Volume 265 | No. 12

2014—Austin Ruse, head of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, says on American Family Radio, “the hard left, human-hating people that run modern universities…should all be taken out and shot.” 2013—Jim Clapper, Dir. of Nat’l Intelligence, swears to Congress citizens aren’t being spied on. He’s lying. 2009—Frank Gaffney says Saddam Hussein may have been involved in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2003—The Guardian reports that Halliburton is still paying VP Dick “Dick” Cheney up to $1 million a year in “deferred compensation.” 1956—The Southern Manifesto, a promise to use “all legal means” to maintain school segregation, is signed by 101 Congressmen, including William Fulbright, Sam …

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2020—Dolt #45 announces a travel ban; infected U.S. citizens turn airports all over into super-spreader sites. 2012—Freedom, Maine’s Town Meeting votes to amend the Constitution, nixing corporate “personhood.” 2011—An earthquake knocks Earth 10 inches off its axis, brings Japan four feet closer to the U.S., causes a tsunami that kills 15,850 people, and triggers three nuclear meltdowns. 2008—SEC Chair Chris Cox says “We have a good deal of comfort about the capital cushions at these firms,” days before Bear Stearns collapses. 2002—Fox military expert Lt. Col Joe Caffasso, who boasts a Green Beret and a Silver Star, resigns. Weeks later the N.Y. Times reveals his …

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2020—“Just stay calm,” says Dolt #45. “It will go away.” 2004—Pres. George W.[MD] Bush is surprised to learn his Terrorist Surveillance Program expires that day, his lawyers won’t renew it, and his A.G., who will, has been in the ICU for a week. In a bedside standoff, Bush’s team loses. 1993—Showing his respect for the sanctity of life, a Floridian puts three slugs in Dr. David Gunn’s back. 1992—Injected with poison by Okla. state workers, Robyn Lee Parks gasps & gags for eleven minutes before dying. 1974—With police corruption “systematic at all levels,” Philly Mayor Rizzo tries to block an investigation. 1968—At remote Lima Site …

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2007—Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich admits he committed adultery while impeaching Bill Clinton. 1992—Donald Trump files his second bankruptcy in eight months. 1986—Divers locate the crew compartment of the Shuttle Challenger. 1982—It’s revealed that the Contras have gotten $19 million in covert aid. 1969—Terrified CBS execs nix the Vietnam drama “Sticks and Bones.” 1969—Terrified CBS execs cancel “The Smothers Brothers.” 1965—Activists march again in Alabama; racist goons severely beat Boston minister James Reeb. 1954—WMUR-TV does it live. 1954—Ed Murrow dismantles Joe McCarthy on CBS. The network assures nothing like it happens again. 1941—Writer Sherwood Anderson dies of peritonitis after swallowing a toothpick at a party in …

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1985—A joint U.S./U.K./Saudi operation detonates a 440 lb. car bomb in Beirut; 83 innocent civilians die. The target—also innocent—is unscathed. 1983—Ronald Reagan runs the phrase “evil empire” up the flagpole. 1973—President Nixon gripes to Al Haig, “What the hell’s Agnew doing? He’s never spoken up once on this Goddamn [Watergate] thing.” 1971—The Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI breaks into the Bureau’s Media, Pa. office, obtaining 1,000+ documents revealing COINTELPRO. The Bureau fails to find the perps. [See 1956.] 1965—The first U.S. combat troops—U.S. Marines—hit the beach at Danang ready to fight. Vietnamese girls greet them with flowers. 1956—At a meeting of the National Security …

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