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    casi nadie: Somebody really needs to make a blog titled Publick Occurrences. more »
    saintbernadette: Today must have been Quirky Interwebs Stuff day on CBS Sunday Morning. Did y'all see Mo Rocca make a sweatshirt to sell on Etsy? more »
    ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): Jez just when I thought you couldnt be any awesomer you post a clip from my favorite morning show. Long live SDM! more »
    BabyJane: Eat Ye a Sammich! more »
    hortense: April showers bring May flowers What do May flowers bring? TEH AWESOME -happyplrgm, 1624 more »
    sequined: Watching clips like this makes me want to go smack my 15-year-old self for always whining, "I hate history! History is so boring!" History is fucking ... more »
    BabyJane: Hear Ye! hear Ye! Goody Lohan did parade around the Village Square in her legging garments.Me thinks she should don some pantaloons. *Early Jezebel. more »
    iloveastone: I love that this flow chart admits that network television is behind EVERYTHING. Hi-larious. more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: I learned something similar from A World Lit Only By Fire about Martin Luther, to wit: he didn't defiantly nail his theses to the church doors; he pos... more »
    Annabellie: Now I want to know what the 18th century equivalent of Facebook was... more »
    hortense: "Witch, plz."- Abigail Williams, 1692 "We're really sorry about that whole witch thing, but please come buy our goods profiting off of the murder of 2... more »
    sequined: Sometimes it's nice to be reminded that the more things change, the more things remain the same. more »
    vamusical: I loved this but the idea of newsmedia reverting to more antiquated methods of news worries me. Many voices does not necessarily mean more accurate vo... more »
    Eeva: Um...none offenfe ment or aniethinge lyke, but methinks thisse iss nothinge lesse than ve excremente of ve ox, & a ladye sholde not be writting ve... more »
    Annabellie: Most of the comments on that first newspaper were probably "YOU SPELLED PUBLICK WRONG. LEARN TO USE SPELLCHECK." more »
  • #yeoldcommenters

    Blogging Through History: Commenters In The 1690s

    The always-excellent CBS Sunday Morning premiered this clip this morning, presenting a solid link between the newspapers of the late 1600's and the blogs of today. Commenters were even having their say 300 years ago! More »