* just landed at WPB

[Stinky The Clown]

May it be the start of a long and miserable exile from decent society

[CanonRay]

1. Get that plane back here before he sells it.

And disinfect it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. America now has its own Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

'American Harlot' Wallis Simpson Gets Another Look

April 20, 2011 12:01 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

VICKI BARKER



The Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Ednam Lodge, Sunningdale, in October 1946.
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor meet Adolf Hitler in Germany in 1937.
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Retropolis

Fact-checking ‘The Crown’: Did the Duke of Windsor plot with Hitler to betray Britain?

By Michael S. Rosenwald
Dec. 30, 2017 at 6:00 a.m. EST

In late October of 1937, Adolf Hitler welcomed a rather well-known couple to his mountain retreat for a cup of tea.

Hitler, by then, was German chancellor — a vehement anti-Semite taking an ever tightening and violent hold on the country. As a host, he couldn’t have been more pleasant.

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The duke’s relationship with the Nazis, as detailed in the secret file, has been examined over the years by historians and journalists, none of whom can agree on whether the papers represented the duke’s actions or were simply Nazi propaganda, as the monarchy has long claimed.

Perhaps the most hair-raising and fascinating account is a seemingly forgotten academic paper published in 1997 titled “The Windsor File.” Written by Paul Sweet, a former U.S. Foreign Service officer and historian involved in the eventual publication of the papers, the account details the duke’s Nazi associations and the long, ultimately unsuccessful effort at suppression. ...“From his youth,” Sweet wrote, “Edward had manifested a fondness for the German language and culture.” But his feelings went way beyond that, the historian says, citing diaries of former diplomats and others who knew him:

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The Duchess and Duke of Windsor, left, visited Adolf Hitler at his home in Germany. On Hitler’s left is Robert Ley, head of the German Labor Front. (AP)

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Michael Rosenwald
Michael Rosenwald is an enterprise reporter writing about history, the social sciences, and culture. He also hosts Retropod, a daily podcast. Before joining The Post in 2004, he was a reporter at The Boston Globe. Follow https://twitter.com/mikerosenwald

[riversedge]

3. Trump did not visit the media during flight says Jim Acosta

Link to tweet

?s=20

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Final motorcade of this @POTUS is rolling.

Final motorcade of this
@POTUS
is rolling.

Link to tweet