Monday, October 26, 2015

11 year old's stick figure leads to arrest

By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.

An 11-year old girl--Rebecca DePietro--drew a stick figure that led police to a man who has now confessed to 10 burglaries in Stratford, Connecticut.  Here is the sketch, and the burglar. 

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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).





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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:


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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.

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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.

[Provenance and photographer unknown]  
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