Interrogatories
How far from where you grew up have you ended up? If you still live nearby, did you ever live far away?
Have you ever littered? Have you ever picked up after litterers?
Have you ever gotten revenge on anyone? Can you tell us about it?
The Twitter Emitter
If weed was a gateway drug, crack would be more popular than Starbucks.
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) March 3, 2014
BREAKING: Apple forced to deny rumors that Siri is pregnant
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 3, 2014
Republicans can't decide. Is Russia our biggest foe or is Putin the dreamiest?
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 3, 2014
Putin hates gays and loves foreign interventionism. He should be speaking at CPAC.
— Hunter (@HunterDK) March 3, 2014
imagine if Obama had previously announced he'd looked into Putin's soul and seen goodness? i think Fox would've collapse into itself by now
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 4, 2014
gop has alpha male issues. "talk tough" is all they demand, don't use your brain because god forbid.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 4, 2014
You know what makes America look weak? Cowardly Republican asshats sniping at the President during foreign policy crises.
— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) March 4, 2014
Review: Osama dead. Diplomacy used as a successful tool repeatedly. The drumbeat for war from #GOP after 48 hours because? #tcot
— Erin Kotecki Vest (@QueenofSpain) March 4, 2014
On This Day
In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
In 1794, Congress passed the 11th Amendment to the Constitution.
In 1837, the Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago.
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office to become the 28th president of the United States.
In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
In 1918, the first known case of the so called Spanish Flu occurred, leading to a devastating worldwide pandemic.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as the 32nd president, promising that he would lead the country out of the Great Depression.
In 1933, Frances Perkins became the first female Cabinet member when she took over as Secretary of Labor.
In 1974, People Magazine was first published.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton banned the use of federal funds for human cloning.
Born on This Day
1602 – Kanō Tan’yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
1610 – William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
1623 – Jacob van der Does, Dutch painter (d. 1673)
1655 – Fra Vittore del Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)
1710 – Aert Schouman, Dutch painter (d. 1792)
1729 – Anne d’Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (d. 1794)
1756 – Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (d. 1823)
1813 – Wijnand Nuijen, Dutch landscape painter (d. 1839)
1815 – Myrtilla Miner, American educator and abolitionist (d. 1864)
1832 – Samuel Colman, U.S. painter (d. 1920)
1856 – Alfred William Rich, English painter (d. 1921)
1887 – Violet MacMillan, American actress (d. 1953)
1888 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (d. 1942)
1889 – Jean-Gabriel Domergue, French painter (d. 1962)
1889 – Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Robert William Wood, American landscape artist (d. 1979)
1895 – Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (d. 1953)
1897 – Lefty O’Doul, American baseball player (d. 1969)
1902 – Rachel Messerer, Russian silent film and theatre actress (d. 1993)
1903 – Dorothy Mackaill, English-born American actress (d. 1990)
1926 – Richard DeVos, American wingnut businessman
1932 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (d. 2008)
1936 – Eric Allendale, West Indian trombonist and songwriter (The Foundations) (d. 2001)
1944 – Bobby Womack, American singer (The Valentinos and a long solo career)
1945 – Dieter Meier, Swiss singer (Yello)
1945 – Tara Browne, British socialite (d. 1966) (he’s the one in the song who “blew his mind out in a car, he didn’t notice that the lights had changed.” The Paul is Dead conspiracists think that Browne didn’t die, but took McCartney’s place in the Beatles when Paul died.)
1948 – James Ellroy, American writer
1948 – Chris Squire, English bassist
1950 – Rick Perry, American idiot politician
1951 – Pete Haycock, English guitarist and composer (Climax Blues Band and Electric Light Orchestra Part II)
1958 – Patricia Heaton, American wingnut actress
1963 – Jason Newsted, American bassist (Metallica, Voivod)
1966 – Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
1967 – Evan Dando, American musician (The Lemonheads)
1969 – Chaz Bono, American actor and activist
1971 – Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries)
1972 – Alison Wheeler, British singer (The Beautiful South)
1977 – Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse)
1979 – Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis and Codeine Velvet Club)
Died on This Day
1193 – Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)
1615 – Hans von Aachen, German painter (b. 1552)
1700 – Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter (b. 1629)
1762 – Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702)
1766 – Jacques Aved, French portrait painter (b. 1702)
1776 – Johann Georg Ziesenis, Danish portrait painter (b. 1716)
1793 – Louis de Bourbon, French admiral (b. 1725)
1805 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
1875 – Gottfried Johann Pulian, German landscape painter (b. 1809)
1879 – Laszlo Paal, Hungarian landscape painter (b. 1846)
1913 – Edouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter, French Orientalist painter (b. 1844)
1916 – Franz Marc, German artist (b. 1880)
1919 – Georges Jules Auguste Caïn, French painter (b. 1856)
1944 – René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (b. 1879)
1948 – Antonin Artaud, French actor/director (b. 1896)
1978 – Joe Marsala, American jazz clarinetist and songwriter (b. 1907)
1979 – Mike Patto, (Michael Thomas McCarthy), English musician (Spooky Tooth, Boxer) (b. 1942)
1984 – Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
1986 – Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
1989 – Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
1992 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (b. 1930)
1992 – Mary Osborne, American jazz electric guitarist (b. 1921)
1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
1999 – Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1908)
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