'In The News' Category
Barbara Kent And Miriam Seegar
Miriam Seegar (left) died on January 2nd this year. Barbara Kent died on October 13th. They were both 103 years old. Never heard of them? Other than child actors, they were the last silent screen stars. An era has ended. Ms. Seegar was successful in the transition to sound movies but retired in 1933 to [...]
Was Ronald Reagan a Communist?
Apparently the Governor of Wisconsin thinks so. This is what Ronald Reagan said about the right to unionize and collective bargaining. “But restoring the American dream requires more than restoring a sound, productive economy, vitally important as that is. It requires a return to spiritual and moral values, values so deeply held by those who [...]
Isn’t BP Wonderful?
Unless you have been living in a tent in the outback of Australia, I am sure you are aware that the BP oil company has been spilling 200,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico from their wrecked oil platform. They have been trying various solutions including a seawater/oil separator from a [...]
Don’t Go Losing Your Head
This is for Beth and her friend Alexandra because I know that this is something that they care about… In this day in history: 1536: Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, beheaded for alleged adultery.
More on Facebook
I just received this email from my Senator, Charles Schumer and I wanted to share it with everyone: Every day, we entrust more and more of our private information to websites and online social networks like Facebook. So I take Internet privacy very seriously. That’s why I’m so concerned with the changes Facebook recently made [...]
Facebook Security
There was an article in today’s NY Daily News about issues with Facebook security. The issue is that Facebook is sharing more information with 3rd parties like Yelp and Microsoft. Facebook security used to default to protect their users but the default has been revised so that users need to opt-out of programs such as [...]
Jackson State
Today is the 40th anniversary of a lesser known incident that occurred on another college campus just 10 days after the murders at Kent State. At Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi students were protesting the war and against the racism that students had to endure from motorists who passed through the center of the [...]
In Memory of Jeff Miller
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, Jeff Miller, one of the four students killed at Kent State, graduated from the same high school that Beth is attending. The school put up a memorial to Jeff. I took a couple of pictures of it so you could see what it looks like. Click on the [...]
Kent State
Tin soldiers and Nixon’s comin’. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin’. Four dead in Ohio. — Neil Young Today is the 40th anniversary of the killings at Kent State. National guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom [...]
Boobquake Day!
As you probably heard by now, the Boobquake results are in and there were no changes in the number of earthquakes we had vs. the number expected just because American women dressed in a sexy manner. What? You didn’t hear about Boobquake? It all started with a nut Iranian cleric by the name of Hojatoleslam [...]
