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Today in History – Oct 3, 2009 – The Turkic Council is formed by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey

Ok so when most Americans hear Turkey they think first of the Thanksgiving Day bird and maybe secondly the country in the Middle East. The American elementary and secondary education system spends little time on world history and when we do study world history it is usually limited to …

Today Oct 2nd – The International Day of Non-Violence, Born Oct 2, 1869 Mahatma Gandhi!

I hope that all police officers in the US today were told at morning roll call that today is The International Day of Non-Violence and that maybe they should take a moment, and if they are faced with a crisis, stop and think, “How Can I handle this situation non-violently?” …

Sunday Reads: It's Time, even employers want it!! Raise the Minimum Wage!

So we all know that since the 2008 collapse recovery has been slow, especially for people, and since Corporations are people how come they are not feeling any pain!! Not only aren’t these faux people not feeling any pain, they are really doing pretty well particularly in relation to the …

Unsung Founding Father – Oliver Ellsworth and the Judiciary Act of 1789!

Not long ago I commented that one of the important things that we need to remember is that not all the time is history made by the big names For example we all know the names of many of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Washington, Adams Madison, Franklin …

Exploring the Neo-Prog of the UK's Cosmograf – Capacitor – Electrifying!

So once again I listen to a band, I like their music , I go to read about the band and I find, the band is mostly a one-person band and the music fits into the Neo-Prog sub-genre!! In this instance, the band is Cosmograf and the rock project leader …

Today in History – The Birthday of Three Music Icons and the Anniversary of an Infamous Baseball Play!!

So three music icons share September 23rd as their birthday. First born in 1926 the great jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, next, born in 1930 the incomparable Ray Charles and finally in 1949 Bruce Springsteen. Quite a lineup, I could play music clips from these guys all day long!! All three …

On this Day in History September 20th – Let's Visit Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central African Republic!

One of the aspects of my job at Lippincott Jacobs the I really enjoyed was making maps to be included in various reports. Typically, they were environmental maps showing the soils, geology, or the drainage areas on an around the area of a proposed project. To develop these maps I …

Civil War: September 14, 1862 The Battle of South Mountain – Rebels Hold, Lee retreats, McClellan dawdles!

Yesterday I wrote about Barton Mitchell’s discovery of Special Order 191 concerning Robert E Lee‘s troop movements during his Maryland Campaign in 1862. The discovery of the orders provided information to Gen George McClellan, then commander of the Union Army allowing him to locate and pursue Lee’s troops. Lee had …

On this Date in History – Corporal Barton Mitchell finds Robert E Lee's Special Order 191! Did he save the Union??

Sometimes the course of human history is latered by the actions of men and women that are well-known to us, and then sometimes the person is someone who no one knows or little remembers. On September 13, 1862 Corporal Barton W. Mitchell,of the 27th Indiana Volunteers, part of the Union …

Can We Save Our Country From the 1% ?- Support a Constitutional Amendment to End Citizens United!!

Since I have been writing this blog one of the things that I have been crying for is to tax the rich.It is time that we have to start fighting for the lower 99% of America. Time for us start leveling that playing field. Time to start rebuilding the middle …

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