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"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."
-- Benjamin Franklin

I don’t know about you but doesn’t seem quite as much the “conspiracy theorist” now to me This is from 1998, try to convince me he’s talking bollocks, I dare you

They are in that podcast missing the archaic definition of "worshipful": entitled to honour or respect.

The masonic worshipful master is not being worshipped, it simply mean the master holds a position entitled to respect.

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#OtD 19 Dec 1925 anti-Nazi communist resistance fighter Lepa Svetozara Radić was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Captured in 1943 Nazis offered to spare her life if she gave up the names of her comrades but she refused and was executed

A baffling bit of trivia. Canned food was invented in the late 18th century (1772) and was patented in the early 19th century (1810) and became common pretty quick (1820s). So far so good, but what is baffling is that the first can opener did not appear until around 1850-1860 (the one below is patented in 1855). So for 50+ years people were opening the darn things with whatever tools at hand, hammers, chisels etc.

At last an anniversary that actually matters. 50 years ago, today, the best live album of all times were released!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_

And just when I thought we'd reached an all time low, something like this pops up and show me just how wrong I am.

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