[hand drawn on India Ink scratchboard; the other image is digitally reversed. . .]
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
Painting by Adriaen Collaert - America, A Personification circa 1590
This engraving--America, A personification--by Adriaen Collaert, was done in 1590. Interesting...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Cooking with Jack: Three vintage recipes - Cream of Muskrat Casserole; Bear Paws (literally) Kit Carson; Pink Surprise Salad
By Jack Brummet, Cooking Ed.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Video: The Bird Is The Word by Rocky Roberts & The Airedales, with Jayne Mansfield
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
Rocky Roberts was a retired boxer who became a pop star in Europe. BT Dubs - that's Jayne Mansfield dancing.
The song is not actually T-Bird, but The Bird Is The Word, originally done by The Trashmen I think, or they at least most famously performed it. . .
Rocky Roberts was a retired boxer who became a pop star in Europe. BT Dubs - that's Jayne Mansfield dancing.
The song is not actually T-Bird, but The Bird Is The Word, originally done by The Trashmen I think, or they at least most famously performed it. . .
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Fighting dinosaurs in Ossineke, Michigan
Photo by chicamusica on Flickr, from the Ossineke Michigan Dinosaur Gardens. The dinosaurs were built by hand from 1935 to 1967 by Paul Nathan Domke, using trowels and brushes on concrete mixed in a mud box. Beneath the concrete, the dinos have frames of metal lathe.
click to enlarge
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The bird/Middle fingers of the month (Freaks and Geeks, Rihanna, Bieber, Bowie, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Badfinger, Martin Freeman and more)
By Mona Goldwater, Signs and Gestures Ed.
Our monthly round-up of photos sent in by readers, and a few we discovered on various sites. . .
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
The United States Code on Treason
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
United States Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PART I - CRIMES; CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES; Sec. 2381 - Treason
United States Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PART I - CRIMES; CHAPTER 115 - TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES; Sec. 2381 - Treason
§2381. Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
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Iran gives the Senate majority a lesson in constitutional law
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, today said that "in our view, this letter [from 47 Republican Senators] has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history. This indicates that like Netanyahu, who considers peace as an existential threat, some are opposed to any agreement, regardless of its content."
He also noted that "the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy."
Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, today said that "in our view, this letter [from 47 Republican Senators] has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history. This indicates that like Netanyahu, who considers peace as an existential threat, some are opposed to any agreement, regardless of its content."
He also noted that "the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy."
So, now do we try the 47 Senator for treason?
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Monday, March 09, 2015
Spite mounds and Seattle's Denny Regrade, predecessor to the Edith Masefield Story.
By Jack Brummet, Seattle History Ed.
You've probably read about,or seen, Edith Masefield's house in Ballard. She was a holdout. and a full block commercial development had to build around her house (for which they offered her $1 million):
During the Denny Regrade ( when Seattle sluiced the entire steep Denny Hill down into Elliott Bay), some property owners refused to sell their land. The engineers carved around their lots, usually leaving houses stranded a hundred feet in the air atop "spite mounds." The owners all caved in eventually (it took years) and the regrade was completed.
You've probably read about,or seen, Edith Masefield's house in Ballard. She was a holdout. and a full block commercial development had to build around her house (for which they offered her $1 million):
During the Denny Regrade ( when Seattle sluiced the entire steep Denny Hill down into Elliott Bay), some property owners refused to sell their land. The engineers carved around their lots, usually leaving houses stranded a hundred feet in the air atop "spite mounds." The owners all caved in eventually (it took years) and the regrade was completed.
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