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June 2, 2023

If Historian Posted Pics to Help Biden After Fall, He Did the Opposite – RedState
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Instead, Beschloss posting these pictures shows just how unnatural the political atmosphere is now and how a lot of the media is operating like scribes for Biden and the Democratic Party. Instead of looking at a variety of the real issues that plague the president, this tumble is barely being mentioned today and/or is being downplayed. Then it will be dismissed, just like Biden’s other falls and gaffes. Instead of being the representatives of the people, liberal journalists have become shills for the powerful. //

Dom
4 hours ago
Both Carter and Ford are one term presidents. As a historían, he should see the parallels. //

bk
3 hours ago edited
Biden's surviving all these catastrophes is obviously much more impressive than 70yo Ronald Reagan getting SHOT and then serving out two full terms. /s //

cgh62
4 hours ago
Beschloss is a terrible historian. I read one of his books, and the garbage he was pushing was easily refuted by multiple sources in previous works. The guys an idiot. Don't ever waste your money buying one of his books, or waste your time listening to anything he has to say.

What did Stonehenge sound like? - BBC Travel
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Cox has found that Stonehenge once acted as an echo chamber, leading some to believe it was a ritual site for those belonging to an elite inner circle. //

The problem with acoustic archaeology is that sound disappears, so we can't ever be certain about what was done there.

The Truman Show: Has a film ever predicted the future so accurately? - BBC Culture
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The 1998 Jim Carrey film about a man whose entire life is filmed quickly came to embody a new age of reality television. And, 25 years on, it continues to resonate, writes Emily Maskell.