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05/31/20 11:44 AM

#347116 RE: blackhawks #347115

I think that picture has been photo shopped...It was actually him sitting on his golden plated toilet at home - the face when he combats constipation gave it away for me. ttlol
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05/31/20 11:48 AM

#347117 RE: blackhawks #347115

just scrolled the comments...a little ways down...I am not the only one who noticed the photo shop.

https://twitter.com/EricZorn/status/1266849590189469698
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05/31/20 9:20 PM

#347137 RE: blackhawks #347115

A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America

The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | January 2018
By Matthew Twombly, Research by Kendrick McDonald

Movements that had been building along the primary fault lines of the 1960s—the Vietnam War, the Cold War, civil rights, human rights, youth culture—exploded with force in 1968. The aftershocks registered both in America and abroad for decades afterward.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-180967503/

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History, right now: Echoes of 1968, and other American years

By TED ANTHONY yesterday

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The streets were on fire as National Guard troops streamed into American cities. The shouts were soaked in anger and anguish: “We’re sick of it!”

There was dark talk of “radical agitators.” Violent outbursts and arrests piled up across the republic. The White House issued martial statements about law and order. On TV, footage of unrest and anger played on a continuous loop.

It was the late 1960s. It is right now.



National Guard patrol the streets in Chicago following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. (AP Photo/File)

For Americans of a certain age — and for those mindful of the past — it is impossible to ignore the similarities between these past few days and some of the more unsettling moments from the 1960s. In particular 1968, a year marred by assassinations and violent social unrest.

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https://apnews.com/7e5637632572a0c3d1b652aef4c69a13