Photo: JFK on the campaign trail (1960)

By Jack Brummet

There have been some pathetic turnouts for Republican rallies and speeches recently, especially among the second tier candidates. Rick Santorum gave a speech recently at which one person showed up. Here is a shot of the 1960 Presidential election winner, early in the primary season.

[Provenance and photographer unknown]  

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Drawing: Faces #1257 - the numbered

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces #1256

By Jack Brummet

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Three million lakes in Alaska

By Jack Brummet, h2O Ed.

Photo of Symphony lake courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.  Photo by Frank Kovalchek, 2009

It's kind of a mind-effer that there are three million lakes in Alaska [statistic via Wikipedia/media].  That is more than four lakes for each person living there. Eat your heart out Minne-land of 10,000 lakes-sota.

Seattle, with 100,000 less people than Alaska, has five lakes. One of them is large.  And then there is the shore of Puget Sound.  Of Seattle's total area, 41% is under water.

Aerial photo of Seattle permission of  Wikipedia User:Jelson25, via Wikipedia Commons.

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Drawing: Faces #1255 - no lift sketch

By Jack Brummet

[#4B pencil on smooth Bristol Board]

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A Seattle rainbow

From the KIRO-TV website (kiro.tv/HeavyRain), a Seattle rainbow:

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Faces #1254 - Chaffee supporters at 10/13 debate

By Jack Brummet

[India Ink scratchboard and image digitally reversed. . .]

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Playboy goes nude-free

By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.

The New York Times has an article today about Playboy going nudity free.  The end of an era, in which like many other businesses, it becomes hard to compete with the internet's offerings.  As of March 2016, Playboy become just the articles that so many people swore they bought the magazine to read.

 

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When Niagara Falls ran dry

By Jack Brummet, River, creek, falls, and oceans Ed.

In 1969, The Army Corps of Engineers dammed up the water to Niagara Falls so they could "remove loose rocks."  The image is from History In Pictures. 

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Drawing: Faces #1253 - groups a & b

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces #1252 - tiny tower

by Jack Brummet

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Seattle Seahawks now 2-3 for the season

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