Webworks and Offsite Comments,
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history

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on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2016 Jan 5, 6:08am
by: mindful webworker - oohhhh desssaaa

RIP Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees manager...

Was it his idea for them to morph from one of the odder folkie vocal groups to disco?

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2016 Jan 5
Subjects: 1970s, music

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2016 Jan 4, 7:42am
by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice

Vic: On this day in 1889 the first Oklahoma Land Rush opened two million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2016 Jan 4
Subjects: history, Oklahoma

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2016 Jan 3, 10:27pm
by: mindful webworker - what, me sock?

Anne Applebaum in Russia and the Great Forgetting

Something about those who don't know history, doomed to reruns...

Speaking of reruns...

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2016 Jan 3
Subjects: history, Roman, Russia

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2015 Dec 27, 2:04pm
by: mindful webworker - his torically hys terical

DynamiteDan, sounds like your book is a great idea. Good luck with that, and on the job search. I suppose some interim magazine articles could help fund the book writing as well.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 27
Subjects: history

on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2015 Dec 22, 11:29pm
by: mindful webworker - future boy

How can Crichton be sure nobody in 1900 knew about lap dances?

Howdy, Horde.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 22
Subjects: future, history

on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2015 Dec 22, 11:40am
by: mindful webworker - Cruz/Bridenstine 2016

Donna and V: Think Hubert H. vs. Nixon in 1968. Not much attractiveness there.

Heh. Poor Hubert.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 22
Subjects: 1960s, Ted Cruz

on: Ace of Spades • Thu 2015 Dec 10, 11:33am
by: mindful webworker - hits thumb with hammer

Carpenters...

I don't often admit it, but in the mid-1970s, out in New Mexico, we tried selling Pyramid Greenhouses. Yes, official pyramid-power-channeling Cheops-angle pyramids!

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 10
Subjects: 1970s, pyramid power

on: Ace of Spades • Thu 2015 Dec 3, 6:03am
by: mindful webworker - inexplicably

J.J. Sefton: NICE!!!

Thanks. My daughter has repeatedly said, pretty dark for my usual fare, but seemed like a necessary resolution.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 3
Subjects: alternative history, science fiction, time-space

on: Ace of Spades • Thu 2015 Dec 3, 5:54am
by: mindful webworker - self-promotionally

J.J.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Dec 3
Subjects: alternative history, science fiction, time-space

on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2015 Nov 17, 5:31am
by: mindful webworker - the B team

There was a time when everybody in Oklahoma was an "immigrant." Here's some history of the amazing Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889:

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Nov 17
Subjects: history, Oklahoma

on: Ace of Spades • Wed 2015 Nov 4, 7:39am
by: mindful webworker - digitally archive everything!

Stringer Davis: Howard Carter told the BBC all about it... I bought an LP of the interview...

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Nov 4
Subjects: Egypt, history

on: Ace of Spades • Tue 2015 Nov 3, 7:39am
by: mindful webworker - panic or picnic?

Tmitsss: According to W. Joseph Campbell, the whole nationwide War of the Worlds Panic thing is a Media Myth

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Nov 3
Subjects: Halloween, history

on: Ace of Spades • Wed 2015 Oct 28, 6:59pm
by: mindful webworker - totally off-topic

Oh, another ambush of reflugicans is happening? I'll try to contain my excitement.

I enjoy watching comments on AoS about it. That's as deep into it as I can get.

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Oct 28
Subjects: Abe Lincoln, Star Trek, US Civil War

on: Ace of Spades • Mon 2015 Sep 21, 9:28am
by: mindful webworker - still, at least it wasn't Gore!

Semper In Stercus: There is also that element (I think) of the universal reflexive compulsion to 'excuse Islam first' - the Islam Is A Religion Of Peace Syndrome....

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 21
Subjects: 2001-9-11, George W Bush, Islam

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2015 Sep 19, 9:57pm
by: mindful webworker - sooper genius, too

Oh, for the luvva...

Microsoft Donates A Huge Bunch Of Computer Goodies To 'Clock Kid' Ahmed
http://bit.ly/1JiaSfx

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 19
Subjects: 1980s, Islam, threat

on: Ace of Spades • Sat 2015 Sep 12, 12:12am
by: Just... remember

Let's roll!

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 12
Subjects: 2001-9-11

on: Ace of Spades • Fri 2015 Sep 11, 9:45am
by: mindful webworker - critique do arte

Still one of the most amazing things about 9/11 was that, simply because of modern telephonic technology, people on board Flight 93 actually found out what was going on, and we have many big clues

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 11
Subjects: 2001-9-11

on: Ace of Spades • Fri 2015 Sep 11, 8:05am
by: mindful webworker - remember

Morning, Glories!

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 11
Subjects: 2001-9-11

on: Ace of Spades • Thu 2015 Sep 10, 8:01am
by: mindful webworker - 2001 was 14 years ago

On the eve of the anniversary:

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Sep 10
Subjects: 2001-9-11, terrorism

on: Ace of Spades • Sun 2015 Aug 30, 9:14am
by: mindful webworker - silver websurfer

Lady in Black: 1977 JC Penney's clothing catalog - http://tinyurl.com/n9hpbaz

Read all… ‖ Subjects: added on 2015 Aug 30
Subjects: 1970s, attire

on: Ace of Spades • Wed 2015 Aug 26, 9:07am
by: mindful webworker - 2001 was 14 years ago

http://bit.ly/dust-lady
Marcy Borders, dust lady, story at Yahoo.
(Thanks for hedzup on that, Baldy.)