Saturday, June 11, 2011

From WWI to Keith....

WWI mines and miners and the battle that cost them their lives.
Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie entombed after dying during brutal underground warfare. For WWI historians, it's the "holy grail".

When military historian Jeremy Banning stepped on to a patch of rough scrubland in northern France four months ago, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.

The privately owned land in the sleepy rural village of La Boisselle had been practically untouched since fighting ceased in 1918, remaining one of the most poignant sites of the Battle of the Somme.

In his hand was a selection of grainy photographs of some of the British tunnellers killed in bloody subterranean battles there, and who lay permanently entombed directly under his feet.
Um... run away? Massive Plasma Waves Sweep the Sun --NASA: "We're seeing things we've never seen before"

Go the Fuck to Sleep. A children's story.

Fukushima suffered a melt-through. Worse than anyone thought. And the mutations begin.

Alabama steps on women's rights. And passes the most draconian immigration law. Alabama, the black hole of compassion and empathy.

The utter stupidity of some criminals.

Keith Olbermann to Talking Points Memo consumers:

4 comments:

Steve Bates said...

I love Go the Fuck to Sleep! Why didn't I think of that? Oh, right... I don't have kids...

ellroon said...

Oh I've been there! Falling exhausted into bed and having my infant, hearing the silence, popping up in the crib ready for action...

Don't need kids to have a fervent wish that someone would shut up and go to sleep ;D!

Steve Bates said...

"For WWI historians, it's the 'holy grail'."

Vengeance is mines, saith the Lord...

ellroon said...

And lo, a shaft of light hit the punster and he did fall into the pit and was not able to dig out...