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Sat, Nov 14

2002—Donald Rumsfeld predicts the Iraq War will last “five days or five weeks or five months…[no] longer….” 1968—In Quang Tri, Marine PFC Frank Baldino, 19, is killed by a tiger. 1965—The First Cav, choppering into the Ia Drang Valley, is surprised to discover six battalions of NVA. 1943—USS W.D. Porter accidentally launches a torpedo—in the direction of USS Iowa. FDR, aboard Iowa en route to Cairo, is amused. 1942—Seaman Calvin L. Graham is wounded at Guadalcanal. He’s 12. 1932—Nison Miller is denied U.S. citizenship due to his “ignorance.” His grandson Stephen is later named immigration policy czar by Dolt 45. 1927—Workmen in Pittsburgh, using an …

On Election Day, our finely-honed political instincts led us to expect that the Democrats would win the House of Representatives by a respectable margin. A slim win on the Senate side seemed possible, but a prolonged period of uncertainty seemed equally likely. So, caveat lector, i.e., reader beware. On Wednesday, obviously, we had to re-assess our forecasting skills. That sobering moment aside, the day seemed to have been scored by Louis Armstrong: “What a Wonderful World.” After waking up four thousand times in a row in a nation dumber than it was the day before, suddenly things were different. Obviously, nirvana is not yet here. …

Ewing’s Last Stand

To the Editor: For the safety, prosperity, and healthcare of your loved ones, Republicans must be elected to control our governments. Democrat leniency with criminals, defunding of police, sanctuary policies, etc. lead to avoidable rapes, murders, and other harm to millions of people. Republican enforcement of our criminal and immigration laws saves lives (e.g., a 75+ year low murder rate), many billions of dollars, and reduces the suffering that Democrat policies cause. Democrats don’t care about affordability when they control government. e.g., Biden’s 21 percent overall inflation drove prices sky-high; Obama’s and Biden’s (higher than today’s) gas prices; or that Obamacare increased, not lowered, healthcare …

Volume 271, No. 5

Once again, thanks in large part to our small team of dedicated volunteers, thousands of copies of our conveniently-sized paper—small enough to pocket and pass on to another reader—are now available, for free, here in Portsmouth and environs. If you click here, our latest issue—the whole thing—in digital form, will appear more or less miraculously on the glassy face of whatever gadget into which you’re now peering.

Fri, Nov 13

2003—Because he would not remove his Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is himself removed. 1982—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Robert McNamara are no-shows. 1974—Karen Silkwood, a disgruntled Kerr-McGee worker and whistleblower, turns up conveniently dead. 1970—Up to half a million die as a cyclone hits Bangladesh. 1965—The dysfunctional tinderbox Yarmouth Castle burns en route to Nassau; 90 passengers burn or drown, deserted by captain and crew. 1942—The torpedoed cruiser USS Juneau sinks in 20 minutes, 100 of 673 surviving the explosion. Two other cruisers depart, assuming no survivors. Eight days …

Thurs, Nov 12

1999—Congress deregulates Wall Street, to allow for “innovation.” 1984—Four peace activists chip the concrete of a Minuteman II silo in Missouri, for which they’re sentenced to a total of 54 years in prison. 1970—A half-ton of dynamite set off by Oregon highway workers sends parts of an eight-ton sperm whale 100 feet in the air. The tail crushes Walter Umanhofer’s new Olds, bought from a lot advertising “a whale of a deal.” 1956—More than 100 unarmed Palestinians are shot dead as the IDF “suppresses a riot” at Rafah, in Gaza. 1936—Della Call, 33, is killed in a hit-and-run on Rt. 4 in Chichester; 64 years …