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Cal Clugston Titanic 100 Politiku

Cal Clugston Titanic 100 Politiku

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James Schwartz Titanic 100 Politiku

Wireless century / Unsinkable Ship of Dreams / Unthinkable ice. 

Written by, James Schwartz

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President TylerHis grandson is still aliveCalls Gingrich a jerk.
Written by,supremecourthaiku.com
Inspired by,”President John Tyler’s grandson says Newt Gingrich is a ‘jerk’”By, Mackenzie Weinger Published by Politico 

President Tyler
His grandson is still alive
Calls Gingrich a jerk.

Written by,
supremecourthaiku.com

Inspired by,
President John Tyler’s grandson says Newt Gingrich is a ‘jerk’”
By, Mackenzie Weinger 
Published by Politico 

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vincentjmusi:

you can’t learn from your mistakes if you don’t make any 
STS-5, Columbia
11 November, 1982

vincentjmusi:

you can’t learn from your mistakes if you don’t make any 

STS-5, Columbia

11 November, 1982

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vincentjmusi:

fire training tower
STS-5, Columbia
11 november, 1982

vincentjmusi:

fire training tower

STS-5, Columbia

11 november, 1982

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Cpan will premiere a fascinating documentary about the Library of Congress on Monday, July 18, 8 pm & 11 pm ET h/t Tattered Cover 

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What do all these photos have in common?  Visit the Scientific American Guest Blog to find out.

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Fact Check Politiku: Paul Revere’s Letter to Jeremy Belknap Circa 1798 
Click on the hand written letter to view the legible version.
I’m not thrilled about having to admit this.  After going through several sources and then confirming with a historian, however, I have no choice but to reluctantly acknowledge —in this particular instance— Sarah Palin knew what she was talking about.
 The International Business Times  addressed the historical veracity of Palin’s story more rigorously than the US big city dailies did — as does the Politiku below. 
Susanna Speier’s Fact Check Politiku There were warning shots.I don’t like it that she’s right……but they rang bells, too.
View the pre-fact-checked illustrated album of Palin’s Revere Politiku here. 

Fact Check Politiku: Paul Revere’s Letter to Jeremy Belknap Circa 1798 

Click on the hand written letter to view the legible version.

I’m not thrilled about having to admit this.  After going through several sources and then confirming with a historian, however, I have no choice but to reluctantly acknowledge —in this particular instance— Sarah Palin knew what she was talking about.

 The International Business Times  addressed the historical veracity of Palin’s story more rigorously than the US big city dailies did — as does the Politiku below. 

Susanna Speier’s Fact Check Politiku 
There were warning shots.
I don’t like it that she’s right…
…but they rang bells, too.

View the pre-fact-checked illustrated album of Palin’s Revere Politiku here. 

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Go here  to see this Janet Flora Corso’s Politiku and others in the Illustrated Palin’s Revere Politiku album. 

Go here  to see this Janet Flora Corso’s Politiku and others in the Illustrated Palin’s Revere Politiku album. 

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A visual timeline of the “the press,” from Gutenberg to the iPad    (via)

curiositycounts:

A visual timeline of the “the press,” from Gutenberg to the iPad    (via)

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