History made. In living color. A White House pool report June 26, 2015, preserved for history: As of 7:08 PM, the sunlight made it difficult make out the colors, but red, orange, yellow, green and violet were faintly visible As night fell, the Friday night lights were very visible for the world to see.
history
The Deadliest Night for American Gays: In New Orleans, 1973: First there was tragedy. Then silence.
The Deadliest Night for American Gays: In New Orleans, 1973: First there was tragedy. Then silence. A history lesson about something that happened on June 24, 1973. And no history books dare to print anything about it..
REAL MOMENTS IN JOURNALISM.. Photos have been leaked and broadcast–through GAWKER–to the world.. New York TIMES journalists in the late 90s and June 2001 mocking mass killings. One was the Heaven’s Gate suicides.. the other, the top photo, is a spoof of the murders committed by the Crown Prince Dipendra, who took the lives of … Read more
I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own … Read more
THE BREAKER BOYS, AND THE REST IS HISTORY
This is just a snippet of articles on Google News showcasing the amount of AP dispatches being picked up focusing on my little region in the woods lately.. The last remaining coal breaker in Pennsylvania is set to be demolished.. a little bit of a debate has surged within the coal region as to the … Read moreTHE BREAKER BOYS, AND THE REST IS HISTORY
This is just a snippet of articles on Google News showcasing the amount of AP dispatches being picked up focusing on my little region in the woods lately.. The last remaining coal breaker in Pennsylvania is set to be demolished.. a little bit of a debate has surged within the coal region as to the … Read more
WHY DAVE MATTERED TO ME
I am going to share a secret never before uttered: I copied all of my comedy material from someone else in grade school..See, I was a bit of a class clown at times. I came up with some of my own stuff, my own jokes. By high school, there were times I even worked blue. … Read moreWHY DAVE MATTERED TO ME
There was no need for an evolutionary equal pay law: It was natural in most of recorded history, says a new study
New science now revealed: Early humans, we are told by leading anthropologists, had general equality. A research study concludes that for most of the evolutionary history of human, both genders had equal footing in the chaotic game of life.. MORE: Mark Dyble, the leading anthropologist on the study at University College London, said: “There is still … Read moreThere was no need for an evolutionary equal pay law: It was natural in most of recorded history, says a new study
ISIS destroys history
NIMRUD DESTROYED BY ISIS ISIS ATTACKS A MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN IRAQ » Anne Barnard in the NEW YORK TIMES has the best report online tonight regarding what ISIS has just to the ancient site of NIMRUD in Northern Iraq.. Barnard writes, It was the latest in a series of attacks on ancient structures and artifacts … Read moreISIS destroys history
Cupid’s dangerous arrow: Those ancient Romans and what they gave us
Those ancients were wild and crazy.. Imagine the scene: A naked herd or folks dancing while the sacrifice of animals takes place.. There are smiles and cheers, and hopes that the burning animals will get the gods to give the dancing nudes fertility.. Oh, and then while the crazy Romans would continue in their deadly … Read moreCupid’s dangerous arrow: Those ancient Romans and what they gave us