Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Charles Dickens' opening paragraph for 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859) in which he describes the state of affairs in the year 1775 A.D. that may somehow feel oddly familiar.




October 21, 1967: The "March on the Pentagon" was an anti-Vietnam War protest  where an estimated 70,000–100,000 people rallied at the Lincoln Memorial. About 50,000 then marched toward the Pentagon, where they were confronted by armed soldiers. The demonstration was a landmark event in the anti-war movement, featuring speeches from figures like Dr. Benjamin Spock and a symbolic, though ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to "levitate" the building.

On October 21, 1967, almost 100,000 people rallied in Washington, D.C. to peacefully protest the war in Vietnam. Magnum photographer Marc Riboud’s most published image from this protest was the final shot on his last roll of film. Riboud remembered this day for an essay about his career, published in 1989:

“One day in October 1967, I found myself in Washington, swept along in the slipstream of a cause at the time simple and straightforward. A vast, ecstatic crowd was marching for peace in Vietnam as the sunlight of an Indian summer flooded the city’s streets. Hundreds of thousands of young men and women, both black and white, were defiantly closing in on the Pentagon, the citadel of the most powerful army in the world, and for one day America’s youth presented America with a handsome face. I was taking photographs like mad, running out of film as night fell. The very last photo was the best. Framed in my viewfinder was the symbol of that America youth: a flower held before a row of bayonets.”

Behind the Image: Protesting the Vietnam War with a Flower

Confrontation at the Pentagon: The Historic 1967 Vietnam War Protest:




Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon, October 21, 1967.
OUT, DEMONS, OUT! OUT, DEMONS, OUT!




Oct 21st: Forrest Gump was dragged on stage by protest organisers to give a speech. Childhood friend Jenny spotted him and ran across the pool to reunite with Forrest.




Great Scot! Just 10 years ago today, we were all using ancient tech like flying cars & hoverboards.




US nuclear subs down under, eventually...


Trump Backs Selling Submarines to Australia Under AUKUS Agreement


Rare occurrence of two Navy SEALs who drowned...and a Pakistani gets 40 years in the cooler...


Army forensics team’s work shines through in case of boat captain in fatal SEAL raid


This might be one of the more bizarre stories I've seen: the Trump admin is allegedly getting intel for its boat strikes from the CIA, and they can't provide the intel to verify its accuracy because it's classified. I can't tell if they're trying to pass the blame off on the CIA or this is just some bs excuse they came up with to explain why there's no intel backing up the strikes. Also, Trump has authorized the CIA to do covert actions in Venezuela.

What's the point of announcing in public you're doing covert ops? Make it make sense. I suppose it's saber rattling and intimidation, but also a deluge of (mis)information to keep everybody scrambling.



CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say


Movie Posters as Embroideries by French artist Emily Beer




Ready for Antifa treats...




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