Interrogatories
What is your favorite red wine? White wine?
What is your favorite I Love Lucy episode?
Did you participate in the Moratorium to End the War, or if too young, what big protest events have you participated in?
For Global Handwashing Day, who would you like to wash your hands of once and for all?
The Twitter Emitter
Glad that Congress' health club is still open. Apparently they can exercise their bodies but can't exercise their brains.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) October 13, 2013
GOP favorability
29% Boehner favorability26% Tea Party favorability – 25 Obama favorability +7% Suck it, Confederacy.— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) October 13, 2013
Make no mistake. That protest in front of WH isn't about a shutdown, or ACA or spending. It's a protest of election of a black POTUS, twice.
— Beryl (@RainforestMoon) October 13, 2013
Remember folks, affordable health care is EXACTLY like slavery. Trust me, because as a white female, I've experienced the horror of racism.
— StockholmSyndrome (@TheTrolleyProb) October 13, 2013
Do I have this right? The Republicans closed a war memorial so they could heroically break into it?
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) October 13, 2013
Ted Cruz causes a shutdown then attends a rally to complain about the shutdown. Complete disconnect: achievement unlocked.
— Michele Catalano (@inthefade) October 13, 2013
With President Obama closing the parks, Civil War reenactors were forced to use Pennsylvania Avenue pic.twitter.com/W12NkRrOcf
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) October 13, 2013
The Confederate flag is an historic reminder of when the South decided owning black people was more important than being American
— Matt Browner Hamlin (@mattkbh) October 14, 2013
The "Party of Lincoln" is protesting by waving Confederate flags? Some of you people really need to try books.
— Thanks4 Sharing Jerk (@Thx4SharingJerk) October 14, 2013
A lot of conservatives seem to think the problem with a Confederate flag is that it allows liberals to talk about race.
— Jesse Taylor (@jesseltaylor) October 14, 2013
As a man, I honor Christopher Columbus every day of the year by refusing to ask for directions. Happy Columbus Day
— Will Ferrell (@Will___Ferrell) October 14, 2013
BREAKING: Ted Cruz to campaign to shut down Thanksgiving then demand to know where his pumpkin pie is.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 14, 2013
On This Day
In 1793, Marie Antoinette was tried and convicted of treason to the principles of the revolution and condemned to die the next day.
In 1917, exotic dancer Mata Hari was executed in France for being a German spy.
In 1951, the long-running television series, I Love Lucy, premiered on CBS.
In 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party.
In 1969, the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was held in cities across the country, with as many as 250k showing up in D.C. alone.
In 2003, China launched its first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 5.
Born on This Day
70 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
1686 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)
1745 – Jean-Baptiste Huet, French Rococo painter and engraver (d. 1811)
1775 – John Vanderlyn, American Neoclassical painter (d. 1852)
1802 – Johann Michael Wittmer, German Orientalist painter (d. 1880)
1814 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (d. 1841)
1826 – Giovanni Costa, known as Nino Costa, Italian painter (d. 1903)
1836 – James Tissot, French painter (d. 1902)
1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
1855 – Emilio Sánchez Perrier, Spanish painter (d. 1907)
1882 – Charley O’Leary, American baseball player (d. 1941)
1893 – Ina Claire, American actress (d. 1985)
1900 – Mervyn LeRoy, American director (d. 1987)
1916 – Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
1917 – Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 2013)
1920 – Mario Puzo, American author (d. 1999)
1923 – Italo Calvino, Italian journalist and author (d. 1985)
1924 – Lee Iacocca, American businessman and author
1925 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) (d. 2012)
1926 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. 1984)
1926 – Jean Peters, American actress (d. 2000)
1931 – Freddy Cole, American singer and pianist
1937 – Linda Lavin, American actress
1937 – Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (d. 1997)
1938 – Robert Ward, American guitarist (Ohio Players) (d. 2008)
1942 – Penny Marshall, American actress and director
1946 – Richard Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Carpenters)
1953 – Tito Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
1957 – Mira Nair, Indian director
1966 – Dave Stead, English drummer (Beautiful South)
1975 – Ginuwine, American singer-songwriter and actor
Died on This Day
1389 – Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)
1609 – Joseph Heintz the Elder, Swiss painter (b. 1564)
1648 – Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1612)
1676 – Simon de Vos, Flemish painter (b. 1603)
1690 – Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and etcher (b. 1622)
1690 – Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter of battle scenes (b. 1632)
1811 – Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)
1829 – Georges Dawe, English portrait painter and writer (b. 1781)
1875 – Theodor Hosemann, German painter and illustrator (b. 1807)
1923 – Angiolo Tommasi, Italian painter (b. 1858)
1946 – Hermann Göring, German nazi politician (b. 1893)
1960 – Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890)
1964 – Cole Porter, acclaimed American composer (b. 1891)
1969 – Rod LaRocque, U.S. silent film star (b. 1898)
1990 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress (b. 1932)
2004 – Herbert Katzman, U.S. Expressionist painter (b. 1923)
2005 – Ramón Gaya, Spanish painter and poet (b. 1910)
2008 – Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
Today is
Global Handwashing Day
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
White Cane Safety Day
National Cake Decorating Day
National Grouch Day
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
National Red Wine Day
National Mushroom Day
National Roast Pheasant Day
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