Interesting Photos ... Yes they certainly are, Ramey H! .... Thx!

Interesting Photos

A 10 x 15-foot wooden shed where the “Harley-Davidson Motor Company” started out in 1903. 

Testing football helmets in 1912 

A bar in New York City, the night before prohibition began,1920 

 

Mount Rushmore Before Carving, 1920s 

Traffic jam in New York, 1923 

A quiet little job at a crocodile farm in St. Augustine, FL 1926 

World economic crisis, 1929 

Central Park in 1930 

Last 4 couples standing at a Chicago dance marathon, 1930 

Meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club, early 1930s 

Confederate and Union soldiers shake hands across the wall at the 1938 reunion for the Veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg

When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, flour mills of the 30s started using flowered fabric for their sacks, 1939 

NY, Coney Island, 1940 

The thirty-six men needed to fly and service a B-17E in 1942 

Three young women wash their clothes in Central Park during a water shortage. New York, 1949 

19 year-old Shigeki Tanaka was a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima and went on to win the 1951 Boston Marathon. The crowd was silent as he crossed the finish line. 

Florida’s last Civil War veteran, Bill Lundy, poses with a jet fighter, 1955 

NASA scientists with their board of calculations, 1960s 

Muhammad Ali’s fists after the fight with Cooper, 1963 

New York firemen play a game after a fire in a billiard parlor, 1969 

An abandoned baby sleeps peacefully in a drawer at the Los Angeles Police Station, 1971 

Boy hiding in a TV set, Boston, 1972 by Arthur Tress 

Robert De Niro’s cab driver license. In order to get into character for the film Taxi Driver, he obtained his own hack license and would pick-up/drive customers around in New York City. 

Nancy Reagan sits on the lap of Mr. T, dressed as Santa, 1983 

Ronald Reagan wearing sweatpants on Air Force One, 1985 

Five-Part stories on John Calipari ... Thx KSR!

Part one of DeCourcy’s five-part Calipari series went live today

By Drew Franklin on ©September 01st, 2015 @ 11:29am

Mike DeCourcy over at The Sporting News is releasing a five-part series on John Caliparithis week, and part one, titled “The Success,” hit internet shelves today. It focuses on Calipari’s firing from the New Jersey Nets and how it paved the way for him to become a superstar at Memphis, then at Kentucky, where he’s been to four of the last five Final Fours.

Definitely give it a read here when you can.

This is the schedule for the series’ release this week:

Today: Success
Wednesday: Salesman
Wednesday: Target
Thursday: Citizen
Thursday: Strategist

Great stuff from DeCourcy so far. Looking forward to the rest.

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Constitution 101 ... Thx Paul C!

Welcome to Constitution 101 Watch Lecture One "The American Founding: Revolutionary or Conservative?"    Overview: American political history is defined by three great crises. The first crisis was the American Revolution, which was declared on July 4, 1776 but whose roots can be traced back at least to 1763. That period of crisis ended with the election of Thomas Jefferson as president in what has become known as the “Revolution of 1800.”  The second crisis was the crisis over slavery that culminated in the Civil War. While the Founders had opposed slavery in principle, but had been forced to compromise with the institution in practice for the sake of the Union, the rise of the “positive good” school of slavery in the South marked a turn away from the Founders’ principles, and their practice. In response, Abraham Lincoln explained and defended the Founder’s approach.  The third great crisis, which continues today, is the challenge of Progressivism, a movement founded by Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. The Progressives rejected the Founders’ principles, including their notions of a fixed human nature and inalienable natural rights.... Click here to continue reading If you would like help navigating this online course, please visit the help section. If you are unable to find the answer to your question there, please email onlinecourses@hillsdale.edu. Enjoy the course!     About "Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution" Taught by the Hillsdale College Politics faculty, this course will introduce you to the meaning and history of the United States Constitution. The course will examine a number of original source documents from the Founding period, including especially the Declaration of Independence and The Federalist Papers. The course will also consider two significant challenges to the Founders’ Constitution: the institution of slavery and the rise of Progressivism. Support Hillsdale Online Courses

Spying 101 ... Thx Paul C!

You may be surprised ... Thx Paul C!

Fwd: FW: Six trivia questions Inbox x Paul Claxon 9:45 PM (15 hours ago) to bcc: me   .    You may be surprised.   Six trivia questions  Six trivia questions to see how much history you really know.   Be honest; it's kind of fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer, make your best guess.  Answer all of the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers.  And, no, the answers to these questions aren't all Barack Obama.  1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."   A. Karl Marx                    B. Adolph Hitler                   C. Joseph Stalin   D. Barack Obama            E. None of the above   2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few... and to replace it with shared responsibility, for shared prosperity."   A. Lenin                            B. Mussolini                         C. Idi Amin   D. Barack Obama             E. None of the above   3) "(We).... can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."  A. Nikita  Khrushchev         B.  Joseph Goebbels             C. Boris Yeltsin   D. Barack Obama                 E. None of the above   4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground."  A. Mao Tse Tung              B.Hugo Chavez                               C. Kim Jong II   D. Barack Obama             E. None of the above   5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."  A.  Karl Marx                    B. Lenin                                 C. Molotov   D. Barack Obama            E. None of the above   6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy, that they are being watched."  A. Pinochet                       B. Milosevic                            C. Saddam Hussein   D. Barack Obama             E. None of the above     Scroll down for answers...   ... and the answers are:  (1)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004   (2)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007  (3)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007  (4)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007  (5)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007  (6)  E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005    She may be the next president if you don't forward this

Old Geezer ... Thx Ramey H!

                          Dr. Geezer's Clinic...

An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic.

    

He    put a sign up outside that said: "Dr.Geezer's clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000."

Doctor "Young," who was positive that this old geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to 
Dr.Geezer's clinic. 

Dr. Young: "Dr.Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me ??" 

Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth." 

Dr. Young: Aaagh !! -- "This is Gasoline!"  

Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back.That will be $500." 

Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.

Dr. Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything."

Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."

Dr. Young:  "Oh, no you don't,  -- that is Gasoline!"

Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back .  That will be $500."

Dr. Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.  

Dr. Young: "My eyesight has become weak    ---  I can hardly see anything !!!!

Dr. Geezer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so, " Here's your $1000 back." (giving him a $10 bill)

  

Dr. Young: "But this is only $10!

  

Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back!  That will be $500."

Moral of story  --  Just because you're "Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an "old Geezer"