Mail Pouch Tobacco - Red Key, Indiana - Bob Kisken

© Bob Kisken

Mars Impact Less Likely (1-in-40 Chance)

Steve Chesley, Paul Chodas and Don Yeomans
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
January 8, 2008

More of Carr’s Fort Worth Gems

Pearline Soap - Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1998

© Frank H. Jump

R & G Corsets - Greenpoint, Brooklyn 2000

© Frank H. Jump

Produced from 1898-1901. A white colored jean corset with coutil bone casings made by R & G (Roth & Goldschmidt) in South Norwalk, Connecticut. This era of corsets saw transitional styles between the Victorian hourglass corset and the straight fronted corset of the Edwardian era. Corsets from this turn of the century time period often have straight or slightly curved busks foreshadowing the S bend style yet still retain an hourglass shape.¹

AP Reports: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy May Be Shifting

Sgt. Darren Manzella, an openly gay active duty soldier back from Iraq, speaks with reporters about serving under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Tuesday, Jan. J. Scott Applewhite

Soldier: Policy on Gays May Be Shifting

By SUZANNE GAMBOA (Associated Press Writer)

From Associated Press

January 08, 2008 7:56 PM EST

 © Frank H. Jump

Let’s not forget, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was a Clinton screw-up - as was the ban on HIV/AIDS immigration. Should we give Hillary a shot at either ignoring us or making things worse? Can Obama get his head out of the sand on these issues?