A Brief History On October 2, 1959, the television anthology series, The Twilight Zone, made its debut on CBS television. Hosted by Rod Serling, the classic episodes of this show transcended the cheap sets and primitive special effects to become an iconic part of Americana, with those old episodes often replaying on cable television today, featuring many future big stars in their early years. Today we list 10 of the Greatest Sci-Fi and Horror Television Shows of all time, all-time only going back to the late 1950’s! Digging Deeper 1. The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964. Running for 156 episodes, 92 of those…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.
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A Brief History On October 1, 2017, while attending a country music outdoor concert by singer Jason Aldean the crowd came under what was probably automatic rifle fire by Stephen Paddock, resulting in 58 people killed and 515 or more wounded, making this mass shooting the deadliest such shooting in US History. Today we sadly list the 10 worst/deadliest mass shootings in American History. Digging Deeper 1. Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas. Along with the 50 victims, the shooter was also killed when SWAT officer blew off the door to his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and…
A Brief History On October 1, 1985, the United States began celebrating National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, founded by The American Cancer Society and Imperial Chemical Industries (later to become AstraZeneca). In honor of this extremely important focus on one of the worst killers of women, today we will list 10 women famous for their breasts, with a definite nod to the other, more important qualities these women possess. Previously on October 1st we ran an article called A Timeline of Breasts, listing many incidents in history where a woman’s breasts took center stage. Digging Deeper 1. Jayne Mansfield, actress. The…
A Brief History On September 30, 1927, the greatest slugger of all time in Baseball History on the greatest team of all time in Baseball History hit his record breaking 60th home run of the season, a record that would stand until broken by Roger Maris of the same New York Yankees in 1961. Digging Deeper George Herman Ruth is arguably the best baseball player of all time, exceptional as a pitcher but probably the greatest hitter ever. His frequency of home runs (a homer every 11.76 at bats) for a career was the all-time best until Mark McGwire (a…
A Brief History On September 29, 2017, the news media are buzzing about the revelation made public by CNN yesterday that not only did the Russians buy targeted Facebook ads in an attempt to influence the 2016 American presidential election, they also posted disinformation posing as Black Lives Matter sympathizers in an effort to create divisive rifts in US race relations. Posing as “Blacktivists” the Russians also used Twitter and blogs to destabilize race relations in the US. Digging Deeper The so called “Internet Research Agency,” a front for a Russian government backed “troll farm” posted the ads and false…