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Monday, August 3rd, 1914, England
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“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” ~Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, at the outbreak of World War I.
Captives of a Scientific-technological Elite
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“Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a… Read more »
If I Were the Devil…
“If I were the Prince of Darkness, I’d want to engulf the whole world in darkness. And I’d have a third of its real estate, and four-fifths of its population, but I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree — Thee. So I’d set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d… Read more »
Veterans History Project: Dr Roger Stembridge, Cold War Submariner
My Dad, talking about his experiences on the SSR-312 Radar Picket submarine (“Burrfish”) during the Korean conflict. Filmed at King’s Bay SubVet base in Nov 2010