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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Morning Open Thread – Depostion nightmare
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. I have participated in several hundred depositions over the past 40+ years. Sometimes as a witness, and sometimes as an observer/consultant. If one stays in … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – “The Old New World” Photo-based Animation Project
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From seccovan, “travel back in time with a little steampunk time machine.” Stills and behind the scenes —oooOooo– This is a daily open thread. There … Continue reading
Word Cloud: GLANCE
by Nona Blyth Cloud I collect odd bits of historic detail and stray facts. I look for unlikely connections. Sometimes my mind wanders off in a completely new direction in the middle of a sentence, and what I started out … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – Drones, the new UFOs
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. It would be hard to guess if one tries to follow TV news, but other things actually occur in the world besides election primaries. British … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking News, Christianity, England, Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Mental Health, State Government, Tennessee, Weird News
Tagged Drones, LGBT, UFO
5 Comments
Morning Open Thread – Mississippi Pot Roast; the recipe that ate the internet.
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. The Mississippi Pot Roast has been called the dish that ate the internet. It is probably the easiest pot roast recipe I have ever seen. … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – First performance in 1000 years
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Cambridge University: First performance in 1,000 years: ‘lost’ songs from the Middle Ages are brought back to life. An ancient song repertory will be … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Short Video
Tagged Cambridge University, Medieval music, MIddle Ages, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Sequentia
2 Comments
Morning Open Thread – Do NOT park illegally in this city.
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. If you are ever visiting Vladimir, Russia, be careful where you park. They take illegal parking seriously. Video below the fold was recorded last February … Continue reading
Morning Open Thread – Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Great Big Story: “Around the same time Rosa Parks famously protested segregation by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, History, Short Video
Tagged Claudette Colvin, Morning Open Thread, MOT, Racism, Segregation
5 Comments
Lookout Wimmins iz in your can
By ann summers Family Restrooms have been commonplace for many public institutions and darned if defending family values and traditional marriage has come under attack by well, non-traditional families, darn those sister-wives, extended families, single parents, and orphans. There … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Biology, Child Abuse, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Federal Courts, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Media, Mental Health, Neoconservatives, North Carolina, Pedophillia, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, RNC, SCOTUS, State Courts, Tea Party, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bigotry, Law Enforcement, lgbtq, North Carolina, Republicans, restrooms
3 Comments
Morning Open Thread – Flying over evil with a drone
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. The growing hobby of quadricopters, when mixed with high definition video cameras, has opened doors to places, people and things we could only imagine before. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Documentrary Films, Genocide, Germany, History, Holocaust, Nazis, Photography, World War II
Tagged Auschwitz
9 Comments