Archive for the '1950s' Category

Hello, Sergeant Preston & Yukon King!

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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Image: (Sergeant Preston) cf

Vincenzo is the person who found irony in the “Twenty One” quiz show scandal. Everyone was worried about keeping the high ground for a program sponsored by GERITOL tonic for “tired blood.”

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

 I sent the following item from GADGET LAB
to Vincenzo Kolchak:

Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
* By Charlie Sorrel Email Author
* January 22, 2010
* 7:14 am
* Categories: Media Players

“Above you see two Blu-ray players. On the bottom is the Oppo BDP-83, a $500 machine. On top is the Lexicon BD-30, which will set you […]

How many recall when the Roman Catholic Church was at the vanguard of the labor movement?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

 When viewed against what passes for televised theology today,
Fulton J. Sheen was was Thomas Aquinas.

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Image: (Bishop Sheen) bishopsheen.excerptsofinri.com; (hot dog) deusterco.com;(SEIU) 2.bp.blogspot.com via thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com

JAY-CEEs Run Amok!

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

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Image:(Sodom area) via thinkingaboutgod.com;  (basic sign) & (Sheriffs) & (Masons) & (Lions) via v.files visa city-data.com;(League of Women Voters) lwvpbc.org (Shriners) gwmemorial.org; (Eagles) via blogtown.portlandmercury.com; (cityscape) Istanbul via images.travelpod.com

A Trip In Time & Homage to Bruce McCall…

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

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Images: (1) via blog.modernmechanix.com; (2) via paleo-future.blogspot.com(3) via blog.modernmechanix.com(4) via dself.dsl.pipex.com; (5) via blog.modernmechanix.com; (6) via blog.modernmechanix.com;(7) via mediabistro.com; (8) & (9) via blog.modernmechamix.com

This is a case for Paul Bunyan & Babe, the Blue Ox.

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska
Time.com
By WESLEY LOY /  Anchorage – Sat Jul 18, 3:30 pm ET
A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called “the blob.” It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles […]

Let Hezbollah have its Terrorist Amusement Park, we have…

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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Images: (Air & Space Museum) letsgo.dc.com; (Ford) texashideout.tripod.com; (Terraplane) hetclub.com;(C-123k) via staticflickr.com; (’54 Greyhound) Redden Archive Collection via walkercustomer.com; (Packard) via imstumped.com; (Con-Air) via  allposters.com

Howard Hawks and John Carpenter versus Dick ‘n W.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

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This image provided by the Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, taken July 25, 2008, shows a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a prominent glacier in northern Greenland. The crack, at center, right, is seven miles long and about half a mile wide. It is about half the width […]

NASCAR Finds Magnets Under Pedals On 2 Gibbs Cars–AP headline

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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The field begins racing on the first lap during the NASCAR 3M Performance 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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By MIKE HARRIS, AP Auto Racing Writer
Sun Aug 17, 10:37 PM ET
BROOKLYN, Mich. - The two Joe Gibbs Racing cars that have dominated the Nationwide Series […]

Hey, Kids!! Be the first on your block!!

Monday, August 4th, 2008

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Andy Manis for The New York Times
John Schwartz of The New York Times tested a jetpack with its inventor, Glenn Martin, left, and Ray Thomsen guiding him. The device was unveiled Tuesday at an air show in Wisconsin.
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: July 29, 2008
OSHKOSH, Wis. — To rise off the ground wearing a jetpack is to […]

Once upon a time, the U.S.A. had manufacturing jobs…

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

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Youngstown, Ohio Steel Mill, 1953
Ohio Historical Society
via Library of Congress