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U.S. top 40 for July 24, 1971.






July 24, 1974: DEATH WISH premiered in New York City and "Story of Gunman Takes Dim View of City." - NYT review headline.



After finishing The Stone Killer (1973), Charles Bronson and Michael Winner wanted to make another film together, and were discussing further projects. "What do we do next?" asked Bronson. "The best script I've got is 'Death Wish'. It's about a man whose wife and daughter are mugged and he goes out and shoots muggers," said Winner. "I'd like to do that," Bronson said. "The film?" asked Winner. Bronson replied, "No . . . shoot muggers."



U.S. would defeat China in a war over Taiwan, Joints Chiefs head says




Leave it to a Appalachian to speak some truth...


https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/181...3684825440


SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was released 26 years ago today.


Billy Bob Thornton declined playing Sergeant Horvath due to a water phobia, so Spielberg went to Tom Sizemore. Sizemore was about to be cast in The Thin Red Line so Spielberg said “Do you want to go to Australia with Terry Malick or Great Britain and Ireland with me and Tom Hanks?” Sizemore had a history of drug addiction, and Spielberg cast him on condition he pass regular drug tests during the shoot.
‘Saving Private Ryan’ Facts


What a time to be alive...


We’re building nuclear spaceships again—this time for real


Cybernetics...


Magnetogenetics: Is This World-First Technology Really "Mind Control"?


Biden: "I'm the first president this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world."
Whoa, good to know my eyes & ears been lying to me the whole time!


Elisha Kane worked to get a "Resolute" bill passed in which the US Congress authorized the complete refitting of the ship and then returned it, as a gift, to Great Britain. It was Kane’s heroism that led to the gift of the Resolute Desk.
Kane's link to the Oval Office


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