Lying as a skill, warp bubbles, Mitch Hedberg, wearing black, and Top 40 cannibalism.
It's also Abe Vigoda's birthday (but he's still dead.)
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
The Trump/Musk firehose of folly continues, and it’s impossible to review all but the most egregious outrages here. The Associated Press, NBC, Aljazeera, and The Guardian are my masochistic picks for keeping up to date. Frankly, it’s a bit exhausting, but what the heck- knock yinzselves out.
Key to Trump’s success: knack for habitual lying. (NY Times gift article.) “Mr. Trump has long been unfettered by truth when it comes to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed “alternative facts” in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world.”
Here’s an example of what the Musk chainsaw is doing to a dedicated veteran and public servant.
Warp drive may be achievable sooner than expected. Not soon enough. Scotty, get us out of here…
3.9 billion passwords stolen- what you need to know. (You’re screwed.)
A psychologist explains what it means when a person wears a lot of black clothes. (In my case, it means I don’t waste time picking out clothes in the morning. And I’m fat.)
NASA supercomputer reveals strange spiral structure at the edge of our solar system. The Oort cloud has swirlies.
Dolphins talk to themselves. (“Goddam barnacles….“)
Aggressive baby names are 'alarming' experts. “Many of these names first appeared on the baby name charts in the 2000s, including Wesson, Caliber, Shooter and Trigger.” Of course, none can surpass Flip Wilson’s Geraldine character’s boyfriend: Killer.
Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings.
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KGB Quote of the Day: Chester W. Nimitz
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”
--Chester W. Nimitz (Wikipedia link).
(More Chester Nimitz quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Among other things, today is- in no particular order of importance-
National Tortilla Chip Day, National Trading Card Day, Twin Peaks Day, and World Bartender Day.
Quotes by or about persons born on this date (Click on link after name for quotes):
1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2024)
1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (d. 2011)
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
Other birthdays:
1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter, original director of The Wizard of Oz (d. 1991)
1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
1922 – Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1947 – Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright, writer of “Escape” (The Piña Colada Song) and “Timothy”, the first Top 40 single “and probably the finest song about cannibalism ever written.”
1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer.
On This Day:
1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States established the principle of judicial review.
1863 – Arizona was organized as a United States territory.
1868 – Andrew Johnson became the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He was acquitted in the Senate.
1920 – The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive was halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recaptured the citadel of Hué.
1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops crossed the Saudi Arabian border and entered Iraq, beginning the ground phase of the war.
2008 – Fidel Castro retired as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remained head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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