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Farewell to Leonard Cohen..
Some people are certainly a gift to many.
www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/leonard-cohen-poetic-singer-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BkbAc6AyYs
#upliftmyheart
This vine flowers at present up at our friends' farm.
no ed's.
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. a few are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
language changes every 12 miles so it makes sense that religions all over the world are so different. i am hardly one to judge. this program was about extreme sharia law and how it is practiced and it was very "extreme" in some places.
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political.
During testimony before the Senate homeland security committee, Kristi Noem incorrectly defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-noem-fumbles-definiti...
Definition of Habeas Corpus:
"...habeas corpus is a bedrock constitutional legal principle that safeguards individuals from unlawful imprisonment by enabling them to petition the court to review the legality of their detention."
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405144/habeas-corpus-noem-d...
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this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political.
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
the Burrard Skytrain station is surrounded by ornamental cherry and plum trees, that bloom in early April and draw throngs of people to enjoy the spectacle and to photograph. This was fourteen years ago, and it was the first time I had got there at the right time. This little cutie was my favourite and I took many photos of it and its little thought cloud ( it seems to have nothing to say :). The following year I eagerly went downtown to revisit it ... and it was GONE !! - replaced by a spindly twerp with maybe a dozen blossoms ... what happened to the original ??? ... okay, I realize it's not a tragedy in the great scheme of things, but I was sad and if it was vandalized, I wish bad karma to follow the culprit ...grrr.
song "The End Of The Innocence" performed by Don Henley
and co-written with Bruce Hornsby -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kpArpRe_r8
O' beautiful, for spacious skies
now those skies are threatening
they're beating plowshares into swords
for this tired old man that we elected king
armchair warriors often fail
and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
the lawyers clean up all details
since daddy had to lie ...
The black-and-white music video for the song was directed by David Fincher and earned Henley an MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1990.[2]
Henley ensured there would be two political comments in the video:
At the line "they're beating plowshares into swords, for this tired old man that we elected king," a series of campaign posters of U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shown.
At the line "lawyers clean up all details," a television set playing the congressional testimony of Oliver North appears on-screen.
The video directly references the work of Robert Frank's The Americans.
www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-one-robert-frank-photo-that...
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. a few are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
language changes every 12 miles so it makes sense that religions all over the world are so different. i am hardly one to judge. this program was about extreme sharia law and how it is practiced and it was very "extreme" in some places.
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
Alien Temple by Daniel Arrhakis (2016)
Work made for the challenge :
* Worlds Of Thrylium Challenge - Alien Worlds - July 15 to August 31 of 2016 - LINK HERE
The Background landscape was taken in Calouste Gulbenkian garden in Lisbon, the aliens were based in the creations of Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010) Ensemble for VOSS, spring/summer 2001, transformed in color, form and alien faces added for this work.
The Structure illuminated by digital techniques are the Monument to Azeredo Perdigão (1896 - 1993) the First President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The Structure is an Abstract construction of the Artist Pedro Cabrita Reis.
newshour.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2011/05/12/mcqueen7_slid...
Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010) was a genial British fashion designer and couturier. He is known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001.
Unfortunately he committed suicide in 2010 at the age of forty.
Nearly 13 months after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, "the National Domestic Violence Hotline is hearing more than 3,000 calls per day, on average. And that's the highest volume that they have seen ever since they were established in 1996..."
www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-link-between-a-lack-of-repr...
Sometimes, DDG gives me back someone totally different than what I asked. I could not look away from her. We all make choices and are responsible, in my mind, for our own actions. I made choices when I was 17 that gave me a personal understanding of surviving domestic violence for nearly 8 years. I think for me, it was an inner stubbornness that demanded that I would not be extinguished. If you are in a place of being abused, please tell yourself "no more", and get away. It is your only choice.
Ice Caves, Apostle Islands National Seashore. Bayfield Wisconsin.
Featued on PBS News hour: www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/ice-caves-provide-sparkling-silve...
The Red Shoes installation on one of the main squares of Tirana. The shoes represent women who have lost their lives to gender-based violence. The installation is replicated in many cities around the world.
www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/this-artists-red-shoes-stand-in...
For Our Daily Challenge topic -
'Full Frame Food.' I just watched PBS NewsHour and part way through made a strong drink.
Crown Hill Park was the scene of another forced perspective effort last Sunday.
This visit was a little different. We were recognized by some of the passing traffic. A number of people must have seen the broadcast of the story RMPBS did about our work. The story was re-broadcast nationally on the PBS News Hour a couple of weeks ago.
In the past, when folks have thought they knew of us, it was usually Michael Paul Smith’s work they had seen. This time, we were pretty sure it really was us.
This BTS was taken by Peter Forss, (thank you Peter!) who happened by on his bike. Apparently, he had been following our work for some time. As it turned out, Peter also has a past that involves CPT12, the same PBS station Ken and I have been associated with.
It was Steve Biever who first suggested there were “…even bigger turkeys behind the scenes” of our Thanksgiving photo. This photo proves he was correct!
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. a few are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
language changes every 12 miles so it makes sense that religions all over the world are so different. i am hardly one to judge. this program was about extreme sharia law and how it is practiced and it was very "extreme" in some places.
this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. a few are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
language changes every 12 miles so it makes sense that religions all over the world are so different. i am hardly one to judge. this program was about extreme sharia law and how it is practiced and it was very "extreme" in some places.
Pride flag flying proudly over a pub, in...
Decatur (Beacon Hill), Georgia, USA.
26 June 2021.
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▶ On this day (26 June) in 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the U.S. Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry and that the Constitution’s guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages.
— PBS
▶"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed. It is so ordered."
— Obergefell v. Hodges
Supreme Court (pdf)
26 June 2015.
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this series "dtv" is shot entirely from the tv set. many are cropped
from PBS NewsHour about the Muslim Faith. it is not meant to be political. it was a segment about groups that help people caught up in the extremism of the religion
this one is my favorite.
At We’re Here! we are celebrating International Tongue Twister Day by visiting Stick that tongue out!
That reminded me of this tongue trick which is the source of a tiny controversy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/science/genetic-myth-textbooks-get-w...
Warren, Connecticut. We were watching the NewsHour and I kept hearing this noise from the backyard but didn't pay it much attention as it was raining out and the rain makes noises on gutters and things around here.
Then I stood up and this is what I saw, exactly this view at this scale. I yelled something and Anne turned around and gasped. I ran to the basement to make sure the cat was inside (she was, thank god) and then up to the office to get camera. Quickly (and stupidly) put 300mm f/4 on (should have left 24-70 on to get whole bear) and ran downstairs. It was obvious I couldn't get him through the window so I had to go out on the deck. I was not happy about this, it was raining and this is a very large bear, much larger than I thought we had around here. I snuck out on the deck but he saw me, so I quickly squeezed off a few bad shots and ran back inside and locked the door (he could have beaten it down in 3 seconds). He, in turn, lazily got down and walked into the woods.
Anne was all worked up "did you get him, did you get him" and I'm thinking "crap, I'm just glad to be alive." Did I tell you, this bear is big. How big? This feeder is six feet off the ground (I hang them from trees on string to keep squirrels off but not high enough it seems) and he's sitting on his butt here, lazily having his dinner. If he stood up full height he'd be, well, bigger. This ain't no nature show. This ain't no zoo shot. This is my backyard!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Fortune The Most Powerful Women
Washington, D.C., USA
3:00 PM–4:00 PM Concurrent SESSIONS
Leadership: Everything You Want To Know About D.C. — But No One Will Tell You
Presented by Deloitte
Power players dish about how to operate and win inside the Beltway
Juleanna Glover, Founding Principal, The Ashcroft Group
Liz Robbins, President, Liz Robbins Associates
Hilary Rosen, Managing Director, SKDKnickerbocker; CNN Political Consultant
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Co-anchor, and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour
Photograph by Danuta Otfinowski/Fortune Most Powerful Women
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My friend Mike (aka Michael Scott Moore), pictured here, spent 977 days as a hostage at the hands of Somali 'pirates.' He was finally set free, back in September 2014, after a 1.6 million dollar ransom was paid in exchange for his release. And he finally told his story for the first time on June 2nd on The Guardian (UK) -- accompanied by this portrait I made of Mike prior to his kidnapping. It's a harrowing and compassionate story, and I strongly urge you to read it! There's also an interview with Mike on the BBC's "Newshour" -- a link to this and Mike's Guardian piece can also be found on the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting's website. See links below. SO glad Mike made it back to tell his story!!
www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/02/my-977-days-held-ho...
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/michael-scott-moore-somalia-...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02s79fl (Mike's interview begins at the 29:55 mark)
And lastly, if you're anywhere near Washington DC, Michael will be giving a talk about his experience + his thoughts about US hostage policy on June 24th: pulitzercenter.org/event/michael-scott-moore-wilson-cente...
update 15 Jun 20 -
A SIX to three decision with Trump's first appointee, Justice Gorsuch, voting and writing for the majority! Conservative Chief Justice Roberts also joined with the majority.
The justices decided that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis on sex, also applies to sexual orientation.
Now, a question remains - do dress codes prevent crossdressers from dressing as they wish? Apparently, it depends.
www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/the-supreme-court-decides-...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arresting-dress-timeline-anti...
truthout.org/articles/fired-for-being-trans-or-for-violat...
That's not gonna fit in a syringe for mainlining. It is a dang good thing there are three of those mainlines right there or a mess is about to happen and maybe to me too.It looks like they have the up and down routes scrambled. This scene surely beats those BNSF ads on the PBS NewsHour! UP steam engine #844 is pushing on 4014's tender. HA. Boy. did they ever sneak by me quickly.
I hope the duo's drivers a-pounding the rails don't shake the upgrade UP off the rails! I had to run around to the other side of the UP signal tower in my last shot, when I saw the smoke coming down the hill from the Sherman, WY, Hermosa Tunnel. I had to crop to keep the hordes from the shot in little time. eDDie related the restoration of the Big Boy was within their $10 million budget. The rebuilt #844 fell in behind followed by an SD40 for safety, brakes, electricity and etc. Don't drop them million dollar Advertising Department's toys!
Wasache was the UP's designated engine name but a sheet metal worker wrote Big Boy on one piece and the new name stuck regardless of designations.
Late that night eDDie and I chased and located the unfinished grade and Royal Butte Tunnel on Fish Creek west of Virginia Dale using Google maps. Old Neal Miller told me of the tunnel and pointed it out a to me a couple of times. He found the tunnel. An outfit started grading north from Fort Collins and were blocked by rhe UP all the way. eDDie thought the destination was a quarry but much of the grade can be traced up to Virginia Dale and then west over to Fish Creek. Finding the the tunnel is hard unless you spot the grade up Fish Creek and shortly after the barely visible tunnel. Try Google maps @ 40.97870 and -105.413824.
I ran into fellow today who couldn't believe he missed #4014's runby. He could have shot it from the bridge at Laramie Depot if he liked the backs of heads with far more attending than Orange Bone Spur's inaugural.
Some of this Flickr work is taking a back seat to other projects including canning now 4 dozen jars of marinara sauce before the summer creeps up on us. Too late but yet another switcharoo!
Union Pacific moved trains while we waited and waited while folks continually checked their cells for the progress of the rebuilt steamers from Cheyenne. This UP & Chessie drag was on the uphill grade from Laramie east to the tunnel but who knows where it will be held when the steamers push through on mainline. The signal tower is reflecting the bright morning sun. My cousin confuses the word steamers with his doggy leftovers in his back yard.
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A smart, brave woman of grace, Elizabeth Edwards was one of our country's strongest advocates for cancer research and health care reform. During her six-year struggle with cancer, she prepared her family for life without her, so when her doctors finally told her that they could do no more for her and sent her home with a life expectancy of maybe a few months, she didn't wait and just let herself slip away the next day.
A day before her apparently peaceful death, at home, surrounded by friends and family, she posted this on her Facebook page: "The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful."
Here are some obits and commentaries:
• By Jonathan Alter, himself a cancer survivor.
• This NPR article includes a two-part interview of her by Charlie Rose.
• Another NPR article, this one by Adam Hockberg.
• From the Washington Post, with a photo gallery.
• From WRAL, including a link to the Wade Edwards Foundation, should you wish to make a memorial donation.
See my shots on fluidr:
www.fluidr.com/photos/mimbrava
I invite you to stroll through My Galleries.
In a polarized, highly partisan Congress, fierce ideological battles often prevent cooperation and compromise. However, bipartisan solutions are often the key to breaking legislative gridlock and achieving lasting reform. In this conversation, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), co-chair of the Tuesday Group, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, assessed the political and electoral forces shaping today's policy environment, the "middle" of American politics, and the possibilities that exist to find consensus in a shifting landscape.
This interview was conducted by PBS NewsHour's Lisa Desjardins.
Watch the video: bit.ly/2reOHq7
Michael Beschloss and Mark Updegrove
On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, the LBJ Presidential Library presented the Harry Middleton Lectureship featuring presidential historian Michael Beschloss. He joined former LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove in the LBJ Auditorium for a discussion of presidential history, both recent and distant. Beschloss is an award-winning historian, best-selling author of nine books, New York Times columnist, and Emmy-winning contributor to NBC News and the PBS NewsHour. Lady Bird Johnson created the Middleton lecture series in 1994 to honor the first and longest-serving LBJ Library director.
LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin
03/08/2017
Mark Lawrence, David Brooks and Mark Updegrove in the Green Room before the event.
On April 4, 2022, the LBJ Presidential Library held an Evening with David Brooks discussion for the Friends of the LBJ Library. Brooks is a best-selling author and one of America’s most prominent political commentators, known for humor, insight and quiet passion. He writes a twice-weekly column for the New York Times and is an analyst of politics, culture and the social sciences for PBS NewsHour, NPR’s All Things Considered and NBC’s Meet the Press.
Dr. Mark Lawrence, director of the LBJ Presidential Library, moderated the discussion.
LBJ Library Photo by Jay Godwin
04/04/2022
atmospherics . 20250318
the cross, s.t. by Doug Bell, from hallspace years ago.
at left, corner of screen, PBS NewsHour in progress.
pray for us.
First Christmas full moon since 1977. The next one won't be until 2034.
More about the rare Christmas full moon:
During the PBS NEWSHOUR session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor, Amna Nawaz, national correspondent, Lisa Desjardins, Capitol Hill correspondent, and Sara Just, executive producer provide a look into the program, bringing an in- depth analysis of current events with a team of seasoned and highly regarded journalists.
(Weeknights, ongoing)
All photos in this set should be credited to Rahoul Ghose/PBS.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Fortune The Most Powerful Women
Washington, D.C., USA
3:00 PM–4:00 PM Concurrent SESSIONS
Leadership: Everything You Want To Know About D.C. — But No One Will Tell You
Presented by Deloitte
Power players dish about how to operate and win inside the Beltway
Juleanna Glover, Founding Principal, The Ashcroft Group
Liz Robbins, President, Liz Robbins Associates
Hilary Rosen, Managing Director, SKDKnickerbocker; CNN Political Consultant
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Co-anchor, and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour
Photograph by Danuta Otfinowski/Fortune Most Powerful Women
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Texas school book depository. The JFK assassination crime scene exactly how it was found.
At 12:30 PM on November 22, 1963, after Lee Harvey Oswald shot at the President three times but hitting him twice, he took his Mannlicher-Carcano rifle from his sniper’s nest at the southwest corner of the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository north along the east aisle to the northwest corner of the floor, then west to the top of the northwest corner staircase, and hid the rifle between some boxes very close to the stairway. He was supposed to take one of the two freight elevators but they were not available.
Officer Marion L. Baker, one of the motorcycle escorts riding in the motorcade, had been pretty sure that the shots came from the roof of the TSBD, turns his motorcycle and parked it in front of the building. He turns and runs toward the front steps of the Depository jostling with the spectators at the entranceway. He met up with Roy S. Truly, the TSBD superintendent and right away understood Officer Baker’s intentions, and guided him up the stairwell after finding that both freight elevators were unavailable.
Truly was on his way up the third floor but Baker was just at the second floor landing. Just as the officer leaves the stairway and steps out onto the second floor, he caught the glimpse of a man walking away from him through the second floor door. Baker opened the door and saw the man going towards the second floor lunchroom, drew his gun and accosted the man.
By then Truly realized that Office Baker was no longer following him and went down the second floor where he saw Baker talking to a man. Truly recognized him as Oswald, and said so to the officer. Baker let Oswald go and went back up the stairwell to the roof. It was 12:32 PM.
[While many conspiracy theorists insist that Oswald could not have made it from the sixth floor to the second floor lunchroom in less than two minutes, experiments made by the Warren Commission and the HSCA proved that it was possible. If Oswald was just walking down the stairs, it would have taken him anywhere between 70–90 seconds (Chief Justice Earl Warren did a test himself and did not find it difficult even though he was 72 at the time). If Oswald was running, it would have taken him less than 50 seconds.]
Baker himself observed that Oswald was not out of breath when he found Oswald, indicating that he had walked down the stairs.] It was at this time that Mrs. R.A. Reid, a clerical supervisor saw Oswald cutting through the big central office space at the second floor, holding a full bottle of Coke that he bought from the Coke machine in the lunchroom. She said a few words saying that the President was shot, to which Oswald mumbled something incoherent in reply. Although Mrs. Reid found a little strange that an order filler like Oswald would be at the office at that time, but shrugged it off while Oswald headed to the stairs leading to the building’s front entrance. It was 12:33 PM.
Robert MacNeil, a reporter from NBC who later became a household name by cohosting the popular MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, let himself off the press bus following the motorcade and eventually headed to the TSBD in search of a telephone. When he ran up the steps at the entranceway, he saw a young man wearing shirt sleeves coming out the building and asked him where he could find a phone. “Better ask inside,” the man said. [Many assumed that it was Robert MacNeil who encountered Oswald at that time, based on Oswald’s interrogation; he mentioned running into a man “with a crew cut” and asked for a phone. Oswald thought the man was the Secret Service or some other branch of law enforcement. However, MacNeil did not seem to recognize Oswald when the former saw him on television later that day. There is evidence to suggest that the man that Oswald encountered was Pierre Allman, a reporter for WFAA-TV who was there at about the same time and asked a white man for a telephone, just like MacNeil. Allman sported a crew cut, while MacNeil’s hair, although short, did not.]
At around 12:39 PM, a Dallas Transit Company bus plying the Marsalis-Munger route was at a complete stop at the corner of Elm at Murphy (just beside Griffin), which was a short distance east of the TSBD. Driver Cecil McWatters let a man aboard the bus after the latter banged on the door although he was not at a bus stop and promptly paid the 25-cent fare. The man seated himself at the second seat back as the bus went west towards the direction of Dealey Plaza. Mary E. Bledsoe, a former landlady of Oswald’s, recognized the young man as a boarder who rented a room from her back in October but had to ask him to leave because she did not like him and his attitude. She was also afraid that Oswald would recognize her.
At 12:44 PM, the bus was stuck between Paydras and Lamar St. because of the traffic brought about by the assassination. The driver of a car in front of the bus knocked on the door of the bus and told the driver that he heard from his radio that the traffic jam was due to the President having been shot, much to the disbelief and shock of the passengers. Seeing that the bus would not be going anywhere soon, Oswald decided to ask for a bus transfer, which McWatters was happy to oblige. Mary Bledsoe was relieved and hoped that it would be the last she would see of him. [The bus transfer was later found in his pocket upon his arrest.]
At this time a description of the shooter was broadcast simultaneously on both channels of the Dallas police radio based on the information given by Howard Brennan.
At 12:48 PM cabdriver William Whaley pulls his cab up to the cabstand at the Greyhound bus station on the northwest corner of Jackson and Lamar St. He was supposed to go into the station to buy a pack of cigarettes when a man walked towards him asking for a ride. Whaley acquiesced, and Oswald got in the front seat. [This was uncharacteristic of Oswald, who was not known to spend money on cab fare.]
However, it seemed that Oswald was in no hurry because he offered the cab to an elderly lady who walked up at the same time. The lady declined and the cab was on its way. Oswald told Whaley to go to 500 North Beckley.
At 12:54 PM Oswald told Whaley to pull over to the curb at the northwest corner of Neeley and North Beckley at the 700 block, not the 500 block that Oswald told Whaley earlier. Oswald gave the cabbie a dollar bill for a 95-cent fare. Oswald then walked three blocks north to his rooming house at 1026 North Beckley in Oak Cliff at approximately 12:59–1:00 PM. [He rented a room there under the name of “O.H. Lee”.]
Earlene Roberts, the housekeeper of the rooming house was adjusting the antenna of the TV set to get a clearer picture when Oswald came in. In an interview that she gave shortly afterwards:
I got word about the President being killed...and he come in, in a hurry. I said ‘Ooh, you're in a hurry’. He never parted his lips....he went to his room, got a short coat to put on, and then he walked on out to the bus stop....and that's the last I saw of him. Oswald was in his room long enough to get his .38 Special revolver and hid it by donning a jacket and zipped it up and rushes out at around 1:02 or 1:03 PM.
At 1:08 PM, Officer J.D. Tippit was working beat number 78, his normal patrol area in south Oak Cliff. He was going in the general direction of Jefferson Blvd. in central Oak Cliff when he spotted a man wearing a light-colored jacket walking on the right side of the street in front of him and saw that he vaguely fit the physical description of the suspect that was being broadcast over the Dallas police radio network at intervals from 12:45 PM. He radioed dispatch to get further details of the suspect but did not get a reply. He decided to tail Oswald.
At 1:11 PM Officer Tippit was driving slowly eastward on East 10th Street—about 100 feet past the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue—when he pulled alongside the man who resembled the police description. Oswald walked over the police squad car, leaned over, and placed his arms on the open window sill. Then the officer began to get out of his car and had not yet removed his gun from his holster when Oswald fired four shots in rapid succession, hitting Tippit three times, killing him instantly, all in view by several witnesses. As they looked on, Oswald trotted off, emptying shells from the pistol (they would be recovered by three of the witnesses), and discarded his jacket, perhaps to prevent identification. It was 1:14 PM.
At 1:29 PM the Dallas Police saw a possible connection between the assassination of the President and the murder of Officer Tippit, based on the description given by witnesses of the latter shooting.
At around 1:35 PM, Johnny C. Brewer, a 22-year old manager of Hardy’s Shoe Store in West Jefferson Blvd. was listening to his little transistor radio when he saw a young man wearing a brown sports shirt over a white T-shirt, his shirttail out stepping into the lobby of the store behaving very strangely. Brewer thought he recognized the man as a particularly annoying customer who took an inordinate amount of time to buy a cheap pair of black crepe-soled shoes. It turned out that Brewer was right.
Brewer observed the man with his back to the street, as if he didn’t want to be seen from the outside. He was also short of breath as if he was running and looked scared as police car after police car screamed past the street. When the man saw that the coast seemed to be clear, he stepped out of the foyer and continued west on Jefferson. His suspicions more than aroused, Brewer decided to go out to the street and see where the man was going. He saw the man going to the Texas Theater at 231 West Jefferson, which was showing a double-feature, Cry of Battle and War is Hell. He then saw the man duck into the theater without paying. It was 1:40 PM.
Brewer rushed to the theater and found Julia E. Postal who was working at the theater. Brewer asked Mrs. Postal if the man who went inside paid for a ticket. “No, by golly, he didn’t,” she replied. After Brewer told Mrs. Postal his story and suspicions and she called the police at around 1:44 PM.
According to Mrs. Postal:
So, well, I called the police, and he wanted to know why I thought it was their man, and I said, “Well, I didn't know,” and he said, “Well, it fits the description,” and I have not---I said I hadn't heard the description. All I know is, “This man is running from them for some reason.”
Brewer and theater concessionaire Warren “Butch” Burroughs were pretty sure that the man was still inside the theater because the lock bars of the two ground-floor exits were still down.
The police showed up in force at 1:48 PM and while many of the police was organizing outside crowd control, the officers ordered the theater staff to turn up the house lights. Brewer spotted Oswald at the center section, and as soon as the lights came on he stood up and scooted to the aisle on his right, but instead of escaping, he sat down in another row.
Brewer opened one of the exit doors and let the police in who were waiting outside and told them where was the man they were looking for.
After a brief scuffle, including an attempt to shoot Patrolman M.N. “Nick” McDonald, Lee Harvey Oswald was apprehended shouting “They’re violating my civil rights!” “Police brutality” before he was hauled off amidst a crowd of people shouting “Murderer! Kill the son of a bitch! Hang him!”
Oswald was arrested at 1:50 PM.
This is our coffee table. Currently (and usually), it's so crowded with books there's not much room for coffee. We usually have (or make) enough space to eat dinner here while watching the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, though.
Here I was going for a more old-timey "free" pen sketch look than my usual formal cross-hatching method. I did this fairly quickly with a pilot G-2 pen in a large sketch Moleskine.
“ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE IN WATER SURVIVAL TRAINING --- Mission Specialist/Astronaut Candidate Sally K. Ride watches a fellow pupil gliding over water survival training school at Homestead Air Force Base. Sixteen of the recently named group of 35 Shuttle astronaut candidates took part in the course. The event was designed to prepare the trainees for proper measures to take in the event of emergency ejection from an aircraft over water.
SINCE THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS MADE: Dr. Ride and her 34 fellow class members from Astronaut Group 3 became full-fledged members of the JSC astronaut corps in September 1979. Dr. Ride has been named as mission specialist for STS-7.”
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Credit: PBS website
Taken much much too early, continue to Rest In Peace Dr. Ride...and Thank You:
In a polarized, highly partisan Congress, fierce ideological battles often prevent cooperation and compromise. However, bipartisan solutions are often the key to breaking legislative gridlock and achieving lasting reform. In this conversation, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), co-chair of the Tuesday Group, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, assessed the political and electoral forces shaping today's policy environment, the "middle" of American politics, and the possibilities that exist to find consensus in a shifting landscape.
This interview was conducted by PBS NewsHour's Lisa Desjardins.
Watch the video: bit.ly/2reOHq7
In a polarized, highly partisan Congress, fierce ideological battles often prevent cooperation and compromise. However, bipartisan solutions are often the key to breaking legislative gridlock and achieving lasting reform. In this conversation, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), co-chair of the Tuesday Group, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, assessed the political and electoral forces shaping today's policy environment, the "middle" of American politics, and the possibilities that exist to find consensus in a shifting landscape.
This interview was conducted by PBS NewsHour's Lisa Desjardins.
Watch the video: bit.ly/2reOHq7
During the PBS NEWSHOUR session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor, Amna Nawaz, national correspondent, Lisa Desjardins, Capitol Hill correspondent, and Sara Just, executive producer provide a look into the program, bringing an in- depth analysis of current events with a team of seasoned and highly regarded journalists.
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All photos in this set should be credited to Rahoul Ghose/PBS.
In a polarized, highly partisan Congress, fierce ideological battles often prevent cooperation and compromise. However, bipartisan solutions are often the key to breaking legislative gridlock and achieving lasting reform. In this conversation, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), co-chair of the Tuesday Group, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), chair of the New Democrat Coalition, assessed the political and electoral forces shaping today's policy environment, the "middle" of American politics, and the possibilities that exist to find consensus in a shifting landscape.
This interview was conducted by PBS NewsHour's Lisa Desjardins.
Watch the video: bit.ly/2reOHq7