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Making it seem as if anyone said anything you want
I was having a conversation recently with some acquaintances, one of whom is a doctrinaire Tea Party type — let’s call him TP — and the subject of the Civil War came up. “The Civil War was not fought...
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Never forget
There is historical precedent for beating back Nazis in the streets. The Battle of Cable Street The post Never forget appeared first on jefferly.com.
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Some of the Unite The Right Nazis are “fine people”
At least that’s what Trump said today in a press conference where he reverted to what we must now accept he is: a Nazi sympathizer. That’s not hyperbole. What other conclusion can be drawn from his...
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The New Yorker looks at “large adult sons”
This article in The New Yorker looking at the internet meme of “large adult sons” is both well-written and engaging. But it also left me questioning: what’s the point? Two excerpts from magazine...
View ArticleYou literally don’t know the meaning of “literally”
And, by the way, Winston Churchill never said that. I’m literally bathing in liberal hate. Churchill: You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Sen....
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Honest Abe confers with his realtor, Bob
I finally managed to stop today to snap a photo of the statue of Abe Lincoln talking with his stockbroker. Every time I go by this ginormous art installation adjacent to the Tribune Building I laugh....
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Mary Tyler Moore is no more
Mary Tyler Moore is dead. The video above is, of course, one of the most famous episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (MTM) sitcom — “Chuckles Bites The Dust” — that sits as but one testament to...
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I’m pissed. And sad. And confused. But ready to do something with all of that.
Trump won. I just woke up at 4 a.m., thinking the early returns were a fluke and I would wake up to Madam President. That did not happen. I remember feeling this hopeless once before. It was 1983 and...
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London infrastructure project yields fascinating finds
Massive boring machines like this one—dubbed Victoria in honor of the British queen who oversaw the birth of modern railways—are carving 26 miles of tunnels beneath London as part of Europe’s largest...
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George Washington on the 2nd Amendment
An observation from our first president. Yes, it’s humor. No, George Washington didn’t say it. Yes, it would make total sense if he did. George Washington, on the 2nd Amendment. The post George...
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Picture of the day: civil disobedience
It was only 51 years ago that this happened, recalling also that small acts of civil disobedience could have gotten this man arrested or killed in many parts of the country where signs similar to this...
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Hurricane Katrina analogy falls flat for Chicago Tribune writer
If you read the piece, it’s about finances and government. I would never diminish the tragedy of thousands of lives lost. — Kristen McQueary (@StatehouseChick) August 13, 2015 Dig faster, Kristen! Dig...
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500 years of climate change data on cave walls in China
Inside the cave. Image: L.Tan This is pretty cool: An international team of researchers have discovered a cave that contains inscriptions detailing the crippling effects of climate change on a region....
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Debunking the right-wing meme that the Civil War was not about slavery
It’s no secret that America’s extreme right-wing simply makes up American and world history with which it does not agree. The doctrine of the separation of church and state, which is inarguable if...
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If smartphones had been available in 1912
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This is so cool: AP/British Movietone news video archive
Not a big fan of old black-and-white movies. (I know. That brands me as a heretic in some film buff circles.) Often bland. Too often overacted. But I do love old movie reels. Love, love, love. While...
View ArticleAn awesome take-down of the most famous narcissist ever
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I remember being forced to watch so many of these over the years
One of the things I love about The Atlantic magazine is its willingness to approach subjects that might, at first glance, seem silly or superficial. Yet in the hands of Atlantic writers, you find out...
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The view from all 50 states
What’s that you say? You did not save even an image of that historic front page you saw after the Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling? Well, a lot of presumably straight newspaper people were caught...
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