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Corona Jerks!

By Major Dan on March 31, 2020 Health/Medicine, Lists, March 31, Nature, Politics

A Brief History On March 31, 2018, we published an article about “Jerks of the Month,” a topic we have touched upon from time to time. Today, we modify our approach to discuss only those jerks as they relate to our coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is killing people across the country and the world and threatens to destroy our economy. This pandemic is serious business and it needs serious people to beat the sneaky illness, NOT Jerks! (Feel free to add your own nominees to our list or to dispute those persons we have cited.) See our other article “What…

Debi Thomas, 1st African American Woman to Win World Championship in Skating

By Major Dan on March 21, 2020 Health/Medicine, March 21, Sports

A Brief History On March 21, 1986, Debra Janine Thomas made athletic history by becoming the first African American woman to take the Gold Medal at the World Figure Skating Championships. As March is Women’s History Month, it is our pleasure to relate her story. Digging Deeper Born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1967, Debi moved with her mother to California at an early age, growing up in San Jose. Her mother had become a single parent when she divorced Debi’s dad, but that hurdle did not stop Debi from taking up a career in figure skating starting at the…

What is Really Going on with Coronavirus?

By Major Dan on March 12, 2020 Health/Medicine, March 12, Nature, Politics

A Brief History On March 12, 2020, people all over the globe are wondering about the true origins and the true implications of the “coronavirus” that (as we are told) originated in Wuhan, China. Drastic measures being taken, including shutting down schools and colleges, draconian quarantines of cruise ships, cancellation public presidential campaign events, ending spectators at school athletic contests and the use of the National Guard to enforce a quarantine of New Rochelle, New York are all the types of measures we would expect in some sort of apocalyptic scenario, such as the Black Plague or the fictional “Captain…

When Did Vaccinations get a Bad Name?

By Major Dan on February 24, 2020 February 23, Health/Medicine, Nature, Politics

A Brief History On February 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against the Polio virus took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The developer of the vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk, was hailed as hero and the scourge of Polio was basically eradicated from the United States. No longer would “iron lungs” be common, and parents did not have to live the nightmare of their children dying or becoming crippled by Polio. As with other vaccines, the Salk vaccine saved untold millions of lives and prevented untold amounts of misery, and yet in recent years vaccines have been under fire from…

What Are the Types of Plant Explosion Injuries?

By Abdul Alhazred on February 19, 2020 Crime, Health/Medicine

A Brief History Today, there are a lot of plants and oilfields in the country. The industrial zone is developing rapidly. With all these development in the industry, there are also some deficiencies. With all those deficiencies, serious accidents happen. These accidents include explosion, severe burns, and massive fires. Workers are facing danger in the plant by working there. Workers are the backbone of a plant that works hard to make it successful. By the research, it is proven that heat emitted from this kind of plant is approximately 1000 degrees. That makes a more difficult situation for the people…