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First People in the Americas

The timeline gets pushed back again... still a pretty big gap.

Text added on 2011 Mar 28
Subjects: AmerIndian, anthropology, human migration

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The Obamas and the Suckling Pig

"Drewno sent signature items to the Obamas’ table: tuna tartare cones, squares of suckling pig, tandoori Arctic char. The first couple make a point of having those items added to the bill." We cannot by this presume that B Hussein or the Mrs actually partook of the suckling pig.

Text, Video by Others added on 2011 Mar 22
Subjects: Barack Obama, US President, pig, pork, ham, bacon, Islam, vegetarian

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Geographic Jollies

They saw a sign directing them to "Heavener."

Text added on 2011 Mar 14
Subjects: place names, geography, Heavener, Oklahoma

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Hollywood goes to the Oscars 2011

I don't care who won what awards, but this morning I couldn't resist hitting a link to the worst-dressed ladies at the Oscars…!

Text, Illustration, Remix added on 2011 Mar 1
Subjects: Mark Evanier, Oscars, Hollywooden, fashion, pop culture

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Digital Asteroid Clobbers Olde Media World

I sure hope folks like our pal JJ here (and me) can figure out how to make a living in this dead-trees-free world.

Text added on 2011 Mar 1
Subjects: digital future, online commerce, comic strips

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JFK Assassination seen from 2010

We spend 50 years trying to understand, noting every historical coincidence, reading every conspiracy theory, examining every bullet like we'd been appointed to the Warren Commission…

Text added on 2011 Mar 1
Subjects: US President, John F Kennedy assassination, history, conspiracy

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Oh where oh where was the President born?

Been watching the birth-certificate mystery ripple out since it was just a rock first tossed in the pond, and it's always been a hoot and a half. Now, Mainsteam Medea and the Supremes and the Enigma in Chief hisself have all alluded tuit! It just won't go away!

Text added on 2011 Feb 18
Subjects: Barack Obama, US President, birth certificate, Supreme Court of the United States, eligibility

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Oklahoma National Guardsmen heading for Afghanistan

About 3,400 Oklahoma National Guardsmen are about to leave for training and a deployment to Afghanistan. A huge salute, of course! I always wonder, though, isn't there a better way than to keep throwing ourselves into this?

Text added on 2011 Feb 9
Subjects: US military, defense, foreign policy, Oklahoma National Guard

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Fragile Infrastructure Meets February, 2011

Our infrastructure is far too fragile. A little February blast (okay, a record blast, but still just a snowstorm) and too much breaks.

Text added on 2011 Feb 8
Subjects: infrastructure, security, survival

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Meanwhile, over in Egypt

I don't know if this fellow gives Obama too much credit for consciously doing what he's done.

Text added on 2011 Feb 8
Subjects: US President, Barack Obama, Egypt, Islam, Middle East

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Ronald Reagan, Homosexuality, and AIDS

Was Reagan slow on addressing this new, mysterious disease?

Text added on 2011 Feb 7
Subjects: Ronald Reagan, US President, AIDS, homosexuality, liberty, proper province of government

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Tom Lehrer performs Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, 1998

Lehrer, and similar subversive forces, were an early part of the undermining of society and the collapse of patriotism, family and morality in the 1960s.

Text, Video by Others added on 2011 Feb 5
Subjects: Tom Lehrer, humor, inspiration

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