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• F-15 Eagle Earns its Wings

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 124
  When any of us boards an airplane, I wonder if we ever give any real thought to how much work, design, and planning went into building and testing it.  I’m not a big fan of flying by any means, so I usually hope that the plane I enter merely conquers gravity for the 90 minutes or 2 hours I’m in its clutches.  ...
  1 day ago

• Geeky Moment: The Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier

  
  motorcitytimes.com — Authority: 551
  Via The Detroit News:Construction of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford got its official kickoff Saturday with a keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard where the $7 billion nuclear-powered ship is being assembled.The 38th president’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, declared the keel “truly and fairly laid” at an ...
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• A Brief History of Veteran’s Day

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 607
  Today is Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I, which came to a close on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year in 1918. The Department of Veterans Affairs tells us that President Wilson first marked the anniversary in 1919, when the President ...
  4 days ago

• This is NOT your pilot speaking....

  
  chuckography — Authority: 113
  Flying on Aer Lingus recently, I was reminded of the time I held the microphone and talked to a planeload of startled passengers. When a Convention Bureau goes after a group to come to their city, it tries to show ingenuity whenever possible. Off the wall works too. So the Committee to select where the 1980 ...
  6 days ago

• The punchiest Daily News headline ever

  
  Ephemeral New York — Authority: 529
  Okay, so it lacks the cadence of The Post ’s 1983 masterpiece “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” But this Daily News gem, from the October 30, 1975 edition of the paper, more than makes up for it in punch and bluntness. Of course, Ford didn’t actually tell the city to drop dead. New York City in the 1970s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Recalling the 1976 Swine Flu Debacle

  
  Health Tips — Authority: 126
  In the history of the United States, this is not the first time that the country is experiencing a swine flu outbreak. The first recorded incident of H1N1 infection in the US was recorded on January 27, 1976, when there…
  2 weeks ago

• What is Indira Gandhi’s legacy?

  
  India: A billion aspirations — Authority: 460
  It is former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s 25th death anniversary on October 31.  What was her legacy? She was associated with events like the Emergency, which briefly made Gerald Ford head of the largest democracy in the world, and decades of militancy in Punjab. Her policy of nationalising banks was mentioned ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Yankees White House Stimulus

  
  RAGGED THOTS — Authority: 418
  The championship round of the national pastime should be a moment of unity. Save for supporters of the teams playing in the Fall Classic, the country should come together and celebrate a sport as American as apple pie. Alas, this years World Series carries with it serious built in conflicts. As The New York Times ...
  2 weeks ago

• Frederick K. Biebel Dies; Was State GOP Chief And Activist

  
  Capitol Watch — Authority: 661
  Frederick K. Biebel, 83, of Stratford, former chairman of the state Republican Party, has died, party officials said Tuesday. Details and funeral arrangements are not yet available. Current state GOP Chairman Chris Healy issued the following statement: "The Connecticut Republican Party and Republicans everywhere ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ronald Reagan bio timeline and Iran-Contra

  
  Stars Over Washington — Authority: 129
  Look what turned up today as I investigate the highest ranking (Grand Master) Freemason to helm the US Presidency, Gerald Ford - a Ronald Reagan bio timeline with notable quotes, mostly concerning Reagans Iran-Contra scandal.Youll find a few details on the Reagans use of astrologer Joan Quigley, too, but my favorite ...
  3 weeks ago

• National Paranoia, Part One

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  It’s tough today for a conservative not to feel at least a tad paranoid.  Major paranoia is more likely. After all, virtually everything spilling out of our nation’s capital is prime fodder for gut-wrenching anxiety and fear that everything we hold dear is headed for history’s scrap heap along with our ...
  3 weeks ago

• What’s In a Word of Phrase?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  10/17/2009 What’s In a Word of Phrase? David L Lamon There are many words or phrases that mean different things to different people but to avoid this letter becoming one of philosophical debate I want to deal with a specific phrase that is most misunderstood. “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” in our day would ...
  4 weeks ago

• Gerald Ford’s Best Autograph?

  
  Sports Card Info — Authority: 134
  One card manufacturer that you don’t hear about very often is TK Legacy .  They are known for making trading card sets geared towards specific college teams.  I only own one card made by TK Legacy which is my Jim Mandich autograph.  As a Dolphins collector I needed to have it since it is Mandich’s only ...
  4 weeks ago

• Andrea Shea King on Big Hollwood about SNL and bias

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 550
  Gerald Ford, a offensive and defensive football star for the University of Michigan, was probably the best athlete ever to serve as president. While commander-in-chief, the Ford slipped and fell a couple of times--who hasnt?--which inspired Chevy Chase on the then-new NBC show "Saturday Night" (the "Live" part of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• President Mike Pence?

  
  Howey Politics Indiana — Authority: 434
  By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS - President Mike Pence? There was a spike in the national press interest on the subject this past week after U.S. Rep. Mike Pence wowed the annual conference of the Americans for Prosperity and scheduled a fundraising trip to South Carolina. U.S. Rep. Mike Pence outside the White ...
  4 weeks ago

• Helen Thomas: President Obama "Lacks courage to do the right thing"

  
  WEIMAR WORLD SERVICE — Authority: 132
  Phil Bronstein (left) interviews veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas at The Commonwealth Club. (Photo by John Zipperer.) Tough talk to presidents: Veteran journalist Helen Thomas drew gasps from the Commonwealth Club audience this afternoon when she said President Barack Obama "lacks courage to do ...
  4 weeks ago

• Crumbs along the Mohawk. Former Charles Manson family member Squeaky Lynette Fromme moves to the Mohawk Valley

  
  Upstream — Authority: 103
  Squeaky Lynette Fromme, a former member of the Charles Manson “family” is moving to Marcy , a town located between Rome and Utica, in the Mohawk Valley. Fromme, now 60 years old, was released from prison on August 14, after serving 34 years of a life sentence for an assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford ...
  8 weeks ago

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