Examine the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights. -- In the 1860’s, 11 southern states withdrew... continue reading
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Brian Cox - Solving The Fermi Paradox: Intelligent Alien Life in Our Galaxy Brian Cox explains the details behind the Fermi Paradox and why we haven't yet found intelligent alien life. The more interesting... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 10 months ago • 74 views • 10:18SEIZE AND DESTROY: A farmer raided by the SC Law Enforcement Division in 2019 has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the state's top law enforcement agency and top prosecutor's office of conspiring... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 2 years 2 weeks ago • 91 views • 29:53From YouTube, "Our home is burning. Rapid climate change is destabilizing our world. It seems our emissions will not fall quickly enough to avoid runaway warming and we may soon hit tipping points that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 16:11Sean Penn talks about his documentary, what he has witnessed in Ukraine, and his impression of their President. NOTE: ~30 mins long; fairly civil; but very informative. Also, Hannity did broadcast... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 106 views • 24:29An interesting and quick look at how the ancient Roman Civilization inhabitants dealt with their (not so) alone time.
posted by BoneRemake 2 years 8 months ago • 365 views • 5:40Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 82 views • 14:39It's time the news organizations began questioning the actions of police.
posted by dedstick 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 420 views • 13:45Another Republican based anti-Trump group has started producing commercials. At this rate, the Democrats can just hold onto their campaign funds, the Republicans are doing better at selling Democrats... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 4 months ago • 44 views • 1:11From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 135 views • 9:43From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 1:09:23On April 3rd, 2018, resident Mark Robinson gave an impassioned speech at the Greensboro, NC, city council meeting in support of the Second Amendment. This speech is the best four minutes you'll ever watch... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 4:21YouTube description: Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura—then one of television’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 350 views • 2:58YouTube description: Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 707 views • 8:48YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 545 views • 7:11YouTube description: In civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud! The "quick condition" occurs when seepage reduces the effective stress of a soil. This can lead to some dangerous... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 1,490 views • 5:15YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months ago • 297 views • 4:14Carol Swain, professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, Published on May 22, 2017 Did you know that the Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, founded the KKK, and... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 61 views • 5:50Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the concert pianist, singer, civil rights activist, and international icon would go on to change culture itself with her peerless talent, fiery charisma, and unflinching political... continue reading
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