Tag: death

The hyped cure is worse than the ailment

While waiting for the final decision on the controversial vaccine, Norway has decided to distribute its stock of AstraZeneca to fellow Nordic countries that actually want to use them ~ despite the associated risks to the unfortunate people who will be obliged to have the risks injected into their bodies.

The Woman Who Destroyed Women

Sue Ellen Browder wrote fake news before fake news was ever a thing. Browder, a Cosmopolitan magazine writer for 20 years, describes what she wrote as crude propaganda. The intention was to sell women on the idea that sexual liberation is the path to woman’s personal fulfilment.

The United States Leads the World in Assassinations

Since 1865 more U.S. heads of state have been assassinated than in any other country.  Abraham Lincoln (1865), James A. Garfield (1882), William McKinley (1901) and John F. Kennedy (1963) were all cut down. There was also an attempted assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933. Had it succeeded then war with Germany might well have been averted.

The Heart-breaking Aftermath of the Titanic Tragedy

Perhaps the most sorrowful part of the entire Titanic saga is hearing the survivor’s personal stories. It can be heart-wrenching to listen to their recollections. How they ended up on the luxury ocean-liner in the first place and how they dodged death on the night of April 14, 1912. Over 1,500 passengers perished in the ocean and only about 700 passengers, officers and ratings were saved.