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The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 2/12/14

Interrogatories

When it comes to newer music, are you open minded, or are you the “Get off my lawn!” type?

What is the best Girl Scout cookie?

What is the first thing you see in the morning? Same as the last thing at night?

The Twitter Emitter

On This Day

In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason.

In 1733, Georgia, the13th of the Thirteen Colonies, and the city of Savannah, were founded by one James Oglethorpe.

In 1870, women in the Utah Territory were given the right to vote.

In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

In 1915, the Lincoln Memorial’s cornerstone was laid in Washington, D.C.

In 1946, a South Carolina policeman severely beat up African-American Army veteran Isaac Woodard, causing the loss of vision in both eyes. The incident is said to have been partial inspiration for Orson Welles’ film Touch of Evil (in which Charlton Heston played a Mexican).

In 1999, Bill Clinton was acquitted of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in his impeachment trial before the Senate.

In 2004, in defiance of existing law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.

Born on This Day

1584 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian (d. 1648)

1663 – Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)

1744 – David Allan, Scottish painter (d. 1796)

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1752 – Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (d. 1821)

1775 – Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States (1825-1829), widow of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)

1792 – Ferdinand de Braekeleer the elder, Flemish painter (d. 1883)

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1809 – Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)

1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-his death) (d. 1865)

1813 – Carlos Morel, Argentine painter (d. 1894)

1826 – Paul Seignac, French painter (d. 1904)

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1837 – Thomas Moran, U.S. painter whose works helped convince Congress to establish the National Park System. (d. 1926)

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1856 – Maurycy Gottlieb, Polish painter (d.1879)

1857 – Eugène Atget, French photographer who documented architecture and street scenes in a Paris that is no more. (d. 1927)

1870 – Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)

1872 – Oscar Stribolt, Danish actor (d. 1927)

1880 – John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)

1880 – Ricardo Balaca, Portuguese war painter (d. 1944)

1881 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)

1882 – Walter Vaes, Belgian still life painter/etcher. (d. 1958)

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1884 – Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)

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1884 – Alice Roosevelt Longworth, elder daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1980)

1884 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)

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1891 – Marcel François Leprin, French painter (d. 1933)

1897 – Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)

1902 – Mario Mafai, Italan painter (d. 1965)

1916 – Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)

1930 – Arlen Specter, American politician (d. 2012)

1933 – Costa-Gavras, Greek filmmaker

1938 – Judy Blume, American author

1939 – Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors) (d. 2013)

1945 – Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician (Clear Light)

1950 – Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis)

1951 – Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (d. 1969)

1952 – Simon MacCorkindale, British actor (d. 2010)

1952 – Michael McDonald, American musician

1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)

1958 – Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)

1968 – Josh Brolin, American actor

1968 – Chynna Phillips, American singer (Wilson Phillips)

1970 – Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)

1980 – Christina Ricci, American actress

1981 – Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer

Died on This Day

1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter

1763 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)

1789 – Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)

1804 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)

1897 – Homer Dodge Martin, U.S. landscape painter (b. 1836)

1919 – Harold Gilman, English Camden Town Group painter (b. 1876)

1929 – Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)

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1935 – Georges Auguste Escoffier, French celebrity chef (b. 1846)

1942 – Grant Wood, American painter (b.1891)

1970 – Ishman Bracey, American blues musician (b. 1901)

1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)

1979 – Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894)

1983 – Marian Nixon, American actress (b. 1904)

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2000 – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)

2000 – Charles M. Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)

2007 – Eldee Young, American jazz player (Ramsey Lewis Trio) (b. 1936)

2011 – Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer (b. 1919)

Today is

Darwin Day

National Freedom to Marry Day, unofficial (United States)

Red Hand Day (United Nations)

National Plum Pudding Day

National PB&J Day

National Lost Penny Day


24 comments

  1. Gee

    Our annual Presidents’ Day storm a few days early.

    When it comes to newer music, are you open minded, or are you the “Get off my lawn!” type?

    What is the best Girl Scout cookie?

    What is the first thing you see in the morning? Same as the last thing at night?

    Open.  If you listen to enough music, you see the continuity between things instead of the difference.

    Thin Mints.

    Besides the insides of my eyelids?  Last thing I see is the book I’m trying to read.  First thing is probably the damn clock radio.

  2. Floja Roja

    but there are always new people who haven’t yet expressed their (misguided) opinions on how Thin Mints are the devil’s creation and how can anyone consume mint without gagging (or similar re: coconut in my beloved Samoas), so have at it. I love them all, with Samoas at the top and Tagalongs at the bottom.

    I’m deliberately open-minded about the music. Every time I hear one of my contemporaries blast rap or other music, I inwardly cringe, thinking how very much like our parents they sound. I never want to be one of those. On the other hand, the corporate, over-produced, manufactured pop stars that exist solely to make little girls’ heart go pitter-pat? Even I feel that stuff is fair game, fire away.

    The first thing I see in the morning is the big dark furry blob that is Lilly, who blocks my view of the clock. I hate alarms, so my brain awakens me before it goes off, and I need to be able to see through her to tell if it’s time to get up yet. The last thing I see varies, but is probably the light switch just before I turn it to the off position and feel my way into the bed.

  3. I will have to go with the philosophical one:

       The most common way people give up their power is thinking they have none.

       – Amber Worthy (@AWorthyNews) February 12, 2014

    The @DCPlod Tweet about the knives coming out for Hillary was quite good. I cannot imagine why she would want to leap into the fray. Why not enjoy her retirement as an elder stateswoman and work to find someone from the next generation of women politicians to promote for 2016? A Hillary endorsement would be like gold … a Hillary candidacy would likely open up old wounds.

    This one from a former Bush adviser and Republican strategist made me laugh:

    I wonder how The Turtle feels about the rats fleeing his sinking shell.

  4. princesspat

    music…..I like to explore, but as you may have noticed I do have my favorites 🙂

    Girl Scout cookies….I used to like them all, but a diet of no gluten and little sugar means none for me now.

    morning/evening view ….the branches of the old maple trees outside my bedroom window.

    Thanks Floja!

  5. BREAKING: Pipe Break At Coal Facility Contaminates West Virginia Waterway

    Responders are trying to contain the spill to Fields Creek in the hopes that it does not reach the Kanawha River. Officials say if the spill does reach the river they don’t think it will affect drinking water because there are no water intakes downstream of the spill.

    Coal slurry is a mix of solid and liquid waste that’s created from coal preparation, a process that includes washing coal with chemicals like MCHM. The DEP said in a statement that the facility utilizes a frothing chemical called Flomin 110-C that contains MCHM, the same chemical that spilled from a Freedom Industries holding plant and contaminated water for 300,000 West Virginians last month.

  6. Hovering …

    – Do you think that the waist on that woman was the model for Barbie? It does seem somewhat impossible. But I think part of the illusion of waistlessness is from lots of cloth creating fake hips.

    – The Kochs don’t like Lindsey??? I thought they would like Bombbombiran’s baby brother … endless war is good for the oil business.

    What the heck is that “meal” being served in Sochi??? It looks like Duck L’WTF.

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