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    Politics Anniversary of The USA: Year 250, The Semiquincentennial

    https://digpodcast.org/2026/01/25/the-constitutional-convention-of-1787-2/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRR1JVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe725mmXGR_MEBDpTSCFe4PbEqK8o50nx2xLctvv4AqhRGMHteYctj0-ujs0U_aem_KzCiNeDW3I6fgEs3xmMTtg
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    Politics Mass Shooting & Gun Violence |

    Raleigh Mall on Friday. The University of Iowa last night. Shootings but not of the Mass Murder stripe.
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    Off-Topic Google Earth, 709 N. Garfield Street, Arlington, VA -- What's Up? (Plua Zitkala Så)

    Do y'all have me on ignore? I posted the link about google blurring in Post #6 here.
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    Politics Shit Trump Says 💩

    Sinatra Family -- Dire Straits Need to sue
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    Off-Topic Do gift links work for you? 🎁

    Probably 75% of the time. I have not noted which do not but will take account moving forward. And they are very much appreciated.
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    Off-Topic April 19 in 1995 & 1775: This Date in History

    The conflagration with the Branch Davidians occurred on this day (April 19) in 1993. McVeigh was already a right-wing lean, uber-gun "rights" and anti-government, punk by then. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/oklahoma-city-timothy-mcveigh-waco/
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    Off-Topic History (Heavy on NC) Websites, Resources, Books

    That's a pretty serious 'rabbit hole.'
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    Off-Topic April 19 in 1995 & 1775: This Date in History

    #OTD (April 19), 1995. White Supremacist Terrorist Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck-bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 168 died, 19 were children. 684 were injured. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were also fought on this day in 1775.
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    Off-Topic History (Heavy on NC) Websites, Resources, Books

    https://www.britishpathe.com/ The Premiere of "Bright Leaf" (1950) https://cutt.ly/4tHKTYgn
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    Politics "The Coming Incompetence Crisis" (From 2017): Sadly the incompetent have proven energetic

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/the-coming-incompetence-crisis.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawRQY4hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEekzsYKSBFjDLoy3Eyz_OZuE3ZSsq4Tk7WhQIW0AuwMUvdIjYt4Wq1Xr9akzc_aem_NrUZjmdmvBrzqv_kQ_ESmQ "On his worst days Sean Spicer can produce more...
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    Off-Topic African Americans who built the towns and campus: Chapel Hill, Carrboro, & UNC Stuff

    Carrboro once had a pool -- integration came along and it closed. https://www.ibiblio.org/carrborocitizen/main/2010/07/16/%E2%80%98hello-summer-goodbye-cold-come-join-us-with-friends-family-and-tales-of-old-%E2%80%99/
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    Off-Topic Google Earth, 709 N. Garfield Street, Arlington, VA -- What's Up? (Plua Zitkala Så)

    Love your historical curiosity!! Zitkala Sa composed an opera. We used to read her work but our humanities program was quashed. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/zitkala-sa-american-indian-composer-author-activist-qqjsyq/15380/ She is actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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