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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Bluegrass Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt with the Virginia Road Runners, circa 1933. That's her just behind the banjo player.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Big Bang to The Reformation: history in a nutshell, from the first Encyclopedia Britannica (1768)
Found by Mona Goldwater, History Ed.
From the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1768
From the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1768
click to enlarge
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Guy Clark's "Maybe I can paint over that"
By Mona Goldwater, Roots/Americana Music Ed.
Guy Clark's song from his new album. Another knockout. Guy is a master who has been writing and recording for decades. And now, late in life, he comes up with a masterpiece like this,
"Maybe I can paint over that."
I've tracked blood in on the floor
I put my first through the wall
I've dragged trouble through the door
And I've spilled wine on it all
(chorus)
Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you
I've got some ink beneath my skin
A good idea at the time
I won't be doing that again
Not with any arm of mine
And I have stumbled in my time
I left my footprints down the road
And the part of me that shines
Ain't the part of me that's showed
Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you
Guy Clark's song from his new album. Another knockout. Guy is a master who has been writing and recording for decades. And now, late in life, he comes up with a masterpiece like this,
"Maybe I can paint over that."
I've smeared my heart on my sleeve
I've tagged my name on the wall
It's prob'ly time for me to leave
Actin' big and talkin' small
I've tracked blood in on the floor
I put my first through the wall
I've dragged trouble through the door
And I've spilled wine on it all
(chorus)
Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you
I've got some ink beneath my skin
A good idea at the time
I won't be doing that again
Not with any arm of mine
And I have stumbled in my time
I left my footprints down the road
And the part of me that shines
Ain't the part of me that's showed
Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you
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Finger of the day: Anthony Weiner gives the finger to reporters after delivering his concession speech
By Mona Goldwater, Gestures Ed.
Anthony Weiner gives the finger to reporters after delivering his concession speech. Election night was a mess for Weiner, like much of his campaign. Sydney Leathers, the woman at the center of the sexting scandal that began the unraveling of his mayoral campaign, showed up outside the election party in what she admitted was a play for media attention (and a boost to her fledgling career in the adult film industry). Between her and the media/paparazzi, it was a zoo.
CNN: "When the candidate finally showed just before 11 p.m., he quickly bolted into a next door McDonald's restaurant. The press corps and Leathers gave chase – yes, this really happened – security pulled a blocking maneuver as Weiner ducked through a door that connected Connolly's and the Mickey D's."
He gave his concession speech, and then, the former congressman got in his car, flipped off the press, and drove away into obscurity.
Anthony Weiner gives the finger to reporters after delivering his concession speech. Election night was a mess for Weiner, like much of his campaign. Sydney Leathers, the woman at the center of the sexting scandal that began the unraveling of his mayoral campaign, showed up outside the election party in what she admitted was a play for media attention (and a boost to her fledgling career in the adult film industry). Between her and the media/paparazzi, it was a zoo.
CNN: "When the candidate finally showed just before 11 p.m., he quickly bolted into a next door McDonald's restaurant. The press corps and Leathers gave chase – yes, this really happened – security pulled a blocking maneuver as Weiner ducked through a door that connected Connolly's and the Mickey D's."
He gave his concession speech, and then, the former congressman got in his car, flipped off the press, and drove away into obscurity.
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President Ronald Reagan aims a rifle in Air Force One
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
President Ronald Reagan aims a rifle out a window of Air Force One, circa 1983. I guess he armed up after the assassination attempt. Source: unknown.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A small surrender in one of the battles in "the war on drugs": DoJ allows marijuana legalization to proceed in Washington and Colorado
By Mona Goldwater, Jurisprudence Ed.
Attorney General Eric Holder recently let the governors of Washington and Colorado know that the Department of Justice was backing down from their earlier statements and would allow the states to implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana.
Holder's memo outlines the priorities for federal prosecutors enforcing marijuana laws. According to the guidance, DoJ will still prosecute individuals or entities to prevent:
- the distribution of marijuana to minors;
- revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels;
- the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal under state law in some form to other states;
- state-authorized marijuana activity from being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity;
- violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana
- drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences associated with marijuana use;
- growing of marijuana on public lands and the attendant public safety and environmental dangers posed by marijuana production on public lands;
- preventing marijuana possession or use on federal property.
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