For any Republicans that still read this: the company you keep.
If you are fine with that, please reconsider any stances you have related to decency or your moral high ground. This is pure and simple hogwash.
One of Japan’s most popular mascots is an egg with crippling depression | Public Radio International
This is both sad and adorable as only Japan can do.
The Civil War Fighters Who Tempted Fate With North African Fashion | Atlas Obscura
History is goofy.
Don’t believe me? Read up on the Zouaves.
Jorge Ramos: The summer of hate | Fusion
Ramos identifies the threat and the potential stakes of letting a racist blowhard try to take the reigns of power.
On The Trail: Trailblazers of our National Parks – CBS News
My grandfather spent part of the Depression planting trees in Montana, thanks to the CCC.
The Hidden History of Prosperity | BillMoyers.com
An older article but possibly more relevant today in some fashion than when it was written.
See What Soldiers Around the World Eat When in the Field | Atlas Obscura
You know, just in case you had an hankering for a MRE.
Ex-Minuteman Chris Simcox sentenced to 19.5 years in child sex-abuse case
It is important to remember that Simcox was a media darling a few years back. The second issue of Good Magazine, the last one I’ll ever read, focused on him and the Minutemen vigilante immigrant hunters.
Now he’s being jailed as a pedophile. Everyone is running from him, acting like he’s an outlier. But he isn’t.
You will increasingly see the hatred in their ranks. The low character. The violent husband. The kiddie diddlers. Drug addicts. Gun fetishists. Anti-democratic (and Democratic) violent extremists.
It is a type. And you can’t build a country around it. Not one I want to live in anyway.
And it is on the ballot this fall.
A Guide To The Regional Cuisines Of Mexico – Food Republic
A quick primer on Mexican regional food differences.
Orange County’s Great Zoot Suit Panic of 1943 | OC Weekly
Yet another event that did not happen as the powers that be told you.
Big surprise.