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Satire: The Devil is in the details, Blockchain Edition
(B Magazine ~ 01/01/20)
Ambrose Bierce became an early 1900s influencer when he published "The Devil's Dictionary," a book of sarcastic definitions. He discovered dictionaries were a fantastic literary device for social commentary. He also probably realized inventing bogus definitions was an easy method to overcome writer's block and to efficiently generate content to meet deadlines...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/01/20)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of leap year 2020. There are 365 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be "forever free."...
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Out of the past: Jan. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 01/01/20)
David Dwain Brown, son of Donnie and Sherry Brown of New Madrid, Missouri, is the first baby born in Cape Girardeau in 1995; he arrives at Southeast Hospital at 2:19 a.m. Steve Francis is returning to a staff position at Southside Baptist Church; he was previously at Southside, but has been at Calvary Baptist Church at Dexter, Missouri, since February 1992; Francis will be associate pastor/minister of music...
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