Bookworm Beat 11/5/21 — the Guy Fawkes illustrated edition
This illustrated edition is about Biden, CRT, Red Waves, Brandon, vaccines, etc., not about Guy Fawkes. But it is still Guy Fawkes Day, so….
Continue readingConservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This illustrated edition is about Biden, CRT, Red Waves, Brandon, vaccines, etc., not about Guy Fawkes. But it is still Guy Fawkes Day, so….
Continue readingWelcome, all, on this date of 3 Nov. On this day: 1783 — The Continental Army was, but for a few elements, peacefully disbanded on this day following their victory in the American Revolution. This was a rare event in history that required the personal intervention of George Washington to
Continue readingWelcome, all, and happy All Saints Day on this date of 1 Nov. On this day: 1755 – Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, suffers a devastating earthquake, largely destroying the city, leveling virtually every major Church on a major Catholic holiday, and killing between 30,000 and 50,000 people. This
Continue readingWelcome, all, on this date of 30 Oct. On this day: 1768 — a new sect of Christianity is born out of the First Great Awakening and the teachings of John Wesley as the first Methodist church in North American colonies is opened as the Wesley Chapel in NYC. Notably,
Continue readingFeast of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Afghanistan becomes the Graveyard of Empires, California in the Mexican-American War, Doctor’s Plot, Spanish slavery, NatGeo, Independent Labour Party, Hawaii and the Bayonet Constitution Holidays and Observances on January 13 Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers is a memorial on the General Roman Calendar
Continue readingToday: Slavery, Dunmore’s Proclamation, Small Pox & The Ethiopian Regiment in the Revolutionary War; England’s Glorious Revolution; Lutefisk; John Milton; Christmas Music . . . AND MORE . . .
Continue readingBefore this summer’s trip, my exposure to the American South had been extremely limited. I’d been to Washington, D.C., and I’d visited Florida and lived in Texas — both of which are technically a part of the Confederacy but are, because of their unique cultures, are rather sui generis when
Continue readingUPDATE: Fox calls it for McAuliffe. Which gets me to my perennial complaint: I understand statistics, but I still do not appreciate having elections called before votes are counted. I think we can assume that, under McAuliffe’s leadership, Virginia will now enjoy the same free-fall as California, while New York
Continue readingFact: The Tea Party, when it held three protests in the City of Richmond, applied for permits, and paid $10,000 for permits, potties, police, etc. Fact: The OWS protesters in Richmond simply plunked themselves down, paying nothing (and, I’m guessing, incurring significantly greater police and janitorial charges than did the
Continue readingAccording to List Universe, the first official slave owner in Virginia — the one who brought a lawsuit that made slavery a recognized practice in that state in 1654 — was a black man who contended that his black indentured servant was, in fact a slave. This tidbit shouldn’t really
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