http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday June 1944: Boats full of US troops wait to leave Weymouth to take part in Operation Overlord. 5 April 2014: A view of the harbour of the English town today. This location was used as a launching place for Allied troops participating in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-day. Photographs by Galerie … Continue reading FRANCE, 1944 AND NOW
Month: September 2016
Ralph Cramden Meets Donald Trump
DAKOTA MEANS TRUTH
Your Dog Knows Exactly What You’re Saying
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/dogs-know-saying-people-speech/ By Carrie Arnold PUBLISHED AUGUST 30, 2016 It doesn't take a scientific study for dog owners to believe that their pets know what they're saying. (We cat owners are a little less certain.) But it’s not always clear exactly what Fido is paying attention to. When we say “Good dog!” dogs hear both the words we … Continue reading Your Dog Knows Exactly What You’re Saying
WE THE LIVING
Lest we forget, we are the survivors.
We did not die horribly that sad September day.
This song celebrates us, the survivors, while remembering
those who perished in such a horrid manner.
WE THE LIVING (words and music by Kenneth Harper Finton) © 2007 HT MUSIC
On a clear September morning, it happened without warning:
two flights left from Boston to Los Angeles on time,
It was so unexpected; both planes were redirected.
The skyjackers had gained control; death was their unspoken goal.
The passengers would never know … never would know why.
So here’s to the living, for the dead will never know.
We, we the living, are left to choose the road.
And here’s to the safety of the world they left behind …
and here’s to the making of a better world in time.
In that most fatal hour, both planes hit the twin towers,
Where fifty thousand…
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LINK TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VIDEO
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/09/08/full_video _hillary_clinton_donald_trump_participate_in_nbcs_commander-in-chief_forum.html The presidential nominees joined NBC's Matt Lauer to answer questions from veterans and discuss her plans for the U.S. Hillary Clinton went first and Donald Trump followed her. Each candidate had 30 minutes.
DO WE SEE REALITY AS IT IS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1310&v=oYp5XuGYqqY SEE ALSO: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160421-the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality/ Look around you. What do you see? Other people going about their business? Rooms with tables and chairs? Nature with its sky, grass and trees? All that stuff, it's really there, right? Even if you were to disappear right now — poof! — the rest of the world would … Continue reading DO WE SEE REALITY AS IT IS?
THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION
It was on this day in 1927 that the first successful television image was demonstrated, by the inventor Philo T. Farnsworth. Farnsworth was a Mormon farm boy from Utah, and he grew up in a log cabin. When the family moved to a house in Idaho, Farnsworth was amazed that the house had electricity - … Continue reading THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION