Today is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Bulge, WW2.
Cross post from General Discussion
As dad recalled soooo many times, the coldest stretch in all of human history. Then again, I've never spent much of a Winter outside day and night with people shooting at me.
Dems need to re purpose Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe's simple, concise response to the German demand that he surrender Bastogne. Use it for all the orange hemorrhoid's demands no matter how crazy or trivial.....
NUTS!
We will not cooperate......NUTS!
https://archivesfoundation.org/documents/surrender-nuts-gen-anthony-mcauliffes-1944-christmas-message-troops/
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It was kind of a running joke in our family...nothing was ever as cold as Belgium in '44 / '45. 
Dad, some of his friends, my maternal uncles all seemed normal. From the outside you'd never guess what they been through. Amazing what humans can do when they have to. 101st had little to zero winter gear since they were still in rest and refit after Market Garden. Those guys really suffered. Dad was in the 30th ID and had some winter gear but were also off the line, recovering from the battle for Aachen when the bulge started.