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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 …

Finally discovering why "Colonel" is pronounced the way it is!! Leads to Gallagher and I Love Lucy!

The other day when I was writing about Dorothy Parker I found an article of her quotes at Mental Floss. While I was on the site, I saw this article on the sidebar Why Is ‘Colonel’ Spelled That Way?. English spelling is bizarre. We know that. From the moment we …

Political Thoughts…End the Police Shootings… there has to be a better way!!

The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri is one in a seemingly endless string of white police officers using excessive force on African-Americans. Maybe it will be the one to wake us up, and help us put an end to this practice, but more than likely that’s just wishful …

This Day in History – August 22, 1893 Dorothy Parker was born – what a woman she was!

Born on this date August 22 in 1893, was one of the wittiest people ever, Ms. Dorothy Parker! Here’s some background on Ms Parker for those of you who don’t know her and considering she died in 1967, that may be many of you! From Wikipedia: Dorothy Parker (August 22, …

Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power – Now We Know!

After several months, yesterday I finally finished Seth Rosenfeld’s terrific book Subversives – The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise to Power. usually when I ‘m reading a book like this and I then pick up other books while reading it, I most time don’t go back to …

On this Date in History – August 19, 1953 The US and British orchestrated Iranian coup d'état .

The Iranian coup d’etat which occurred on today’s date in 1953 had a profound impact on both the Iranian people and the United States. While the negative impacts of the coup were felt by the Iranian people from the beginning, the US really didn’t feel the impacts until the 1979 Iranian Islamic …

The 41st Chess Olympiad Ends – China wins, Russia second – Where are the US players??

So when I went to Wikipedia this morning to check something there in the news, I saw that the 41st Chess Olympiad concluded with the following results….. China won the open section of the tournament for the first time, while Russia claimed victory in the women’s section for the third …

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