Tag: Volume 270 | No. 6 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sat, Dec 13

2009—Sen. Joe Lieberman [I-Conn.] nixes a Medicare public option. 2003—U.S. troops drag Saddam Hussein out of a hole in the ground, so final victory in Iraq must be imminent. U.S. death toll so far: 547. 2000—Al Gore decides he’d rather be righteous than be president. 1988—In Texas, Ray Landry’s death is delayed 14 minutes when a tube falls from his arm and lethal chemicals spray across the room. 1978—An eager public finally gets its first Susan B. Anthony dollars. 1974—Defectingoceanographer Slava Kurilov leaps from a Soviet cruise ship, swims for three days, and reaches the Philippines safely. 1966—20th Century-Fox pays Governor Reagan $2 million for …

Fri, Dec 12

2006—The Portsmouth Herald misquotes Sen. Barack Obama [D-Ill.], who, the day before, in Portsmouth, did not say, “The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.” 2005— “I think we are welcomed [in Iraq],” says George W.[MD] Bush, “but it was not a peaceful welcome.” 2000—The Supreme Court selects George W.[MD] Bush to be #43. 1995—A Flag Protection Amendment fails by three votes in the Senate. 1994—Freshmen Reps. of the new GOP majority fête Rush Limbaugh and make him an honorary Member at a raucus Heritage Foundation shindig. 1985—Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes at Gander, killing 248 U.S. paratroopers and eight crew. …

Thurs, Dec 11

2006—President George W.[MD] Bush, on national TV, denies having ever been “a knee-walking drunk.” 2000—The Supreme Court hears arguments in the matter of Bush v. Gore. 1998—President Clinton begs forgiveness for his sins. Instead he gets three Articles of Impeachment. 1985—Veep George H.[H.]W. Bush, at a Manchester, N.H., dinner honoring the late William Loeb, demeans himself by reading aloud Loeb’s most scurrilous attacks against him. 1981—Salvadoran troops, U.S.-funded, torture, murder, and rape 900 men, women, and children at El Mozote. 1964—As Ernesto “Che” Guevara speaks at the United Nations, a 3.5 inch rocket launched from Queens falls harmlessly into the East River. 1960—Seeing at the …

Wed, Dec 10

2004—Gary Webb, the CIA-Contra-drug reporter, gets two gunshots to the face. The coroner says, “suicide.” 1992—Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.) admits he’s a groper but won’t resign. 1986—Boston-born film actress Susan Cabot is killed by a dwarf, her illegitimate son by King Hussein, to whom she was introduced by the CIA. 1976—In a memo to President-elect Carter, pollster Pat Caddell makes the case for a “permanent campaign.” 1971—The Senate, buying Wm. Rehnquist’s lie disavowing a letter supporting racial segregation, confirms him for the Supreme Court. 1969—Skipping the ceremony, Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett OKs a TV interview. In it, he stands mute. 1967—Trying to lower the cost …

Tues, Dec 9

2019—Leaked documents reveal that officials lied about the war in Afghanistan. Some profess to be shocked. 2008—The Governor of Illinois, Democrat Rod Blagojevich, is arrested for attempting to sell a Senate seat. 1983—Ed “Meese is a Pig” Meese says people go to soup kitchens because it’s “easier than paying.” 1970—Because he’s talking to General Al Haig, Henry Kissinger keeps it simple: “Kill anything that moves.” 1966—“We are in a much stronger position than two years ago. [Commies] will not be able to succeed [in Vietnam],” says Sec. of State Rusk. 1960—Its pilot asleep, a B-52 rolls into a dive over N.Y state. Fearing a crash, …

Mon, Dec 8

2006—Congress votes to destroy the U.S. Postal Service by making it pre-fund pensions for 50 years. 2004—Sec. of Defenselessness Donald Rumsfeld tells disgruntled soldiers to quit bitching and go to war with the unarmored vehicles he gave them. 1993—Bill Clinton signs NAFTA, shipping umpteen jobs elsewhere. 1982—An anti-nuclear weapon protestor, Norman D. Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument with a dynamite-laden van. After ten hours, police shoot him dead. 1976—A prop on the set of “The Six Million Dollar Man” is found to be the mummified remains of Elmer McCurdy, born in Maine in 1880, hanged in Oklahoma in 1911. 1972—United Flight 553 …