From the Internet Archive: Epstein's little black book, unredacted; the 3.5% rule; Trump's hand; grunge and earwax
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From the Internet Archive: Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book, unredacted. (This is the text version, which is searchable.) And here’s snopes.com’s research on the matter.
Too hot for booze? | Trump’s hand | Epstein intrigue continues | The Coca-Cola distraction. (Video)
Coca-Cola defends corn syrup after Trump claims he struck cane sugar deal. You mean Trump lied? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
The Wall Street lie that jacked up your electricity bill. (Video)
What is the 3.5% protest rule and what does it mean for the US? TLDR: It is claimed that if 3.5% of a population protests against a regime, the regime will fail.
Fuzzy, Large, And Very Old: Everything We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. For a moment I thought they were talking about me.
Russ Vought: Appropriations process ‘has to be less bipartisan’. This is an autocracy, you know.
For Ira: Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law. President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities.
Scientists report an unexpected accumulation of radioactive material in the Pacific Ocean.
Brain cells keep growing even in old age, study finds. TLDR: But not in everyone.
How to clean keyboard grunge, earwax in earphones and screen smudges. TLDR: Try everything, but 90% isopropyl alcohol is your best bet.
Quote of the Day:
The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now- with somebody- and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. (on September 12, 2001).
--Hunter S. Thompson (Wikipedia link)
(More Hunter S. Thompson quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Insurance Nerd Day, National Caviar Day, National Sour Candy Day, National Tropical Fruit Day, Nelson Mandela International Day, Perfect Family Day, and World Listening Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2013 – The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
1992 – A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
1976 – Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. (Video)
1969 – Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off bridge at Chappaquiddick Island
1942 – The Germans test flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
1940 – FDR nominated for unprecedented third term.
1925 – Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf.
1870 – The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1980 – Kristen Bell, American actress
1967 – Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Wendy Williams, American talk show host
1951 – Margo Martindale, American actress
1950 – Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
1947 – Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
1941 – Martha Reeves, American singer and politician (Video)
1940 – James Brolin, American actor
1939 – Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Video)
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
1929 – Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (died 2025)
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1913 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died 1997)
1911 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1909 – Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (died 1994)
1906 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)
1902 – Jessamyn West, American author (died 1984)
1902 – Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)
1895 – Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (died 1954)
1843 – Virgil Earp, American marshal (died 1905)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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