and start knocking down on the natives for protection money? Just wondering.

That's extremely racist.

Just saying ;)

Edit: Actually "culturally inappropriate" is probably more accurate. There's a lot of cultural appropriation mixed in there too.

LdN
 
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Of course he never discovered North America, only the Caribbean and Central America. And he interestingly brought an indigenes person back on one of the ships. The Vikings discovered North America but were not interesting settling it. Read some of Professor William M Fowler’s books about early shipping and exploration.
 
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Yet government workers get the day off.
This is the thing. I wonder whether we/they would trade the moral purity of not honoring the European invader for having to work the day. Somehow I doubt it.
 
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