Saturday, September 10, 2022

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Chicago Boyz

  • Another Texas Road Trip

    We took Wee Jamie on another road trip, this last weekend. My daughter and I have decided that we should dedicate one day a week to “Not Doing Work Stuff” – and have an outing of at least half a day, doing something … something diverting...

    3 days ago

  • If We’d Known Back Then What We Know Now

    …and if we knew now what we will know in the future Then. Palmer Luckey, at Twitter: Think about what you could build with current knowledge if you were transported 100 years into the past. From industry to transportation to agriculture, many...

    6 days ago

  • The Imperial Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945…Plus 77 Years

    The Imperial Japanese Surrender in Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945…Plus 77 Years

    8 days ago

Centinel2012

The BRAD BLOG

  • 'Trump Judges', the Need for Structural Court Reform, and 'Lady Justice': 'BradCast' 9/9/2022

    For all of the legal experts on TV and Twitter helping the nation understand a flood of ridiculous rulings by corrupt, rightwing, Federal Society-approved judges and Justices, it might also be helpful if they started pointing out the desperate...

    a day ago

  • 'Save America'? Working on It: 'BradCast' 9/8/2022

    Since I kept my whining about the endless heat wave out here in Southern California to a minimum for a change on today's BradCast, I'll do so here instead. The record heat continues. And with no air conditioning at BRAD BLOG World News Headquarters...

    2 days ago

  • 'Green News Report' - September 8, 2022

    IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Historic heat wave strains electric grids in the U.S. West; Russia issues new threat to shut off energy exports to Europe; PLUS: Humanitarian crisis unfolding in Pakistan amid catastrophic flooding... All that and...

    2 days ago

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BlackListed News

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • The Curious Afterlife of a Fascist Utopia

    In the 1930s, the Italian village of Tresigallo was the site of an extraordinary experiment. Wide avenues, tall buildings, grand squares, stadiums, hotels, restaurants, sanatoriums, gyms, and factories were constructed, transforming...

    a day ago

  • Lieu de Rencontre (Field of the Encounter) in Laffrey, France

    On the evening of February 26, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,028 of his loyal men snuck onto seven ships and escaped the Mediterranean island of Elba. It had been almost a year since he abdicated the throne and was exiled by the restored Bourbon...

    a day ago

  • Eger Castle Replica Ruins in PilisborosjenÅ‘, Hungary

    While it may not yet have a reputation as famous as Hollywood, Budapest and its surrounding areas have played host to countless high-profile, big-budget movie shoots in the last few years. The city provides a wide range of European street backdrops...

    a day ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Saturday Afternoon Links

     Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Jim Naureckas discusses the absurdity of the New York Times (among other outlets) criticizing the idea of saving millions of lives from COVID rather than choosing to act in denial of it...

    7 hours ago

  • Musical interlude

    ODESZA feat. Sasha Alex Sloan - Falls

    a day ago

  • Friday Afternoon Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Nikiforuk writes that what information we continue to receive about COVID shows that we can't afford to stop working on preventing its spread. And Katherine Wu offers a warning as to what this winter's...

    a day ago
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