Boss Tweed is the heavy-set man in the Thomas Nast cartoon. Nast is the father of the political cartoon. He was a Libra born on September 27, 1840. “Those that …
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Map copyright at EU. Can be used if attributed. China is the world’s third largest country in the world in area at 3,700,000 square miles. It is also the second …
Mexico, our neighbor to the south, is shaped like a rough triangle and is comprised of 32 states. It is 1,850 miles long and as of 2022 had a population …
Memorial Day Heroes Around the Zodiac I ‘listed at home for a Lancer Oh, who would not sleep with the brave? I ‘listed at home for a Lancer To ride …
“All creatures great and small; the Lord God made them all.” The dispensation of human gifts and deficits seems to be the province of fate, chance, the odds of probability, …
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Chief Justice Roberts says he can be fair and impartial. I do not think so. A conservative judge tilts right, a liberal one left. Let’s look at just one case. …
Publicity photo of Jack LaLanne taken in 1961 by Cliff Riddle in Hollywood. “I can never die. That would ruin my image.” “Dying is easy. Living is a pain in …
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Photo was taken by Jeffrey W. and is of Gumbo, a dish that originated in Louisiana in the 18th Century. Like most regional cuisine that of our South depended on …
Inventors and Inventions that Made our Modern World “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” –Thomas Alva Edison “Mater artium necessitas.” (The mother of invention is necessity) — William …
The photo is of Cliff Young and shows the Aquarian’s typical friendliness. Image credit goes to Vasilijem 113-12. It was taken from an article in earthlymission.com by Vilmos Molnar published …
