robert winthrop

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,165

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 1, 2022

This is the grave of Robert Winthrop. Born in Boston in 1809, Winthrop came from one of the true Brahmin families. His ancestor was John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony all the way back in 1630. He was super elite all the way,...

HSV (Anthony K) That's...impressive. In my experience with a handful of East African cultures, they are generally very welcoming (with Notable Exceptions™).
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Sequentis DT's gonna be like putting the giraffe piece in the jungle animals wood block set. "Nobody's ever seen an animal this tall, we just found out about them."
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HSV (Anthony K) Well, this solves the ancient mystery of where Chuck Cunningham went when he walked up the stairs in the very first episode and never came down. He was up there chiseling out a tombstone for his...
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,154 · June 4, 2026
Ken in MN A past Congress's failure to act does not bind a future Congress with such a failure to act.
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Doom Incarnate So was this guy evil or just dumb? Loomis seems to suggest more dumb than evil, but I'm not entirely sure about that. It's not like the U.S. went around murdering white people en masse in...
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,154 · June 4, 2026