Anyone interested at a sneak peek at the latest Contract On America, it's in the thread at the link. McCarthy accidentally tipped his hand.
Henry Connelly @HenryVConnelly wrote:
OOPS. Looks like @GOPLeader McCarthy fumbled his agenda rollout by accidentally posting the webpage of @HouseGOP’s extreme MAGA “Commitment to America” – and then scrambled to password protect the website again…
My little hometown was once the population center of the U.S. The whole town made a big deal about it. They erected a small monument in front of city hall. And that was about the extent of the whole thing.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:55 pm
by pipistrelle
Since you're talking about accents, one of my favorite vids:
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:09 pm
by raison de arizona
Well, that's uh, something different. /s
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:29 am
by raison de arizona
The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo’s position was LAT 0º 31’ N and LONG 179 30’ W. The date was 31 December 1899.
“Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in, “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line”. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.
He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.
The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line. The consequences of this bizarre position were many:
The bow of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
The date in the aft part of the ship was December 31, 1899.
The date in the forward part of the ship was January 1, 1900.
The ship was therefore concurrently in:
two different days,
two different months,
two different years,
two different seasons
and in two different centuries.
Euller, John (Sept.1953). "A freak of navigation". Ships and the Sea. 3. p. 18
Didn’t the 20th century start 1/1/1901?
Still impressive.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:20 am
by Foggy
Gotta share this with my dad.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:31 am
by AndyinPA
Very cool!
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:11 am
by Tiredretiredlawyer
Shared that with my Sailor brother!
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:36 pm
by RTH10260
For first time in 233 years, Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian all in U.S. House
Natalie Neysa Alund
Wed, September 21, 2022 at 8:36 PM·
U.S. House candidate Democrat Mary Peltola celebrates after results are announced for the special election in which she won the race for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska.
Last month, Mary Peltola made history when she became first Native Alaskan and woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Last Frontier State.
When Peltola was sworn in last week, Congress reached a milestone: for the first time in more than two centuries, the House has full U.S. Indigenous representation, according to Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele of Hawaii.
"It has taken 233 years for the U.S. Congress to be fully represented by this country’s indigenous peoples," Kahele, the second Native Hawaiian to represent his home state, posted on Twitter alongside a photograph of him, Peltola, and Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. "Tonight, a Native American, a Native Alaskan & a Native Hawaiian are sitting members of the people’s House."
In August, Peltola, a member of the Yup'ik people, won Alaska's special congressional election and will finish the remaining term of the late Rep. Don Young, who died in March.
Peltola, former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich ran both in a special election to fill out the rest of Young's term and will run in the general election for a new term.
After her Sept. 13, swearing in, there are now six Indigenous Americans who are representatives in the House.
