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1777 – American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army. 1966 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. 2009 – Our New Socialist overlords determine that the same rights apply to enemy combatants captured on battlefields outside the country. 2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch. Yeah, uh-huh!
1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. 1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch. And this is why Algeria is a beacon of democracy in North Africa. Well, compared to Libya (which was an ITALIAN work) it is… which is like questioning the superior morality of a porn star over a prostitute. 1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer Prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. Man-powered flight is, like, TOTALLY GREEN, if only it weren’t for the mylar and carbon fiber and high-tech composites and synthetics and alloys and they had to follow him in a boat burning all those fossil fuels, but it was, like, TOTALLY GREEN! I read Rays’ stuff ever since I was in middle school. Actually, make that ‘junior high school’:
1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence. 1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin. That’s just one day. Over some years, he wiped out the majority of senior military leadership along with several million more people. The military thing is one reason why the USSR got its butt kicked when Germany invaded. That other several million? The Left in this country conveniently forgets them. After all, if you want an omelet, you have to break a few eggs. Stalin and his communists made Hitler look bush-league. He got the choice of music right:
Actually, this is a pretty astute move on Bill’s part. If Obammy wins, the Hillary’s run in 2016 will be on the tail of eight years of dimmocrat-induced disaster (assuming we have elections at all by then) and she’d have a tough campaign. If Obammy loses, Romney’s going to have a tough four years trying to reverse Obammy errors and by 2016, the fickleness of the electorate will put Hillary in a pretty good shot, her LAST shot, for the presidency. Or maybe I’m just cynical. Or both.
Lows in the seventies, highs in the nineties. Repeat until October. Up early this morning. woke up at 0530 and couldn’t go back to sleep. Just finished a healthy bowl of Purina Codger Chow (All-Bran) and am now being entertained by the cats. Opened the paper and found the one big hospital across the river reporting twenty-nine new babies between May 10 and June 5. Nineteen of those are to unmarried parents and two new mommies are trying to remember what hit ‘em. Let’s just dive on in: Jeremy H. Sr. & Deandrea(!) M. do a daughter, little Jerielle Zoella. Michael & Katie H. fall apart with their little girl, Myka-Leigh Jamez. Sharod W. & Georgia G. angle their son for royalty, tagging him with King Sharod. Larry & Myeshia(!) C. augment their son’s entry into the world with a bit of punctuation, giving us little Michael D’Wane. Matthew & Samantha C. site their son for a career in traffic engineeing, naming him Lane Tailor. Miss Tiffany R. presents a son, little Jayden Malik. Brandon J. & Courtney M. are all confused about that whole ‘daughter-son’ thing, so their daughter is Carson Elizabeth. Norman & Tamara W. do a little geography with their daughter, Nyla London. James F. & Sara F. (different last names) hearken to dreams of Alaska with their son, little Kodiak Rush. Either that, or the daddy was particularly impressed by a can of snuff. Joey G. & Kiara(!) A. bring a son, little Jaylon Deaundre. “Where you goin’, gurl?” “To da courthouse. Dey be jailin’ Deaundre.” Dominque C. & La’Ketra(!) G. chop up a name for their daughter, little Kamylle Deon. Derrick & Anja(!) L. point their son to a career in the timber industry, tagging him with Sawyer James. Adam J. & Jessica G. pick a random word for their little girl, Cadence Rylie. Bryan ‘n’ Angela (no last names given) look skyward and tag their daughter with Heaven Skylar. Bobby J. & Jessica C. set their son up at security at a bar in a college town, naming him Carder David. And that’s where we’re at this fine Sunday. See you next week. 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries”. You’d think she was a global warming denier or something really bad. 1805 – First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States. This was after subtle negotiation using powder and shot administered by the US Navy and the US Marines. The Marines ended up with that “to the shores of Tripoli” thing. This is how pirates should be dealt with. 1871 – Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. For the first time, the Medal Of Honor is awarded for a foreign conflict. 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba. What is this? Like “US Marine” Day? 1944 – World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. This is what REAL Nazis do, not drip some water in a prisoner’s nose… 1967 – USSR drops diplomatic relations with Israel. It couldn’t be because that’s millions of dollars of Russian tanks, aircraft, hardware and training lying dead and burning all around Israel, could it? 1977 – Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer. It sells for US$1298 with 4 KILObytes of RAM and for $2638 you could get it decked out with 48 kB RAM. For comparison, a brand new VW Beetle cost around the same as a decked out Apple ][. From Drew Curtis’ FARK: Galveston woman bests intruder with paintball gun Breaking into a house in Texas for some change and ramen noodles? In TEXAS? Dude! You’re LUCKY it was ONLY a paintball gun. Most Texans I know are ballistically adept. Let’s do a little ‘compare and contrast’ again. First we have what I term “The Hillary Clinton Song” by the Fifth Estate in 1967: (And yes, I know that the Fifth Estate copied theirs from The Wizard of OZ version of 1939. I like the new one MUCH better. Never was much for munchkins. Except my sweetie, all 5’2″ of her. Next, let’s look at Michael Praetorius who lived from 1571-1621, and his “Terpsichore Bouree”: Not much new under the sun… Second point: there was a time when movie-makers dipped deep into the well of Western Civilization for the makings of their movies. AD 53 – Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia after having her brother killed. 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River. Maybe. Could well have been Norse or Irish or Welsh. 1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. Ever since then, Georgia history students have wished the charter had gone to a guy named “Smith”. 1772 – The British ship Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island. Like the Boston Tea Party except a little more energetic. The Gaspee was blockading and enforcing Brit trade regulations. In keeping with today’s “Tea Party” movement, I guess I could go set my own boat afire. Folks, the original Tea Party didn’t dump their own tea… 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California. They were shoe-shopping. 1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles. Sales of new clean underwear spike at the Kremlin. 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Teddy Kennedy is drunk and scoring chicks at the funeral. I got 45 out of 50 on "Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz". You can take the quiz here: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1209/Are-you-scientifically-literate-Take-our-quiz?cmpid=addthis_email#.T9I-mitlNkI.email |
 
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