In 2008, the Democratic Party gathered in Denver for its 2008 convention. There, a donkey named Mordecai became the first official live mascot in the history of the party, giving a new meaning to the expression political animal. This Democratic symbol aimed to provide a few light-hearted moments at the convention.
Variously known as cupstones, anvil stones, pitted cobbles and nutting stones, among other names, these roughly discoidal or amorphous groundstone artifacts are among the most common lithic remains of Native American culture, especially in the Midwest, in Early Archaic contexts.
How to Turn Milk to Stone. Crafts makers may find milk-stone great, inexpensive fun. Have fun with plastic/stone. Called Galalith, galalithite, or Erinoid (in UK) or milk stone, invented in 1898 and used up through the 1930s as plastic or stone to make buttons, jewelry, home or office accessories.