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Monday, September 1, 2008

American Flags in DNC Trash, Sarah Palin and Culture



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Nancy Morgan
Right Bias.com
September 1, 2008






For anyone not sure of the difference between liberals and conservatives, last week provided a priceless example. On the eve of Obama's coronation acceptance speech, the McCain camp released a lovely commercial of congratulations and considerately kept their much awaited VP choice under wraps so Obama could have his moment. Well done, McCain.

Last week, as usual, was filled with news of the Messiah. The Dems held their convention and anointed Obama their pick for president. The convention was long on visuals and short on details. Hillary pretended to be gracious, Obama pretended to be humble, and the media pretended to believe them. A good time was had by all.

After 18 long, predictable months of political maneuvering, hot air and empty rhetoric, the eternal presidential race finally got real. Her name is Sarah Palin. The difference between Sarah and Hillary is profound. (See: Hillary Vs Sarah) The left and the media are already accusing her of faking her last pregnancy. Lovely.

Regarding pregnancies, Gov. Palin and her husband just released a written statement stating that her 17 year-old daughter is pregnant.


American flags end up in the trash after Dem convention


The Dem's 'greenest convention in history' finally wrapped up. Idling SUVs and Lear jets have departed but the trash remains. Dems showed they are unaware of the proper etiquette for disposing of flags as all US flags ended up in the trashbin. For more of the same, just elect Obama.

Meanwhile, Democrats are crying crocodile tears as Hurricane Gustav forces the GOP to postpone their convention.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:

What happens if we win a war and nobody reports it? That's the question as our media continue to ignore the historic accomplishments our fighting men in Iraq. Gen. Petraeus has submitted his initial recommendation on when to withdraw troops and at what pace, and just today, the US military handed over Anbar Province to Iraqi control. Remember Anbar? The [formerly] most violent arena of the war.

Meanwhile, Iraq's tourism board is looking for investors to develop a romantic island in the heart of Baghdad as Baghdad's 'Honeymoon Isle' and the city of Najaf is experiencing a boom in land prices and new businesses. The new airport hasn't hurt.

MORE GOOD NEWS:

Right in the middle of the Democrat convention came the news that US GDP grew by 3.3% in the second quarter, far surpassing the initial estimate of 1.9% released last week. Translation: We're no where near a recession.

Hundreds of applicants lined up to take 'those jobs Americans won't do' after ICE raided a plant in Jones County and succeeded in creating a few job openings.

The Bible will be required to be taught in Texas schools under a new law that has been clarified by the state attorney general to mean exactly what it says. Israel is getting ready to make the Dead Sea Scrolls available on the internet.

CULTURE:

The Mexican Supreme Court has upheld legal abortion. In the UK, crisis pregnancy centers, as well as doctors and midwives may be subject to prosecution and a two year jail sentence if they convince a woman to forego an abortion. Also in the UK: 'environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbors and families. Amazing what one can get away with under the slogan of protecting Mother Earth.

Deaths are expected to outnumber births in the EU as soon as 2015, when migration will be the only source of population growth. This is called a self-inflicted demographic disaster.

A Pakistan Senator defended the recent incident of burying alive three teenage girls and two women in his province, saying it was part of “our tribal custom.” Still think all cultures are equal?

Right here in the USA, a Connecticut baseball team with a phenomenal 9-year-old pitcher has been disqualified because its team is too good.

Speaking of a race to the bottom, 'Cold Cash Jefferson,' the indicted legislator caught with $90K in his freezer, has decided to run for a 10th term. The John Edwards scandal hasn't affected the Breck Girl's speaking fee. In fact, he's raised his fee on next month's 'Two Americas' speech to $65,000.


From the files of higher education, Iowa Community College President Robert Paxton was paid $400,000 for his resignation when this photo surfaced of him embracing his inner self on the Fourth of July. According to newly released results, it appears SAT scores have remained at the lowest level in nearly a decade.

WEIRD NEWS:

Actor David Duchovny has voluntarily entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction. Guess he got caught. Here's hoping his recovery isn't too hard.

Lawyers for disgraced real-estate star, Adam Hochfelder argued that the coke addict and alcoholic must remain free on bail because he's in dire need of nasal surgery. "He's completely blown out his nose," lawyers argued. A judge slapped $1M bail on him anyway.



A British soldier's family is mourning the loss of their pet dog after a dangerous spider bit it to death. Apparently the giant arachnid was unwittingly transported back from Afghanistan in paratrooper Rodney's luggage.

A Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives has accepted an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them. Sorry, honey.

IDIOT OF THE WEEK:

Former president Jimmy Carter wins hands down. During his speech at the Dem convention, Carter referred to Obama as "this black boy." You probably heard it here first.

Too delicious to leave out, from the just desserts file: It turns out a portable toilet wasn't the best place to hide when a thief was caught breaking into someone's car. Sometimes life is fair.

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Till next Monday, keep smiling,



by Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com

Sunday, June 8, 2008

NASCAR: What NASCAR Flags Mean




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What do all the flags mean you see at a NASCAR race?

Most hard-core fans know, but even the most rabid NASCAR fans may not know every single flag's meaning. Do you know them all?

GREEN



They're off!
* Start the race, or Re-start after a caution period.

YELLOW



Be careful!
* Drive with caution and drivers maintain position.



...or this might happen, which will lead to the

RED



Too late!
* Stop! The race is halted for unsafe condition.

If your driver was reckless and caused the red, he might get the


BLACK




You're Outta here!
* Go immediately to the pit area.

BLUE with ORANGE diagonal stripe:




Move over!
* Car attempting to pass. Move to the outside.


WHITE:
[seen below with the green]




One lap left!
* Beginning of the last lap, or service vehicle on track.

And finally, if you are leading when you cross the finish line of the final lap:

CHECKERED!



The winner!
* The race has been completed.

If you win the checkered, it used to mean scenes like this:





Nowadays, it usually means something like this:




Did you know all of them?

[NOTE: Crossed flags mean the halfway point in the race has been reached. And that's a big hat tip reminder to Dr. Bob!]

by Mondoreb


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Friday, April 4, 2008

DBKP Today in Weird History: April 4 2008

WAR, TERRORISM, DISASTER, ASSASSINATION, FLAGS, WILE E. PELOSI, IMPEACHED, PC VICTIM, PATENTS, JEWS, REVENGE, 1984, BORN, BIRTHDAYS, DEATH


ASSASSINATION

1968 The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death as he stood on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.; the killing sparked a wave of riots across the U.S. (James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming his innocence and attempting to withdraw his guilty plea; he died in prison in 1998.)

WAR!

1945 During World War II, U.S. troops on Okinawa encountered the first significant resistance from Japanese forces at the Machinato Line.

2003 U.S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.

TERRORISM

2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the surprise release of 15 captive British sailors and marines.

DISASTER

1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000.

1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die.

1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Québec).

1975 More than 130 people, most of them children, were killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Saigon.

1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed.

1998 Sixty-three people were killed in an explosion inside a Ukrainian coal mine.

PATENTS

1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam).

REVENGE

1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes.

1984

1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary.

JEWS

1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem.

1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement.

WILE E. PELOSI

2007 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad despite White House objections.

FLAGS

1818 Congress decided the United States flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state.

PC VICTIM

2007 Radio host Don Imus made offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. (Despite a subsequent apology, Imus was fired by CBS Radio and cable network MSNBC; he was hired elsewhere by year's end.)

IMPEACHED!

1988 The Arizona Senate convicted Gov. Evan Mecham of two charges of official misconduct, and removed him from office. (Mecham was the first governor to be impeached and removed from office in nearly six decades.)

BORN

1821 Linus Yale US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock).

1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey author (Cheaper by the Dozen).

1915 Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man).

BIRTHDAYS

Author-poet Maya Angelou is 80. Sen. Richard Lugar, R.-Ind., is 76. Recording executive Clive Davis is 76. Bandleader Hugh Masekela is 69. Author Kitty Kelley is 66. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 64. Actor Walter Charles is 63. Actress Caroline McWilliams is 63. Actress Christine Lahti is 58. Country singer Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) is 57. Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 52. Actor Phil Morris is 49. Actress Lorraine Toussaint is 48. Actor Hugo Weaving is 48. Rock musician Craig Adams (The Cult) is 46. Actor David Cross is 44. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 43. Actress Nancy McKeon is 42. Actor Barry Pepper is 38. Country singer Clay Davidson is 37. Rock singer Josh Todd (Buckcherry) is 37. Singer Jill Scott is 36. Rock musician Magnus Sveningsson (The Cardigans) is 36. Magician David Blaine is 35. Singer Kelly Price is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Andre Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 34. Actor James Roday is 32. Actress Natasha Lyonne is 29. Actress Jamie Lynn Spears is 17.

DEATH

1841 President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inaugural, becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office.

1979 Edgar Buchanan actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77.

1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto former Pakistani President, hanged in Pakistan at 51.

April 4, the 95th day of 2008. There are 271 days left in the year.

compiled by Mondoreb
Sources:
* Today in History
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* DBKP Today in Weird History: April 4 2008
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Today in History: January 13, 2008

WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTERS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, GEEZERS, DRUGS, QUEENS, SCIENCE, POLITICS, LAWSUITS, CYNICS, FLAGS, DEALS, PATENTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR, POLICE ACTIONS, SOCIETIES, UFOs, POLITICAL PARTIES, REVOLUTION!, JEWS, PROGRESS, EXPLORERS, BLACK GOLD, CARTOON, SUPREME COURT, DICTATORS, POPE, COUPS, MUSIC, WOMEN, CRIME, COMPUTERS, SUBWAYS, SERIAL KILLERS, DRAMA, MURDER, SPORTS FATALITY, BORN, DEATH


Another reporting coup by the New York Times


MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly.

WAR!

1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria.

1842 - On this day Dr.William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.

1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California

1865 Federals attack Fort Fisher NC.

1915 W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles.

1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast.

1942 Allied Conference for war trials.

1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St James Declaration.

1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.

1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca.

1943 Hitler declares "Total War".

1943 Russian offensive at Don under General Golikov.

1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal.

1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam.

TERRORISM

1954 Military rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested.

1987 W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking.

DISASTERS

1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves.

1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430.

1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 30,000.

1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14.

1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into the 14th St Bridge in
Washington, DC, & falls into the Potomac River, killing 78.

1982 A Washington DC Metro Rail train derailed, killing 3 people.

1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428.

1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa.

DRUGS

1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium.

GEEZERS

1985 99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course.

QUEENS

1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.

SCIENCE

1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter.

POLITICS

1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued.

1733 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC.

1935 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany.

LAWSUITS

1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song.

CYNICS

1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times.

FLAGS

1794 Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes.

DEALS

1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co.

PATENT

1854 Anthony Foss patents the accordion.

1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY.

1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet.

1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies.

CIVIL RIGHTS

1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC.

1966 1st black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD).

1990 1st elected US black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia).

LABOR

1869 Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention.

1874 Battle between jobless & police in New York City NY, 100s injured.

1902 Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1.

1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia.

1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike.

POLICE ACTIONS

1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king.

1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal".

SOCIETIES

1888 National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC).

1929 Humanist Society established, Hollywood CA.

POLITICAL PARTIES

1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader).

REVOLUTION!

1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops.

JEWS

1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris.

1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents; known as the Doctors' Plot.

PROGRESS

1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile.

1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip.

1928 The British War office abolishes the lance as a weapon of battle.

1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.

1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cincinnati OH.

1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee.

EXPLORERS

1911 Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay.

BLACK GOLD

1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests.

CARTOON

1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears.

SUPREME COURT

1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities.

DICTATORS

1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia.

POPES

1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow.

COUP

1967 Coup in Togo.

1986 Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen.

UFOs

1979 On this evening a farmer in Viterbo, Italy spotted a large fiery red sphere descend and land in a nearby pasture. The sphere changed color to a bright orange, then it began to dim revealing a two-meter wide metallic sphere. A small man wearing a silvery white suit emerged from the object and walked around the object, frequently bending down as if he was picking things up. The witness ran away from the scene.

MUSIC

1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album.

1979 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam.

WOMEN

1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire.

1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata".

1995 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race.

CRIME

1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each.

COMPUTER

1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain.

SUBWAYS

1989 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence.

SERIAL KILLERS

1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane.

DRAMA

1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan.

LEFTIST HERESY

1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.

MURDER

1986 Abdel Fattah Ismail President of South-Yemen (1969-80), murdered.

SPORTS FATALITY

1968 Bill Masterson (Minnesota Northstars) checked into the boards & killed.

BORN

1628 Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
1808 Salmon P Chase (Senator-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
1832 Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1882 Alois Hitler's common-law wife, Franziska 'Fanni' Matzelberger, gives birth to Adolf Hitler's older half-brother, Alois Jr.
1884 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1885 Alfred Fuller CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
1893 Clarke Ashton Smith US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
1909 Danny Barker jazz guitarist
1918 Lester Sill pioneer music publisher/record producer
1919 Robert Stack Los Angeles CA, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries)
1931 Charles Nelson Reilly New York City NY, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder, Cheap Thrills)
1933 Tom B Gola NBA Hall-of-Famer
1934 Rip Taylor comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
1938 Billy Gray Los Angeles CA, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best)
1943 Richard Moll California, actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor)
1948 T Bone' Burnett rocker
1949 Brandon Tartikoff TV exec (NBC)
1949 Rakesh Sharma India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
1955 Jay McInerney author (Bright Lights, Big City)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus New York City NY, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Day by Day, Soul Man, Troll)
1966 Patrick Dempsey Lewiston ME, actor (Mike-Fast Times, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Can't Buy Me Love, Face The Music)
1966 Tabitha Stevens fictional character (Bewitched)
1970 Keith Mitchell Palm Springs CA, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
1971 Elmer Dessens Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1972 Byron "Bam" Morris NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers)

DEATH

1599 Edmund Spenser poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older" (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
1691 George Fox founder of Quakers, dies at 66
1864 Stephen Foster composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in a New York hospital at 37
1929 Wyatt Earp US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1941 James Joyce novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zürich Switzerland, at 58
1962 Ernie Kovacs comedian, dies in a car crash in West Los Angeles, at 42
1978 Hubert Humphrey (Senator-D-MN, Vice President), dies at 66 in Waverly MN
1978 Joseph V McCarthy baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96
1979 Donny Hathaway Chicago IL, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1982 Marcel Camus French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1983 Doodles Weaver comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 71
1985 Carol Wayne Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
1995 Ruby Starr vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44

January 13, the 13th day of 2008. There are 353 days left in the year.


compiled by Mondoreb

[image: dougross@journal]
Source: Today in History

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