Archive for December 5th, 2006
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
NASA‘s new plan to create a permanent base on the moon is about the only Bush Administration initiative that I can get behind with unwavering enthusiasm. A great nation needs to not only deal with it’s more mundane and terrestrial problems, but it also needs epic aspirations that inspire its citizens to a cause beyond [...]
Posted in Current Events, History, Science/Technology | Tags: 1969, apollo 11, apollo 11 moon landing video, apollo 11 video, astronauts, edwin buzz aldrin, michael collins, moon landing video, nasa, neil armstrong, space exploration video | View Comments
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Dewars is conducting a very clever promotion by trying to make today, December 5, a new holiday: National Prohibition Repeal Day. Their promotional site features a video by Vice Magazine that illustrates the horrors of a world in which Prohibition never ended. Here’s a PDF of the stories the New York Times ran on December [...]
Posted in Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Commercials/Advertisements, Holidays | Tags: 1933, dewars, national prohibition repeal day, new york times, prohibition, prohibition repeal, vice magazine | View Comments