The French presidential election was yesterday and Emmanuel Macron handily beat the right wing Marine Le Pen 58.5 - 41.5%. In many countries, the US included, that would be considered a blow-out. A week ago, French pollsters had them closer…
The French presidential election was yesterday and Emmanuel Macron handily beat the right wing Marine Le Pen 58.5 - 41.5%. In many countries, the US included, that would be considered a blow-out. A week ago, French pollsters had them closer…
I got up and got ready to go on time. It took me forty minutes and two calls to finally get a cab. When I got to the clinic, they told me I was too late and they had cancelled my appointment. However, they checked with the doctor, and she w…
Now that six of the seven episodes of #BookofBobaFett have aired, I have thoughts. Last summer, I signed up for Disney+ and binge watched The #Manalorian and was pleased to see that I only had a few months to wait before there would be a ne…
Around December 7, 2020, a meme began to float around the internet comparing the daily death tolls from Covid to to a few other high casualty days in American history. Because of the day it appeared, I assume the point was to draw a contras…
Great news! And one can never have too many mammoths. Actual mammoth newshttp://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/56959PS: fuck comment spammers You shall be dead if you dont stopfollowing the worldly MSNBC. Solution?listening to our blogOram…
I'll start with the obvious. Patrick Macnee died not long ago, so why not start with a cameo by Diana Rigg as Joan Steed? I saw the last episode with Mrs. Peel. At the end of the show, her long lost husband arrives and she goes away with hi…
Many thanks for this one. Confusion over Tunguska lasted a very long time, and I knew nothing at all of the history.A data point in my own experience, relative to the general meteorite vs volcano question: In 1950 or a bit after, Willy Ley
John,Nice post! I am currently writing a cultural history of the polar bear and would like to include an illustration of one of the two map details you show. Where can I get high-res (at least 2 MB at 300 dpi) printable downloads of these?A…