Though its my least favorite holiday, still wish to give every a shout out to have a safe, and fun, Halloween. And remember, the scariest words: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. Run, run far away.
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History
One Man and History
We often hear about how I’m only one person, what can I do? As it turns out, a lot if history has anything to say about it. A young man, wanting freedom for his country went about to gain that freedom. However, his actions would shape an entire century for better or worse. He was […]
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75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
75 years ago today the US was suddenly attacked by the nation of Japan at Pearl Harbor. People woke up to a normal lazy Sunday all across the US never imagining that by the end of the day the US would be at war with Japan and engaged in World War 2. At Pearl Harbor, […]
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Hiroshima
President Obama went and visited the site of the first Atomic bomb drop, and only one of two dropped in anger, Hiroshima. Personally I view it long since past for a US President to have made a visit to the site. It is a moment which links two countries unlike any two in the world. But […]
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Chernobyl
Its been 30 years that the Chernobyl incident happened. In the early morning of April 26, 1986 the Chernobyl technicians were undertaking a drill when everything went wrong and the number four reactor exploded. The Soviet Union would remain quiet until pressured after Swedish nuclear workers had problems getting into work. Today the area is still contaminated […]
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History
Hard to believe 100 years ago the world was at war, one of the deadliest known to man. What made it deadly was the fact the tactics had been unchanged for decades, even centuries, yet the technology of war had advanced. World War 1, or the Great War as it was called then, saw many […]
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Need a Safe Space
I think this meme says it all about this generation of youngsters. These young men faced more hardship than any college student who thinks they need a safe space.
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Radical Muslims, The Small Minority?
With increasing tensions happening Europe between muslim ‘refugees’ and citizens of Western nations its interesting to listen to liberals. They tell those of us who are Western citizens ‘we’ must change for the refugees. They also tend to think that the radical muslims are small in number. But are they? Most international groups, and even the […]
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Ignorance is not Bliss
Seen many with this guy on a shirt and they don’t know who he really is. Only that they ‘think’ he is a great guy because others have told them so. If they knew the real story instead of the hand-picked story none of them would ever use this guy on something they wear (especially […]
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End of the Year
Some jokes to end the year: A vegan, atheist, and crossfitter walk into a bar. I only know because they told everyone within two minutes. I tried to catch this morning’s fog. Mist How do think the unthinkable? With an itheberg. And finally: Have a safe, and merry new year!
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This Day in History
December 17 is actually an important day in history. Know what it is? The first real, successful flight of a powered heavier than air aircraft. The Wright brothers day where they tested their flying machine which would become known as planes, aircraft, airplanes, ufos, etc. Its truly amazing how far the science of flying has […]
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Pearl Harbor Day
74 years ago today marks the day the United States officially became involved in the war which would be known in history as World War 2. On that day, the Japanese navy, using six carriers, struck a blow aimed at crippling the United States navy. Whether or not they did is debatable, but what they […]
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Guns in the 50s
I grew up in the wrong time, this would have been a fun class. What happened?
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