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What a bunch of schmucks!! Congress works like 2 1/2 days a week for part of the year. The have staff, expense accounts, security, top notch health care (at NO COST) for them AND their family! How many times have they raised their own salaries since they raised the minimum wage? FO Mike Johnson!!
May 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What a bunch of schmucks!! Congress works like 2 1/2 days a week for part of the year. The have staff, expense accounts, security, top notch health care (at NO COST) for them AND their family! How many times have they raised their own salaries since they raised the minimum wage? FO Mike Johnson!!
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944):
American writer and investigative journalist. Her 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company" contributed to the dissolution of Standard Oil. Called "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States".
We need an Ida Tarbell right now!
American writer and investigative journalist. Her 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company" contributed to the dissolution of Standard Oil. Called "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States".
We need an Ida Tarbell right now!
May 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944):
American writer and investigative journalist. Her 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company" contributed to the dissolution of Standard Oil. Called "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States".
We need an Ida Tarbell right now!
American writer and investigative journalist. Her 1904 book "The History of the Standard Oil Company" contributed to the dissolution of Standard Oil. Called "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States".
We need an Ida Tarbell right now!
May 1861:
Lincoln suspends "Habeas Corpus" rights on this guy against protests of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (Dred Scott). Minor differences: Congress not in session. We were at war. He was tearing down telegraph poles and burning railroad bridges (aka as "committing crimes").
Lincoln suspends "Habeas Corpus" rights on this guy against protests of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (Dred Scott). Minor differences: Congress not in session. We were at war. He was tearing down telegraph poles and burning railroad bridges (aka as "committing crimes").
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
May 1861:
Lincoln suspends "Habeas Corpus" rights on this guy against protests of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (Dred Scott). Minor differences: Congress not in session. We were at war. He was tearing down telegraph poles and burning railroad bridges (aka as "committing crimes").
Lincoln suspends "Habeas Corpus" rights on this guy against protests of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (Dred Scott). Minor differences: Congress not in session. We were at war. He was tearing down telegraph poles and burning railroad bridges (aka as "committing crimes").
Statement from Jewish organizations regarding the March 25, 2025 abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk (Tufts PhD student).
Also: All ICE people. If you're doing legitimate police work, stop wearing masks. This is America. We don't do that shit here!!
Also: All ICE people. If you're doing legitimate police work, stop wearing masks. This is America. We don't do that shit here!!
May 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Statement from Jewish organizations regarding the March 25, 2025 abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk (Tufts PhD student).
Also: All ICE people. If you're doing legitimate police work, stop wearing masks. This is America. We don't do that shit here!!
Also: All ICE people. If you're doing legitimate police work, stop wearing masks. This is America. We don't do that shit here!!
Except from BBC article: Truck driver who drove 52 ft semi-truck loads of bodies to mass graves in Syria for years. Probably mostly civilians. Now, Syrian organizations are trying to identify the remains.
May 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Except from BBC article: Truck driver who drove 52 ft semi-truck loads of bodies to mass graves in Syria for years. Probably mostly civilians. Now, Syrian organizations are trying to identify the remains.
Pope Donnie2dolls!
May 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Pope Donnie2dolls!
OTD 1945:
A woman and five children died after they discovered a Japanese balloon bomb on Gearhart Mt., Oregon. The only civilians known to have died from enemy actions in the continental US during WW2. Japanese released 9,300 balloon bombs in 1944-45. They were the first "intercontinental" weapon.
A woman and five children died after they discovered a Japanese balloon bomb on Gearhart Mt., Oregon. The only civilians known to have died from enemy actions in the continental US during WW2. Japanese released 9,300 balloon bombs in 1944-45. They were the first "intercontinental" weapon.
May 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
OTD 1945:
A woman and five children died after they discovered a Japanese balloon bomb on Gearhart Mt., Oregon. The only civilians known to have died from enemy actions in the continental US during WW2. Japanese released 9,300 balloon bombs in 1944-45. They were the first "intercontinental" weapon.
A woman and five children died after they discovered a Japanese balloon bomb on Gearhart Mt., Oregon. The only civilians known to have died from enemy actions in the continental US during WW2. Japanese released 9,300 balloon bombs in 1944-45. They were the first "intercontinental" weapon.
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910):
Nicknamed "the lady with the hammer" by the troops after using a hammer to break into locked storage to access medicine to treat the wounded. However, Russell thought the behavior was unladylike, and invented an alternative, leading to "The Lady with the Lamp".
Nicknamed "the lady with the hammer" by the troops after using a hammer to break into locked storage to access medicine to treat the wounded. However, Russell thought the behavior was unladylike, and invented an alternative, leading to "The Lady with the Lamp".
May 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910):
Nicknamed "the lady with the hammer" by the troops after using a hammer to break into locked storage to access medicine to treat the wounded. However, Russell thought the behavior was unladylike, and invented an alternative, leading to "The Lady with the Lamp".
Nicknamed "the lady with the hammer" by the troops after using a hammer to break into locked storage to access medicine to treat the wounded. However, Russell thought the behavior was unladylike, and invented an alternative, leading to "The Lady with the Lamp".
Donnie2dolls wants to reopen Alcatraz at a HUGE cost. But, 1. We don't need it. And, 2. It costs about three times a much to operate Alcatraz as any other federal prison (Hey!! It's on an island, Moron!). Talk about waste and fraud? I got your waste and fraud right here!
May 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Donnie2dolls wants to reopen Alcatraz at a HUGE cost. But, 1. We don't need it. And, 2. It costs about three times a much to operate Alcatraz as any other federal prison (Hey!! It's on an island, Moron!). Talk about waste and fraud? I got your waste and fraud right here!
May the 4th be with you!
May 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
May the 4th be with you!
Excerpt from BBC article. Poland is taking Russian threat seriously.
May 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Excerpt from BBC article. Poland is taking Russian threat seriously.
An average of 14 people die every day from occupational injuries in America. Donald Trump (and Elon) are gutting OSHA. But, remember, immigrants are the problem...
May 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An average of 14 people die every day from occupational injuries in America. Donald Trump (and Elon) are gutting OSHA. But, remember, immigrants are the problem...
Dang!
Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Famous ragtime composer and musician. When he died in 1917 and was buried in an unmarked grave in NYC. After adaptations of his works won an Oscar in the 1973 movie "The Sting", his grave was located and a marker was placed.
Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Famous ragtime composer and musician. When he died in 1917 and was buried in an unmarked grave in NYC. After adaptations of his works won an Oscar in the 1973 movie "The Sting", his grave was located and a marker was placed.
May 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dang!
Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Famous ragtime composer and musician. When he died in 1917 and was buried in an unmarked grave in NYC. After adaptations of his works won an Oscar in the 1973 movie "The Sting", his grave was located and a marker was placed.
Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Famous ragtime composer and musician. When he died in 1917 and was buried in an unmarked grave in NYC. After adaptations of his works won an Oscar in the 1973 movie "The Sting", his grave was located and a marker was placed.
Our AG is an absolute moron!
May 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our AG is an absolute moron!
Tom McCall: An iconic Governor of Oregon (1967-1975). A Republican who fought for environmental issues, public access to the beaches and other things. His motto was "Come visit, don't stay!"
April 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tom McCall: An iconic Governor of Oregon (1967-1975). A Republican who fought for environmental issues, public access to the beaches and other things. His motto was "Come visit, don't stay!"
Worth repeating...
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Worth repeating...
The Western Front 1915-16. The purple area in the red circle is the Battle of the Somme. From 01JUL16 to 18NOV16 3M+ men fought there. 1M+ casualties. 20K British soldiers died on the first day. The front changed 6 miles (an area about the size of Portland or Chicago). "War: What is it good for?"
April 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Western Front 1915-16. The purple area in the red circle is the Battle of the Somme. From 01JUL16 to 18NOV16 3M+ men fought there. 1M+ casualties. 20K British soldiers died on the first day. The front changed 6 miles (an area about the size of Portland or Chicago). "War: What is it good for?"
