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"Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future." Happy Birthday, Sir Michael Palin!

We’ve got this!

Well, we've taken a sharp turn, haven't we?! April 30,1789. George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States.

"The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant (Trump) was alone evidence to upset Darwin." Henry Adams

"The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant (Trump) was alone evidence to upset Darwin." Henry Adams

"The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant (Trump) was alone evidence to upset Darwin." Henry Adams

"The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant (Trump) was alone evidence to upset Darwin." Henry Adams

"Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty. Without them we have no other fortification against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle and fed and clothed like swine and hounds.” John Adams, 1774.

"Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty. Without them we have no other fortification against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle and fed and clothed like swine and hounds.” John Adams, 1774.

For the first four years after taking Madrid, Franco ruled almost exclusively by decree. The "Law of the Head of State,
"permanently confided" all governing power to Franco; he was not required to even consult the cabinet for most legislation or decrees. Sound familiar

For the first four years after taking Madrid, Franco ruled almost exclusively by decree. The "Law of the Head of State,
"permanently confided" all governing power to Franco; he was not required to even consult the cabinet for most legislation or decrees. Sound familiar?

"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."
James A. Garfield

"You're a nonconformist.”
“That didn’t used to be a felony.”
“It is now. Live in the world around you."

"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."
James A. Garfield

"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."
James A. Garfield

"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."
James A. Garfield

"Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption."
James A. Garfield

"...the nations who neglect science and scientists are condemned to decadence...scientific inquiry is a kind of intellectual duty."
- Albert I of Belgium 1927
Happy Earth Day!

"...And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth."

April 20, 1775. Approximately 4000 British soldiers were sent to their quarters without supper, told to think about what they had done and not to come out until they were ready to apologize thus beginning the siege of Boston.

"The Dye is cast: The People have passed the River and cutt away the Bridge: last Night Three Cargoes of Tea, were emptied into the Harbour. This is the grandest, Event, which has ever yet happened Since, the Controversy, with Britain, opened! ... “The Sublimity of it, charms me!” John Adams 1773

"The Dye is cast: The People have passed the River and cutt away the Bridge: last Night Three Cargoes of Tea, were emptied into the Harbour. This is the grandest, Event, which has ever yet happened Since, the Controversy, with Britain, opened! ... “The Sublimity of it, charms me!” John Adams 1773

We fought this once already!

"...For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences..."

We fought this once already!

"...For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences..."

He is bat-shit crazy!

We fought this once already!

"...For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences..."

1916. The Irish know how to celebrate Easter! Didn't turn out too well but it was a step in the right direction.