Thursday, October 26, 2017

Whitefish Twitter Thread

This Twitter thread about the multi-million-dollar contract to oversee reconstruction of the Puerto Rico power grid is self-explanatory. 






Thursday, October 5, 2017

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, Chevrolet and Mass Killings

Starting a collection...

The 1927 Bombing That Remains America’s Deadliest School Massacre
Ninety years ago, a school in Bath, Michigan was rigged with explosives in a brutal act that stunned the town

Elaine race riot -- Wikipedia article

Tulsa Race Riots (May 31-June 1, 1921)

The Colfax massacre, or Colfax riot 
...as the events are termed on the 1950 state historic marker, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the seat of Grant Parish, when approximately 150 black men were murdered by white Southern Democrats.

And finally, this summary prompted by the Las Vegas massacre which prompted this post...



Al Jazeera noticed the same items. Hard to know which was first.