Today is a year since the previous October 7, which of course was the date of the infamous, horrific attack on Israeli citizens... which has led us to where we are today, awaiting possible world war III erupting. Any day now, we're expecting an attack on Iran in retaliation for the Iranian missile attack on Israel a few weeks ago, in retaliation ( Read more... )

The Top Ten Things that were in my Journal Index from 1986 to 2000 (ie subjects that were non-places and non-people):

1. Poems / Poetry... 9 lines in the index
2. Television... 8
3. Blacks / African Americans... 7
Drugs... 7
5. Iran-Contra Scandal... 6.5
6. Christmas... 5.5
Football (American)... 5.5
Marriage... 5.5
9. AIDS... 5
Republicans... 5

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More info about Gypsies... from an internet source.

Although a Persian story has been cited as proof they came from a single caste of entertainers, more recent evidence, including blood-type research, points to a gathering of diverse peoples in the Punjab region of India to form an army and its support groups to counter Muslim invaders.

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30 years ago last month...  news of a secret Iranian arms deal came out ( Read more... )

30 years ago in my journal, I wrote a bit about patriotism ( Read more... )

Every day I do one sample of Google News' Top Stories (list of 10 links on the top left corner of Google News UK)....  and I like to see which items get the most mentions (according to my once daily sample).  This kind of thing excites me.

Here are the July results:















Iran
14

The Ashes
13

Tunisia
8

Yemen
8

Boko Haram
7

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This month's daily sample of Google Top News...

Alexis Tsipras 13
Syria 6
Copa América 6
Pope Francis 5
Vladimir Putin 5
Turkey 5
Apple Inc. 5
Charleston 5
Gaza Strip 5
FC Barcelona 4
England 4
Yemen 4
U.S. Open (golf) 4
Andy Murray 4
Eurozone 4
David Cameron 4
Iran 4
Wimbledon 4
Tunisia 4
Boko Haram 4

During April, here are the top 10 news subjects as determined by a once daily sampling of Googlenews:

Apple Inc. 16
Yemen 15
Kenya 8
Masters Tournament 8
Iran 7
Manchester United F.C. 6
Samsung Group 6
Lewis Hamilton 6
Nepal 6
Chelsea F.C. 6