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The Fortnightly Rant Beginning to Get the General Idea mericans are absorbing an- gle most important thing on Earth other geography lesson. As right now is Donald J. Trump’s ego. usual,A that’s been painful. We’re Most important does not mean also being schooled in etiquette. greatest; underneath what appears With President Trump as our in- to be a Fiberglas™ toupee, lies the structor, that’s been excruciating. worst case of unwarranted self-es- In the wake of the deaths of four teem in history. Trump thought ev- Green Berets in Niger, we’ve learned erything was all about him before he that there are small contingents of became the most powerful person American troops in “roughly 20 Af- on Earth. rican countries,” according to NPR. A reporter’s question about the These missions are “small, they are deaths of four soldiers in Niger— carried out largely below the radar, which he had previously ignored for and most are focused on a specific nearly two weeks—presented him aim: rolling back Islamist extrem- with an opportunity to showboat. ism.” The dead became props in a demon- Average Americans need not feel stration of his unprecedented ability too terribly ashamed of their igno- to comfort grieving families. rance. A number of U.S. Senators For advice on this delicate task, have confessed that they, too, were Trump turned to one of his three pet unaware that we have about 1,000 generals: former Marine and current troops in Niger. Here’s a rule of Chief of Staff John F. Kelly. Maybe thumb for anyone wishing to avoid consolation is not a one-size-fits-all similar unpleasant surprises in the proposition, or maybe Trump’s sales- that she, as a representative, is kill- cent, less-than-deft performance by it is preparing to put B-52 bomb- future: assume that U.S. troops are manship was lacking. Probably both. ing the Democrat [sic] party!” A few General Kelly has made that remedy ers on high alert.” According to everywhere. For any given country Myeshia Johnson, who just lost her hours later he left the White House seem even less savory. CNBC, “Laura M. McAndrews, a on Earth, you’ll have an 88 percent husband, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, in a Secret Service motorcade, to go Much as we’d like to end this on spokeswoman for the Air Force, de- chance of being right. was not consoled. golfing at the Trump National Golf a calming note, we have to take it in nied the report and told CNBC that Perhaps more Americans might In Trump’s book, and in Kelly’s, Club in Sterling, Va. the other direction. there were no plans or preparations have known about these missions it was Johnson who was wrong: she While Trump played golf for the The President signed an execu- to put the bombers back on 24-hour had they not been distracted by oth- was wrong about what Trump said, third weekend in a row, Rep. Wil- tive order last Friday giving the Air alert.” The general, though, did not er pressing matters. For example: are she was wrong not to be consoled, son was with the family of La David Force the authority to recall 1,000 say there were orders. He said the football players displaying a degree and she wrong to put the call on Johnson, attending his funeral. retired pilots to active duty. The Air base was being made ready in case of patriotic fervor that is commen- speakerphone when Rep. Frederica As Watergate was closing in on Force said, though, that it had no orders were issued. surate with their salaries? S. Wilson [D-Fla.] was present. Richard Nixon he would roam the plans to act on that authority. By denying what the general If that sounds like an idiotic Rep. Wilson was wrong, too. In White House, loaded on Seconal On Sunday, DefenseOne published didn’t say, CNBC and McAndrews question in the context of Ameri- fact, not being a pregnant, grieving and single malt, talking to the por- a story which quoted Chief of Staff exemplified a phenomenon ex- can troops dying on foreign soil, it’s widow with two children, she was traits of his predecessors. Compared of the Air Force General David plored by the BBC’s Adam Curtis because it is an idiotic question. It is not just wrong, she was fair game. to Trump, that now sounds harm- Goldfein explaining that Barksdale in 2014, this “strange mood of our not, however, a non sequitur. The two Kelly, who grew up in Boston less, even quaint. Air Force Base in Louisiana is be- time, where nothing really makes issues are intricately linked due to when it was still cool to be racist, For some time now, Americans ing renovated so that nuclear-armed any coherent sense. We live with a one much larger issue—the largest falsely accused Wilson of taking have calmed their nerves with the B-52 bombers can be put back on constant vaudeville of contradictory issue of them all, really, when you undue credit for getting a build- hope that, if Trump started yelling 24-hour alert for the first time in de- stories that makes it impossible for think about it. ing funded, “in the long tradition “bring me the football,” Gener- cades, should those orders be issued. any real opposition to emerge, be- It is probably the most revolting of empty barrels making the most als Mattis, Kelly, and McMasters “The world is a dangerous place cause they can’t counter it with any concept we have ever committed noise.” would start playing “keep away” — and we’ve got folks that are talking coherent narrative of their own.” to print, but the conclusion seems Trump, on Saturday morning, for keeps. The fundamental flaw openly about use of nuclear weap- So, there lies our challenge—how unavoidable: our much-vaunted tweeted, “I hope the Fake News with that scenario is that a military ons,” General David Goldfein said. do we create a real opposition in the two-party political system has pro- Media keeps [sic] talking about coup is still a military coup, even if it The next day a CNBC headline face of what appear to be impossible duced a situation in which the sin- Wacky Congresswoman Wilson in does prevent a nuclear war. This re- read, “Air Force denies report that conditions?

The Alleged News® The Anti-Taxman Cometh ellow Taxpayer:” began the fects generations of Americans each 1980 elections.” line last October in the Huffington H. W. Bush on the advent of the email from James L. Martin, year. President Trump is barn storm- Martin did such a good job as a Post. “AARP is promoting alarm- 1990 Gulf War—‘this is no time to “Fwho has made it his life’s work to ing across the country to lay out a foot soldier for the oligarchy that in ism about the program and giving go wobbly.’ ” manufacture deceptive arguments plan that will improve your financial 1992 it helped him set up his own awards to Republican lawmakers So much for the windup. Martin against the payment of taxes. future! He made it clear his plan will little fiefdom. Registered as a 501(c) who want to cut it.” then delivers his pitch: After establishing at the outset include abolishing the Death Tax, (4) non-profit, 60 Plus touts former Martin could have had a career “Help us urge Congress to not go that the intent of his email was to but he needs YOUR help to do it. pop star Pat Boone as its national writing fantasy novels. He blames wobbly on abolishing a 101-year- misrepresent the facts, he followed Will you join President Trump and spokesman. Boone, now 83, was a the “disastrous policies” of Congres- old tax that punishes grieving fam- through on that promise in a most the 60 Plus Association in this fight? big deal in the 1950s among folks sional Democrats for causing “wages ily members following the death of generous manner. The remainder Help us bury the Death Tax perma- who found real music too threaten- to stagnate these last 10 years. Now, a loved one. I have led the fight to of his pitch was a relentless barrage nently in 2017, and keep Congres- ing. He’s gotten edgier as he’s gotten Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer permanently bury the Grave Rob- of carefully-engineered distortions, sional Democrats from hurting older; he’s calls liberalism “a can- are fighting tooth and nail to pro- ber’s tax for over 20 years, and vic- fabrications, and general, all-urpose more American families with their cer-causing virus.” long their false narrative, even if they tory is within our sights. The words bushwa. draconian tax measures.” 60 Plus claims to be “the con- court the President with another of Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher are “The current stranglehold on the FactCheck.org scrutinized James servative alternative to the Ameri- White House dinner.They do not appropriate and worthy of recalling, American taxpayer hinders small Martin’s career back in 2010. It said can Association of Retired Persons want you to prosper; they want you as Congress deliberates a tax reform business, stifles growth and causes he “helped to organize and direct (AARP).” That grinding sound you dependent upon government! package that helps the middle class, unnecessary burdens on American several advocacy groups including hear is the Overton Window being “As negotiations on a tax reform and promotes economic growth. families. Then you die, and the gov- the National Conservative Politi- hauled even further to the Right. plan intensify, and debate over bury- Burying the Death Tax is part of ernment increases the pain of losing cal Action Committee (NCPAC), The AARP is about as liberal as ing the federal Death Tax grows, promoting that growth, and this is a loved one by piling on the head- which pioneered independent West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. American taxpayers need to remind no time for Congress to go wobbly.” aches. You get forced into a scenario spending on attack ads and famously “Nation’s Largest Seniors Group Is Congress to remember the words of of paying a double-taxation to an claimed credit for defeating several Using Conservative Scare Tactics former British Prime Minister Mar- The Alleged News® irresponsible government, which af- liberal Democratic senators in the On Social Security,” ran a head- garet Thatcher to President George to page two Page 2 — The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, October 27, 2017 Robinson Helicopter Crashes in Paradise The Alleged News® from page one The helicopter gaveth, the helicopter tooketh away. To accomplish that goal, Martin Oliver Kirsch, a native of the suggested that we “Join President Swiss Alps, wrote in an online pro- Trump and the 60 Plus Association file that he was once rescued by a TODAY in the fight to bury the helicopter. After he “realized some Death Tax permanently by contrib- time later that I don’t want to work uting $25, $50, $100 or even $500 in a office for my whole life,” he TODAY.” moved to Hawaii and decided to In fiscal year 2011 Martin re- learn how to fly them. ported making $179,500, according Kirsch was apparently killed on to SourceWatch.org, which is pretty October 16th when a Robinson R44 good money for a guy who’s running helicopter disappeared on a training an outfit that spams the likes of us flight out of Honolulu. A report at for contributions which he claims HawaiiNewsNow said a fisherman will go to defeat a tax that’s only on Molokai “described what he saw paid by the very wealthiest people in as ‘a red beacon of an aircraft’ that the country but we suspect will go, in descended rapidly to the ocean and fact, into his very own pocket. then it disappeared in the direction What makes Martin’s pitch even of Molokai’s Ilio point.” bolder is that it comes from an out- Also missing and presumed dead fit that, in 2011–2012, was receiving is flight student Jeremy Dosset- more than $18 million a year from ter. Kirsch had been his instructor. the Koch Brothers’ ATM. Apparently he loved the job. “It’s We declined his request. incredibly rewarding,” he wrote on-

line, “to see how a student without even you’re in full control of your making progress for more than a de- any experience after 3 hrs of training own schedule and aware of sliding cade now. is suddenly able to fly the aircraft right into a burnout. After all I man- In 2006, Tamaqua Borough in without constantly killing us.” aged to get my enjoyable work life Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania The pace of Kirsch’s work was balance back.” became the first municipality to apparently intense. “I pretty much A sea-and-air search covering grant legal rights to nature. In do- work anywhere between 4 to 7 days 7,200 square miles was called off ing so it recognized that “ecosystems a week and around 8-12 hours a after four days. All it found was an and natural communities are not day,” his online profile states. At one uninflated life vest. merely property that can be owned,” point his company “got so busy that –=≈=– according to the Community En- I was working for 6 weeks straight, Fighting For the Rights of Nature vironmental Legal Defense Fund 12hrs a day and NO days off. What As this fortnight’s rant attempts to [CELDF], which assisted in the started out as a manageable high suggest, it is exceedingly difficult, effort. “Rather, they are entities that work load didn’t seem to stop to the and it may be futile, to fight with have an independent and inalienable point where I had to cancel flights logic and facts the allied forces right to exist and flourish.” because I was just feeling like a of organized greed and stupidity More than three dozen commu- It has been an unsettling fortnight for the Flag Police. Shortly after the Jets zombie. That was definitely a sign when they are camouflaged by bla- nities in the U.S. now have such laws, vs. Patriots game on Sunday, October 15th, the photo shown above began of being overworked and I changed tant lies and a constantly-shifting including the City of Pittsburgh. to rocket across the internet. Taken by a Deadspin reader named Marshall, my schedule so I would have at least form. Readers familiar with this What this means on the ground it shows a Jets fan, wearing an “I Stand for the National Anthem” t-shirt, one day off a week. Enjoying work, newspaper are well aware that we is that if some hedge fund manag- relaxing at the stadium in East Rutherford, his posterior casually plunked having motivated students and be- are powerless to resist the tempta- er swoops in to make a few more on a U.S. flag which has been carelessly tossed on the ground. Just to make ing able to decide when to work are tion to try. million by destroying the place, the the image that much more disturbing, he is drinking beer through a straw. the base to fill up your schedule to From time to time, though, we municipal government—or any ran- The widespread condemnation sparked by this grotesque incident has made the point where you’re pretty much like to call attention to what is prob- dom citizen—has the legal standing it clear the Flag Police have more allies than they had suspected. The en- living at work and forget about your ably a far more productive approach: to tell him to beat it. As anyone who couragement that knowledge brings came at a cost, though. Absorbing that own sanity and finally safety. It is changing the terms of the contest has watched the continued degrada- image was difficult, even for these seasoned professionals. surprisingly hard to make a change altogether. One such effort has been tion of the natural world knows, lack

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Ecuador, in 2008, Portsmouth including the Hamp- became the first country to recog- ton Inn and Suites, the Residenc- nize the Rights of Nature in its con- es at Portwalk Place, the Marriot stitution. Bolivia has also established Residence Inn, the Hilton Garden Rights of Nature laws. Inn, and Harbour Hill. In other Today, CELDF and Tulane Uni- words, FauxPo. versity are hosting the first Rights of Cathartes recently sold the Hilton Nature Symposium. The public con- Garden, but it will soon make up for ference will include Rights of Na- that loss by building what it is calling ture leaders from Ecuador, Australia, the AC Hotel. The five-story, 143- Nepal, Sweden, the U.S., and tribal room structure will go up next to 3S nations. The Symposium begins at ArtSpace. Under existing zoning 10:30 a.m., and will be streaming regulations, the maximum footprint live at youtube.com/watch?v=wemY- allowed for that location would have sftkpyU. been 20,000 square feet. Thanks to a –=≈=– conditional use permit issued by the Kudos to Colleagues, or, Man Bites Dog Planning Board, the AC Hotel will The Portsmouth Herald—which, cover twice that space. the last we heard, was being laid Local attorney Jerry Zelin, a long- out by anonymous drones confined time opponent of overly-large build- to GateHouse Media’s Center for ings, explained in the October 20th News and Design in Austin, Tex- Herald that this was accomplished as—recently underwent a com- through a “transferable development foot, because state statute prohibits cess of reviewing projects had been a gaggle of mere citizens appear to plete redesign. It is now much credit.” construction within 100 feet of the misused by people opposed to the have hurt Young’s tender feelings. more graphically coherent and “Cathartes Private Investments, shoreline. Cathartes may now use Cathartes’ next project: a building “I wasn’t pleased with [the at- pleasing to the eye. the first to earn a transferable de- the credit to build an unusually tall the approximate size of an ocean tempt to block the development We were dismayed to learn, velopment credit, is donating land and wide structure elsewhere in the liner. now being called North End Ports- though, that circulation has dropped. between the North Mill Pond and North End, where land is worth up According to Young, the purpose mouth] … I think the majority of For all its faults, the town needs that its proposed AC Hotel. The donat- to $48 per square foot, without dedi- of the process is “to give the public a people in town weren’t pleased with paper. Subscribe, folks. ed land is worth only $9 per square cating any of that more valuable land voice to express their concerns and that judging from the election re- to open space. improve projects to bring out the sults two years ago.” “Some portray this as a win-win facts about why that project is good Young acts as if the 2015 munic- for the public and the developer. or not. It is not meant to be used ipal election was purely a battle of Instead of reserving the waterfront as an obstructionist tool. What we ideas. He made no effort to rebut lawn for hotel guests, Cathartes were seeing in Portsmouth is indi- Zelin’s charge that money may have will allow the public to walk on it. viduals using the public process not played the larger part. But there will be losers—neighbors in a constructive manner but to stop Specifically, Zelin credits, if of the second project, the one that and block any new development.” that’s the term, former mayor Steve spends the credit, which will be un- In other words, the City, in Marchand with leading the “One usually massive and offer no open Young’s view, is like an ecosystem Portsmouth” political action com- space as a buffer.” which is not protected by the rights mittee which elected seven mem- The “Some” to whom Zelin was of nature. [See “Fighting For the bers of the current City Council, referring no doubt includes Paul Rights of Nature,” above.] all of whom voted in favor of the Young, who promotes such projects Agglomerations of wealth such transferable development credit or- under the business name Novus as Cathartes have the upper hand dinance. Public Affairs. because their rights are spelled out On an entirely related lexico- Two days later, without charac- in laws and ordinances. Citizens graphic note, according to the terizing it as such, the Herald gave have to fight just for the standing to infallible Wikipedia, “The genus Young an opportunity to deliver a oppose colossal projects in court. If Cathartes includes medium-sized Robert Jesurum (under halo) didn’t just go all the way to the New Hamp- rebuttal to Zelin. they ever get to court, the battle is to large carrion-feeding birds in the shire Supreme Court to protect the public’s access to Sanders Poynt, he Young told the Herald’s Jeff Mc- still uphill. New World vulture family.” threw a party there on Saturday and provided free refreshments. Menemy that the city’s public pro- The presumptuous opposition of –=≈=– Page 4 — The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, October 27, 2017 Distract, Divide, and Rule an’s hospitals provide substandard care. To the Editor: Medicare is the only example of a sys- It amazes me how people will avoid tem that functions well, and it does so reality by choosing where they want to because it is administered by the gov- begin and end their historical exam- ernment, but with the actual provision ples. The facts are that involvement of care left in private hands. Such a and meddling in the Middle East has system should be available to all citi- such nonsense? But, it seems Trump, a long history that predates the inva- zens. Then, of course, there is private after abandoning his platform of sion of Iraq, and has been carried out education, which should also be made non-intervention, and now brings us under both administrations. But if you available through vouchers. This will to the brink of World War III is be- to throw the grizzled old veteran out A Bloated Disgrace want to start with Iraq you must also give families, especially minority fam- coming more acceptable to the elites with the bath water. The VA is statutorily address the Obama/Clinton expan- ilies, access to a better education. There of both parties who are awaiting the obligated to provide a certain level and To the Editor: sion of the wars with the invasion of is a reason that most school adminis- rewards of Trump tax cuts. quality of care to all qualified veterans. It The fake-news President needs to Libya and the interventions in Syria. trators and teachers send their own If Trump accomplished anything has been known to fall short. What else learn to keep his mouth-trap shut. Ev- When it comes to war both the Re- children to private institutions. They it was to prove to the elites that their is new? At least it is required, under the ery time he opens his small face-hole, publicans and Democrats are on the do so because they are fully aware of hand-picked candidate can be defeat- Constitution, to be accountable to veter- out come lies, misinformation, and same page, and enthralled to the same public school children being subject ed. However, as long as they pretend ans and society at large. insults. When he should be consoling elites. In fact the United States is ruled to teachers who are burned out and to offer a choice and work to keep the Any privatized replacement system the families of soldiers killed defend- by elites who, regardless of party, sup- non-performing, but protected by electorate divided along artificial party would be required, under the laws of ing our country, he pities himself for port a neoconservative foreign policy tenure and the teacher’s unions. At- lines they will continue to rule in their capitalism, to provide the maximum re- having to make the phone calls. When of perpetual war, and a neoliberal eco- tending public school might be con- own interest. turn to its investors, while requiring who he should be offering to help victims nomic policy that enforces austerity sidered a form of child abuse. But, John Dente knows what from the veterans it would of natural disasters, he blames them on the 99 percent and increases the al- what happens is that the many burned Wilmington, Del. be putatively serving. Would veterans be and gives himself an A+ for his effort. ready enormous wealth of the one per- out and non-performing teachers are John: required, in return for treatment, to agree When he should be thanking the sci- cent by decriminalizing their behavior hidden away in the public schools of Thank you for writing. The longer our to arbitration in the event of disputes? entists, doctors, economists, weath- and bailing them out when their reck- poor neighborhoods where the poor conversation goes on, the more we come Then there’s your argument in favor of er analysts, diplomacy experts, and less economic policies fail. performance of the students is then to admire your persistent disdain for those education vouchers, which flat-out denies emergency responders who dedicate And as far as specific programs are blamed on the families and the social you call “the elites.” That being said, you the undeniable impact of structural, or their lives to public service, he ignores concerned, Obamacare is a failure, for, environment, absolving the teachers continue to confuse us. inherent, racism. The proposed remedy their advice and claims he is smarter. while it has guaranteed insurance to and administrators of their role. We were with you in this latest letter, is, again, a replacement based on a mar- You’d think the only thing he knows some groups, it has caused premiums No, it’s not just the Republicans, it is right up until you asserted that under ket-worshipping theory. about is himself, because that’s all he to skyrocket for other groups, and has the politicians of both parties who just Obamacare, “the same number of people In both these examples, it seems to us, talks about. His words and tweets re- made insurance too expensive for in- serve the interests of the elites. And it’s will be without coverage.” That’s a mighty there is evidence that a shell game is being veal an insecure man whose ignorance dividuals and small businesses. In the time to avoid the distractions of the big assertion to be making without pro- played: an existing system isn’t working and bloated ego disgrace the United end the same number of people will media elites who have gone so crazy viding any evidence to back it up. as well as it should, so let’s replace it with States of America and the values we be without coverage. Furthermore, as to now accuse Putin of conspiring You advocate for the privatization of an untried substitute which includes the stand for. privatizing veterans health care is the with Pokeman to give the election to veterans health care. To propose the aban- possibility of private profit. Bruce Joffe only sensible thing to do, as the veter- Trump. Doesn’t anyone even question donment of the VA health care system is The Editor Piedmont, Calif.

A panoramic view from the southern end of the beach at Sanders Poynt, in Rye, now accessible again to the great unwashed. At the far left, some golf club. In the center, in the distance, the Wentworth Hotel. The body of water is Little Harbor. In the distance, on the right, is Odiorne Point State Park—also open to the public at large. At the far right, in the foreground, are the rocks of Sheafes Point.

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es, and the jobs they offer, out of com- neighborhoods. munities. While it’s much easier to take a knee Professional athletes could fight for or raise a fist, professional athletes who the institutions and behaviors that lead really care could lead the fight to make people to avoid or escape poverty, and politicians change their policies, or Ewing Knows Best to prosper. They could fight for mar- lead the fight to elect politicians who riage as relatively few two parent fam- will provide the schools, the business To the Editor: ilies live in poverty but families headed and job opportunities, and the policing Professional athletes could sig- by uneducated unmarried mothers that enable everyone to prosper. ful money since there is a constitution- nificantly help solve the problems almost always live in poverty. They Don Ewing Bruce: ally mandated prohibition in Article 1, that they complain about; unfortu- could talk about how doing drugs, Meredith, N.H. You’re entirely correct to concentrate Section 10. nately their disrespectful protests of committing crimes, and unprepared Don: your fire on Dolt 45. He doesn’t deserve Further, RSA 275:43 (1) Clearly our country are counter-productive, parenthood make life very difficult; Would that a few professional athletes all the credit, though. Save some for Newt states, “Lawful Money.” Only gold and self-destructive, and alienate people yet, following a simple formula leads had the opportunity to scrutinize your life Gingrich, the serial adulterer whose third silver coins can be the lawful medium who support and applaud constructive most people to a middle class or bet- as thoroughly and as easily as you are able wife was just made our Ambassador to of exchange! efforts to help America’s less fortunate. ter life, in sequence: get an education, to scrutinize theirs. We’d love to hear their the Vatican. It has been speculated by many that The saddest thing is that the athletes’ get a good job, and get married before recommendations as to how you could do The Editor the Federal Corporate Government, ill-considered protests may encourage having children. better. –=≈=– the provider of government services, more disobedience of and fights with Professional athletes could fight for The Editor Question For the Day has apparently seized the coins as a police which may result in more avoid- a greater police presence in high crime –=≈=– To the Editor: “prize of war” which the corporation able deaths. neighborhoods because every family Dr. Trump’s Craven Cure Recently our Governor signed leg- then sells the coins as a commodity to Professional athletes are welcomed deserves to live in a safe neighborhood. To the Editor: islation that requires, as I understand, the highest bidder, thus profiting from in any American community. They Professional athletes could tell peo- Since Congress failed to take all high school seniors must complete the sale to finance their ever expanding could educate, encourage, and perhaps ple to act respectfully towards and Obamacare away from 20 million a course in civics and pass an exam- greed for power and control. It is the lead efforts in poor communities to obey the police because cooperating people, the current President issued ination on what they have learned. I Federal Corporation that has created pressure politicians to change the con- will lead to a much better result than an executive order allowing young, applaud this effort by our legislature as the “Federal Debt,” not the “National ditions that keep people and commu- disrespecting or fighting them. healthy people to opt out and buy I believe that the failure of the educa- Debt” of which there is no evidence of nities poor. It’s not our flag, our country, our cheaper health insurance. This benefits tion community to provide such edifi- such debt? Professional athletes could lead service men and women, or our eco- them with cheaper payments, but as cation as to how the current corporate This MUST be broadcast widely if the fight for school choice so every nomic system that are responsible they might learn the hard way, you get government operates, is the reason you have no other answer? Comments American child has the opportunity for the poor conditions, e.g., poverty, what you pay for. Young and healthy why few, if any of our inhabitants can welcome. to escape from poor and/or dangerous crime, and poor/dangerous schools doesn’t protect one from something answer the question I now ask: Rep. Dick Marple, Merrimack #24 schools. that too many citizens endure. It’s the unexpected, like a car crash, injury Why are both major government Hooksett, N.H. Professional athletes could fight for politicians, often voted for by the less from a hurricane’s wind, or the stray mints, who operate on taxpayers mon- Dick: the jobs people need to escape pover- fortunate community members, that bullet from an unregulated gun. ey, and produce lawful gold and silver If the Governor replies, we’ll let you ty by leading the fight against the tax, control the schools, business environ- coins, as mandated by 1-8-5, are not know. regulatory, and bureaucratic policies, ment, and policing that keep so many Hate Mail, &c. issuing these coins of substance as law- The Editor and poor policing that keep business- people in poverty and in dangerous to page six

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The Northcountry Chronicle Inhospitality by William Marvel 2017 than in the first six months of ing the local cost of living. The in- the hordes of tourists disgorged by More effective proposals are be- 2016—and that doesn’t count thou- creasing dominance of tourism left cruise ships in those cities. Critics ing considered in the Netherlands ospitality” refers to a wel- sands of Airbnb tax-dodgers. As the overall economy altogether too complain that those sightseers jam and the Balearics, where a special coming attitude towards most residents of Conway can prob- precarious, she added. the beaches and public spaces, leav- tourism tax of a couple of Euros per “Hvisitors. “Inhospitable,” mean- ably appreciate, that boom makes The Balearic Islands are home to ing little money and much trash. head appears to be favored—applied while, can also apply to environ- it a lot more expensive for local about a million people. More than Twenty million tourists descend as an entry fee or hotel tax, or both. ments that are “harsh and diffi- residents. Hotels are replacing res- 12 million tourists vacation there, each year on Venice, which has only Along with fines on private hostel- cult to live in,” as one dictionary idential living space; wherever new and protestors carried signs—in 55,000 residents, many of whom ries that evade such taxes, finance defines it. “Inhospitality” could houses are being constructed, they English—complaining “This isn’t marched in July to vent their frustra- officials hope the revenue will cov- therefore define the character of a tend toward the Dutch equivalent tourism; it’s an invasion.” The Palma tion over pollution and skyrocketing er the public costs associated with community that is difficult to live of the trophy homes that are filling march reportedly included many housing costs. tourism as well as finally providing in, and some of the most inhospi- up the open space remaining in our poorly paid chambermaids who The housing crunch in partic- some tangible economic advantage table communities are those that part of Carroll County. That gen- can’t afford to live in their city. As is ular sounds familiar, doesn’t it? It to their citizens. are most dependent on hospitality. trification is rapidly squeezing out so often the case, most of the major only seems to become a public issue Our tourists come by car, so entry In many ways, ours is one of those. poorer residents, who are always ad- tourism profiteers did not originally when it prevents those who thrive fees are out, but what about enabling Late last month I happened to vertised as potential beneficiaries of come from the islands. on tourism from finding enough legislation for local taxation? A town drive through North Conway. My tourism. Now, even the middle-class The September demonstration cheap labor; when that happens, surcharge on the rooms-and-meals radio was tuned to NPR, which I is finding it difficult to afford living was only the latest and most visible their proxies suggest solutions at tax and a local sales tax on nones- appreciate more for its classical mu- in that city. in a series of incidents reflecting ten- public expense, to save them the in- sential items could be directly re- sic than for its jaundiced interpreta- Tourists and the entrepreneurs sion between the islanders and pro- convenience of paying higher wages. distributed as property-tax credits tions of the news. While avoiding who feed off them have also become ponents of tourism. Tour buses have The tourism-and-real-estate coali- to year-round residents. Yes, that the customary quota of arrogant targets of local anger around the been bombarded with eggs and pub- tion that priced so many people out might reduce visitation—but that jaywalkers and aimless amblers be- Mediterranean. Late in September, lic buildings have been painted with of Conway occasionally fields such in turn would reduce the strain on tween the Eastern Slope Inn and as British revelers swarmed the is- hostile slogans. Protestors have de- ideas, usually involving some combi- our environment and our service the fire station, I was amused to hear land of Majorca, an angry crowd of scended on prominent restaurants, nation of taxpayer funding and zon- infrastructure, while simultaneous- NPR report on a protest by residents local citizens flooded through the harassing the diners. ing concessions. It’s always billed as ly relieving the average homeowner of Amsterdam who have had quite streets of Palma, their capital city, British and French newspapers a benefit for the little guy, of course, from having to foot the bill for it all. enough of tourism. chanting “Tourists go home!” A lo- have been reporting similar protests to reduce the potential for criticism. Imagine tourism finally paying its There appears to be a tourist cal spokeswoman complained that along the Balearic coast of Spain The selectmen usually go along, per- own way. I suppose it’s a pipe dream. infestation in the Dutch capital, unrestrained tourism was harming and around the Adriatic. Residents haps because they are characterized where there were 11 percent more the local environment and the rest of Venice and of Dubrovnik, in Cro- as enemies of tourism if they don’t –=≈=– overnight stays in the first half of of the local economy, besides inflat- atia, rallied this summer to protest help disguise the problems it causes.

More Mash Notes, Hate Mail, and Other Correspondence, from Page Five Trump Name Calling Even healthy people sometimes young and older, healthy and sick. a President Lighterthanlightweight. a new growth of stylish facial hair, get sick, might pop a shoulder from It will be useless and unfair if cra- To the Editor: People in a hurry could just refer to interviews Presidente Narcisisto. slipping and falling, or might suffer ven politics distort the system into [Steve] Bannon was so incensed him as Rump, Dump, or Clump And then do not look aghast that food poisoning due to underfunded a scam. the other day that Corker mocked (whatever—you pick … quickly!). there are places in Siberia where vil- FDA inspectors. If that happens to We’ve seen Republican lawmak- and ridiculed the Command- Successful businessmen might wish lagers affectionately refer to him as you, and you have the cheap-o med- ers hooting, hollering and jumping er-in-Chief. Was Trump angered to make reference to President Iac- American President Golden Show- ical insurance, you might not be cov- up and down about how Obama’s too? But having elevated name-call- tuallysuckatbusiness. Father Mulca- er. ered; you might have an enormous executive orders overreached his au- ing in the public square to be the hy, in his Sunday sermon, could ask Don’t hold back! He opened the co-pay; you might go bankrupt; thority. Let’s see how they react to new norm, USA’s leader can’t pos- parishioners to please say an extra door! And after all, his fans love him and you certainly will end up with Trump’s attempt to bust the health sibly believe himself, sitting in the prayer for the Creeper President “because he says what’s on his mind!” a pre-existing condition that would insurance laws. dignity of his high office, to be tonight before you go to sleep. Chil- We can say what’s on our mind too! preclude you retaining Trump-o Sure, ACA needs some improve- immune. So don’t be taken aback dren can just chuck out all those It’s now culturally accepted, totally health insurance. ment (like Medicare-for-all); we when Chancellor Angela Merkel classroom lectures against bullying above board! And if he complains Health insurance works because don’t need its uninformed destruc- addresses our role model who sets and chuckle freely now when recit- to me, I’ll just say I was only joking. everyone pays into it, and anyone tion. the example for our kids as Presi- ing limericks about President Pickle William M. Trently can get the medical care they need. Bruce Joffe dent “Infant-esimal.” Do not be sur- Pecker. Watch closely as a reporter Stratham, N.H. It is fair when everyone participates, Piedmont, Calif. prised if Senators direct questions to with a grin from Univision, sporting –=≈=–

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Time for Democratic Party leaders to get going—or go by Jim Hightower by profiteering insurance conglom- leader of House Democrats was regular Americans are damned sure gressional members ready to go, and erates. Nearly six of 10 Dems in the asked if the party should make ready, telling pollsters that our gov- 60 percent of the public is also ready ood news, people—at last, House have now signed on to Rep. health-care-for-all a major issue in ernment has a responsibility to en- to go—it’s time to go! The national Congressional Democrats John Conyers’ “Medicare for All” Congress and in the 2018 elections, sure that everyone gets the care they party’s “leadership” must get going Ghave gotten a clue, grown some bill, which is being carried in the she replied with a flat “no.” Basically, need. on health care for all, or the leader- spine, and are beginning to act like Senate by Bernie Sanders. Pelosi says “the American people” Let’s be blunt: When it comes to ship itself must go. … well, like Democrats! So—Hallelujah, progress! aren’t ready for it,” by which she re- the fiery leadership that America’s To help push both the party and In particular, a majority of Dems Yes, but there are many speed ally means that the narrow slice of grassroots people want and need, the issue forward, forward go to in the U.S. House are responding to bumps to overcome before the the public that inhabits her world— the Democratic Party establish- www.NationalNursesUnited.org. the rising public demand that decent Democratic Party gets onto the health industry executives, lobbyists, ment is weaker than Canadian hot Copyright 2017 by Jim Hightower health care be treated as a right for moral high road of politics. Rep. and campaign donors—aren’t ready. sauce. When you’ve got 60 percent & Associates. Contact Laura Ehrlich everyone, rather than being rationed Nancy Pelosi, for one. When the Meanwhile, a good 60 percent of of your party’s rank-and-file Con- ([email protected]).

For Immediate Release civil rights is tearing at the fabric of the current administration is more Force; 10 years on active duty, 6 canes (Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Ma- October 23, 2017 our society. focused on creating a few thousand years in the inactive reserves and ria) ripped through the super-heated To the Editor: The policies of the Trump Ad- jobs digging coal, while China is cre- 12 years with the New Hampshire Caribbean, causing catastrophic I am exploring being a candidate ministration and the Repub- ating millions of jobs designing and Air National Guard, from which damage, White House spokesper- for Congress representing New lican-controlled Congress are building solar, wind, geothermal and I retired as a Lieutenant Colonel son Sarah Huckabee Sanders was Hampshire’s 1st Congressional harming the image of America other renewable energy production in 1996. I also served two terms in asked if the Trump administration District. My decision to consider across the globe and threaten our systems. the N.H. House of Representatives would reconsider its denial of glob- running for this important office is economic and national security. Addressing these and many other representing the City of Portsmouth al warming. “This is not the time to based on my extreme concern for The failure of the Republi- vital issues will take political cour- and the Town of Newington. I was discuss climate change policy,” she the direction our nation is heading. can-controlled Congress to address age, hard work, creativity, experience, a member of the Health, Human answered. It is vital to have people in Con- the ongoing gun violence epidemic wisdom and some common sense. Services and Elderly Affairs Com- After people in Las Vegas suf- gress with the knowledge, expe- in our nation is disgraceful. Their These are the qualities that made mittee. I sponsored a number of fered the deadliest mass shooting rience and education required to unlimited allegiance to the gun lob- America great in the first place and, legislative initiatives which became in modern U.S. history, the White address the critical issues facing our by prohibits them from taking even if we return to these basics, they will law, including a bill to prohibit the House spokespuppet was asked if nation and the world. My many the smallest steps to prevent the make us even greater in the future. sale of electronic cigarettes to minors the Trump administration would years of experience and expertise slaughter of innocent Americans. As I have been a student of national under the age 18, and a bill to ex- reconsider its objection to reason- in health care, public health, envi- of the time of the Las Vegas mass and international affairs and active pand access to preventive oral health able gun control measures. “This is ronmental health, and the military, murder, there had been 272 mass participant in politics since I was a services to Medicaid children. not the time to discuss gun policy,” would benefit and serve the citizens shootings involving four or more 15-year-old in 1960 working with As residents of this state for 36 she answered. of New Hampshire’s District 1 very people in 2017 alone. This madness the Youth for Kennedy in my home- years, my wife Catherine and I have Perhaps this is the time to dis- well. must be stopped. town of Norwalk, Connecticut. I two grown children and four beau- cuss election reform. We’ve seen the The middle class and those below Our misguided foreign policy of have bachelor’s degrees in Sociology tiful grandchildren, for whom I hope damage caused by a President who have been the victims of an economy never ending war continues to place and Nursing from the University of to leave the world better than when took office despite his opponent and government policies that have a terrible burden on our military and Connecticut and a Master of Pub- I got here. winning a majority of the votes. favored the wealthiest individuals our economy with no end in sight. lic Health from the University of Over the next few weeks I will Now is the time to scrap the Elec- and large corporations at their ex- It is now time to reevaluate and re- Oklahoma. continue to discuss my potential toral College and end tyranny by a pense for too long. The wealth dis- think our national security priorities, I enjoyed a professional career candidacy with my friends and minority. parity between the working people and consider new approaches to re- spanning over 30 years in health fellow Democrats to solicit their Bruce Joffe of America and the elite has grown solve global conflicts. care, public health and environmen- advice. I look forward to continu- Piedmont, Calif. exponentially over the past twenty The economic salvation of the tal health, including Director of a ing this discussion over the coming Bruce: years. The American dream of own- middle class in America depends on district health department in Con- weeks. What better time for a mighty wind ing a home, educating our children, investing in the growth industries of necticut, chief of Environmental Hon. Rich DiPentima to blow through our political system? saving for a comfortable retirement, the future now. Like the industrial Health and Deputy Public Health 16 Dunlin Way The Editor and paying for health care are be- revolution of the past, the revolution Director for the Manchester (N.H.) Portsmouth, NH 03801 –=≈=– coming out of reach for far too many in renewable energy, technology, Health department, and Chief of 603-559-9765 “Please find enclosed my check for a hard-working people. human genome medical advances, Communicable Disease Epidemiol- [email protected] subscription renewal to your newspa- The assault on women’s repro- and communications will lead to ogy and Assistant Director of Public –=≈=– per. Keep up the work! And thank you ductive rights, health care, science, unprecedented economic growth if Health for the New Hampshire di- If Not Now, When? for your support of Mr. Jesurum. With- public health, the environment, we take the necessary actions now to vision of Public Health Services. To the Editor: out you I would not have known.” public education, free speech and meet this challenge. Unfortunately, I also served 28 years in the Air After four unusually strong hurri- — E.P., Wilton, N.H.

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Portsmouth, arguably the first whom you choose to believe. drags about seventeen billion moves from the mouth of the Twice a day, too, the moon lets all Badger’s Island, bobbing around in and bridges work their hardest. town in this country not founded The Piscataqua’s ferocious current gallons of seawater — enough to river, up past New Castle, around that water go. All the seawater that the current. It weighs several tons, Ships coming in laden with coal, by religious extremists, is bounded is caused by the tide, which, in fill 2,125,000 tanker trucks — up the bend by the old Naval Prison, just fought its way upstream goes and it bobs and bounces in the oil, and salt do so at high tide, for on the north and east by the turn, is caused by the moon. The the river and into Great Bay. This under Memorial Bridge, past the back home to the ocean. This is current like a cork. more clearance under their keels. Piscataqua River, the second, third, other player is a vast sunken valley creates a roving hydraulic conflict, tugboats, and on into Great Bay. when the Piscataqua earns its title The river also has its placid mo- They leave empty, riding high in or fourth fastest-flowing navigable — Great Bay — about ten miles as incoming sea and the outgoing This can best be seen when the tide for xth fastest current. Look for the ments, around high and low tides. the water, at low tide, to squeeze river in the country, depending on upriver. Twice a day, the moon river collide. The skirmish line is rising. red buoy, at the upstream end of When the river rests, its tugboats under Memorial Bridge. Sunday, October 29 Monday, October 30 Tuesday, October 31 Wednesday, November 1 Thursday, November 2 Friday, November 3 Saturday, November 4

2004—Osama bin Laden explains 2012—For the first time since the Ice 1973—Three IRA men make an un- 2004—Polling places in Franklin 2008—Odd noises, then a Robinson 1998—Charlotte Burks [D] is elected 2008—As Americans elect Barack that 9/11 was in retaliation for the Age, public access to the sea at Sand- authorized exit from Dublin’s Mount- Co., Ohio get voting machines deliv- R44 helicopter crashes into the Cum- to succeed her late husband, Tennes- Obama President, Californians re- Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, ers Poynt in Rye is cut off by would-be joy Jail on a hijacked helicopter. ered: higher-income areas get more berland River. The pilot drowns. see Senator Tommy Burks. Without strict LGBT rights. which the U.S. backed. Senator Bill Binnie. 1968—President Johnson stops the of them than lower-income areas. 2004—Warren Co., Ohio, officials campaigning, she gets 95 percent of 2001—An experienced helicopter pi- 2003—George W.[MD] Bush ex- 2005—Pastor Kyle Lake, 33, stand- bombing of North Vietnam. 2002—“[T]hat’s what you expect say a “terrorist threat” is why they’re the votes cast. Byron Low Tax Loop- lot who told his mother the machines plains that “The war on terror involves ing in water to perform a baptism be- 1967—Gov. Ronald Reagan denies a here in New Hampshire,” says George counting votes behind locked doors. er, a Republican who murdered Burks “hardly ever go down” is killed, along Saddam Hussein because of the na- fore 800 people at a Waco, Texas Bap- “homosexual ring” is operating out of W.[MD] Bush, “somebody who tells 2002—“We know he [Saddam Hus- two weeks earlier, gets five percent. with his girl friend, when his Robin- ture of Saddam Hussein, the history of tist church, reaches for a microphone his office in Sacramento. you what’s on your mind.” sein] has chemical weapons,” says 1987—While hovering 400 feet over son R22 crashes 100 yards from his Saddam Hussein, and his willingness and is electrocuted. 1963—“I can safely say,” says Gen. 1972—The Piscataqua River Bridge George W.[MD] Bush. Moraga, Calif., the main rotor of a home helipad near Escondido, Calif. to terrorize himself.” 1995—Quebec votes not to secede, Paul Harkin, U.S. commander in opens to traffic. 2000—A Maine TV station reports Robinson R22 strikes its tailboom; 1979—Militant Shi’ite Muslims take 1994—Francisco Martin Duran but just barely. South Vietnam, “that the end of the 1968—At My Tho, two limpet mines that George W.[MD] Bush got bust- parts fall “like sparklers;” a flight in- 66 Americans hostage in Teheran, shoots up the White House before be- 1990—For the first time since the Ice war is in sight.” kill 26 aboard the U.S.S. Westchester ed for drunk driving in 1976. structor and his student die. dooming the Carter administration. ing subdued by three civilians. Age, England and Europe are con- 1964—China explodes an A-bomb. County; the Navy’s deadliest single 1988—A Cornell grad student nukes 1979—Communists are fired on by 1964—Lenny Bruce is found guilty of 1987—Ronald Reagan nominates nected; this time by chunnel. 1941—The destroyer U.S.S. Reuben incident of the Vietnam War. the ’net by releasing an experimental Klansmen and Nazis in Greensboro, obscenity in New York City. Douglas H. Ginsburg for the Supreme 1967—Martin Luther King, Jr. is ar- James is sunk by a U-Boat while on 1966—Lyndon Johnson, lying, tells Morris Worm into MIT computers. N.C.. Five die and 11 are wounded, 1960—In Dallas, a vicious “Mink Court, but his pot-smoking past puts rested in Birmingham, Ala. convoy duty on the North Atlantic. U.S. troops in Korea that his great- MIT grants him tenure 18 years later. but three trials yield no convictions. Coat Mob” angrily confronts Lyndon the kibosh on that. 1961—The Soviet Union air-drops a 1939—FDR moves the date of great grandaddy died at the Alamo. 1972—The Seafarers International 1969—Richard Nixon announces and Lady Bird Johnson. Revulsion at 1984—New York City policemen kill 58-megaton H-bomb: the largest ex- Thanksgiving ahead by one week to 1963—Generals in Saigon lay seige Union [SIU] gives $100K to Nixon’s “Vietnamization” of Vietnam War. its tactics cost Nixon Texas. Eleanor Bumpurs, African American plosion in human history. boost Christmas retail sales. to the Presidential Palace—with U.S. campaign, so the Justice Dept. drops 1964—Lyndon Johnson is elected as 1958—A U.S. B-47 bomber carrying and 66, with two rounds from a 12 1950—Puerto Ricans rebel against 1938—Convicted murderer John government approval, of course. an indictment of the SIU for making the peace candidate. nukes crashes near Abilene, Texas. gauge. She was behind in her rent. U.S. rule. Deering’s heart rate is monitored by an 1955—Angry with his mother, who illegal campaign contributions. 1948—“Dewey Defeats Truman,” ac- High explosives detonate. Nuclear 1979—On Wall Street, 1,000 people 1948—Smog deaths in Donora, Pa. EKG as he’s executed by a Utah firing left him in an orphanage, Jack Gra- 1967—Pres. Johnson and his “Wise cording to the Chicago Tribune. materials are recovered later. are arrested for disrupting business on reach 20, and 6,000 are sick. squad: 180 beats per minute. ham kills her and 43 other people. Men” decide what the Vietnam War 1903—The Colombian province of 1955—CIA HQ responds to Caracas the 50th Anniversary of the Crash. 1938—CBS Radio broadcasts “War 1926—In Bologna, an anarchist He’s only charged for her murder since needs is more upbeat coverage. Panama secedes, backed by Teddy Station re: report that Adolf Hitler has 1969—ARPANET goes live—two of the Worlds.” Irresponsible newspa- shoots at Benito Mussolini. He sur- it’s not yet illegal to blow up airliners. 1965—Norman Morrison, a Quaker, Roosevelt, whose Republican party been seen in Argentina — “we suggest computers communicate for the first pers spin a few isolated overreactions vives; Anteo Zamboni, 15, is lynched. 1951—Six thousand soldiers are ex- 31, immolates himself below Robert recently received $60,000 from the that this matter be dropped.” time—10,166 days later SKYNET into a mythical national panic. 1926—Ehrich “Harry Houdini” posed to an A-bomb explosion in Ne- McNamara’s Pentagon window. New Panama Canal Company. 1928—Asked who shot him, the dy- becomes self-aware. 1838—A mob led by three Missouri Weiss dies of a punch to the stomach. vada “for training purposes.” 1963—The U.S.-ordered coup in 1874—Election Day in Eufala, Ala.: ing gangster Arnold Rothstein tells 1964—Jack “Murph the Surf” Mur- Militia captains attacks a colony of 1918—In a single week, Spanish Flu 1950—Puerto Rican nationalists try Vietnam goes awry: a major and a cap- The White League murders seven police, “My mudder did it.” phy lifts the Star of India from the Mormons at Huan’s Mill, killing 21. kills 21,000 Americans. to kill Harry S Truman. tain assassinate President Ngo Dinh black Republicans, wounds 70 more, 1924—Nellie Rayloe Ross becomes Museum of Natural History. 1831—Rebel slave leader Nat Turner 1893—The World’s Columbian Ex- 1918—A scab motorman causes the Diem and his brother Ngo Din Nhu. and says the Democrats won. first female governor of a U.S. state, 1958—A radioactive cloud drifts over is arrested in Virginia. position in Chicago closes; Daniel Malbone Tunnel disaster in New 1929—“The Wall Street crash,” says 1848—In Revere, Mass, a train full Wyoming. Los Angeles after the explosion of an 1501—At Pope Alexander VI’s pal- Fowle’s printing press, which had been York City; 97 die, 255 are injured. Business Week, “doesn’t mean that of Whigs collides with a train full of 1798—Vermont elects Matthew A-bomb in Nevada. ace, as 50 naked whores scramble for on display, is seen no more. 1789—George Washington attends there will be any general or serious Democrats; six die and 40 are injured. Lyon, in jail for sedition, to Congress. 1940—First U.S. peacetime draft. chestnuts strewn on the floor, church 1765—TheNew Hampshire Gazette is two church services in Portsmouth. business depression.” 1755—Mass. sets bounties for Indian 1791—Native Americans destroy one 1929—“Black Tuesday”—16 million officials vie for prizes for virility by printed “in mourning” for lost liberty, 1777—The Ranger, Captain John 1920—Socialist Eugene V. Debs gets scalps, ranging from £50 for male Pe- quarter of the U.S. Army in the Battle shares sell on Wall Street, at ever de- coupling with as many of them as in protest of the Stamp Act, to take Paul Jones commanding, leaves Ports- 913,693 votes for President, despite nobscots over 12 years old, to £20 for of the Wabash—896 of 1,000 soldiers clining prices; $26 billion evaporates. possible. effect the following day. mouth for France. being in prison for sedition. female Indians under 12. are killed, wounded, or captured. 7:04 7:17 7:57 8:13 8:46 9:04 9:31 9:53 10:15 10:40 10:58 11:27 11:43

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2004—A Franklin Co. Ohio official 2000—Saddam Hussein stops ac- 2007—Private Jessica Lynch accuses 2016—Donald J. Trump wins. Ev- 1998—Brokers who rigged the game 2004—George W.[MD] Bush nom- 2000—Republicans go to court to reports that Pres. Bush’s 3,893 vote to- cepting dollars for oil, thus under- the Pentagon of exploiting her capture erybody else is a loser. at NASDAQ are compelled to pay inates as his new Attorney General, stop manual recounts in Florida. tal in one district is erroneous—only mining U.S. hegemony and possibly for propaganda purposes. 2013—The Navy suspends the se- their bilked customers $1 billion. Alberto Gonzales—who goes on to 1981—The main rotor of a Robinson 638 ballots were cast. shortening his own life. 2000—The American people go to curity clearance of Admiral Ted 1989—The Berlin Wall becomes un- make his predecessor, John Ashcroft, R22 helicopter severs its tailboom 1994—File this under “Non-News:” 1998—Newt Gingrich says he’s re- the polls and vote for a president. The “Twig” Branch, Director of Naval expectedly porous. look good. about 500 feet over Livermore, Calif,. Ronald Reagan announces he has signing as Speaker of the House be- Supreme Court gives them George Intelligence. Though unable to view 1979—A computer error causes the 1982—The Vietnam Veterans Memo- An instructor and a student on his first Alzheimer’s. cause he’s “not willing to preside over W.[MD] Bush, instead. classified material, he’s still in office. U.S. Air Defense Command to be- rial, a gift to the nation from those it had helicopter flight perish in flames. 1986—’Nam vet Ron McIntosh hi- people who are cannibals.” 1962—Richard Nixon tells the press 2010—George W.[MD] Bush re- lieve for six minutes that the USSR is shunned, opens in Washington, D.C. 1969—Sand Lance is launched, last jacks a helicopter and uses it to free his 1984—Reagan defeats Mondale—it’s they won’t have him to kick around veals on TV that his mother once attacking the U.S. 1975—The ore carrier Edmund Fitz- sub built at the Portsmouth Shipyard. girlfriend from the Federal prison he mourning in America. any more. (It’s a lie.) showed him a jar containing the fetus 1969—Two small groups of Indians gerald sinks on Lake Superior, taking 1959—It’s “Rocky and His Friends!” escaped from six days earlier. 1977—A dam owned and modified 1961—Under Sec. of State George of a miscarried sibling and asked him make successive landings on Alcatraz with her a crew of 29. 1933—“The Great Black Blizzard,” 1975—Dick “Dick” Cheney becomes by the Toccoa Falls Bible Institute in Ball warns JFK, “Within five years, to drive her to the hospital. Island. The first is removed by the 1973—In Drake, N.D. the school the first of the great dust storms, hits White House Chief of Staff, Donald Georgia fails, killing 39 people. we’ll have 300,000 men in the paddies 2000—At 2:16 a.m., Fox News “re- Coast Guard, the second manages to board fires a teacher and burns the the Great Plains. Rumsfeld becomes Secretary of De- 1975—The Sex Pistols perform in and jungles and you’ll never find them porter” John Ellis calls Fla. in favor stay overnight. book he assigned, Slaughterhouse Five. 1921—Pres. Warren G. Harding dedi- fense, and George H.[H.]W. Bush public for the first time. again.” JFK tells Ball he’s “crazier than of his cousin, George W.[MD] Bush. 1967—The presses start rolling for 1972—Anti-police brutality activist cates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. becomes Director of the CIA. Gerry 1971—The Atomic Energy Com- hell. That just isn’t going to happen.” 1994—Serial philanderer Newt Gin- Rolling Stone. Louis Moore, threatened with bogus 1919—In Centralia, Wash., Ameri- Ford is allowed to stay on as President. mission detonates a 5-megaton 1957—Ike tells close aides that in the grich and the GOP take Congress. 1965—Due to a failure at a single charges by Detroit police, tries a radi- can Legionaires kidnap, torture, cas- 1964—A loaded KC-97 crashes on nuke—the largest ever exploded in event of nuclear war, “You might as 1983—Moscow puts its nukes on power plant in Ontario, the entire cal remedy: skyjacking a DC-9 out of trate and kill fellow WW I vet Wesley takeoff at Pease: five crewmen die. the U.S.—one mile below Amchitka well go out and shoot everyone you see high alert and flash-telegrams its northeast is left in the dark. Birmingham, Ala. A two-day, nine- Everest for joining the IWW. 1949—Deranged WW II veteran Island in Alaska, about 87 miles from and then shoot yourself.” embassies that a nuclear strike on the 1953—Dylan Thomas dies in New stop odyssey ends in a Cuban prison 1918—At 11:11 a.m., the War to End and daily churchgoer Howard Unruh a Soviet naval base in Siberia. 1940—The mile-long Tacoma Nar- USSR may come at any time. York at 39. and leads to airport searches. All Wars ends — too late for the 2,738 (1921—2009) shoots 16 people, kill- 1965—In Times Square, five men rows bridge wiggles, wobbles, and 1965—Dorothy Kilgallen’s investiga- 1942—The first “Liberty Ship,” the 1964—In Australia, the draft is re-in- who die on this day. ing 13, in Camden, N.J. burn their draft cards, the first such then falls down. Washington State tion into JFK’s assassination ends due Robert E. Peary, is launched. troduced, apparently to protect that 1911—“The Great Blue Norther” hits 1930—Told over the phone by a protest of the Vietnam War. can’t collect on its insurance, because to an allegedly accidental overdose. 1938—German Nazis demon- part of the British Empire from inva- the midwest. Temperatures at Spring- Swedish reporter that he’s won the 1963—In Midland, Texas, the future its agent pocketed the premiums. 1932—Socialist Norman Thomas strate their racial superiority during sion by Ho’s forces. field, Mo. drop from 80 degrees to 13. Nobel Prize, Sinclair Lewis, thinking Mrs. George W.[MD] Bush runs a 1931—Fisk U.’s Dean of Women Ju- gets 884,885 votes for President. Kristallnacht by killing 91 Jews. 1950—Flying over Canada, a U.S. 1887—The anarchist Haymarket it’s a hoax, imitates the man’s accent. stop sign with fatal results. liette Derricotte and a student, injured 1923—Disgruntled corporal A. Hit- 1932—To restore order, the Swiss Air Force crew in a B-50 experiences Martyrs, most of whom are mostly 1916—Vigilantes fire on IWW 1944—The Zionist Stern Gang as- when a white man’s car drives hers into ler, with help from disgruntled gener- Army fires on a crowd of protestors in engine trouble. They chuck the bomb innocent, are hanged in Chicago. members in Everett, Wash. They kill sassinates Britain’s Lord Moyne in a ditch, die after being refused hospital al E. von Ludendorff, stages the “Beer Geneva, killing 13 anti-fascists. (minus its plutonium core) which then 1880—Australia strings up Ned Kel- two of their own and five Wobblies. Cairo. Israel honors the assassins with treatment because they’re black. Hall Putsch” in Munich. 1872—In Boston, 600 buildings explodes in Riviere du Loup, Quebec. ly, the rebellious bushranger. 1872—Susan B. Anthony and 14 a stamp in 1982. 1919—3,000 anarchists are held 1897—Birth of Dorothy Day, anar- burn. The Fire Department is ham- 1898—In Wilmington, N.C., 400 1778—British troops and their Iro- less-notorious women vote in Roch- 1928—Herbert Hoover beats Alfred without bail on Ellis Island as the chist founder of Catholic Worker. pered by a lack of horsepower due to Democratic activists murder 40 to 100 quois allies massacre dozens of Amer- ester, N.Y. Nine days later, only An- E. Smith for president. Palmer Raids begin. 1876—The editor of The New York an equine virus, aka “the Great Epi- blacks, depose the mayor, and estab- ican settlers and soldiers at Cherry thony is arrested. 1917—After three months of fighting 1917—Revolutionary peasants lost in Times and the chairman of the Repub- zootic,” and by looters. Portsmouth lish a new government by force. Valley, N.Y. 1765—Two Boston gangs forego their in mud, Canadians take Passchen- the Winter Palace stumble upon the lican National Committee conspire sends a steamer and 34 men to assist. 1871—Newspaperman Henry Mor- 1769—Thirteen days after the death usual Guy Fawkes Day ruckus and daele, ending the Third Battle of remnants of Kerensky’s government. to bribe election officials in Florida, 1863—Abraham Lincoln watches ton Stanley, meeting a white man near of her first husband, Frances Atkinson join up to demonstrate against the Ypres; Allies gain five miles at a cost of Being illiterate, they force the officials South Carolina, and Louisiana to John Wilkes Booth perform in Selby’s Lake Tanganyika, says “Dr. Living- marries her first cousin John Went- Stamp Act. 250,000 casualties. to write their own arrest warrants. “elect” Hayes president. “The Marble Heart” at Ford’s Theatre. ston, I presume?” worth, Governor of New Hampshire. 12:14 11:28 12:02 12:15 12:52 1:06 1:45 1:59 2:42 2:57 3:44 4:01 4:49 5:08

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