Browsing: August 21

A Brief History On August 21, 2019, a report came out that “derogatory student loan debt is growing at ‘stunning’ pace.”  You have borrowed money many times. In fact, chances are you are part of those contributing to the total U.S. indebtedness, which by the end of 2017 stood at over $13 trillion according to the New York Fed; however, do you have any idea where lending came from or even who started it? You see, lending has been part of the human way of life from the earliest days of civilization. Thousands of years have gone by, yet the…

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A Brief History On August 21, 2019, the country will be treated to a great “The Most Dangerous Game” (short story, 1924, film, 1932) themed horror movie when Ready or Not hits the public.  If you are not familiar with “The Most Dangerous Game,” you are probably at least familiar with the theme of man hunting man.  In the new horror film, Ready or Not, the twist is that a woman is being hunted. Digging Deeper If you liked movies such as Surviving the Game (1994) and Hard Target (1993), Run for the Sun (1956), let alone the several other…

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A Brief History On August 21, 2019, we eagerly await the next NFL season.  Having already completed 2 of the 4 pre-season/exhibition games, many teams are already firming up the sort of team they expect to field when the hitting counts.  So who is going to win the big enchilada?  Read on for our picks for the NFL 2019-2020 season. Digging Deeper If you are interested in NFL Futures 2019-2020, Las Vegas gambling mavens like the Patriots.  We like the Patriots, too, but not enough to put them in the Super Bowl, let alone win the NFL Championship (again).  We…

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A Brief History On August 21, 1982, elements of the 860 man French contingent of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) arrived in Beirut.  A few days later United States Marines followed adding another 850 troops, and the next day 575 Italian troops arrived.  The MNF was a US brokered peace keeping force with the intention of saving lives among Lebanese in the wake of the June 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel in pursuit of Palestine Liberation Organization fighters.  The MNF was assigned the mission of evacuating PLO fighters and Syrian troops from Lebanon so that the Israeli forces…

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A Brief History On August 21, 1968, the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery and courage in battle that can be earned by an American fighting person, was awarded posthumously to James Anderson, Jr., the first African American US Marine to earn the Medal of Honor. Digging Deeper Anderson was born Los Angeles in 1947 when the US military was still segregated.  (The US military became desegregated per Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948 under President Truman.)  A high school graduate, James went on to study at junior college for a year and a half before…

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