Brickbat: Mystery in the Wax Museum

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An elementary school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has canceled a planned "wax museum" after several third-graders said they were going to dress as Adolf Hitler. According to local media, other "controversial" figures students planned to portray were Donald Trump and Christopher Columbus.

Comments

[pan fried wylie]

after several third-graders said they were going to dress as Adolf Hitler

All great museums have several copies of each exhibit.

[Groovus Maximus]

Imagine if they dressed as The Founders! The horror!

[straffinrun]

Can we Godwin people born before Hitler?

[Groovus Maximus]

Considering Cristobal Colon was mentioned by name (Columbus), and he preceded Ole Shicklegruber by a number of years and accused of many of the same crimes as Hit-Bomb, why not?

I was under the impression Godwinning is irrespective of when the Godwinnee preceded or followed Hit-Slice.

[thrakkorzog]

Malthus existed before Hiitler, and he was upset about too many of the wrong sorts of people being born, so yes I would say you are clear to Godwin any modern Malthusians.

[DenverJ]

That is unfair to Malthus. He was simply concerned that the population would eventually reach a point where it could not be fed. It was others who used his work to argue for horrible policies.

[Radioactive]

eat the surplus...soylent green solution

[Adans smith]

OT on MSNBC they are crying about the electoral collage and democracy and the 'will of the people' It has begun.

[Rat voted NOTA]

The people elected the wrong person. We must select new people!

[Mr Lizard]

I checked CBS and they have him at 150k up on the popular vote as well. Which last time I checked is 150000x what's required to win the popular vote

[WTF]

"The people have spoken, the bastards!"

[straffinrun]

I'm wearing wax lips right now.

[Adans smith]

Is that some kinda strange Japanese sex toy?

[Dark Lord of the cis]

" strange Japanese sex toy"

Is there any other kind?

[Radioactive]

is there any other/better kind?

[Ted S.]

Glenda Farrell was great in the movie:

All right, then you can go to some nice, warm place, and I don't mean California.

[invisible furry hand]

Another student had selected Anne Frank.

Adolf vs Anne smackdown

[The Fusionist]

"This time it's gonna be different."

[Dark Lord of the cis]

You know who else dressed like Hitler?

[invisible furry hand]

Mel Brooks?

[Rat voted NOTA]

Dick Shawn?

[Radioactive]

Brooke Shields?

[Groovus Maximus]

Obi-Wan Kenobi?

[Adans smith]

Cartman?

[Jerryskids]

Lady Gaga?

[Rat voted NOTA]

Prince Harry?

[PS]

Eva Braun?

[straffinrun]

Call back! Nice

[The Fusionist]

Bruno Ganz?

[Adans smith]

Ok children,since your wax display is cancelled we are having a reading period. Open your little red books to page 56 please.

[Jerryskids]

Something just ain't right about a newspaper article that's bringing up the question of whether or not third-graders can properly appreciate who and what exactly Hitler was that also feels the need to include an old file photo of Hitler just in case, you know, a lot of their readers don't know which Hitler we're talking about. And if they're lumping Hitler and Columbus and Trump into the problematic basket of deplorables there, aren't the third-graders in fact correct to view Hitler as "just some guy" rather than some uniquely monstrous historical figure? (Yes, yes they are. Hitler was not an aberration - this is how human beings with power act, kiddies. A large part of human history involves powerful rulers killing as many people as they can lay their hands on, often in creatively horrible ways. Stop giving people power.)

[db]

Anyone else see Stossel's auto-posted article at 0100 titled "It's Over"?

Oh, no! President Hillary Clinton! For four years we must follow her bureaucrats' edicts.

Dewey defeats Truman

[Fist of Etiquette]

This election was way past Stossel's bedtime.

[UnCivilServant]

I stayed up until 2am my time watching the returns (Pennsylvania slow-walked that last two percent and no one wanted to call at 98%). I missed the auto-posted article. I did hear someone on a livesteam complaining about Alaska not "having their shit together" for not being able to call before 1am... when the polls closed in Alaska (the fact they were probably ignorant of).

[thrakkorzog]

This is why I don't make huge predictions. I never thought Trump was going to win in the Primaries. Well fuck, I was wrong. I never thought Trump had a chance in the general. Fuck, I was wrong again.

The only real prognostication I'm willing to standby is that we're all doomed. Doomed I tell ya. It's a generally good prediction, without saying anything too specific..

[ammythomas37]

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[ammythomas964]

until I looked at the paycheck saying $4730 , I did not believe that...my... brother woz like actualy bringing in money part time from there computar. . there friend brother started doing this for less than 7 months and resently paid for the morgage on there home and bought a new Cadillac .......

........ http://www.jobprofit9.com

[ammythomas49]

until I looked at the paycheck saying $4730 , I did not believe that...my... brother woz like actualy bringing in money part time from there computar. . there friend brother started doing this for less than 7 months and resently paid for the morgage on there home and bought a new Cadillac .......

........ http://www.jobprofit9.com