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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life

“Yeah, Napoleon. Is he hiding a pistol?”

“Yeah, Napoleon. Is he hiding a pistol?”

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“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”

“When the gods grumble, LISTEN!!”

For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have

“While there is a limit to human intelligence, there is none for stupidity.”

“While there is a limit to human intelligence, there is none for stupidity.”

Quoting Google:   In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled

Buffalo never roamed in the West

Buffalo never roamed in the West

The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s

“He smelled like rotting fish!?”

“He smelled like rotting fish!?”

Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on

“Did slavery make the South rich?”

“Did slavery make the South rich?”

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“Hey!  If you don’t want to pay a living wage; do it yourself!”

“Hey!  If you don’t want to pay a living wage; do it yourself!”

Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.

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The Matter of the Snitched Radials

Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Holmes” of the Sandersonville Police Department, was making the sign of

The Alaska Gold Rush often only required a tie.”

The Alaska Gold Rush often only required a tie.”

The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War.  It

What I was thinking

What I was thinking

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& Interestingly, the ampersand— & – was once a letter – the 27th – in

GET YOUR FLU SHOT!

GET YOUR FLU SHOT!

You think this flu season is bad?  Not a chance!  100 years ago, America suffered

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“How things have changed?”

Here we have a shot of a raid in 1922. But this raid wasn’t on

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Truth is NOT a matter of perspective

Truth is NOT a matter of perspective. What is true remains the same from every

Up, Up and Away

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My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the

.. and you think the postal service is slow NOW!

.. and you think the postal service is slow NOW!

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“Some people get NO respect   — and a lot of them are women.”

“Some people get NO respect — and a lot of them are women.”

Meet Elizabeth Jane “Jennie” Cloud Winner.  She was born in 1822 in Virginia and moved

Seward-Gold-Train-Robbery

Seward-Gold-Train-Robbery

Mark Twain

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Just another old photo, eh?

Just another old photo, eh?

Just another old photo, eh?  Well, old photos hide stunning truths. This is my mother’s

The basic lesson of history

The basic lesson of history

The basic lesson of history NOT TAUGHT in schools today is events come in cycles. 

“How tall is tall?”

“How tall is tall?”

Can you see the difference in height between these two men?  No, these are not

The Matter of the Duct Tape Trash-Art

The Matter of the Duct Tape Trash-Art

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History has cycles; people just ignore them.  Then they repeat them.

History has cycles; people just ignore them. Then they repeat them.

We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much

“He collected cats?!”

“He collected cats?!”

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“You do not want to mess with this woman!”

“You do not want to mess with this woman!”

Buffalo Calf Road Woman of the Northern Cheyenne was one of the few women warriors. 

Truth may be stranger the fiction but sometimes the truth you are peddling is fiction.

Truth may be stranger the fiction but sometimes the truth you are peddling is fiction.

This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the

“HOW CAN A FOUNTAIN CHANGE ITS SHAPE?”

“HOW CAN A FOUNTAIN CHANGE ITS SHAPE?”

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READ YOUR HISTORY!

READ YOUR HISTORY!

Here we go again!  This is an editorial cartoon from a century ago when the