Highlights of this day in history: Congress OK's U.S. military force against Iraq; Former President Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize; Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court pick Clarence Thomas; Second Vatican Council opens; 'Saturday Night Live' premieres.
Other notable October 11th events include:
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1811 – Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1890 – In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1950 – Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1976 – George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
2000 – The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
2007 – The record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurs at 14,198.10 points.
Ah, this singular joy of being... first!
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ReplyDeleteWaking up to Robert Byrd sound bytes,that's just wrong...
Followed by Jimmah ?
Yer all under arrest!!!
Mornin' C2.
Spiegel has a hilarious (to me) photo gallery of Obama.
ReplyDelete"Road to Success" on his winning the No Bell.
I know you're all eating breakfast, so I won't link it.
Flipping through it, all I can envision is that old Wendys' commercial, Where's the Beef ?
Curious how the Nobel Committee gave Obama a Peace Prize for promising, in what was widely noted as an empty speech, to eliminated nuclear weapons. The president admitted the goal may not be reached in his lifetime, which implies it would not be entirely his won achievement. French President Sarkozy sounded the note of realism when he undecoriously pointed out to the naive Obama that while he was busy making pretty speeches, at least two states, North Korea & Iran, were busily building their won nuclear weapons.
ReplyDeleteNever mind reality, it's intentions that matter most to the Nobel Committee, even more than actual results. For if they cared more about results, then the committee should have given the Peace Prize to the US President who actually did reduce the greatest number of nuclear weapons in the world: George W. Bush.
http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/monitor/monj02j.html
Bush also rid the world of a medieval theocracy in Afghanistan & a nasty dictator when he liberated Iraq. Bush must also be credited with stopping the secret nuclear weapons program of Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi, and with breaking up the nuclear black market of A. Q. Khan. Bush did all this in concert with other nations and appropriate international organizations, when possible. Contrary to his reputation as a unilateralist who snubbed his nose at the UN, Bush only acted without the UN support when it was clear that a handful of corrupt governments were reluctant to help the US in a project that would upset their illegal profits. Russia and China were making a lot of money selling weapons to Iraq, in violation of a UN resolution, while a French oil company, Total-ELF, with its deep connections to the French government of the day, was poised to make billions on developing Iraq's oil fields as soon as they could figure a way around UN sanctions.
Obama got the Nobel Prize George W. Bush should have got.
Kenneth, was that 2002 arms reduction treaty w/ Russia ever ratified? I agree though, W already walked much of Obama's talk in that regard.
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ReplyDeleteGood Morning Sas and Kenneth, and everyone else. Quick drive by before we go to Mass. Looking forward to so great NFL today. I wonder what games are on in my area?
ReplyDeleteActually look at what Obama has accomplished since he took office.
ReplyDeleteHe's apologized a lot.
Russia is surging back into the old Soviet Bloc.
Iran is racing towards nukes.
Afghanistan is deteriorating, dust is getting thick on McChrystals request.
AQ is getting much more active in Pakistan.
Taliban now have a seat at the table.
BMD abandoned in Poland/Czech Republic.
Um, he's given out some interesting gifts..
Merkel pissed over the footdragging on the Opel deal.
Sarkozy is now the "hawk".
Yet he wins the No Bell.
I'm going back to bed.....
Morning ETR.
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Good morning C2 denizens!
ReplyDeleteAnother picture-perfect, sinshine-filled brisk autumn morning that's just begging for a long tour 'round the 'hood with Lil Miss and we'll do that right after brekkie. I think today calls for blueberry pancakes, bacon and I think I have a mango way back in my frigo willing to sacrifice itself for a good cause.
Life is good. :D
NFL.com
ReplyDeleteWeek 5 - Sunday games
CIN @ BAL 1:00 PM
CLE @ BUF 1:00 PM
WAS @ CAR 1:00 PM
PIT @ DET 1:00 PM
DAL @ KC 1:00 PM
OAK @ NYG 1:00 PM
TB @ PHI 1:00 PM
MIN @ STL 1:00 PM
ATL @ SF 4:05 PM
HOU @ ARI 4:15 PM
NE @ DEN 4:15 PM
JAC @ SEA 4:15 PM
IND @ TEN 8:20 PM
SAS...
ReplyDeleteI'm going back to bed.....
You can't! It's obvious that we have a LOT of work to do.
Let's start with creating a new grassroots group called Get Obama Out Before Everything Goes On NeverEnding (GOO-BE-GONE).
A quick good morning to {all}.
I'll take the Bucs and 45 points. Anyone?
Somali minister aided Shabaab suicide attack
ReplyDeleteShabaab had excellent intelligence on when and how to launch the coordinated attack because the minister, a former warlord also known as "Indha'adde" or "white eyes," had sold Shabaab the necessary information for $50,000 through a middleman.
SAS...
ReplyDeleteThat should probably read SOS, right?!
I'm sorry sasquatchonsteroids. :(
I'm sorry sasquatchonsteroids. :(
ReplyDeleteNo worries,I answer to most anything.
Sex on the Beach
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ReplyDeleteGood to see ya - how are things in Tronna? Fambly well?
BTW, have you visited Vlad Tepes' blog? It's an Ottawa site and he's got some interesting stuff there.
http://vladtepesblog.com/
{{gettinby}}
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*snicker*
*snort*
{Miss Trixie}!
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Your breakfast sounds wonderful, Miss Trixie! (I had microwaved leftover chicken-noodle soup.)
Kenneth - Until and unless the history books write honestly, that spot waaaay back in my brain says that President Bush actually accomplished more positive results than acknowledged so far and/or may ever be acknowledged. That was a good post. Thanks.
How a missile defense shield works
ReplyDeleteHow a missile defense shield does NOT work
sasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeleteThe Kleagle Has Landed!
/Exalted Cyclops
I'm out to enjoy the day - BBL.
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Hi Trixie,
ReplyDeleteThe fambly is well thanks, turkey is in the oven, looking forward to stuffing my face this evening.
I checked that website, & I have to say I won't be reading it again. The guy endorses Fjordman & the EDL. They are fascist & racists and I will have nothing to do with anybody of that stripe. Their counterjihad posture, including the pro-Israel rhetoric, is a temporary & cynical strategy they have taken to advance their goals which are the antipathy of freedom & democracy.
No thanks.