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Tagged: history

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words at the British Library is unmissable

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words at the British Library is unmissable

Via:   •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  2 months ago

Something to see for those who might be in London before next March. British Library: Medieval Women
Israel Makes Terror Group Say "Uncle"

Israel Makes Terror Group Say "Uncle"


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  37 Comments  •  3 months ago

Photo: Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said the group is now open to negotiating a cease-fire with Israel.VIA REUTERS Related:   1. Generally I have mixed feelings about Bill Maher,...
This is what streetcars used to look like in Toronto

This is what streetcars used to look like in Toronto

Via:   •  Classic Cars and Boats  •  12 Comments  •  8 months ago

Pilot Believes He Found Amelia Earhart's Long-Lost Plane

Pilot Believes He Found Amelia Earhart's Long-Lost Plane


Via: john-russell  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

Derinkuyu: Strange underground city found in man's basement

Derinkuyu: Strange underground city found in man's basement

Via:   •  News Viners  •  5 Comments  •  last year

A common question asked astronauts comes to mind:  how do you go to the bathroom? Certainly not new news by any stretch; Derinkuyu was (re?)discovered in 1963.  Perhaps the tunnel cities in Gaza...
New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

Via:   •  MOVIES & TV - CLASSIC to CURRENT  •  7 Comments  •  last year

BUZZ NOTE:  There is a YouTube embedded in the article which I believe to be a trailer for the film that can be accessed by clicking on the SEEDED CONTENT link just below this message, which will...
Rachel Maddow Examines Cause of Alarming Rate of Increase of Targeted Hate Within the U.S.

Rachel Maddow Examines Cause of Alarming Rate of Increase of Targeted Hate Within the U.S.


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  15 Comments  •  2 years ago

What came first Israel or Palestine?

What came first Israel or Palestine?


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  14 Comments  •  2 years ago

UK university to offer postgraduate degree in witchcraft and the Occult

UK university to offer postgraduate degree in witchcraft and the Occult


Via: michael-c  •  World News  •  9 Comments  •  2 years ago

Before Columbus: The Forgotten Expeditions to North America - Owlcation

Before Columbus: The Forgotten Expeditions to North America - Owlcation


Via: jbb  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  2 years ago

The Bird Dropping Institute - A Think/Stink Tank for Morons!

The Bird Dropping Institute - A Think/Stink Tank for Morons!


By: eat-the-press-do-not-read-it  •  News & Politics  •  27 Comments  •  2 years ago

As many of my dear readers, and illiterate friends, know, as CEO & FLOUNDER of the Bird Droppings Institute, located in lovely, but nearly all torn down Mildew, Ohio, where there are no jobs,...
Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders

Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders

By:   •  Books  •  13 Comments  •  3 years ago

The Book was released in 2021.  Call it a cold case file over a century old. Researcher Christer Holmgren put forward his theory on who Jack the Ripper was. Whether you read his book or watch...
'Fascism Comes to America' Review: It's Always Happening Here

'Fascism Comes to America' Review: It's Always Happening Here

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'Popular' Historians Are No Longer Alone in Being Lured by Politics

'Popular' Historians Are No Longer Alone in Being Lured by Politics

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The Untold Biography of Jonathan Livingston Pigeon-Poo, Doctored. Told by an Idiot for Maroons, only!

The Untold Biography of Jonathan Livingston Pigeon-Poo, Doctored. Told by an Idiot for Maroons, only!


By: eat-the-press-do-not-read-it  •  News & Politics  •  14 Comments  •  3 years ago

When I was a kid studying for the electric chair, I lived in a poor part of town, "Trash-Landia." We were so poor we couldn't afford groceries, we had to rent them. We were so poor that we...
President Ulysses S. Grant Deserves More Respect

President Ulysses S. Grant Deserves More Respect

Via:   •  We the People  •  3 Comments  •  3 years ago

'Against All Odds' Review: With Valor, Skill and Luck - WSJ

'Against All Odds' Review: With Valor, Skill and Luck - WSJ

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The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything

The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything


Via: tig  •  News & Politics  •  64 Comments  •  3 years ago

This is a great, informative, perspective-setting discussion.
'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

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'Jena 1800' Review: In Germany, a New Dawn of Idealism

'Jena 1800' Review: In Germany, a New Dawn of Idealism

Via:   •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  3 years ago

‘The French Revolution’ Review: Thomas Carlyle’s Masterpiece, Complete

‘The French Revolution’ Review: Thomas Carlyle’s Masterpiece, Complete

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‘It all stands pretty fair in my head, nor do I mean to investigate much more about it, but to splash down what I know, in large masses of colours; that it may look like a smoke-and-flame...
Island Infernos’ Review: Battle of the Beachheads

Island Infernos’ Review: Battle of the Beachheads

Via:   •  Books  •  5 Comments  •  4 years ago

Eighty years ago this month, the American entry into World War II was precipitated by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. But the ensuing clash in the war’s Pacific theater has long been...
‘Fears of a Setting Sun’ Review: Factions at America’s Founding

‘Fears of a Setting Sun’ Review: Factions at America’s Founding

Via:   •  Books  •  4 Comments  •  4 years ago

As delegates to the Constitutional Convention affixed their signatures to the final document in 1787, Benjamin Franklin fixed his attention on the half-sun carved into the back of the mahogany...
‘Ends of War’ Review: The Myth of Appomattox

‘Ends of War’ Review: The Myth of Appomattox

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When Robert E. Lee surrendered his battered Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Virginia’s Appomattox Court House on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, the flames fanning the Civil War were...
The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

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O f  all the American icons that have been pushed off their pedestals lately, none has fallen farther and harder than Robert E. Lee. Over the years, Lee was admired by even those who certainly...
As America's 250th Birthday Nears, the Shape of Its Origin Story Shifts - The New York Times

As America's 250th Birthday Nears, the Shape of Its Origin Story Shifts - The New York Times


Via: john-russell  •  News & Politics  •  13 Comments  •  4 years ago

Opinion | Tom Hanks: The Tulsa Race Massacre Is Every American's History - The New York Times

Opinion | Tom Hanks: The Tulsa Race Massacre Is Every American's History - The New York Times


Via: john-russell  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  4 years ago

The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors

The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors

Via:   •  The Reality Show  •  18 Comments  •  5 years ago

The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice | Mental Floss

The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice | Mental Floss


Via: john-russell  •  History & Sociology  •  23 Comments  •  5 years ago

Confederate Statues Debate: Conservatives Shouldn't Defend Symbols of Secession | National Review

Confederate Statues Debate: Conservatives Shouldn't Defend Symbols of Secession | National Review

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Confederate Monuments Controversy: Democrat-vs.-Democrat Question | National Review

Confederate Monuments Controversy: Democrat-vs.-Democrat Question | National Review

Via:   •  We the People  •  6 Comments  •  5 years ago

Coronavirus Pandemic: A Historical Perspective

Coronavirus Pandemic: A Historical Perspective

Via:   •  We the People  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

VE Day is celebrated in America and Britain

VE Day is celebrated in America and Britain

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The Kurdish-Israel Relationship: Former covert Israeli forces 'training Kurds in Iraq' (during Iraq War)

The Kurdish-Israel Relationship: Former covert Israeli forces 'training Kurds in Iraq' (during Iraq War)


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  6 years ago

Duvdevan learn how to "appear out of thin air" (Photo: Ynet, Gadi Gabalo ) Notes: 1.Since the seeded article did not have any photos, I used this photo from an excellent article in...
Lessons of first WTC bombing (1993)

Lessons of first WTC bombing (1993)


Via: krishna  •  History & Sociology  •  6 Comments  •  6 years ago

[I was motivated to seed this article from the past when I saw this recent this seed of this current (8/31/2019) news story: " Robert F. Kennedy Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Stabbed In Prison"]....
CrashCourse - A Few Short Videos On Evolution And Intelligent Design

CrashCourse - A Few Short Videos On Evolution And Intelligent Design


By: dignitatem-societatis  •  Other  •  9 Comments  •  7 years ago

From CrashCourse on YouTube Click to view CrashCourse's entire Big History series. Click to view CrashCourse's entire Philosophy series.
Dutch lawmaker cancels Mohammad cartoon contest over safety concerns

Dutch lawmaker cancels Mohammad cartoon contest over safety concerns


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  11 Comments  •  7 years ago

Illustration showing Mohammed (on the right) preaching his final sermon to his earliest converts, on Mount Arafat near Mecca; taken from a medieval-era manuscript of the astronomical...
A look back: John McCain's "Arab Moment"

A look back: John McCain's "Arab Moment"


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  7 years ago

A very important moment in American political history! This got a mixed reaction, some folks praising McCain as man of rare character, others bashing him as being a traitor to the Republican...
An important bit of history: Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the American People’

An important bit of history: Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the American People’


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

(Photo: TPM) Feb. 17, 2017 President Trump, in an extraordinary rebuke of the nation’s press organizations, wrote on Twitter on Friday that the nation’s news media “is the enemy of...
CLINTON: U.S. & N Korea reached agreement that will make the US, Korean Peninsula, & the world safer.

CLINTON: U.S. & N Korea reached agreement that will make the US, Korean Peninsula, & the world safer.


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  20 Comments  •  7 years ago

 I am pleased that the United States and North Korea yesterday reached agreement on the text of a framework document on North Korea's nuclear program. This agreement will help to achieve a...
What Was Liberalism?

What Was Liberalism?


Via: dignitatem-societatis  •  History & Sociology  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

This is from one of my favorite YouTube channels, Philosophy Tube. It's produced by Olly, who not so long ago received his Master of Philosophy and decided to share it with the world....
"Must see video": Bill Clinton Touts North Korea Deal in 1994!

"Must see video": Bill Clinton Touts North Korea Deal in 1994!


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  7 years ago

The Myth of Deep Throat

The Myth of Deep Throat


Via: vic-eldred  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Columnists, talking heads and op-ed writers are holding open auditions for a role that presumably needs to be filled if we are ever going to get to the bottom of what seems fated to be dubbed,...
Who are the Kurds?

Who are the Kurds?


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

  There have been several diaries lately about the Kurds and the Turkish border, Kirkuk, the debacle in Iraq; some of these diaries well sourced, others, not so much...   But, who are the...