#1950s

I really liked the new Perry Mason show, and thought I’d live-tweet a thread with some of the many places the first episode it touches on real Los Angeles history.
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Aprovechando que el Real Cinema ya se ha demolido para levantar un hotel que parece sacado de un polígono industrial, aquí viene el antihilo los hilos guays de Madrid: los
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1/ The Greatest Trade Ever (Gregory Zuckerman)Thread"Did investment banks and financial pros truly believe that housing was in an inexorable climb?"Why did the very bankers who created toxic mortgages get
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In outright defiance of Republican-led fed gvmt, southern DEMOCRATS formed orgs (ie KKK) that violently intimidated BLACKS & REPUBLICANS who tried to win political power..responsible for 1000s of deaths &
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The evolution of McDonald’s advertising (1960s-1980s). A thread. By the end of the 1950s, McDonald’s was a growing brand with more than 100 restaurants and it was primed to be
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We took a couple days off from our virtual Ohio travels, but tonight we finally leave Portsmouth and head about 40 miles north up the Scioto River to the seat
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OPEN LETTER: WE ARE ATLASWhen I was in high school, I loved classic rock, and I loved Ayn Rand. We all make mistakes. We used to go to my friend’s
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In this thread I’m going to explain some misconceptions, facts, origins etc about violence towards black people in America. [A thread] #BlackLivesMatter #RIPGeorgeFloyd When I so often think about
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72 Years Ago Today, The UN Partitioned Palestine Creating Jewish And Arab States https://lidblog.com/israel-was-created/ via @yidwithlid Seventy-two years ago today the United Nations passed Resolution 181 which called for the
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MUST WATCH BLACK MOVIES (2000-09) #reelit Soul Plane (2004) | things go pear shaped aboard the flight of a black-owned airline thanks to some last-minute passenger additions Paid in
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One place to find professional culture is in newsroom "types," characters found again and again in workplaces. The curmudgeon, for example. Ill-tempered, suspicious of all schemes for improvement, impatient with
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OSASUNA TURN Today is Osasuna’s 100th birthday The club from Pamplona celebrates the anniversary of its foundation by hosting Athletic Club this evening.A rich history, from the lows of
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[Thread] You might have heard about "China's concentration camps","Xinjiang", "Uyghurs" in last few years.But many don't know whats really going on &there are many popular misconceptions on this. As
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On Friday, the 11th Circuit overturned a lower court ruling and upheld the Florida legislature’s mandate that former felons pay all fines and fees to have their voting rights restored.
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Like I've said and written: radical political demands aren't meant to be "market tested" and analyzing all protests through the lens of two party politics is very myopic when one
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Sorry guys, my thread on Melbourne being Ground Zero for the New World Order became disjointed. So here it is again, in full.Apologies in advance 1/ Melbourne is ground zero
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