caesarconspiracy
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- Nicolae Ceaușescu gave his last speech from the balcony, then fled the mob. Hours later he was arrested, tried and executed, all on Christmas Day 1989.
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- Black markers set into the ground mark the graves at Langemark German War Cenetery
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- Emil Krieger’s sculpture of four mourning figures watches over the last resting place of the fallen.
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- The Ebola isolation unit at ELWA in Monrovia.
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- The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy, looks a lot more likely to topple than this model.
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- Big Ben and Westminster seem small enough without the Eiffel Tower towering in the background.
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- Unexploded shells on display at Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
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- An impressive record of service.
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- An interior shot of St. George’s Memorial Church in Ypres.
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- The European Union Parliament Building in Brussels.
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- A King James Bible from 1611. The chain was to keep it attached to the lectern. In 1538 King Henry VIII ordered all English churches to have a Bible on display for members of the public to come in and read.
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- The York Gospels – a thousand-year-old book describing the life of Jesus.
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- Items buried in the tomb of Walter de Gray who was Archbishop of York in the early 1200s.
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- A Boot Bath. With no running water this oddly shaped tub probably kept the water warm longer. The servants would bring the hot water in pitchers and pour it in.
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- Sir John A. MacDonald’s study.
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- The Macdonald family cradle was brough to Canada in 1820
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- Isabella Macdonald’s room. She was Sir John A.’s first wife who died young.
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- The kitchen was a much simpler place to eat than the dining room!
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- The laundry area.
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- The vault built to hold Canada’s gold reserves. It is empty because Canada no longer has gold reserves.
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- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio studios.
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- The Prime Minister’s office – with his bedroom next door.
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- What to tell the public in case of a nuclear attack.
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- Civil defence area.
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- Contingency preparation
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- The entrance from the Bonnechere River.
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- Nineteenth century British Army commander Viscount Wolseley’s statue was paid for by public subscription.
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- The public paid for this statue of 19th century General Charles James Napier that sits in Trafalgar Square.
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- A typical cell. This one is furnished for the tourists – the rest of them are empty.
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- Separate quarters for family visitation and conjugal visitation. (We pamper our prisoners.)
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- Visitor’s booths
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- I had a different graphic chosen to illustrate this post and decided against using it. It was classic conspiracy theory – suggesting those liking things as diverse as Starbucks to jazz music were involved in witchcraft. I decided it was just too offensive, even if it did provide a perfect illustration of small minds at work..
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- Do you see her?
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- I’ve been in this one before, and hope to visit it again, but this time I decided to pass given the length of the lineup. I don’t know if any other church has as long lines, but what other church has such history?
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- June 23, 1984
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- June 22, 2019
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- Those arriving by train would have seen the town name on the train station. The owners of what is now a private residence have kept the sign.
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- The sign says “Bahnhof” or “train station.” There have been no trains in Sulzburg for 50 years, maybe longer.
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- Snake building instructions: Please leave stones! Dear children, paint your stone and leave it here. Have fun!
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- I think there was a printer ink charge on an invoice I received recently. German bills are very thorough – and forests die unnecessarily as a result.
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- funny classroom jokes for kids
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- EPSON scanner image
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- President Barack Obama is photographed during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photo in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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- President Joe Biden poses for his official portrait Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in the Library of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
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- “Frankly, I don’t know why I called this meeting.”
