2 Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
February 21, 2017 Volume 20 No 32
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2 Stuff-Of-The-Day Newsletter
Stupid Quote Of The Day
On Political Strategic Metaphors, Circular:
W
e, as Republicans, need to start rowing with one oar.
Representative John Kasich (R-Ohio) in a Chicago Sun-Times article on how his party could regain political initiative
Useless Facts Of The Day
U
seless facts:
· You won't find pincers at the Egremont Crab Fair held in Cumbria, England. That's because this autumn event actually celebrates apples.
· The Rose Bowl was originally known as the Battle of the Flowers.
Quotes Of The Day
A
uthor Anne Lamott:
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor:
"I know nothing about sex because I was always married.”
Henry Kissinger:
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
“The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.”
Urban Word(s) Of The Day
N
ixon'd out
When a person or persons quits or leaves an organization or position before the said person is canned.
"Hey Joe, wasn't Nixon impeached?"
"No, he resigned before he could have been impeached"
"Told ya he Nixon'd out of there!!"
Word A Day
g
errymander Pronunciation (JER-i-MAN-duhr)
verb tr: To repartition an area in order to create electoral districts that give an unfair advantage to a political party. noun: An instance of gerrymandering.
A blend of Elbridge Gerry and salamander. Massachusetts Governor Gerry’s party rearranged the electoral district boundaries and someone fancied the newly redistricted Essex County resembled a salamander. A cartoon showing the district in the shape of a salamander appeared in March 1812 issue of the Federalist newspaper. …
*Happy Birthday*
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1925 Al Fann OH, actor (He's the Mayor) [92]
1927 Patricia Benoit actress (Mr Peepers) [90]
1937 Gary Lockwood actor (2001, Lieutenant) [80]
1943 David Geffen NY, record producer [74]
1943 Kitty Winn DC, actress (Beacon Hill) [73]
1946 Anthony Daniels actor (Star Wars) [71]
1946 Tricia Nixon Cox Dick Nixon's daughter [71]
1946 Tyne Daly WI, actress (Cagney & Lacey) [71]
1947 Olympia J Snowe (Rep-R-ME, 1979- ) [70]
1949 Jerry Harrison keyboard (Talking Heads) [68]
1953 Christine Ebersole actr (SNL, Tootsie) [64]
1953 William L Petersen actor (CSI) [64]
1955 Kelsey Grammer actor (Frasier) [62]
1958 Jack Coleman PA, actor (Dynasty) [59]
1958 Jake Steinfeld exercise (Body by Jake) [59]
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter country singer [59]
1961 Christopher Atkins NY, actor (Dallas) [55]
1963 William Baldwin actor (Backdraft) [54]
1964 Bronwen Booth actress (Glory & Honor) [53]
1975 Troy Slaten act(Parker Lewis Can't Lose) [42]
1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt actr (Party of Five) [38]
1986 Charlotte Church singer [31]
1987 Ellen Page actress (X-Men: Last Stand) [30]
1987 Ashley Greene actress (Twilight) [30]
1989 Corbin Bleu actor (High School Musical) [28]
1989 Kristin Herrera actress (Zoey 101) [28]
1994 Hayley Orrantia actress (The Goldbergs) [23]
1996 Sophie Turner actress(Game Of Thrones) [21]
“The Italian people treated [Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s] attempt to gerrymander the political system with the respect it deserved -- forcing Renzi’s resignation.” Ross Clark; Italy’s Referendum Is Proof that Anti-EU Sentiment Is Not Confined to the UK; Express (London, UK); Dec 6, 2016.
Theme: words coined after American people.
History Of The Day
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3 DAY FORECAST431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar
1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1613 Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1792 Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1842 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
1858 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued (New Haven CT)
1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation
1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)
1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die
1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence
1931 Alka Seltzer introduced
1931 Chicago White Sox & New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game
1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin
1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US President to visit China
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
1975 John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album is released
1975 John Mitchell, H R Haldeman & John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8 years
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
Wednesday22 Feb 2017
Sunny
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23 Feb 2017
PM Showers
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Scattered Thunderstorms/Wind
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1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1988 During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (age 52) admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry for an unspecified length of time.
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition" premieres
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