"Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa? Before Americans vote on the next president in November, both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is... continue reading
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YouTube description: There's a common myth about who pays their fair share, and who doesn't. (via www.digg.com)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months ago • 549 views • 5:51From Youtube, "American healthcare is like no other on Earth - needlessly complicated, expensive, and ready for reform."
posted by w1ndex 4 years 6 months ago • 11 views • 33:34YouTube description: In 1951, the American F-86 Sabre went head-to-head with the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies above North Korea. Both sides wanted to capture examples of each others aircraft. The Soviets... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 824 views • 6:07On 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 4 years 8 months ago • 19 views • 4:21After suggesting that American-born congresswomen should "go back" to where they're from, Donald Trump gets a geography lesson from Wakko of the Animaniacs
posted by newtboy 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 846 views • 1:13An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,322 views • 2:14YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years ago • 731 views • 7:13YouTube description: Micco and his older brother Samsoche (Seneca and Muscogee Creek), who perform together as the Sampson Brothers (https://sampsonbrosarts.com) are well known on powwow grounds and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 weeks ago • 202 views • 4:21From Youtube, "The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month ago • 716 views • 8:12This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 516 views • 4:57YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 2:41A summary of Hillary Clinton's role in the recent history of African Americans.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 12 views • 14:24Some American cities use buses, or trams, or trains. Peachtree City, Georgia, has a different solution: it's not quite public transit, but a hundred miles of golf cart tracks helps to keep cars off the road.
posted by nanrod 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 962 views • 5:50YT: In a field near Elberton, Georgia, USA, sit a set of mysterious standing stones: mysterious not because they're ancient, but because they were funded by someone anonymous in 1980, perhaps as a message... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 5 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 400 views • 3:08YouTube 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 5 months 2 weeks ago • 350 views • 2:58YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 464 views • 2:01YouTube description: Everything seemed normal on the second leg of American Airlines Fight 96, June 12, 1972. Captain Bryce McCormick sat back to take a sip of coffee and admire the view. Then, suddenly,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 462 views • 11:00