• blue1950 (50)in #islamic-terrorism • 8 years ago

  OMG, IT'S A BOMB! BUT... BUT... IT'S NOT TERRORISM, IS IT?

  News about the terrorist bombings in New York and New Jersey by an "Afghan-American," who obviously did not have a high opinion of his adopted country, was again awash in…

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• blue1950 (50)in #election • 8 years ago

  DO YOU WANT THIS HAND ON THE NUKES?

  Think. "The lesser of two evils" is no longer a valid argument.

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• blue1950 (50)in #mental-illness • 8 years ago

  MENTAL ILLNESS, CHILDREN, ENABLING PARENTS: Dangerous conundrum

  With the U.S. mental health crisis growing by the day, the narrower issue of parents as enablers of mentally sick children is a dangerous issue that is not being addressed…

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• blue1950 (50)in #steemit • 8 years ago

  Strange things on Steemit -- How can new members get in when the door is blocked?

  When I fist joined steemit I just went on posting. Now, it appears, things have changed for the worst. I got this image from a young man who has just joined but is being…

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• blue1950 (50)in #ww2 • 8 years ago

  WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front - Infantry

  In a shallow trench somewhere on the Eastern Front, two German infantrymen look at the combat photographer as shelling produces plumes of smoke on their horizon. Note the man…

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• blue1950 (50)in #ww2 • 8 years ago

  WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front

  Two German soldiers on the Eastern Front don local fur coats in the absence of standard issue polar clothing for the German army. Undated. During the first Russian winter of the…

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• blue1950 (50)in #tito • 8 years ago

  WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia

  Marshal Josip Broz Tito, who united the Yugoslav partisans in the fight against the Nazis, poses for the camera with his dog in June 1944. Tito ruled Yugoslavia until his death…

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• blue1950 (50)in #war-photos • 8 years ago

  WAR PHOTO CENTRAL: Canadian pilot Cliff Horncastle KIA 1942

  In this news photo, Canadian fighter pilot Cliff Horncastle prepares to take off from an unidentified UK airfield. Horncastle flew the P-40 Tomahawk fighter and belonged to 414…

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• blue1950 (50)in #european-union • 8 years ago

  DIS-UNITED EUROPE: TIME TO PUT AN END TO ITS MISERY

  This man is after my own heart: "Merkel's Sidekick Says Brexit Makes Europe Unstable - Good, The EU Should Collapse." Way before Brexit, my feelings about the EU -- now…

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• blue1950 (50)in #first-lady • 8 years ago

  FIRST LADIES: OFTEN A PROBLEM FOR "DEMOCRACY"

  First ladies in the United States have no constitutional role. The first lady has no official duties. For all we know, she should stick to the household and being nice to…

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• blue1950 (50)in #writing • 8 years ago

  BASIC 'MUST' WHEN WRITING POSTS: IT'S LENGTH, STUPID!

  Newspaper editors in the old days had two must-do prompts for their story tellers: Keep it SHORT, keep it FOCUSED. These prompts are as relevant today as in the 1930s. Unless…

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• blue1950 (50)in #steemit • 8 years ago

  STEEMIT: Which Are the Steam-ing Posts That'll Give You Lots of $$$??? - Some ST Ecosystem Observations

  I joined Steemit two weeks ago. In that span of time I learned some and I still scratch my head on some. What's "hot" and "trending" and "active" and winning on Steemit? What…

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• blue1950 (50)in #writing • 8 years ago

  I AM WRITING FOR MYSELF AND STRANGERS

  I am writing for myself and strangers. Gertrude Stein Indeed I do. Writing as self-medicine has been recognized by many. But few accept they write for strangers. Or, when…

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• blue1950 (50)in #hillary • 8 years ago

  CONTRARY TO WHAT USUAL SUSPECT MEDIA WANTS U TO BELIEVE, HILLARY TREADS ON THIN ICE

  Latest poll from Pew Research (not exactly your paid-per-poll clown outfit) shows Hillary separated from Donald by a mere four points, viz. within range for statistical…

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• blue1950 (50)in #news • 8 years ago

  Orthodox Jew Stabbed in French City by Man with "Psychiatric History" screaming "Allahu Akbar"

  Here's the news story: I wonder. Every time a madman screaming "Allahu Akbar" stabs or blows up innocent people in Islamic fury he is miraculously discovered to suffer from…

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• blue1950 (50)in #turkey • 8 years ago

  TURKEY: MENACE TO THE WEST AND ENORMOUS NATO LIABILITY

  One of the most persistent myths of American diplomacy has been Turkey as the "key ally" of the West in Asia. The history of this myth begins in the immediate post-WW2 years…

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• blue1950 (50)in #steemit • 8 years ago

  STEEMIT IN THE NEWS: RECAP August 18, 2016

  Quick recap of Steemit news stories in the last few days. Steemit Is Like Reddit, But Where Upvotes Equal a Cryptocurrency Payout At present, Steem has enjoyed an…

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• blue1950 (50)in #moscow • 8 years ago

  WW2 - Quad Maxim AA gun on a terrace in Moscow

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• blue1950 (50)in #war • 8 years ago

  WW2 - The assembly war in a Soviet arms factory

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• blue1950 (50)in #obamacare • 8 years ago

  OBAMACARE THREATENED BY FOR-PROFITS: Twist some arms, read them The Act

  As I said in a previous post , surrendering the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Ombamacare, to for-profit insurers could be the kiss of death for health care reform. Now, we…

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