Discworld, Daleks, and Deep 13: A geeky holiday TV and movie watchlist.
The White House Is a Lost Cause. Trump is a ubiquitous cultural presence, but there is no outward sign that he is an active participant in running the national government. (via kottke) https://kottke.org/
I think my cat is broken.
How did the Ku Klux Klan spread across the South? Part of its journey depended on a code for secret correspondence. (via Damn Interesting)
JC Penney Photoshoot. Yeah, it's a gallery of videos, but the thumbnails are funny enough. (via Everlasting Blort)
Two of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo. (via Metafilter)
Photo from Epstein estate shows Trump's face on condom packaging. (via Boing Boing)
What Is Orthorexia? Signs, Symptoms, And When To Seek Professional Help. (via Damn Interesting)
3 comments:
Just to clarify, the KKK was not confined to the South. A now long deceased family member told me that when he was a child in 1930 (by my calculations he would have been 6,) he witnessed a silent parade of the KKK in the town where he grew up. It is located in New York State just north of NYC. The parade consisted of all the town's leaders from the mayor on down, along with all of the business owners and other leading citizens. No words, no banners, just a public display of the KKK's control of the community.
Yeah, the second iteration of the klan went nationwide around 1920.
" but there is no outward sign that he is an active participant in running the national government"
Yeah, to have two consecutive administrations where it is unclear who is running the government is concerning. I hope it is not a trend...
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