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The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 6/12/13

Interrogatories

Do you have an embarrassing middle name?

What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?

Are you any good at lying?

Have you ever been on TV?

Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?

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On This Day

In 1939, The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, opened its doors.

In 1942, young Anne Frank was given a diary for her 13th birthday.

In 1963, Medgar Evers, a young civil rights activist, was shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Missisippi by KKK member Byron De La Beckwith.

In 1964, South African activist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison.

In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional.

In 1978, David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam, was given what amounted to a life sentence for 6 murders (365 years).

In 1987, Saint Ronnie of Reagan made his “Tear down this wall” speech, which immediately put an end to the Cold War. 😉

In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were knifed to death outside Simpson’s home in the Brentwood neighborhood of West Los Angeles. Her husband, OJ Simpson, was later arrested and charged, but was acquitted.

Born on This Day

1580 – Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (d. 1662)

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1634 – Giuseppe Recco, Italian still-life painter (d. 1695)

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1677 – Jean Raoux, French painter (d. 1734)

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1771 – Patrick Gass, American sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1870)

1806 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869)

1853 – Merry-Joseph Blondel, French painter born on 25 July 1781

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1858 – Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (d. 1929)

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1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian artist (d. 1918)

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1897 – Anthony Eden, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977)

1903 – Emmett Hardy, American musician (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1925)

(this was linked on a jazz history site, but I can’t be sure he plays on it)

1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman

1915 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (d. 1995)

1916 – Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991)

1919 – Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004)

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1920 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002)

1924 – George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States

1933 – Eddie Adams, American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (d. 2004)

1934 – Nicole Berger, French actress (d. 1967)

1941 – Chick Corea, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (Return to Forever and Five Peace Band)

1941 – Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, and actor

1941 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (d. 2013)

1941 – Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician

1942 – Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dovells)

1949 – John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Mogul Thrash, Family, Roxy Music, UK, and Asia)

1951 – Bun E. Carlos, American drummer and archivist (Cheap Trick and Tinted Windows)

1951 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and musician (Boston RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (d. 2007)

1952 – Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (d. 1983)

1953 – Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1957 – Timothy Busfield, American actor

1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician (They Might Be Giants)

1961 – Kira Roessler, American singer and bassist (Black Flag and Dos)

1962 – Paul Clark, English musician and writer (The Bolshoi)

1968 – Bobby Sheehan, American bassist and songwriter (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999)

Died on This Day

816 – Pope Leo III (b. 750)

1661 – Jacob-Willemsz Delff II, Dutch artist (b. 1619)

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1675 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)

1687 – Juriaan van Streek, Dutch painter (b. 1632)

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1789 – Jean-Etienne Liotard, Swiss-French painter (b. 1702)

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1795 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (b. 1722)

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1818 – Egwale Seyon of Ethiopia (b. unknown)

1900 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)

1951 – Louis Legrand, French painter (b. 1863)

1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American musician, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

1969 – Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)

1972 – Saul Alinsky, radical ruler (b. 1909)

1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (b. 1902)

2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)

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2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943

Today is

Loving Day

World Day Against Child Labour

National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

Machine Day

Red Rose Day

Open Window Day

National Jerky Day

Crowded Nest Awareness Day


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31 comments

  1. plf515

    Do you have an embarrassing middle name?

    No, but my middle name is my wife’s first name.



    What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?

    I have no idea.

    Are you any good at lying?

    Naaaah.  Believe everything I say.

    Have you ever been on TV?

    Yes, but only in crowd type shots.



    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?

    America hasn’t really dumbed down. Nor have other countries. But what has happened is that the ignorant now have ways to make their ignorance widely known.  

  2. JanF

    When you really stop and think about it, you realize you probably shouldn’t stop and think about it.

       – God (@TheTweetOfGod) June 11, 2013

    Exactly. And I will conduct myself accordingly.

  3. JanF

    Windows for Hillbillies

    And this: National Jerky Day and Darrell Issa: Darrell Issa Refuses To Release ‘Evidence’ That Obama Conspired With IRS To Target Tea Party

    House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is refusing to release transcripts of interviews with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents that allegedly prove how political officials in the Obama administration directed the IRS to target conservative groups applying for 501 (c)(4) status.

    The California congressman, whose committee is conducting an investigation into the agency’s behavior, provided CNN excerpts of interviews with IRS agents on June 2 and assured host Candy Crowley that “the whole transcript will be put out.”

  4. Melanie in IA

    Do you have an embarrassing middle name?

    No. It’s my mom’s first name.

    What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?

    They probably would have named me for a pope.

    Are you any good at lying?

    No. I don’t practice enough.

    Have you ever been on TV?

    Not that I know of.

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?

    I’ll go with plf’s answer above. A different but related problem is the disdain now shown to facts and those who know them, and the response by media to provide a “balanced” view.  

  5. anotherdemocrat

    Do you have an embarrassing middle name? no, perfectly normal & boring

    What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex? no idea

    Are you any good at lying? horrible – my face always tells everyone exactly what I think, so I don’t bother trying to lie

    Have you ever been on TV? Yes. When the MLK statue was dedicated on the UT campus, they interviewed the 3 of us who started the group that eventually got it done.

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America? wish I knew

  6. Floja Roja

    Hmmm, I slept later than usual. But it’s still only 6:30 here.

    Do you have an embarrassing middle name?

    I don’t have a middle name. Probably because my mom grew up being called by her first and middle name.

    What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?

    Stafford after my maternal grandfather. My brother had already been named after out paternal grandfather.

    Are you any good at lying?

    Not unless the lie is so outrageous that nobody would believe it.

    Have you ever been on TV?

    Nevair!

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?

    I’d say reality TV, but they are only continuing the process. Maybe it was those awful talk shows that were all the rage in the 90s.

  7. PadreJM

    Embarrassing middle name? Nope.

    Name if born the opposite sex? Hard tellin’, except given the names of my siblings and me, it would likely not have been particularly imaginative.  My father’s favorite aunt was Julia, and mother was very fond of her mother’s name, Catherine, so those are possibilities.

    Are you any good at lying? My memory would make it impossible to keep any story straight.

    Have you ever been on TV? I was media spokesperson for a couple of groups during my community organizing days.

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?  Entirely subjective opinion: virtual elimination of instruction in basic logic and critical analysis in the public schools.

  8. bubbanomics

    Do you have an embarrassing middle name?

    ** dunno.  is george embarrassing?

    What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?

    ** no idea.

    Are you any good at lying?

    ** not very

    Have you ever been on TV?

    ** yes

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?

    ** Americans

  10. raina

    I have a very common middle name.

    No idea what they’d name me if I was a boy.

    Not good at lying. Doesn’t mean I never lie. heh.

    Have you ever been on TV? yes. local news. waving at camera.

    Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America? Are you recycling questions? Reality TV.

    anyhoo…

    I’m on twitter! I initially opened an account just to rec DK diaries because Markos says they count. I could never get into it before, but I started reading and reading, and I’m liking it a lot better thank DK. No BS moderation to deal with. If I don’t want to have #twittercourse with the toxic people from DK, I can block them, thank doggies. I’m the boss of my own account. I’m liberated!

  11. slksfca

    My middle name is actually my mother’s maiden name. Old family tradition. It’s short and sweet and not at all a weird-sounding name.

    I was on TV once intentionally, and once on the news when there was a huge gas explosion at the end of my block. The news crews were at the other end of the block with their cameras rolling and I saw myself on live TV looking out the front window. That was interesting.

  12. raina

    I made my chicken quesadillas yesterday using that chipotle mayo recipe. Delish, but 2 peppers is a bit too hot for me. Next time just one, with a little more sauce. I liked the smoky flavor.

    Pic below, grill marks are from Foreman grill. Easier to do than in a skillet. Chicken, chipotle mayo, bacon, tomatoes, and cheddar and after grilling, topped with sour cream, lettuce, and salsa. I usually make pico de gallo, but I had 2 big bottles of salsa from Costco and didn’t want it to go to waste.

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