Even in the early 70s, secondary magnetic memory was rather expensive. At the BU Academic Computing Center where I was a student operator and teaching assistant, disk packs held 5MB 10 disks on a single spindle.
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SCOTUS: A Brief History of the Politicization of the Supreme Court
Accusations fly back and forth between the political parties, each claiming the other is politicizing the United States Supreme Court. However, a brief look at the history of the Supreme Court establishes this is neither new nor novel.
Real New Englanders can’t stand new people
If you did a big dig on us “as people” up here, us natives, you’d see that we just have this long history of not liking new people. I read some history over in Vermont one time where they were talking about the differences between NH and VT and the writer told the story about the railroad coming up here and how this was really the beginning of what would become
Student Group Claims Racially Motivated Attacks on White People Are Not a Hate Crime
Two incidents involving the same individual(s) were recorded as hate crimes. Racial slurs were followed by acts of assault. The problem? The perpetrators in both cases were black, and the different victims were white. According to a student group, that’s not a hate crime.
Coronavirus and the Entrepreneur … David and Goliath
Michael Crawford is a former Walt Disney Co. executive. Crawford’s future is happy and without masks. It does not have people going out of their way to remain “6 FEET APART.” No more avoiding crowds on the supposition other people are a lethal threat all of the time. In short sanity rules.
Joe Biden Flip Flops… Will He or Won’t He Ban Fracking
Joe Biden flip flops… now he says he won’t ban fracking. Maybe he and Kamala should get together. One might think national energy policy would be a topic on which they might want alignment. It is only responsible for what? About 3,000,000 jobs. Joe says yes and Kamala says no. Joe used to say no … Read more
America Fought A War to Free the Slaves
America fought a war to free the slaves about 160 years ago. A slave is a person in servitude as the chattel of another. A slave is someone that is completely subservient to a dominating influence. Why would we so willingly give up freedom for a promise of security? Why?
Wealth Tax History in Europe Is Instructive
Progressives love to point to Europe as an example for their policies. So let’s look there. In Europe, we find that the wealth tax as a policy has a fundamental flaw. Thirty years ago, 12 European countries had some form of wealth tax. Now, only three remain. Why is that?
We Stand for the Flag
In 1863 at Fort Wagner on Morris Island South Carolina, an American flag was waving. It flew over the head of a black man. His surroundings were acts of injustice, rage, and violence. William Carney wore a uniform tinged with red as he was kneeling in the midst of a green field.
Quick Thought – Democrats: Making You Hold Opposing Views at the Same time for Decades
Democrats Claim DACA kids shouldn’t have to pay for their parent’s crimes…
Notable Quote – David McCullough
With the radical Left trying to destroy history in various ways, this series of questions and answers from 2012 is more timely than ever.
Scandinavian Socialists
During this spring our government has been guilty of massive overreach. The people in charge were so fearful they felt they needed to put restrictions in place. They suspended the U.S. Constitution. Our political leaders would have us believe they needed to ban our freedoms to keep us safe.
Is America About Tearing It Down?
Is America about tearing it down? Our history says we are the best builders… ever. But today, mobs are defacing and tearing down our statues and monuments nationwide. They do so claiming “social justice.” Well, being full of hate has never produced justice.
So the National Democrat Party believes July 4th = White Supremacy Day?
The Democrats, disguised as Black Lives Matter and other disgruntled rich white kids without a sense of American history and those who just like to destroy other peoples stuff (but I repeat myself), have finally decided to be really open as to what they really think. First, it was just about Confederate soldier statues. Then … Read more
Blogline of the Day – First they’ve gotten History wrong, gotten morality wrong…
The Black Lives Matter movement highlights the horrors of the past but is blind to the horrors of the present Human history is replete with lots of horrors and many are not all that long ago no matter how hard Progressives think or say they can “evolve” the rest of us to be in their … Read more
Socialists are Democrats by Another Mother
Socialists are Democrats by another mother; they are non-voting utopians. They don’t live in the real world and they don’t want you to either. According to them what is going on is a great moment in American racial history.
“Those who erase history have no past – and no future.”
Over at Weekend Pundit, DCE has a proper observation of the NOW in politics (emphasis mine): Seeing the increasing attack upon history by overly-sensitive know-nothings, I am dismayed at the level of ignorance being displayed by those wishing to erase history. They have been convinced that 17th, 18th, 19th, and early/mid 20th century historical figures must be … Read more
Let’s move forward, not in circles
Driving home from PorcFest this evening, I noticed that on I-91, Vermont has combined traditional exit numbers with the new distance-based exit numbers mandated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). For example, one of the exits is marked Exit 18/Milepoint Exit 120. This seemed like a nice way to combine the old and the new.
“History is not supposed to make you feel good or bad. History is your best defense against ignorance”
Every country has written great pages and dark pages in History. For the United States, slavery and the Civil War that brought an end to it were definitely some of the darkest pages. And we must never forget.
Seems apt today….
Bruce Currie, former Government School teacher, approves of erasing history and substituting Communist ideology instead. After all, being a Bernie-Bro AND all of his comments over the years here at GraniteGrok pretty much backs up that assertion. Whereas, the rest of us want our history on display – especially the Civil War era as it … Read more