Wed, Sept 16

2016—D. Trump gets a free 1.5 hour infomercial from all the networks. 2009—Nashua-born news anchor Ernie Anastos tells a weatherman, on air, “Keep fucking that chicken.” 2001—Dick “Dick” Cheney vows to work on “the dark side”—his only side. 1992—Rudy Giuliani uses a bullhorn to lead 10,000 cops in a riot protesting a civilian police review board. 1976—Nelson Rockefeller, Veep, is photographed “giving the finger” to students at SUNY Binghamton. 1975—After winning by 355 votes, losing a recount by ten votes, and winning a ballot appeal by two votes, notorious Red-baiter Louis Wyman [R]—an appointed but not-seated Senator for three days—loses a special election to the …

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Tues, Sept 15

2008—Lehman Bros. drops 90 percent; the Dow is down 500 points. 2007—Laura Bush condemns Myanmar’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. Hours later thousands march in D.C. against the Iraq War; 190 are arrested, many are Iraq vets. 1985—Charles Taylor, future Liberian despot, escapes from a Mass. prison with help from the CIA and DIA. 1982—Israeli Defense Forces surround Palestinian refugee camps Sabra and Shatila and let Christian Phalangist militiamen slaughter 3,500. 1980—A nuclear-armed B-52 burns for hours at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. 1970—In the Oval Office, Richard Nixon orders CIA boss Dick Helms to prevent the inauguration of Chile’s just-elected socialist Salvador Allende, or overthrow him …

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Mon, Sept 14

2019—A solid gold toilet is stolen from Winston Churchill’s birthplace. 2008—At his gym, Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld gets punched in the face by a complete stranger. 2005—At the UN, during the World Summit, the Leader of the Free World passes a note to his Secretary of State saying, “I think I may need a bathroom break. Is that possible?” 2001—In Manhattan, standing in rubble his failure helped to create, George W.[MD] Bush fatuously declares that America’s “responsibility to history” is to “rid the world of evil.” 2001—Barbara Lee [D-Calif.] casts the lone vote against letting George W.[MD] Bush do whatever he wants. 1964—LBJ pins …

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Sun, Sept 13

2010—After calling for civility in the Primary, ex-Gov. John H. Sununu tells the N.Y. Times, “I came in [as N.H. GOP Chair] to clean the vermin [Democrats] out, then I’ll leave.” 2005—Two weeks after the catastrophe, George W.[MD] Bush admits the Federal response to Hurricane Katrina was less than ideal. 2001—Reverend Jerry Falwell says “The ACLU’s got to take a lot of blame for [9/11].” Reverend Pat Robertson replies, “I totally concur.” 1987—Today’s 1,612 page New York Times weighs twelve pounds. 1981—William Loeb, alleged newspaperman, goes to his eternal torment. 1971—Staties blast Attica with 2,200 rounds in nine minutes; the dead include 29 prisoners and …

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Sat, Sept 12

2008—Hank Paulson, ex-Goldman Sachs, tells Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers “No Fed $ for you.” 2001—George W.[MD] Bush tells Richard Clarke, his top counter-terror guy, “go back over everything, everything [to] see if Saddam did this.” Told it was al-Qaeda, he says, “I know, I know but…see if Saddam was involved. … I want to know any shred.” 1996—Roger Stone is 86’d from Bob “Bob Dole” Dole’s “Clinton accountability team” when his ads for group sex partners become public. 1994—Frank E. Corder, 38, dies at 1:49 a.m., crash-landing a stolen Cessna on the White House grounds after a day-long beer and crack spree. 1983—Puerto Rican …

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Fri, Sept 11

2016—The GOP nominee for President tweets “best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.” 2012—Benghazi!!! 2006—At Ground Zero, for a photo op, President Bush and the First Lady stand on an American flag carpet. 2001—Four American airliners are hijacked by Saudis and crashed; thousands die. George W.[MD] Bush scurries to safety, Donald Rumsfeld looks for excuses to attack Iraq, and Dick “Dick” Cheney authorizes the shooting down of civilian airliners. 1973—Salvador Allende, duly-elected President of Chile, is overthrown by CIA-backed thugs. 1957—A Denver H-bomb factory burns, releasing a pound of plutonium particles. The AEC, lying, says there’s only …

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