Good morning
Questions! The first I found on Twitter and traced back to Reddit. The second is one kids always ask each other.
If you were granted access to Wikipedia of 100 years in the future for ten minutes only, what would you look up? Would you rather be able to turn invisible or fly? Would you rather cook dinner or clean up after? What’s easier for you, folding laundry or ironing it? Is your preferred car an automatic or manual transmission? Do you prefer your chee-tos baked or deep fried to a crackly crunch?
The Twitter Emitter
First the leftover SOTU stuff:
Jefferson gave SOTU in writing, most of the time a short: “‘The State of the Union is strong. Please RT.”
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 12, 2013
I just watched Rand Paul’s response. That guy is a cornucopia of American mediocrity.
— Andrew Gatto (@AndrewGatto) February 13, 2013
Considering it was the Speaker’s office, Marco Rubio is just lucky he didn’t accidentally grab one of John Boehner’s glasses 190 proof
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) February 13, 2013
Shorter Rubio: Don’t depend on the government the way my family depends on the government.
— ImperturbableEmpress (@EmpressLeNoire) February 13, 2013
And more recent:
It started in 1817, actually RT @steventdennis: POTUS has declared a disaster in Mississippi.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 14, 2013
Maybe if the police spent less time chasing pot smokers they could spend more time chasing murderers and rapists
— Peter Flom (@peterflom) February 14, 2013
Rand Paul: “Everyone gets a chance to succeed based not on who your parents were but on your own initiative. My dad taught me that.”
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 14, 2013
Oh, well, now it’s Ted Cruz’s turn to be the token Latino. Someone tell him to stay away from the water.
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 14, 2013
Rubio says his mouth was dry because he gave an interview before his big speech. At least when he’s President he won’t face stress like that
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) February 14, 2013
Lindsey Graham: “Please, talking about Marco Rubio sipping water is frivolous. We should be talking about my Benghazi conspiracy theories.”
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 14, 2013
Um, hello? My boobs are down here
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 14, 2013
The new GOP platform. Same as the old one, but now also available in Spanish.
— Frank Vdl (@fvdlfvdl) February 14, 2013
The two most popular gifts women receive on Valentine’s Day are a box of things that make her fat and a bouquet of things she can watch die.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 14, 2013
This day isn’t ending. I am just Force Quitting.
— Larry Madill (@larrymadill) February 14, 2013
In case you missed it: Wicked witches melt from water, and so do political careers. ow.ly/hGLOt
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 14, 2013
Born on This Day
1799 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter (d. 1842)
1812 – Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist who traveled extensively and documented much of what he saw, especially landscapes and natives. (d. 1846)
1818 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1847 – Anna Howard Shaw, American suffragette (d. 1919)
1871 – Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (d. 1959)
1880 – Aida Overton Walker, African American dancer and singer (d. 1914)
1890 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist’s model, artist, designer, and self styled Queen of Bohemia (d. 1956) (Painting by Roger Fry)
1894 – Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (presumed d. 1975)
1921 – Hugh Downs, American television host
1922 – Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982)
1927 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (d. 2007)
1929 – Vic Morrow, American actor (d. 1982)
1931 – Phyllis McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
1937 – Magic Sam, American blues musician (d. 1969)
1941 – Big Jim Sullivan, English session guitarist (d. 2012)
1941 – Paul Tsongas, American politician (d. 1997)
1942 – Michael Bloomberg, American media mogul and politician
1943 – Eric Andersen, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk)
1946 – Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)
1947 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (d. 1975)
1947 – Judd Gregg, American politician
1948 – Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
1952 – Nancy Keenan, American reproductive-rights advocate
1956 – Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
1960 – Jim Kelly, American football player
1968 – Scott McClellan, 25th White House Press Secretary and star of the late lamented “Scotty Show” on Daily Kos.
1972 – Rob Thomas, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
1975 – Scott Owen, Australian bass player (The Living End)
Died on This Day
1400 – King Richard II of England (murdered) (b. 1367)
1676 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1779 – James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
1943 – Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
1950 – Karl Guthe Jansky, American Discoverer of cosmic radio waves (b. 1905)
1959 – Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
1967 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
1975 – P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
2009 – Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer (b. 1924) here with his wife, Pearl Bailey
2010 – Doug Fieger, American musician (The Knack) (b. 1952) WARNING: EARWORM
2010 – Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (b. 1920)
Today is
Valentine’s Day
Ferris Wheel Day
National Organ Donor Day
Singles Awareness Day
National Crème-filled Chocolates Day
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