Deja vu all over again

Published 4:51 pm Monday, March 14, 2016

Just like old times: Recent violence at rallies for Republican front-runner Donald Trump is drawing comparisons to similar skirmishes during the 1968 campaign of George Wallace, anti-immigrant riots in 1840s Baltimore and race riots in New York City during the Civil War.

See, Trump is delivering on his promise to make America grate, again.

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Mars needs Gas-X: The European Union and Russia have launched a joint mission to send a probe to Mars to study the planet’s atmosphere and check for the presence of methane gas, which could be a sign of life on the planet.

More conclusive proof may have to wait for a later rover mission that will search for microscopic organisms holding up little signs reading, “Pull my finger.”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1977, the U.S. House of Representatives began a 90-day test to determine the feasibility of broadcasting its sessions on television. C-SPAN was launched two years later.

For 37 years, C-SPAN has been the No. 1 source for video of politicians talking to empty seats.

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