Lex Anteinternet: Khemr Rouge

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Wednesday, January 1, 1975. Cutting off Phnom Penh.

The Khemr Rouge cut off supply lines to Phnom Penh.

John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were found guilty on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal.

Robert Mardian was found guilty on one count of conspiracy.

Queen Elizabeth II conferred knighthood on Charlie Chaplin, P. G. Wodehouse, Roger Bannister, and Gary Sobers.

I would have passed on Chaplin.

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Tuesday, December 31, 1974. Americans get to own gold again.

Labels: 1930s, 1933, 1970s, 1974, baseball, Currency, Economics, France, Great Depression, inflation, law, Sports, television, The Great Inflation

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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