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Hephaestion · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject:

World-famous Dionne quintuplets born 75 years ago today
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TS. · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

Twenty years ago, the Chinese government ordered the People's Liberation Army to crush protests by workers and students protesting for democracy and against economic changes being instituted by the government of Deng Xioping, resulting in the massacre at Tienanmen Square. The number of people killed remains in question, with estimates between several hundred and several thousands.
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voice of the damned · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject:

TS's post reminded me that the Tienanmen massacre happened around the same time that the Ayatollah Khomeini died. June 3rd.

Hephaestion · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:57 am Post subject:

50 years of pantyhose
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Hephaestion · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:01 pm Post subject:

Dale Smith reminds us that "[Thursday] marked forty years of official bilingualism in Canada – legally enshrining the linguistic duality of our fair nation. Apparently 1969 was a big year for Trudeau – decriminalising homosexuality, contraception, abortion, and ensuring that both languages had equal status."
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Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:34 am Post subject:

40 years ago: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went "where no man has gone before"...
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Hephaestion · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject:

"The Eagle has landed"

Hephaestion · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:42 am Post subject:

Hiroshima: 64 Years Ago

Hephaestion · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:19 am Post subject:

40 years ago yesterday (Aug. 9th): Roman Polanski's wife, actress Sharon Tate, along with friends Steven Parent, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski and Abigail Folger were killed by the "Charles Manson Family" in the infamous "Helter Skelter" murders.
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Caissa · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

The Globe had a review of a new Manson Family biography in the Saturday paper. Includes interview material from the individual who drove the getaway car and helped convict the other members of the Family.

voice of the damned · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

And didn't I read that Squeaky Fromme is about to be released from prison after serving her time for trying to assassinate Gerald Ford?

DSquared · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

September 1st, 1939: German troops over-ride Poland, triggering the start to the Second World War.
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Hephaestion · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Happy 40th birthday, Internet
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Hephaestion · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject:

Let's see, now... I know something important happened on Sept. 11, at some point in the past. Now what was it, again....?
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Senor Magoo · He's got a big one Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 8700

You're not mixing it up with that Sept. 12th when flag sales went through the roof, are you?
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Hephaestion · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject:

Ahhh, of course...

Sept. 11, 1297 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Scots defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth near Stirling.

Damn those Sassenach...

Wink

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anne cameron · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject:

Exactly...and it's only because we were worried about the health and safety of their civilian population, particularly the women and bairns, that we didn't roust them off the entire Island and toss'em into the sea.

That might well have been a wee mistake on our part...a scirt of a miscalculation, so to speak...

bshmr · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

The USA celebrates its embarrassments zealously.

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The Evil Twin · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

anne cameron · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:59 am Post subject:

Evil Twin...I luvz ya!

But you can't spread an imperialist agenda without destroying a few innocent lives...the omelette and broken eggs thing, set to different muzaak...

Hephaestion · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject:

re: That other September 11 thingy, Joe Jervis has an evocative, well-written first-person account re-posted over here...

Also, boing boing has a couple of worthwhile postings, as well:

Post #1

Post #2
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DSquared · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

September 21 1999: Manitoba voters defeat Gary Filmon's Conservatives, ending an 11-year right-wing rule.
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DSquared · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:16 am Post subject:

Black Friday: September 24th, 1869
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Hephaestion · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject:

1580: That old pirate, Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the globe (thus repeating a feat already accomplished by Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-1522 expedition).

1907: Newfoundland becomes a Dominion of the British Empire.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road_(album)]1968:[/url] "Abbey Road" is released.

1983: Worldwide nuclear war is averted by Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov.
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Hephaestion · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

October 2, 1869 — Gandhi born
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DSquared · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:24 am Post subject:

October 7, 2001: American-led coalition invades Afghanistan, claiming the Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden and the need to stop al'Qaeda
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Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:45 am Post subject:

Senor Magoo · He's got a big one Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 8700

Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:31 pm Post subject:

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Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject:

Senor Magoo · He's got a big one Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 8700

Wikipedia is often nice enough to cite its own sources. Is the Telegraph a mouthpiece of the U.S. government? How about Justice not Vengeance? I'm not familiar with them, but they don't really seem like big fans of Uncle Sam.

So it looks like the offer was to send him to Pakistan to be tried, initially, in a Sharia court. I would suggest that this would be similar to an alleged gaybasher agreeing to be tried, but only in Jamaica, by a special court made up of local musicians.
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Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject:

All right; fair enough.
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Senor Magoo · He's got a big one Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 8700

For posterity: either way, it's not sufficient reason to be in Afghanistan in 2009. Time to take our mulligan on this one, FFS.
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TS. · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:59 am Post subject:

A bit late, but eighty years ago today the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council found that under the Constitution of Canada women are persons and entitled to all the rights of persons. The judgment also created the "living tree" doctrine, which underlies many of the rights-expanding decisions of the Canadian courts.
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DSquared · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:22 am Post subject:

October 28th, 1929:

Hephaestion · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:29 am Post subject:

The Internet turned 40 today.

It spent its birthday working.
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TS. · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

I'll rehash one I posted last year.

On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested for attempting to blow up the entire English government at once at the state opening of Parliament.
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Tehanu · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject:

I saw "V for Vendetta" a few weeks ago for the first time. It was fun, and suddenly Vundo's avatar started to make sense. Wink

Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

Yaaa, t'was a fine movie.... Loved the voice of "V" (Hugo Weaving) -- and, of course, John Hurt was faaaaaaaabulous...
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Vundo Draxon · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:22 am Post subject:

TS. · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:18 am Post subject:

DSquared · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:01 am Post subject:

November 9th, 1989: Berlin Wall falls
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TS. · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:04 am Post subject:

Hephaestion · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

Oh, the propaganda about this whole anniversary (especially on CTV and Global) has been just vomit-inducing.
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Hephaestion · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject:

40 years ago this morning was the first time Sesame Street went on the air...

Sunny day
Everything's A-okay
On my way
To where the air is sweeeeeet...
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Doo doo doo doo doo
Mahna Mahna!
Doo doo doo doo

mamitalinda · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

The Count, Censored...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM&feature=player_embed...

The Evil Twin · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:17 am Post subject:

He does look a lot like Michael Ignatieff, doesn't he? Mr. Green

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