History Never Repeats

[rudigerstyles]

A short taste of my dissertation on the junto blog, not quite word-for-word, not quite an abstract.  What exactly is the nature of a federal union?  Lets consider together...

[trekgate]

[fuckyeahsciencefiction]

i get a little choked up when i’ve been watching the whole movie straight through and it comes to this scene. underrated trek movie.

[newshour]

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) addressed the thousands of people that gathered on the National Mall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

"I got arrested 40 times during the 60s, beaten and left bloodied and unconscious… But I’m not tired. I am ready to fight and continue to fight, and you must fight."

Watch more video from the March on Washington’s 50th

[newshour]

As a result of climate change, melting arctic ice has opened new routes at the top of the world. A Chinese cargo ship set out last week in that nation’s first commercial voyage through the newly formed Northeast Passage.

Learn more here.

[rudigerstyles]

(I guess we have to stop being so smug about explorers trying to find a 'northwest passage'.)

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Very noble, but the characters lack definition... (see what I did there?)  

[rudigerstyles]

An inmate came across a book by an history professor I know and it inspired him to change his priorities.  The article is written by the former-inmate and is an expression of his own abilities and the real impact that a good monograph can have in the right circumstances.

[spockisnotimpressed]

[rudigerstyles]

spockisnotimpressed:

Not impressed with your weighing skills

[rudigerstyles]

Kill some time, add archival assistant to your CV (slightly embellished).

[rudigerstyles]

Can it really be time to sign up for fantasy football leagues if the lockout hasn't officially ended?  Are we supposed to draft lawyers?  2 Points for each sustained objection?  Stack the benches with lead councilors to prevent others from drafting them?  Does it count in favor of the defense if false rumors get contained?  Are there bigger problems in the world I could be considering right now?  Maybe other negotiations of a more critical nature?  No, that's clearly crazy talk.

[rudigerstyles]

Someday?

[littlegoldfishes-deactivated201]

[rudigerstyles]

Only slightly sensationalized, the physical pyramids are being uncovered the old-fashioned way, but the sites are being chosen, in part, by examining infrared images.  The still-buried buildings vary in density from surrounding soil and create a different signature in the images, allowing archaeologists to better target their digs. 

[rudigerstyles]

Disappointing, though this always seemed something of an ambitious, idealistic project.

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I know *I* like them...

[williams-blood]

[rudigerstyles]

classic.

[rudigerstyles]

Now I've only had the 3rd hottest pepper known to man.  What a difference a few months makes.  Homer has a new nemesis.  

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The super-volcano that is Yellowstone National Park apparently has a much bigger footprint than previously believed, according to new mapping data.  Take that dinosaurs...I mean, humanity.