Archive for November, 2012
SENATE VOTES AGAINST ALLOWING ‘INDEFINITE DETENTION’ OF CITIZENS
” The 67-29 vote late Thursday was on a measure sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Mike Lee, R-Utah. The strong bipartisan approval sets up a fight with the House, which rejected efforts to bar indefinite detention when it passed its bill in May. “
Related articles
- Amendment to Protect Americans from Indefinite Detention Passes (thedailysheeple.com)
- Ban of President’s Indefinite Detention Powers Passes Senate (pjmedia.com)
- Rand Paul Stands Strong And Leads Charge To Protect The Right To Trial By Jury | JCTV | THE JEENYUS CORNER (jeenyuscorner.com)
- Senate Votes Down Indefinite Detention Of Americans (huffingtonpost.com)
Seasons of Sweetbriar – A Photographic Collection of Home by Alan Jackson.
” NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 29, 2012) Country music superstar Alan Jackson will release a limited number of his book Seasons of Sweetbriar – A Photographic Collection of Home by Alan Jackson. The full purchase price of each book will be donated to the Colon Cancer Alliance’s Blue Note Fund, benefitting colon cancer patients in need.
“Sweetbriar – created by God, bound by the Harpeth River, and guarded by hand laid rock walls from years ago – this 140 acres of fertile valley shadowed by the Tennessee hills has privileged my family and me with a landscape for living” – excerpt from the book’s Foreward by Alan.
The Sweetbriar estate is where Alan, his wife Denise and their three daughters, Mattie, Ali and Dani lived for over 13 years. The original intent when Alan began the photo collection was to prepare a photo journal that his daughters would have to look back on when they moved out on their own. Once the book was complete Alan and Denise realized it was a treasure filled with beauty and significance and shared it with family and a few close friends. The book is a hardbound coffee table piece with more than 200 photographs of the landscape, buildings, ponds, trees, wildlife and other intimate reflections of life at Sweetbriar.
The Jacksons sold Sweetbriar in 2010 and just a few months afterwards Denise was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. “That rocked my world, as I’m sure it does every person who gets a cancer diagnosis,” she explains. “That really brought to my attention the CCA and awareness and what the organization does. It became an obvious way for us to be able to do something meaningful with these books and be able to raise money for the Blue Note Fund.”
Seasons of Sweetbriar can be purchased through alanjackson.com for $25 or $50 for a book autographed by Alan, while supplies last. 100 percent of proceeds will be donated to the CCA’s Blue Note Fund. “
Get A Beautiful Coffee Table Book And Help Fight Cancer
Related articles
- Alan Jackson Releases Photo Book (countrymusicnewsblog.com)
- Christmas Concert and Fireworks with Alan Jackson (myq105.cbslocal.com)
- Alan Jackson Releases Limited Number Of Books (nashville.com)
- Alan Jackson talks sad songwriting, Tampa concert (tbo.com)
- Starchy, high carbohydrate diet associated with recurrence of colon cancer (eurekalert.org)
Looks Like A Blast
Folkrace is a popular, inexpensive, and entry-level form of Swedish rallycross that originally came fromFinland, where it was called (Everyone’s Class). The sport also exists in Norway and Denmark, where it is known as Bilcross and Folkerace respectively.
The races are run on special gravel or tarmac tracks, 2,400 metres
(1.5 mi) in length. The tracks are designed to limit the top speed to
80 km/h (50 mph). The competitions are divided into different classes
depending on age and gender. Participants can be as young as 15 years of
age.
The race is divided into different heats with usually 6 cars. The
driver winning a race is awarded seven points, second five points, third
four points and so on. When all the heats have been driven, the total
score is calculated and the top six drivers get to race in the A final,
the next six in the B final and so on. The winner of the A final wins
the event.
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- Marit Bjorgen wins cross-country World Cup race (mysanantonio.com)
Obama’s Ridiculous Fiscal Cliff ‘Offer’ Is An Epic Non-Starter
” Barack Obama desperately wants to take the country over the fiscal cliff. That’s the only conclusion one could possibly draw from the absolute dementia masquerading as his administration’s opening offer. Here’s the basic rundown of what the president would like to see happen.
- $1.6 trillion in tax increases – not just on the wealthy, but on businesses the administration views unfavorably, such as oil.
- $50 Billion in new stimulus spending
- A deferment – of a single year – on the military sequester
- An extension of unemployment benefits for those out of work
- Federal money to shore up underwater mortgages
To top off the lunacy, President Obama would like nearly unlimited power to raise the debt ceiling whenever he likes, as high as he likes. This is something Timothy Geithner hinted at a few weeks ago. If Obama has his way, the only constraint on this power would come when a difficult-to- achieve Congressional supermajority chooses to override his decision. “
Illustration By Lisa Benson
Related articles
- Geithner: End debt ceiling for good? (politico.com)
- Republicans reject White House fiscal cliff proposals as incomplete (guardian.co.uk)
- Boehner sees no progress in “fiscal cliff” talks (reuters.com)
- Report: Obama’s “fiscal cliff” offer to Republicans calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes and end of debt ceiling in exchange for … nothing, basically (hotair.com)
- Geithner to meet with congressional leaders for `fiscal cliff’ talks (foxnews.com)
- Boehner Spurns $4 Trillion ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Proposal (hispanicbusiness.com)
- Tim Geithner’s Solution To The Debt Ceiling Is So Reasonable, Nobody Could Possibly Object (businessinsider.com)
We Compare 14 Soft-Sided Tackle-Storage Systems That Make Carrying Gear A Snap
” Do you remember your first tackle box? I remember mine. It was a battered, old, Army-green metal box passed down from my father. It had a single metal latch on the lid, a thin, bent-wire handle and three rickety, fold-out trays. It wasn’t pretty — but it served me well, toting what few lures I owned safely back and forth to the water.
Things have a way of changing over time, though. Today, metal boxes are a thing of the past. And while the hard-shell, molded-plastic tackle box that took its place is still used by many anglers, fishermen are turning more often to soft-sided tackle-storage systems.
There are many compelling reasons why “
Illinois Senate Defeats Governor’s Sneaky Attempt to Ban Assault Weapons
” In Obama’s home state, Illinois, governor Pat Quinn attempted to circumvent the legislature and impose an assault weapons ban on Wednesday. State Sen. Dave Luechtefeld, a Republican from Okawville, led an override that defeated the governor.
“Today is a good day for the Second Amendment in Illinois. We have scored a victory against short-sighted Chicago anti-gun policies,” Luechtefeld said, the Illinois Reviewreported on Wednesday. “The Governor overstepped his reach when he decided to rewrite this Senate bill and impose an assault weapons ban without the measure first being heard by the legislature.”
Quinn had attempted to change Senate Bill 681. The legislation allows FOID card holders to mail-order ammunition purchases from in-state licensed firearm dealers. Quinn had tried to include language that would have banned so-called assault weapons and certain ammunition magazines “
Illustration By Glenn McCoy
Krauthammer on the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
“Famed Washington Post journalist and political pundit Charles Krauthammer was a guest on Fox News’ Special Report on Thursday and he offered some pretty bold, but sage advice regarding the fiscal cliff.
Krauthammer claimed,
“It’s not just a bad deal, this is really an insulting deal. What Geithner offered, what you showed on the screen, Robert E. Lee was offered easier terms at Appomattox, and he lost the Civil War. The Democrats won by three percent of the vote, and they did not hold the House. Republicans won the House. So this is not exactly unconditional surrender, but that is what the administration is asking of the Republicans.
This idea – there are not only no cuts in this, there’s an increase in spending with a new stimulus. I mean, this is almost unheard of. I mean, what do they expect? They obviously expect the Republicans will cave on everything. I think the Republicans ought to simply walk away. The president is the president. He’s the leader. They are demanding that the Republicans explain all the cuts that they want to make.” “
Illustration By Glenn Foden
TOP FIVE REASONS REPUBLICANS SHOULD TAKE US OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF
” As the clock ticks and we watch the various players move their pieces into place, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Republicans are in a no-win situation. They’re ether going to have to cave and agree to a tax increase without meaningful spending cuts or take the blame for going over the fiscal cliff. Here are five reasons why going over the cliff is by far the best option.
1. It’s a Trap!
Though House Speaker John Boehner foolishly helped to manufacture this trap by making tax increases the primary issue in the fiscal cliff negotiations, there’s still time to extricate himself and his party. “
Related articles
- Cliff-Jumping With Barack (realclearpolitics.com)
- Speaker Boehner: Where Are the Democrats’ Spending Cuts? (speaker.gov)
- Obama intensifies pressure on fiscal cliff plan as GOP starts to break ranks (guardian.co.uk)
Poll: Majority Of Young Americans Want Government To Do More
” Five-nine percent said the United States needs bigger government, while 37 percent responded that the government is doing too many things that should be left up to individuals and the private sector. Furthermore, 53 percent said the government needs to expand its role in health care.
“The rise in young people embracing paternalistic government comes as no shock,” said Gabriella Hoffman, a field coordinator for the Leadership Institute, in an interview with the Daily Caller. “Most have developed contempt for free enterprise and limited government from their college professors who inject anti-free market, socialist and even Marxist views into their lectures.”
Related articles
- Most Young Voters Actually Want Bigger Government (businessinsider.com)
- 45 percent of US Democrats favour socialism. Fortunately most Americans still believe in capitalism (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
- Favorables: Socialism 24% Capitalism 68% (tarpon.wordpress.com)
Elmer Davis
”The Republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it … This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. “
Today in the Past
Events
306 - St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
722 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop
1215 - Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
1406 - Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII
1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
1648 - English army captures King Charles I
1700 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]
1700 - Turkey declares war on Russia
1731 - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
1803 - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
1804 - Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
1824 - First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
1829 - First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1838 - Mexico declares war on France
1861 - Harper’s Weekly publishes EE Beers’ “All quiet along the Potomac”
1863 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
1864 - Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualties
1864 - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
1872 - 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)
1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
1886 - The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles
1902 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1931 - His Master’s Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI
1933 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
1936 - London’s Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
1937 - 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)
1938 - Germany bans Jews being lawyers
1939 - 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton)
1940 - 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton)
1940 - Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz
1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it’s last run
1941 - 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)
1942 - -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal
1942 - 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton)
1942 - German scout ship Altmark explode & sinks off Yokohama
1947 - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1953 - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
1954 - 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1957 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me
1961 - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership
1967 - People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK
1967 - People’s Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
1967 - Sen Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency
1971 - TV movie “Brian’s Song,” airs for 1st time on ABC-TV
1972 - BBC bans Wings “Hi, Hi, Hi”
1972 - Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1973 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Jim Godman
1974 - Lucy (Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia’s Afar Depression.
1976 - 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)
1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1982 - STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1987 - Afghanistan Constitution adopted
1988 - NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
1988 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO’s Arafat visa
1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion USD.
1989 - Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
1990 - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke
1991 - 1st world championship of women’s soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1
1991 - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die
1991 - San Diego State’s Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing & scoring titles
1993 - President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill
1994 - Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1998 - Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion USD deal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
1999 - In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2004 - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns.
2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, television’s all-time biggest game show haul.
2005 - John Sentamu becomes the first African American archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
2007 - Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis: Leeland Eisenberg entered the campaign office of Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire with a device suspected of being a bomb and held three people hostage for 5 hours.
Births
538 - St Gregory of Tours, Auvergne, Gaul, chronicler/bishop (Historia Francorum), (d. 594)(see UE 11/17 Deaths)
1340 - John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
1373 - Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily
1427 - Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)
1466 - Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral
1485 - Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess
1498 - Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)
1508 - Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect
1554 - Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier (Arcadia)
1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
1667 - Jonathan Swift, Dublin, satirist (Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal), (d. 1745)
1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
1768 - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)
1810 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker (Winchester)
1817 - Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)
1826 - George Washington Deitzler, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1827 - Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants)
1828 - Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1835 - Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)
1840 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
1863 - Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain
1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
1872 - Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician and soldier (d. 1918)
1874 - Winston Churchill, Brit PM (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953)
1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
1885 - Albrecht (von) Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Poland/Netherland)
1889 - Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932)
1890 - John Tasker Howard, composer
1890 - Oege Bakker, Dutch economist
1903 - Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist
1904 - Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher (Richard Burton)
1907 - Jacques Barzun, France, author (The House of Interlect), (d. 2012)
1909 - Robert Nighthawk, American Bluesman , Guitarist (d. 1967)
1910 - Paul Cerutti, Monaco, trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 76 oly
1912 - Gordon Parks, Ft Scott KS, film director/author (Learning Tree)
1915 - Henry Taube, chemist (Nobel 1983)
1915 - Walter Brown “Brownie” McGhee, Knoxville Tennessee, American blues singer/guitarist
Born and Livin’ With The Blues Walk On
Good Morning Blues Key to the Highway
Don’t Pity Me Hootin’ the Blues
1918 - Efren Zimbalist Jr, NYC, actor (77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples)
1920 - Virginia Mayo, St Louis Mo, actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat)
1922 - Robert Evett, composer
1924 - Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah )
1926 - Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles)
1927 - Robert Guillaume, [Williams], St Louis Mo, actor (Benson, Soap)
1930 - G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, FBI/Author/Watergate felon/radio host
1930 - James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount NC, light HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1930 - William H Dana, Pasadena California, test pilot (X-15)
1931 - Bill Walsh, NFL coach (SF 49ers)/sportscaster
1931 - Jack Ging, Alva Ok, actor (11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo)
1933 - Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
1936 - Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
1937 - Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song)
1937 - Richard Threlkeld, newscaster (ABC-TV)
1937 - Ridley Scott, director (Alien, Blade Runner)
1943 - J[ames] J[ay] Barnes, US gospel/singer (Please Let Me In)
1943 - Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist (Ten Years After)
1944 - Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I’ll Be Your Shelter)
1944 - Rob Grill, LA California, rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots)
1945 - Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Episode Six-Deep Purple)
1947 - David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir (Speed the Plow, House of Games)
1949 - Arthur Lee Washington Jr, Neptune NJ, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1950 - Kathryn Witt, Miami Fla, actress (Lenny, Pam-Flying High)
1950 - Margaret Whitton, Balt Md, actress (Good & Evil, Major League)
1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic
1952 - Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Il, actor/singer (Yentl, Alien Nation)
1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
1953 - Shuggie Otis, rocker , Blues Guitarist
Johnny Otis with Shuggie Otis & Roy Buchanan
Rare Acoustic Jam with Frank Zappa
1954 - George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
1954 - June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I’m So excited)
1955 - Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding)
1957 - John Ashton, English guitarist (Psychedelic Furs)
1957 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
1958 - Stacey Q, American singer
1959 - Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player (Avon-1982)
1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
1961 - Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1962 - Bo Jackson, baseball/football player , Heisman Trophy , Auburn (KC Royals, LA Raiders)
1965 - Ben Stiller, NYC, actor (Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy)
1966 - Ed Kemper, American serial killer
1968 - Des’ree, English singer
1968 - Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
1970 - Corrina Kennedy, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1970 - Natalie Williams, Long Beach California, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96)
1975 - Mindy McCready, country/western singer
1976 - Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer
1978 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
1979 - Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1987 - Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
1987 - Ian Hecox, Part of the America Online comedy duo Smosh
1989 - Chanel Iman, American supermodel
1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster
1994 - Nyjah Huston, American skateboarder
Deaths
1016 - Edmund II, Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1519 - Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85
1528 - Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
1631 - Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies
1646 - John C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45
1654 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
1675 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
1679 - Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies
1718 - Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway at 36
1761 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
1765 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1864 - Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 - John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
1864 - Otho French Strahl, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 - Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1893 - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46
1901 - Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1933 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
1947 - Ernst Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
DESIGN FOR LIVING
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around The Corner
Ninotchka
1958 - Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
1972 - Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1977 - Terrence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
1979 - Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1987 - James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63
1989 - Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1990 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75
1994 - Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 - Irwin Kostal, US arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83
1996 - Koji Kobayashi, industrialist, dies at 89
1996 - Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], entertainer (Tip Toe), dies at 71
1999 - Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)(see UE 9/16 Births)
2003 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2007 - Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, at 69
2007 - Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
2010 - Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
2010 - Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
2010 - Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
Female Store Clerk Gets in Gun Fight With 3 Armed Robbers and Wins
” A store clerk in Columbia, SC was facing three armed robbers during her night shift. When the three men began firing their guns in the air, the clerk grabbed her own weapon and opened fire on the suspects.”
HT/Instapundit
Obamacare Requires 34 Million Pizza Nutrition Signs In Stores
” New Obamacare regulations targeting the fast food and grocery store market that require signs detailing calorie and nutritional information on every product will force pizza makers like Domino’s to post up to 34 million different signs in every store: One for every possible pizza order.
“It’s not like a Big Mac. Pizza is customizable, there are options to factor in,” said Jenny Fouracre-Petko, legislative director for Domino’s and a member of the trade group American Pizza Community. “There are 34 million pizza combinations. We’ve done the math.” “
Could This Crowd In DC Be Anymore Clueless About The Real World ? This Is What You Get When You Dispense With The Founder’s Idea Of Citizen Representatives . We’ll Never Right This Ship With A Professional Class Of Politicians .
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