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All Nerve The Band's back together... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/arts/music/breeders-kim-kelley-deal-all-nerve.html

The Etymology Of Eating Part of this, of course, is because grandma's cooking doesn't reach back to the days of mules and feedsack dresses, anymore. But even in my lifetime, the ingredients have changed enough to make some store-bought white trash recipes invalid. One example: the trick of adding pudding mix to cake mix. Nowadays, that (or something analogous) is done straight from the factory. The best recipes ring a few idiosyncratic changes on the old standards, and give an ancestor or church lady credit for it. If for no other reason than ancestors and church ladies don't get enough credit, anyhow. And using Hellman's in a Southern BBQ joint? Huh uh. Nope. https://www.ourstate.com/mayonnaise/ Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/secret-family-recipes-copied

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The Smart Set Federal law requires congressional approval "to furnish or redecorate the office of a department head" if the cost exceeds $5000. A month before the furniture was ordered, a former top HUD official filed a complaint about Mrs. Carson's attempt to get around this requirement. Originally shared by Ray Radlein https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/us/ben-carson-hud-furniture.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Curate It Like You Stole It Originally shared by Assia Alexandrova Never change, Croatia! https://petapixel.com/2018/02/27/gallery-hunting-photo-thief-let-curate-exhibit/

Right To Carry Only if you are the Right People... via George Station Originally shared by George Cohn Reckon that could work again? https://www.snopes.com/nra-california-open-carry-ban/

The Algorithm And The Enigma Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster. Originally shared by Ralf Haring "It knows who you are and what you want. No, not that thing you think you want. It knows what you really want. It knows what you’re going to want tomorrow, next week, 20 years from now. It knows what you’ll regret on your deathbed. Trust it to choose your fate; trust it to choose your friends. It sees the seeds of identity in you and in all of your peers. It knows who among you will find courage and brilliance and power and friendship. It knows who you will become, and it knows precisely who you are. It knows the future of war and chaos, and it knows the deepest evils in the hearts of men. Yes, even yours. Yes, even that, the thing you never told anyone. The hat knows. It knows, and it delivers seraphic compassion: perfect...

Can't Go Left, Can't Go Right Originally shared by Bobby Seale Ten-Point Platform Program & the formation of the Black Panther Party Black Panther Party, 1966, when Huey and I founded that organization, that particular year numerous acts of police brutality had sparked a lot of spontaneous riots, something that Huey and I were against, these spontaneous riots. Even a year earlier, in 1965 in Watts you know 65 people were killed, 200 wounded, 5,000 arrested. And Huey and I began to try to figure out how could we organize 5,000 youthful Black folks into some kind of political-electoral power movement. Stokely Carmichael was on the scene with Black Power. We were questioning, Huey and I, about the need for a functional definition of power and we came up with this, "That power is the ability to define phenomenon then in turn make it act in a desired manner." Well the phenomenon of racism structured in the city council at that time, ah, Huey and I working with the Nort...

Originally shared by **** Rock 5/5 - Don Ellis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXCHrcQUbg8

Originally shared by Pat Kight Found Pattern Shared for Johnny Wills' #joinindaily The aim - is to make sharing and viewing your images fun. To let you join in IF you want to. Post an image linked to the daily theme and add #joinindaily so he can find them. ONLY ONE PHOTO PER PERSON PLEASE ! : ( Today's theme is "Zig-Zags!" Since Johnny was tricky with today's theme, I'll let you guess what you're seeing here. :)

Rhumb Line Loading and ballast adjustment was required to reach the Plimsoll Line. All crew participated, to no ill effects. We did not leave much tin on the table at the awards banquet this year. First for the Frostbite series. First in Spinnaker B for the Commodore's Regatta, with corrected times that would have won Spinnaker A, as well. We took Boat of the Year for the third time running, fifth time since the perpetual plaque was made, some decades back. Our Fearless Leader took ICRC Skipper of the Year. He said something about how lucky he is to have assembled the perfect crew. We mentioned how grateful we were that he let us race with him, in the absence of that perfect crew. We also reminded everybody that the real reason we keep racing is because his wife makes really good sammiches for us. Someone made a point about how old the boat was (1978). We admitted that was part of our edge, because both the boat and the crew (youngest is 50) are going downhill all the time.

Three Way Intersection https://lifehacker.com/waze-still-provides-the-fastest-driving-directions-1823286419

Upwind And Downhill. Three races, pretty sure we took all three. Might have whupped the A class, too. All over but the drinking, now.

Sun Spot Off to sail in the Commodore's Regatta. Going to be a balmy 72 degrees today. Nice for February. Assuming we don't sink or catch on fire, we might win Boat Of The Year. Libations will be consumed, regardless.

Gonna Put My Face On A Nuclear Bomb Sing along with Mojo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7kRsW21hHE

"Spearchucker" Jones https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994465/

Trapper John: Tarheel http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-12-26/news/9912260171_1_fellow-surgeon-hornberger-moses-cone-hospital http://www.greensboro.com/soldier-surgeon-john-lyday-real-life-trapper-john-dies-at/article_e6156061-1e75-527c-b730-2f69f96d870d.html

Cut To The Bone Author Richard Hooker, whose real name is H. Richard Hornberger, a New Jersey native who lived in Bremen and practiced medicine here in Waterville after the war, was quoted in the Boston Globe in 1977 saying, “I thought the movie was great, but the television thing isn’t my kind of humor. It’s someone else’s idea of what medical humor is supposed to be.” The book was good. The movie was good. The TV show was great. What it was, was Magic. Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/mash-oral-history-untold-stories-one-tvs-important-shows-1086322

Rolling Up The Welcome Mat https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/22/588097749/america-no-longer-a-nation-of-immigrants-uscis-says

Getaway Cars Signs of change, none too soon. Originally shared by **** Enterprise Holdings, which operates Enterprise, Alamo, and National, had a partnership with the NRA to provide discounts to members. The discounts are available to NRA members once they pay their $40 annual fee — and were among the 22 corporations offering discounts and “five star savings” to the gun lobby’s members. On Thursday, however, all three brands announced that they would be ending the program within the next month. https://thinkprogress.org/alamo-national-enterprise-dump-nra-35d326965744/

Self-Driving Car Crash Uppity thing probably ignored the commissaire's barrage paddles, too. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/abu-dhabi-tour-organisers-blame-automatic-brake-sensor-for-cavendish-crash/

Originally shared by **** I can't even focus the projector! https://twitter.com/unrealReg/status/966520674507460608?s=20

Originally shared by Damn interesting 65 years ago today Robert Johnson was driven out of Berlin https://www.damninteresting.com/the-spy-who-loved-nothing/

Never A Melancholy Note Originally shared by **** Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues - Earl "Fatha" Hines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbsVHIX8qNU

Guns Are Not A Magic Wand For Safety A pretty well thought out essay on the practical matters involved with arming teachers as a defense strategy. Hint: It won't work. Originally shared by Kevin Clarke (ksclarke) via Charles Moore http://bobmayer.com/on-arming-teachers/

G.P. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/22/billy-grahams-nephew-isnt-mourning-his-passing/362072002/

Varmint Hunting http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article201266914.html

Mr. Okra A second-line in honor of Arthur J. "Mr. Okra" Robinson will be Sunday, following visitation at the Marigny Opera House. Preservation Hall Foundation is in charge of the second-line, which will be led by Kinfolk Brass Band and Darryl "Dancing Man" Young. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/obituaries/arthur-robinson-mr-okra-dies.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1tHFFjWWLM

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"It's His Right" Would you take in a troubled male teenager? Would you allow him to bring in an unknown number of firearms, and trust him to secure them properly? This is the kind of bad judgement we're talking about. Treating lethal weapons as banal objects of unconcern, with an absurd level of protection, verging on fetishism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/us/snead-cruz-florida-suspect.html Mr. Snead said his wife turned angrily to Mr. Cruz, still wearing a hospital gown. “Really, Nik?” she asked. “Really?” He said Mr. Cruz replied that he was sorry. The Sneads, apparently, are not. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shooting-suspect-nikolas-cruz-snead-host-family-speaks/

Cover to Cover Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Interesting interview. Link includes a look at some fascinating books. "The Boston Athenaeum—a 211-year-old independent library in the center of Beacon Hill—is home to about 150,000 rare books. Some are old, and some are brand new. Some are huge, and some are tiny. Some are made of lead, some are made of shredded army uniforms, and one is, famously, made of human skin. Until recently, Stanley Ellis Cushing was in charge of all of them. Cushing began his career at the Athenaeum in 1970, right after he graduated from college. He ended up staying for 47 years—“longer than anybody else in the last hundred years or so,” he says—working as a bookbinder and conservator, then as the Chief of the Conservation Department, and finally as the first-ever Curator of Rare Books. While in this last position, he began the library’s artists’ books collection, and took the opportunity to scoop up everything from bark cloth catalogs to anti-war tracts...

Putney Swope Watching Huggy Bear as the Arab... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/znw7k8/revisiting-putney-swope-with-robert-downey-sr

Originally shared by Bobby Seale Black Panther movie is Right On Time. Please contribute today. Now is the time to support Leo Sullivan Multimedia Foundation Crowdfunding Campaign to underwrite a viewing of Black Panther for children in the Los Angeles community that are unable to afford to attend Black Panther. Representation matter! youcaring.com/blackpanthermovie #BobbySeale #blackpanthermovie #blackpantherchallenge #blackpanther #blackpanthersolit #blackpantherparty http://youcaring.com/blackpanthermovie

The House Of The Setting Sun Records Boom Boom. Out Go The Lights. http://comicskingdom.com/zippy-the-pinhead/2018-02-20

Tag 'Em and Bag 'Em Another precious Hallmark Moment. via Assia Alexandrova Originally shared by Mihail Etropolski Yo, this dude actually delivered physical "thoughts and prayers," and then used the moment for a photo op, grocery store ziplock bag and all. Also, why is Trump receiving prayers? Is he white people's new god? You'll note also that the prayer collection was done by his wife and "other ladies," since, you know, that's a woman-y kind of job.

The Trolley Problem Originally shared by Semicentenary Project Mr. Rogers Neighborhood https://buff.ly/2GskuLy

Why Didn't The Chicken Cross The Road? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43110910

Despair Originally shared by Al Tlön Crumb

Originally shared by james kalin lost sight of the point, long ago https://youtu.be/LvWwtfKiGUk

Death From Above http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-helicopter-crash-20180217-story.html

Black and White I can remember when the Black Panthers terrified the populace by just saying they would arm themselves. Needless to say, that was Not Done. Originally shared by Jennifer Freeman Sadly, this is probably true. https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/want-see-gun-control-enacted-support-movement-arm-black-americans/

I/O Originally shared by Andrea Monticue The water a cow drinks turns to milk; The water a snake drinks turns to poison. He who offends against Heaven has no one to whom he can pray. In the midst of the plain The skylark sings, Free of all things ~Basho "It's amazing that the body feeds the brain sugar and amino acids, and what comes out is poetry and pirouettes." ~Neurologist Robert Collins

Pork Pie Hat & Sweets Originally shared by **** Jammin' the Blues is a 1944 American short film in which several prominent jazz musicians got together for a rare filmed jam session. It features Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel, Jo Jones, John Simmons, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant, Archie Savage and Garland Finney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88PwJX5gyxU

Not Me 'Cause I'm Awesome! The Dollyrots-I'm Awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2pgbjPzF2k Originally shared by David McKeever

Turkey + Bacon Words that do not properly go together. Spam is more welcome in my home. Originally shared by Susan Jahn https://www.cooksillustrated.com/articles/625-tasting-turkey-bacon?extcode=NSCIB17IN&utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=photo&utm_content=turkeybacon&utm_campaign=tastetests

Originally shared by Al Tlön George Herriman

Slow And Slovenly Wins The Race. Don't miss the (related, according to the Algorithm) "Swedish Cleaning Lady Steals And Crashes Train." http://www.techtimes.com/articles/221264/20180217/chemical-cleaning-product-use-linked-to-lung-function-decline-among-women-study.htm

"A Unique Outlook On Life" http://iphf.org/inductees/lewis-hine/ The early 1930s marked our country’s greatest depression, and Hine so desperately wanted to take part with Roy Stryker, who led the FSA project of documenting the people of the depression, but was repeatedly denied. One reason may be that Hine never relinquished ownership or rights of his negatives. Due to the depression, ownership of his negatives and the growing lack of work, Hine’s later years were spent practically as an “unknown.” After Hine's death, his son Corydon donated his prints and negatives to the Photo League, which was dismantled in 1951. The Museum of Modern Art was offered his pictures and did not accept them, but the George Eastman House did. The Library of Congress holds over 5,000 Hine photographs, including examples of his child labor and Red Cross photographs, his work portraits, and his WPA and TVA images. Originally shared by Irina T. ”When Lewis Hine started photographing children a...

I Am That I Am Exodus 3:14 I agree that that Google's AMP is horrible, but there is a certain strong element of naivete in discussing the internet, and electronic data storage in general, in terms of immutability. Just like with civil engineering, the best test is time, and the whole shebang hasn't been around that long, and has generally not been designing in terms of compatibility and longevity. Be nice if it did, but we don't seem to be headed in that direction. Might be interesting to discuss why that is... Originally shared by Edward Morbius Dear Googles: Seriously fucking fuck fucking fucked AMPed fucking email, motherfuckers. That is all. Happy Valentine's Day. https://blog.fastmail.com/2018/02/14/email-is-your-electronic-memory/ https://blog.fastmail.com/2018/02/14/email-is-your-electronic-memory/

Ooooh, Fire! The Pointer Sisters-Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9S5EZgIJck via Kevin Clarke https://www.boredpanda.com/sphere-of-42000-matches-wallacemk//

Oh, No! The Crazy World of Arthur Brown-Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaHEusBG20c Originally shared by Darren Landrum Tim O'Brien

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Proprietary Diversity Technology Protected by a one year non-compete clause. I'd almost chip in for legal fees to defend, just so everyone can notice that nothing changes at Big Blue during the stated interim. Yeesh. https://www.wraltechwire.com/2018/02/12/ibm-sues-to-stop-unc-grad-from-becoming-chief-diversity-officer-at-microsoft/

The Reason For The Season http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2018/02/13

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Originally shared by Damn interesting https://longreads.com/2018/02/12/how-lobbyists-normalized-the-use-of-chemical-weapons-on-american-civilians/

Take A Free Ride "If a law isn't public, it isn't a law." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer This is another common sense argument that is more complicated than it appears. AFAIK, folks like Elsevier, who have a stranglehold on scientific journals, do not contribute to the costs of research in any way (and, it should be noted, much of the research that they do publish is free of the data sets that scientists use to support their conclusions). However, the standards bodies that create codes for construction have their research and administration funded by these fees. And if you've had much experience with OSHA, you might want to think twice about handing that whole thing over to the government to manage. Either way, it has to be paid for. I say this as a builder who has more than a little experience of both the arbitrariness and value of building code compliance. I also know some folks who have worked with construction standards bodies. It's also wor...

Always Be Yourself Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman. via Cara Evangelista https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/new-research-finds-that-kids-aged-4-6-perform-better-during-boring-tasks-when-dressed-as-batman

Jon Carroll He's retired, but he ain't dead. This story might explain why. “They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.” Oscar Gamble https://joncarrollprose.com/2018/02/01/magical-realism/ https://joncarrollprose.com/2018/02/01/magical-realism/

Candy Is Dandy http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=3248

COINTELPRO https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/10/puzzle-pieces-former-asst-sec-of-state-robert-charles-discusses-the-fisa-review-court-may-explain-judge-ruben-contreras-recusal/

Roy Cohn, Jr. ...whose "absolute goal was to die completely broke and owing millions to the IRS. He succeeded in that." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-fun-house-mirrors-of-trump-white-house-disarray-can-look-like-victory/2018/02/10/9321cec0-0e6e-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html

Dem Bones As we come to Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, a section of her memoir, headed “Priest’s Beast Friend,” bears noting. Cunningham here reports that Sheen had a dog named Chumley. “My uncle trained the dog himself, and when people were over for dinner, Chumley would sit by his seat. Before the meal, my uncle would tell Chumley that it was time to say grace, and the dog could put his paws together and bow his head as if in prayer. “Then, when giving him treats, my uncle would say, ‘Chumley! It’s Lent! Mortify yourself’ And he'd lay a piece of meat on the dog’s nose. Chumley would be very still. When my uncle finally said, ‘Easter!’ Chumley would snap back to life – and snack on the treat.” via Ray Radlein https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fight-within-the-catholic-church-over-the-bones-of-americas-first-televangelist

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Baphomet + Jiffy Pop Originally shared by Susan Jahn 😁 https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-your-new-cursed-instant-pot

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Nothing In This World Beats a '52 Vincent and a red headed girl... Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do... They don't have a soul like a Vincent '52. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-03/vincent-black-lightning-land-speed-record-motorcycle-auction/9390634

Bar Tab Probably also true for folks who use two spaces at the end of each sentence. via Randy Culler Originally shared by Notepad++ For the good of Notepad++ community, the TAB will be set as space by default. https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/06/15/developers-use-spaces-make-money-use-tabs/

How Do It Know? The Lawyers' Ways by Paul Laurence Dunbar I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That I'm most completely beat. Fust one feller riz to argy, An' he boldly waded in As he dressed the tremblin' pris'ner In a coat o' deep-dyed sin. Why, he painted him all over In a hue o' blackest crime, An' he smeared his reputation With the thickest kind o' grime, Tell I found myself a-wond'rin', In a misty way and dim, How the Lord had come to fashion Sich an awful man as him. Then the other lawyer started, An' with brimmin', tearful eyes, Said his client was a martyr That was brought to sacrifice. An' he give to that same pris'ner Every blessed human grace, Tell I saw the light o' virtue Fairly shinin' from his face. Then I own 'at I was puzzled How sich things could rightly be; An' this aggervatin' question Seems to keep a-p...

Prophetic Voice Originally shared by Tim O'Brien

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DNGAF As you get older, the filters just aren't there. Pure Gold. Pure Q. Originally shared by Ralf Haring This interview really is as bonkers as all the quotes make it seem. http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quincy-jones-in-conversation.html

Daily Dose Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) This is work by an artist on Ello, Philip Lueck. https://ello.co/philiplueck/post/2bjkqpegnb-r4z8ilin0aa I'm logging in this collection for the idea that people could buy pills to activate features of their bioware, where larger doses have different or longer effects and pirated pills have strange, sometimes dangerous effects.

#MeToo Originally shared by Mark Rodriguez (Godriguez) won't you take that ride, on Heavy Metal watching the SpaceX launch today and seeing the mannequin spaceman driving the Tesla mounted inside it, this scene instantly came to mind...i personally don't think it's a coincidence the name of the rocket has the word "HEAVY" in it i give you the intro to one of my fave animations of all time: HEAVY METAL ...enjyoy . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMPe3wF9jQ

Shaking The Family Tree Also, does anyone have any experiences to share about using genealogical software? I am the depository of record for my family, and trying to move the data onto computers is surprisingly hard. I've dabbled with Gramps and Mac Family Tree, so far. Originally shared by The New Yorker “It’s hilarious how easy it is to find hypocrisy,” Jennifer Mendelsohn said. “And I’m a scary-good sleuth.” http://nyer.cm/G80xnRB

Café du Monde Originally shared by Al Tlön "Chicory blends from New Orleans provided a taste of home." https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chicory-vietnamese-coffee-cafe-du-monde

Hoedown Showdown Originally shared by Randy Culler Watch what happens when a fiddle player is handed a Stradivarius vioin I got to play a Stradivarius violin and then a fiddle once owned by Tommy Jarrell, that has a rattlesnake rattle in it. Guess which one I liked better. https://youtu.be/LI1suSz_fvc

Saa's Story http://www.jayoconnell.com/2014/08/stranger-from-the-depths/ The full dust jacket version of the unabridged hard cover version is even trippier. https://www.flickr.com/photos/schongut/4020848538 Originally shared by giacomo bencistà Stranger from the depths (1970 ed., cover illustration by Emanuel Schongut) Via: http://jellobiafrasays.tumblr.com/post/170271956616/stranger-from-the-depths-1970-ed-cover

Getting All Wigged Out Originally shared by Semicentenary Project

Dear Podium Girl http://blog.amandabatty.com/2018/02/dear-podium-girl.html

Damn This Traffic Jam It hurts my motor to go so slow... James Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V020XgCqHFo Originally shared by Edward Morbius It's not because of the dry taste and tendency to cut your tongue which make them so much less attractive than the Lingonberry variety... In all seriousness, a wonderfully detailed article about photoreproduction, printing, technology, risk, and engineering. And Paper Torture Labs. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/why-paper-jams-persist https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/why-paper-jams-persist

Catch Of The Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91SfjiEcz54

Bring Your Own Device Not available in all countries. Some restrictions and exclusions may apply. This is a limited time offer. Originally shared by giacomo bencistà ATTENTION MORTALS: Free will is becoming a monthly subscription service starting March of this year. https://www.reddit.com/r/fifthworldproblems/comments/7uul4y/attention_mortals_free_will_is_becoming_a_monthly/

Originally shared by james kalin river of sky https://youtu.be/9vTM98WL2Eg

When Push Comes To Shove Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Tallying all the rocket engines and motors needed. You can either read the article or watch the video in the link. "The first time the Saturn V launched in November of 1967, ceiling tiles in the nearby studio where Walter Cronkite was reporting from live fell to the floor. The power of the five F-1 engines was astonishing, and their combined 7.5 million pounds of thrust hasn’t yet been matched. But there were more engines than just those five biggest ones. All told, it took 83 engines to get an Apollo mission to the Moon and safely back to Earth." http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/vintagespace/2018/01/15/it-took-83-engines-to-get-to-the-moon/

Flyby International Space Station Lunar Transit on January 30, 2018. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA from Potomac Yard, Alexandria, VA. Not all that far off from Tranquillity Base, from this point of view. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/25126863227/in/album-72157692848342575/

One Track Mind Originally shared by 7 Island Sweet Poet's Page I will be posting selections from The Book of American Negro Poetry , James Weldon Johnson, Ed., 1922, Harcourt, Brace & Co. Today are lines from the editor's preface essay, in which he discusses the history of ragtime music and the blues, and relates the following stanza from a song commonly heard during WW1 sung by "Southern colored soldiers in France." "I'm jes' as misabul as I can be, I'm unhappy even if I am free, I'm feelin' down, I'm feelin' blue; I wander 'round, don't know what to do. I'm go'n lay mah haid on de railroad line, Let de B. & O. come and pacify mah min'. " It is apropos to this year's Black History Month, themed African Americans in Times of War. http://www.chiff.com/education/black-history-month.htm http://www.chiff.com/education/black-history-month.htm

Modern Demagoguery Originally shared by Tina Vigilante

Browned Off Roasted and Toasted. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/02/01/potential-california-warning-the-chemical-in-your-coffee-that-may-cause-cancer/#47d099835c3f https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/02/01/potential-california-warning-the-chemical-in-your-coffee-that-may-cause-cancer/#47d099835c3f

Toy Guns via Alex Scrivener Originally shared by Mike DiBaggio According to the Baltimore Sun, it started when a 19-year-old woman from New Jersey overdosed in 2011 and authorities began tracing the origin of the drugs. It led them to a Baltimore drug crew and the discovery that a Baltimore police officer was involved. By the time they finished investigating, eight members of the elite Gun Trace Task Force had been charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to robbery. You want robbery? How about the story of the corrupt squad stopping a drug dealer during a traffic stop and robbing him of $6,500, then going to the man’s home without a warrant and taking another $100,000 out of a safe? Sgt. Wayne Jenkins would ask suspected drug dealers, “If you could put together a crew of guys and rob the biggest drug dealer in town, who would it be?” If you’re interested in police targeting regular citizens, maybe you should read about how the Maurice Ward had a technique of driving fast at group...