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"It's not fair - they have a much bigger payroll!"

"No wonder we could get tickets."

Memorial Day

'In the whole history of colonialism, who established the most colonies?'

"He needs to have a talk with Trump..."

'Exactly who is fighting against whom in Syria?'

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember them."

George W Bush Cowboy

'The spheres keep rolling away, Your Majesty -- how about we just build a pyramid?'

Nicolae Ceausescu

Frederick North

'I should've realized I was in trouble with a name like 'King Edward the Temp'.'

A likely story - lost his waterskis in a poker game !

'Yesterday's work ethic ... Today's don't care ethic.'

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Basil L. Plumley 1920-2012.

A Verbal Difficulty

“That’s not the nuclear football That’s my gym bag.”

"We are gathered here today to honour those without bone spurs."

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

No, you idiots, they don't include a "comments" section.

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

Trump Administration Raising White Flag in Ukraine

"You're fired."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

'The History Channel is all reruns.'

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Gender Equality

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

Who will determine Venezuela's future?

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.