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Category Archives: History
Another faux holiday from the Right/Kapitalists
Holy frickin’ crap along with BULLSHIT! The Trumpkin Dictatorship made the US State Department go on in a remembrance of Communism’s victims? Talk about how ignorant, partisan and un-self-aware such an asinine stance is! Where to begin with the inaccuracies … Continue reading
1979: Iranians storm embassy and hold hostages for 444 days
This was quite a blow to America’s collective ego as the Iranians violated international treaties on embassies to do this. However, all nation-states do these things so to call the Iranians barbarians is hypocrisy, especially given how Kermit Roosevelt overthrew … Continue reading
1989: Gas leak kills 23 in Pasadena, TX (Houston area)
Thirty years ago, the miraculous Texas economy demonstrated its awfulness a generation ago through shoddy safety, terrible zoning and being enabled by the Republicans at the Federal level. Obviously, little has changed. The short version… There was a plastics factory run by … Continue reading
1974: Ford explains why he pardoned Tricky Dick to Congress
Despite the Mueller Report being spun as vindication for Orange Foolius (it isn’t, it’s pretty damning), a POTUS who is proving to be worse than Dubious (and should retain this moniker) can’t stop being the dumb asshole he’s been since … Continue reading
October’s usual festivities are suspended for 2019
I often look forward to celebrating three of the biggest things happening October which aren’t Halloween: Italian Heritage, Pizza and a silly thing FM AOR stations invented called Rocktober, a new story idea I wanted to cover, more on it … Continue reading
Posted in History, Italians, Music, News, The Site
Tagged Divorce, Header Art, Pizza
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1999: Mission Hill debuted today on the (now CW) WB network
A big thank you to Bill Oakley’s Twitter feed to remind us all on this momentous date in adult-orient animation history (and progress!). There’s a fantastic, long piece regarding Mission Hill on Polygon from 2017 here. It goes into the level … Continue reading
Posted in History, Obscure Show, TV
Tagged Coming-of-Age, Generation X, Mission Hill, Nineties, The Simpsons
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RIP Cokie Roberts
It is sad when most people die unless they were war criminals (St. Reagan, Bush the Elder) or monsters (Charles Manson, Wayne Gacy) or absolute shitbags (David Koch, Richard Scaife-Mellon) but I also have little pity regarding the demise of … Continue reading
Eighteen years in one house!
This anniversary completely slipped my mind with all the other crap going on but three days late is better than either not at all or in several days. I often have to pinch myself because I didn’t grow up in … Continue reading
1969: Monty Python’s Flying Circus begins
According to their Twitter feed, the guys behind this legendary show got started with their writing, rehearsing and eventual airing of the program that would influence comedy throughout the English-speaking world…SNL, The Kids in the Hall, SCTV, The Simpsons, The … Continue reading
St. Reagan & Tricky Dick’s racism shouldn’t be a shock
This week, a long overdue recording of a conversation between two major assholes responsible for the rise of Orange Foolius and American inequality finally got released. It has been held back for many years, I think at the request of … Continue reading
RIP: Ross Perot
The news and obits will obviously go on and on and on about his failed presidential bid in 1992. They will also push the ongoing lie about how Perot “gave” the election to Clinton by stealing away Bush’s votes. Bullshit. … Continue reading
Posted in History, News, Science & Technology
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Eighties, Nineties, Politics
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MAD goes into zombie mode after 67 years
I initially didn’t think anything was happening to MAD itself when comedian and senior editor Dan Telfer announced being laid off via Twitter. Then the deluge of news began about how the beloved satirical magazine was “ending” after 67 years. MAD‘s death … Continue reading
1944: D-Day 75th Anniversary
On this day, thousands gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy and the fields of rural France to continue liberating Europe from the Nazis and their allies. I’m glad that NPR mentioned the other three code-named landing sites our … Continue reading
1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre
I recall the horrible news that morning. While the US was sleeping, the Chinese Army and its hardliner masters decided they had had enough of the ongoing student protests, especially when the workers were joining in. Like all tyrannical regimes, … Continue reading
Check out what I got in the mail from Amsterdam!
My friends who live in Amsterdam sent me the English links from the Rijks Museum to score these special Playmobil sets based upon famous paintings! Above is The Nightwatch by none other than Rembrandt. Stealth was not the plan as you … Continue reading