No One Is Competent

Usually it takes a whole presentation to prove that a ruler did a poor job.  One must look at battles lost or economic decline or large trends of their reign before making a judgement, but sometimes, just sometimes, the fact that a ruler was laughably bad is blindingly obvious, like if they only last 49 days.  This is the story of Liz Truss.

Azalea made a movie.  Go watch it: https://youtu.be/jbSveTQziTo

In this episode we're taking a look at the struggle of Saint Domingue's revolutionaries that resulted in the eventual collapse of French rule and the conclusion of the most succesful slave revolt in history.

Within the system of France once lied the colony of Saint Domingue, on which existed one of the most demented societies known to man.  Today we explain the brittleness of Saint Domingue and how its failure led to the greatest slave revolt in human history, which founded the nation of Haiti.

The third and final part of our look at the US presidents.

We continue our crusade through presidential mediocrity.

Holiday special folks.  We're doin all the U.S. presidents, every single one. Sit back, relax and take a drink every time we say "this could be an entire episode", Azalea interrupts Jae or we make a pointless reference you don't understand.

EVE Online is a space-based MMORPG that since 2003 has been host to a dynamic, ever-evolving user-driven world replete with stories of warfare, conquest, and betrayal. In many ways the history of EVE's universe mirrors that of our own, and in any case this is a history worth retelling. On this somewhat unusual episode of "No One is Competent" we'll be diving into the strange and entertaining world of this remarkable video game.

Of all the conflicts throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, perhaps none is more... odd than that of the Second Coalition. From heavily armed academic expeditions to dramatic marches through the Alps, this conflict - and the invasion of Egypt that led into it - had just about everything. On this episode of "No One is Competent" we'll be covering the entirety of the War of the Second Coalition from 1798 to 1801.

The word "baseball" is one that conjures up an array of different images and thoughts. For many the sport that is acclaimed as the "America's national pastime" is associated with tradition and legacy. Plenty of modern fans however think of the game as a game defined by statistics and models. One thing that is common in both views the baseball, however, is cheating. From corking to doping, cheating has a long and fabled history in the game of baseball, one that we'll be delving into on this episode of "No One is Competent."

The relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution has long been a point of discussion amongst those interested in the history of the Revolution. For the early Marxists Napoleon's rise to power served as a cautionary tale as to how a popular military leader could subvert the revolution, yet in Napoleon's own mind he was the revolution. What is certain is that Napoleon was a product of the French Revolution, helped save the French Revolution, and ultimately aided in bringing an end to the French Revolution. On this episode of "No One is Competent" we're taking a look at the early life of Corsican general and his role in the defense and ultimate downfall of the French Directory.