Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 19th Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins. Breakfast Tune Folsom prison blues bluegrass Banjo (Solo Part) Something …
Category: News
Jul 18 2020
RJ Eskow and Thomas Franks on Anti-Populism
Interesting. Economic History to be sure, but also History.
Jul 18 2020
In Memorium: John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 — July 17, 2020)
Civil Rights icon Representative John Roberts Lewis died Friday July 17. He was the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, and was serving in his 17th term in the House until his death, having served since 1987, and was the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. The district he served includes the northern three-fourths …
Jul 17 2020
Black Helicopters and Secret Police
Think it hasn’t come to that? You are mistaken. ‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them By Katie Shepherd, Washington Post July 17, 2020 Federal customs officials said Friday that their agents had detained a demonstrator in Portland, Ore., who had described being “terrified” by …
Jul 16 2020
Corona(tion)
Still a very, very bad idea. I was at an outdoor meeting in Niagra Falls New York (great Porterhouse, couldn’t find the hole in the wall last time I was there) in August and damn near died of Heat Exhaustion. In Upstate New York. Next to a really, really big Fire Hydrant. Enjoy your swelter …
Jul 15 2020
Better Get Your 12 Gauge Buckshot Now
By the Pallet. I practice a lot. Walmart will require face masks at all U.S. stores By Hannah Denham and Taylor Telford, Washington Post July 15, 2020 Walmart Inc. will require all shoppers to wear masks starting Monday, positioning employees at the entryways of thousands of its namesake stores and Sam’s Club locations to help …
Jul 15 2020
Cartnoon
Rather more serious than I had hoped when I initially clicked on it. Still, if you live in those parts of the Country likely to experience a roll back and not the Land of Steady Habits (of Cheating You) where things never got that bad or the Granite State where you are only twice as …
Jul 14 2020
La Marseillaise
Vive Le Quatorze Juillet! (An Annual Tradition) Arise, children of the Fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us of the tyranny The bloody banner is raised, The bloody banner is raised, Do you hear, in the countryside, The roar of those ferocious soldiers? They’re coming right into your arms To slit the throats …