HONOLULU (AP) — Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins’ trip to the moon concluded with a stay in Hawaii. This week marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, but after those historic first steps NASA still had to get the three astronauts safely back to Earth — and the waters off Hawaii […]
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George H.W. Bush: Dirty Tricks and Regime Change in Nuclear-Free Palau
Propagandistic Presidential Pomp and Pageantry: From Bier to Eternity “Dedicated to the loving memory of the heroic Roman Bedor” On Christmas day Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic Vice was released, with John Hillner (Law & Order) portraying George Bush Sr. After the ex-president’s Nov. 30 death, as accolades were heaped upon George Herbert Walker Bush even before […]
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Untold story of Palauans’ first contact with European
Young Sonsorolese wearing traditional attire posed with a foreigner during the Olchotel Belau Fair 2018. (Photo by Rhealyn C. Pojas) The story of Palauans’ first contact with the Europeans is often begun with the re-telling of English Captain Henry Wilson’s accidental discovery of Palau in 1783 when the boat named Antelope that was under his […]
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KONQER 2018 re-lives Yapese journey to obtain stone money from Palau
More surprises await the participants of this year’s KONQER in Palau but to get a better idea of this year’s biggest obstacle race event in the country, one should review a little bit of history as organizers revealed that the event will be based on the story of how the Yapese obtained their famous stone […]