Tag: Volume 270 | No. 9 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sat, Jan 24

2015—The first snow of winter falls on Portsmouth. It is far from the last. 2001—GOP hack Rich Galen reports (falsely) that outgoing Gore staffers slashed all the power cords in the Office of the Vice President. 1999—Reading the crawl on “Dateline NBC,” Joe DiMaggio is disturbed to learn that he has died. 1992—Gov. Bill Clinton flies to Arkansas so the execution of self-lobotomized cop-killer Ricky Ray Rector—who asks jailers to save the dessert from his last meal “for later”—will enhance his campaign for President. 1963—The tail falls off a B-52 flying over Maine at 500 feet—one-seventieth of its design altitude—and it crashes into Elephant Mountain. …

Fri, Jan 23

2016—The Republican presidential nominee brags, in Sioux City, Iowa, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” 1986—After getting a FOIA request from the son of the Agency’s former station chief in Mexico City, the CIA destroys audio tape of Lee Harvey Oswald talking on the phone to the Soviet Embassy there. 1973—President Nixon claims his “peace with honor” deal doesn’t betray allies, abandon prisoners, or let the war in Vietnam go on. It does all three. 1968—North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo for spying within its waters. 1957—Klan members in Montgomery, Ala. force …

Thurs, Jan 22

2017—Trumpazoid Kellyanne Conway coins a new euphemism for ‘lies’: “alternative facts.” 2008—Nitpickers list 935 instances of “orchestrated deception” about Iraq from the Bush #43 administration. 1997—Walking in a Tulsa park, Lottie Williams is hit on the shoulder by a small falling chunk of a Delta rocket. 1973—The Supreme Court issues its Roe v. Wade decision. 1961—Iberian leftists hijack the luxury liner Santa Maria as a first step towards deposing Portugese dictator Salazar and establishing democracy. 1959—Ordered to dig coal under the Susquehanna with no means to gauge clearance, 12 miners end up drowned. 1958—The FBI, developing a program to read Americans’ mail, discovers the CIA …

Wed, Jan 21

2010—The Supreme Court flaunts its supremacy by ruling, in Citizens United, that wealthy corporations are entitled to political domination over the less-endowed, i.e., ordinary citizens. 2001—With George W.[MD] Bush duly sworn in, Paul Wolfowitz, Ahmad Chalaby, Doug Feith and other neocons meet at Richard Perle’s home to plot a regime change in Iraq. 2001—Ignoring the jeers of 20,000 demonstrators, the New York Times “reports” George W.[MD] Bush may usher in a “new era of… social justice.” 1997—Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the House to be disciplined for unethical behavior. 1996—Bill and Monica enjoy their fifth illicit encounter. 1977—Pres. Carter issues a blanket pardon …

Tues, Jan 20

2017—George W.[MD] Bush to Hillary Clinton: “…that [Trump’s inaugural speech] was some weird shit.” 2009—“If I ever run for President,” says Donald Trump, “please shoot me.” 2009—J. Roberts, winging it, blows his lines as he swears in B. Obama. 2009—Frank Luntz invokes a conclave of GOP bigwigs. It promptly resolves to thwart President Obama. 2005—J.P. Morgan Chase admits two banks it swallowed had taken enslaved people as collateral years before. 1981—Awakened at 9:00 a.m. and reminded that he’ll soon be inaugurated, Ronald Reagan asks, “Does that mean I have to get up?” He will go on to trade arms for hostages, bankroll al-Qaeda, rob Social …

Mon, Jan 19

2004—Weeks after telling Chris Matthews, “we’re going to break up the giant media enterprises,” Howard Dean addresses a screaming crowd in Iowa. Video techs create a clip using sound from his mike only, making him sound unhinged. It will aired 633 times over the next four days. 2001—On his last full day in office, Bill Clinton admits he perjured himself when he denied having sex with “that woman,” Monica Lewinsky. 1989—Frank F. Fowle III, an actor whose favorite Iliad line was “Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle,” succumbs to stab wounds suffered during a fight with a thief. 1985—At the Houston …