Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

If you're an EU citizen who thinks NATO is trying to protect you from Russia, then you simply do not understand Anglo-American foreign policy, which can be summarized as follows by Sir Humphrey Appleby:



Kurt Andersen discussing the political campaign film: CHOICE (1964) in the new Frontline PBS documentary on "Clarence and Ginni Thomas - Politics, Power and the Supreme Court."




"CHOICE" - The entire controversial campaign film banned by Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xniUoMiHm8g


American Weekly May 10, 1953 Spacekid Cover:




Happy birthday to Maria Luisa Mininson (May 10, 1931-2017) in Tampa, Florida. She and her groom Mel Mininson (1932-2001) appeared in LIFE magazine in 1959 due to their unusual fallout shelter honeymoon in Miami. Watch the wedding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8LojOQe5iU

She and her husband made news nationally when they won a contest to stay enclosed in a bomb shelter for one month directly after they were married. Maria dedicated herself to the Department of Health and Human Services, Cuban Refugee Division for over 30 years obtaining the position of Assistant to the Director.
MARIA MININSON OBITUARY

The Apple II was released this day, May 10, 1977.



Apple II commercial from 1986:



Apple II - 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxJwy8NsXFs


It had been first unveiled in April. The motherboard-only version shipped first. The wider release took place in June.



Here’s Steve Jobs reflecting on its success six years later in 1983:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sif9KHQkDk4

It became one of the longest-lived lines of personal computers, in production for nearly 17 years.

The one millionth Apple II was gold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJif4i9NRdI

Beyond its success, it became a source of inspiration. Here’s a 'rare' Apple II manual Steve Jobs signed for a young fan in 1980:

Jobs’ inscription was prophetic, with Generation X-ers such as Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk truly "changing the world" with technology after being the first to "grow up with computers."

"Julian" was a teenager at the time, son of entrepreneur Mike Brewer who had negotiated exclusive distribution rights for Apple products in the UK and later became the first Managing Director of Apple Computer (UK) Ltd. Julian recalls, "I was sitting in my bedroom writing games on my Apple II when Dad called me down to meet some guests. To my amazement it was Steve Jobs and Mike Markkula. I had the manual with me and only later understood how rare it was for Jobs to sign anything, let alone to write an inscription like this. He got on well with Dad, so I feel the inscription was made with care."

Julian wrote game reviews for Apple User magazine before going on to read Computing Science at Imperial College London and then to work for IBM. After completing an MBA at Wharton, Julian set up several successful small businesses including a software venture whose games were distributed with JVC video cameras.

Once he demonstrated an Apple II to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, having asked Apple to program it to play ‘The Sailor’s Hornpipe’, one of the Prince’s favourite tunes. At the time, it would have been quite astonishing!”
Rare Apple II manual, prophetically inscribed and signed by Steve Jobs in 1980

I’m ready to achieve enlightenment.