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Seven Super Yachts and One Happy Sailor

Well that’s just way too many for one. Sent from Barbara’s iPhone On Sep 22, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Bruce G. Potter <bpotter> wrote: <IMG_3930.jpg> Bruce Potter443-454-9044

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A Great Tradition from William and Mary is Being Flushed . . .

From The Washington Post < https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fall-of-the-frat-house-students-target-greek-life-amid-a-racial-reckoning/2020/09/12/c5a44d0a-cd07-11ea-b0e3-d55bda07d66a_story.html > Education Fall of the frat house: Students target Greek life amid America’s racial reckoning [Photo caption: Graham Payne-Reichert, left, was the vice president of a fraternity chapter at American University in D.C. before … Continue reading

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Seven Super Yachts and One Happy Sailor

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The Washington Post A Maryland suburb known for a slaveholding past confronts its racist present

Published on page A1 in the Wednesday 16 September Washington Post and at <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-news/anne-arundel-pasadena-black-lives-matter/2020/09/15/7dd0449a-d651-11ea-930e-d88518c57dcc_story.html > Maryland A Maryland suburb known for a slaveholding past confronts its racist present [Photo caption:Jordan Keemer, 18, of Pasadena, Md., stands in front of Chesapeake … Continue reading

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Reuters: Several boats sink at Trump parade on Texas lake

From Reuters News: [in response to this Reuter’s’ hilarious story, I have made the following offer: “ On behalf of the Eastport Annapolis Communist Party, I’d like to offer our politically misguided Texan boater brethren FREE LESSONS in basic seamanship … Continue reading

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New I understand

Thanks Alexandra Petri Opinions
 The perfectly logical case for Donald Trump
 Opinion by Alexandra Petri
 August 28 at 10:57 AM ET


 If you think things are bad under Donald Trump, vote for Donald Trump, who will fix things. To make … Continue reading

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William and Mary: “Hearth” Memorial to those enslaved

Dear Bruce — Many, many thanks for passing this along. I feel a little better just reading it. In a "large, loose, baggy monster" of a memoir I finally finished during these existential COVID-19 times, I regretted I hadn’t been … Continue reading

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William and Mary: “Hearth” Memorial to those enslaved

[Kincey and Bruce were 1964 graduates of W&M; they were married in Wren Chapel in 1966. Bruce was threatened with expulsion from the College (“or any other institution of higher learning in the State of Virginia. . .”) if he … Continue reading

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Zoom Glitch Hints at Depth of post-Covid Lifestyle Changes

Washington Post: Business Zoom went down for hours, disrupting schools and businesses The outages hit remote workers and online classrooms reliant on the videoconferencing platform Zoom has become a crucial part of life for schools, businesses and organizations since the … Continue reading

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Virgin Islands Daily News: Caneel Bay 081820

Fascinating article about the current status of Caneel Bay, the former keystone property of the Rockefeller family owned RockResorts, linked directly to Laurance Rockefeller’s acquisition of the St. John properties that were donated to the US Government to become the … Continue reading

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