Daily Archives: June 17, 2013

The First Family is in Ireland

hat tip-The Obama Diary: The First Daughters are out of school…so, they’re traveling with the parents….yeah… It never gets old…watching the First Family come out of Air Force One.    

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Monday Open Thread | The Beatles Week

Many people say they changed music forever. Here they are: The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool, in 1960. They became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of music.[1] Their … Continue reading

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State vs George Zimmerman in the Murder of Trayvon Martin (day 6)

(Omaha.com)As Trayvon Martin case goes to trial, ghosts of US racial history ever present Focus on the details, and the cases seem very different. One was killed by virulent white racists, the other by a part-Hispanic neighborhood watchman who insists … Continue reading

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