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Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people.

Deborah Blum, The Chemist’s War: The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences. Slate (via abcsoupdot) (via robot-heart-politics)

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22 February 2010,09:16 Zulu

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Rolfe Winkler » Blog Archive » Panics and Booms, a lesson from 1897 | Blogs |

Thanks to Patrick for an absolute gem. Earlier this week, he linked to a fantastic newspaper article written in 1902. That article actually reprinted a paper written five years previously, entitled “Panics and Booms” by L.M. Holt. When Holt wrote the paper, the economy was at the tail end of a depression. Holt argued that booms always follow busts, so folks should anticipate the return of flush times. Fast-forward five years, a new boom was in full swing, and the newspaper republished Holt’s paper as a warning that the next depression was due around 1910, give or take. The Bank Panic of 1907 arrived a bit ahead of schedule.

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10 November 2009,11:53 Zulu

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soupsoup: HBO Orders a Season’s Worth of ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ Scorsese Attached Fresh off directing Vincent Chase in “The Great Gatsby” (for a film adaptation that only existed on “Entourage”), Martin Scorsese has been tapped by HBO to do some real-life work for the cable channel. He’ll be an executive producer of its new series “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO said Tuesday in a news release, which has been ordered for a 2010 debut. Steve Buscemi stars in the series as Nucky Thompson, a man described as “equal parts politician and gangster,” who runs Atlantic City during the Prohibition era.

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HBO Orders a Season’s Worth of ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ Scorsese Attached

Fresh off directing Vincent Chase in “The Great Gatsby” (for a film adaptation that only existed on “Entourage”), Martin Scorsese has been tapped by HBO to do some real-life work for the cable channel. He’ll be an executive producer of its new series “Boardwalk Empire,” HBO said Tuesday in a news release, which has been ordered for a 2010 debut. Steve Buscemi stars in the series as Nucky Thompson, a man described as “equal parts politician and gangster,” who runs Atlantic City during the Prohibition era.

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01 September 2009,16:02 Zulu

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William Marcy Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), known as “Boss Tweed,” was an American politician most famous for his leadership of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York. At the height of his influence, Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City, a director of the Erie Railway, the Tenth National Bank, and the New-York Printing Company, as well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel.[1]

William Marcy Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), known as “Boss Tweed,” was an American politician most famous for his leadership of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York. At the height of his influence, Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City, a director of the Erie Railway, the Tenth National Bank, and the New-York Printing Company, as well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel.[1]

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15 August 2009,07:38 Zulu

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claytoncubitt: Paul Strand, ‘Wall Street’ 1915 “Precisionism, also known as Cubist Realism, was an artistic movement that emerged in the United States after World War I and was at its height during the inter-War period. The term itself was first coined in the early 1920s.”

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Paul Strand, ‘Wall Street’ 1915

“Precisionism, also known as Cubist Realism, was an artistic movement that emerged in the United States after World War I and was at its height during the inter-War period. The term itself was first coined in the early 1920s.”

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