Tag Archives: United States history

Shh! It’s a Secret…

Nuclear Weapons? “I have built a nuclear, a weapon, I have built a weapon system that nobody’s ever had in this country before,” Trump said in an interview with journalist Bob Woodward for his book published this week. “We have stuff that … Continue reading

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“You Want the Truth? You Can’t Handle the Truth!”

Pleading the Fifth Amendment Oh, the irony of it all. Why plead the 5th, if you’re innocent? And here we thought that only the Mob did that. Hmm.

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Is This Donald Trump’s Waterloo?

FBI Raid Mar-a-Lago (August 8, 2022) Of all the things that Donald Trump has allegedly committed as the 45th president of the United States, this ‘raid’ may be the only thing that sticks. And yet, what a fiasco! “When the … Continue reading

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Witch Hunt?! Which Hunt is That, Then?

It’s More Like a Fox Hunt Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war. William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar Act III, Scene 1)

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Yesterday in History XVIII

Richard Nixon Announces His Resignation (August 8, 1974) On This Day in 1974: U.S. president Richard Nixon announces his resignation following the Watergate scandal. It’s hard to believe that this event was 48 years ago. Sometimes, it feels like yesterday. … Continue reading

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All’s Fair in Love and War…

And Politics To my mind, politics has become a very messed up business, especially in the United States. Now, Canada and the United Kingdom are not immune to some silliness every so often, but the process by which the Prime … Continue reading

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Is This the “Lightning Strike” Event?

The Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri (July 31, 2022) Sometimes you just cannot tell what a planetary lineup is going to yield in the events of the world. When an event is so specific (and precision-like) the information is exactly correct … Continue reading

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It’s Taken Me a While to Get to This Woman

Dolores Cannon (April 15, 1931 – October 18, 2014) I’ve seen snippets of videos from this woman over the past couple of years, but here’s the one from Dolores Cannon I found this morning: What I like about it is … Continue reading

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It’s a Very Thin Line Between Genius and Insanity

A Beautiful Mind (2001) Bless. We watched this film last night, for the first time. Up until now I had always managed to avoid it. It’s not hard to work out why… Yes, the film is based on (and inspired … Continue reading

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If I Could Just Explain What My Generation Was About:

Dear Next Generation I’m borrowing this image to help introduce a delicate subject matter: advice. The so-called Baby Boom generation were the children of people who survived World War II. That kind of says it all, but the missing bit … Continue reading

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