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November 9 2006-11-09 20:45:52 1938 : The Night of Broken Glass This day in 1938 saw the organized destruction of Jewish businesses and homes in Munich, as well as the beating and murder of Jewish men, women, and children. It was an exercise in... Read more:November
2006-11-10 17:50:14 1975 : Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, taking all 29 crew members with her. At the time of its launch in 1958, the...
GOP Straw Poll 2006-11-10 17:26:33 GOP Bloggers have got another straw poll out. Stix... Read more:Straw
Sorry for the lack of pposts last week 2006-11-13 15:26:15 Last week I was on vacation and did absolutely nothing all week, except to I voted on Tues. I really didn't get on the home computer that much so I didn't really have anything to post. Now with the Looney...
November 13 2006-11-13 15:10:47 1775 : Patriots take Montreal On this day in 1775, Continental Army Brigadier General Richard Montgomery takes Montreal, Canada, without opposition. Montgomery's victory owed its success in part to Ethan Allen's disorganized defeat at the hand of British General and... Read more:November
Run, Ruddy, Run 2006-11-13 22:36:02 I just hope that Ruddy Guiliani runs in 2008. I think he is probably the best qualified in the field of Republicans. He has a great relationaship with the American people as the Mayor of America after 9/11. He brought...
Overboard 2006-11-14 16:06:45 Overboard It's bad enough that it is dark when I go home from work, but later this week it is supposed to rain and then turn into snow. I am not looking forward to the cold. Stix...
November 14 2006-11-14 15:45:28 1914 : Ottoman Empire declares a holy war On November
14, 1914, in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, the religious leader Sheikh-ul-Islam declares an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman government, urging his Muslim followers to take...
We must win this war. 2006-11-14 21:57:21 Now with the Democrats in power, they have to come up with a plan for Iraq. I know most of the yelping form the far lef tis cut and run, but are they really going to do that??? I hope...
November 15 2006-11-15 15:23:09 1777 : Articles of Confederation adopted After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress, sitting in its temporary capital of York, Pennsylvania, agrees to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union on this day in 1777. Not until March... Read more:November
Reid inplicated by Ambramoff 2006-11-15 21:19:51 Isn't it great how the MSM finally come out and say that maybe the Democrats are also corrupt after the elections are over. No No bias there at all. Well, it looks like the Republicans are not the only party...
Murtha gets stomped 2006-11-16 18:53:30 Well, I guess John cut and run Murtha
got a thumpin'. Looks like the reat of the Democrats are not going to put their tail between their legs and crawl home and say uncle. Or at least not as fast...
November 16 2006-11-16 20:04:57 1988 : Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan In Pakistan, citizens vote in their first open election in more than a decade, choosing as prime minister the populist candidate Benazir Bhutto, daughter of former Pakistani leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She... Read more:November
What ever happened to the Diebold election scam 2006-11-16 20:52:36 For months before the elcetions we hear about how bad electronic voting was. Diebold was supposed to be in the pocket of the republicans and no one could prove anything because there is no papaer trail. We heard all about...
Which South Park kid are you most like? 2006-11-17 01:30:39 H/T To My Vast Right Wing ConspiracyWhich South
Park kid are you most like?Cartman You are just plain evil and heartless. Though you're sly, and you come up with brilliant schemes, you're pretty dumb and close minded. Other people hate...
What's your Beer Personality??? 2006-11-17 00:31:14 You Are Guinness You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it... Read more:Personality
Dhimwit of the Month 2006-11-17 02:07:08 From ThereligionOfPeace.com dhim·mi (dm or zm) - A Qur'anic term that refers to a subjugated non-Muslim person living in a society dominated by Muslims. Second-class status is confirmed by the legal system and dhimmis do not share the rights of... Read more:Month
November 17 2006-11-17 18:15:17 1777 : Articles of Confederation submitted to the states On this day in 1777, Congress submits the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification. The Articles had been signed by Congress two days earlier, after 16 months of debate.... Read more:November
Alcee Hstings and Nancy Pelosi 2006-11-17 20:35:52 Now that the Democrats have taken power in the House, NancyPelosi
is saying she wiil intend to lead the most honest, the most open and the most ethical Congress in history" . BUt how does this look when she...
Dr Sanity delves into the Logic of the Paranoid Left 2006-11-17 23:35:12 Dr Sanity
looks at the minds of the Paranoid Left (aka Moonbats, Looney Left). Of course there are some on the right that are just as Paranoid, but the mojority of the paranoid minds lies onm the Left side of... Read more:Logic
Are You a Perfectionist? 2006-11-18 00:30:46 You Are 37% Perfectionist Occasionally you have perfectionist tendencies, but overall you're pretty normal.You're sometimes hard on yourself, but you usually focus on what you're doing right! Are You a Perfectionist? H/T to Llama Butchers Stix...
Porker opf the Month 2006-11-20 20:54:55 Washington,D.C. Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Porker of the Month
for helping to secure a record $2.3 billion federal loan for a railroad company. The loan guarantee from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) would...
November 20 2006-11-20 20:28:38 1820 : American vessel sunk by sperm whale The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. The 238-ton Essex was in pursuit of... Read more:November
Non Sequitur 2006-11-20 22:54:31 Non Sequitur My mom told me about this cartoon last night. I wonder if the cartoonist has read any history at all. Most of the technology in the Dark Ages came from the Catholic Church. The Clergy were the only...