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Posts Tagged ‘Misc.’
September 12th, 2015 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
Photography
Rachid the butcher in Paris. All photographs: Vladimir Antaki/Barcroft Media. See more of the remarkable work of Vladimir Antaki.[...]
September 7th, 2015 - 3:47 am § in Misc.
Brazil Day
September 7, 1822. Portugal’s Prince Pedro de Alcântara defies the Portuguese court and declares Brazil’s independence. The colonisation of Brazil began in earnest during the 1530s, when Portuguese merchants began importing slaves from Africa to meet booming sugar exports to Europe. A new influ[...]
September 7th, 2015 - 1:32 am § in Misc.
Which President Founded Labor Day
Back in in 1894 the robber barons had mono0plized the railroads. Pullman worker went in strike in May. Tom palliate the workers, Congress passed legislation making the first Monday of September a day to recognize workers. In July, President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to crush [...]
September 6th, 2015 - 3:20 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Is God Losing It?
Worrisome? Or is this just entropy?[...]
September 3rd, 2015 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
Slur of the day
Golliwog A predominately UK expression which originally was a children’s literature character and type of black doll but which eventually became to be used as a jibe against people with dark skin, most commonly Afro-Caribbeans.[76][...]