Washington's Birthday, Aquaman's Reprieve, and More
It's George Washington's Birthday. I expect everyone to celebrate appropriately. It's the 275th anniversary of his birth, but, as our tale does not occur in the book of Genesis, he's not around to celebrate. At the time of his birth, the calendar read February 11. However, the British Empire decided to manipulate time in 1752, and, well, today's his birthday.
Step aside, Aquaman, the world has a new lamest superhero. It's Captain Euro! You can watch each week as Captain Euro uses German bureaucracy and French cowardice in his fight against Dr. D. Vider and his assorted henchmen. Dr. D. Vider apparently wishes to divide Europe and create his own empire. Maybe it's just me, but I'd think that he'd want Europe united under the dominion of his empire. I guess that's just due to the typical irrational thoughts of super-villians, and not poor writing by brainwashed socialist one-worlders ... oh, no, it couldn't be that.
I recently discovered that the house of John Tyler (our tenth president, from 1841 to 1845) is still owned by his grandson. That's right, no "great"s in there. As described here:
Not a bad piece of trivia.
Rep. Ed Markey (D, MA-7) has a long history of advocating getting our troops out of harms way, as demonstrated here.
Rep. William "Freezer Cash" Jefferson (D-LA) is being given a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
David Frum has the right idea on how to use the Newbery Award for children's literature.
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish is quite a name for a baseball player. He shares the record with Greg Maddux, Denny McLain, and Rich Dotson for most consecutive road victories (16), but his career was otherwise pretty unspectacular.
Funny thing about Barack Hussein Obama's voting record in the state legislature of Illinois; on many of the bigger issues, such as banning partial-birth abortion, he didn't vote for or against, but merely cast a "present" vote. How, exactly, does he plan to do that should he win the White House. Should he retitle his book from The Audacity of Hope to The Audacity of Presence?
I was pointed toward a nice pdf file on military deaths. Not that military deaths are nice, mind you. It covers military deaths from 1980 through 2004. Many would be quick to assume 2004 has the highest total, I'm sure, what with Iraq and all. However, the highest total is for 1983 (due to the terrorist attack in Lebanon), followed by 1980, and then ... well, to cut to the chase, 2004 is ninth highest (and 2003 is fourteenth). I'm ranking by total number of deaths; by percentage of total military active duty force, they rank higher. Still, despite being aware that the death rate in Iraq has been relatively low, I was surprised by that tidbit.
For those who've ever felt exasperation trying to explain computers (or technology in general) to someone, here's a nice video from tech support on the upgrade from the scroll to the book. It's in Norwegian, with subtitles in Danish, but it also has English subtitles.
A new ad has been released by 18 Doughty Street. Entitled "A World Without America," the ad is an effort to counter anti-Americanism.
Once again a new record for smallest surviving preemie has been set in America. Born after only 22 weeks of gestation (also a record for a survivor), Amellia Taylor weighed less than 10 ounces and was 9 1/2 inches long. It really rankles me to see America's healthcare system getting knocked, especially those who love to point out our seemingly high infant mortality rate. If a baby is born in America, lives for one minute, and then dies, it's counted as just that. In other countries, it goes down as a miscarriage. If you have a baby born after less than, say, eight months gestation, the United States stands head and shoulders above all other countries.
Step aside, Aquaman, the world has a new lamest superhero. It's Captain Euro! You can watch each week as Captain Euro uses German bureaucracy and French cowardice in his fight against Dr. D. Vider and his assorted henchmen. Dr. D. Vider apparently wishes to divide Europe and create his own empire. Maybe it's just me, but I'd think that he'd want Europe united under the dominion of his empire. I guess that's just due to the typical irrational thoughts of super-villians, and not poor writing by brainwashed socialist one-worlders ... oh, no, it couldn't be that.
I recently discovered that the house of John Tyler (our tenth president, from 1841 to 1845) is still owned by his grandson. That's right, no "great"s in there. As described here:
John Tyler was born in 1790. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, his fourteenth child of fifteen (eight children by his first wife, seven by his second) was born in 1853, when President Tyler was 63. Harrison Tyler, Lyon Tyler’s fifth child of six (three children by each of his two wives) was born in 1928, when Lyon Tyler was 75. And Harrison Tyler, now 79, still inhabits Sherwood Forest Plantation, the Tyler family home.
From grandfather to grandson, 217 years…and counting.
Not a bad piece of trivia.
Rep. Ed Markey (D, MA-7) has a long history of advocating getting our troops out of harms way, as demonstrated here.
Rep. William "Freezer Cash" Jefferson (D-LA) is being given a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
David Frum has the right idea on how to use the Newbery Award for children's literature.
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish is quite a name for a baseball player. He shares the record with Greg Maddux, Denny McLain, and Rich Dotson for most consecutive road victories (16), but his career was otherwise pretty unspectacular.
Funny thing about Barack Hussein Obama's voting record in the state legislature of Illinois; on many of the bigger issues, such as banning partial-birth abortion, he didn't vote for or against, but merely cast a "present" vote. How, exactly, does he plan to do that should he win the White House. Should he retitle his book from The Audacity of Hope to The Audacity of Presence?
I was pointed toward a nice pdf file on military deaths. Not that military deaths are nice, mind you. It covers military deaths from 1980 through 2004. Many would be quick to assume 2004 has the highest total, I'm sure, what with Iraq and all. However, the highest total is for 1983 (due to the terrorist attack in Lebanon), followed by 1980, and then ... well, to cut to the chase, 2004 is ninth highest (and 2003 is fourteenth). I'm ranking by total number of deaths; by percentage of total military active duty force, they rank higher. Still, despite being aware that the death rate in Iraq has been relatively low, I was surprised by that tidbit.
For those who've ever felt exasperation trying to explain computers (or technology in general) to someone, here's a nice video from tech support on the upgrade from the scroll to the book. It's in Norwegian, with subtitles in Danish, but it also has English subtitles.
A new ad has been released by 18 Doughty Street. Entitled "A World Without America," the ad is an effort to counter anti-Americanism.
Once again a new record for smallest surviving preemie has been set in America. Born after only 22 weeks of gestation (also a record for a survivor), Amellia Taylor weighed less than 10 ounces and was 9 1/2 inches long. It really rankles me to see America's healthcare system getting knocked, especially those who love to point out our seemingly high infant mortality rate. If a baby is born in America, lives for one minute, and then dies, it's counted as just that. In other countries, it goes down as a miscarriage. If you have a baby born after less than, say, eight months gestation, the United States stands head and shoulders above all other countries.
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