Andrew Johnson skipped his successor’s swearing-in for political reasons.
An impeached and embattled president fighting with everyone to get his way. A man who believed the United States citizens gave him the mandate to change the course of the country. And he was ill-prepared to tackle the job in a way that worked for most people.
That man was Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States.
Mr. Johnson didn’t have a formal education. He learned how to play politics by jumping into the deep end and running for office. Many noted that despite his bad temper, constituents found him charming and well-spoken.
His fiery temperament was noted by many. Experts of the day believed it would keep him from ascending to the highest office. As would his flip-flopping on the social issues of the day, like slavery. …
Biden’s swearing in will not be the only ceremony of note.
“This will be an Inaugural like no other, in large part because of COVID. But we are going to get sworn in and we’re going to do the job we were hired to do.” Kamala Harris, Vice President Elect
Madame Vice President Elect is correct in saying that the swearing-in ceremony of herself and Joe Biden, our 46th President, will be atypical in comparison to other contemporary Presidential Inaugurations. Thousands of National Guard troops will be present in Washington to beef up security following the January 6th Capitol Building insurrection. There will be no Inaugural Ball for the first time since 1949. …
It would only be used for large transfers between banks
I’ve only had $100 bills at a couple of points in my life. Each time I have had them, I was very nervous — I just didn’t like carrying that much cash around. However, I didn’t realize that once upon a time, there was a $100,000 bill.
According to Rob Wile at Business Insider, the initial intent of printing the $100,000 bill was to help the economy. In 1933, the United States was still devastated by the Great Depression. …
The famous French general, Napoleon Bonaparte, was cuckolded and ghosted by his first wife Joséphine, but his love for her never died.
Joséphine de Beauharnais went by Rose before she met Napoleon. Her first husband was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. She had two children with her deceased husband. Napoleon, who was six years younger, could not resist her.
In one letter to Joséphine, highlighted by Kate Williams in Ambition and Desire, Napoleon wrote, “I awake full of you. Your image and the memory of last night’s intoxicating pleasures has left no rest to my senses.”
She had affairs with a few other French political elite before meeting Napoleon, but he did not waste any time marrying her once she became his mistress. …
Two-minutes-long and $266 million
When you think of an expensive short video, a music video might come to mind. It’s an obvious choice. A pop artist with a record label behind them has more than enough cash to blow on a lavish display of video decadence. These displays even created a television network named MTV. Yes, it did show music videos at one point before reality television appeared.
Madonna herself is responsible for 3 of the most expensive music videos ever made: “Bedtime Stories” and “Express Yourself” each at $5 million and “Die Another Day” at $6 million. However, Michael Jackson has the title of the most expensive music video ever created. …
What contribution did Mileva Maric make to Einstein’s work?
The idea that a female helped write Einstein’s papers has been growing in strength. It is a concept that some of the greatest minds today find hard to contemplate.
Recently, I read The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict and it made me think. I know the book is a novel and many parts are not factual. However, there was enough for me to research further.
Mileva Maric was the first wife of Albert Einstein. It is suggested she was a contributory writer for some of his biggest theories. Did Einstein plagiarise his wife’s work to reach success?
Who is Mileva Maric?
Maric was a Serbian physicist and mathematician. She was also the only woman at the Zurich Polytechnic, the same year as Einstein. She was only the fifth woman ever to be accepted to the Mathematics and Physics department. …
The story of the piggy-bank.
When I was about 8, I made a deal with my grandmother. Whatever money I put in my piggy bank would be matched by her. It was a pretty rad deal for me as a child. I was doubling every single dollar I made. I was always so excited to head to the bank after a few months to have them count out all the spare change. All I had to do was keep filling a pig with money.
Now, as I think about it, I am left with this question: why in the world do we put money in pigs? Where did the piggy bank originate? …
and Congress left through the tunnels — in 1932
The press has been looking through the past for previous examples of what happened in the Capitol last week, partly to see if they can justify using the word “unprecedented.”
It depends on the sort of precedent one is looking for. Are we looking for times when a violent group forced their way into the building? If so, it may be technically correct that a mob has not stormed the Capitol since the War of 1812, but even then, it was in a time of war, and the mob was the enemy.
Are we looking at violence in the Capitol building? There are many examples of that, including the stick fight that almost killed Senator Charles Sumner in 1856. Are we looking for times where groups of unthinking people have tried to “tear down democracy”? We can find quite a few of those too. …
The prophetess Deborah spoke to God, and Jael used a hammer to deliver justice.
Together they saved Israel over 3000 years ago as recorded in the Book of Judges, a book in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible).
Why Deborah is a badass
There are 12 judges written about in the Book of Judges, and Deborah is the only female. Judges were leaders and prophets that were regarded as being in contact with God. It turns out they did not write much about people in the 13th century BC, only for epic things.
Deborah was the leader of Israel in a time when women rarely held leadership roles.
Deborah held court under a palm tree where she settled disputes amongst her people. Her decisions were final and under a palm tree is a pretty cool place to have your office. …
“A twisting of the mouth or one-sided spasm of the mouth.”
As a teacher, I have heard multiple students and parents talk about Bell’s palsy and the potential to get facial paralysis on one side of the face from the COVID-19 vaccine. Before we move forward, it’s important to note there’s no evidence the COVID-19 vaccine causes Bell’s palsy, and in FDA trials of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, the FDA said:
“The observed frequency of reported Bell’s palsy in the vaccine group is consistent with the expected background rate in the general population.”
Part of the misinformation stems from a viral video of an alleged registered nurse in Tennessee named Khalilah Mitchell, who says she got Bell’s palsy from the vaccine. Mitchell urges people not to take the vaccination. However, the Tennessee Department of Health said no registered nurse by that name was in the health professional licensure system. The Associated Press also says there is no link between Bell’s palsy and the COVID-19 vaccine. …
