Lies My Teacher Told Me -
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Wednesday, 6 May 2026
quote [ Ted Turner, the charismatic, larger-than-life figure who conquered the world of media, sports and philanthropy, has died. He was 87. ]
Run the world like Ted Turner
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Sunday, 12 April 2026
quote [ Her infectious voice got fans dancing and singing, becoming the soundtrack for generations of Indians. ]
She's the one that keeps the dream alive
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Friday, 20 March 2026
quote [ Actor and martial artist who rose to fame after starring in Bruce Lee?s The Way of the Dragon also became a TV fixture with Walker, Texas Ranger ]
Apparently several dozen ninja's were seen entering were seen entering the residence prior to his passing ... none were seen to leave.
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Sunday, 8 March 2026
quote [ Country Joe McDonald, whose late '60s group Country Joe and the Fish performed counterculture anthems at Woodstock, has died at age 84. ]
Where country Joe will do his show
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Monday, 16 February 2026
quote [ The seven-time Oscar nominee, a winner for 'Tender Mercies,' also was memorable in 'The Godfather,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lonesome Dove.' ]
Twist it like Robert Duvall,
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Friday, 30 January 2026
quote [ Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Schitt's Creek'. ]
You looked like After Hours era Catherine O'Hara
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Saturday, 24 January 2026
quote [ Michael Parenti speaks at the University of Colorado, Boulder: "US interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR" April 15, 1986 ]
"Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92 He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family ?Now he is in what he used to refer to as ?the great lecture hall in the sky,?? his son, Christian, reflected"
Dang shame. His book Blackshirts and Reds completely reframed my understanding of geopolitics and opened me up to a number books from revolutionary writers in the third world I never would have been able to truly appreciate. Also, ICE killed another observer today, in case you're wondering how that's going.
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Sunday, 11 January 2026
quote [ Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band?s many latter-day offshoots, has died ]
I'm gon have to pull a couple strings like Bob Weir
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Monday, 15 December 2025
quote [ Rob Reiner and Wife Dead in Apparent Homicide at LA Home ]
Still read scripts like Rob Reiner
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Thursday, 4 December 2025
Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.?s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
quote [ The songwriter, two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer riffed on ?Soul Man,? ?Green Onions? and ?(Sittin? on) the Dock of the Bay.? ]
Play it Steve
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid -
Think about thinking.
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