Gonna be a bright sunshiney day

On this day in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes was born.
In 1813, Guiseppe Verdi was born.
In 1835, Camille Saint-Saens was born.
In 1855, Joshua Stoddard patented the first calliope.
In 1919, the Chicago White Sox “lost” the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in a fix that would later become known as the Black Sox scandal: eight members of the White Sox colluded with gamblers to throw games.
In 1940, John Lennon was born.
In 1986, “Phantom of the Opera” premiered in London.

Curses!

This is scary, and it has nothing to do with politics or the economy.

High roller, or crap shooter?
Answer: crap shooter.

Breakthrough in Troopergate

On this day in 1600, Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice” premiered in Florence. It is the earliest surviving opera.

Damn the torpedoes

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Is she still talking? How embarrassing.

"Somebody hurt my feelings, so I'm going to punish the country."

Sarah Six-pack or Caribou Barbie?

Letter from Wasilla

That's right, Barbie: if you're gonna pull out that lame, already-debunked BS story about Obama having possibly associated with one guy who at one point might have had ties to a supposed terrorist organization, then I'm gonna have to tell the truth about your lying, skanky, pork-barrelin' ass. And here I was, trying to be the nice guy. Silly me, and I knew I was dealing with a Republican.

Republican Rule #1: break the law whenever possible, but accuse your opponent of doing so before he can accuse you.

Republican Rule #2: act unethically whenever it benefits you (your campaign, bank account, family, etc), and accuse your opponent of doing the same before he can accuse you.


On this day in 1829 the schooner Mermaid sailed from Sydney, Australia, but sank in a storm on the fifth day out. All hands survived, and were rescued off a rock by the Swiftsure, which was itself dashed on rocks five days later. The Governor Ready rescued both crews, but caught fire and was abandoned. Everyone was rescued by the Comet which sank five days later, and all hands were rescued by the Jupiter, which struck a reef two days later. Everyone was rescued by the City of Leeds. On board was Sarah Richley, sailing from England in search for her son. 'By chance' her son was one of the crew on the Mermaid.