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Food And Drug Administration

The **Food and Drug Administration** (**FDA** or **USFDA**) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed[4] and veterinary products.

The FDA was empowered by the United States Congress to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which serves as the primary focus for the Agency; the FDA also enforces other laws, notably Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and associated regulations, many of which are not directly related to food or drugs. These include regulating lasers, cellular phones, condoms and control of disease on products ranging from certain household pets to sperm donation for assisted reproduction.

The FDA is led by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Admiral Brett P. Giroir is the acting commissioner, as of November 2019.[5]

The FDA has its headquarters in unincorporated White Oak, Maryland.[6] The agency also has 223 field offices and 13 laboratories located throughout the 50 states, the United States Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.[3] In 2008, the FDA began to post employees to foreign countries, including China, India, Costa Rica, Chile, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food\_and\_Drug\_Administration

-https://www.fda.gov/

-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC\_giJ3xlEL9jUF1YfJdzzuQ

-https://reason.com/2019/12/28/the-crackdown-on-cbd-in-food-and-beverages-spreads-to-oregon/
Blackwater

**Academi** is an American private military company founded in 1997 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince as **Blackwater**,[4] renamed as **Xe Services** in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after the company was acquired by a group of private investors. The company received widespread notoriety in 2007, when a group of its employees were convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad for which four guards were convicted in a U.S. court.

Academi provides security services to the United States federal government on a contractual basis. Since 2003, the group has provided services to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2013, Academi subsidiary International Development Solutions received an approximately $92 million contract for State Department security guards.

In 2014, Academi became a division of Constellis Group along with Triple Canopy and other security companies that were part of the Constellis Group as the result of an acquisition.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi

-https://www.blackwaterusa.com/
Chappaquiddick Incident

The **Chappaquiddick incident** was a single-vehicle car accident which occurred on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts on Friday, July 18, 1969. The late-night accident was caused by Senator Ted Kennedy's negligence and resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, who was trapped inside the vehicle.

According to Kennedy's testimony, he accidentally drove his car off the one-lane bridge and into the tide-swept Poucha Pond. He swam free, left the scene, and did not report the accident to the police for ten hours; Kopechne died inside the fully submerged car. The car with Kopechne's body inside was recovered by a diver the next day, minutes before Kennedy reported the accident to local authorities. Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury, and later received a two-month suspended jail sentence.

The Chappaquiddick incident became a national scandal, which likely influenced Kennedy's decision not to campaign for President in 1972 and 1976, and it was said to have undermined his chances of ever becoming President.
Mattress Girl

Sulkowicz (middle right) carrying her mattress to her graduation ceremony.

Mattress Girl is a woman who was allegedly raped by an ex lover. As a symbol of how poorly the school handled the rape she decided to carry around a mattress until she graduated which was recently. Also she made a "movie" to reenact her alleged rape, which most people think is actually just a porn film.

I say she was allegedly raped because honestly the facts don't add up. First are the dozens of texts sent by her after the supposed rape to her supposed rapist which were all "I love you please talk to me" in various ways. Secondly was the fact that, instead of only using the mattress as a symbol for how poorly the school handled it, she was also allowed to do this as an art project for her class and got school credit for this. Finally, and most recently, the film she released which "recreated her rape" was done after she told the police during her testimony that she couldn't talk about the rape as it was too triggering so she could give no details.

So there was a ton of sketchy behaviour from her but the ex lover's story and facts checked out so the police dropped the investigation. The guys life is still pretty ruined as this whole mattress campaign pretty much made everyone think he was a rapist and his name was all over the news. So last I heard of him he sued the school for allowing a smear campaign. Don't know if he won or not but a part of me hopes he won a lot of money.

Edit: whether or not she was raped this is just what I read from articles posted on reddit. If she was raped then this is a tragedy that needs to be fixed right away. However if she wasn't raped then she ruined a man's life because now every time someone meets him and does a quick Google search of his name they'll see that he's an alleged rapist. I personally think he didn't rape her. If you read some of the texts it sounds obsessive. Like "watch you while you sleep without you knowing the next day" obsessive.
Free Market

In economics, a **free market** is a system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and by consumers. In a free market, the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government or other authority and from all forms of economic privilege, monopolies and artificial scarcities.[1] Proponents of the concept of free market contrast it with a regulated market in which a government intervenes in supply and demand through various methods such as tariffs used to restrict trade and to protect the local economy. In an idealized free-market economy, prices for goods and services are set freely by the forces of supply and demand and are allowed to reach their point of equilibrium without intervention by government policy.

Scholars contrast the concept of a free market with the concept of a coordinated market in fields of study such as political economy, new institutional economics, economic sociology and political science. All of these fields emphasize the importance in currently existing market systems of rule-making institutions external to the simple forces of supply and demand which create space for those forces to operate to control productive output and distribution. Although free markets are commonly associated with capitalism within a market economy in contemporary usage and popular culture, free markets have also been advocated by anarchists, socialists and some proponents of cooperatives and advocates of profit sharing.[2] Criticism of the theoretical concept may regard systems with significant market power, inequality of bargaining power, or information asymmetry as less than free, with regulation being necessary to control those imbalances in order to allow markets to function more efficiently as well as produce more desirable social outcomes.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free\_market

-https://bizfluent.com/13711418/what-is-free-market-capitalism
Libertarianism

**Libertarianism** (from Latin: *libertas*, meaning "freedom") is a collection of political philosophies and movements that uphold liberty as a core principle.[1] Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing freedom of choice, voluntary association and individual judgment.[2][3][4] Libertarians share a skepticism of authority and state power, but they diverge on the scope of their opposition to existing economic and political systems. Various schools of libertarian thought offer a range of views regarding the legitimate functions of state and private power, often calling for the restriction or dissolution of coercive social institutions.

Libertarianism can be a term for a form of left-wing politics. Such left-libertarian ideologies seek to abolish capitalism and private ownership of the means of production, or else to restrict their purview or effects, in favor of common or cooperative ownership and management, viewing private property as a barrier to freedom and liberty.[6][7][8][9] Left-libertarian ideologies include anarcho-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, egoist anarchism and mutualism, alongside many other anti-paternalist, New Left schools of thought centered around economic egalitarianism. Modern right-libertarian ideologies such as anarcho-capitalism and minarchism co-opted the word libertarian in the mid-20th century to instead advocate *laissez-faire* capitalism and strong private property rights such as in land, infrastructure and natural resources.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

-https://www.libertarianism.org/
Internal Revenue Service

The **Internal Revenue Service** (**IRS**) is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The government agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed to a five-year term by the President of the United States. The IRS is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of federal statutory tax law of the United States. The duties of the IRS include providing tax assistance to taxpayers and pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings. The IRS has also overseen various benefits programs, and enforces portions of the Affordable Care Act.[5]

The IRS originated with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a federal office created in 1862 to assess the nation's first income tax, which was to raise funds for the American Civil War. The temporary measure provided over a fifth of the Union's war expenses and was allowed to expire a decade later. In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified authorizing Congress to impose a tax on income, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue was established. In 1953, the agency was renamed the Internal Revenue Service.

Though the IRS brings in most of the revenue needed to fund the federal government, its resources have been cut year after year. In 2016 the American College of Tax Counsel wrote to the Congressional leadership stating, "We have watched the agency struggle with significant decreases in funding that have caused staffing and morale issues. In our practices, we have seen the negative impact this has had on our clients, the taxpayers."[6]

In the 2017 fiscal year, the IRS processed more than 245 million returns and collected more than $3.4 trillion in gross revenue, spending 34¢ for every $100 it collected.[7]

On June 28, 2018, Bloomberg News wrote, "The agency has been reeling from budget cuts. The current budget of $11.43 billion is less than in fiscal 2008, and the IRS pared about 15 percent of its workforce over the past five years. The enforcement staff has plunged by more than 25 percent since 2010."[8]

In the 2018 fiscal year, the U.S. federal government spent $779 billion more than it brought in. It is estimated that in fiscal year 2019 the loss will be close to $1 trillion.[9][10][11] In fiscal year 2019 the IRS plans to cut an additional 2,200 employees.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal\_Revenue\_Service

-https://www.irs.gov/

-https://twitter.com/irsnews
Flag Of The United States

The **flag of the United States of America**, often referred to as the **American flag** or **U.S. flag**, is the national flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S.[1] Nicknames for the flag include the **Stars and Stripes**,[2][3] **Old Glory**,[4] and the **Star-Spangled Banner**.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag\_of\_the\_United\_States
Jefferson Bible

The title page of the Jefferson Bible written in Jefferson's hand. Reads, "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English"

***The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth***, commonly referred to as the ***Jefferson Bible***, is one of two religious works constructed by Thomas Jefferson. The first, *The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth*, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today.[1] The second, *The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth*, was completed in 1820 by cutting and pasting with a razor and glue numerous sections from the New Testament as extractions of the doctrine of Jesus. Jefferson's condensed composition excludes all miracles by Jesus and most mentions of the supernatural, including sections of the four gospels that contain the Resurrection and most other miracles, and passages that portray Jesus as divine.[2][3][4][5]

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson\_Bible
God

American Providence painting

In monotheistic thought, **God** is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith.  God is usually conceived as being omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful), omnipresent (all-present) and as having an eternal and necessary existence. These attributes are used either in way of analogy or are taken literally. God is most often held to be incorporeal (immaterial).  Incorporeality and corporeality of God are related to conceptions of transcendence (being outside nature) and immanence (being in nature) of God, with positions of synthesis such as the "immanent transcendence".

Some religions describe God without reference to gender, while others or their translations use sex-specific terminology. Judaism, for example, attributes only a grammatical gender to God, using terms such as "Him" or "Father" for convenience.

God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. In pantheism, God is the universe itself. In atheism, there is an absence of belief in God. In agnosticism, the existence of God is

deemed unknown or unknowable. God has also been conceived as the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent."  Many notable philosophers have developed arguments for and against the existence of God.

Monotheists refer to their gods using names prescribed by their respective religions, with some of these names referring to certain cultural ideas about their god's identity and attributes. In the ancient Egyptian era of Atenism, possibly the earliest recorded monotheistic religion, this deity was called Aten, premised on being the one "true" Supreme Being and creator of the universe.  In the Hebrew Bible and Judaism, Elohim, Adonai, YHWH (Hebrew: יהוה‎) and other names are used as the names of God. Yahweh and Jehovah, possible vocalizations of YHWH, are used in Christianity. In the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, God, coexisting in three "persons", is called the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In Islam, the name Allah is used, while Muslims also have a multitude of titular names for God. In Hinduism, Brahman is often considered a monistic concept of God.  In Chinese religion, Shangdi is conceived as the progenitor (first ancestor) of the universe, intrinsic to it and constantly bringing order to it. Other religions have names for the concept of God, including Baha in the Bahá'í Faith Waheguru in Sikhism, Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in Balinese Hinduism, and Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism.

The many different conceptions of God, and competing claims as to God's characteristics, aims, and actions, have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism, pandeism, or a perennial philosophy, which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth, of which all religions express a partial understanding, and as to which "the devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God, but through different, overlapping concepts".

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
Federal Trade Commission

The **Federal Trade Commission** (**FTC**) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) U.S. antitrust law through the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly. It is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C.

The Federal Trade Commission Act was one of President Woodrow Wilson's major acts against trusts. Trusts and trust-busting were significant political concerns during the Progressive Era. Since its inception, the FTC has enforced the provisions of the Clayton Act, a key antitrust statute, as well as the provisions of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq. Over time, the FTC has been delegated with the enforcement of additional business regulation statutes and has promulgated a number of regulations (codified in Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations).

## Links:

-https://www.ftc.gov/

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal\_Trade\_Commission
Great Architect Of The Universe

God, the Great Architect

The **Great Architect of the Universe** (also **Grand Architect of the Universe** or **Supreme Architect of the Universe**) is a conception of God discussed by many Christian theologians and apologists. As a designation it is used within Freemasonry to represent the deityneutrally (in whatever form, and by whatever name each member may individually believe in). It is also a Rosicrucian conception of God, as expressed by Max Heindel. The concept of the demiurge as a grand architect or a great architect also occurs in gnosticism as well as Hinduism.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great\_Architect\_of\_the\_Universe

-http://www.themasonictrowel.com/Articles/Freemasonry/antifreemasonry\_files/the\_great\_architect.htm
Home Equity Theft

Home Equity Theft is the practice of county, state or even federal governments bypassing due process by passing laws that empower their officials to seize privately held properties for the supposed purpose of serving the greater good of society. This is often justified by claiming that the seizure is related to maintaining property values or somesuch.

## Links:

-https://reason.com/2019/11/06/a-michigan-man-underpaid-his-property-taxes-by-8-41-the-county-seized-his-property-sold-it-and-kept-the-profits/
Attack on Pearl Harbor

The **Attack on Pearl Harbor**[nb 3][11] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the **Hawaii Operation** and **Operation AI**,[12][13] and as **Operation Z** during its planning.[14] Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the course of seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.[15]

The attack commenced at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Time (18:18 GMT).[nb 4][16] The base was attacked by 353[17] Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers) in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.[17] Of the eight U.S. Navy battleships present, all were damaged, with four sunk. All but USS *Arizona* were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship,[nb 5] and one minelayer. A total of 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded.[19] Important base installations such as the power station, dry dock, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 64 servicemen killed. Kazuo Sakamaki, the commanding officer of one of the submarines, was captured.[20]

Japan announced a declaration of war on the United States later that day (December 8 in Tokyo), but the declaration was not delivered until the following day. The following day, December 8, Congress declared war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy each declared war on the U.S., which responded with a declaration of war against Germany and Italy. There were numerous historical precedents for the unannounced military action by Japan, but the lack of any formal warning, particularly while peace negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy". Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was later judged in the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime.

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack\_on\_Pearl\_Harbor

-https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Bermuda

**Bermuda** (/bərˈmjuːdə/) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately

Flag of Bermuda

1,070 km (665 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and 1,759 km (1,093 mi) northeast of Cuba. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is self-governing, with its own constitution and its own government, which enacts local laws, while the United Kingdom retains responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Its population is approximately 64,000, the joint-highest of the British overseas territories along with the Cayman Islands.

Bermuda's two largest economic sectors are offshore insurance and reinsurance, and tourism. Bermuda had one of the world's highest GDP per capita for most of the 20th century.[8] The island has a subtropical climate and lies in the hurricane belt and thus is prone to related severe weather; however, it is somewhat protected by a coral reef that surrounds the island and its position at the north of the belt, which limits the direction and severity of approaching storms.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda

-https://www.bermuda.com/
Expungement

In the common law legal system, an **expungement** proceeding is a type of lawsuit in which a first time offender of a prior criminal conviction seeks that the records of that earlier process be sealed or destroyed, making the records nonexistent or unavailable to the general public. If successful, the records are said to be "expunged". *Black's Law Dictionary* defines "expungement of record" as the "Process by which record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed from the state or Federal repository." While expungement deals with an underlying criminal record, it is a civil action in which the subject is the petitioner or plaintiff asking a court to declare that the records be expunged.

A very real distinction exists between an expungement and a pardon. When an expungement is granted, the person whose record is expunged may, for most purposes, treat the event as if it never occurred. A pardon (also called "executive clemency") does not "erase" the event; rather, it constitutes forgiveness. In the United States, an expungement can be granted only by a judge, while a pardon can be granted only by the President of the United States for federal offenses, and the state governor, certain other state executive officers, or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles (varies from state to state) for state offenses.

Each jurisdiction whose law allows expungement has its own definitions of expungement proceedings. Generally, expungement is the process to "remove from general review" the records pertaining to a case. In many jurisdictions, however, the records may not completely "disappear" and may still be available to law enforcement, to sentencing judges on subsequent offenses, and to corrections facilities to which the individual may be sentenced on subsequent convictions.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expungement

### References:

-https://www.shubinlaw.com/expungement-process-pennsylvania/

-https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/234/chapter7/s790.html

-https://www.recordgone.com/expungement-pennsylvania/pa-expungement-faq.htm
Flag Of Pennsylvania

The **coat of arms of Pennsylvania** is an official emblem of the state, alongside the sealand state flag, and was adopted in 1778.[1] The **flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania** consists of a blue field on which the state coat of arms is embroidered. The Pennsylvania coat of arms features a shield crested by an American bald eagle, flanked by horses, and adorned with symbols of Pennsylvania's strengths—a ship carrying state commerce to all parts of the world; a clay-red plough, a symbol of Pennsylvania's rich natural resources; and three golden sheaves of wheat, representing fertile fields and Pennsylvania's wealth of human thought and action. An olive branch and cornstalk cross limbs beneath—symbols of peace and prosperity. The state motto, "Virtue, Liberty and Independence", appears festooned below. Atop the coat of arms is a bald eagle, representing Pennsylvania's loyalty to the United States.[2][3]
Agent 355

Agent 355, as depicted in an 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly

**Agent 355** (died after 1780) was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. Agent 355 was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown.[1] The number, 355, could be de-crypted from the system the Culper Ring used to mean "lady."[2]

## Biography:

The only direct reference to Agent 355 in any of the Culper Ring's missives was from Abraham Woodhull ("Samuel Culper Sr."), to General George Washington.[3] Woodhull described her as "one who hath been ever serviceable to this correspondence."[4]

The true identity of Agent 355 is still unknown, but some facts about her seem clear. She worked with the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War as a spy. She would have been recruited by Woodhull into the spy ring.[1] The way the code is constructed indicates that she may have had "some degree of social prominence."[2] She was likely living in New York City,[5] and at some point had contact with Major John Andre and Benedict Arnold.[6][7] One person who may have been Agent 355 was Anna Strong, Woodhull's neighbor.[5] Another theory is that Agent 355 may have been Robert Townsend's common-law wife.[1] Stories about Townsend state that he was in love with Agent 355.[8] John Burke and Andrea Meyer have made a different case for 355's involvement in the spy ring using circumstantial evidence that she may have been close to Major John André and also to Benjamin Tallmadge, thereby protecting Woodhull from accusations of being a spy.[9] Other possible candidates for 355 include Sarah Horton Townsend and Elizabeth Burgin.[10]

It is also occasionally believed that there was no Agent 355, but rather that the code indicated a woman who had useful information, but wasn't "formally connected to the ring."[11] The code itself may have referred to "a woman," not an agent who was a woman.[3]

Agent 355 is thought to have played a major role in exposing Arnold and the arrest of Major John André, who was hanged in Tappan, New York.[1] She may have been member of a prominent Loyalist family which would put her within easy reach of British commanders.[1][4]

Agent 355 was arrested in 1780 when Benedict Arnold went to the Loyalists.[4] She was imprisoned on HMS *Jersey*, a prison ship, where she may have given birth to a boy named Robert Townsend, Jr.[1] She later died on the prison ship.[1][6] However, Alexander Rose disagrees with this narrative, stating that "females were not kept aboard prison ships," and that "there's no record whatsoever of a birth."[12] Strengthening the idea that Agent 355 may have been Anna Strong is the fact that her husband Selah Strong was imprisoned on *Jersey* and she was supposedly allowed to bring him food.[3] Her presence on the ship may have led to the legend that Agent 355 was imprisoned there.[3]

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent\_355
Laboratories of Liberty

Laboratories of Liberty is a political and philosophical expression that denotes the need for groups of people to try different approaches to achieving a free and equitable society. It is often used to remind people that there is no single approach to human rights or democracy and so it is beneficial for mankind as a whole for different countries to try slightly different things.

-https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/laboratories-of-liberty
Eliot Ness

Eliot Ness

**Eliot Ness** (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to bring down Al Caponeand enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, and the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents from Chicago, nicknamed The Untouchables. His co-authorship of a popular autobiography, *The Untouchables*, which was released shortly after his death, launched several television and motion picture portrayals that established Ness's posthumous fame as an incorruptible crime fighter.

### Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot\_Ness
Michigan Dogman

In Michigan folklore, the **Michigan Dogman** was allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan. The creature is described as a seven-foot tall, blue-eyed, or amber-eyed bipedal canine-like animal with the torso of a man and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream. According to legends, the Michigan Dogman appears in a ten-year cycle that falls on years ending in 7.[1] Sightings have been reported in several locations throughout Michigan, primarily in the northwestern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula. In 1987, the legend of the Michigan Dogman gained popularity when disc jockey Steve Cook at WTCM-FM recorded a song about the creature and its reported sightings.

### References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan\_Dogman
Brotherhood Of Steel

**Brotherhood of Steel** (commonly abbreviated to **BoS**) is a techno-religious[3] military order located in the West and operating across the ruins of post-War North America with its roots stemming from the United States Armed Forces and the government-sponsored scientific community from former Mariposa Military Base before the Great War, dedicated to controlling and regulating technology in the wasteland.[4][5] Though small, the Brotherhood has been an influential group in the history of the wasteland, first as a survivalist group, then a major research and development house, then finally as the enemy of the New California Republic, fighting a bitter war for control of technology in New California. Having suffered defeats in the West, the Brotherhood would be strengthened on the Eastern reaches of the continent, under Elder Arthur Maxson.[6]

The faction has featured in one form or another in every *Fallout* game.

## Links:

-https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Brotherhood\_of\_Steel

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:\_Brotherhood\_of\_Steel
Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

In the U.S. state of Hawaii, the **Hawaiian sovereignty movement** (Hawaiian: *ke ea Hawaiʻi*) is a grassroots political and cultural campaign to establish an autonomous or independent nation or kingdom of Hawaii due to the desire for sovereignty, self-determination, and self-governance.[1][2] Some groups also advocate for some form of redress from the United States for the 1893 overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani, and for what is described as a prolonged military occupation beginning with the 1898 annexation. The movement generally views both the overthrow and annexation as illegal.[3][4] Palmyra Island and the Stewart Islands were annexed by the Kingdom in the 1860s and are regarded by the movement as being under illegal occupation along with the Hawaiian Islands.[5][6] The Apology Resolution passed by the United States Congress in 1993 acknowledged that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 was an illegal act.[7]

Sovereignty advocates have attributed problems plaguing native communities including homelessness, poverty, economic marginalization, and the erosion of native traditions to the lack of native governance and political self-determination.[8][9] They have pursued their agenda through educational initiatives and legislative actions. Along with protests throughout the islands, at the capitol (Honolulu) itself as well as the places and locations held as sacred to Hawaiian culture, sovereignty activists have challenged United States forces and law.

### References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian\_sovereignty\_movement

-https://www.hawaii-nation.org/struggle.html

-https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/03/full-independence-for-hawaii-looks-unfeasible-for-now/
Betsy Ross

**Elizabeth Griscom Ross** (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), née **Griscom**,[1] also known by her second and third married names, **Ashburn** and **Claypoole**,[1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870[2] with making the first American flag, accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though most historians dismiss the story,[3] Ross family tradition[4][5] holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee—Robert Morris and George Ross—visited Mrs. Ross in 1776.[6] Mrs. Ross convinced George Washington to change the shape of the stars in a sketch of a flag he showed her from six-pointed to five-pointed by demonstrating that it was easier and speedier to cut the latter.[7] However, there is no archival evidence or other recorded verbal tradition to substantiate this story of the first American flag. It appears that the story first surfaced in the writings of her grandson in the 1870s (a century after the fact), with no mention or documentation in earlier decades.[8]

Ross made flags for the Pennsylvania navy during the American Revolution.[9] After the Revolution, she made U.S. flags for over 50 years, including 50 garrison flags for the U.S. Arsenal on the Schuylkill River during 1811.[10] The flags of the Pennsylvania navy were overseen by the Pennsylvania Navy Board. The board reported to the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly's Committee of Safety. In July 1775, the President of the Committee of Safety was Benjamin Franklin. Its members included Robert Morris and George Ross. At that time, the committee ordered the construction of gunboats that would eventually need flags as part of their equipment. As late as October 1776, Captain William Richards was still writing to the Committee or Council of Safety to request the design that he could use to order flags for their fleet.[11]

Ross was one of those hired to make flags for the Pennsylvania fleet. An entry dated May 29, 1777, in the records of the Pennsylvania Navy Board includes an order to pay her for her work.

## Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy\_Ross-
Kilroy Was Here

**Kilroy was here** is an American symbol that became popular during World War II, typically seen in graffiti. Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with his fingers clutching the wall.

"Kilroy" was the American equivalent of the Australian Foo was here which originated during World War I. "Mr Chad" or just "Chad" was the version that became popular in the United Kingdom. The character of Chad may have been derived from a British cartoonist in 1938, possibly pre-dating "Kilroy was here". According to Dave Wilton, "Some time during the war, Chad and Kilroy met, and in the spirit of Allied unity merged, with the British drawing appearing over the American phrase."[1] Other names for the character include Smoe, Clem, Flywheel, Private Snoops, Overby, The Jeep, and Sapo.

According to Charles Panati, "The outrageousness of the graffiti was not so much what it said, but where it turned up."[2] It is not known if there was an actual person named Kilroy who inspired the graffiti, although there have been claims over the years.
Joseph Augustus Zarelli

The "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an victim, 4 years old, whose naked, battered body was found in a cardboard box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957. He is also commonly called "America's Unknown Child." His identity has never been discovered until December 2022 when he was identified as Joseph Augustus Zarelli, and the case remains open.
Atlas 46

You never know when you'll find yourself in need of both the DoI and a sheet for target practice.

Atlast 46 is a patriot-owned company that provides equipment, clothing and other items of interest to those in the workforce. Strong Americana aesthetic to the company, it's logo, marketing and overall products. They also ship their products in containers that have both a target sheet for practice shooting on it next to a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

-https://www.atlas46.com/
Internet Of Things

The **Internet of things** (**IoT**) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware (such as sensors), these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

The definition of the Internet of things has evolved due to the convergence of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensors, and embedded systems.[5] Traditional fields of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation (including home and building automation), and others all contribute to enabling the Internet of things. In the consumer market, IoT technology is most synonymous with products pertaining to the concept of the "smart home", covering devices and appliances (such as lighting fixtures, thermostats, home security systems and cameras, and other home appliances) that support one or more common ecosystems, and can be controlled via devices associated with that ecosystem, such as smartphones and smart speakers.

The IoT concept has faced prominent criticism, especially in regards to privacy and security concerns related to these devices and their intention of pervasive presence.

## Links

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet\_of\_things
Curse Of Escalante Petrified Forest

It's the Late Triassic, 200 million years ago, and what would one day be the arid landscape of Arizona is a tropical wetland covered in rich, organic mud and scored by an expansive system of rivers and streams. Immense logs, fallen members of huge coniferous forests, are swept up by floodwaters and deposited along sandy floodplains. Over time, layers of silt, mud and volcanic ash bury the logs as water seeps through the strata and carries silica downward, saturating the timber's cells with minerals. Quartz grows within the logs, replacing organic material and assuming its shape. Epochs later, Arizona reveals its rock-hard wood and an innuendo is born.

## Links:

-http://www.weirdus.com/states/arizona/local\_legends/curse\_of\_petrefied\_forest/index.php

-https://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-petrifiedcurse/

-https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/escalante-petrified-forest-state-park-legend-ut/
Boston Yeti

The yeti – identified as John Campopiano, a digital records manager and archivist for WGBH-TV’s “Frontline” – gained nationwide recognition last winter while roaming the snow-covered streets of Sommerville in the middle of a historic season that brought a record 9 feet of snow to Boston.

At first glance, the furry yeti might appear to be stalking through the wintry streets, but he's actually attempting to bring cheer to those dealing with the snow. Images from the Boston suburb are somewhere between terrifying and surreal.

The Boston Yeti capitalized on its 15 minutes of fame with a Twitter account, which he updated again over the weekend.
Jim Thorpe

**James Francis Thorpe** (Sac and Fox (Sauk): *Wa-Tho-Huk*, translated as "Bright Path";[4] May 22 or 28,[2] 1887 – March 28, 1953)[5] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.

Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, and attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American for the school's football team. After his Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1913, Thorpe signed with the New York Giants, and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919. Thorpe joined the Canton Bulldogs American football team in 1915, helping them win three professional championships; he later played for six teams in the National Football League (NFL). He played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career, and barnstormed as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians.

From 1920 to 1921, Thorpe was nominally the first president of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which became the NFL in 1922. He played professional sports until age 41, the end of his sports career coinciding with the start of the Great Depression. He struggled to earn a living after that, working several odd jobs. He suffered from alcoholism, and lived his last years in failing health and poverty. He was married three times and had eight children, before suffering from heart failure and dying in 1953.

Thorpe has received various accolades for his athletic accomplishments. The Associated Press named him the "greatest athlete" from the first 50 years of the 20th century, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted him as part of its inaugural class in 1963. A Pennsylvania town was named in his honor and a monument site there is the site of his remains, which were the subject of legal action. Thorpe appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film *Jim Thorpe – All-American*.
Minds

**Minds** is an open source social media and social networking service company that rewards users for their contributions. Founded by Bill Ottman and Mark harding in 2011, it is a distributed social networking service that rewards contributors with tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.[4]

Minds describes itself as a "Crypto Social Network" that upholds "internet freedom".[9]
Green Man Of Pittsburgh

Raymon Robinson, better known as the Green Man of Pittsburgh, is a great example of how urban legends and myth develop out of actual events. Mr. Robinson had suffered a truly terrible accident as a child - a fierce electrical burn from a trolly cable had deprived him of his sight, his sense of smell, and his right arm.  It also left him horrifically disfigured.

Mr. Robinson defied medical experts and suffered his burning.  He later moved to the Pittsburgh area where he took up residence, and would often go for long walks at night in order to be out and about without stirring up people with his scarred visage.

Unfortunately, Mr. Robinson's midnight walks had the exact opposite effect.  People who spotted him reported that his skin was green and that he was some kind of ghost or ghoul.  Tales spread and were embellished and soon Mr. Robinson, now called the Green Man or No Face Charlie, had a veritable corpus of urban myths about him.

Some people said that the Green Man had worked for the local power company and now lived in the sewers of Pittsburgh after a horrible accident.  Teenagers believed that if you parked your car near the sewers, honked your horn three times and waited, the Green Man would show up and touch your car, short-circuiting it with the electricity of his body.

Still, some people said that if you saw the Green Man walking, and offered him some cigarettes, he would do tricks for you. Some people said he smoked the cigarettes through a secondary hole in the side of his scarred face.

Mr. Robinson passed away back in the 1980's, but his legacy lives on.  People who study the relationship between myth and reality would do well to pay attention to the story of the Green Man of Pittsburgh.  For he was nothing less than a real-life Urban Legend.

### References:

-http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981031green4.asp

-http://weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/local\_legends/green\_man/index.php
1973 Oil Crises

The **1973 oil crisis** began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.[1] The initial nations targeted were Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States with the embargo also later extended to Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa. By the end of the embargo in March 1974,[2] the price of oil had risen from US$3 per barrel to nearly $12 globally; US prices were significantly higher. The embargo caused an oil crisis, or "shock", with many short- and long-term effects on global politics and the global economy.[3] It was later called the "first oil shock", followed by the 1979 oil crisis, termed the "second oil shock."

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973\_oil\_crisis