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The Fortnightly Rant Political Discourse, American Style President Obama had to act. Published under the headline For more than a week, reports “Dangerous Doctors” the article, had been coming in from across written by Betsy McCaughey, the country. Every television says the “health bills coming newscast featured another shaky out of Congress would put the video showing a hostile crowd decisions about your care in the angrily shouting down yet an- hands of presidential appointees other Congressional representa- … [who would] decide what tive during a “town hall” meeting plans cover, how much leeway being held to discuss health care your doctor will have and what reform. seniors get under Medicare.” Mike Sola, for example, con- Ms. McCaughey holds a Ph.D. fronted Democratic Rep. John in U.S. Constitutional history, Dingell in Romulus, MI on and served as New York Lieu- August 6. Mike pushed his son tenant Governor during George Scott, who was in a wheelchair, Pataki’s first term. Her primary A wide array of citizens were had a holstered Smith & Wesson it [had] access to good mental to within two feet of Dingell’s qualification for writing hit piec- on hand to give the President a 9 mm pistol on his right leg.* health care, what do you think podium and repeatedly bellowed es on health care reform, though, warm welcome, including Wil- After the event finally got un- the impact would be on our so- “I have a question.” appears to be her article, “No liam Kostric, a former Arizonan derway inside the Stone Gymna- ciety?” After wearing out that refrain, Exit,” the cover story in The New attracted to New Hampshire by sium, Linda Boettcher, a teacher Obama replied, in part, “mental Sola began yelling, “He has a Republic on February 7, 1994. the libertarian Free State Proj- at Portsmouth High School for health has always been underval- right to be represented. I’m his In “No Exit,” McCaughey ect. A committed believer in his 37 years, asked the President, ued in the health insurance mar- father and I want to talk to you claimed she had read the entire Second Amendment rights, Mr. “if every American who needed ket … I’ve been a strong believer face to face.” Clinton health care reform bill Kostric carried a sign saying “It in mental health parity, recog- * Kostric could have been arrested for An audible part of the crowd and found it would eliminate is time to water the tree of lib- carrying a loaded gun within 1,000 nizing that those are serious ill- encouraged Sola to sit down and choice and result in rationing of erty,” a reference to the Thomas feet of a school, had he not been given nesses. And I would like to see a permission to stand on the private property mental health component as part shut up, but he would not be de- health care, with fatal results, es- Jefferson quote, “The tree of lib- of St. Nicholas Church. Richard Young, of terred. “Under the Obama health pecially for senior citizens. Con- erty must be refreshed from time Hampton, wasn’t so well prepared. He was of a package that people are cov- care plan, which you support,” servatives like George Will, Bill to time, with the blood of patri- arrested with a knife for trespassing inside ered under, under our plan.” the High School about 9:40 a.m., and he went on at the same volume, Kristol, and Bob Dole immedi- ots and tyrants.” In case anyone having a loaded but unlicensed handgun in Clearly, it can’t come a minute “this man would be given no care ately picked up McCaughey’s re- didn’t get his point, Kostric also his truck. He’s being held without bail. too soon. whatsoever because he is a cere- frain and began passing it along. bral palsy handicapped person.” Just as quickly — just a week Dingell managed to interject, after it was published — other Story Containing Several Minor Inaccuracies Inexplicably Appears on Gazette Website “We put an amendment in which writers in The New Republic were On Monday, August 10, this photo- will address his specific problem discussing the factual errors in graph (right) appeared on our web- as the bill was going through … the piece. After a change in edi- site, www.nhgazette.com, accompa- .” Sola then drowned out Dingell tors two years later, the magazine nied by the following text: “Barack by yelling “No. No. No.” Even- apologized for running it. The Obama, the crazed Kenyan terrorist tually two police officers came Clinton health care bill never who was sworn in as President by and escorted Sola away. Sola even got out of the gate. A wa- the traitorous Supreme Court Chief demanded to be arrested along tered-down version could not Justice John Roberts, terrorized se- with his son, but he was denied muster even a simple majority in nior citizens and two pigeons Sat- that satisfaction. the Senate. urday afternoon, in preparation for The next day, interviewed on Meanwhile, the Town Hall meeting on health Fox News [Insert expression of in- Back in the White House care to be held at Portsmouth Pub- credulity here] Sola denied that he With the centerpiece of his lic High School tomorrow. Obama, had been disruptive. domestic agenda at stake, the a Muslim, personally flew Marine Sola said his concern stemmed President did the only thing he One over Keefe House, home to 58 from an article he had read in the could do — he announced that members of The Greatest Genera- searching for alternative routes of explain how the item, which con- New York Post. The Post, like Fox he would hold the Mother of All tion™, to intimidate the occupants egress, in case his sinister plot to tains several inaccuracies, came to News, belongs to Rupert Mur- Health Care Town Hall Meet- and dissuade them from appear- euthanize the Town Hall audi- be posted, and we deny any and all doch. ings, right here in River City. ing Tuesday. Either that, or he was ence goes awry.” We are at a loss to responsibility.

News Briefs: Hi-Tech Sleuth Closing In On Nixon? David Corn reported in Mother the Watergate break-in which to capture indentations and im- gasses. Naturally, there were those The Charlottesville Daily Prog- Jones last month on a project that had taken place three days earlier. pressions on a piece of paper,” it opposed to the bill — those who ress explained the mystery on July could — if it succeeds and bears Their conversation was later lost might provide evidence to help are making a handsome profit by 31: “The person who sent the out the researcher’s suspicions in the infamous 18.5 minute gap fill in the 18.5 minute gap emitting greenhouse gasses, for letter[s] has not been identified, — bring Richard Nixon’s reputa- in the Nixon tapes. Mellinger’s own theory is that instance. but he or she was employed by a tion to a new low. The National Phil Mellinger, a former Na- Watergate was driven by Nixon’s But why would Creciendo Washington lobbying firm called Archives unit holding the Wa- tional Security Agency analyst, fear “that the Democrats pos- Juntos, an organization serving Bonner & Associates.” tergate files is going to conduct learned the Archives had the two sessed evidence that he had co- Charlottesville, NC’s Hispanic A Bonner & Associates part- a test of two pages from a yellow pages of Haldeman’s notes last vertly sabotaged Vietnam peace community, object to it? And ner was dispatched to do dam- legal pad that was used by H.R. October — but only two pages. negotiations to boost his election what would the Albemarle- age control, saying that the let- “Bob” Haldeman during a con- Unnoticed by other research- chances in 1968.” Charlottesville branch of the ters had been a “mistake” and the versation with Nixon on June 20, ers, there appeared to be a gap Speaking of Dirty Tricks NAACP have against the bill? person who sent them had been 1972. As Haldeman took notes in Haldeman’s notes, too. Mel- Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) Nothing, as it turns out. Yet fired. — something he always did me- linger reasoned that the if the and Ed Markey (D-MA) recently Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) re- On August 4, The New York ticulously — the two discussed second page were subjected to succeeded in passing an energy/ ceived letters from both organiza- how to go about covering up the electrostatic detection analysis, a climate bill that should help re- tions, on their official letterheads, News Briefs White House’s involvement in “proven forensic technique used duce the emission of greenhouse expressing their opposition. to page two Page 2 - The New Hampshire Gazette - August 14, 2009

News Briefs be available at the open house from page one and at the meeting. “The agenda of the meeting Times published a report from includes a presentation of the Greenwire revealing who Bon- baseline data collected, an update ner’s client was: the American on the status of the bridge in- Coalition for Clean Coal Elec- spection and the federal stimulus tricity, which represents electric application and an opportunity utilities and the coal companies for the public to comment on the who supply them. study’s draft Purpose and Need Second Piscataqua Bridge Statement, which has been under Meeting August 20 development by the Steering and This just in from the Maine- Stakeholder Committees over NH Connections Study: the summer. “The second Public Informa- “The draft Purpose and Need tional Meeting for the Maine- Statement will be posted at NH Connections Study will www.maineNHconnections.org take place on August 20 at the prior to the meeting; Study Data Portsmouth Public Library, 175 will be posted on the web site Parrott Avenue. The 6 p.m. meet- during the week following the ing will be preceded by an open meeting.” house from 4-6 p.m. that will “Persons or groups who want feature a display and summary to receive updates on a regular of the baseline data that has been basis can contact Carol Morris collected to date for the study. by calling (207) 329-6502 or by ‘The open house will give e-mail to cmorris@morriscomm. those who are interested in data net.” on vehicle and bicycle traffic, Portsmouth river navigation and land use the Commmunity Television can system in which all dollars it through your Comcast coaxial rounded by big name musicians time they need to absorb this Remember the dear dead days are equal before the law, most cable. like Thelonious Monk and Stan information,’ said Carol Mor- when people were still waiting people seem to have thrown in Items now available for view- Getz. After opening his own ris, study spokesperson. ‘And expectantly for the eventual in- the towel and forgotten about it. ing include pieces featuring Mic- coffee house — at the age of since all the information stations auguration of a cable-based en- But not Dan Freund and John um Davis, of Cornerstone Tree- 19 — Joe sometimes had to hire will have a study team member tity to be called something like Herman. By their own account, care, taking down a tree at the photographers to take publicity available, it means folks can in- Portsmouth Community Televi- these two militiamen in the digi- New England Center; a piece on photos. “They were a pain in the formally ask questions and make sion? Well, thanks to the creativ- tal revolution were “meeting for the 2008 Presidential Primary; ass. They were terrible. And they comments.’ Morris added that ity of Comcast executives and the a beer at The Press Room [when] an interview with Jayson Kohl, a were slow with the pictures.” So written comment forms will also even-handedness of the Ameri- Dan pitched his idea for an on- co-owner of Odyssey and Oracle, he began shooting his own pho- line media network allowing vid- the indie second-hand record, tos. Then he kept at it during a eographers from the community clothing and bicycle store on Al- stint on the road as manager for to showcase their work. During bany Street; footage of the 2008 John Sebastian. the discussion, John was busy Halloween Parade, an interview A pivotal moment in Joe’s ca- behind his laptop. Dan thought with the editor of This Olde Rag; reer was the night when he got John was ignoring him. Instead, and two brief but amusing bits his first “All Access” pass to Carn- John created the network right featuring a gentleman known as egie Hall. On the bill were John- then and there; because, you Headcase. ny Cash and The Carter Family, know, that’s what he does. Short- Joe Stevens, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Stream online media network Hotshot Photographer the guy who gave Joe the pass — couldn’t wait any longer, and is Perhaps the most entertaining Mississippi John Hurt. currently serving Portsmouth- piece up so far on Shortstream.tv Other highlights include Joe related media online.” is a seven-minute interview with talking about shooting “Peter Yes, you read it right — Ports- local raconteur Joe Stevens, ap- Gabriel in my bathtub in Lon- mouth Commmunity Television parently filmed at Caffé Kilim. don - no one has that,” Joey Ra- is now up and running on the Joe talks about the evolution of mone pretending to attack Joe Internet at Shortstream.tv. And his career as a “Hot Shot” Pho- with a knife, and the Sex Pistols Steeple For Our New(s) Religion?—A television news truck’s microwave for a delicious touch of irony, if tographer. As a kid growing up “beating the hell out of the audi- mast pierces the sky above Market Square. you’re its customer, you can get in the West Village, he was sur- ence — that’s rare.”

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A new batch of videos will go the strength of the tidal currents. up on the site on September 4, Mr. Hazen’s talk will cover the but don’t wait for that — see it development of the form, docu- now! mentary coverage in contempo- Learn About rary media, and amusing anec- Piscataqua River Gundalows dotes. Following his talk, he will Nate Hazen, a Board member lead a tour of the “Birds, Beasties with the Gundalow Company & Boats” exhibit and conduct a who has traveled most of the riv- discussion of the gundalow mod- ers of the Piscataqua on the gun- els in the gallery, largely made by dalow Capt. Edward H. Adams, Capt. Edward Adams in the 20th will give a Gallery Talk titled century, interpreting the form. “The Gundalow — Freighter In addition to his work on the of the Piscataqua,” at the Dis- Gundalow Company board, Mr. cover Portsmouth Center at the Hazen is a UNH Marine Do- Corner of Middle and Islington cent, a maritime history buff, a Streets, Saturday, August 15, at black-powder cannoneer, and a 11:00 a.m. The event will be free sailor. A retired research/project and open to the public. engineer from Harvard, he and The gundalow was the ubiq- his artist wife have been living uitous freight carrier of the es- on the estuary for 11 years. Veterans Affairs Supported Tracey told us that VASH has scriptions we’d been hoping for. tuarine river system for over 250 For more information, call the Housing (VASH) Update had many calls from people who But we did find a big whack of years, carrying all manner of car- Discover Portsmouth Center at For some time now we’ve had found out about the program support in another form: people go upstream and downstream on (603) 436-8433. a couple of extra pieces of well- through the Olde Rag. Hearing spontaneously throwing extra used but still-serviceable fur- that from her inspired us to in- money in with their renewals niture, a chair and a table, just sert this item here. We can testify and saying, “here — take this.” taking up space at Gazette World that the process is painless and Loui and Ann, in Walden, Headquarters. We’ve known very gratifying. Vermont sent an extra $75, and what to do with them but hadn’t The program recently add- wrote, “We love your input … had the right opportunity. Last ed another 30 or so clients, so expecially your warped sense of week we finally got our chance. the need continues. Furniture, humor … Enclosed is a small do- We loaded the items into the household appliances, pots and nation to help keep your spirigs pickup and took them to the pans, and cleaning supplies top up and pay some bills … keep it VA Hospital on Smyth Road in the list of needed items. Cash is coming.” Sarah in North Pom- Manchester. By prior arrange- also acceptable; a bank account fret also sent an extra $75, saying ment we met up with Tracey has been set up. For more infor- “You guys are the best.” Frank Noonan, the Veterans Affairs mation call Tracey Noonan, at in Salem — the witchified Sa- Supported Housing (VASH) (603) 657-5612. lem — threw in an extra $15 and Program Manager, and turned The Relentless commented, “a little extra to help the items over to her. Now a dis- Self-Promotion Dept. with the postage.” abled veteran who is receiving Processing the incoming sub- These generous gifts, and the subsidized housing through the scriptions and renewals as we several new and renewed Sup- VASH program has something prepared to mail the previous porting Subscriptions we did get, The poor, as a famous troublemaker once said, we will always have with that program is not able to give issue was heartening and a little didn’t quite add up to what we us. On August 4, Portsmouth was apparently graced with, in addition to them: a comfortable chair and a disorienting. The paper we were will need to effectively counter the folks who hang out in front of Starbucks, the anonymous commodore of pretty good table. about to mail contained a brief Fox News and Heritage Foun- this extravagant hunk of plastic. The Sea Fox purports to be registered in We received in return the fol- outline of our mad scheme to dation. Over the long haul, we’ll George Town, C.I. If Wikipedia has not steered us wrong, that is probably lowing, listed here in ascending revolutionize the nation’s entire need to develop a steady base the George Town on Grand Cayman, the capital of the Cayman Islands in order of their respective values. political structure, which we plan made up of smaller amounts. But the British West Indies. George Town is the “heart of the Cayman Islands 1) the space that the items for- to do if and when we get enough having said that, it’s really not a financial industry,” and home to “over 600 banks.” Most of those alleged merly took up, Supporting Subscribers. (We bad start. And it’s very hearten- banks are “small one room operations, some having no physical location 2) the pleasure of meeting hope to get that scheme posted ing. on the island at all.” Since George Town has a population of fewer than Tracey in person, and somewere on our website within The News Briefs must end here 21,000 people, that’s a rather odd supply/demand ratio of one bank for 3) the satisfaction that comes the next week or so, by the way.) this fortnight, to make way for a every 35 people. The number of Cayman Island banks, however, is dwarfed from getting to do in a tangible As we entered new subscrip- flood of letters, but the Subscrip- by its reported 10,000-plus hedge funds. But, since the Cayman Islands way something that is generally tions and renewals into the da- tion Form is in its usual place weren’t settled until the mid-17th century, they can’t be said to be the sole restricted to the theoretical: sup- tabase, we didn’t find the steep — the lower right corner of page source of poverty — the poor preceeded them. port the troops. increase in Supporting Sub- five — so have at it. Page 4 - The New Hampshire Gazette - August 14, 2009

Northcountry Chronicle Jabez Stone's Bargain

by William Marvel When I gaze at landscapes that who sold themselves into mutual I expected to wake up the car. Her sense of humor matches have changed so little over the slavery: I had occasionally sub- next morning wondering what mine well, with a veiled taste for even years ago this week I sat decades I inevitably start think- mitted to theoretical discussion the hell I had done. When that darkness and sarcasm, although I on the porch of an old Quak- ing about the past, and that Sat- of the concept, but the pressure wasn’t the case, I figured it would still don’t think she would deem erS meetinghouse in a surprisingly urday morning was no exception. to confirm concrete details had happen on the next morning. it funny if she found out about rural corner of Maryland, only My reverie specifically involved always brought me to my senses. Much to my surprise, it never the fake wedding ceremony. 20 miles from steamy, stinking James Longstreet, the Confeder- Yet there I sat on a two-person happened at all. Months later Our nest grows happier as it Baltimore. The porch overlooked ate general who served as Robert bench, and according to those it dawned on me why that reac- empties, and the last fledgling the graves of Quakers who had E. Lee’s second-in-command. At Quakers if I remained in it long tion had not set in: the wedding leaves this month. All things attended that meeting for nearly the time I was considering writ- enough they would consider me ceremony, I finally realized, had considered, times have been so two centuries past, and beyond ing a biography of Longstreet, married to the woman who was not been real. There had been no good since that morning on the the cemetery sprawled rolling who was never treated fairly by seated beside me. minister, or justice of the peace. meetinghouse porch that I feel fields covered with gently swaying historians. Perhaps because of So mesmerized was I by the While all those Quakers pro- like Jabez Stone, the New Hamp- crops of corn, hay, and grain. The that preoccupation with him, I progress of Longstreet’s imagi- nounced us married after their shire farmer who agreed to con- only other buildings visible were could hardly dispel the image of nary legions that before I knew quaint tradition, I had found sign his soul to the devil in re- an old stone church on a distant Longstreet’s corps sweeping over it my time was up. From there out their secret, and that made turn for seven years of good luck. hilltop and an 1840s farmhouse the ridge in the distance with its some friends took me and the all the difference. I was still free, Unlike Stone, however, I suffered with its barn and sheds. red banners flying, precisely as it young lady to a favorite moun- and living in delicious sin. The no reminder from the mortgage It was a Saturday, and except had done a few miles to the west, taintop and plied me with cham- young lady turned out to be a holder on the sixth anniversary, for the occasional hum of an un- 140 years earlier. pagne, just as British crimps used delightful partner who enjoys so I shouldn’t need the services seen car nothing stirred. Dozens The daydream was more per- to entice grog-soaked men into many of the same pursuits that of Daniel Webster or any of his of people had gathered on the sonal than historical, for as I envi- His Majesty’s service. By mid- I do, from history and garden- more high-priced modern coun- porch with me, but for the lon- sioned it Longstreet was coming night we were ensconced in the ing to hiking and bicycling. She terparts. So long as neither my gest while none of them uttered a to save me from a fate worse than Piper farmhouse in the middle of is an indefatigable worker, too— “wife” nor the Internal Revenue word. Quakers are quiet like that, death. From bitter experience the Antietam battlefield (where so long as the work does not Service discovers the pretense on and their silence is what makes and observation I had ridiculed Longstreet actually did set foot), involve putting anything back which our joy and contentment them the only Christians I can marriage for 20 years as a com- on the first night of our honey- where it belongs, or cleaning the rests, life might just go on hap- really stand. pact between sentimental fools moon. junk off her desk or out of her pily ever after.

More Hate Mail, &c. cite is a perfect example. how stockholders’ demand for This and other government re- creates any competition to the from page seven The Editor profit changed the mission of form starts with ending the pow- dominating insurance industries 4 insurance companies from the er of the leaders of industry and that threaten today’s healthcare in mind, why does the Congress We Can Do It protection of its members into commerce to control legislations and insurance reform. With their reject them for themselves and all To the Editor: making money for the super-rich with its vast sums of money. We lies, half-truths, innuendos, false government employees, elected Health care: a benefit but also hedge fund operators and other have been inured into thinking rumors, and out-of-context dis- or hired or appointed? Could it a responsibility. billionaire investors. that this is the way the system tortions they create negative ad- be “do as I say, not as I do-ism”? If you want to know what is Desperate for profit for its in- works. Our present recession is vertising about the public option, John Sangenario going on behind the scenes in vestors the insurance companies painful evidence that it doesn’t and positive changes that influ- Hampton, NH Health Care Reform click on raised rates, deductibles, denied work for the people, or for big ence the uninformed public. John: PBS online, search for Bill Moy- claims and purged the sick and business. Healthcare reform will also As H.L. Mencken once wrote, ers Journal and select “health care injured from their rolls. The Wall Street/Billionaire/ benefit our economy. It will help “There is always an easy solution reform.” Bill interviews Wendell Yes we need health care reform corporate oligarchy will do any our industries compete with to every human problem — neat, Potter, a former officer in the in- but we had best seek insurance thing to discredit President manufacturers in foreign coun- plausible, and wrong.” The bill you surance industry, who tells about reform as well. Obama and any reform that tries that have free healthcare.

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When “the Army we had” was sent to war, NATURAL GATHERINGS they got plenty of lip service about “support.” Well, some of them are back now. And a few of them could use a hand. The Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (VASH) program provides permanent housing and ongoing case management treatment services for homeless veterans who would not be able to live independently without the support of case management. VASH cannot provide furniture, household appliances, pots and pans, or other household goods. VASH can accept these items, and GARDENS WEDDINGS WREATHS

distribute them to veterans who need them. SARAH PELLERIN Call or e-mail Tracey Noonan, VASH Program Manager, at (603) 657-5612 or [email protected] 603 659 8770 Friday, August 14, 2009 - The New Hampshire Gazette - Page 5

Moving Pictures The Hurt Locker by Rodman Philbrick ryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, the vices, and can’t wait for the next in the face of death — and the best in class thus far. Screenwrit- one. His fellow squad members supporting cast comes across as Stars: Jeremy Renner, An- er Mark Boal embedded with an come to believe their boss has a real as the kids next door. They thony Mackie, Brian Geraghty; U.S. Army bomb disposal squad serious death wish that is likely want to get out of the war alive, Screenplay: Mark Boal; Direc- and came away with a story that to include them as the days of Wild Man couldn’t care less, and violence. It’s a big, important tor: Kathryn Bigelow; Rating: rings true enough to cause sweat their rotation — and survival — the resulting tension makes The subject, and nobody does it bet- [R] to bead on the brow, even in tick down. Shot on location in Hurt Locker something very spe- ter, or looks deeper. an air-conditioned theater. The Jordan in a documentary style cial, and certainly the best drama One caveat, and this is strictly irectors keep making mov- squads are small — a few soldiers (all the rage, the latest being Dis- about a bomb squad since the old a matter of personal taste. Your ies about the American in a Humvee responding to calls trict 9) by the director of Near BBC series Danger UXB. reviewer is probably alone in the Dsoldier’s experience in Iraq, and to identify and disarm the so- Dark and Point Break, The Hurt Bigelow, born in 1951, con- wilderness on this one, but the Americans keep not wanting called I.E.D.’s that are the sig- Locker keeps the tension screwed tinues to be one of the most current trend to shoot dramas is to see them. When it comes to nature weapon of this particular down tight as Wild Man wades, interesting and iconoclastic di- if they were in-your-face docu- long-running wars, apparently war. Huge shells of unexploded bow-legged in a Michelin Man rectors of her generation. With mentaries, in an effort to make we prefer them out of sight, out ordinance rigged with timers suit, into the exceedingly mean the exception of Blue Steel ( Ja- them seem “real,” actually does of mind. We happily salute the from Radio Shack, detonated streets where crazed taxi driv- mie Lee Curtis as a troubled the reverse. The herky-jerky cam- flag, but would prefer not to by cheap watches or cell phones. ers would rather die than put cop) and to a lesser extent The era work makes them seem about know what it costs in blood and The squad establishes a perim- their cabs in reverse, and roving Weight of Water, almost all of her as real as a network reality show. treasure to keep it flying over eter and if possible sends in a ro- gangs rig the bodies of slaugh- films have been about men and Actors have to work twice as hard foreign lands. Too bad, because bot to check out the device. Next tered children with explosive violence. Point Break got deep to get the same message across, some fine dramas have been in- up, the squad leader in a padded devices, and every citizen with a into the man thing with Keanu and that’s because the best act- spired by the occupation of Iraq, suit and a pair of snips to clip cell phone is a potential detona- Reeves going undercover to nab ing happens when a gifted artist and what happens when young the wires before the world goes tor. Not a happy place — indeed, charismatic surfer/bank robber gives it up to the screen, commu- men and women must sacrifice boom. The man in the armored Bigelow makes it look like hell Patrick Swayze. Strange Days, a nicating nuances of feeling that to impose order upon a society suit, new to the command of this on earth — and yet Wild Man weird and brilliant look at the are captured, ever-so-delicately, that seems, at least some of the particular squad, happens to be keeps committing acts of outra- apocalypse, was all about Ralph by a fine camera lens and light- time, to prefer death and anarchy an adrenaline junky who loves to geous, high-skilled courage, risk- Fiennes connecting to his inner ing that assists and evokes, rather to peace and survival. Jarhead, get close to high explosives, and ing and saving not only his own guy, and K-19: The Widowmaker is than obscures. Think of Al Pa- Three Kings, In The Valley of Elah, keeps a locker full of the clipped life, but the lives of many Iraqi a bunch of sweaty Russian dudes cino in The Godfather. Would we all dealt seriously with the expe- detonators that were out to get civilians he alternately loves and jammed into a dying submarine. ever have known what was going rience, and none found a mass him. Played by Jeremy Renner loathes. Renner’s almost hypnotic One assumes she’s simply drawn on inside him if the camera was audience. (from television’s The Unusuals), performance deserves to garner a to the material, to what happens never still enough to let us look The latest effort to induce Staff Sergeant Will “Wild Man” nomination or two — never has a to men who are exposed to, and into his soul? widespread eye aversion is Kath- James has defused over 800 de- man been so convincingly gleeful may well thrive on, danger and Get a tripod, please.

As we have learned from the as the people who are part of the our nation and our civil rights. spirit of Clarence Darrow, Dan- We can do it. past that campaign promises government. It is time to wake up Be informed. Look beyond the iel Webster and others who used Wilbur N. Rhodes are often forgotten or denied and smell our country burning. mainstream media’s manufac- the Rule of Law to create justice. Kittery, ME fruition due to the power of the Although we are faced with tured news and find the truth in The change we need is in us, ev- Wilbur: lobby and its negative advertising the corrupt power and stench of Public Broadcasting and trusted ery one of us. Join and support We better. Unless we get the up- lulling us into inaction. Sports, the Wall Streets hidden deals we internet sites. Acorn, Move On, the Polaris per hand over the corporations, entertainment, electronic games cannot surrender to this para- The Torch of Freedom still Project or the many others who their lackeys in both parties, and the and the lure of consumerism sitic, autocratic hegemony that burns and it is passed down to us. are working for a better nation media, we’re all Soylent Green. have distracted us from our duty is eating at the very fabric of We must not lose faith with the for every one. The Editor

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Costs would be contained by taxes on the middle class; no dramatically reducing adminis- pork bill spending; no lobbyists Mash Notes Hate Mail trative expenses, global budget- allowed; lowering the deficit; no , , ing, bulk purchasing of prescrip- more politics as usual and ac- free speech are a mob! We can not giving us the healthcare that tion drugs, medical supplies and countability to the constituents. not insinuate that segments of we need. equipment, mandating transpar- It was the promise of building our population who disagree with President Obama’s health care ency in pricing, and reduction in an energy program that would our opinions are of a lower ech- reform gives us the choice of pri- fraud. utilize all natural resources while elon. To do so is to exercise the vate corporation or public gov- Although the President keeps at the same time developing the ultimate hypocrisy. It weakens ernment health insurance. With- saying you can keep the insurance technology that would establish the ideation of the Democratic out the public option, we’re stuck you have, it is the small business- a new economic base for the Party that has stood for Civil with good healthcare for the rich, man buying this policy for you. country. It was the promise that Liberties. It puts in to question lousy healthcare for the middle, And with insurance premiums all Americans would have access our integrity. and no healthcare for 45 million Physicians for a National rising every year way above the and choice in a quality health Perhaps I will be viewed as a people with little money or pre- Health Program inflation rate, providing this cov- care program. I had hoped that rat that has jumped ship, howev- existing conditions. To the Editor: erage for many is not possible this young man would lead our er my allegiance is to my country As government employees, Speaker Pelosi has pledged to anymore. A fixed percentage of country back to the Constitution and to the republic for which it public option bureaucrats are hold a floor debate and vote on payroll would be a much more with its promise of life, liberty stands. Regardless of party affili- ultimately responsible to us, the single payer health reform this affordable option. and the pursuit of happiness for ations it is time for all of us who people, not to profiteers, for pro- fall. This vote on an amendment The City of Portsmouth paid all. are at heart patriots and believe viding healthcare service. to HR 3200 (the 1,000+ page $9,615 for a family policy in 2000, What part of what I had envi- in the “goodness” of the Ameri- Bruce Joffe bill favored by the House Lead- and this year $24,145, costing you sioned has happened? To my dis- can way of life to become astute, Piedmont, CA ership) would substitute the 27 10 percent of your property tax may none. No transparency; new informed, responsible citizenry 4 page HR 676 as the new health bill. Without reform, similar in- taxes either imposed or impend- and stand together to protect it. The Bell Tolls for All care policy of the United States. creases of this magnitude would ing on all of us; pork bill spending The strength of America comes To the Editor: This is important to everyone lead to a premium of $60,362 in allowed; lobbyists a part of the not from one man or from a pol- Nearly 46 million Americans because passage would bring 2020 and $150,906 in 2030. This Administration; increased deficit; itics as usual Congress; it comes now lack health insurance — simplicity and stability into your clearly demonstrates the need for politics as usual; a Congress that from “We the People.” more than 35 times New Hamp- health care planning. For about reform. dismisses its constituents. A Cap Carol Cook shire’s population. CNN reports 4.5 percent of income, matched Please visit the Physicians for and Trade policy that will place Exeter, NH that “one out of three Americans by your employer, you would re- a National Health Program web- the economic burden on middle Carol: under age 65 had no insurance ceive a lifetime policy with no site at pnhp.org for more infor- class America without first en- Your indignation at the lack at some point during 2007 and co-payments, no deductibles, mation. suring world wide pollution con- of an immediate sea-change in 2008.” No insurance leads to no no out-of-pocket expenses, and Thomas Clairmont, MD trols. A Universal Health Care American politics is a bit perplex- medical care and to the prevent- most important, no preexisting Portsmouth, NH Policy that has embedded within ing. You voted for a President, not able deaths and illnesses of our conditions exclusions. Your policy Thomas: it the strengthening of one seg- a Magician-in-Chief. And the fellow Americans. would cover choice of physician One of the most maddening things ment at the sacrifice of quality alarming tendencies you point to Medical expenses can be fi- and appointments with them, about life in America these days is health care and the elderly. One were far more prevalent during the nancially catastrophic and are hospital care, diagnostic imaging, how often the most reasonable and only has to read the bills to know Bush Administration than they are the leading cause of bankruptcy. laboratory tests, prescriptions, vi- promising ideas go unheard, while this is true. now. Are you sure you were ever a Entire families are regularly cast sion care, preventive care, dental utter crackpotism drones away re- Being wrong is not my per- Democrat at all? into poverty by overwhelming care, chiropractic care, emergen- lentlessly. Thanks for your concise sonal preference. However, as I The Editor medical expenses. cy care and ambulance transpor- introduction to HR 676. It’s hard become better informed, it ap- 4 We Americans have a long- tation, podiatry, speech, physical, to imagine it’s got a chance, but it pears that our President can not We Need Government standing commitment to the and occupational therapy, mental surely deserves one. lead, but follows a non-respon- Healthcare common good. Thomas Jefferson health care, substance abuse care, The Editor sive, corrupt Congress and an To the Editor: wrote, “The care of human life health education, hospice care, 4 entourage of the likes of Guith- The wingnut scream machine and happiness … is the first and adult day care, skilled nursing Unhappy Customer ner [sic], Axelrod, Emanuel and is yelling, “no socialized medi- only object of good government.” care, long term care, and dialysis. To My Fellow Democrats: czars, many of whom have ques- cine,” trying to scare us with the Once, our middle-class seniors Please note that passage of “Change That We Can Believe tionable backgrounds. It appears specter of faceless government had no retirement or medical this plan covers everyone with In” was the campaign motto of that he is only the mouth piece bureaucrats deciding our health- care. They worked till they died. the same basic policy: Medicaid the Democratic Party and Bar- for politics as usual. It appears care. Yup, that’s scary, but what is Social Security and Medicare would be eliminated, medical rack Hussien [sic] Obama. Ex- that it is about power and control far worse is the current situation changed that, reducing poverty bankruptcy would be eliminated, actly what change did I expect of the American people. of faceless corporate bureaucrats and making today’s seniors the and the President’s goals of uni- as a Democratic constituent? We cannot tolerate anyone deciding our healthcare. Why? healthiest ever. versal, affordable, choice, and cost First and foremost, it was the saying that those who exercise Because private health insurance We Americans did the right controls would be met. promise of transparency; no new their Constitutional Rights of corporations make their profit by thing for seniors, and in the end

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blatantly racist against Native And Other Correspondence Americans. John Meinhold we will provide a public health The Republic, to which we Portsmouth, NH insurance option for the millions pledge our Allegiance, has been John: who cannot afford medical care. destroyed and replaced by Mob Professional football can get all Right now, the (unacceptable) Rule, masquerading as a Democ- worked up about dog fighting, but option is “Just don’t get sick.” racy. When will the people heed Major League Baseball lets the The plight of millions of our the lessons of history? Indians perpetuate this insult to fellow Americans is not just ap- Dick Marple Native Americans. It really is a palling but shameful. It is our na- Hooskett, New Hampshire disgrace. tional tragedy. Republic The Editor In John Donne’s words: “No Dick: 4 man is an island, entire of itself We have no idea what you’re Good Work, Carol tion classrooms. … any man’s death diminishes getting at, but we’ll defend to the To the Editor: This capacity to mainstream me, because I am involved in death your right to say it. I would like to take this oppor- students with autism is not only mankind, and therefore never The Editor tunity to thank Congresswoman good for the kids, but also for send to know for whom the bell 4 Carol Shea-Porter for the help the rest of us who want to see all tolls; it tolls for thee.” Every time Honoring the she has provided for families Americans become independent one of the tens of millions of Sockalexis Cousins struggling with autism. I am and productive citizens. Americans without health insur- To the Editor: someone who knows these diffi- Vickey Russo ance dies needlessly due to lack Finally, after more than a cen- culties first hand. Both of my sis- Manchester, NH of medical care, the bell tolls for tury, two Native American ath- ters’ girls are autistic. One of her Vickey: us all. letes were recognized for their daughters sees a doctor in Mas- It’s pitiful that it takes the inter- Jane Hoffman achievements. The state of Maine sachusetts who is tops in his field vention of a Member of Congress Rye NH legislature recently approved a and has treated her since she was to get a health insurance company Jane: resolution honoring Louis Sock- 18 months old. to do the right thing. But it’s great That’s the most un-American alexis and his cousin Andrew Even though this doctor is a that the First District has a Mem- letter we’ve seen in weeks. Don’t Sockalexis. Louis was the first provider for her insurance com- ber willing and able to help. you know Darwin is our friend? Native American major league pany, it did not want to pay for The Editor Where’s your righteous willingness ballplayer and Andrew was a star her next visit because the physi- 4 to watch your neighbor drop dead if marathon runner. Historical ac- cian is out of state in Massachu- Good For The Goose, he gets in a bind? counts claim the Cleveland Indi- setts. Carol was able to resolve Good For The Gander? The Editor ans “honored” Louis Sockalexis the problem by acting as an in- To the Editor: 4 by changing the name of their termediary between the insur- The liberal progressive Demo- Another Republic team from the Cleveland Spiders ance company and my sister. crats tell us they want health care Heard From to the Cleveland Indians. How- Shea-Porter has helped those coverage for all Americans. They To the Editor: ever, the legacy of Louis Sock- experiencing autism disorders in have run three bills through the It is extremely revealing, when alexis is marred by the disgust- other ways, too. She was able to U.S. House committees and one- understanding history, that verse ing Chief Wahoo mascot of the secure $700,000 for the Institute plus through the Senate commit- nine of Ecclesiastes confirms Cleveland Indians. Chief Wahoo of Disability at UNH as part of tees. In the Senate, amendments that there is “nothing new under is a caricature displaying a buck- the Omnibus Appropriations have been proposed that would the sun.” toothed, large nosed, red faced Act of 2009. This money will help require all Senators who vote for History does repeat itself. In Indian. develop a National Center on the ultimate bill that may come 1874 the United States Supreme The Penobscot tribe from Inclusive Education and Youth to the floor be covered under that Court recorded in its report the Maine, of which Sockalexis was a with Autism Spectrum Disor- bill rather than the great program following; member, has sent several pleas to ders and related disabilities, they are currently in. Since both “The foundation of a republic the Cleveland Indians to end the Shea-Porter was later able to the House and Senate bills are is the virtue of its citizens. They use of the Chief Wahoo mascot. obtain an additional $450,000 requiring a “public option” (gov- are at once sovereigns and sub- The Cleveland team has shame- for the Center through the La- ernment takeover) nobody in the jects. As the foundation is under- fully refused to even return a re- bor, Health, Human Services, Senate has signed on to be cov- mined, the structure is weakened. ply letter to the Penobscots. Why and Education Bill. Partly as a ered with those bills. When it is destroyed, the fabric doesn’t Major League Baseball result of the good work done by Isn’t that curious? If the bills must fall. Such is the voice of step in and stop the Cleveland the Institute, New Hampshire is were written with all us citizens universal history.” Trist v. Child, Indians from using the Chief ranked No. 1 nationally in the 88 U.S. 441 (1874), quoting from Wahoo mascot? The mascot is percentage of time students with More Hate Mail, &c. 1 Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws. clearly disrespectful and even autism spend in general educa- to page four

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Portsmouth is bounded on the caused by the moon. The other major trucks.) Bay. This spectacle can best be seen when Piscataqua earns its title for xth fastest bobbing around in the current. That buoy oil, and salt generally do so at high tide, north and east by the Piscataqua River. player is a vast sunken valley, about ten The moon’s meddling creates a roving the chart below shows the tide rising. current. A good place to observe this is weighs several tons, is nine feet wide, for maximum clearance under their keels. Depending on which tour boat captain miles upriver. Twice a day, the moon hydraulic conflict as incoming sea and A good place to watch is the little deck from Bow Street, up by St. John’s church. and it bobs and bounces in the current When they leave empty, riding high in you believe, it’s the second, the third, or drags roughly seventeen billion gallons outgoing river collide. The skirmish line near the sterns of the tugboats, off Ceres Look up the river, from one of the little like a cork! The river also has its placid the water, they tend to go at low tide, the fourth fastest-flowing navigable river of salt water from the ocean, up the moves from the mouth of the river, past Street. Twice a day, too, the moon lets parking lots between the buildings. moments, around high and low tides. for maximum clearance under Memorial in the country. river, into Great Bay. (If the moon ever New Castle, around the bend by the old all that water go. All the salt water that (Don’t try to drive or park there, that Often when the river rests, its tugboats Bridge. The Piscataqua’s remarkable current stopped moving that water for us, it Naval Prison, under Memorial Bridge, just fought its way upstream goes back won’t work.) You’ll see a red buoy, at and drawbridges work their hardest. is caused by the tide which, in turn is could be replaced with 2,125,000 tanker past the tugboats, and on towards Great to rejoin the ocean. This is when the the upstream end of Badger’s Island, Ships coming in heavily laden with coal,

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2002—In an Army Times article, 2002—Pentagon officials admit 1996—The U.S. prison population 1999—The FBI puts “Whitey” 1986—Drug addict Randy Woolls 1976—Two day occupation of Sea- 2002—A Bush administration the commander of “Red” forces in that the U.S. was assisting Iraq hits 1,600,000, twice what it was 10 Bulger on its Most-Wanted List. helps Texas kill him by finding a brook, NH nuke site begins. spokesperson announces that as the recent “Millennium Challenge” during its war against Iran, know- years earlier. 1953—CIA-backed royalists in good vein. 1962—CBS’s “Evening News” re- punishment for selling SCUD war games charges they were “al- ing that Saddam Hussein intended 1989—Malcolm Forbes throws Iran overthrow Premier Mossa- 1983—Returning to the Philip- ports on the Society for Indecency missiles, North Korea, with which most entirely scripted to ensure a to “use chemical weapons against himself a $2 million birthday party, degh in Iran. pines under assurances there will to Naked Animals, Alan Abel’s we do not trade anyway, will suffer [U.S. military] win.” his own people.” flying 800 guests to his castle in 1951—St. Louis Browns owner be no reprisals for his dissidence, most successful hoax. trade sanctions. 1980—Refugees hijack three jet- 1994—Baseball players go on Tangiers. Bill Veeck sends Eddie Gaedel Benigno Aquino is shot dead as 1946—At Los Alamos, Physicist 2001—The Bush administration, liners to get back to Cuba. strike; end of season. 1959—Sailors aboard the U.S.S. in to pinch-hit for Frank Saucier. soon as he leaves his plane. Harry K. Daghlian accidentally having jacked up expenses and 1977—Elvis dies ... we think. 1988—A Pakistani C-130 ex- Wasp bring a severe fire under con- Gaedel is 43 inches tall. 1974—The House of Representa- drops a tungsten carbide brick, slashed taxes, announces a baffling 1976—Two college dropouts plodes in mid-air killing President trol, barely averting the need to 1812—“Old Ironsides” defeats the tives votes 412-3 to recommend causing a plutonium core to give decrease in the federal surplus. named Steve form the Apple Com- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. General flood the ship’s nuclear weapons Guerriere. Articles of Impeachment against him a lethal burst of radiation. 1991—When Derick Lynn Peter- puter company in a garage. Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to storage space. 1791—Benjamin Banneker, “the Richard Nixon. 1927—Supreme Court “Justice” son’s heart continues to beat for 1962—Cuban commies outlaw be on-board, but misses the flight. 1933—Germany introduces the sable genius,” sends a copy of his 1969—“Tired of playing for people Louis Brandeis refuses to hear a ten minutes after his electrocu- anarchy. 1973—Half of CBS’s affiliate sta- Volksempfänger, or Peoples’ Radio. just-published almanac to Thomas who clap for all the wrong reasons,” request for a stay of execution of tion, officials repeat the 1960—USAF Col. Joseph Kitting- tions refuse to air David Rabe’s Built to Joseph Goebbels’ specifica- Jefferson with an admonition to Frank Zappa disbands the Mothers anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. process. er exits a balloon-lofted gondola play, Sticks & Bones, about a blind, tions, it receives only local (Nazi- practice what he preaches about of Invention. 1920—Birth of Christopher Robin 1976—Police arrest 179 at Sea- 19.4 miles over New Mexico, falls embittered Vietnam vet’s home- controlled) broadcasts. the rights of all men. 1965—Keene, NH seminary stu- Milne, who later said, “[I]t seemed brook, NH anti-nuke rally. for 4.5 minutes, reaches 714 m.p.h., coming. The play is aired in many 1782—William Blake, poet and 1692—“Witches” George Bur- dent and civil rights worker Jona- to me, almost, that my father had 1972—Almost 900 protesters are and lands safely. cities without commercials—ad- self-publisher, marries Catherine roughs, Martha Carrier, George than Daniels is murdered in Nayn- got to where he was by climbing arrested in Miami during the Re- 1938—Hell hounds catch up to vertisers aren’t buying. Sophia Boucher. He later teaches Jacobs, John Proctor, and John eville, Alabama. An all-white jury upon my infant shoulders.” publican . Robert Johnson. 1965—South of Chu Lai, U.S. Ma- her to read. Willard are hanged in Salem. acquits his killer. 1911—Vincenzo Peruggia, an 1953—The last prisoners leave 1920—Charles Bukowski is born rines begin Operation Starlite, the 1634—Urbain Grandier, a French 1599—The Chief of the Acoma 1940—In Mexico, Stalinist agent employee at the Louvre, steals the Devil’s Island. in Andernach, Germany. first major U.S. ground offensive of priest whose sexual prowess earned pueblo, asked why he will not ac- Ramon Mercader attacks Leon Mona Lisa. 1952—The Justice Department 1920—Cleveland Indians short- the Vietnam war. him accusations from a scorned cept baptism before he is burned to Trotsky with an ice ax. Trotsky tells 1863—William A. Quantrill and sues four big U.S. oil companies for stop Ray Chapman fails to see a 1962—LA County Coroner de- Mother Superior, is “waterboard- death by Spanish Conquistadors, his guards, “Do not kill him. This several hundred of his Raiders at- overcharging for oil shipped to Eu- pitch from the Yankees’ Carl Mays. clares Marilyn Monroe a suicide. ed,” then burned at the stake for says it is because “I would go to the man has a story to tell.” tack Lawrence, Kansas and kill rope under the Marshall Plan. Hit in the head, he dies the next 1918—In Chicago, IWW mem- witchcraft. Christian heaven and meet even 1910—Above the Sheepshead Bay hundreds of men, women, and 1893—Birth of Dorothy Parker. At day. bers go on trial; 95 will be impris- 1590—Virginia Dare becomes the more of you people.” racetrack in New York, Lt. Jacob E. children. 70, she wrote, “If I had any decency, 1890—Myron “Grim” Natwick, oned for up to 20 years. first missing white girl in the New 1503—The body of Pope Alexander Fickel pulls the trigger on the first 1831—Nat Turner leads a slave re- I’d be dead. Most of my friends creator of Betty Boop, is born. 1910—A New York sweatshop World. VI, dead but one day, is displayed to gunshot from an airplane. bellion in Virginia. are.” 1819—British cavalry and Hus- opens despite a strike. Women 1587—Virginia Dare becomes the the public: swollen, putrescent, and 1904—Miners seize the town of 1791—Slaves revolt in Santo Do- 1787—John Fitch tests a steam- sars attack a political meeting at St. strikers demolish the factory. first white child born in the New “without any form or likeness of Cripple Creek, Colo., and deport mingo. boat on the Delaware River. Peter’s Field in Manchester, killing 1901—During an excursion around World. humanity.” town officials. 1762—Lady Mary Wortley Mon- 1791—Slave revolt begins in , fifteen people. New York on the side-wheeler 1503—Death of Pope Alexander 1391—Johanna de Brigue and 1619—Jamestown, Virginia gets its tagu utters her last words, “It has all which becomes a free black coun- 1812—U.S. Gen. William Hull, in General Slocum, some of a party of VI, host of the infamous Ballet of Macette de Ruilly, Europe’s first first group of 20 African slaves. been very interesting.” try in 1804. U.S. recognizes its sov- “a state of near-incoherence,” sur- 900 intoxicated anarchists from the Chestnuts, whose entertain- witches convicted in a secular trial, 1191—Richard the Lion Hearted’s 1621—A widow and eleven girls ereignty 61 years later. renders Detroit to a lesser force of Paterson, NJ attempt unsuccess- ments included fifty naked prosti- are burned as witches in the pig troops slaughter 3,000 Arabs in the in Virginia are ordered sold for 120 565—St. Columba spots a monster British and Indians. fully to take control of the ship. tutes writhing on the floor. market in . Holy Land. pounds of tobacco each. in Scotland’s Loch Ness. 7:45 8:05 8:51 9:08 9:52 10:08 10:47 11:04 11:39 11:57 12:28 12:47 1:15

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2001—French stuntman Terry Do 2001—Due to a fuel leak, Air 1999—After six years of denial, 2005—The Portsmouth Naval 1991—A fifteen-member com- 2003—After he robs a Pennsylania 2007—Due to sloppy procedures, snags a parasail on the Statue of Transat Flight 236, with 306 souls the FBI admits tear gas canisters Shipyard gets a reprieve. mittee of the American Bar Asso- bank, longtime pizza deliveryman an Air Force B-52 takes off from Liberty, and dangles from it for 45 aboard, runs out of fuel over the it fired into David Koresh’s com- 1980—Ex-Luftwaffe pilot John ciation rates Clarence Thomas as a Brian Wells is killed by a time Minot AFB in North Dakota with minutes before being rescued. Atlantic, 90 miles from the Azores. pound in Waco, Texas, were incen- Birges, attempting to recoup his candidate for U.S. Supreme Court: bomb fastened to his neck. some extra cargo on board: six 1994—British musicians Bill Pilots glide the plane to safety. diary, but maintains this didn’t start gambling losses, plants a half-ton none rate him “well-qualified,” two 1963—At the Lincoln Memorial, loose nukes. Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, 1980—Solidarity is founded in the fatal fire. bomb at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in rate him “not qualified.” half a million people hear Martin 2006—George W. Bush tells NBC aka “KLF” burn a million British Gdansk. 1985—The White House confirms Stateline, Nevada. 1984—Ronald Reagan announces Luther King call for “freedom [to] interviewer Brian Williams, “I’ve pounds worth of currency. 1970—Grad student Robert Fass- that President Reagan was an FBI 1969—Canada decriminalizes sod- that he will put a teacher in space. ring from the prodigious hilltops of got an ek-a-lec-tic reading list.” 1971—Future Associate Justice nacht is killed and three others are informant during the late 1940’s, omy. 1980—FBI agents, attempting to New Hampshire … ” 2005—Katrina slams New Orleans Lewis Powell writes to his pal, the injured when peaceniks blow up a while he was head of the Screen 1969—With just weeks left to go defuse a half-ton bomb at Harvey’s 1961—The 5th Conference of the as FEMA dozes. Director of the U.S. Chamber of physics lab at the U. of Wisconsin. Actors Guild. in Vietnam, the NHNG’s 197th Resort Hotel in Nevada, cause it to Situationist International convenes 1996—The day Bill Clinton ac- Commerce, arguing that the right 1967—The floor of the NY Stock 1967—American Nazi Party Field Artillery loses five men in a explode. No one is injured. in Göteborg, Sweden. cepts the Democratic nomination wing needs to fund its own think Exchange erupts into bedlam as founder George Lincoln Rockwell single incident. 1979—The IRA uses a radio-con- 1955—During a visit to his fam- for a second term, his political ad- tanks. Before long, they do. capitalists scramble for 300 one- is shot dead at an Arlington, Va. 1968—Mayor Richard Daley for- trolled bomb to to assassinate Earl ily in Money, Mississippi, fourteen visor Dick Morris resigns because 1968—In Chicago, the Youth In- dollar bills dropped by Abbie Hoff- shopping mall by a former aide. mally opens the 1968 Democratic Mountbatten, British Admiral year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is it’s been revealed he paid a whore ternational Party nominates a pig man and Jerry Rubin. 1950—Harry S Truman orders the National Convention as his cops of the Fleet, and kill three others murdered by whites for speaking $200/hr. to let him suck her toes. for president. 1960—Temperature drops to mi- U.S. Army to take over the nation’s bust heads outside. aboard his yacht off Ireland. inappropriately to a white woman. 1977—Three people are arrested in 1944—An American B-24 Libera- nus 126.9 at Vostok Station; lowest railroads to prevent a strike. 1967—Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple 1975—Veronica and Colin Scar- 1947—A bull in Linares, Spain Memphis for trying to steal Elvis tor crashes into an English school ever recorded on Earth. 1945—Ho Chi Minh proclaims Haze” is released escapes. gill complete a tandem bicycle ride helps even the score by fatally gor- Presley’s alleged corpse. and explodes, liberating 71 people 1853—In Saratoga Springs, NY., the Republic of Vietnam. 1965—Last day getting married around the world. ing Manolete. 1957—Sen. Strom Thurmond (R- from this mortal coil. George Crum prepares the first 1945—Baptist missionary and U.S. could improve your draft status. 1972—U.S. planes bomb Haiphong 1922—WEAF in New York earns SC) ends a record-setting 24 hour 1927—Bostonians electrocute Ital- batch of potato chips. spy John Birch is shot by Chinese 1935—The United Auto Workers harbor. $100 for airing the first paid radio and 18 minute filibuster. The Civil ian anarchists Nicola Sacco and 1827—The Mechanics Gazette, first Communists. union is founded. 1968—Democrats nominate Hu- commercial: a ten minute plug for Rights Act passes despite him. Bartolomeo Vanzetti. U.S. labor paper, is published in 1925—Brotherhood of Sleeping 1920—Nineteenth Amendment is bert Humphrey for President as the Queensboro Realty Company. 1956—Jesus Christ “GG” Allin, 1784—Settlers gather at Jonesboro, Philadelphia. By 1832 there are 68 Car Porters is founded by A. Philip ratified; women can vote now. cops and protesters do battle. 1919—The mayor of Seattle de- the most depraved punk rocker in in what is now Tennessee, to estab- labor newspapers. Randolph. 1919—Company goons shoot 1949—As an anti-Communist mands, “hang or incarcerate all history, is born in Lancaster, NH. lish the state of Franklin. 1814—The British march unop- 1893—“Colored Peoples’ Day” at United Mine Workers’ Fannie Sell- mob attacks the audience at a Paul anarchists for life.” 1956—The Republican Party an- 1724—Jeremiah Moulton, who saw posed into Washington, and set the Columbian Exposition. ins in Brackenridge, Pa. Robeson concert in Peekskill, N.Y., 1918—Big Bill Haywood and 14 nounces it will henceforth refer to his parents scalped 32 years earlier, fire to the White House and the 1875—Matthew Webb completes 1883—Krakatoa begins a three- 3 FBI agents passively look on. other Wobblies get 20 years for the Democratic Party as the Dem- leads a raid on Norridgewock, kill- Library of Congress. the first swim across the English day eruption; tens of thousands die, 1938—Becoming increasingly res- draft obstruction. ocrat Party. ing seven Abenaki chiefs and the 1572—French Catholic mobs Channel. 13 percent less sunlight reaches the tive at a poetry reading by Archi- 1884—The first known photograph 1949—Soviets detonate their first French priest, Sebastian Rasle. massacre thousands of Huguenots. 1835—The New York Sun reports earth during the following year. bald MacLeish, Robert Frost sets of a tornado is taken in Howard, A-Bomb. 1305—For rebelling against His Learning of the slaughter Pope that life—bison, goats, unicorns, 1858—The first news dispatch is fire to a handful of papers. South Dakota. 1885—In Germany, Gottlieb Majesty, King Edward, William Gregory is so pleased he orders a and winged humanoids—has been sent by telegraph. 1928—In Paris, sixty nations sign 1833—Britain abolishes slavery Daimler is awarded a patent for a Wallace is hanged, cut down while day of thanksgiving. discovered on the Moon. 1838—John Wilkes Booth is born. the Kellog-Briand Pact and outlaw throughout the Empire. wooden-framed motorcycle with alive, disembowelled, then killed by 1456—In Mainz, Germany, Guten- 1814—A huge storm hits Wash- 1765—The Sons of Liberty raise war forever. 1565—St. Augustine, the oldest iron-shod wooden wheels. beheading. His corpse is quartered berg finishes printing the Bible. ington, D.C., putting out fires set hob in Boston, ransacking the 1903—U.S. troops are ordered to surviving town in the U.S., is estab- 1842—First Anglo-Chinese Opi- and his head displayed on a pike. 410—Visigoths sack Rome. by the British the day before. homes of officials. 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