Highlights of this day in history: Ferdinand Magellan begins his attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The Papal States were taken over by Italian troops, leading to the unification of Italy. Hugo Chavez speaks at the UN. Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes.
Other notable September 20th events include:
1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1633 – Galileo Galilei is tried before the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.
1881 – Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
1891 – The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
1967 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
1979 – Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
Pi Guy is in the house. Taking over duties?
ReplyDeleteW0000t!!11!! History rocks.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably an auto-post. :-/
ReplyDeleteOkay now...tell me the truth...can I trust you guys to behave?
Figured I had better say hi to Pi Guy before bailing.
ReplyDeleteNight all.
Goodnight, DEZ! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi littleoldlady Shana Tova, again. :)
ReplyDeleteChester Arthur! I forgot all about him!
ReplyDeleteHiya Phil :-) Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteChester Arthur sponsored the International Meridian Conference!
ReplyDeleteSet the prime meridian at Greenwhich.
Who could forget that?
/ ;-P
PIMF.
ReplyDeleteGreenwich.
Saw my friend today between synagogue today and family dinner. Took Nietzsche and Suka, her sister's dog, for a long walk. Suka is a husky golden retriever mix. She dwarfs Nietzsche. LOL
ReplyDeleteJCM,
ReplyDeleteWell *I* could!
/which part of littleOLDlady isn't clear? ;-)
My Roxanne is a Husky, Chow and Lab mix. NOT a big dog.
ReplyDelete/FAST though ;-)
littleoldlady
ReplyDeleteLOL!
You're forever young!
lol: you are still young at heart.
ReplyDeleteJCM,
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the internet! ;-) And you, too, for saying that!
Phil,
ReplyDeleteThanks.
/what JCM said was better, though
;-)
Okay, gentlemen...I'll leave you in charge here.
ReplyDeleteIf I don't get to sleep soon there may not be fruitcup in the am.
See you on the other side!
'Night, Phil! :-)
'Night, JCM! :-)
'Night, Gracie! :-)
I am sorry lol, but I am getting up there in my years as well. I know this because my brain can't make my body do things that I used to. :)
ReplyDeleteNight littleoldlady.
ReplyDeleteNight, littleoldlady!
ReplyDeleteI'm here.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was an auto-post. I had to step out for groceries, but I think I can watch a little while.
Arr, matey, why be no one talking like a pirate?
ReplyDeletePi Guy
ReplyDeleteArr, matey, accordin' to ye old Pirate namer ye be Cannon Balls Radley!
Pi Guy: We got it all out of our system in the Liberty Pub. Lots of pirate music, talk, and such. Handy that we had the Bar Wench presiding.
ReplyDelete/that nick just screams talk like a pirate. :)
That may be, but that makes you Shoutin' Elmer Cutty!
ReplyDeleteArrr, be you jilting the cut of me jib there matey?
ReplyDeletePi Guy: We got it all out of our system in the Liberty Pub. Lots of pirate music, talk, and such. Handy that we had the Bar Wench presiding.
ReplyDelete/that nick just screams talk like a pirate. :)
OK, as the day winds down, we'll shorten things. Now it's Talk like a Pi day!
Hey y'all - this is realwest - TypePad has given me a number and taken away my name!
ReplyDeleteHow is everyone doing tonight?
Shorten things up?
ReplyDelete3!
Pi Guy: ROFLMAO. The scary part is I understood it. :)))
ReplyDeleteHey RW!
ReplyDeleteHow ya' doing this fine evening!
Hey there JCM - I'm doing ok, a little bit tired, but otherwise ok!
ReplyDeleteSay did y'all see my comment on your thread out here tonight (I went to your blog and read the whole thing - just wonderful; but I didn't even know you had a blog!)?
I have my suspicions about JCM's real identity now...
ReplyDeletePi Guy
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO!
You won't tell anyone else will you?
Thanks RW.
ReplyDeleteI don't use it much, but on occasion I have a little something to say.
You won't tell anyone else will you?
ReplyDeleteI think I just did.
Hey there Pi Guy - don't know how to tell you that, but your link, when clicked upon, brought up two items: one was a cartoon of Homer Simpson and the other was a "WARNING-NORTON INTERNET SECURITY HAS DETECTED A VIRUS OR OTHER INFECTION ON THIS SITE"
ReplyDeleteI see nothing, I hear nothing....
ReplyDeleteHey there Pi Guy - don't know how to tell you that, but your link, when clicked upon, brought up two items: one was a cartoon of Homer Simpson and the other was a "WARNING-NORTON INTERNET SECURITY HAS DETECTED A VIRUS OR OTHER INFECTION ON THIS SITE"
ReplyDeleteYep, YTMND.com has had more than its share of problems.
When in doubt, avoid sites like that.
It's just a picture of Professor Frink yelling "Pi is exactly 3!"
Pi Guy
ReplyDeleteUh, oh....... they'll know where I am.....
;-)
I see nothing, I hear nothing....
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha!
*SNORT*
LOL! Well for all y'all who've never seen it, here is a GREAT political cartoon from Day by Day (and if I knew how to post links on here, that's what I'd do) but it's worth opening another window and putting this in the url!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
To Boldly Wear What No Dog Wants to Wear
ReplyDeleteWhere the hell was PETA to stop this depraved pet dressing travesty?
/bad dog owner, very bad!
Hey JCM - y'all ought to do more writing - and YES I'm serious (I mean, after all you DO have all that free time, doncha?!) that was really an excellent piece of work!
ReplyDeleteEvery so often, Chris Muir is in rare form. The September 20th edition of Day By Day just mentioned by realwest/6p00 is one of those times!
ReplyDeleteRW,
ReplyDeleteLOL! Kinda hard to market old fashioned Marxism......
Where the hell was PETA to stop this depraved pet dressing travesty?
ReplyDeleteDelta quadrant, where PETA always is.
;)
Hey there eatitorwearit ! Whoever did that to that poor dog............I mean, at least a Death Star wouldn't have been so bad!
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing this evening?
Oh and btw, this is realwest!
RW,
ReplyDeleteThanks, needs a little clean up still.....
PETA is busy protesting throwing dead fish at Pike Place Market.
ReplyDeleteAnd hey y'all - for those of you unfamiliar with Day By Day, go on up to Pi Guys link to the September 20th edition in numer, ah, well, a couple comments above, and hit previous and go back a week or so, then just hit next and next until y'all get to September 20th. It's available ONLY online and word has it that Rahm Emmanuel is NOT pleased with it! LOL!
ReplyDeleteUh, say, where'd everyone go?
ReplyDeleteI'm here.
ReplyDeleteI think you have everyone looking at Day By Day!
Still here......
ReplyDeleteDistracted, thinking of bed.
ReplyDeleteWhew, for a minute there, I thought I was talking to myself!
ReplyDeleteAnd hey Pi Guy, since this is Today in History, perhaps we could add the following (courtesy of Wiki):
1378 – Papal Schism: Unhappy with Pope Urban VI (pictured), a group of cardinals started a rival papacy with the election of Antipope Clement VII, throwing the Roman Catholic Church into turmoil.
1854 – The Crimean War began with a Franco-British victory over Russian forces at the Battle of Alma near the River Alma in Crimea.
1870 – The Bersaglieri entered Rome, ending the temporal power of the Pope and completing the unification of Italy.
Hey PaladinPhil - is that thinking of bed as in sleeping or in joining someone who's been waiting for you?!
ReplyDelete1870 – The Bersaglieri entered Rome, ending the temporal power of the Pope and completing the unification of Italy.
ReplyDeleteI covered that. It's in both the linked video, and in the highlights:
Highlights of this day in history: Ferdinand Magellan begins his attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The Papal States were taken over by Italian troops, leading to the unification of Italy. Hugo Chavez speaks at the UN. Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes.
Hey JCM, y'all said "Kinda hard to market old fashioned Marxism......" which IS true. OTOH, today in America,it's easier than it has been since the Great Depression!
ReplyDeleteOr as my friend Desert Sage would say "Lefty just wants everything for free!"
real: going to bed by myself to sleep. No one to join tonight. Besides if there was someone else around, I wouldn't be here. :)
ReplyDeleteRW,
ReplyDeleteYep,
Just wait till they see the cost of all the free stuff....
Well shoot Pi Guy, I apologize, I just didn't see it there!
ReplyDeleteSorry!
BTW, the Billie Jean King "event" was,as far as tennis matches go, a farce didn't you think?
I mean Bobby Riggs did what he ALWAYS did best, con folks into paying him money for not doing much.
PaladinPhil - I know what y'all mean - there ain't anyone here either, and I'm contemplating going to bed myself!
ReplyDeleteWhen those letters that the handicap acces wheelchair figure start making sense to you, it may be time to go to bed! LOL!
realwest said....
ReplyDeleteWhen those letters that the handicap acces wheelchair figure start making sense to you, it may be time to go to bed! LOL!
heck, those things make sense to me most of the time. trouble is that I am playing scramble with them...
G'Night, Phil!
ReplyDeleteBTW, the Billie Jean King "event" was,as far as tennis matches go, a farce didn't you think?
I mean Bobby Riggs did what he ALWAYS did best, con folks into paying him money for not doing much.
I think it was largely meant for fun, but was an iconic moment, nonetheless.
Well JCM, see that's a problem right there. Most of the Left Elites who are pushing for the government (that means taxpayers!) to hand out "free stuff" are pretty damn rich themselves, thereby carrying the Left/Democratic meme to it' logical conclussion: We got ours, screw you.I mean Sen. Kerry and Speaker Pelosi are two of the very richest folks in Government (and at $1.67 billion bucks, net worth, Kerry's kinda up there with all the rich folks who aren't in government) and they ALREADY own their luxury homes, second and third homes, have no worries about health care (nevermind their money on this, the taxpayers give congresscritters the absolute BEST health care insurance (and care) on the planet)retirement,putting kids through college, making the next mortgage/rent payments and the like. And THEY are the ones who are gonna RAVAGE the middle class and the INCOMES of the rich (they say) to give Lefty all that free stuff.
ReplyDeleteFrom Gateway Pundit: Obama Foreign Policy Advisor Calls For US to Shoot Down Israeli Jets
ReplyDeleteOn Rosh Hashanah, no less.
*rolling eyes*
RW,
ReplyDeleteWe have a professional political class almost an oligarchy. They exempt themselves from the very laws they hold us too. Then you have trash like Rangel who should be in jail and he sits as chair on the most powerful committee in the House (Ways and Means). Pelosi writes exemption into wage laws for her husbands business, Reid plays real estate games.
But you know who the problem is?
You and I, we're the racists for opposing Obama, we're inciting violence, we're the ones who don't want change.
Yep, that's the climate we live in. Criminals in charge, and the ones speaking out are the problem.
*spit*
Pi,
ReplyDeleteLike I said earlier. Ziggy had a big piece of getting us into the Iran mess when he advised Rabbit Bait. He's got a piece of screwing up the mideast, why the F* anyone listens to that turd is beyond me.
Well I am off to bed now. Can't think of anything more to say. Weet dreams all and see you tomorrow possibly.
ReplyDeleteSleep well, Phil!
ReplyDeleteHey Pi Guy - I can't believe that even Obama would take Zbigniew Brzezinski on as a foreign policy advisor. I mean, really. Aside from Obama's professed desire (while campaigning anyway) for hope and change and to do away with the "Beltway culture" most of his "advisors" were either from Chicago (Rahm Emmanuel) or from the Clinton Administration
ReplyDelete(Leon Panetta and of course Hillary) why the hell would he reach back in time to grab onto
Zbigniew Brzezinski - the guy who let Khomeni come back into power, take over our embassy, have Jimmy Carter immediately take the military option off the table to get our hostages back and then approve that truly poorly conceived and carried out "rescue" mission (through no fault of the brave US Troops who were there) when Carter looked like he was gonna get his head handed to him by Reagan - come in as a Security or Foreign Policy advisor? I mean this seriously - what the hell did Brzezinski EVER get CORRECT?!
I'm telling ya, while I don't think US troops would mutiny or anything like that, I do think that any order for the US to shoot down Israeli aircraft would be met with the worst political meltdown in history.
And , with all due respect, it dosn't really matter about the Holiday it's the idea that suddenly American Jews who voted OVERWHELMINGLY for Obama are - I hope - going to be enraged at this idea much less OUTRAGED if it's carried out.
I'm out too.
ReplyDeleteOff to see grandma tomorrow catch ya'll sometime next week.
G'Nite JCM.
ReplyDeleteTo steal a line from littleoldlady, they're dropping like flies!
JCM - you're right about the fact that we have a professional political class almost an oligarchy. They exempt themselves from the very laws they hold us too.
ReplyDeleteBut WHAT THE HELL DOES IT TAKE for Americans to WAKE THE HELL UP?!? None of the things you've mentioned are "hidden away" (although I suppose if the MSM doesn't report on it - curious that, eh? - then it is hidden away.
And btw, iirc, Rangel is the Chairman of the House Ethics committee! And how many of Obama's appointment to cabinet level posts were in fact tax cheats and a lot who wouldn't accept a nomination to a cabinet level post were also tax cheats?
I honestly believe - especially if any of the five versions of healthcare now circulating are adopted, then by 2010 or 2011 at the absolute latest, the entire city of Washington D.C. won't be big enough to hold all of the "tea party" protestors.
Well I don't know if we're dropping like flies Pi Guy, but I'm definitely outta here - cripes it's going on 2:00AM!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great night/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
G'night, Realwest!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like CorrComm has been cleared out!
ReplyDeletePerfect timing! LOL
ReplyDeleteHi, Pi Guy...thanks for covering. Looks like there were some issues tonight. Good thing you were here.
And by the way, if you want to take the rest of the night off, do your thang. ; ) (We'll just shut it down overnight.)
ReplyDeleteI think I'll head on out.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're here.
Littleoldlady should be here for fruitcup, though!
I'm confused. Didn't Sugar Ray Leonard fight anyone on this date.....besides Helen Thomas?
ReplyDeleteGo Sugar Ray!
ReplyDeletePowerline: Sweden Slashes Income Taxes to Promote Job Growth
ReplyDeleteHow come they get it in Sweden, yet we seem to be going in the opposite direction?
ReplyDeleteBecause American progressives want to "progress" toward making America a third-world spithole. : )
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteBecause American progressives want to "progress" toward making America a third-world spithole. : )
RACIST!
/how long ago was the Washington "tea party", about two weeks?
Obama's lawyer dominates Democratic money machine
ReplyDeleteIn the heat of the 2008 Democratic primary campaign, when members of candidate Barack Obama's staff began to fret about the potential for illegal attempts to intimidate voters on Election Day in Nevada, the campaign's general counsel calmly told everyone on a staff conference call to settle down.
Don't worry, attorney Robert Bauer is said to have counseled. If necessary, the campaign will simply call the local authorities and have the opposition forces arrested.
That wasn't really Mr. Bauer's plan, of course. But the dose of bravado became such a rallying point, campaign staffers printed up T-shirt's with the quote, "We may have to have some people arrested" on the back. On the front it read, "I ♥ Bob Bauer."
/Moonie News
It was the 12th of September, Mr. EatIt. One week.
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