Topic: about death
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robertg69 posted a blog entry
Photographic evidence of the multicultural character of the battle in Afghanistan
What could be more eloquent pointing to the diverse elements involved on the Western side in this latter version of War in...
What could be more eloquent pointing to the diverse elements involved on the Western side in this latter version of War in...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Afghanistan! What about Pashtunistan?
Image by allaboutgeorge via FlickrCheck out this NY Times enhanced map. Pashtunistan is in the upper left, but the rest of...
Image by allaboutgeorge via FlickrCheck out this NY Times enhanced map. Pashtunistan is in the upper left, but the rest of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The latest news about sexual misconduct within the Catholic priesthood can only deepen my cynicism about it!
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGlobal Post publishes this:New questions about Legionaries of ChristA woman claiming...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGlobal Post publishes this:New questions about Legionaries of ChristA woman claiming...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Historical post-mortems can be fascinating “what ifs”!
Image via WikipediaFrom Slate:Roosevelt’s Last DaysDid cancer kill FDR?By Barron H. Lerner – Posted...
Image via WikipediaFrom Slate:Roosevelt’s Last DaysDid cancer kill FDR?By Barron H. Lerner – Posted...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Coach of the Fighting Football Irish no moa!
The headline:End of line for Weis? Stanford rallies past NDGerhart aids Heisman cause with huge game as Irish (6-6) fall...
The headline:End of line for Weis? Stanford rallies past NDGerhart aids Heisman cause with huge game as Irish (6-6) fall...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Then there’s Olivia Judson reminding us about a deadly aspect of evolution by natural selection
Olivia Judson on the influence of science and biology on modern life.TAGS:‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’,CHARLES...
Olivia Judson on the influence of science and biology on modern life.TAGS:‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’,CHARLES...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Sad truths uttered by real soldiers are the real cautionary tale
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI can’t think of any other words from real US soldiers that all US citizens must ...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI can’t think of any other words from real US soldiers that all US citizens must ...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It seems to me that the one thing Canada must avoid at all costs
Image by Renegade98 via Flickris to accept as public policy this horrible situation defined by Andrew Bacevich for the...
Image by Renegade98 via Flickris to accept as public policy this horrible situation defined by Andrew Bacevich for the...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It’s never too late to post about really cool thoughts
Image via WikipediaThis is from the NY Times 2009/6/15 or last Bloomsday! What pearls of wisdom from Colum McCann, who is...
Image via WikipediaThis is from the NY Times 2009/6/15 or last Bloomsday! What pearls of wisdom from Colum McCann, who is...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
It’s not likely that many readers of history will take much time
Image via Wikipediato think back 65 years to November 1944 when Allied forces seemed to be bogged down in Western Europe...
Image via Wikipediato think back 65 years to November 1944 when Allied forces seemed to be bogged down in Western Europe...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Here is my short term goal in my writers context
Image via WikipediaMy nephew Michael jarred me out of my writers block and I took back up my determination to get my family...
Image via WikipediaMy nephew Michael jarred me out of my writers block and I took back up my determination to get my family...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Why did world democracies fail to help the Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War 1936-39?
Here’s some pithy historical analysis, which must have resonated for George Orwell!A Call to Arms Oct 16th 2008From...
Here’s some pithy historical analysis, which must have resonated for George Orwell!A Call to Arms Oct 16th 2008From...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Roger Cohen suggests in his NYT column today
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickrthat all Americans are in this together. A nice thought, but I know that significant...
Image by seiuhealthcare775nw via Flickrthat all Americans are in this together. A nice thought, but I know that significant...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
A lot of people admire him as a man of peace!
So WTF is he doing raising hackles in Nepal!Parsing Sino-Indian TensionsI have an article up at Asia Times Online under the...
So WTF is he doing raising hackles in Nepal!Parsing Sino-Indian TensionsI have an article up at Asia Times Online under the...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Pics of hideous pollution sites in China
Here’s the link!Go there and dare to be disgusted. I found this on ESWN this morning! ESWN is one of the more effective...
Here’s the link!Go there and dare to be disgusted. I found this on ESWN this morning! ESWN is one of the more effective...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
About me & my displaced child
A few weeks ago I was reading a friend’s facebook postings and read about her musings concerning grieving of loss. I...
A few weeks ago I was reading a friend’s facebook postings and read about her musings concerning grieving of loss. I...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Is this good public art or what?
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHow Kosovars celebrate Bill Clinton and the effect of US bombs in Kosovo under Serbian...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHow Kosovars celebrate Bill Clinton and the effect of US bombs in Kosovo under Serbian...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
In 1940 Hitler and Stalin were doing their very best to destroy Poland
Image via WikipediaI just viewed Andreaj Wajda’s film about the Katyn Forest Massacre. This event characterized...
Image via WikipediaI just viewed Andreaj Wajda’s film about the Katyn Forest Massacre. This event characterized...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The caption on this photo from a G&M collection must have been written by an eaterner
It reads “A black bear hustles to catch dinner as the salmon scatter in utter terror”. I don’t think that any...
It reads “A black bear hustles to catch dinner as the salmon scatter in utter terror”. I don’t think that any...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The elephant in the Health Care living room
Image via WikipediaSince I will begin the first day of the 75th year of my life in 13 days I feel that I can discuss this...
Image via WikipediaSince I will begin the first day of the 75th year of my life in 13 days I feel that I can discuss this...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
What the F… is going on in Winterpeg?
Very young First Nation children are being assaulted every other week and now we are told that a First Nation woman has been...
Very young First Nation children are being assaulted every other week and now we are told that a First Nation woman has been...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
An unforgettable image of NYC’s Lower Manhattan more than 8 years ago
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeThis image comes from a Facebook album and has been Skitched (www.skitch.com) and dropped...
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeThis image comes from a Facebook album and has been Skitched (www.skitch.com) and dropped...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
The survival of polar bears in an age of global warming
How will they do it?This photo leaves little doubt that it will be hard for them to find enough food (seals on solid ice...
How will they do it?This photo leaves little doubt that it will be hard for them to find enough food (seals on solid ice...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Some holier than thou Canajuns love to crawl on our bellies for US dollars
Image via WikipediaOur latest is the dirtiest Energy Project in the world – the Tar Sands processing in Alberta....
Image via WikipediaOur latest is the dirtiest Energy Project in the world – the Tar Sands processing in Alberta....
robertg69 posted a blog entry
That old mushroom cloud looks menacing or benign?
Image of the Ivy-Mike nuclear test with a mushroom cloud that is 100 miles across at its widest point:Well that’s not...
Image of the Ivy-Mike nuclear test with a mushroom cloud that is 100 miles across at its widest point:Well that’s not...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Many things are celebrated in our multicultural federation, but this one leaves me cold
Image by Michael McDonough via FlickrI didn’t know and learned only this morning that the Battle of the Plains of...
Image by Michael McDonough via FlickrI didn’t know and learned only this morning that the Battle of the Plains of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Off reservation aboriginals living in Winnipeg
View Larger MapThe latest incident of gratuitous violence by an aboriginal teen and an aboriginal baby is getting a lot of...
View Larger MapThe latest incident of gratuitous violence by an aboriginal teen and an aboriginal baby is getting a lot of...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Background reading and viewing about Hitler-Stalin mutual support pact in 1939
The first is a review of a recent book by Richard Overy, who is a recognized historical expert about Hitler and Stalin. And...
The first is a review of a recent book by Richard Overy, who is a recognized historical expert about Hitler and Stalin. And...
robertg69 posted a blog entry
Previous exchanges in the USSR vs. other Eastern European countries were just the curtain raiser
Image via WikipediaIt seems that the full blooded words are just beginning today on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi...
Image via WikipediaIt seems that the full blooded words are just beginning today on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi...
