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Category Archives: history
Yelena Bonner, RIP (via sitting on the edge of the sandbox, biting my tongue)
Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov are people Baby Boomers saw in action and their children should have grown up learning about. Sakharov died a hero a couple of decades ago. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged andrei-sakhorov, human-rights, Israel, politics, refusniks, russia, yelena-bonner
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HUMOROUS CHAIN EMAIL: Duct Tape or a Nail?
This has a very important lesson. Duct Tape or a Nail? A man dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates and says, ‘Here’s how it works. You need 100 points to make it … Continue reading
WHEN OUR PEOPLE WERE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
When I got the video below in a chain email, I decided to do a little research. However, I quickly found my efforts would be redundant. Here is a well-researched post at the National Parks Traveler, Rare Motion Pictures Show Civil War Veterans … Continue reading
Posted in history
ABOUT THREE BIG CHANGES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
H/T to Thatmrgguy’s Blog. From Bill Whittle;
Posted in economy, history
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PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER — ANOTHER CHAIN EMAIL
Here is an interesting bit of interpretive history from the National Firearms Museum that is making its way around via email. Here are a several related links. The Girandoni air rifle: Lewis and Clark’s secret weapon from the NRA Blog Girandoni Air Rifle … Continue reading
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY HAS A CONSERVATIVE POET
Check out the front page of the the website of the Prince William County Republican Committee. We have a poet, Ronald Reagan Remembered.
Posted in history, Republican Party
WHY WE NEED THE RIGHT TO SAY NO! — PART 1
In response to MAKING AN ISSUE OUT OF IDENTITY, the four-part series named REVIEWING THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST NORMALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY (starts here), and TO BE BORN AGAIN, visitors have left some interesting comments. As our dialogue has continued, I have been reminded … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, culture, history
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THE BIBLE AND THE KORAN HAVE PARALLEL TEXTS?
Today I got a comment from a fellow who calls himself hystar. What is a hystar? I guess hystar refers to an acronym of some sort; looking it up did not help much. Anyway, hystar left the same comment on my website that he left on various … Continue reading
Posted in culture, history, religion
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