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G'morning! This is (DAMN!) Monday, the 10th of September, 2007
Somewhere up yonder…
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
- - - Arnold Palmer
On this day in...
• 1419 - John the (foolishly) Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
• 1608 - John Smith (which one?) is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy.
• 1798 - At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
• 1813 - The U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
• 1823 - Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
• 1846 - Elias Howe gets a patent for the sewing machine.
• 1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
• 1897 - In the Lattimer Massacre, a sheriff's posse kills more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
• 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• 1919 - Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
• 1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905.
• 1932 - The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
• 1939 - World War II: The submarine HMAS Oxley is sunk by mistake by the submarine HMS Triton off the coast of Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
• 1939 - Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia in the Allies.
• 1942 - World War II: The British carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
• 1943 - World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
• 1951 - United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran.
• 1961 - At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, a horrific crash on the 2nd lap of the race causes the death of German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari.
• 1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
• 1967 - The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
• 1972 - The United States loses its first international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
• 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• 1976 - A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
• 1977 - Last execution by Guillotine in France. Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, was executed at Baumettes Prison in Marseille.
• 1987 - At his residence in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden launches al Qaeda.
• 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa and perhaps the world – is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
• 2002 - Switzerland, known for its neutrality, joins the United Nations.
• 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is stabbed fatally while shopping, and dies of her wounds on September 11.
When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.
- - - Charles Kuralt
Here’s the birthday bunch!!!
1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk
publisher: the Funk of Funk and Wagnalls dictionary; died Apr 4, 1912
1914 - Robert Wise
Academy Award-winning director: The Sound of Music [1965], West Side Story [1961]; Two for the Seesaw, The Andromeda Strain, Star Trek: The Motion Picture; died Sep 14, 2005
1915 - Edmond O’Brien
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Academy Award-winning actor: The Barefoot Contessa [1954]; Seven Days in May, Birdman of Alcatraz, Fantastic Voyage, Pete Kelly’s Blues, The Long Hot Summer; died May 9, 1985
1929 - Arnold Palmer
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golf champion: 1st million $ winner; Masters Champion: [1958, 1960, 1962, 1964], U.S. Open [1960], British Open [1961, 1962]
1934 - Charles Kuralt
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journalist: CBS News, On the Road with Charles Kuralt, Sunday Morning; died July 4, 1997
1934 - Roger (Eugene) Maris (Maras)
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baseball: Cleveland Indians, KC Athletics, NY Yankees [all-star: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962/World Series: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1960, 1961/AP Male Athlete of the Year: 1961], SL Cardinals [World Series: 1967, 1968; died Dec 14, 1985
1942 - Danny Hutton
singer: group: Three Dog Night: One, Easy to be Hard, Eli’s Coming, Mama Told Me [Not to Come], Joy to the World, Black & White, Shambala
1945 - Jose Feliciano
Grammy Award-winning singer: Best New Artist [1968]; Light My Fire, Feliz Navidad, musician: guitar, songwriter: theme for Chico and the Man
1946 - James Hines
National Track & Field Hall of Famer: 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist: [100 meters-9.9; 4x100 relay anchor-38.2]; football: Miami Dolphins
1947 - Larry Nelson
golf champion: U.S. Open [1983], PGA [1981, 1987]
1948 - Judy Geeson
actress: To Sir with Love, Danger UXB, The Eagle Has Landed
1948 - Bob Lanier
Basketball Hall of Famer: Detroit Pistons: 8 time NBA All-Star; Milwaukee Bucks; heads ad agency, Bob Lanier Enterprises
1948 - Margaret Trudeau (Sinclair)
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author: Beyond Reason; Canada’s 1st Lady - wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau [1968-1979]
1949 - Bill O'Reilly
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uh…Americon…er, j..urinalist and, oh yes, commentinflatulator, is thrust upon us.
1950 - Joe Perry
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musician: guitar: group: Joe Perry Project; Aerosmith: LPs: Toys in the Attic, Rocks
1953 - Amy Irving
actress: Yentl, Crossing Delancy, The Competition, Benefit of the Doubt, Carrie, Honeysuckle Rose; singing voice of Jessica Rabbit: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1956 - Johnnie Fingers (Moylett)
musician: keyboards, singer: group: The Boomtown Rats: Looking After No. 1, She’s So Modern, Rat Trap, I Don’t Like Mondays, Banana Republic
1958 - Chris Columbus
director: Nine Months, Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone series, Only the Lonely, Heartbreak Hotel, Adventures in Babysitting
1960 - Colin Firth
actor: Pride and Prejudice, Circle of Friends, Hostages, The Advocate, Valmont, Apartment Zero, The Secret Garden, Another Country
Out In The Country…Three Dog Night
Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Whenever I feel them closing in on me
Or need a bit of room to move
When life becomes too fast, I find relief at last
Out in the country
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime...
I stand alone...
Here’s a bit of my vacation…(Very very strange to wake up in a house one's lived for 15+ years and be totally confused as to where one is... After two outta three weeks away, and amidst a vacation like dream, I stood looking at all the little lights here & there & thought, "where the hell am I?!?". )![[Linked Image from img.photobucket.com]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0706.jpg) ![[Linked Image from img.photobucket.com]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0713.jpg) ![[Linked Image from img.photobucket.com]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0718.jpg) [img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0746.jpg[/img] [img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0749.jpg[/img][img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0751.jpg[/img] [img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0761.jpg[/img] [img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0781.jpg[/img][img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/coonrs/sept0782.jpg[/img]
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Good opener.
I need to post here more often.
Hello Towanda. Still lurking I see...
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Here’s a bit of my vacation…(Very very strange to wake up in a house one's lived for 15+ years and be totally confused as to where one is... After two outta three weeks away, and amidst a vacation like dream, I stood looking at all the little lights here & there & thought, "where the hell am I?!?". ) This house of which you speak, do you mean the one you grew up in, or the one where you currently reside? Great piccys ![[Linked Image from i48.photobucket.com]](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/ca_rickf/Smilies/thumbs.gif)
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Morning all. Happy Monday! Such as it is. Today I get to disinfect my neighbor's computer. She had a weekend house-sitter who apparently decided to invite a friend over who apparently decided to download porn. I will be adding password protection as well. ![[Linked Image from aximsite.com]](http://www.aximsite.com/boards/images/smilies/azz.gif) Nice starter for the day, Bob. The "Up Yonder" photo is not so spectacular, but I hope my fellow Ranters will take the time to read the text, because it offers some startling thoughts for the day. The earliest galaxies in the universe? A lack of old stars? And the underlying concept that we are viewing events that happened ten billion years ago. Fascinating. Tropical Storm Gabrielle roughed things up a bit Down East last night. How's it hanging in Manteo, 2Wins? Here in the Southern App's, you'd never know a storm had struck the coast. That's because the coast is over four hundred miles away. North Carolina is a big state.
Steve Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
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Here’s a bit of my vacation… So where did you go BC? I thought you had mentioned Florida and that bridge looks like one I traveled in Tampa area; but there are no hills in Florida??? I'm confused. Great morning all. I saw on the news that even as the surf was hitting NC, there were people still in the water playing. It looks as if it is going to be a great day in NorAl although we still very much need rain. Kathy
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• 1897 - In the Lattimer Massacre, a sheriff's posse kills more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
• 1977 - Last execution by Guillotine in France. Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, was executed at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. COINCIDENCE? I think NOT! “We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook. We may yearn for a 'higher answer'--but none exists.”
-- Stephen J. Gould from the Church of Ineffable Stupidity: a) IraqNam I seem to recall President Bush promising that the instant that the Iraqi people wanted us to leave, we would leave. BBC News. US surge has failed - Iraqi poll. The survey by the BBC, ABC News and NHK of more than 2,000 people across Iraq also suggests that nearly 60% see attacks on US-led forces as justified.
This rises to 93% among Sunni Muslims compared to 50% for Shia.
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The poll suggests that the overall mood in Iraq is as negative as it has been since the US-led invasion in 2003, says BBC world affairs correspondent Nick Childs. - - - b) FUTBOL DAZE When Chicago papers compare favorably an impotent Pee Wee Herman to the Chicago Bears Offense, you know that the natives are restless. - - - c) Political gaffs Neither party's nominees are immune from chewing on their ankle bones, then opening their mouths. . . . No, wait, the other way around. Mitt Romney offers his blessing this weekened, just days after claiming that trying to catch bin Laden "was not worth it". Romney calls bin Laden a delusional 'face of evil.' - - - d) IraqNam reporting. McClatchy Papers' reporters have been banned from flights with the Secretary of Defense, in part due to doing real investigative reporting. Juan Cole has collected some recent snippets. "Civilian deaths haven't decreased in any significant way across the country, according to statistics from the Iraqi Interior Ministry, and numbers gathered by McClatchy Newspapers show no consistent downward trend even in Baghdad, despite military assertions to the contrary. The military has provided no hard numbers to back the claim. . ."
"There was never a good war or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin
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d) IraqNam reporting. McClatchy Papers' reporters have been banned from flights with the Secretary of Defense, in part due to doing real investigative reporting. Juan Cole has collected some recent snippets. "Civilian deaths haven't decreased in any significant way across the country, according to statistics from the Iraqi Interior Ministry, and numbers gathered by McClatchy Newspapers show no consistent downward trend even in Baghdad, despite military assertions to the contrary. The military has provided no hard numbers to back the claim. . ." Here in the Bay Area, McClatchy Newspaper group owns several of our local papers. Additionally, Osama bin Ladin reads Juan Cole and likes what he says according to Faux Newz's Sean "Heil" Hannity who quick to make this point after having viewed Osama's most recent video.
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from the church of Ineffable Stupidity: a Seattle based company called Bag Borrow or Steal allows you to rent high priced bags (lady's handbags) for the weekend. our nation is in serious shape. here is the latest list of US deaths in IraqNam. 4062 09/10/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet U.S. Army Not reported yet Non-hostile - vehicle rollover (fire) Baghdad (East of) Not reported yet Not reported yet US
4061 09/09/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet U.S. Army Task Force Lightning Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack Kirkuk Not reported yet Not reported yet US
4060 09/09/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet U.S. Army Multi-National Division - Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire Baghdad (western part) Not reported yet Not reported yet US
4059 09/07/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet U.S. Marine Multi National Force-West Non-hostile Al Anbar Province Not reported yet Not reported yet US
4058 09/07/07 Hilbert, Thomas L. Specialist 20 U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Mosul Venus Texas US
4057 09/07/07 Hernandez, Jason J. Specialist 21 U.S. Army 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Reg, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack it now appears as though seven soldiers died today.
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from the church of Ineffable Stupidity:
a Seattle based company called Bag Borrow or Steal allows you to rent high priced bags (lady's handbags) for the weekend.
our nation is in serious shape. a bag, is a bag, is a bag.....but I guess for those that have too much income, there is nothing worse than an "old bag." Smiles, Kathy Stories about things like this make me wonder about whether we really are in the last twelve pages of the Christian Scriptures. I always said Beanie Babies were God's message that "we" had way too much money and time to waste.
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