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Back in 1877 Denver was the site of the recorded first gun duel fought between women. Madames Mattie Silks and Katie Fulton fought a duel with single shot Derringers over a married man they both laid claim to. Neither was his wife. Both followed the general guidelines, paced off their steps, turned and fired. Neither Madame took a hit.

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On this day in 1776 our nation was born. The colonists won this nation with blood. They released the people of this new nation from tyranny, outrageous taxes and no representation in government. Our Founding Fathers set out to protect the people from tyranny by their new government. The instrument of this protection is the Constitution of the ( Read more... )

While perusing audio books to restock my supply of driving companions, I came across Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History by Dr. Margaret MacMillan

Allow me to quote the Publisher's Summary:

The winner of many prestigious awards for her scholarship, historian Margaret MacMillan is also the New York Times best-selling author of Paris ( Read more... )

Tampa, FL - This was originally written as a comment on another blog. But buried in a comment on another blog seemed like kind of limited exposure for all that work.

So here is a less specific, somewhat enhanced version of that post. It shows the mistakes Congress and President Obama are making with the Democratic Christmas in February Bill ( Read more... )

Birmingham, AL - Allow me to quote from an interview Sen. Biden gave CBS News:
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,'"
AP: In gaffe, Biden says FDR led when market crashed

I don't think I can add to that...


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In the bad old days when a teen girl turned up pregnant, there was going to be a wedding. As the old joke goes, "It was a formal wedding. Her daddy brought the white shotgun." Society, finding the shotgun marriage a bit harsh and sometimes unenforceable, has been adjusting their collective views on teen pregnancy ever since ( Read more... )

Someone tossed this up on a forum for satellite people.

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One hundred years ago today San Francisco was hit with a devastating earthquake and fire. At 5:12 a.m. the earth began two minutes of violent shaking that tore almost three hundred miles of the San Andreas fault. Subsequent to the shaking, several fires broke out that eventually consumed the majority of the city ( Read more... )

Once again the never to be sufficiently damned generator in the truck is on strike. So tomorrow afternoon once again I make the five hour trek to Tampa. Monday morning the generator priests will once again take a crack at exorcising the demons from that thing ( Read more... )