How the Nazis gave us disco

[Otto]

"The German public, with nothing in the shops to spend their savings
on, had to lend to the government and thus provided the "noiseless war
finance" (geräuschlose Kriegsfinanzierung) that kept the bloody show
on the road."

Interesting construction!

I'd never the word before.

2006/8/13, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>:
>
> there's a new book out in the UK called the Wages of Destruction by A. Tooze
>
> a look into the Nazi economy--from the description it would seem to have
> some nice parallels with Pynchon's view on the 'War' in GR
>
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1842439,00.html
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> rich
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> On 8/13/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com > wrote:
> > That Zazou, he don't care
> > Dark glasses, long hair...
> > Sips his drinks, orders more,
> > Says what he thinks, and it's a crazy war
> >
> > --The Pet Shop Boys, "In the Night" (1995)
> >
> > http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys
> >
> > --- Charles Albert < cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This is a little awkward....
> > >
> > > uh.....that tune is on my MP3 player......disco is
> > > one of my guilty pleasures...
> > >
> > > so, in tribute....
> > >
> > Life<
> http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/I/Indeep/Last-Night-A-D.j.-Saved-My-Life.html
> >
> > A great record AND a great book, so ...
> >
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