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Edison was black..??
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"People fear that which is different. We've got to, for example, why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A Black man invented the light bulb, not a White guy named Edison," Biden said. "There's so much — did anybody know before what recently happened that Black Wall Street in Oklahoma was burned to the ground. Anybody know these things? Because we don't teach them. We've got to give people facts."

It was Edison who first invented the light bulb and a filament that could last 1,200 hours. According to the Department of Energy, Edison secured patents for the incandescent light bulb in 1879 and 1880. Biden was likely referring to Lewis Howard Latimer, who, according to a biography by MIT, patented an improved version of an incandescent light bulb in 1881 that could last even longer than Edison's. For perspective, 1,200 hours is 50 days -- far less time than modern incandescent bulbs last.

Latimer at the time worked for one of the companies competing with Edison's. Latimer was a child of former slaves, a Union Navy veteran, a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and eventually the only Black member of the research team known as "Edison's Pioneers," according to MIT, after he began working with Edison in 1884.

But he was not the original inventor of the light bulb.

Latimer was also claimed by some to have been the original inventor of the telephone. But he said in court that it was, in fact, Alexander Graham Bell, according to MIT.


Film at 11... Think
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Little known fact: Lewis Howard Latimer was shot and killed by a cop. The cop thought he had a weapon but it was just a lightbulb.
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fascinating.... Mellow
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I love the way some politicians try to rewrite history to promote identity politics.

Next...Joe Biden will claim he is the descendent of slaves.
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I heard he was born a poor black child... Mellow
bgz Offline
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Al Gore invented the interwebs.
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DrafterX wrote:
I heard he was born a poor black child... Mellow


Hey! Poor kids are just as smart as white kids - Joe Biden
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DrafterX wrote:
I heard he was born a poor black child... Mellow


I just heard from reliable sources that he's just a Jerk. Have a good weekend. Beer
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bgz wrote:
Al Jolson invented the interwebs. -Biden



Think
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To be fair, Edison did not make the first light bulb. His was the first to be commercially viable because of the longer lasting filament than the previous ones. There were ones created as early as 1800, one using platinum if i recall correctly, they just did not last for any real length of time.

And Drafter, that really makes me want to watch the jerk. Been too long since seeing that.
RayR Offline
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Joe Biden's most honest statement.

“I am a gaffe machine,”
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Was Lewis smoking crack outta the lightbulb though?
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illuminating.
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Edison was a pretty ruthless businessman and got a lot of credit for ideas that weren't necessarily his own.
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yep....happens a lot in fields of advancing technology and pharmacology...
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Agreed.

Most of the time when you sign on to a tech, research, or any company where your ideas or designs may lead to patents or trade secrets you sign a waiver to give up those rights to the employer. It's understandable, they are paying and giving you the resources to do your work that made the idea come to fruition.

Rights to intellectual property is standard language in most contracts between parties that share funding and resources.
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and in research universities as well...they and their professors feed off the brainpower of their grad students
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#2 le hockeydad

L.M.A.O. !!!! BIGTIME
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Very true. Generally once the the big heads of university research departments earn a name for themselves, their main focus it to keep funding coming in.

As an undergrad, I worked in one of the bigger named university research labs for superconductivity. The director of the center was pretty good at keeping his funding coming in. Not saying it was by design but he had students that worked under him sprinkled all around at the various companies and national labs working on the same stuff. I can't bad mouth him though, he helped me find my first professional job after graduation. I generally liked the guy, others have a real hatred for him.
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Are there any Edison statues that need to be torn down..?? Huh
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DrafterX wrote:
Are there any Edison statues that need to be torn down..?? Huh


I'm sure Edison monuments are on the Bolsheviks to-do list, everybody else has been.
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Edison was a Progressive you know........
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^ I believe that....based on his behavior alone
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it's true, his forward thinking ultimately lead to nintendo... and that's progress.
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Brewha wrote:
Edison was a Progressive you know........


That explains it, I always thought there was something creepy and dishonest about the guy. He did some awful things.
The Bolsheviks don't care if he was a lefty or not anyway, their goal is to destroy history period.
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bgz wrote:
it's true, his forward thinking ultimately lead to nintendo... and that's progress.


If Edison had his way, the electrical grid today would be powered by DC current, horribly expensive and inefficient of course.
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So you're saying we would have had no nintendo? How do you explain the switch then...
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I don't think anyone mentioned his electrocuting and elephant to show that AC current was dangerous.

I knew Edison - he was a good black guy I knew that played a pretty good game of chess.
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Who really give damn , that was then this is now , hit the switch already.
bgz Offline
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^ This guy looks more like a Russian bot. Vello comrad!

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Eat sh*t , the only russian you know is what you have 24/7 to eat. What switch,you like being in the dark a-wipe. Join the real world and reality.
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This is the real world and you do not fit. Go away bot and eat all the sh't you want elsewhere.
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not really a smooth guy are you?
have you noticed you are the only one here unable to have a good time disagreeing with people of opposing views without seriously nasty personal comments?

Having a range of friends is kind of expected among B/SOTL.

Loosen up the truss youngster (a joke, get it?)
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I like beef stroganoff. That’s Russian I think.
frankj1 Offline
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haven't had borscht in ages.
best wif a cut up hot potato and some sour cream...
HockeyDad Offline
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I’m not a huge fan of Eastern European food in general. Now southeast Europe is a different story. I cook a number of Serbian dishes.
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I'm stuck with Romanian heritage...kind of a European misfit nation.
Only Eastern European nation with a Latin based language, one of the seven romance languages...Romania=of the Romans.

I'm gonna assume I'd like Serbian cuisine.
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The truth hurts. I ain't looking for friends, just telling you that sh*t don't walk anymore. Yes I'm having a good time. I warned you I'm vicious and a mental terrorist.
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Smooth light wrote:
The truth hurts. I ain't looking for friends, just telling you that sh*t don't walk anymore. Yes I'm having a good time. I warned you I'm vicious and a mental terrorist.

Perfect, cause you won’t find any here Loose Stool.

Yes have not so time comrade see you too all. Reist!
And but the yes, schitt don’t walk,
but for long for time the that it was did...
tonygraz Offline
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I expect the bots will be gone in early November. The russians used to speak better english back in the old USSR days.
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tonygraz wrote:
I don't think anyone mentioned his electrocuting and elephant to show that AC current was dangerous.

I knew Edison - he was a good black guy I knew that played a pretty good game of chess.


That was very creepy, cruel and unscientific of Edison, a purely political circus to try to fool the Boobus's and discredit Nikola Tesla's AC current.
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tonygraz wrote:
I expect the bots will be gone in early November. The russians used to speak better english back in the old USSR days.


The Russian winters are brutal and we'll probably lose our Internets. All we need is to stock up on Vodka, a hot Russian chick and just ride it out till spring.
Actually I'm getting a hankering for a White Russian right now!
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Traitorous comment comrade !
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RayR wrote:
The Russian winters are brutal and we'll probably lose our Internets. All we need is to stock up on Vodka, a hot Russian chick and just ride it out till spring.
Actually I'm getting a hankering for a White Russian right now!


Has someone from the Commie 13 Recruitment Office contacted you yet?
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We don't want him.
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Palama wrote:
Has someone from the Commie 13 Recruitment Office contacted you yet?


The Amerikan Commie Useful Idiots have me on their hit list of dangerous subversives because I'm a capitalist that won't take a knee before ANTIFA or BLM or support Biden/Harris.
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Antifa dancing in the street.oh my, oh my🧯🧯 I give it a 1.5 ; he got teach the rest of them, then I give 10!!🕺
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tonygraz wrote:
We don't want him.


Well, that settles that. Gonz
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RayR wrote:
The Russian winters are brutal and we'll probably lose our Internets. All we need is to stock up on Vodka, a hot Russian chick and just ride it out till spring.
Actually I'm getting a hankering for a White Russian right now!

Black Russian Lives Matter
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I seen some Russian chicks boobs before... Mellow
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