Motley Moose – Archive

Interrogatories

Mother’s Day has just come and gone. How many of you still have living parents? For the orphans among us, what do you miss the most about either parent?

It’s National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Do you make your own from scratch, use Bisquick, or break open one of those “cans”?

How long does it usually take you to get moving in the morning?

The Twitter Emitter

Christians say they’re being persecuted like there wasn’t a thing called the Inquisition.

— Ama Zing (@LaFemmeFlaneuse) May 11, 2013

I am perfect, omnipotent and all-knowing. Nevertheless, this world was the best I could do.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 11, 2013

78,000 people applied to go on a one-way trip to Mars. If they are all climate scientists, that should scare people.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 12, 2013

It turns out having no shame is a real advantage in politics.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) May 12, 2013

Wanted to be a politician ever since I was white and privileged.

— dan guterman (@danguterman) May 12, 2013

Having trouble controlling your anger or remembering you lost an election? Ask your doctor if #Benghazi is right for you.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) May 12, 2013

19 people shot at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade… NRA to call for a ban on Mother’s Day parades #nevertheguns

— United Liberals(@UnitedLiberals) May 13, 2013

#GOP2016Slogans Because marriage should only be allowed between a man and a breeding vessel earning 77 cents on the dollar

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) May 13, 2013

I guarantee every reporter who is outraged over 501c4 applications has never filed one. #PressCorpse #Punditiots

— Bob Fertik (@BobFertik) May 13, 2013

Area rabble rousers cry foul over scrutiny of demand for tax-exempt status, then complain about others’ “entitlements.”

— Duke (@DukeStJournal) May 13, 2013

On This Day

In 1787, delegates convened a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to draw up the U.S. Constitution.

In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox. Jenny McCarthy was not there to stop him.

In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition set off from St. Louis to explore the Louisiana Territory.

In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.

In 1948, Israel was declared to be an independent state and a provisional government was established.

Born on This Day

1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)

1860 – Bruno Liljefors, Swedish wildlife painter (d. 1939)

1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain of the RMS Carpathia (d. 1940)

1885 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (d. 1973)

1897 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)

1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)

1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentine painter, illustrator and engraver (d. 1981)

1919 – Paul Aïzpiri, French born painter

1925 – Oona O’Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)

1928 – Will “Dub” Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (d. 2000)

1932 – Robert Bechtle, American photorealist painter

1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress

1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)

1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer and musician

1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Cream, Blues Incorporated, etc.)

1943 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman’s Hermits) (d. 1994)

1944 – Gene Cornish, American musician (The Young Rascals)

1944 – George Lucas, American director

1951 – Robert Zemeckis, American director

1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)

1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director

1962 – Ian Astbury, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Cult)

1966 – Mike Inez, American musician and songwriter (Alice in Chains)

1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress

1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director

1982 – BeardyMan, English beat-boxer and musician

1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, founder of Facebook

Died on This Day

1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)

1626 – Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter and draftsman (b. 1552)

1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)

1666 –  Joost Cornelisz Droogsloot, Dutch painter (b. 1586)

1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)

1891 – Johan Conrad Greive, Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker (b. 1837)

1905  – Jan Evert Morel the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1835)

1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, and essayist (b. 1849)

1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)

1931 – David Belasco, American producer, director, and playwright (b. 1853)

1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (b. 1887)

1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian painter (b. 1884)

1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1893)

1970 – Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)

1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (b. 1943)

1987 – Rita Hayworth, American dancer and film actress (b. 1918)

1993 – William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908)

1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)

2003 – Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)

Today is

National Dance Like a Chicken Day

Underground America Day

National Buttermilk Biscuit Day