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“Up yours, Osama.”

– Editorial headline in the New York Daily News, with a photo of the last beam installed atop One World Trade Center on the site of the twin towers destroyed on September 11, 2001.

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Pictures of the Day

In case you’ve been asleep the past few days, a “Super Moon” lit up Saturday’s night sky across the globe.  It looked especially big and bright since it was closest to Earth and in its full phase at the same time.  The “Super Moon” was as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.  Here are just a handful of photos of this spectacular and breathtaking phenomenon.

An aircraft flies past the moon over Somerset, England

Lincoln Memorial – Washington D.C.

Christ the Redeemer statue – Rio de Janeiro

Statue of Liberty – New York City

Iceland

Toronto, Canada

St Michael’s Tower – Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England

Temple of Poseidon – Southeast of Athens

New Delhi, India

St. Isaak’s Cathedral – St.Petersburg, Russia

U.S. Capitol – Washington, D.C.

Eastern Canada

Mohamed Ali Mosque – Cairo

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The Little State that Can

Rhode Island always reminds me of a Chihuahua: small, mean and loud!

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May 5, 2012 – 229 Days Until Baktun 12

Survivalist Tip: Of all the food ingredients you should stockpile, flour needs to be one of them.  This is an indispensable commodity.  Flour is basically the result of grinding cereal grains, seeds or roots.  Every culture throughout human history has created flour, from the ancient Chinese to the medieval French who used it to treat herpes sores to contemporary residents of Beverly Hills who use it to feed their Mexican gardeners.  The term “flour” is derived from – what else? – “flower;” both words ironically are French in origin.  They come from “fleur,” which means “blossom.”  The process of creating flour figuratively means to create the finest part of a meal.

Wheat and rye are the principal grains used to make flour.  Don’t worry now about actually trying to create your own batches of flour; just purchase several bags of it before December 21.  It’ll keep well, even unrefrigerated.  Mixing flour with water usually creates paste.  But, it also can be baked or cooked to make some simple, yet nutritious foods to get you through the toughest part of your survival.  And, if you want to add extra taste to it, mix it up with some chocolate and/or beer.  Hey, just because you’re in the midst of an Earth-shattering crisis doesn’t mean you – a well-prepared survivalist – can’t enjoy yourself, while other hapless souls stumble around the barren wasteland!

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Today’s Notable Birthdays

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Actor Michael Murphy (Clean Slate, Batman Returns, The Year of Living Dangerously, Salvador) is 74.

 

Actor Lance Henriksen (Powder, Felony, Dead Man, Baja) is 72.

 

Actor – comedian Michael Palin (Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Brazil) is 69.

 

Actor Roger Rees (M.A.N.T.I.S., Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) is 68.

 

Drummer Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) is 64.

 

Actor Richard E. Grant (Jack and Sarah, Cold Light of Day, The Age of Innocence, Bram Stoker’s Dracula) is 55.

 

Actress Tina Yothers (Family Ties, Laker Girls) is 39.

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On May 5…

1816 – Poet John Keats had his first poem published by The Examiner.

1818 – Socialist writer Karl Marx was born in Moselle, Germany.

 

1821 – Napoleon Bonaparte died in a prison on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.

 

1847 – The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.

1862 – The Mexican army defeated the French military in the town of Puebla de Los Angeles, as the French tried to reach México City.

 

1893 – The U.S. experienced the worst economic crisis to date, as stock prices plummeted and major railroads entered into receivership.  More than 15,000 businesses went bankrupt and 15 – 20% of the work force was unemployed.  Within seven months, over 600 banks had closed.

1961 – Navy Commander Alan Shepard, Jr., became the first American in space when he was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, aboard the Freedom 7 capsule.

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A massive ‘Seven Sisters’ rose bush is the prominent feature of Raul Reyes’ home in the Los Altos neighborhood of West Dallas.  Photos by Evans Caglage.

Raul Reyes

 

 

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Quote of the Day

“They used to arrest middle-aged perverts who get their jollies from talking dirty to children.  Today, they get a television show, a nationally syndicated column, a lecture circuit and multiple visits to the Obama White House.  You know – forward.”

– Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs with both Liberty Counsel and Liberty Alliance Action, in a column for Renew America.

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