During the 2016 campaign, President Trump exploited the Kate Steinle shooting as a vehicle to rail against illegal immigrants and promote his border wall. A jury today decided her death was an accident. The defense claimed Garcia Zarate merely picked up a shirt he found lying on a bench, and a gun[...]
Archive for November, 2017
November 30th, 2017 - 8:55 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY on Thanksgiving
Innovation in Flour 1939. Kansas Wheat. When they realized women were using their sacks to make clothes for their children, the mills started using flowered fabric for their sacks so the kids would have pretty clothes. Pure kindness. The label would wash out.[...]
November 30th, 2017 - 4:21 am § in Misc.
Happy Thanksgiving
Ancient Mayans first domesticated turkey.. from TOPNEWS Submitted by Jamie Williamsonon Thu, 08/09/2012 – 08:09 Washington, Aug 9 – Turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated by the ancient Mayans, more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. The[...]
GOP tax bill remakes American life
And for most Americans, not for the better. The GOP tax bill has turned into something far larger and more sinister than a tax cut for corporations and wealthy people, although taxing the middle class to subsidize the GOP’s campaign donors remains one of its foremost objectives. But beyond th[...]