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Saturday, October 24, 2015
"Vintage" social media advertisements
"Vintage" social media ads from the history in pictures twitter feed (no attribution or context).
Friday, October 23, 2015
The Chafe pulls out, Hillary surges, and The Bern cools down just a bit
By Mona Goldwater, Democratic Primary Ed.
This morning, ex-Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee pulled the plug on his long, long, long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. On the Democratic side, his candidacy was possibly the most puzzling one of all.
Chaffee sited Hillary's "good week" as one reason he is pulling out. One of the reasons Chafee decided to drop out now: Hillary Clinton had "a good week," in which Ex-Sen. Jim Webb dropped out, Vice President Joe Biden declined to run, and she successfully underwent hours of testimony on Capitol Hill, and in the end mostly came out smelling like a rose, while the committee looked like petty buffoons. Updated Demo scorecard:
This morning, ex-Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee pulled the plug on his long, long, long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. On the Democratic side, his candidacy was possibly the most puzzling one of all.
Chaffee sited Hillary's "good week" as one reason he is pulling out. One of the reasons Chafee decided to drop out now: Hillary Clinton had "a good week," in which Ex-Sen. Jim Webb dropped out, Vice President Joe Biden declined to run, and she successfully underwent hours of testimony on Capitol Hill, and in the end mostly came out smelling like a rose, while the committee looked like petty buffoons. Updated Demo scorecard:
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Caesar, one year later
By Jack Brummet
For several years, I have left a broken concrete bust of Caesar in the elements, watching the slow, slow return to dust. Here is this year's state of Julius.
For several years, I have left a broken concrete bust of Caesar in the elements, watching the slow, slow return to dust. Here is this year's state of Julius.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
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.
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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Friday, October 16, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Three million lakes in Alaska
By Jack Brummet, h2O Ed.
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.
Photo of Symphony lake courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. Photo by Frank Kovalchek, 2009
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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