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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 2/14/24: Valentine's Edition
Did anybody get chocolate today? If not what’s the point?Management assumes no responsibility for injuryValentines day is around the corner #ValentinesDay#TrumpIsNotWell😬 pic.twitter.com/YFiMTwy6kk—...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 2/21/24: Peace?
Happy 65th birthday to the peace symbol, originally designed as a symbol for nuclear disarmament.Still relevantA number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 2/28/24: Squeakernet
11 years ago today the brains of two rats were successfully connected so that they could share information. Elon Musk had nothing to do with it.Researchers have electronically linked the brains of...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday, 3/2/24
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Rise above the swamp, Besame,...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 2/6/24: And that's the way it is
41 years ago today Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time. Uncle Walter saw us through from World War II to the Hostage Crisis. At the end he had this to say:This is my last broadcast as the...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 3/13/24: I can see Uranus
Today in 1781 William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. To this day, it’s still shrouded in mystery.Roll onUranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 3/20/24: Old, But No Longer Grand
170 years ago today the Republican Party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin.In 1854, the Republican Party was founded in the Northern United States by forces opposed to the expansion of slavery, ex-Whigs,...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 3/27/24: Shakin'
Were you in Alaska on this day in 1964? If you were, you could be forgiven for being unsteady on your feet. The biggest earthquake in U.S. history interrupted everybody’s dinner.It made a hell of a...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 4/3/24: An Act To Promote World Peace
76 years ago today Harry Truman signed the European Recovery Program into law. Today we refer to this plan as the Marshall Plan, after U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, due to the State...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday, 4/7/24
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Rise above the swamp, Besame,...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 4/10/24: And in the End...
54 years ago was the last day in the life of the Beatles, when Paul McCartney announced his departure. It’s amazing what they able to do in 8 years and how their music has resonated ever since.YouTube...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 4/17/24: Pony Up
Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang.The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March 1964 until...
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