Topic: decades

In Oregon the Democrats have had control of the governor's mansion for over two decades and have recently also controlled both houses of the legislature AND the Attorney General's office AND the...

United Carriage and Baggage Transfer Co. (Old Spaghetti Factory), 1875 This "Mallory Logging" sign was visible for decades after the company had vacated the building. It's now been painted over a few times and is gone. On the right-facing wall of the 1996 photo is a small painted-over section, just above an electric sign box. That painted-over area once said, "Old Spaghetti Factory,"...

I lived just a few miles away for 21 years, and I've been back in the area many times in the decades since, but for some reason I never made it out to Liberty Island to get up close and personal with the fabulous lady. We could see the back of it from our high school grounds, and of course, there's a darned good look at the statue from the Staten Island Ferry, but we never took in the...

A brief rambling of thoughts regarding television and video transmission as they will evolve in the coming decades: 1) The end goal? The Star Trek Holodeck: a 3-D representation of a scene that can be viewed from any angle. Putting aside the hokiness, this is what TV is heading towards: a reproduction of an environment in all physical dimensions. 2) In order for this to be feasible, flat...

The Wall Street Journal: As the 110th Congress continues its August recess, the big legislative news is that it has passed fewer laws than any Congress in the last two decades. An outfit known as Taxpayers for Common Sense reports that the fighting 110th has passed a mere 294 laws, while nonetheless finding time to consider 1,932 resolutions favoring such causes as National Watermelon Month....

It's always good to get noticed by the trolls.. so I'll repost the troll's comment here: [it was a comment to the video about his troll-master not knowing how many houses he owns] It took him many years - decades to build what he has. Unlike Obama who, with the help of union thug and gangster Tony Rezko, got his million dollar house at a young age. Wonder how much of the money for his house was...