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Dien Bien Phu

On April 30th we (?) celebrate the 50th anniversary of the battle at Dien Bien Phu:With the victory at Dien Bien Phu and other battlefields throughout the winter and spring of 1953-54,our army and people inflicted heavy losses on the French Expeditionary Corps. This contributed to the success of the Geneva Conference,which [...]

Amazon people

From AP,we get that a surprisingly complex society existed in the Amazon basin. I remember hearing indians (Colombian natives) speaking of the water dwelling purple people that lived in the Amazon basin,and that were tall,green eyed,and had a purple (?) skin. Somebody remembers seeing them about 1950. OK,so you can [...]

Saddam and Star Wars

This has been done already,but what the hell:GW BUSH:i’ve been waiting for you,Saddam. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you,I was but the learner. Now,I am the master. SADDAM HUSSEIN:only a master of evil,Dubya. GWB:your powers are weak,old [...]

staff god for hire

The existence of religion in the Americas has been dated as far back as 2250 BC. To find remnants from a culture so ancient –for America –is quite a remarkable event. However,I remember a discussion about the possibility of older pieces,located all of them in hard to reach places. The thing [...]

Mesopotamia

Long before the war,the main reference to the Tigris and Eufrates would be as the cradle of human civilization,the birthplace of writing –Mesopotamia,the land between rivers,known as the fertile crescent. And I was talking about it yesterday with a friend,how we seem to have forgotten all our history [...]