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America Revealed is a PBS documentary that is simply amazing in its ability to make a viewer visualize all the details that go into feeding America. I first saw it on PBS television, but it is available for viewing online.

Here is the link to The Food Machine.

This is a tremendous series of videos, especially when viewing it full screen. If you pay attention and give it a chance, the scale of the endeavor to feed America will absolutely stun you. After it sinks in, that is.

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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Most Hated Woman In America

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American atheist activist. She was the founder of the organization American Atheists and served as its president from 1963 to 1986.

Murdered by David R. Waters September 29, 1995 in  San Antonio, Texas.

Interview with the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- the woman who ended mandatory Christian prayer in American public schools.

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WORD FOR TODAY

groin
noun
The area between the abdomen and the thigh on either side of the body.
A low wall or sturdy timber barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY


Tom Hanks

Born July 9, 1056

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in Big, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away. Hanks' other acting roles include Apollo 13, The Green Mile, Charlie Wilson's War and the voice of Woody in Toy Story.

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Fred Savage

 

Born July 9, 1976

Fredrick Aaron "Fred" Savage is an American actor, director and producer of television and film. He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years and as the grandson in The Princess Bride. In later years, he has directed and produced numerous episodes of television series, such as Hannah Montana, and Phil of the Future, as well as the primetime series Ugly Betty, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Modern Family, Happy Endings and 2 Broke Girls.

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Jimmy Smits

Bron July 9, 1955

Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as Congressman Matthew Vincente Santos on The West Wing.

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Kelly McGillis

July 9, 1957

 Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. Her films include Top Gun, The Accused, and Witness, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.

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I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
--GEORGE H.W. BUSH, news conference, Aug. 27, 1987