On This Date in 1792 "La Marseillaise", later the national anthem of France, was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg. Above, the "La Marseillaise" scene from Casablanca (which contains the most consequential nod in movie history and gets me every time.)
Alas! A Blog: Cartoon -- Rationing Health Care.
The Field Negro: Authoritarians at the gate.
e m p t y w h e e l: The hot seat --Two proud boys testifying at seditious conspiracy trial unravel on the witness stand.
Attention space nerds! Springfield, Illinois physician selected to participate in NASA Mission.
Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University
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