Category: History
Primary Votes
For those voting democrat on tomorrow’s primary, take a listen/read to this article from NPR’s Day-to-Day (this will be available after 3 p.m. today). https://www.npr.org/2008/01/14/18076136/michigan-democrats-make-do-with-small-ballot http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18076136 If you decide it’s not worth voting democrat, might I suggest Ron Paul on the republican ballot? At the very least it’ll throw off the GOP. Current…
Benazir Bhutto Died 1 hour ago!
I’m very disapointed with American media. Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan and one of the few pro-democracy politicians in that country, has just died in a suicide bombing assassination. What do the headlines say right now? “Hillary pauses to remember Bhutto;” “Obama’s reaction to Bhutto’s death;” “Reactions…
Monkeys take over India in Terrorist plot
Monkeys have taken a liking to the main government buildings in Delhi, where on most days large troops of them can be seen scaling fences and roofs, sitting provocatively on top of signs reading “Government of India.” Several recently broke into the Defense Department, fleeing with confidential documents, which were…
High speed and redundacy finally reach the UP.
In partnership with Peninsula Fiber Network LLC and Borderland Communications, Merit was able to connect the three public universities and the rest of the U.P. network to Merit’s backbone network via fiber and leased circuits with diverse path gigabit connections. Merit is the University’s internet service provider. They just recently…
First Shanty Creek Trip
Alex posted these photos to Facebook after getting back to NMU. It’s proof that I socialize! [Author’s Note from the future: this was before the days when everyone had a portable internet connection in their pocket so these photos are from days or maybe weeks prior. This is important for…