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An Appeal From Your Local Merchant
In today’s email, I received an appeal to customers from a local restaurant owner. His remarks could apply to any local business anywhere, and that’s why I’m reproducing it for you below.
His letter isn’t just specific to him. and he makes some good points about supporting local merchants. Continue reading
Rachel Maddow, Interviewed on David Letterman’s Show (June 8, 2011)
Rachel Maddow with David Letterman, discussing Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Vitter, and the current political environment.
Fox Distorts, You Decide : What Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Really Said About Obamacare
Fox, always impartial reporters of the news, totally and intentionally mis-reported the context and intent of Weiner’s remarks.
From ThinkWingRadio.com (History Section)
I love history. I think it’s particularly fascinating when you can almost imagine yourself in the past because a scene is presented so vividly, and nothing does that with more power than film or photos from a long-ago time.
Below are four links that I’ve collected and put in the History tab of ThinkWingRadio.com.
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- Movie made from a moving trolley in San Francisco, April 14, 1906, just 4 days before the great earthquake. Streetcars, private cars, pedestrians and cyclists are all sharing Market Street.
- Dunkurque (France): Filmed From A Tram, 1913: Filmed from a moving trolley in Dunkurque (Dunkirk), France.
- Rare Color Footage of [1940] London Blitz Uncovered (Published by CBSNews.com, September 7, 2010 10:50 AM): CBS/AP) – Rare color film of Winston Churchill and of bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. …
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25, 1911 (World News Network): Video and oral history of the tragedy. Heartbreaking and compelling. – Mike
