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FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce America's first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Early beginnings Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails… Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freight. Termed “wagonways,” the earliest were begun in the 1720s. In addition to the British and col...

COVID Was Excuse For CBP To Install Facial Recognition At 76 Airports Published: February 9, 2021 The Federal government is driven to build a comprehensive biometric database on all Americans and has used the Great Panic of 2020 (COVID) to accelerate its efforts, all in the name of making citizen feel safe. ⁃ TN Editor A recent DHS report titled the “CBP Trade and Travel Report” reads like an instruction manual on how to exploit the public’s fear of COVID. The report is a perfect example of how the Feds used the pandemic as an excuse to install facial recognition cameras across the co...

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During the 18th and 19th centuries, the focus of Irish agriculture shifted from potato farming to livestock rearing, leading to widespread eviction of tenant farmers. Many emigrated to England or America; others starved in the famine of 1845 to 1852. But some formed secret societies to fight back. The Molly Maguires were one of the best known. While pledging to "cherish and respect the Good Landlord, and Good Agent", they were accused of assault and even murder. Their efforts were generally unsuccessful in stopping evictions, but the publicity generated inspired many in the Irish diaspora to...