Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #253 – 2012 AFC North review – 2013 preview

By Rick Morris

Here is the 253rd mini-episode of THE FDH LOUNGE with THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER.  In this one, we look back at the 2012 AFC North landscape and ahead to 2013, Part 2 of our division-by-division NFL analysis, with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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History Intrigue for February

By Rick Morris

Welcome to our sixth version of this new feature in The FDH Lounge, entitled History Intrigue.  We’re going to be flagging interesting-looking tidbits of a historical level.  While part of this is just going to come from general web surfing, many links each time are courtesy of Real Clear History, who does a great job aggregating for this topic just like all the others in the Real Clear brand.

We always work to be class acts in our own aggregation, so we’ll always give a mention of the site involved in the link.

^ From The American Conservative, studying a hugely consequential president who came into office exactly 100 years ago, Woodrow Wilson.

^ From US News, why Andrew Johnson was a horrible president.

^ From Smithsonian Magazine, the truth behind the Zimmermann Telegram that helped catapult the US into World War I.

^ From the Washington Times, reviewing a book that chronicles the six-month period in 1945 that bridged World War II and the Cold War.

^ From Mental Floss, five people who held presidential power who are largely unknown to history.

^ From the Los Angeles Times, the little-known account of the time during World War II that Japan shelled California.

^ From Crime Library, re-examining the Malcolm X assassination.

^ From The Atlantic, John Glenn’s view from space.

^ From Sports Illustrated, 10 little-known facts about the Miracle on Ice.

^ From Found SF, the legacy of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

February FDH Lounge News Nuggets

By Rick Morris

We’re adapting a segment that we have used on our show repeatedly in order to try to highlight some of the more intriguing news headlines going today.  We have also posted links here for geopolitical headlines in the past and we’ll work this into this theme.  Much like The FDH Lounge itself, we’ll try to keep it broad-based as far as what is catching our eye.

^ From The Long War Journal, the implications of the expulsion of US Special Forces from the Wardak province by the Afghan province.

^ From The Economist, the incredible products that can be produced by 3D printing.

^ From Global Post, the myriad of challenges ahead for South Korea’s new president.

^ From the Daily Caller, Matt Lewis exposes the strange record of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

^ From Stratfor, the pros and cons of drone warfare.

^ From Foreign Policy, an American CEO calls out the French work ethic.

^ From Project Syndicate, how the ANC and the country of South Africa are in trouble.

^ From The American Interest, examining the roller-coaster relations between Russia and the US.

^ From The Economist, pondering the use of NASA for asteroid defense.

^ From the Los Angeles Times, how public pensions are choking the state of California.

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #252 – 2012 AFC East review – 2013 preview

By Rick Morris

Here is the 252nd mini-episode of THE FDH LOUNGE with THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER.  In this one, we look back at the 2012 AFC East landscape and ahead to 2013, Part 1 of our division-by-division NFL analysis, with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #251 – Top 15 guest clips

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #251 of THE FDH LOUNGE, our continuing celebration having reached 250 Mini-Episodes, after tallying 152 full-length Episodes.  To mark the occasion, we present our Top 15 clips of guest conversations from  Mini-Episodes #150-250.

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