Tag: social studies
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The Judicial Confirmation Process Show, with Patrick Leahy, presents John Roberts #2
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"Oops! Would you hold on a second while we reattribute or rephrase…or remove the quotes"
The Big Brass Blog Alliance takes me to The Bulldog Says who remarks today on the CNN article on the Army releasing a statement after a Sunday car bombing that included a quote that is identical to one following a car bombing on July 13. The July 13th quote: “‘The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure,…
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The Judicial Confirmation Process Show, with Patrick Leahy, presents John Roberts
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"This tragedy has added another victim to the toll of deaths for which the terrorists bear responsibility"
Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was chased by plain clothes police into the Stockwell Tube in London on Friday. He was Brazilian. An electrician. Earlier reports said Jean Charles, yet unidentified, was Asian. Instead, he was Brazilian. He was wearing a coat that the police said was suspicious, considering the weather. Could have been harboring…
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At the Unjustifiable Comedy Club, the not so Supremely Funny Man, John Roberts #2
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Introducing the not so Supremely Funny Man, John Roberts
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Pot pies, Patriot Act, and the myth of TV dinners
See the above pic? It’s from some Raleigh North Carolina exhibit, dated 1952 and it is testament to two things. First, it testifies to the fact that people were already eating TV dinners before they came in foil trays. Second, collapsible TV trays existed before foil-packed TV dinners. Had the picture been taken a year…
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The adventures of discontented dissident Dick and Jane #5
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"Economics 101, no matter what course you take, anywhere, they’re going to tell you the two fundamental economic truths are scarcity of resources and individual, insatiable appetites"
I found the following audio via its airing on the Native Voices program. It’s from the Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian Radio Broadcasts, the “Living Voices” series, “produced in collaboration with NMAI’s Film and Video office”, featuring audio profiles of Native individuals from across the Americas. I would just put in a link…
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The adventures of discontented dissident Dick and Jane #4
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The adventures of discontented dissident dick and jane #3
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The adventures of discontented dissident Dick and Jane #2