Why did John F Kennedy make such a hash of the Bay of Pigs and his summit meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna? tags jfk drugs john f kennedyAnd how could the same man have dealt so competently with the Cuban Missile Crisis slightly over a year later? The usual theory is that Kennedy gained experience and a healthy scepticism for official advice. Now a new book offers an alternative explanation. picked by davethefish 7 months ago |
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What a wonderful era of hope it seemed to be. When John Kennedy, with his glamorous wife Jackie as First Lady, was elected President of the United States in November 1960, an entirely new feeling of elation and idealism was brought to the drab post-war world. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
George Michael and Elton John had a fight. John made a negative statement about George Michael's lifestyle which led to him being badgered by the press. Now, John says they made up. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a great twofer pitch: "green jobs." It sounds like a winner. In one fell swoop he can promise to end unemployment and fix and save the planet from climate change. picked by JoshSF49 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A team of experts assembled by the Discovery Channel has recreated the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Using modern blood spatter analysis, new artificial human body surrogates, and 3-D computer simulations, the team determined that the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was the most likely origin of the shot that killed the 35th president of the United States. picked by ImNotBlue 4 days ago 6 comments edit related share technology |
Writing in the Annals of Applied Statistics, the researchers urged a reexamination of bullet fragments from the 1963 shooting in Dallas to confirm the number of bullets that struck Kennedy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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This video explodes the US government's official line on the JFK assassination and exposes the hard facts...let the real truth be known! picked by fourmillionkangaroos 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share politics |
Last year, on the first anniversary of Peel's last radio show, more than 500 events took place across the UK and around the world. Thats a lot of love. 0 comments edit related share plime.comIf you didnt know of John Peel. All I can say is that you missed out. Thanks for the music John. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago |
If you thought the Beatles were so Yesterday, think again. A lock of hair from the late John Lennon sold for an incredible $48,000 at an auction held Wednesday at Gorringes in Worthington. picked by leopoldogolba 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
John Cerney is a Salinas, California native whose artwork can best be described as 'giant cut-out art', ordinarily viewed from the comfort of your automobile. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Congratulations to Rhode Island's 1st district for electing a beautiful political specimen. Be sure to check out Section 4 to get some insight on what is takes to be a dog gone good congressman. picked by cheeselog1234 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Documents found in a vault in the Dallas County District Attorney's office related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been placed online for the public to review for notable information. 0 comments edit related share worldHere's your chance to review never-seen-before materials related to the JFK assassination." picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago |
Lawyers for the Central Intelligence Agency faced pointed questions in a federal court hearing Monday morning about the agency's efforts to block disclosure of long-secret records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Back and to the left...) picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, this morning cut up his dog collar on live TV, saying that he would not wear it again as long as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is still on office. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Purely rumour at this stage, but a juicy one, nonetheless - according to AICN, Christian Bale is set to take on the John Connor role in John McGinty Nichol's next installment of the franchise, Terminator Salvation. 0 comments edit related share plime.comAnd that can only be good. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago |
Today would have been John's 68th birthday. Yoko Ono explains a project launching this week in honor of John Lennon's birthday, the "Imagine Peace Tower" and a request for a prayer for peace. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Vatican reversed the annulment of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II's first marriage, a union that had lasted 12 years and produced two sons. 0 comments edit related share plime.comMaybe the next season of Big Love will have Kennedy's in it. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago |
John West endures the worst, to bring you the best. picked by beany11 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
A good, old video with John Cage performing "Water Walk". picked by Jetka 5 days ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
This is an adult novel steeped in children's literature that cannily makes its 1940s junior protagonist credibly ignorant of aspects which the grown-up reader, or any modern kid, will catch at once. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Number 2 from the "Stories to make your blood boil" page. 0 comments edit related share plime.comJohn Mark Karr, the man who claimed to have killed JonBenet Ramsey, is out of jail and says he wants to go back to teaching children. picked by Hoosker 2 years ago |