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The Mexican War: The Mormon Battalion, Episode 8
In this episode I cover the only religious military unit the United States has ever created: The Mormon Battalion.
Centuries of conflict refined military science to maximum efficiency within technological & industrial limitations of the time. There is nothing stupid about this at all. If you didn't use 18th century tactics in the 18th century, you we're guaranteed to lose.
@actionxander This reminds me that I want to do some biography stuff of old-timey explorers. Man.. born too early to explore here. Born too late to explore other planets.
@SwipeWright I think the it will. Either western civilization preserves itself or it ends. Education won't do it. Only external pressure will. Either way blank slate ideology will go away. We won't live to see it. The near-term future does not look good. My optimism is from faith, not sight.
The Discovery Institute uses minor internal disagreements between specialists to craft a misleading narrative that evolution is a "theory in crisis" in order to undermine public confidence without actually disproving it. It's similar to what the media does to GOP administrations.
A lot of people are hellbent on creating division where it doesn't exist, but the fact is there is ZERO DAYLIGHT between @POTUS and @VP on Iran โ as @POTUS has repeatedly stated.
@POTUS (TODAY): "A lot of people didn't like his comments, but not me. He was right." 1/
@DanDavisWrites This but unironically. There definitely were some kind of sports, competition, games, etc.. including archaic sapiens. Even if there's no evidence for it, they are human enough. Animals play games sometimes from modern observation.
@theoldworldshow Few great polymaths emerged after WW2. When you look at the scientific work from the pre-war era, there is a certain aesthetic, a beauty to it. John Polkinghorn is a rare exception. I wish I had got a chance to talk to him before he died.