A complete 180 from when we first reported on burn pits making #Vt soldiers sick. I saw these burn pits in Afghanistan when I embedded with the @VTNationalGuard and have covered far too many deaths from them. Glad the VA stepped up.
A woman holds her dog to be blessed by a priest during a ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City https://t.co/Ed7bEKiZeI ๐ท Raquel Cunha
ASSIST OF THE SEASON ๐คฏ
Wait for the replay, you will not regret it. Mid-air wizardry from Alvis Jaunzems, playing for Stal Mielec in the Polish Ekstraklasa. ๐ช
Sad to hear the news of Ken Squier's passing. I had the fortune to watch some races with him at Thunder Road. Ken's "and there's a fight" call at the Daytona 500 remains one of sports' iconic broadcasting moments. https://t.co/mMI1RqSUV5
This Brooklyn pup's face has been obscured to protect the innocent, but his owner has a $250 summons from the DSNY Poop Patrol to deal with.
Like we always say...don't "dump" on our City.
A very low moment for the Nobel awards, to say the least. Among other disturbing aspects of his CV, Kissinger helped orchestrate the deadly overthrow of democratically elected Salvador Allende in Chile just one month earlier.
#Nixon50#OTD 10/16/1973 President Nixon congratulated Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger on being corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1973. Kissinger & Le Duc Tho received the award for joint efforts in negotiating a ceasefire & laying groundwork for peace in Vietnam.
38 years ago today, โRum Sodomy and the Lash is more than the best record The Pogues could be expected to make at this time. It's more than a brilliant example of a band using its resources in an imaginative manner. It's probably the best LP of 1985." @quantick in @NME