The Hall of Presidents Wax museum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania may be gone but the waxy figures “live” on in the homes of very interesting people. You might wonder why anyone would want, or do with, one of these life size replicas, or in the case of John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” five …
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Jul 04 2017
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 and the Construction of Whiteness August 20, 2014 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice …
Jul 04 2017
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Jul 04 2017
The Breakfast Club (Born On The Fourth)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
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