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The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday, 6/19/13

Interrogatories

Do you like camping?

If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin? Where is the best place you ever camped?

It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

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On This Day

In 1269, France’s Louis IX ordered all Jews caught in public without their yellow identification badge to be fined.

In 1862, Congress voted to outlaw slavery in U.S. Territories.

In 1865, Union troops marched into Galveston, Texas and announced that all the slaves were free under the (then more than two year old) Emancipation Proclamation.

In 1934, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) was established.

In 1964, after a filibuster lasting 83 days, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 finally became law.

In 1987, a Louisiana law that required schools teaching evolution to also teach “creation science” was struck down by the Supreme Court (_Edwards v. Aguillard_).

Born on This Day*

1580 – Emilio Savonanzi, Italian painter (d. 1660)

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1640 – Johann Heiss, German painter (d. 1704)

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1783 – Thomas Sully, American portrait painter (d. 1872)

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1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)

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1824 – Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter (d. 1903)

1825 – Armand-Desiré Gautier, French painter and lithographer (d. 1894)

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1838 – Charles Joseph Staniland, British painter and illustrator (d. 1916)

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1854 – Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, aka Hein Kever, Dutch painter (d. 1922)

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1856 – Elbert Hubbard, American writer, publisher, and philosopher, founder of the Roycroft Arts and Crafts community (d. 1915)

1872 – Charles Daniel Ward, British painter (d. 1935)

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1877 – Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)

1891 – Helmut Herzfelde aka “John Heartfield”, German artist who pioneered art as a political tool (d. 1968) Check Google images, his anti nazi stuff is powerful.

1897 – Moe Howard, original stooge (d. 1975)

1914 – Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)

1919 – Dave Lambert, American singer-songwriter and musician (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) (d. 1966)

1930 – Gena Rowlands, American actress

1932 – Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress (d. 1972)

1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian actress and Pier Angeli’s twin sister

1939 – Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)

1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet

1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian author

1948 – Nick Drake, influential but not too well known English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1974)

1948 – Phylicia Rashad, American actress

1950 – Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician (Heart)

1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist, 2nd leader of al-Qaeda

1953 – Larry Dunn, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)

1964 – Boris Johnson, English politician (Mayor of London)

Died on This Day

1312 – Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English nobleman and favorite of King Edward II (b. 1284)

1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver and publisher (b. 1593)

1652 – Claes Janszoon Visscher, Dutch engraver and mapmaker (b. 1587)

1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)

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1937 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)

1839 – Joseph Paelinck, Belgian painter (b. 1781)

1871 – Johann Fischbach, Austrian landscape and genre painter (b. 1797)

1884 – Adrian Ludwig Richter, German painter, printmaker, and illustrator (b. 1803)

1886 – Rudolf Kremlicka, Czech artist (d. 1932)

1928 – Maria Katarina Wiik, Finnish painter (b. 1853)

1935 – Harald Oskar Sohlberg, Norwegian painter (b. 1869)

1951 – Jozsef Egry, Hungarian painter (b. 1883)

1953 – Harold Pierce Cazneaux, Australian photographer (b. 1878)

1984 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)

1991 – Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)

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1997 – Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)

Today is

Juneteenth

World Sickle Cell Day

World Sauntering Day

National Dry Martini Day


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24 comments

  1. jlms qkw

    love camping. tents, backpacking especially. canyonlands squaw campground was nice.  top of zion canyon on either the east or west sides were both nice.  trying to figure out how to do it with both kids.  i hate camping cooking.  oh the grand canyon backpacks all kind of rocked too.  

    vermouth and gin? dry bev. ?

    since there is no man around, i practice oppression on my son:  take out the trash, take the dirty clothes downstairs, etc.  and i make him go to bed!  

    i hope i am not jumping a tip jar, i am trying to type slowly.  

    i will leave a cute cat picture just in case.  IMG_3400

    apparently my daughter and pecos took some selfies.  

  2. plf515

    Do you like camping?

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin? Where is the best place you ever camped?

    No. I like Terry Pratchett’s line “The problem I have with ‘back to nature’ is that mankind has spent the last 3 million years trying to get as far from nature as possible”.

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    A dry martini is gin and a small amount of vermouth.



    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    Well…. treating this more seriously than perhaps was intended…. I think you have to distinguish between oppressed as a group (compared to other groups) and oppressed as individuals. Certainly many people (male and female) are oppressed. But, comparing the extent to which men and women are oppressed, it’s preposterous to think that men are more oppressed.

    However, I prefer to think of all rights as human rights. To a degree, this means that oppression of women in some regards is oppression of men. For example, from my own life, I used to teach pre-school. One person (a woman who was an MD) asked me what my “real job” was. I replied “teaching people to be human”. That shut her up.

    Other examples? Women have restricted clothing choices in many societies. Sometimes these are relatively minor, sometimes quite drastic. These also restrict my freedom to look at women! I like looking at women! But not dressed in chadors. Where’s the fun in that? Of course, men have some restrictions in clothing choices too. I think everyone should be allowed to wear what they want, including nothing at all.  

  3. zenor

    When my Allentown uncle was long ago alive, he kept a nearly full bottle of vermouth next to his gin in the liquor cabinet. Said it was a wedding present (which would have dated it to @ 22 years old.) He had me take it out once and open it for a few seconds. “That’s enough, ” he said, “don’t kill it. Okay, put it back.” I never saw him open it.  There was a clear glass pitcher which was 1/3 full of ice. So he swirled some gin around in there awhile. Long spooned out 1 or 2 cocktail onions to the glasses before pouring.

    Someone asked for an olive once and he said,deadpan, “What is that, olive? -Eleanor! Do we have ‘olive’? with a puzzled face.

    I don’t think you can get a martini any drier.  

  4. anotherdemocrat

    Do you like camping? The number of times I have been camping ever in my life equals the number of times the AIDS Ride was a 2 day even involving camping. I hate it. I can’t sleep, even on a day I got up at 4 am, loaded up my bike, drove to the staging area & rode my bike for 8 hours.

    Where is the best place you ever camped?

    I couldn’t sleep, and would only go there for a day trip, but Krause Springs, about an hour away from Austin, is so gorgeous.

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is. No clue, sorry.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    This one needs the video of Chris Hahes thanking feminism for making Father’s Day awesome:

    http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/18…

  5. Jk2003

    Do you like camping?

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin? Where is the best place you ever camped?

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    Camping:  love camping.  In a tent up to this point.  The most beautiful place was Alaska but the most fun was in my backyard with my then three year old daughter.  My son was six months old and it was my first night away from him.  

    Martini:  vodka, vermouth, lots of olive juice and olives.  Haven’t had one in fifteen years.  I stick to Beer and wine with the very occasional gin and tonic thrown in.

    Oppression:  Lysistrata (sp?). Style.  I prefer to hold my men down under the weight of sexual frustration.  And withering sarcasm.

  6. Gee

    Do you like camping?

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin?

    Where is the best place you ever camped?

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    Odd that I should like camping when I just said I dislike picnics, but I do.  Tents.

    Yosemite, natch!

    I think a martini is delicious!  It’s, like, a lotta gin, almost no vermouth, and an olive, right?  Some ice enters into it, but doesn’t make it to the glass.

    Help, I’m bein’ oppressed!  Women pickin’ on me about feelin’ oppressed!  Snurf.

  7. Gee

    Masturbation isn’t a sin if you’re a fetus. So many rules…

    – Tom Wellborn

    I read Hunter’s diary on this just after I read his diary about Republicans thinking they could bring young voters around by making abortion funny.  I thought this was a good first step!

  8. Melanie in IA

    Do you like camping?

    I could, given the right equipment. But I don’t have the right equipment and am not going to buy a bunch of it just so I can try that out. As far as I’m concerned, once you use a permanent structure (rv, cabin, etc) it isn’t really camping.  

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    My Allentown uncle… I agree with him, except I do want the olive, not the onion.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    Favorite tool of oppression is to expect decent, respectful behavior. And that he do some amount of housekeeping in minimal attire. 😉

  9. Gee

    1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet

    Often in trouble for the political content of his songs.  My friend Paulo sent me a couple of his CDs.  Good stuff!

  10. Floja Roja

    I’m heading upstate today for NN. A lot of regulars won’t be there but a lot of new ones I’ve wanted to meet will be.

    Do you like camping?

    In theory more than practice. I haven’t really camped in ages, and last time I did was before they made sleeping bags that breathe. The new mummy bags were dreadful. The feet being too close together at the bottom, the fact that you’d sweat because of the lack of breathability, but it would be too cold to open the bag and get some of the outside air… and the ground – HARD. And lumpy. But I like hiking, I like campfires and campfire conversations.

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin? Where is the best place you ever camped?

    I’ve never used a tent, just open air, but a tent would be nice. I wouldn’t mind doing a National Park tour with a restored Airstream. I would love to stay in one of those cabins at Yosemite.

    As for where, I don’t recall the exact locations of where I camped. I was young, the grownups were driving.

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    I’m a bit sacrilegious here. It’s gin, but I like a bit of vermouth in the martini, not just waved over it. The right combo makes my mouth very happy. Happy mouths are just… happy. Ask my old boyfriends. 😉

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    I oppress men by expecting them to understand my twisted sense of humor, and I expect honesty.

  11. bubbanomics

    Do you like camping?

    used to… not so much anymore.

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin?

    Used to backpack.

    Where is the best place you ever camped?

    Dollar Lake, on the San Gorgonio trail.

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    gin vermouth, stirred and strained through ice, with two green olives.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    I think it comes in the form of ridicule… over perfectly reasonable statements about our understanding of lady part operation, of fetus self-gratification, of talking animals and evolution.

  12. Kysen

    Do you like camping?

    I love it.

    If so, to what level do you rough it? Tents? Trailer? Cabin?

    Tarp or tent…I’ve never ‘camped’ in a trailer (I’ve slept in my car A LOT, does that, then, count as camping, too?). A cabin is a vacation home…not camping!

    Where is the best place you ever camped?

    Intentional: Desolation Canyon on a Green River rafting trip. Zero light pollution, all but zero sound pollution. It was, indeed, desolate…eerily so…but completely soul-satisfying.

    Unintentional: A week or so on the beach in Mal Pais Costa Rica (sans tent…or anything else, really). It was a really nasty bender but, my god, I slept like a baby and the view upon waking was amaaaaaazing.

    It’s National Dry Martini Day. Tell me what you think a martini is.

    Shaken or stirred, I don’t care…so long as it is dirrrrrrrrrrty.

    I just learned today that men are oppressed. Men, please tell me how you are oppressed. Women, please tell me your favorite tools of oppression.

    My oppressor wife won’t let me have cheese on my pizza.

    Won’t let me drink OJ from the carton.

    Won’t let me choose my own cologne (or ties, wazzup widdat?).

    Makes my best/most comfortable/perfectly broken in underwear, tshirts, and hats ‘disappear’.

    Oh, the list could go on and on.

    I’m so oppressed.

    /ducks

    /grin

  13. bill d

    It is not a subject open for interpretation or debate.

    A martini is gin and vermouth.

    (preferably Boodles Gin, very little vermouth and 3  Mezzetta Spanish Queen Pimiento Stuffed Olives)

    Even in Ian Fleming’s James Bonds novels Bond drank a real martini, with gin. Bond drank real martinis until a going out of buisness Smirnoff bought a product placement of vodka.

    That Krieghoff painting is fascinating.

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