Sunday, November 24, 2013

Civil War - 50 Ways It Changed American Life - Power of 50 - AARP Bulletin

Civil War - 50 Ways It Changed American Life - Power of 50 - AARP Bulletin


Christopher Brondi

Interesting stuff (to me, any way). The first war that was "live" from the battle field, via Matthew Brady photos, Telegraph. Precursors of cellphone videos and twitter. The consistent improvement of visual and text communications for the last 150 years have accompanied and engendered revolutions (Arab Spring) and war's (Syria, Irag, US Congress)

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Marines head to the Philippines after typhoon catastrophe

http://www.youtube.com/v/bA4ZCLOyVgM?version=3&autohide=1&showinfo=1&attribution_tag=YefxuXvILVUkt51oVv1YeQ&autohide=1&autoplay=1&feature=share And SecDef Hagel wants to disband them...911 to the World Christopher Brondi