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Post by Krista on Jul 10, 2008 10:24:26 GMT -5
Courtesy of the NY TIMES: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses. *************************************************************************** Rather foolishly in hindsight, Hitler let Goering persuade him that Britain could be as easily taken as France (which fell in six weeks) and not only that, but the Luftwaffe alone could bring the Brits to terms. He reckoned without the backbone of the British people--and a bulldog of a man named Churchill. And unlike Pat Buchanan, I think THAT war was necessary. Yea, Pat Buchanan is to history what Mr. Falafel Lovin' Bull Snort is to journalism. |
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Post by moonstone on Jul 10, 2008 10:43:35 GMT -5
Courtesy of the NY TIMES: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses. *************************************************************************** Rather foolishly in hindsight, Hitler let Goering persuade him that Britain could be as easily taken as France (which fell in six weeks) and not only that, but the Luftwaffe alone could bring the Brits to terms. He reckoned without the backbone of the British people--and a bulldog of a man named Churchill. And unlike Pat Buchanan, I think THAT war was necessary. Yea, Pat Buchanan is to history what Mr. Falafel Lovin' Bull Snort is to journalism. Speaking of Pat Buchanan, he was telling a story fondly on Morning Joe today about how he had caddied for Richard Nixon and some general, and when they were done, he got a 50 cent tip. Big laugh at what lousy tippers they were. This must have been many years ago, showing how long he's been licking boots for republicans ... and liking it. |
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 11, 2008 11:44:15 GMT -5
 Anniversary of the famed Burr-Hamilton duel. The above is a contemporary woodcut or engraving of the confrontation. That tiresome broad Fairweather wrote a blog about it at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. Hopefully she has no readers who wrote theses on the duel--or any crazed neocons, for that matter. |
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Post by rory on Jul 11, 2008 11:53:39 GMT -5
Anniversary of the famed Burr-Hamilton duel. The above is a contemporary woodcut or engraving of the confrontation. That tiresome broad Fairweather wrote a blog about it at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. Hopefully she has no readers who wrote theses on the duel--or any crazed neocons, for that matter. Isn't crazed neocons redundant? Anyway, a little fun on the subject: youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9Y |
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Post by moonstone on Jul 11, 2008 13:01:22 GMT -5
Oh, yeah? Well, that might be the first "got milk" ad, but here, without a doubt is the best milk ad ever ....  #4 -- Forever!! |
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 11, 2008 13:18:17 GMT -5
Anniversary of the famed Burr-Hamilton duel. The above is a contemporary woodcut or engraving of the confrontation. That tiresome broad Fairweather wrote a blog about it at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. Hopefully she has no readers who wrote theses on the duel--or any crazed neocons, for that matter. Isn't crazed neocons redundant? Anyway, a little fun on the subject: youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9YY'know, you're right, Rory.  But then, sane neocons are an oxymoron. ;D |
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Post by Laura on Jul 11, 2008 18:29:51 GMT -5
Anniversary of the famed Burr-Hamilton duel. The above is a contemporary woodcut or engraving of the confrontation. That tiresome broad Fairweather wrote a blog about it at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. Hopefully she has no readers who wrote theses on the duel--or any crazed neocons, for that matter. Beautiful engraving Katie. Such detail. LOL! I hope Fairweather is not a crazed anything as that would put you in danger for calling her a tiresome broad ;D Thanks for a laugh I was much needing today. Hugs. |
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 11, 2008 18:42:16 GMT -5
Fortunately I think Fairweather approves of me--
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 21, 2008 14:40:43 GMT -5
Not one of Tennessee's prouder moments:
On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
About the best one can say about it is that A) it featured two of the finest legal minds and orators of the day as opposing counsel--William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense--and B) formed the basis for the 1955 Broadway drama INHERIT THE WIND--best known for the 1960 movie version starring Spencer Tracy and Frederic March.
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Post by g1 on Jul 27, 2008 13:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 27, 2008 16:03:40 GMT -5
A lot of things happened on this date down the centuries: In 1214, troops commanded by Philip II Augustus of France defeated King John of England at the Battle of Bouvines. (The drama that was the basis of THE LION IN WINTER playing out to the bitter end.) In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, the fanatical French revolutionary responsible for the worst of the "Terror" of that failure, was arrested. He attempted suicide but lived through the attempt and died on the guillotine. In 1953, the Korean War ended with an armistice that was signed by the U.S., China and North Korea. Syngman Rhee, the South Korean leader, refused to sign but agreed to abide by the terms of the armistice. However, as far as I'm concerned, this is the most important event to occur on July 27th, EVER: 1940 - The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.  |
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Post by Laura on Jul 27, 2008 17:58:13 GMT -5
A lot of things happened on this date down the centuries: In 1214, troops commanded by Philip II Augustus of France defeated King John of England at the Battle of Bouvines. (The drama that was the basis of THE LION IN WINTER playing out to the bitter end.) In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, the fanatical French revolutionary responsible for the worst of the "Terror" of that failure, was arrested. He attempted suicide but lived through the attempt and died on the guillotine. In 1953, the Korean War ended with an armistice that was signed by the U.S., China and North Korea. Syngman Rhee, the South Korean leader, refused to sign but agreed to abide by the terms of the armistice. However, as far as I'm concerned, this is the most important event to occur on July 27th, EVER: 1940 - The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. Yes indeed the most important event was the introduction of Bugs Bunny. My goodness without Bugs one of my favorite words "maroon" would have never been invented. ;D |
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Post by Fairweather on Jul 30, 2008 11:22:26 GMT -5
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters. *************************************************************************** Shameless self-promotion alert: I bring this up because Fairweather just posted part II of a projected four part series about the sinking of USS INDIANAPOLIS. Should you be interested, check in at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. |
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Post by Krista on Jul 30, 2008 11:45:26 GMT -5
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters. *************************************************************************** Shameless self-promotion alert: I bring this up because Fairweather just posted part II of a projected four part series about the sinking of USS INDIANAPOLIS. Should you be interested, check in at fairweatherlewis.blogstream.com. I know this will come as a huge shock to y'all, but there is a monument to the USS INDIANPOLIS on the grounds of the American Legion Mall downtown Indy. |
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Post by rory on Jul 30, 2008 11:49:03 GMT -5
I think of the Indianapolis and I think of the scene in "Jaws" where Robert Shaw talks about being one of the survivors...I still get chills.
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Post by Krista on Aug 1, 2008 11:35:07 GMT -5
One year ago today (August 1) was the bridge collapse in Minnesota.
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Post by Krista on Aug 6, 2008 8:47:46 GMT -5
On this date (August 6) in 1945, we dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Hiroshima, Japan. J. Robert Oppenheimer was quoted as saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, thank goodness it wasn't a dud.
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Post by Fairweather on Aug 6, 2008 10:32:01 GMT -5
On this date (August 6) in 1945, we dropped the atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Hiroshima, Japan. J. Robert Oppenheimer was quoted as saying, and I'm paraphrasing here, thank goodness it wasn't a dud. I like the one from the Bhagavad Gita better: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. In 1989 CBS did a miniseries about the Manhattan Project in which gorgeous David Strathairn played Oppenheimer. Up until then I never had had any great interest in the bomb project, although I had seen pictures from the exhibit UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, artwork by survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (which had inspired a U2 song)--After watching that I read Richard Rhodes's book THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. The physics which necessarily form part of the book went straight over my head, but the personalities of those working on the Manhattan Project were fascinating--and the enormity of the project sobering not merely for the times but because we know how the story inevitably led on to the Cold War, nuclear proliferation, and the squabble the world still engages in over who should and shouldn't have nukes--most recently in Iran. |
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Post by Fairweather on Aug 8, 2008 10:37:25 GMT -5
On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.
Courtesy of the NY TIMES--
I remember that day vividly--in part because I had my first migraine--possibly caused by stress because I was so totally freaked out. I was thirteen and NOTHING like that had ever happened in our history before--so what did it mean for our country?
How were we to know that within thirty years we'd have a crew in office who made the Watergate thugs look like choirboys?
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Post by Laura on Aug 8, 2008 10:45:00 GMT -5
On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal. Courtesy of the NY TIMES-- I remember that day vividly--in part because I had my first migraine--possibly caused by stress because I was so totally freaked out. I was thirteen and NOTHING like that had ever happened in our history before--so what did it mean for our country? How were we to know that within thirty years we'd have a crew in office who made the Watergate thugs look like choirboys? How ironic is that Katie? I remember that day well. Never in my life would I think Nixon would look 'good' compared to the criminals now occupying the WH. Hard to believe. |
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Post by Fairweather on Aug 8, 2008 14:40:42 GMT -5
Another goody: Edison patented his first big invention on this date in 1876: www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0808?npu=1&mbid=yhpThe mimeograph machine, the humble progenitor of the ink jet, laser, dot matrix and Xerox printers we have today. I wonder occasionally what Edison would make of our modern inventions. Would he be impressed with them, or would he be working out ways to improve them? |
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Post by Laura on Aug 8, 2008 16:02:32 GMT -5
Another goody: Edison patented his first big invention on this date in 1876: www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0808?npu=1&mbid=yhpThe mimeograph machine, the humble progenitor of the ink jet, laser, dot matrix and Xerox printers we have today. I wonder occasionally what Edison would make of our modern inventions. Would he be impressed with them, or would he be working out ways to improve them? I remember a mimeograph machine. We had one in Jr. High. If I recall the ink was purple. As for Edison thoughts about our modern inventions. I suppose as an inventor he'd want to improve upon them and he would most likely be impressed with them too. |
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Post by Fairweather on Aug 22, 2008 11:51:12 GMT -5
You gotta hand it to that Teddy Roosevelt. He was a WILD man:
On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to take a public automobile ride.
Again, courtesy of the NY TIMES.
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Post by Fairweather on Aug 23, 2008 11:32:02 GMT -5
Today's "this day in history" is sobering to me because it ties in with something I watched on TV last night:
On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
It may sound strange, but last night I was watching a special on Travel Channel of all places about the 1692 Salem witch trials. Now it's axiomatic that parallels can be drawn between 1692 Salem and the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, largely thanks to Arthur Miller and THE CRUCIBLE, which was written during that latter period.
But one could also regard the Sacco and Vanzetti case in the same light--two men, foreign by birth, anarchist by political persuasion, caught in the midst of a nativist backlash, made an example of in a time when the KKK reached its greatest influence and was against everything that wasn't "white American"--
Welcome to a post 9/11 world--all over again. The thing I learned about history back when I studied it in college is that while circumstances change, human nature doesn't. Is the Bush administration, in its insistence on its right to hold men at Gitmo without charges indefinitely, and to put them to death or imprison them for life if they ever do try them, any different from Judge Webster Thayer, who wanted to execute Sacco and Vanzetti for no better reason than that they were "anarchist ba*stards" to him?
Don't sound that different to me.
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Post by moonstone on Aug 23, 2008 18:35:42 GMT -5
Today's "this day in history" is sobering to me because it ties in with something I watched on TV last night: On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. It may sound strange, but last night I was watching a special on Travel Channel of all places about the 1692 Salem witch trials. Now it's axiomatic that parallels can be drawn between 1692 Salem and the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, largely thanks to Arthur Miller and THE CRUCIBLE, which was written during that latter period. But one could also regard the Sacco and Vanzetti case in the same light--two men, foreign by birth, anarchist by political persuasion, caught in the midst of a nativist backlash, made an example of in a time when the KKK reached its greatest influence and was against everything that wasn't "white American"-- Welcome to a post 9/11 world--all over again. The thing I learned about history back when I studied it in college is that while circumstances change, human nature doesn't. Is the Bush administration, in its insistence on its right to hold men at Gitmo without charges indefinitely, and to put them to death or imprison them for life if they ever do try them, any different from Judge Webster Thayer, who wanted to execute Sacco and Vanzetti for no better reason than that they were "anarchist ba*stards" to him? Don't sound that different to me. I loved THE CRUCIBLE. What makes it different from Sacco and Vanzetti? Not so much, unfortunately. Same thing for Anne Boleyn's trial. But at least Salim Hamdan got an apology from the judge. So, maybe things ARE changing. |
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