plenty of interest in anti's campaign against Hare Coursing. The anti-blood sports/anti-greyhound industry book Bad Hare Days has this week moved rapidly up the list of books sold online in Ireland. John fitzgerald ,one of the organisers of the upcoming Clonmel hare Coursing final demonstration in Feb 2010 said 'Today, (Monday) it is highly placed on the Bestsellers.ie site, in all its categories:...
By GottaLaff My very caring, impassioned 72-year-old Twitter pal, who goes by the name 42bkdodgr , would like to once more share his feelings about the separation of church and state. I am more than happy to oblige. But first, a personal note from 42bkdodgr: Many of you may wonder why I chose to use the “ 72 year old friend” as the introduction to my Special Comments. I selected the moniker...
It's almost Thanksgiving...oh joy. Image by flickr A day of thanksgiving is celebrated in some form across the globe, and the American Thanksgiving Holiday is celebrated on the last Thursday of November. In light of this holiday, a lot of people are going to be looking for Thanksgiving Quotes - and probably cash advances for Black Friday shopping sprees - so why not impart a few? Like most quotes...
I can rember my mother telling me stories about this terrible day in history when the news rang out that John F Kennedy had been assassinated. This date in history as my mother tells me was one of somber where every eye shed a tear and the schools , business and streets closed down in this little town that she lived in. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy commonly known by his initials JFK was...
Listen here Today in 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas, Texas. The shock, anger, and sadness which the American people felt had not been seen since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Not until the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, would the nation come together again in such a fashion. JFK, as the President was known, was born into a family...
The world would be a better place if Jack Kennedy were still with us today. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Born Brookline, Mass. (83 Beals Street) May 29, 1917 Died Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963 -Published "Why England Slept" in 1940 despite writing it in 1938 -Graduated Harvard in 1940 -Joined the Navy in 1941 and rose to the rank of lieutenant while commanding a PT boat. -United States Congressman...
"All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (in US!) "All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt to establish a central bank in every country in the world, which they have now done, thanks to corrupt politicians who have been bought and paid for. This is all you need to...
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species went on sale in London in 1859. Tutankhamen's tomb was opened in 1922. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was declared King of Spain in 1975. Born today: George Eliot (1819-1880), André Gide (1869-1951), Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Benjamin...
ST. PATRICK'S FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM CHRISTMAS PARTY FRIDAY 11TH DEC 2009 FROM 9PM TILL LATE I n t h e U l s t e r Suite, at the Irish Club, Digbeth From 8pm till Late LIVE MUSIC DANCING TO “CAIRDE” SUPPORTED FREELY BY “JOHN MCMAHON THE D.J.” CURRY KINDLY PROVIDED BY THE IRISH CLUB ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY £5 Or, subject to capacity, on the door on the night. Tickets available...
President and Mrs John Fitzgerald Kennedy show off the official White House Christmas tree on 12 December 1962. Image by Robert Knudsen, White House, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. In case you haven't already heard, President and Mrs Barack H Obama's official White House Christmas tree will be a classic Fraser fir precisely 18-1/2 feet tall, full but not too wide, and harvested...
President Obama is apparently determined that he will not be upstaged by his Vice President. Joe Biden, as most Americans of a certain age will know, has a rich history of… ahem… borrowing choice quotes from the speeches of other politicians. Deceased members of the Kennedy family have been particularly favored sources of oratorical inspiration for him. Enter President Obama. Vlad Tepes...
"On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month ..." "Armistice Day (also known as Remembrance Day) is on November 11 and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning - the "eleventh hour of the...
“Freedom is never free.” –Author Unknown “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” –John Fitzgerald Kennedy “I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?"” –Eve Merriam Thanks to examiner.com Bookmark our site! Consider advertising...
Ladies and Gentlemen, yours truly - the ol' TwoPutter - is filling in for Steve Bucher and guest hosting today's "Minnesota Matters Show" on AM-950 KTNF - The Voice Of Minnesota! Joining in-studio will be intrepid field reporter and fellow blogger Dusty Trice , and a very special guest: John Fitzgerald , the Education Fellow at MN2020.org ! The show runs from 6:00 to 7pm. So, tune in your...
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