02/24 Open Thread - The Gregorian Calendar
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/24/2025 - 5:00am
~~ Calendar (February 2018)
Cuba
01/01 is Giordano Bruno's Birthday
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 01/01/2024 - 5:00am
~~ Bruno's statue in the Campo de' Fiori (bruno4)
Cuba and Vaccine
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 7:44pmHere we are, more than a year into the pandemic and with millions dead around the globe, and still there is no waiver of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines. It's disgusting.
Let's talk about hypocrisy regarding Cuba
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/13/2021 - 6:56pm
Looks like the U.S. might have to bring "democracy" to Mexico
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 07/23/2021 - 4:05pmOn the same day that the U.S. imposed even more sanctions on Cuba, Mexico decided to send out ships full of food and medical supplies to the island.
Miami: The birth-place of U.S. sponsored right-wing terrorism
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 07/13/2021 - 1:44pmEvery time a new piece of evidence is uncovered about the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, it points back to Miami.
Cuba, Covid and America's grossly immoral foreign policy
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 06/26/2021 - 1:27amVenezuela has been unable to purchase COVID-19 vaccines because of U.S. sanctions.
Monday OT: February 24 is Shrove Monday, heh
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 5:00am
February 24 is day 55 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Setting Orange, Chaos 55, 3186 YOLD (Discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.7.5.14 by the Mayan Long Count
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 11/17/2019 - 5:03amSomething/Someone Old
Take a look at humanity's oldest surviving book.
Sunday Open Thread: January 28th is Data Privacy Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 01/28/2018 - 5:00amWorld History this day
1521 -- The Diet of Worms was convened to deal with Martin Luther's heresies
1573 -- The Warsaw Confederation established freedom of religion in Poland
1935 -- Iceland legalized therapeutic abortion.
1988 -- Canada's Supreme Court struck down all Canadian anti-abortion laws.
US History this day
