Many of the largest explosive eruptions in Iceland involve a viscous, high-silica magma called rhyolite, and are driven by volcanic gases … Read More
Social Security Cuts Denounced On Anniversary Of First Check
WASHINGTON — Seventy-three years ago to the day, Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vt., was issued the first Social Security check.
“It wasn’t that I expected anything, mind you, but I knew I’d been paying for something called Social Security and I wanted to ask the people in Rutland about it,” Fuller said of her trip to the nearby Social Security office a few months earlier, according to the Social Security Administration.
On Jan. 31, 1940, the office issued Fuller a check for $22.54.
Prohibitionists Respond to Repeal: Bootlegging, Racketeering, and Kidnapping Will Go Up Now! You’ll Come Crawling Back, Just Wait and See!
Seventy-nine years ago today, Utah, of all states, delivered the
killing blow that brought the national prohibition of alcohol to an
end. In honor of Repeal Day — and with an eye on what may be the
early stages of an end to the war on marijuana — here’s a
flashback to December 1933, as prohibitionists watched their
achievement crumble:
That’s just the opening of the article; you can read the rest
here. … Read More
