1963: The college football game between Army and Navy marks the first use of video instant replay during a sports telecast. Many fans find it confusing.
The annual matchup between these two military service academies always garners plenty of national attention, but the ‘63 game carried added significance after the Nov. 22 assassination of President John [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pearl Harbor’
Dec. 7, 1963: Video Instant Replay Comes to TV
December 7th, 2010 |
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Ben Affleck turns down opportunity to direct new ‘Superman’
November 30th, 2010 |
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Hollywood actor-turned-director Ben Affleck has turned down an offer to helm the new ‘Superman’ film. Affleck says he didn”t want to take on such a big film so early in his directional career. The father-of-two won accolades for his recent work on ‘The Town’ but feels experienced movie mogul Chris Nolan — the brains behind [...]
Did 9/11 Really “Change Everything”?
September 24th, 2010 |
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We’ve been told that 9/11 changed everything.Is it true?Let’s look:The Afghanistan war was planned before 9/11 (see this and this)The decision to launch the Iraq war was made before 9/11. Indeed, former CIA director George Tenet said that the White Ho…
Sept. 10, 1941: Stephen Jay Gould Born
September 10th, 2010 |
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1941: Stephen Jay Gould, who will become a famous evolutionary theorist and popular science writer, is born in New York City.
As a 5-year-old, Gould became fascinated by paleontology during a visit to the American Museum of Natural History with his father. “I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever [...]
May 13, 1935: Enter the Parking Meter
May 13th, 2010 |
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1935: An entrepreneurial politician files a patent application for a device that will elicit curses and contempt from generations of motorists: the parking meter.
If it weren’t for Pearl Harbor, FDR might have called May 13 a day that will live in infamy. It was 75 years ago that Carl C. Magee of Oklahoma City [...]
Ben Affleck embarrassed over Jennifer Garner’’s email confession
January 27th, 2010 |
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Ben Affleck is apparently upset with wife Jennifer Garner after she embarrassed him by disclosing that he wooed her with a string of seductive emails.
In a recent interview with Parade magazine, the ‘13 Going on 30’ actress revealed that Affleck had pursued her online, gushing that he’’s “sexy and kind” and a “very persuasive writer”. [...]
High-Level CIA Officers: “Reform” of Intelligence Agencies Has Made It MORE DIFFICULT to Stop Terrorism
January 9th, 2010 |
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Two former high-level CIA officers have said that the government’s recent “reform” of the intelligence services has made it more difficult to fight terrorism.Specifically, Jack Rice – a former CIA field officer – told Keith Olbermann yesterday that the…
15 Hottest Magazine Covergirls of the Decade
January 4th, 2010 |
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Many covergirls have done these years justice by gracing our publications with taut bodies and luscious locks.
Dec. 7, 1999: RIAA Sues Napster
December 7th, 2009 |
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1999: The Recording Industry Association of America sues Napster, the online, peer-to-peer file sharing service that’s allowing millions of computer users to score free, copyright music. The rules are about to change.
Napster founder Shawn Fanning won rock-star celebrity with the service. But music-industry heads were spinning.
So, the RIAA sued Napster and all of its financial [...]
5 Reasons that Corporate Media Coverage is Pro-War
December 4th, 2009 |
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Note: McClatchy and several other large news sources are exceptions which have reported well on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. There are five reasons that the mainstream media is worthless. 1. Self-Censorship by Journalists Initially, there is tremend…
Dec. 1, 1942: Mandatory Gas Rationing, Lots of Whining
December 1st, 2009 |
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1942: Nearly a year after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States fully into World War II, the Americans get around to imposing nationwide gasoline rationing.
A fuel shortage was not the problem. America had plenty of that. What it lacked was rubber. Both the Army and Navy were in desperate need [...]
One in 20 Brit kids believe Hitler was Germany’s football coach!
November 6th, 2009 |
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Adolf Hitler was Germany’s football coach. Don’t get shocked, for that’s what one in 20 schoolchildren seems to believe, according to a new UK survey.
War veterans’ charity Erskin questioned 2,000 children aged nine to 15 to reach the conclusion that kids have a poor knowledge of the two world wars in human history.
The misinformation continues [...]
Tavakoli: “We Should Impose a 95% Excess Profits Tax—Or Windfall Profits Tax—On Certain Financial Institutions… Enriching Themselves” at Our Expense
October 20th, 2009 |
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The following is an advanced copy of an essay by Janet Tavakoli to be released tomorrow. Reprinted with permission of Tavakoli Structured Finance.Warren Buffett’s Wall Street WarBy Janet TavakoliOctober 20, 2009In a January 2009 interview with NBC