Check this out. The chart on the left was put out by Amnesty International about 25 years ago, and basically lays out the methods of...
One year ago today, I used all the best stuff that happened today.
On October 21, 1854, Florence Nightingale heads off for war. Born into wealth and exceptionally well-educated for a woman of her time,...
Saw on Facebook that LeStudio in Quebec was demolished today. Most of Rush's best material, including Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and...
They don't call him a football genius for nothing!
Finley is 6'6 and about 245, almost JaMarcus size. Kind of hard not to think of everyone else as not big enough by comparison.
Not worth its own thread, so I'll leave here. Les has lost his best offensive weapon. Pooka Williams announced today he is leaving school "to be...
Very impressive, hope he recovers quickly. Thinking about this week, does anyone have insight as to who might be ahead out of Johnson and Finley?...
On October 20,1962, President Kennedy returns to Washington from the World's Fair in Seattle with an "upper respiratory infection." That's the...
There's no accounting for taste.:D
Not even close. If you can find it, see their doc "Time Stand Still." You will see fans who make me look like a disinterested bystander.
On October 19, 1864, the Union Army scores a come-from-behind victory over the Confederates at the Battle of Cedar Creek. Rebel forces under...
Meant to do this one on the 16th, but I forgot.... On October 16, 1972, a twin-engine plane carrying U.S. Congressman Hale Boggs, House Majority...
On October 18, 1972, the first Clean Water Act is enacted into law. Numerous consequences of America's mistreatment of its waterways had begun...
On October 17, 1943, Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Nazi Holocaust, orders the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland closed and dismantled....
On October 16, 1934, embattled Chinese Communists break through Nationalist enemy lines and begin an epic flight from their encircled headquarters...
On October 15, 1991, after a bitter confirmation hearing, the Senate votes 52 to 48 to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. He...
That's it. Season's cancelled.
Bristol can become demolition derby on pavement.
Are you old enough to remember the '86 Final Four team? They had a flu problem that took out almost half the team for about 10 day. Not a single...
