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The Fortnightly Rant Uneasy Lies the Dunderhead eil Postman once wrote a book doing the work of a grateful nation. entitled Amusing Ourselves to Not a Circus, But a Sideshow NDeath. In it, according to our old It has been dismally clear for some friend Wikipedia, Postman notes time now that if we set aside the job that “many of the first fifteen U.S. description laid out in the Constitu- Presidents could probably have tion—a little maneuver the nation’s walked down the street without oligarchs are always itching to pull— being recognized by the average cit- and focus instead on how power in izen, yet all these men would have Washington is actual wielded, Job been quickly known by their writ- #1 for Occupant, 1600 Pennsylvania ten words. However, the reverse is Avenue, is to dazzle the rubes in the true today. The names of Presidents cheap seats with Olympic-level gro- or even famous preachers, lawyers, tesqueries while Mitch McConnell and scientists call up visual images, and Paul Ryan get on with the real typically television images, but few, work, like deciding what Granny’s if any, of their words come to mind. terminal velocity should be when The few that do almost exclusively they shove her wheelchair off the consist of carefully chosen sound- Social Security cliff. bites.” What exactly are the oligarchs’ “Carefully chosen soundbites”— minions up to, as the Geek-in-Chief what an innocent age that was. diverts our attention? Oh, just the As Postman was writing, Donald usual litany of unimaginable hor- Trump, Jr. was just merely exploiting rors. There are so many of them it’s a few hundred undocumented Pol- hard to to tell which ones are true— ish workers to destroy art deco scul- which seems to be part of the plan. tures on the facade of the Bonwit When there are too many outrages Teller building to make way for the for anyone to count, you can get erection of a gold-plated Ego Palace. away with a lot more of them. line began under President Trump.” the cops for good measure. ambassadors aren’t supposed to do. These days it’s gibberish that According to a May 24th post- The Right’s years-long attack The ensuing furor revealed that To smooth things over, State De- brings instant recognition. Only ing on the website WashingtonPress, campaign against Snopes seems to SKP’s CEO was paid $770,860 partment spokeswoman Heather one person on Earth could or would immigration authorities are now be paying dividends. The Right’s in fiscal 2016. Newsweek quoted Nauert made a statement about the have written what follows: tearing families apart and “forcing next step will be a Constitutional Charity Navigator’s explanation for U.S.’s “very long history with the “As only one of two people left detained immigrants to wear yellow Amendment establishing that facts the high salary: “the bigger a non- government of Germany.” As an ex- who could become President, why insignias.” Critics say this Adminis- and feelings are interchangeable. profit’s budget is, the greater the ample, she cited the D-Day invasion wouldn’t the FBI or Department of tration has no class. They’re right, of The AP reported weeks earlier, on CEO’s compensation will be.” SKP of Normandy. ‘Justice’ have told me that they were course. It does, however, have an ear May 7th, that “Attorney General Jeff had Federal contracts worth $227 Simultaneously locking up brown secretly investigating Paul Manafort for historical resonance. Sessions recently announced a new million in 2015, of which $193 mil- children and encouraging neo-Na- (on charges that were 10 years old Snopes.com, granddaddy of online ‘zero-tolerance policy’ in which it lion went to SKP’s “unaccompanied zis in Germany: it’s probably just a and had been previously dropped) fact checkers, offered an anodyne will press criminal charges against all alien children” program. coincidence. What’s really hurtful during my campaign? Should have assessment of that inflammatory people crossing the border illegally, The same day Sessions announced is Americans’ lack of gratitude. The told me! claim, seeing the situation on the even if they have few or no previous his “Lock the Kids Up” program, Hill quoted one of the President’s “....Paul Manafort came into the border as a continuation of business offenses. More children are expected Ambassador Richard Grenell ar- offspring recently—Beavis or Butt- campaign very late and was with us as usual. The “use of wristbands and to be separated from their parents as rived at his new post in Germany. head, we forget which—saying, “My for a short period of time (he repre- the implementation of Operation a result.” He recently gave Breitbart News an father’s life became exponentially sented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole & Streamline has persisted under On Sunday, Senator Jeff Merk- exclusive interview in which he said worse the minute he decided to run many others over the years), but we Donald Trump’s presidency, and the ley [D-Ore.] went to Texas to see he “absolutely want[ed] to empow- for president.” should have been told that Comey Trump administration has vowed for himself. He attempted to visit a er other conservatives throughout “Ours too!” tweeted a famous and the boys were doing a number to ramp up criminal convictions for detention facility in Brownsville, op- Europe, other leaders.” Many Eu- person, “Finally, something in com- on him, and he wouldn’t have been illegal border crossing,” Snopes wrote erated by a non-profit called South- ropeans found that offensive, since mon.” We have no idea how Chris- hired!” May 28th, but “neither the use of the west Key Program [SKP]. The staff meddling in other nations’ politics sy Teigen became famous, but she Sure signs of an easy conscience wristbands nor Operation Stream- refused to let Merkley in and called is near the top of the list of things earned her glory with that remark.

The Alleged News® We Are Not Ready To Be Rumbled othing quite says “Summer’s vary, of course, depending on the forecast looks promising, we’re sure By 9:00 p.m., “the crowd had were met with a barrage of flying here” in downtown Ports- weather—because half of these faux to see plenty of bikes and bikers this become an unruly mob completely objects from the mob which refused Nmouth like a certain low-pitched tough guys are apparently made out weekend. We’re not likely, though, to defiant of police orders. Members of to move,” said the FBI report to the rumbling noise lasting nearly all the of sugar. see anything like the Laconia Riot. the mob fought among themselves, White House. Sixty State Police damn day long. Our own semi-in- We would wager that on pleasant The Forging of An Image threw firecrackers, [and] rocked and were then called in, and tear gas was formed and admittedly misanthrop- weekend afternoons that percentage Largely forgotten now, that single overturned two automobiles, one of used, “with little effect, the mob still ic guess is that on fine Sundays such would amount to between half and night of mayhem forged, for this which caught fire. An unsuccessful refusing to disperse. Shotguns were as the one just past, knuckleheads, three-quarters of the time. Because region, anyway, that edgy image to attempt was made to burn a bowl- then brought into play by the police panheads, and s___heads* can be we enjoy an insatiable curiosity, we’re which today’s Harley-riders aspire. ing alley by pouring gasoline into who fired birdshot at the feet of the heard almost continually between issuing a standing offer to any and The fun began with a few smoke the air-conditioning system of the rioters.” 10 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. all persons who are qualified to do bombs at about 7:00 p.m. on Sat- building and igniting it. At 9:30 At this point in the narrative— Any competent and motivat- the work: whoever shall take on and urday, June 19, 1965, according to p.m., traffic was completely stopped well before midnight—three and ed sound engineer could probably complete this task will find us ready a report sent two days later to W. in the area and some of the motor- one-third lines are redacted in the determine pretty easily and accu- to publish their findings and lavish Marvin Watson, Special Assistant cyclists were drag racing amid the FBI report. Order was not restored, rately just what percentage of that praise upon them.† to President Lyndon B. Johnson, mob.” according to news reports, until sev- time those big V-twins do or do Since Laconia Motorcycle Week® and to the U.S. Attorney General. The City of Laconia had become eral hours after midnight. Immedi- not reach certain decibel levels. starts tomorrow, and the weather The crowd of 6,000 to 10,000 men accustomed in prior years to, shall ately following that redaction comes The exact percentage of any given † Such expertise deserves appropriate com- and women in their 20s and early we say, certain excesses of exuber- this sentence: “Approximately 200 day that’s mechano-flatulated must pensation, of course, but alas, we are in no 30s, “became disorderly and defied ance. Accordingly it had established members of a National Guard de- position to provide it. Considering the im- * The first two terms refer to engine types; pact on our visitors’ experience, however, the local police,” according to the a Riot Squad in response. On the specifically, how the valves are configured. perhaps the Chamber of Commerce would report, and “taunted police officers night of June 19th the Riot Squad The Alleged News® The third means just what you think. consider subsidizing that work. with vulgar and profane remarks.” moved in at about 10:10 p.m. “They to page two Page 2 — The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, June 8, 2018

The Alleged News® Hell’s Angels were “so well prepared from page one that they chained fire hydrants day before, sprayed gasoline over high- tail assisted the police in the cleanup ways, were equipped with shotguns operation.” and chains and passed out paper bills How intriguing is that? One mo- whose headlines screamed ‘kill a cop ment about 100 cops with shotguns Saturday night.’” are blasting away at some 8,000 ri- The Deportment of Pale Imitation oters. Then, after a mysterious hiatus That bad boy image still persists, of about four hours—the proceed- 53 years after it was forged in tear ings of which have been deemed too gas, buckshot, and fire. These days, sensitive for public consumption— though, it’s mostly a forgery, perpe- hundreds of National Guardsmen trated afresh every summer. In place are on the scene and the mob is of the truly bad boys of old, most of subdued. today’s bikers appear to be moder- This memo needs to be FOIA’d. ately affluent older men whose out- Commie-Trained Outlaw Bikers! law behavior is restricted to violating Of course, it would be foolish to just the noise ordinance. assume that what’s hidden beneath Where the original outlaw bikers that black rectangle bears any re- once created their own machines semblance to actual events. from whatever engines, frames and A second FBI report, dated June parts they could scrounge up or 22, 1965, citing the Boston Re- steal, their modern imitators seem cord-American of June 22, quoted to be commissioning a caste of pro- Laconia Mayor Peter R. Lessard fessional builders to create bespoke “as having reliable reports that in- mobile shrines to their own imag- stigators of Saturday night riot were inary renegade selves. Their garb is Communist-trained ‘riot-mongers’ picked out with equal care. and that he has information that at The originals were truly disaffect- least seven members of the notori- ed outcasts: they and society held ous California motorcycle band, the each other in mutual contempt. Hell’s Angels, had been in Mexico Nowadays their image can be used nately, an important element of this ceed 92 when a motorcycle is idling. luck. The real problem is that the for ‘special training on how to start as a template by anyone with a few fashion statement is apparently an Higher decibels are allowed, based decibel limits set by the relevant riots.’” According to Lessard, the tens of thousands to spare. Unfortu- audible assault on everyone else: our on revolutions per minute and the RSA—266:59-a (2015) Motorcycle ears are their fashion accessories. number of cylinders on the bike, he Noise Levels—are, like the rent, too An Exercise in Futility explained.” damn high. Police Commissioner Joe Onosko This spring the New Hampshire They’re also based on a national asked Police Chief Robert Merner General Court, in its multitudinous standard which won’t change with- last September “if there’s anything wisdom, passed SB 516. Governor out an act of Congress. Unless lovers local police can do to quiet loud Sununu then signed it into law. Its of peace and quiet can somehow get bikes.” According to an article in the sole purpose is to prohibit police organized enough to chip in and Portsmouth Herald, “[t]wo days later, checkpoints set up to inspect mo- bribe that bunch, well … just hold Merner had a plan in place. torcycles only. The pressing need for your ears. “The chief said his department this legislation somehow escapes us. Striking at the Root has consulted with New Hampshire For some reason it didn’t seem to This audio-blight is predictable in a State Police about equipment and rate one of those cutesy names so society suffering from a critical mass training to enforce exhaust law and often bestowed on pet legislation. of Homo americanus whose dispos- said enforcement in Portsmouth will We’d suggest it should have been able income exceeds their imagi- begin this year. Merner said Ports- called the Defend the Deafeners nation. The search for meaning is a mouth police will get decibel meters Act. human imperative—too bad there’s with wind screens, anometers [sic] Undaunted, the AWLD quot- always someone ready to sell an easy, to test wind speed at testing sites and ed Merner saying, during a Feb. 27 obnoxious substitute. equipment to determine if noise baf- Portsmouth Police Commission –=≈=– Having, perhaps, received an inadequate amount of attention for celebrat- fles were removed from motorcycle meeting, “he’s aware of the proposed The Flag Police Football Squad Weighs In ing her graduation from Kent State University by strolling around the exhaust pipes. prohibition while adding motorcycle Our good friend Patrick from Do- Ohio campus with a black AR-10 strapped across her back, Kaitlin Ben- “State police will train designat- checkpoints were ‘never our inten- ver Point has asked many times why nett tweeted on May 28th, “Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all that ed Portsmouth officers to use the tion.’ The police chief told the com- we never have any sports news. Pat- have served. I’m proud to live in the greatest country on earth that affords equipment and a checkpoint will be mission he ordered decibel-reading rick, this one’s for you and your pal us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness #USA #2A.” Ac- established in Market Square before equipment that’s the ‘best in the Booker. As it happens, it’s also based companying that tin-eared sentiment—“Happy Memorial Day?”—Ben- the end of this year’s motorcycle sea- state’ and has two officers in training on a tip from John, a reader in Do- nett posted the photo shown here. Though they hold no hope that anything son, vowed the police chief. [Em- to address motorcycle noise com- ver. could ever pierce Bennett’s shell of unwarranted self-regard, the Flag Po- phasis added.] plaints in the city.” During the PBS NewsHour, lice bust Ms. Bennett anyway. Standards must be upheld. “Merner said decibels can not ex- We wish the Chief the best of on May 23rd, Amna Nawaz asked North River Woodworks “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.” Portsmouth, NH — (603) 682-4443

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Lafayette Plaza, Route 1, Portsmouth, 422-6758 • Mon - Sat 8am - 8pm, Sun 10am - 6pm The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, June 8, 2018 — Page 3 sportswriter L.Z. Granderson, it. I tend to think it’s more about Novick. A national veterans’ organi- what’s your response to folks who what the players are protesting than zation is weighing in on this year’s say, “the issues that the players want the actual protest itself.” Emmy awards with a full-page ad in addressed here aren’t worth address- Amna Nawaz: “So, L.Z., what Variety, saying Ken Burns and Lynne ing, we’re glad the owners met with would have been a better solution Novick’s “Vietnam War” series does players privately, we’re glad they or better step, in your mind, for the not deserve a “Best Documentary” agreed to donate tens of millions of owners and the league to take?” award. Veterans For Peace [Veter- dollars to those causes, we just don’t L.Z. Granderson: “Be honest. ansForPeace.org; VFP], headquar- want politics on the field.” You know, stop trying to pretend as tered in St. Louis, with 175 chapters L.Z. Granderson: “Stop playing the if you truly do care about the issues in the U.S. and six overseas, will run national anthem. It’s that simple.” that the players are protesting, and the Variety ad prior to the awards on Amna Nawaz: “It’s as simple as that?” tell the truth, that we believe these September 17th, to generate discus- L.Z. Granderson: “The national protests are hurting our bottom line, sion about the series and the lasting anthem is politicizing sports. we’re a business, we’re a private busi- impact it will have if “crowned with “And, oh, by the way, if you really ness, and so we’re making a business an Emmy.” are concerned about respecting or policy to help make sure our bottom The ad says that because “The disrespecting the flag, then perhaps line doesn’t suffer anymore. Emmy Award is a powerful recog- you should probably refamiliarize “But certainly don’t tell us that nition of truth in art,” Emmy judges yourself with the U.S. flag code, be- you’re doing this out of some respect are asked to consider whether, “In cause you will see multiple violations for the flag, or that you’re doing this, this war-torn world, what is desper- that the NFL and other leagues, as but we still support what the play- ately needed—but what Burns and a matter of fact, do in terms of how ers are concerned with, because you Novick fail to convey—is an honest the flag is to be treated. don’t issue a ban like this in the same rendering of that war to help the “We aren’t supposed to be hav- week that we’re bracing ourselves to American people avoid yet more ing football uniforms with flags on see video of an NBA player being catastrophic wars.” them. We aren’t supposed to be hav- tased in Milwaukee, reportedly for The ad identifies what it consid- ing a flag laid down flat. We aren’t no reason. ers the fundamental flaw of the PBS –=≈=– Juneteenth 2018: Law and Order supposed to be having the flag on “Those two things—just doesn’t series: Burns and Novick “assert at Poetic Justice of the Gaelic Variety The Black Heritage Trail of New tickets or on beer cans and things of seem to add up to me.” the beginning that the war ‘was be- In the early 1990s a British entre- Hampshire (BHTNH) is hosting that nature, all these things that you –=≈=– gun in good faith by decent people, preneur took an old 250-ton barge, a daylong celebration of African can find in an NFL stadium. Vets Say “No Emmy” for ’Nam Series out of fateful misunderstandings.’” added on a boxy superstructure, American topics and culture for its “So if you really want to stick to Last fall PBS broadcast “The Viet- Questioned about this in a New slapped on a flimsy-looking stern annual celebration of Juneteenth. the rule of law about disrespecting nam War,” a 10-part documenta- York Times interview, Burns admit- wheel to mimic a Mississippi steam- Juneteenth is the oldest and most the flag, then let’s be authentic with ry series by Ken Burns and Lynn ted that might have been “too gener- boat, and began selling week-long popular celebration commemo- ous to our leaders,” but he stuck by it. cruises up the River Severn from rating the ending of slavery in the VFP’s ad responds to that “gener- the port of Gloucester. Evidently United States, and for the BHTNH ous” remark, saying, “Even a cursory for marketing purposes, Captain it is an annual event, focusing on a reading of the Pentagon Papers dis- Graham Thompson wished to call different, timely theme each year. closed by Daniel Ellsberg,” (inex- his creation The Duke of Gloucester. This year’s theme, Law and Or- plicably missing from this history) The human who actually held that der: An American Dilemma was “demonstrates the falseness of this title, however, declined to grant him inspired by recent occurrences of ra- claim of American innocence.” The permission. cial discrimination throughout the painful truth, according to the ad, is In revenge, Thompson named his country. The community dialogue that the United States “rained incredi- boat the Oliver Cromwell, after the will focus on the systemic issues that ble violence on the Vietnamese people 1st Lord Protector of the Com- disadvantage and marginalize com- merely to replace France as the domi- monwealth of England, Scotland, munities of color both now and over nant power in Southeast Asia.” and Ireland, who saw to it in 1649 the history of our nation. VFP concludes its ad, just above that King Charles I, the father of an JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Di- an iconic photograph of protesting earlier Duke of Gloucester, was be- rector of the BHTNH, said, “We G.I.s holding a banner emblazoned headed. Cromwell’s offenses against chose this theme because of the with, “We won’t fight another rich the House of Stuart were but a trifle timeliness and importance to not man’s war,” by saying that if the in comparison to his crimes against just the Black community, but to our Burns/Novick series is “crowned the Irish. A fortnight ago, though, nation as a whole. Through looking with an Emmy, this defective histo- the Irish got their revenge. back at history we can bring to the Passing by the Athenæum on a pleasant but cool Sunday afternoon our ry of the Vietnam era will become After a number of years sitting forefront relevant topics and have a Wandering Photographer espied what at first glance appeared to be a required viewing for generations of unused at dockside, the Oliver more inclusive and authentic con- bronze figure of a man holding an old-fashioned folding camera. Upon young Americans—a seductive, but Cromwell was recently bought by versation about law and order as it further observation it proved to be a fake statue; that is to say, it was re- false, interpretation of events.” a resort in Coleraine, Northern pertains to all of us.” ally a live human—and one adept at his business. The antithesis of, say, a VFP is accepting donations to Ireland. It never made it to its new For more information on the basketball player moving faster than the eye can follow, he stood incredibly help pay for the ad at this link: home port. It began taking on water Juneteenth celebration, visit Black- still. Until, that is, the gentleman at the right dropped a bill in the bucket. https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ just 12 miles off the coast and sank HeritageTrailNH.org/2018-june- That prompted a deep, gracious, and graceful bow. The verisimilitude of the VeteransforPeace/vfd.html. in the Irish Sea. teenth-celebration-law-and-or- work was aided by a very convincing mottled-bronze finish. — Mike Ferner –=≈=– der-an-american-dilemma/.

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Vertical vs. Horizontal Warfare during the Viet Nam conflict, whole- To the Editor: sale protest can achieve results in a While President Trump implodes relatively short period of time. Corpo- and Congress fiddles, Main-Street rate Titans like their privacy and tend America continues losing the wealth to become uncomfortable when the redistribution battle to the top .01 per- spotlight comes on and the pitchforks cent. The reason we’re losing is because come out. sent them to Siberia to work before we are at war with each other rather There’s an election brewing and we they died). Awful history. than the enemy. To know why, it’s im- could continue to revel in our current Yet, according to the Convention portant to understand the difference pacified state of abandon while watch- on the Prevention and Punishment of ability to keep its people in the dark between horizontal and vertical con- ing our children’s futures slip away—or the Crime of Genocide (1948), in the by strictly controlling the flow of in- dignant resignation had escaped our no- flict. we could redirect our animus where it definition listing acts that are geno- formation in and out of the country. tice—thanks for the heads-up. It’s no secret that American is awash rightfully belongs. It’s a tough ques- cide, is the last act: “forcibly transfer- All radios and TVs are pre-tuned to What took him so long? in a daily barrage of propaganda de- tion, but the answer should be easy ring children of the group to another state-controlled stations under the The Editor signed to counter the voracity of fact- and obvious. group.” An outcome listed is: “causing Korean Central News Agency and –=≈=– based news gathering. Using media to Please, get involved! … mental harm.” We are commit- all information is presented in the Honor the Flag: Support the Constitution create false dichotomies and alternate Rick Littlefield ting genocide when we take the chil- support of the regime and the cult of To the Editor: realities, propagandists are enjoying a Barrington, N.H. dren from their families. We did this personality surrounding Kim Jong-Un It was gratifying to read the re- heyday as they sow the politics of rid- Rick: with Native Americans in the 1800s (and his father and grandfather before sponses of over 30 NFL owners and icule and resentment among we-the- It is actually pretty difficult to see and into the 1900s. Post 1948, we by him) which is used as a propagan- CEO’s to President Donald Trump’s people. It’s important to understand what’s going on in this country, largely now should know this is a punishable da tool to effectively manipulate the remarks at a political rally Friday. He that Main-Street Americans aren’t because there’s so much effort being put crime. nation’s citizenry and to confuse the said,“NFL fans should boycott games the source of this media-borne drivel. into making things confusing. Our President bumbles and lurches world. The regime, in order to justify and team owners should fire players Still, we memorize what we hear like You are clearly working against that in his judgments and actions, but this its actions, has successfully demonized, who fail to stand for the national an- teenagers listening to a popular song trend, and quite effectively, too. is being done in our name with our through lies and propaganda, the U.S., them prior to games.” on the radio, and then we bristle as we We salute you. Keep it up. institution, Department of Health South Korea and Japan as existential Criticism of President Trump’s parrot it back at each other. The Editor and Human Services that certainly by threats who are forever preparing to words ranged from implied to the At the headwater of this deluge is –=≈=– name and original intent is not about attack. Furthermore, all dissenting simple and blunt statement of New a relatively small cabal of wealthy and Asylum-Seeking Families at Our Border committing genocide. voices are publically castigated. York Giants owners, John Mara and powerful Brahmans and Barons. Some To the Editor: Lynn Rudmin Chong Meanwhile, at home in the U.S.A, Steve Tisch, “Comments like we heard are well known, others remain large- At our Mexican border are asy- Sanbornton, N.H. former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, last night from the president are inap- ly invisible, but all are multinational lum-seeking families whose children Lynn: Lt. Col. (Retired) Ralph Peters just left propriate, offensive and divisive.” Plutocrats on a mission to siphon are being taken from them and placed It’s particularly galling that many his long held “Strategic Analysis” job All were eloquent in their support tax revenue away from government somewhere by our U. S. Department Central Americans are merely fleeing at Fox News, describing his former of the players. Philadelphia Eagles and replace our public institutions of Health and Human Services. I’ve chaos that ultimately was fomented by the outfit in a stinging resignation letter Chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Lurie, with for-profit entities. They are the heard Pres. Trump call it an intended Banana Diplomacy denounced by Ma- as “being a Propaganda Machine for said, “Every day I see the genuine ded- Mercers, the Kochs, and the others “warning” to the parents. He wants to rine Corps General Smedley D. Butler. a destructive and ethically ruinous ad- ication and hard work of our players. who spend billions assaulting we-the- deter the asylum seekers, some num- The Editor ministration” that “dismiss facts and And I support them as they take their people from a position of wealth and ber of whom are fleeing such dangers –=≈=– empirical reality to launch profound- courage, character and commitment power in acts of vertical warfare. to their lives that the journey north to Our Own North Korean-Style Media Outlet ly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the into our communities to make them Their efforts may be “vertical” in our border is their last resort. Yes, they To the Editor: Justice Department, the Courts and better or to call attention to injustice.” nature, but the chaos they create is come as families. Who would choose As a linguist ( Japanese) in support the intelligence community … all On Sunday, particularly appropriate responsible for “horizontal warfare” not to save one’s family rather than just of HUMINT operations in the Asian the while scaremongering with lurid during this Memorial Day Weekend, down below. Horizontal warfare oc- save oneself? theater for a good portion of my mili- warnings of ‘deep-state’ machinations” Los Angeles Chargers owner Dean curs when large numbers of relative- I’ve just returned from visiting rel- tary career (which ended 12 years ago), and “is now wittingly harming our sys- Spanos said, “I have tremendous re- ly powerless co-equals battle it out, atives in Lithuania. New country for I spent a considerable amount of time tem of government for profit.” spect for our flag and the men and usually to their own detriment and me, though amazingly it’s like New watching and reporting on the Dem- The North Korean people have a le- women who defend it. Ours is the defeat. In fact, every minute you and I England, with the lilacs just opening ocratic People’s Republic of Korea gitimate excuse but I would be curious greatest nation in the world, one in spend ridiculing each other’s political when we were there, the maples and (aka North Korea). The DPRK, often to hear the excuses of Americans who which people are able to speak freely viewpoint is music to the ears of our oaks and birches getting their leaves. referred to as a hermit kingdom, was, have allowed themselves to be brain- and stand up publicly for their beliefs. oppressor. Most villages have a sign somewhere and still is, one of the most isolated, se- washed and indoctrinated by the lies Our players, as do all Americans, have Curbing the river of wealth flowing along a road into forest with the word cretive and oppressive nations on the and propaganda told by Fox News for every right to speak their mind and to the top will take a very determined for “genocide” displayed. Lithuania planet. the last 25 years. from their heart. It was an honor to vertical counter-assault from the bot- suffered high numbers of people both The number one goal of the total- Wayne H. Merritt join them on the field today.” tom. It’s a battle made doubly difficult Jewish and gentile lost to murder and itarian DPRK regime is its own sur- Dover, N.H. To honor the flag, patriotic Amer- because we’ve already waited far too in large-pit burials by either the Nazis vival and a major key to its survival, Wayne: icans need to go to the polls and vote long to respond. Yet, as we learned or later the Soviets (who more often for the last seven decades, has been its Due to natural aversion Peters’ in- for candidates who support the Con-

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An actual record of accomplishment police services, our city is the envy and service? Check! Rep. Messmer of other towns, which is why people has it all. want to move here, and no one wants We have the chance to have repre- to move away. I am convinced that if sentation in Washington that we de- asked, most residents would pay three serve. Someone who serves all people, or four percent more property taxes, cataqua Waterkeeper, I conducted the not just a party or special interest. In- rather than have any of their services surface water testing that showed PFC deed, we are Messmer’s special inter- reduced, because we have seen the (perfluorinated chemicals) contam- est! Don’t be fooled into supporting a value of our homes remain stable or have been offered. Flimsy remedies ination originating from the dump. candidate who claims to be running a increase at more than a four percent stitution, freedom of speech, and the have been suggested by spineless pol- Rep. Messmer and I consulted on grassroots campaign when they really annual rate. More than 17 years ago right of peaceful protest—ideals for iticians and gun-crazed organizations. who dumped what and when in this aren’t. Follow the money. Don’t sup- I moved from Amherst, New Hamp- which our lost servicemen and women Unfortunately, urgent common-sense unlined dump and studied the histori- port a candidate just because they are shire (considered to be a wealthy com- gave their lives. solutions advocated by students, par- cal documents on the dump’s eventual anointed by the party elite. munity, but with almost no services) to Cynthia Muse ents and teachers have gained little closure and responsible parties. We This is your chance to have progres- Portsmouth. Although I sold a house Rye, N.H. traction so far. They have preventative followed the money trail to ascertain sive representation that actually cares in Amherst for an equivalent house in –=≈=– answers from firsthand trauma. May which taxpayers and businesses were about you and your children. Don’t Portsmouth, both priced at approxi- Old School Angst No Match for This they prevail! still on the financial hook for a Su- miss the opportunity! Remember her mately $232,000, my first tax bill was To the Editor: Paul Nichols perfund site that had failed. By the name and support Mindi Messmer for $1,000 less in Portsmouth than in During my 1950’s elementary Loudon, N.H. way, there are many Superfund sites in U.S. Congress. www.mindiforcongress. Amherst. During the last 17 years, I school years in a rural New Hamp- –=≈=– New Hampshire. How is yours doing? com. saved about $17,000 in property taxes. shire town, us kids had to immediately Time To Take A Stand For The Rule Of Law In 2017 Rep. Messmer introduced Jeff Barnum, Former Great Bay Pis- In addition, from 2001 to 2018, the respond to the unexpected blare of in- To the Editor: four bills in the New Hampshire leg- cataqua Waterkeeper value of my previous home in Amherst tercom warnings of atomic bomb at- It is obvious to many of us that a islature and with citizen support saw Lewiston, Maine has only increased by 25 percent (1.5 tacks from the Soviet Union or maybe conspiracy to commit a wide spread three pass and one held over. This was –=≈=– percent/yr.), while my new home in even China. We dove under our desks obstruction of justice to protect and unheard of for a freshman representa- Portsmouth Taxpayers Get Good Value Portsmouth has increased by 80 per- with our hands over our heads until keep a President from being indicted tive. She continues to hold state and To the Editor: cent (4.7 percent/yr.). I am currently the all-clear signaled that the drill was or impeached is being done right out federal agencies’s collective feet to the While no one wants to pay more paying $944/yr. less in property taxes over. This ordeal was known as “duck in open sight. Those involved in the fire. taxes, and there is always room for im- than the owner of my old house. and cover.” conspiracy are members of a network When the New Hampshire U.S. provement and increased efficiencies, When I consider all of the services From those fears came the ramping (talk show hosts who are willing to Congressional seat opened up, she I believe our city is doing a good job provided to me by the city, as well as up of municipal Civil Defense facili- lie), members of Congress (especially asked me what I thought. Should she managing its finances. Claims that the the social and culture life it provides, ties, the construction of family bomb many of the Republican House mem- enter the race? I said absolutely NO. city budget is obscene or out of control I can not imagine any town in New shelters and local survival exercises, bers), many who voted for Trump There was too much work left undone are gross exaggerations, when com- Hampshire that could provide a bet- which continued through the early (they don’t care whether he is a dic- in New Hampshire, and I didn’t see pared to other towns in New Hamp- ter value to its residents for their tax 1960’s high school years. tator or not), and many of the evan- anyone in the wings who would step shire. These complaints do have some dollars. While concern about annihilation gelicals (who show a pretense concern up with the same knowledge, enthusi- merit; however, they are the direct Rep. Peter Somssich, Ward 3 from communists lurked in the pe- about the right to life of an unborn but asm, and tenacity. result of New Hampshire’s lack of a Portsmouth, N.H. riphery, we students never felt threat- no empathy for kids being split from It turns out that I was categorically broad-based revenue source such as an –=≈=– ened at the possibility of being blown their immigrant parents). If this con- wrong. She has done both! Not only income or sales tax. Because our state WRJ VA Spells it Out away by a heavily armed classmate on tinues, America will become a Banana has she continued to charge ahead on is incapable of funding its obligations, To the Editor: a warped whim. The most severe vi- Republic. It might be time for Muel- more protective water quality stan- the cities and towns are on their own As our country spends this holiday olence might come from a punch in ler to have a showdown and indict the dards, cancer clusters, safe drinking and must rely primarily on the prop- weekend with friends and families, I the nose over some ridiculous youthful President; at least the American peo- water supplies, and financial account- erty tax to fund city services and in- want to take the time to remind us all flashpoint. ple with fair minds will be alerted to ability, she has engaged in a campaign stitutions that their residents demand. of why we are enjoying parades, barbe- All that changed, especially with take a stand for the rule of law against for federal office that other candidates So, when our city attracts more visi- ques, and for most an extra day off: our the Columbine High School shoot- tyranny. should envy. Where does she find the tors and businesses to town, our police fallen heroes. ing rampage in 1999 that killed 15, Alfred Waddell energy? Very few of our elected rep- and fire department is asked to pro- Memorial Day, observed on the including 12 students, a teacher and Marstons Mills, Mass. resentatives have the commitment to vide more services. If they can not add last Monday in May, honors Veter- the suicide of both teenaged gunmen. –=≈=– us that Rep. Messmer demonstrates more staff and resources, all of us, both ans who have died in all U.S. wars. Since then a continuing and random Former Waterkeeper Endorses Messmer every day. residents and visitors will see longer Memorial Day differs from Veterans flood of school massacres have taken To the Editor: And just what qualities do you need response times. That is why I support Day even though both federal holi- place across our country, with the most New Hampshire Rep. Mindi to serve in our U.S. Congress? Intelli- the request of both the police and fire days acknowledge military members. recent assault in Texas on May 18th. Messmer and I worked together in gence? Check! Tenacity? Check! Will- chief for increases to their budgets. Veterans Day is an opportunity for Tragically, the next one latently sim- the early days of investigating New ingness to listen to and collaborate Because Portsmouth offers such mers ahead. Hampshire’s Coakley dump contam- with anyone? Check! Commitment to high-quality services and institutions, Mash Notes, Hate Mail, &c. Varied reasons for such savagery ination. As the former Great Bay Pis- science? Check! Compassion? Check! including highly competent fire and to page six

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The Northcountry Chronicle From South Conway to St. Mihiel

by William Marvel the son of a farmer from Goshen started driving a team for the com- ness. Early in April the Maine bri- Sanford, so that town claimed him Corner. They lived together for a pany. gade took a severe beating in a raid as its own. Veterans who established amuel Hazelton was the Squire quarter of a century, raising seven When the United States first on Apremont, and on April 20th the Springvale post of the American of South Conway. He served of their eight children to adulthood. entered World War I, Tom Cole German shock troops singled the Legion there named it for him, al- Sseveral terms as a Conway select- When her father died, Etta sold claimed exemption from the draft Americans out for another pound- though he was a Conway boy in an- man and as a representative to the a portion of his estate and started because of weak eyesight, but peer ing at Seicheprey, seeking to ruin the cestry and education. After the war General Court, as well as a de facto buying up land and buildings on pressure may have produced a morale of the newcomers. the government brought his remains judge in his neighborhood, certify- Pleasant Street in Conway Village, change of heart and a month later The Yankee Division spent six home, and Legionnaires from San- ing documents and settling civil dis- on and near the then-new Chase he enlisted in the Maine National more weeks in that sector, with mor- ford’s Cole Post 19 joined Conway putes that were not worth taking to Avenue. Her husband owned noth- Guard. He spent his 22nd birth- tar batteries and artillery on either members of Ralph W. Shirley Post court. Before the New Hampshire ing during their marriage: Etta kept day with the 101st Trench Mortar side keeping up a constant barrage 46 to bury their namesake comrade militia disbanded, he held command the title to all their property. Battery on a troopship, landing in on the opposing trenches. It was in the Center Conway Cemetery. of the regiment from northern Car- Their youngest son, Thomas Win- France on October 29, 1917. Train- probably amid one such random, Along with his mother and some roll County, and carried the title of field Cole, was born in their house ing began two days later. indecisive bombardment that Squire of his siblings, Tom Cole lies in “Colonel” Hazelton to his grave. As on Pleasant Street on October 13, Cole’s battery of 240 mm New- Hazelton’s grandson was incidental- the family plot just a few yards up though to emphasize his status, that 1895. By 1909 the marriage ended ton-Stokes mortars formed part of a ly but fatally wounded on May 8th. the lane from his grandfather. One grave lies in the Center Conway in divorce, and that year Etta took Maine brigade in the 26th Infantry He died two days later and was bur- hundred Memorial Days later, he is Cemetery rather than in one of the all her younger children to Berwick, Division—New England’s Yankee ied in the American Cemetery in all but forgotten in his native town unkempt provincial boneyards of old Maine, to live with a new husband. Division. Before spring opened in nearby Sebastopol. amid the hum of the traffic and the Goshen. The house where Hazelton In short order she divorced him, too. 1918, the Yankees were eased into News of Tom Cole’s death excitement of yard sales. was born still stands on the Brown- By then Tom was already out of harness on the Western Front be- reached his boyhood friends by –=≈=– field Road, right beside the one the house and supporting himself. tween veteran French divisions Memorial Day, back when that day Above: Noon hour at Goodall Wor- where he died, but no Hazeltons live Like many boys in their early teens before the St. Mihiel salient. That still served as a time for reflection. sted Co., in Sanford, Maine, April, nearby because he was an only son in that part of York County, he took sector had been relatively quiet since He was the first young man from 1909 [detail]; photo by Lewis Hine. and his own children were all girls. a job in the Goodall Worsted Com- 1915, but the Germans decided to Conway killed in France, but he –=≈=– In 1881 one of his daughters, pany, in Sanford. In a few years he teach the Americans a lesson for was also the first soldier to die in Etta, married Frank Gardner Cole, worked his way out of the mill and butting into other people’s busi- the war who had any connection to from page five hear stories of the courageous efforts Americans to publicly recognize liv- of all our soldiers, sailors, airmen, ing military veterans, while Memo- and Marines. rial Day is a sincere reminder of the As I pause this Memorial Day valiant women and men who have State Cemeteries and in countless Nation and for friends and allies to honor those that we have lost, I sacrificed their lives in service to the hometown fields of honor, and, with in providing health care, benefits, around the world. will be rededicating myself to the country. silent prayers and grateful thoughts, and services at our hospital and Every day our staff and volun- mission of serving all of those that This Memorial Day, I challenge remember those interred here who outpatient clinics. We are proud to teers throughout Vermont and New served. I ask that you to do the same! all those who live in Vermont and light the way for an even brighter add our voices to the chorus of those Hampshire are reminded of the sac- Dr. Brett Rusch, Acting Medical New Hampshire to join millions future for our Nation. honoring the one million Americans rifices made, are able to look into the Center Director of Americans in returning to hal- At the White River Junction VA who have paid the ultimate price to eyes of our Veterans, many of which White River Junction VA Medi- lowed ground in our National and Medical Center, we take great pride secure the blessings of liberty for our witnessed loss on the battlefield, and cal Center, Vt.

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How Low Can The Barons of High Finance Go? by Jim Hightower Big shot financiers have been going It’s hardly harsh to require them rule would hurt “smaller investors.” them at our expense. all out to kill a sensible labor depart- to treat us common customers Huh? Well, they prevaricated, Bankers claiming that they have a reed is good,” proclaimed ment rule meant to protect peo- with basic honesty, applying what only by misdirecting small retire- legal right to profit by cheating their Gordon Gekko, lead char- ple’s retirement accounts from the amounts to a Golden Rule for ment savers into high-fee invest- own customers is a level of gluttony “Gacter in a 1987 film lampooning the self-serving guile of financial ma- bankers. But—oh, howls of out- ments can we make enough profit to so gross that it would even gag Gor- low ethics of the high finance barons nipulators. The rule simply requires rage exploded from the Wall Street give “affordable financial advice” to don Gekko. For more information, of Wall Street. firms that manage these accounts to baronies! Lobbyists swarmed into workaday folks. Again, huh? These connect with Consumer Federation You might think that, surely, this put our money in investments ex- Washington, and scores of lawyers banks are wallowing in unconscio- of America: www.ConsumerFed.org. Hollywood portrayal is a gross exag- pected to produce the best returns rushed into courts. To defend their nable levels of profits, but the only Copyright 2017 by Jim Hightower geration, but check out an egregious for us, rather than in investments right to be dishonest, the greed-fu- “affordable” advice they want to offer & Associates. Contact Laura Ehrlich example of Gekko-level greed being that pay the highest interest fees to eled bankers resorted to more dis- to us is bad advice, funneling our re- ([email protected]) for more pushed by today’s Wall Street sharks. them. honesty, claiming that the fiduciary tirement stash into deals that benefit information.

Fix It or Flip It? not at all with a person, but with slo- Remember all the political lip- gans, catchwords and the like that have flap about repairing America’s infra- taken possession of him. He is under a structure? Today it’s a dim memory spell, blinded, misused, and abused in with congress telling us there’s noth- I’m looking for “fixers” rather than ably agile intellect yet stupid, and oth- his very being. Having thus become a ing left in the pot for repairs. “flippers. I don’t even care what par- tossed all $700 billion to the wind ers who are intellectually quite dull yet mindless tool, the stupid person will also And, what about governmental ty they may belong to, as long as they and the rattlesnakes below. anything but stupid. We discover this be capable of any evil and at the same oversight? We face enormous chal- get the picture. Don’t worry—222 years will go by to our surprise in particular situations. time incapable of seeing that it is evil. lenges, but instead of streamlining Rick Littlefield in the blink of an eye. After all, you’ll The impression one gains is not so much This is where the danger of diabolical regulatory structure, the Trump Ad- Barrington, N.H. be having fun with other people’s that stupidity is a congenital defect, but misuse lurks, for it is this that can once ministration gave us incompetent –=≈=– money! that, under certain circumstances, peo- and for all destroy human beings. human wrecking balls with names The Financial Cost of Freedom Alex J. Boros ple are made stupid or that they allow “Yet at this very point it becomes like DeVos and Pruitt.We may have To the Editor: Rochester, NH this to happen to them. We note further quite clear that only an act of liberation, a two-party system, but the old po- The oft-repeated aphorism “free- –=≈=– that people who have isolated them- not instruction, can overcome stupidity. litical dichotomies no longer apply. dom is not free” is considered patri- Stupidity More Dangerous Than Malice selves from others or who lives in soli- Here we must come to terms with the Today, America is in dis-repair and otic by some folks but it’s actually “Stupidity is a more dangerous en- tude manifest this defect less frequently fact that in must cases a genuine in- we must decide whether to fix it or paradoxical. It’s paradoxical because emy of the good than malice. One may than individuals or groups of people ternal liberation becomes possible only flip it. true freedom is, by definition, truly protest against evil; it can be exposed inclined or condemned to sociability. when external liberation has preceded The “pro-fixers” are an emerging free. and, if need be, prevented by use of force. And so it would seem that stupidity is it. Until then we must abandon all breed who advocate following sci- Financially speaking, however, Evil always carries within itself the perhaps less a psychological than a socio- attempts to convince the stupid per- ence and applying technocratic solu- American freedom is certainly not germ of its own subversion in that it logical problem. It is a particular form son. This state of affairs explains why tions to the nation’s problems. They free. Thanks to Donald J. Trump, leaves behind in human beings at least of the impact of historical circumstances in such circumstances our attempts to are patriotic, in that they believe it’s who signed the National Defense a sense of unease. Against stupidity we on human beings, a psychological con- know what ‘the people’ really think are better to repair than destroy Ameri- Authorization Act (NDAA) into are defenseless. Neither protests nor the comitant of certain external conditions. in vain and why, under these circum- ca’s civil institutions and safeguards. law on Dec.12, 2017, freedom is use of force accomplish anything here; Upon closer observation, it becomes stances, this question is so irrelevant for The “pro-flippers” are politi- currently costing U.S. taxpayers reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that con- apparent that every strong upsurge the person who is thinking and act- cos who would do away with all $1.92 billion per day, on average. tradict one’s prejudgment simply need of power in the public sphere, be it of ing responsibly. The word of the Bible forms of public-sector regulation The NDAA for fiscal year 2018 not be believed—in such moments the a political or of a religious nature, in- that the fear of God is the beginning and civil service, replacing it with totals just under $700 billion. It stupid person even becomes critical— fects a large part of humankind with of wisdom declares that the internal for-profit privatization and Plutoc- represents an increase of tens of and when facts are irrefutable they are stupidity. It would even seem that this liberation of human beings to live the racy. Wealthy Fascists like the Koch billions of dollars over last year’s de- just pushed aside as inconsequential, as is virtually a sociological-psychological responsible life before God is the only brothers spend billions annually in- fense budget. incidental. In all this the stupid per- law. The power of the one needs the stu- genuine way to overcome stupidity. filtrating the public sector to achieve While $700 billion isn’t exactly son, in contrast to the malicious one, is pidity of the other. The process at work “But these thoughts about stupidity this end. spare change, such a large number utterly self-satisfied and, being easily here is not that particular human ca- also offer consolation in that they ut- We all know the big bad wolf is tends to sound abstract. It fails to hit irritated, becomes dangerous by going pacities, for instance, the intellect, sud- terly forbid us to consider the majority out there looking for ways to ex- home for ordinary citizens. So, to on the attack. For that reason, greater denly atrophy or fail. Instead, it seems of people to be stupid in every circum- ploit the many in order to enrich put that staggering amount of tax- caution is called for than with a ma- that under the overwhelming impact stance. It really will depend on whether an elite few. And, regardless of what payer dollars into proper perspective, licious one. Never again will we try to of rising power, humans are deprived those in power expect more from peo- we may think, Oligarchs don’t dis- why not apply some creative think- persuade the stupid person with rea- of their inner independence, and, more ple’s stupidity than from their inner criminate. Main-Street Republicans, ing to the problem? sons, for it is senseless and dangerous. or less consciously, give up establishing independence and wisdom.” Democrats, and Independents are Try this experiment: stand on the “If we want to know how to get an autonomous position toward the — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in a equal-opportunity targets. So why edge of the Grand Canyon and toss the better of stupidity, we must seek emerging circumstances. The fact that circular letter to three friends and do we continue to take the bait, buy $100 bills, one at a time, into the vast to understand its nature. This much is the stupid person is often stubborn must co-workers in the conspiracy against into their propaganda, and squabble expanse. Do this nonstop, at a rate certain, that it is in essence not an in- not blind us to the fact that he is not in- Hitler, on the tenth anniversary of amongst ourselves? of $100 per second, 24/7, and by the tellectual defect but a human one. There dependent. In conversation with him, Hitler’s accession to the chancellor- There’s an election coming and year 2240 you’ll have successfully are human beings who are of remark- one virtually feels that one is dealing ship of Germany.

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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, June 10 Monday, June 11 Tuesday, June 12 Wednesday, June 13 Thursday, June 14 Friday, June 15 Saturday, June 16

1990—British Airways Captain Tim 1995—In Claremont, N.H., Bill 2016—A Jonesboro, Ark. man dies 2005—Congress apologizes for hav- 2001—Dennis Koslowski throws a 2002—Accounting firm Arthur2015— Donald Trump announces his Lancaster is sucked half-way out of Clinton and Newt Gingrich shake when his Robinson R44 helicopter ing failed to pass 200 anti-lynching $2.1 million party on Sardinia for his Anderson is convicted of obstructing preposterous candidacy for President. Flight 5390 when his windshield hands and pledge to reform lobbying crashes and burns. Two witnesses al- bills between 1882 and 1968. wife Karen’s 40th birthday. Half the justice by impeding an investigation 2000—The Energy Department finds blows out over Oxfordshire. The plane and campaign financing. Yeah, right. lege he was intoxicated. 2003—“His [Joe Wilson’s] wife is in cost is covered by Tyco International. into G.W.[MD] Bush’s top financial missing top-secret computer hard lands safely. Lancaster recovers and 1991—Mount Pinatubo erupts, be- 2011—Stabbed in a bar fight, Sean the [CIA] and is a WMD analyst,” 1982—Argentina surrenders the contributor, Enron. drives in a location which had already later resumes flying. coming the first act of nature to close a “Eddard Stark” Bean declines an am- Dep. Sec. of State Richard Armitage Falkland Islands to Britain. 1992—The main rotor and tailboom been searched twice. 1988—A bicycle messenger is denied U.S. military base. bulance in favor of another drink. tells Bob Woodward. “How about 1954—Dwight D. Eisenhower signs fall off a Robinson R22 helicopter over 1992—Ronald Regan’s Secretary of entrance to the Justice Department 1984—The Supreme Court says ille- 2003—George W.[MD] Bush finds a that s__t?” a bill adding “under God” to the Julia Creek, Australia. It crashes and Defense Caspar Weinberger is indict- because he’s wearing a T-shirt that gally obtained evidence is OK if pros- way to fall off a Segway. 1989—President George Herbert Pledge of Allegiance. burns, killing the pilot. ed for lying to Congress. says, “Experts agree: Meese is a pig.” ecutors can prove that it would have 2000—The Energy Department [Hoover] Walker Bush vetoes a raise 1951—Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Bour- 1992—Vice President Dan Quayle 1959—TV’s Superman discovers that 1975—The Rockefeller Commission been discovered legally. admits that two hard drives holding in the minimum wage. bon) accuses President Eisenhower earns a place in history by giving ad- his head isn’t bulletproof. finds that the CIA’s CHAOS opera- 1971—The nineteen-month Native top-secret data on disarming and dis- 1985—Thomas L. Slade and son Wil- and General George Marshall of serv- vice on how to spell ‘potato.’ 1954—The first Bloomsday goes tion spied on 300,000 Americans and American occupation of Alcatraz mantling nuclear weapons have been liam are among passengers hijacked ing the policies of the Kremlin. 1967—Gov. Reagan (R-Calif.) signs a somewhat awry due to drunkeness. infiltrated political movements. Island ends. missing for over a month. on a flight from Beirut, their second 1951—UNIVAC, the first commer- bill liberalizing abortion laws. 1944—South Carolina kills George J. 1964—Sen. Clair Engle [D-Calif.], 1963—Thich Quang Duc immolates 1999—G.W.[MD] Bush announces. such experience in three days. cial computer, is unveiled. 1920—A mob of thousands drags Stinney Jr. for a double murder. He’s 52, silenced by a brain tumor and just himself in front of the U.S. Embassy 1981—President Reagan, failing to 1983—Pioneer 10 exits the solar system. 1949—The U.S. sends Albert II, a three black circus workers from the 14, weighs 90 lbs., and sits on phone seven weeks from death, raises his in Saigon. recognize the only black person in 1971—Pentagon Papers are published. rhesus monkey, into space. Duluth, Minn. jail; arrested for a rape books so the electrodes can reach him. hand and points to his eye to vote affir- 1963—George Wallace stands in the his Cabinet, calls Housing Secretary 1968—A U.S. helicopter crew blasts 1943—The Supreme Court rules that that didn’t happen, they’re lynched. 1943—Charlie Chaplin, 54, marries matively and end the filibuster of the schoolhouse door to prevent desegre- Samuel Pierce “Mr. Mayor.” a Vietnamese command post, killing children cannot be forced to salute the 1917—Emma Goldman and Al- Oona O’Neill, 18. Civil Rights Act of 1964. gation in Alabama. 1972—Radical labor organizer Saul Saigon’s Police Chief. It’s an accident. flag if it offends their religious beliefs. exander Berkman are charged with 1932—In an early demonstration of 1944—Pitching in the ninth for the 1962—John and Clarence Anglin, Alinsky dies in California. 1966—The Supreme Court issues its 1928—Ernesto “Che” Guevara is conspiring to “induce persons not to its self-destructive tendencies, the Cincinnati Reds, Joe Nuxhall gives up with Frank Morris, escape from Alca- 1970—Pittsburgh Pirate Dock Ellis, Miranda decision. born in Argentina. register” for the draft. GOP nominates Herbert Hoover for five runs. Give him a break—he’s 15. traz. Maybe they drown, maybe not. tripping balls, pitches a no-hitter. 1960—As SDS meets in Port Huron 1924—The KKK attacks an IWW la- 1913—At Bud Bagsak in the Philip- a second term as President. 1940—Black nationalist Marcus 1920—Republicans meeting in the 1967—Interracial marriage becomes and the civil rights movement heats bor hall in San Pedro, Calif. Two kids pines, designer John Browning tests 1918—Eugene V. Debs delivers an Garvey dies of a stroke after reading original “smoke-filled room” select, legal in the U.S., thanks to the Su- up, Newsweek reports that students scalded by coffee are left motherless his new .45 pistol on Moro rebels. anti-draft speech in Canton, Ohio, a mistaken obituary of himself in the to their discredit, Warren G. Harding. preme Court. are “apathetic.” when Lizzie Sunstedt later dies. 1904—The side-wheeler General that is so effective he is later charged Chicago Defender. 1851—Having, in four hours, caught, 1963—Medgar Evers is shot and 1944—News reports say Rep. Francis 1922—In D.C., 5,000 African Amer- Slocum burns during an excursion on with ten counts of sedition. 1871—U.S. Marines avenge the 1866 tried, convicted, and sentenced John killed in Mississippi; his murderer is E. Walter (D-Penn.) gave FDR a let- icans march silently for an anti-lynch- New York City’s East River. Of the 1904—In Dublin, James Joyce and loss of the U.S.S. General Sherman by Jenkins, the First San Francisco Vigi- convicted 31 years later. ter-opener made from the arm bone of ing bill which has passed the House. 1,300 aboard, more than 1,000 die. Nora Barnacle go for a walk which he attacking a number of Korean forts on lance Committee hangs him. 1957—“We have exactly 342 men,” a dead Japanese soldier. Democrats filibuster it, though. 1859—Near Vancouver, American finds particularly memorable. Gangwha Island, killing 243 Koreans 1837—Drunken nativist firefighters says General Samuel T. Williams, 1944—German V-1 “buzz-bomb” 1919—Alcock and Brown leave New- Lyman Cutlar shoots a pig belong- 1857—A battle erupts in New York’s in the process. Three months later the encounter Irishmen at a funeral: Bos- head of the U.S. MAAG, Vietnam, attacks on England start. foundland for the first successful flight ing to Charlies Griffin, an Irishman, City Hall after the newly-established Americans withdraw. ton’s Broad Street riot ensues. “the number allowed by the Geneva 1942—The German sub U-202 lands across the Atlantic. causing a U.S./British military stand- Metropolitan Police attempt to arrest 1772—Rhode Islanders burn the 1345—Alexios Apokaukos, Chief Armistice Conference. It would be a eight Nazi saboteurs at Amagansett 1905—Russian sailors aboard the bat- off lasting 12 years. Mayor Fernando Wood. The recent- British revenue cutter Gaspé. Minister of the Byzantine Empire, breeze if we had more.” on Long Island. tleship Potemkin mutiny. 1648—Having been found guilty ly-abolished Municipal Police fight 1692—Bridget Bishop, 60, becomes inspects a new prison without his 1920—Serge Voronoff performs the 1920—Fuddy-duddies at the U.S. 1662—Former Governor of Massa- by John Winthrop and other Boston back to protect their turf. the first person hanged during the Sa- bodyguards. Political prisoners cut off first transplant of simian testicular Post Office rule that children may no chusetts [1636-37] Henry Vane is be- worthies, Margaret Jones of Charles- 1745—Forces led by Sir William Pep- lem, Mass. witch trials. his head and impale it on a pole. tissue into a human. longer be shipped by Parcel Post. headed in the Tower of London. town is hanged for witchcraft. perrell of Kittery take Louisburg. 8:55 9:16 9:48 10:05 10:39 10:53 11:30 11:42 12:21 12:32 1:13 1:24 2:06

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2017—By doing everything wrong, 2016—In Las Vegas, Michael Steven 2011—On the HBO show “Game 2005—Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney 2006—Fox News, citing Sen. Rick 2009—Republican Governor Mark 2016—During W.Va.’s worst flood- officers of the U.S.S. Fitzgerald get a Sandford, 20, a mentally-ill British of Thrones,” George W.[MD] Bush’s tells Larry King the insurgency in Iraq Santorum (R-Pa.), reports that Sanford’s spokesman says South Car- ing in 100 years, a burning house is nimble destroyer rammed by a hulk- man on an expired visa, attempts decapitated head appears on a pike. is “in the last throes.” WMD have been found in Iraq. olina’s Chief Executive is hiking the filmed floating down a creek. ing Japanese container ship. Seven to grab a cop’s Glock to kill Donald 2006—Publisher and Bush appointee 2003—An instructor and student die 2005—Edgar Ray Killen, 80, is found Appalachian Trail. 2016—After shedding parts, a Rob- enlisted sailors die, three more are Trump, who’s 30 feet away. He fails. Phillip Merrill is discovered shot and in New South Wales after the main guilty of manslaughter in the case of 2004—On the floor of the Senate, inson R66 helicopter crashes in Ari- injured, repairs will cost $367 million. 2009—Manchester Mayor Frank weighted down in Chesapeake Bay, rotor flies off a Robinson R22. Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney. Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney tells Sen. zona, killing a pilot and passenger. 2015—Nine people are massacred in Guinta steps over a man with a leg bro- where the CIA’s Bill Colby and John 1970—The sub U.S.S. Tautog acquires 2004—Mike Melvill becomes the Pat Leahy, “Go f__k yourself.” 2014—The Market Basket board fires a Charleston, S.C. church by a white ken in a brawl to exit the Fish & Game Paisley ended up; all suicides, though. a permanent 2-degree bend in its sail world’s first non-governmental astro- 2002—Enron execs admit they hid CEO Arthur T. Demoulas and brings supremacist punk. Social Club before EMTs arrive. 1969—Tobar, Nev.—named for a sign and a big chunk of Soviet propeller naut by piloting SpaceShipOne to an $1.5 billion in illegal profits gouged in two inepts to take his place. 1982—Found hanging under a Lon- 1989—RIP I.F. Stone, who said pointing to a saloon—is dealt a death during a “Crazy Ivan” by K-108. altitude of 100 kilometers. from California ratepayers. 2008—NASA’s James Hansen nags don bridge: R. Calvi, “God’s banker.” “Every government is run by liars and blow by an exploding railroad car full 1965—Navy Lts. Clinton B. John- 1994—As Jose Martin and his wife 1977—Nixon’s ex-AG John Mitchell Congress about the threat of global 1972—Nixon goons hit Democrat- nothing they say should be believed.” of bombs en route to Vietnam. son and Charles Hartman, flying drive near Madrid, a 3-lb. meteorite begins 19 months in prison. warming — again. ic HQ at the Watergate, but a black 1967—On stage at Monterey, Calif., 1965—Thousands of fun-seekers at prop-driven Douglas A-1 Skyraiders, crashes through their windshield, 1970—The 24th Amendment gives 2005—Roller coaster safety expert Vietnam vet discovers them. Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar afire. the Weirs throw rocks at cops, burn down a MiG jet fighter over Vietnam. bends the steering wheel, and lands in 18-year-olds the vote. Richard H. Brown, 64, dies of injuries 1958—Sherman Adams, N.H.’s ex- 1965—Operation Arc Light begins: overturned cars, and have a good time 1963—The White House-Kremlin the back seat. She is unscathed, he gets 1969—In Ohio, the Cuyahoga River received in a fall in his own driveway. Gov., now Ike’s Chief of Staff, admits 27 B-5s fly from Guam to bomb the in general. Party-pooping National “Hot Line” is installed. a broken finger. burns for 20 minutes. 1995—During a soundcheck, Dan he accepted a vicuña coat from Boston ’Nam. Two collide and crash due to Guardsmen pepper them with birdshot 1962—For the second time in less 1989—The U.S. Supreme Court rules 1964—The U.S. Supreme Court rules Rather joins R.E.M. in “What’s the industrialist Bernard Goldfine. navigational errors, a third goes down as Laconia’s Riot Squad arrests 150. than a fortnight, a Thor rocket mal- flag-burning is legal. the Post Office can’t ban Henry Mill- Frequency, Ken?” 1948—A false alarm prompts a DC-6 after in-flight refueling fails. 1954—Warned by Sen. Styles Bridges functions and drops an A-bomb into 1964—Civil rights workers Michael er’s Tropic of Cancer. 1988—NASA’s James Hansen warns flight crew to activate a fire extin- 1959—Louisiana Gov. Earl Long, (R-N.H.) that his son’s homosexuality the South Pacific. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and 1950—Retired FBI agents help a Congress of the seriousness of the guisher. They leave a relief valve open, though committed to a mental hospi- would be exposed if he did not resign, 1953—Lt. Gen. John W. “Iron Mike” James Chaney are murdered by the paranoid fabric importer publish Red threat of global warming.

though. CO2 escapes, knocking them tal, continues to govern. Sen. Lester C. Hunt (D-Wyo.) shoots O’Daniel arrives in Saigon to confer KKK in Mississippi. Channels, a pamphlet claiming radio 1976—Edwin Walker, former Army out; 43 die as the plane crashes in east- 1954—In Alabama, Albert Fuller himself dead in his Senate office. with French General Henri Navarre 1942—The Japanese sub I-25 fires 17 and TV are full of Commies. General and Lee Harvey Oswald ern Pennsylvania. murders Alfred Patterson. Patterson, 1953—Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on how to bring peace to Vietnam. shells at Fort Stevens, Ore., damaging 1942—Congress adopts the Flag target, is arrested for fondling an un- 1939—In Paris, Eugene Weidmann Democratic candidate for State At- become the first native-born Ameri- 1943—KKK and pals attack striking a phone cable. Code,® thus replacing the embar- dercover cop in a Dallas men’s room. becomes the last public victim of torney, had vowed to rid Phoenix City cans executed for espionage. African-American auto workers in 1877—The Molly Maguires, 14 min- rassingly Nazi-like “Flag Salute” with 1972—Nixon’s own tape recorder France’s guillotine. Watching from a of vice, apparently alarming Fuller, a 1879—Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, at the Detroit; 34 die, 1,300 are arrested. ers arrested by private detectives and FDR’s hand-on-heart gesture. catches him telling H.R. Haldeman nearby window is future horror movie former sheriff. Michigan Military Academy, tells his 1942—Four prisoners in Nazi uni- prosecuted by private attorneys for the 1918—After 24 hours awake a railroad to order the CIA to block an FBI in- star Christopher Lee. 1954—Fred C. Trump is grilled about audience, “There is many a boy here forms drive out Auschwitz’s main gate coal companies, are hanged by Penn- engineer nods off; his locomotive crush- vestigation of Watergate. 1932—Thousands of disgruntled war profiteering from the FHA. today who looks on war as all glory, in the commandant’s car. sylvania officials, private executioners es the wooden cars of a stopped circus 1950—A Douglas DC-4 and all 58 Great War vets mass in front of the 1948—Truman OKs plausibly-deni- but, boys, it is all hell.” 1941—The sub U.S.S. 0-9 sinks east apparently being unavailable. Pardons train; oil lamps do the rest: 86 die and aboard disappear without a trace over U.S. Capitol as the Senate votes not to able propaganda, sabotage, demoli- 1864—The Portsmouth-built ship of the Isles of Shoals with 33 aboard. for two arrive minutes too late. 200 are injured in Hammond, Ind. Lake Michigan. pay their bonuses. tion, & economic warfare by the CIA. Kearsarge sinks the Confederate raider 1940—NAACP official Elbert Wil- 1919—Germans scuttle their captive 1898—The U.S. Army’s V Corps, 1947—The U.S. Senate puts the 1775—The Battle of Bunker Hill 1916—In Australia, 6,000 rally Alabama off Cherbourg. liams becomes the organization’s first fleet at Scapa Flow. Brits shoot nine commanded by gout-ridden, 300-lb. screws to labor by overriding Tru- is fought on Breed’s Hill with New against conscription. 1865—Slaves in Texas learn they’re martyr, in Brownsville, Tenn. Germans in lifeboats. Major General William Shafter, lands man’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. Hampshire men under Gen. John 1869—New York Times founder Hen- free, on a date now celebrated as “June- 1923—Pancho Villa dies, saying, 1788—New Hampshire becomes the chaotically in Cuba. 1937—George Orwell, wounded, Stark using powder pilfered from ry J. Raymond dies of a stroke at 49 teenth.” “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I 9th state to ratify the U.S. Constitu- 1893—HMS Victoria accidentally flees Spain with his wife after Com- Portsmouth’s Fort William and Mary. while entertaining his mistress. 1893—Lizzie Borden gets off. said something.” tion. You’re welcome. sinks HMS Camperdown; 358 die. munists suppress anarchists. 2:17 3:00 3:13 3:57 4:12 4:47 5:14 5:58 6:19 6:58 7:25 7:57 8:28 8:53

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