Posts

Showing posts from July 26, 2016

Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech

Image
Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech On a day marked by vocal anti-Hillary protests by delegates, Michelle Obama's prime time speech stole the show.

Watch comedian Sarah Silverman's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Image
Watch comedian Sarah Silverman's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Comedian Sarah Silverman was a vocal Bernie Sanders supporter throughout his campaign, but at Monday night's DNC festivities, she backed Hillary in a funny speech, and gave Sanders fans a reality check. July 26, 2016 at 06:36PM

Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech

Image
Watch Michelle Obama's Scene-Stealing DNC Speech

baby carrot: Word of the day for July 27, 2016

Image
Word of the day is baby carrot : A carrot harvested and sold when immature and of a small size. A small piece cut from a larger carrot. The term baby-cut carrot is sometimes used for the second sense, especially to distinguish it from the first sense. The cartoon character Bugs Bunny made its first official appearance in A Wild Hunt on this day in 1940.

Watch comedian Sarah Silverman's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Image
Watch comedian Sarah Silverman's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Picture of the day for July 27, 2016

Image
Picture of the day on July 27, 2016: Foggy morning view of the Basilica of Our Lady of Jerusalem, Artajona, Navarre, Spain. The basilica was built between 1709 and 1714 in honor of Our Lady of Jerusalem, patron saint of Artajona.

Article of the day for July 27, 2016

Image
Article of the day is SS Washingtonian (1913). Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for July 27, 2016

Image
Foggy morning view of the Basilica of Our Lady of Jerusalem, Artajona, Navarre, Spain. The basilica was built between 1709 and 1714 in honor of Our Lady of Jerusalem, patron saint of Artajona..

Article of the day for July 27, 2016

The Article of the day for July 27, 2016 is SS Washingtonian (1913) . SS Washingtonian was a cargo ship launched in 1913 by the Maryland Steel Company, one of eight sister ships for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and the largest cargo ship under American registry at the time. During the American occupation of Veracruz in April 1914, the ship was chartered by the Department of the Navy for service as a refrigerated supply ship for the U.S. fleet stationed off the Mexican coast. In January 1915, after a little more than one year of service, Washingtonian collided with the schooner Elizabeth Palmer off the Delaware coast after the cargo ship's captain misjudged the schooner's rapid pace. Washingtonian sank in ten minutes with the loss of a $1,000,000 cargo of raw Hawaiian sugar. In the days after the sinking, the price of sugar in the United States increased almost 9%, partly attributed to the loss of this cargo. Lying under approximately 100 feet (30 m) of water, the wr...

baby carrot: Word of the day for July 27, 2016

baby carrot , n : A carrot harvested and sold when immature and of a small size. A small piece cut from a larger carrot. The term baby-cut carrot is sometimes used for the second sense, especially to distinguish it from the first sense. The cartoon character Bugs Bunny made its first official appearance in A Wild Hunt on this day in 1940.