This is an original “Radio Show” column that I presented back in 2002. I created several of these while the Internet was still evolving just to see how it would work. The song says “video killed the radio star,” but in this case the original presentation was killed by advanced browsers that automatically block pop-ups. […]
LISTEN TO BILLION DOLLAR SKY IN MY FINEST RENDITION OF FARSEE http://tocc.tv/audio/billiondollarsky.mp3 One can little argue that the impact of the Trade Center bombings in New York on September 11 was felt by, and ultimately impacted, all Americans in some way. If you didn’t know someone who was killed in one of the towers, or […]
During the execution of Timothy, CBS News ran a tribute to the victims that
was unabashedly mellow dramatic. It isn’t that the victims don’t deserve consideration.
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President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend today with a display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands. Questions about virus precautions and protests from Native American groups will also greet the president. http://apne.ws/CM0kdcg
A Paris court upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, citing a lack of sufficient evidence. http://apne.ws/99BAWGC
Barcelona's mayor doesn't want to tear down her city's monument to Christopher Columbus, but she does want a debate about Spain's colonial legacy. @JWilsonBCN http://apne.ws/X8ysrHM
Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid, one of Copenhagen’s biggest tourist attractions, has been vandalized with the words “racist fish” scrawled on the big stone on which the statue sits. It has long been a target for vandals. http://apne.ws/Eb8lvdG
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New from me: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allows the state of Alabama to stop counties from setting up curbside voting for the July 14th runoff election, and restores absentee witness and ID requirements in 3 counties. https://bit.ly/2NQeDoT #alpolitics
Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. http://apne.ws/YPRN0Vb
It's now officially an artifact. https://twitter.com/MSTODAYnews/status/1278450076512325635
NEW: Mississippi has officially retired its former state flag featuring the Confederate battle emblem to a museum.
"This is the thrill of my lifetime to accept these flags," said former Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson.
https://mississippitoday.org/2020/07/01/its-an-artifact-mississippi-officially-retires-its-state-flag-to-a-museum/
@JudyWoodruff @WmBrangham My high school didn't have room for 3000 srudents, faculty & staff to stand 6 feet apart. Opening schools will result In exponential spread. Convenience for the feminist mantra is obviously more important than flattening the curve. And you want me to wear a mask...? Hoo. Ha.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-pledge-americas-workers-month-2020/
HUNTSVILLE, Al - Madison Cnty is irresponsible to seek mask enforcement before the first or middle of Sept. Huntsville has no pandemic and masks will inflict further economic injury. IF there is a vaccine, it's too late for fall; if not, interrupting herd immunity is INSANE.
