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| Wednesday ~ February 17, 2010 |
| It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot ... one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ~Voltaire |
| The story you are about to read is true. The name(s) may have been changed to protect the stupid... Today's bozo criminal comes from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lots of cold weather and snow in Packerland this winter. And that snow leads to our bozo's downfall. Police received a call from Bernie's Barbershop where there was a report of a robbery on Super Bowl Sunday. When police arrived, they saw the front window had been broken out. There wasn't much to steal in the barbershop except for a new portable color TV, which was missing. Detectives looking in the freshly fallen snow noticed a pair of footprints leading from the broken window, around the back of the shop and directly to an apartment complex nearby. Police followed the footprints up to the door of an apartment and knocked on the door. When the door opened, the police noticed wet footprints on the carpet leading up to a large sofa where our bozo was relaxing, watching the Packers on Bernie's color TV. Unless they have a TV in the Green Bay jail, he missed the victory celebration. |
| " interdict " PRONUNCIATION: ( noun: IN-tuhr-dikt, verb: in-tuhr-DIKT ) MEANING: noun: A prohibition, especially a formal one, as by a court, church, etc. verb tr.: To prohibit or stop. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin interdictum (prohibition), from interdicere (to prohibit), from dicere (to speak). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly) that is also the source of other words such as judge, verdict, vendetta, revenge, indicate, dictate, and paradigm. USAGE: "In China, near Shanghai, the inhabitants of two small districts have the privilege of raising eggs for the whole surrounding country, and that they may give up their whole time to this business, they are interdicted by law from producing silk."Charles Darwin; The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication; 1868. |
1801 ~ Deadlock over presidential election ends
After one tie vote in the Electoral College and 35 indecisive ballot votes in the House of Representatives, Vice
President Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States over his running mate, Aaron Burr. The
confusing election, which ended just 15 days before a new president was to be inaugurated, exposed major problems
in the presidential electoral process set forth by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
1820 ~ Senate passes Missouri Compromise
The Senate passes the Missouri Compromise, an attempt to deal with the dangerously divisive issue of extending
slavery into the western territories.
1904 ~ Madame Butterfly premieres
On this day in 1904, Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly premieres at the La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy.
The young Puccini decided to dedicate his life to opera after seeing a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in 1876.
In his later life, he would write some of the best-loved operas of all time: La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madame
Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (left unfinished when he died in 1906). Not one of these, however, was an immediate
success when it opened. La Boheme, the now-classic story of a group of poor artists living in a Paris garret, earned
mixed reviews, while Tosca was downright panned by critics.
1906 ~ The first "Trial of the Century"
Union leaders Bill Hayward, Charles Moyer, and George Pettibone are taken into custody by Idaho authorities and the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. They are put on a special train in Denver, Colorado, following a secret, direct route to
Idaho because the officials had no legal right to arrest the three union executives in Colorado. The Industrial Workers
of the World (IWW), of which Hayward was president, tried in vain to stop the unofficial arrests.
1915 ~ Zeppelin L-4 crashes into North Sea
After encountering a severe snowstorm on the evening of February 17, 1915, the German zeppelin L-4 crash-lands in
the North Sea near the Danish coastal town of Varde.
1944 ~ U.S. troops land on Eniwetok atoll
Operation Catchpole is launched as American troops devastate the Japanese defenders of Eniwetok and take control
of the atoll in the northwestern part of the Marshall Islands.
1947 ~ Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia
With the words, "Hello! This is New York calling," the U.S. Voice of America (VOA) begins its first radio broadcasts to
the Soviet Union. The VOA effort was an important part of America's propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union
during the Cold War.
1957 ~ Gromyko becomes foreign minister
Andre Gromyko was installed as Soviet Foreign Minister on February 17, 1957. Gromyko was called to foreign service
in 1939 and began by serving under a policy of cooperation with the Nazis before Hitler's attack on Russia. After World
War II he became an expert at Cold War diplomacy. Seen first as a hard liner, he shifted his positions as the times
demanded. He served through three decades, surviving most of the Soviet leaders he worked for and most of the
world leaders with whom he quarreled and negotiated.
1966 ~ Taylor testifies on Operation Rolling Thunder
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gen. Maxwell Taylor states that a major U.S. objective in
Vietnam is to demonstrate that "wars of liberation" are "costly, dangerous and doomed to failure." Discussing the
American air campaign against North Vietnam, Taylor declared that its primary purpose was "to change the will of the
enemy leadership."
1972 ~ VW Bug sets record
The 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle rolled out of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, surpassing the
Ford Model T's previous production record to become the most heavily produced car in history. The Beetle or the
"Strength Through Joy" car, as the Germans initially called it, was the brainchild of Ferdinand Porsche. He developed
the Volkswagen on orders from the German government to produce an affordable car for the people. Developed
before World War II, the Beetle did not go into full-scale production until after the war. It became a counter-culture icon
in the U.S. during the 1960s largely because it offered an alternative to the extravagant American cars of the time. In
1998, Volkswagen released the "New Beetle" to rave reviews. The "Old Beetle," however, hasn't completely
disappeared, as it is still being produced in Mexico.
1979 ~ China invades Vietnam
In response to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, China launches an invasion of Vietnam.
Tensions between Vietnam and China increased dramatically after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Attempting to
expand its influence, Vietnam established a military presence in Laos; strengthened its ties with China's rival, the
Soviet Union; and toppled the Cambodian regime of Pol Pot in 1979. Just over a month later, Chinese forces invaded,
but were repulsed in nine days of bloody and bitter fighting. Tensions between China and Vietnam remained high
throughout the next decade, and much of Vietnam's scarce resources were allocated to protecting its border with
China and its interests in Cambodia.
1993 ~ Ferry sinks near Haiti
Approximately 900 people drown when a passenger ferry, the Neptune, overturns near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on this
day in 1993. The ferry was dangerously overloaded, and carried no lifeboats or emergency gear.
After one tie vote in the Electoral College and 35 indecisive ballot votes in the House of Representatives, Vice
President Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States over his running mate, Aaron Burr. The
confusing election, which ended just 15 days before a new president was to be inaugurated, exposed major problems
in the presidential electoral process set forth by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
1820 ~ Senate passes Missouri Compromise
The Senate passes the Missouri Compromise, an attempt to deal with the dangerously divisive issue of extending
slavery into the western territories.
1904 ~ Madame Butterfly premieres
On this day in 1904, Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly premieres at the La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy.
The young Puccini decided to dedicate his life to opera after seeing a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in 1876.
In his later life, he would write some of the best-loved operas of all time: La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madame
Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (left unfinished when he died in 1906). Not one of these, however, was an immediate
success when it opened. La Boheme, the now-classic story of a group of poor artists living in a Paris garret, earned
mixed reviews, while Tosca was downright panned by critics.
1906 ~ The first "Trial of the Century"
Union leaders Bill Hayward, Charles Moyer, and George Pettibone are taken into custody by Idaho authorities and the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. They are put on a special train in Denver, Colorado, following a secret, direct route to
Idaho because the officials had no legal right to arrest the three union executives in Colorado. The Industrial Workers
of the World (IWW), of which Hayward was president, tried in vain to stop the unofficial arrests.
1915 ~ Zeppelin L-4 crashes into North Sea
After encountering a severe snowstorm on the evening of February 17, 1915, the German zeppelin L-4 crash-lands in
the North Sea near the Danish coastal town of Varde.
1944 ~ U.S. troops land on Eniwetok atoll
Operation Catchpole is launched as American troops devastate the Japanese defenders of Eniwetok and take control
of the atoll in the northwestern part of the Marshall Islands.
1947 ~ Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia
With the words, "Hello! This is New York calling," the U.S. Voice of America (VOA) begins its first radio broadcasts to
the Soviet Union. The VOA effort was an important part of America's propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union
during the Cold War.
1957 ~ Gromyko becomes foreign minister
Andre Gromyko was installed as Soviet Foreign Minister on February 17, 1957. Gromyko was called to foreign service
in 1939 and began by serving under a policy of cooperation with the Nazis before Hitler's attack on Russia. After World
War II he became an expert at Cold War diplomacy. Seen first as a hard liner, he shifted his positions as the times
demanded. He served through three decades, surviving most of the Soviet leaders he worked for and most of the
world leaders with whom he quarreled and negotiated.
1966 ~ Taylor testifies on Operation Rolling Thunder
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gen. Maxwell Taylor states that a major U.S. objective in
Vietnam is to demonstrate that "wars of liberation" are "costly, dangerous and doomed to failure." Discussing the
American air campaign against North Vietnam, Taylor declared that its primary purpose was "to change the will of the
enemy leadership."
1972 ~ VW Bug sets record
The 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle rolled out of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, surpassing the
Ford Model T's previous production record to become the most heavily produced car in history. The Beetle or the
"Strength Through Joy" car, as the Germans initially called it, was the brainchild of Ferdinand Porsche. He developed
the Volkswagen on orders from the German government to produce an affordable car for the people. Developed
before World War II, the Beetle did not go into full-scale production until after the war. It became a counter-culture icon
in the U.S. during the 1960s largely because it offered an alternative to the extravagant American cars of the time. In
1998, Volkswagen released the "New Beetle" to rave reviews. The "Old Beetle," however, hasn't completely
disappeared, as it is still being produced in Mexico.
1979 ~ China invades Vietnam
In response to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, China launches an invasion of Vietnam.
Tensions between Vietnam and China increased dramatically after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Attempting to
expand its influence, Vietnam established a military presence in Laos; strengthened its ties with China's rival, the
Soviet Union; and toppled the Cambodian regime of Pol Pot in 1979. Just over a month later, Chinese forces invaded,
but were repulsed in nine days of bloody and bitter fighting. Tensions between China and Vietnam remained high
throughout the next decade, and much of Vietnam's scarce resources were allocated to protecting its border with
China and its interests in Cambodia.
1993 ~ Ferry sinks near Haiti
Approximately 900 people drown when a passenger ferry, the Neptune, overturns near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on this
day in 1993. The ferry was dangerously overloaded, and carried no lifeboats or emergency gear.
| The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. |
| Each moment in our lives has a beauty all its own. When we slow down and look carefully ... lovingly at these moments... the real value of the moment then becomes ours. If we pay attention to our "now" moments... rather then thinking ahead to what might or might not come next... instead of re-fighting past battles in our mind... we open ourselves to the treasure of this moments... to the here and now...that is in front of us. A miracle is unfolding right before our eyes. In the grand scheme of things... in big picture of life... as well as in the smallest of details... this very moment holds everything we could possibly need... everything we could possibly desire. This moment in our life does not care how old we are... how much money we have... the car we drive... where we live...what our clothes or hair look like. Its treasures and possibilities of this moment are ours to experience... no matter what. Everything is as it is right now... and there is an immeasurable sense of peace in letting it be. When we freely give our love... our joy and meaning to this moment ... we are able to travel along in the growing richness of just being. We need only to stop and think of how truly fortunate we are to be here and now... and then live that good fortune with all that we are. |
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