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My shooter encounter at the 1984 Minneapolis Aquatennial
On Saturday, July 13th, 2024, as I watched the video coverage of the Butler, PA Trump rally shooting aftermath, there were several live on camera interviews of upset persons complaining… Read more
R.I.P. Tim Quigley
notable Irish-American Tim Quigley Tim Quigley, of San Jose, CA, died on Friday, March 15th, 2024. Born on September 22, 1945 in Wabasha, MN, Tim was a graduate of the… Read more
Battle of Point Pleasant
October 10, 1774 By Cecilia Fábos-Becker Battle of Point Pleasant The French and Indian War, aka The Seven Years War, really started in 1754, and was concluded by a treaty… Read more
Semiquincentennial Grants
US National Park Service is Accepting Applications By Cecilia Fábos-Becker American Independence Semiquincentennial We recently learned about the planned commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Back in… Read more
Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?
ADL’s Greenblatt says ‘Yes’ by Tony Becker 2023-12-11 Jonathan Greenblatt More than one year ago, in May of 2022, the New Yorker Magazine published an interview by Isaac Chotiner, a… Read more
Apple adds RCS to iOS (finally)
Mobile OS Market Share 2009 – 2023 When Apple Computer, Inc. was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976 its stated goal was to… Read more
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland This past week, we learned about an important new resource for family history researchers whose ancestors came from Ireland as Irish, or passed through Ireland… Read more
Taking Flight Album Release Concerts
Amelia Hogan Band Taking Flight Album Release Concerts Album Launch Concerts Friday, February 24th, 8:15 PM Lost Church, Santa Rosa, CA, Details Sunday, February 26th, 6:00 PM Casements Bar, San… Read more
Sean Murphy – Irish History Online
Sean Murphy Weekly on 4 consecutive Thursdays Each Month, Irish historian Sean Murphy presents a pair of four-week live Zoom course on Thursdays at 3:00 PM PST (6 PM Eastern… Read more
Why I Dropped Out of the Facebook group ‘DNA Detectives’
(and I won’t return) First a few facts. I chose to leave this Facebook group. The group did not drop me, nor had I yet been ‘suspended.’ I decided to… Read more