Papal Bull

Papal bull, named after the bulla that fastens and authenticates this type of pope's publication (at the bottom, with the twine).  See, now you can make sure the document has not been tampered with. (Wikipedia)

History of Rights, pt. 74

S.T.O.P. - Stop This Outrageous Purge - was against C.R.O.S.S. - Committee to Retain Our Segregated Schools.  In 1958-59, Little Rock, Arkansas experienced the "Lost Year": a closure of all public schools to forestall integration.  200 teachers and administrators worked in and among empty classrooms.  Eerie.
Moderates and segregationists split the school board three/three.  At a meeting to renew teacher contracts, moderates walked out in protest.  The remaining segregationists moved to fire forty-four teachers who supported integration.

What followed was a twenty-day campaign for the hearts and minds of Little Rock, Arkansas.

In the end, integration prevailed.  The segregationist school board members were recalled.  Schools opened early the next term.
(images and information @ http://www.thelostyear.com)

TAAAAAaaaaft!

Word, check out the depth of field on this sharp image of our finest Chief Justice, Chief Justice TAFT.
This is the basis of my new prime time sci-fi law TV pilot, Justice T.A.F.T.  Territorial Astronaut Factfinders' Tribunal.

Smash Mash

Quick and easy mashed potatoes from potato granules.  I heard the Smash mascot martians would watch earthlings making mashed potatoes the old-fashioned way and laugh.  This was in the 1970s, see...  TV commercials back then routinely poured salt in the wounds created by 20th Century Man's widening estrangement from nature.

Vintage Hallicrafters Model S-38D Multi-Band 5-Tube Radio

Vintage Hallicrafters Model S-38D Multi-Band 5-Tube Radio, care of www.soundcityusa.net and  www.portabletubes.co.uk ! ! !  "There's Nothing Finer From Coast-To-Coast For The Novice" than one of these babies.  La-HA-hahl!