Tag: Volume 270 | No. 20 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sat, June 27

2018—Donald Trump’s banker’s father announces he’s creating a vacancy on the Supreme Court by retiring. 2015—Bree Newsom scales a pole at the South Carolina State House and removes the Confederate battle flag. 2006—Pinkos in the Senate block a Flag Protection Amendment.® 1995—Days after Rep. John Boehner [R-Ohio] handed out tobacco lobby checks on the floor of the House, tobacco price supports are extended. 1986—Losing Nicaragua v U.S., the U.S. tells the International Court of Justice, “You’re not the boss of me.” 1973—Reading Nixon’s “Enemies List” on-air, Dan Schorr learns he’s on it. 1954—U.S.-backed rebels napalm a British cargo ship while overthrowing Guatemala’s democratic government. 1950—President …

Fri, June 26

2015—The Supreme Court puts an end to marriage discrimination. 2008—The Supreme Court says never mind militias—the 2nd Amendment gives gun rights to individuals. It also says concealed weapons may require licenses—that, everyone ignores. 2006—As Rush Limbaugh returns from the Dominican Republic—a sex-tourism mecca—customs officers confiscate his illicit stash of Viagra. 2002—A Federal court edits “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance. 1995—EPA workers dismantle David Hahn’s homemade backyard nuclear reactor. The Michigander is 17. 1976—Gov. Kit Bond rescinds a predecessor’s “Extermination Order” banning Mormons from Missouri. 1954—Bao Dai, the feckless puppet Emperor of South Vietnam, appoints Ngo Dinh Diem as premier. 1947—Boston Mayor James …

Thurs, June 25

2013—The Supreme Court rips out the guts of the Voting Rights Act. 1998—The Fed OKs the Travelers/Citicorp merger: the fuse is lit. 1996—Al-Qaeda kills 19 U.S. servicemen in Saudi Arabia and wounds 372. Saudis and the CIA blame Iran. 1973—Ex-White House Counsel John Dean, on live TV, blows the big whistle on his crooked former boss. 1971—ITT lobbyist Dita M. Beard writes a memo noting that Pres. Richard “Dick” Nixon knew ITT was giving the Republican National Committee a $400,000 bribe to get a favorable Justice Dept. decision. 1969—Defense Secretary Mel Laird gives National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger a menu of options Richard Nixon might …

Wed, June 24

2022—The Court aborts Roe v. Wade. 2021—Rudy G’s law license finally gets suspended for Rudy-ish behavior. 1994—Hot-dogging during air-show practice, U.S.A.F. Lt. Col. Arthur Holland crashes a B-52 at Fairchild AFB in Washington State. 1986—New York finally disbars Roy Cohn for acting like Roy Cohn. 1971—Nixon’s Special Counsel Charles Colson circulates the first White House “Enemies List.” 1970—Staging on the Kittery side of the Piscataqua River Bridge project collapses. Four men fall 75 feet to their deaths, seven others are injured. 1968—Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Earle G. Wheeler says, “The enemy has lost whatever chance he had of taking South Vietnam by military force.” 1968—Cops …

Tues, June 23

2016—To memorialize W.Va.’s worst flooding in 100 years, a burning house is filmed as it floats down a creek. 2008—James Hansen warns Congress about global warming—again. 2005—Roller coaster safety expert Richard H. Brown, 64, dies of injuries received in a fall in his own driveway. 2001—“Dark Winter”—a war game simulation of a smallpox outbreak in the U.S.—shows lack of preparation for a pandemic would result in chaos. 1988—NASA’s James Hansen warns Congress it is now 99 percent certain that global warming has begun. 1976—Edwin Walker, ex-General once targeted by Lee Harvey Oswald, is arrested in Dallas for fondling an undercover cop in a men’s room. …

Mon, June 22

2005—Undeterred by futility, the Republican-led House passes a Flag Protection Amendment.® 2004—On the floor of the Senate, Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney tells Sen. Pat Leahy, “Go fuck yourself.” 2004—Yet another cash-laden C-130 lands in Iraq; this one carries the biggest load of them all: $2,401,600,000. 2002—Enron execs admit they hid $1.5 billion in illegal profits gouged from California ratepayers. 1977—Nixon’s ex-AG John Mitchell begins a 19-month prison sentence. 1972—UPI’s Helen Thomas gets a call from Martha Mitchell: “I’m a captive…”; the phone goes dead. On the scene, Nixon’s lawyer orders that the AG’s wife be sedated by injection. 1970—The 24th Amendment gives 18-year-olds the right …