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April 25, 1947: The White House Bowling Alley Opens
On this day in 1947, President Truman inaugurated the two-lane White House bowling alley.
Although Truman did not play much (he was more into poker), he helped start the White House Bowling League. The bowlers included Secret Service agents and groundskeepers. Unfortunately, the alley was closed in 1955, but a new one was built in the Eisenhower Building.
Love bowling? Check out Independent Lens’ “Bowling through the Decades” timeline .
Images (top to bottom): View from the end of the bowling alley in the White House 1948, bowling alley in the White House 1948, long view of the bowling alley in the White House 1948 (Truman Library/National Archives).
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“What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo. And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel.” — President Obama • Kiboshing his daughters’ future attempts to rebel against him and Michelle. (via shortformblog)(via brooklynmutt)
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“Operation ‘Oregon,’ a search and destroy mission conducted by an infantry platoon of Troop B, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), three kilometers west of Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province. An infantryman is lowered into a tunnel by members of the reconnaissance platoon.” 04/24/1967
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“Uncorrected personality traits that seem whimsical in a child may prove to be ugly in a fully grown adult.” — Robin Hitchcock (via magnificentruin) -
America Is a Safe Place Since 9/11, a total of 238 American citizens have died from terrorist attacks, or an average of 29 per year. To put that in some perspective, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the average American is as likely to be crushed to death by televisions or furniture as they are to be killed by a terrorist.
Now that you mention it, I have seen some particularly suspicious furniture lately.
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Really, Fox News?: Tuesday Roundup: Fox News responds to the Boston Bombings Bob Beckel proposes the US cut off visas for Muslim students
Brian Kilmeade says that not every citizen is worthy of…
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“Texas — a state famous for its size and stature — claims an outsize share of the country’s industrial accidents. As of May 2012, the state held 1,827 facilities deemed at risk of toxic or flammable chemical accidents, about one-tenth of all those in the nation, according to data from the EPA’s Risk Management Program as tabulated by the Right-to-Know Network, a non-profit government watchdog. Yet the state was responsible for nearly 50 percent of the evacuations and property damage costs caused by accidents at such plants over the previous five years, according to a Huffington Post review of the data.” -
African American and Hispanic communities continue to face significant disparities in the slow US economic recovery.
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Oops: Conservative group photoshops out minorities in mailer opposing pro-voting legislation.
AHAHAHAHA, outreach.
(via paxamericana)
