Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Graphical History

The Minard Chart of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. It is too large to embed.

Note that Napoleon set off with 422,000 men. By the time Moscow burned, he had lost 3/4ths of them. The retreat was in freezing temperatures, down to below -20degF. One half of what was left of his army was lost in the retreat across the Berezina River.

You can see why the spectre of Napoleon was haunting the German Army during the winter of 1942-43.

2 comments:

Frank Van Haste said...

Aha! Ed Tufte's favorite graphic.

Anonymous said...

Someday there may be a chart showing how great a job the U.S. did in Afghanistan . . .

I will always think of Mark Knopfler when Moscow and Bonaparte are mentioned - thanks to you, ComradeE.B.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICQidMNcGJk&feature=related