Tag: Volume 269 | No. 26 - Page 3 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Mon, Sept 8

2018—Secretary of the Army Mark Esper posts an anti-suicide message on Facebook. It features a photo of Army SSgt. Robert Bales, then doing life for murdering 16 Afghan civilians. 2002—The N.Y. Times publishes lies about tubes based on a White House leak; the White House cites that story as proof Iraq plans to build nukes. 1988—Dan Quayle says, “Republicans understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.” 1978—The Shah uses U.S.-made weapons to crush Tehran riots; 89 die. In six months the Ayatollah is boss. 1974—Ford pardons Nixon. 1972—As the Federal Price Commission OKs a previously-denied price hike for McDonalds’ quarter-pounders, the Nixon re-election …

Sun, Sept 7

2003—Warren Zevon sleeps. 1996—Two women walk into the Norfolk (Va.) Naval Base with a banner reading “Love Your Enemies.” They’re promptly arrested. 1988—“Today is Pearl Harbor Day,” says George H.[H.]W. Bush. 1977—In the Oval Office, Eric Gairy, Grenada’s PM, presents Jimmy Carter with an invitation to visit from the supreme leader of Titania, a moon of Saturn. Zbigniew Brzesinski asks, deadpan, if Carter, were he to visit, would be expected to give a speech. 1974—R. Nixon, irate that G. Ford is demanding a show of contrition, issues a threat: if Ford doesn’t pardon him, he’ll accuse Ford of promising a pardon in exchange for the …

Vintage News, feat.: Anarchists, Crocodiles, and Laudenum

During the labor parade in Cleveland, Ohio, a party of foreign anarchists in the procession refused to salute the stars and stripes with their red flag, and were soundly thrashed by the real laborers. Then five of the anarchists were arrested for riot! In a political fight at Clarendon, Ark., Sept. 3rd, three men were killed and the sheriff wounded. At Lodi, Ohio, Sep. 1st, a young girl watching a base ball game was struck behind the ear by a foul ball, and at Republic, Ohio, the same day, the catcher of a local club was struck over the heart by a ball; and both …

Where is the Outrage?

To the Editor, Trump’s FBI invades the home of John Bolton, a critic of this administration, and where is the outrage? The tepid response shows how much we have normalized the Republicans’ full-steam-ahead transition to fascism that such an abuse of government power is just ho-hum. Our rickety media wants to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, though, by remarkable coincidence, every person being harassed is an opponent or a Democrat (He is even accusing Obama of treason). Taken right from the playbook of Trump’s favorite dictators Orban, Erdogan, Xi and Putin, though, in fairness, they would just toss the offending party into prison …

The Most Critical Profession on the Planet

by W.D. Ehrhart A recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer was headlined: “700 new Philly teachers show up to day 1 of work in ‘the most critical profession on the planet’.” The quote in the headline is from Debora Carrera, the city’s chief education officer, who at greater length later in the article says: “Teaching is the most noble profession on the planet. It is the most critical profession on the planet.” I spent a good portion of my life teaching high school. And I constantly heard over and over again how “noble” the profession of teaching is, how critical teachers are to our children, …

Back in the allegedly good old days, when men were supposedly men, Black folks down south had their very own water fountains, and all the children were ducking and covering so as to survive the nuclear attack that might come at any moment, baseball was called The Great American Pastime. Baseball has been eclipsed over the years by football and basketball. All of these sports, though, have been left in the shade by what is now this country’s most popular—and hazardous—pastime: wishful thinking. How dominant is this practice? Well, the first clause of the First Amendment notwithstanding, it has become our Established Religion. What’s more, …