Okay: historian and book nerd here, somebody who considers archives precious. But I cannot comprehend the hideousness of what's being done to the history of Ruskin College!

My daddy got a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with clusters, and (eventually) 100% disabled. My family lost two of its three sons fighting for the Union against the slaveholder's rebellion.

When FAUX News asked him why he didn't bother praising America's troops in his speech, Romney responded:
When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list ( Read more... )

"The rules: Grab the closest book, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence on that page. Don't mention the book's title in your post, but please do include a copy of the meme's rules."

The closest book:

"The most recent involved shooting his way out of the Castel Sant'Angelo while rescuing the pope."

Thanx to browngirl for the reminder

My daughter keeps a blog on wordpress, and there is no way for a free membership such as mine to create an RSS feed so that I can read her blog from LJ. Anybody have a solution?

(She's looking at a story outline of hers, and at one point the universe is checking the scene of the crime. We figured out that the uniforms (i.e., uniformed law ( Read more... )

I have less than none for the corporate outsourcing scumbags whose business model depends on call centers, programming offices, etc. they have set up in the Third World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2012_India_blackout

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - In an anti-union hard line reminiscent of Walmart, Piggly Wiggly announced it would close its Sheboygan, Wis., store on Sept. 1, throwing all 108 workers into the street, rather than submit to a federal court ruling that it broke the law by cutting 19 workers from full-time to part-time in violation of its United Food and ( Read more... )

I'm in the Concourse; the room's even in my name!

I'm on four panels, I think; even moderating one of them.

I'll watch the magic pinboard for messages as well.

My late father, Jim Lowrey, was (among other things) sports and outdoors editor for a Southern newspaper. He taught me to respect fishing and hunting, and that has not changed just because I'm a Quaker. I grew up reading Field & Stream, Sports Afield and Tales of the Lower Forty, not hot-rod magazines. I haven't owned a gun since I was a teenager; ( Read more... )

Originally posted by coffeeem at Help Us Support Planned Parenthood
Note from me: I was initially suspicious about this, since the notice below doesn't say how much of one's V-gift donation actually goes to Planned Parenthood. But I found the answer in the original post's comments: 100%. All the money you spend to shower your friends with Planned Parenthood ( Read more... )

Man dressed as penguin receives more votes than the Liberal Democrats