I guess they will do away with this federal holiday for sure!
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I guess they will do away with this federal holiday for sure!
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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The idea is to supplant in importance the 4th of July with Juneteenth a couple of weeks in advance by substituting it for the nothing Holliday of Columbus Day. It is going to work...at least to the point that the switch will take place.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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Hold on---not so quick---that is MY birthday!Originally Posted by Mike
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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WTF does Columbus have to do with Black Lives?
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He is kind of a "Custer figure"---in a more honest look at him he was not exactly a benevolent protector of the rights of the aboriginal peoples of his new found world---there was a lot of raping and pillaging going on. Even putting it in the context of the day it is hard to ignore.
However, the native peoples did not suffer without retribution. Columbus and his merry band brought home a sovereign. Columbus quickly shared his with his sponsor Queen Isabelle who subsequently shared her's with any and all royal of Europe who happened by for a visit.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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^^^
“‘The origin of syphilis is a fascinating, compelling question,’ Zuckerman said.”
Thanks for that find, Dave, I had never heard of the Columbian Theory to explain the introduction of syphilis to Europe before, as well as the effects of eating pelagic seafood on carbon dating.
In many ways the history of man is our screwing around.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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Besides it looks like new discoveries point to others being here well before old Chris made it to the shore. So much for the "discovering" idea brought up when I was in school.
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"Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've
stayed alive."
'Take care of yourself, and each other.'
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