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| 2009-05-18 |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 How are you feeling, Fred? I've had "Rantburg withdrawal symptoms" all day. That could make a person mighty riled. If someone messed up your system, let us know. I'm sure we can form a vigilante committee to hunt 'em down and make 'em watch "Barbarella" sixty times in a row. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-05-18 22:19 |
| #11 Hi, Fred! How's it going? :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-18 20:07 |
#10 Which Patti has the Tony The Robber Bridegroom Evita Les Miserables Sweeney Todd Sunset Boulevard Gypsy  |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-18 19:55 |
| #9 You don't suppose the crash had to do with the recent appearance of Ang** H*rm*n, do you? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-05-18 19:35 |
| #8 Happy Birthday: May 18th. Frank Capra - died 1991 (94) "It's a Wonderful Life" Perry Como - died 2001 (88) "Chesterfield Supper Club" George Welch - died 1954 (36) "Shot down Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor - WWII Ace" Dame Margot Fonteyn - died 1991 (71) "British prima ballerina assoluta" Pernell Roberts - 81 "Adam Cartwright - Bonanza" (Now) Jeana Yeager - 57 "Round the World" flight" (Now) Tina Fey - 39 "Writer, comedian, actress - Saturday Night Live" (Now) On this day in history: May 18th. 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. 1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional. 1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. 1917 – The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. 1944 – Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. 1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph. 1974 – Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. 1992 – The Archivist of the United States officially announces the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-18 19:06 |
| #7 It looked tampered with. Would the temperer have had access to commenter's IP addresses? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2009-05-18 18:56 |
| #6 (Hi Fred!) |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-18 18:54 |
| #5 I blame Pelosi. {8^) |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-05-18 18:44 |
| #4 It looked tampered with. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-05-18 18:42 |
| #3 PolterJuice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-05-18 18:34 |
| #2 It looks like the database went down this morning. I had to restart it and reset the directory permissions. No idea what caused it. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-05-18 18:29 |
| #1 First chance I've had to check Rantburg today - why is the last comment before 8 am? What have I missed? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-18 18:21 |
