Adrift

John McCain vs. Reality
John McCain vs. Women ...because this isn't racism, it's sexism. And don't forget how he called his wife a cunt ...on stage, in front of an audience ...which included the press.
John McCain on the C-word

And best of all:
John McCain vs himself

Today in our Republican economy.

On this day in 1762, Russian monarch Peter III was (conveniently?) murdered, paving the way for his power-hungry (and former Latvian peasant) wife to assume the throne as Catherine II (“the Great”).

In 1816, the Medusa, a French ship on a diplomatic mission, ran aground off the coast of Senegal. In a preview to the Titanic disaster, the wealthy passengers rushed to the lifeboats, leaving 149 of the crew and poorer passengers to fashion a raft for themselves from the remains of the ship (17 stayed on board the Medusa). The dignitaries aboard the lifeboats attempted to tow the raft to shore, but it proved too flimsy, and was left adrift -four miles from shore-- with no food or fresh water.
Aboard the raft, things quickly went south. Twenty people were killed or took their own lives the first night. By the fourth night, people had resorted to cannibalism. On the eighth day, those remaining healthy began to throw the sick and injured overboard, alive. Thirteen days later, when the raft was accidentally found by the passing Argus, only fifteen survivors were aboard. Of these, five died within days of their rescue.

And in 1917, the British royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.