Tangerines Cause Global Warming???

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Elizabeth Edwards Gives Up Tangerines to Fight Global Warming... I didn't realize Tangerines caused global warming. And who is Elizabeth Edwards. On second thought don't answer because I really don't care.

Pastor struck dead... by lightning... It started raining and the family went to seek cover under a cedar tree. Not very smart. Very sad.

MYSPACE deletes 29,000 sex offenders... I didn't know that was against myspace policy but I guess they can refuse business to anyone they choose.

Beyonce Falls Head-First Down Stairs During Concert; Asks Fans NOT To Post Video Online... So....Bear with me here. Did Beyonce Bounce down the stairs?

German airline will cater to smokers... Well, there goes the resale value of those jets.

Man accused of 292 false 911 calls... Ford told deputies he made the calls because he didn't have any minutes on his phone and "911 is a free call. What a dope!!!

Lohan Defends Herself... 'I Am Innocent'... Sure. Just like O.J. That reminds me of a joke Amy told me. What's the difference in O.J. and Tang? Tang won't kill ya. hahahahahaha

WASHPOST: Bush Most 'Unpopular President' In Modern History? So, the presidency should be a popularity contest? I don't think so.

Prison poker to solve cases? Florida is giving inmates playing cards with cold-case images in hopes of getting new leads. Now that's a good idea.

China's astronaut food soon on sale

Queen guitarist to complete doctorate Brilliant guy!!!

Maid jailed for serving up urine Hmmm. I looked like apple juice.

Pearl Jam will play a private show for fan club members in Chicago on August 2, three days before its headlining stint at the city's Lollapalooza festival, the rock group said on Tuesday. This surprises me in so many ways. Tickets for the show at the Vic Theatre will go on sale on Thursday, priced at $150 per pair (plus applicable fees). The Vic's capacity is about 1,400 people, according to the venue's web site. Oh, there's the catch.


Today in History:
306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.

864 - Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings

1261 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, thus re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines also succeed in capturing Thessalonica and the rest of the Latin Empire.

1547 - Henry II (France) crowned

1722 - Three Years War begins along Maine and Massachusetts border. How long did that last?

1755 - The decision to deport the Acadians takes place in Halifax, Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later moved to Louisiana, while others later resettled in New Brunswick.

1775 Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta

1792 - The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French Royal Family is harmed.

1795 - The first stoner of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid. Lucky guy. Oh, you said stone,...the first stone of the.....hahahaha. My mistake. Sorry.

1797 - Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife Island (Spain).

1837 - The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London.

1853 - Joaquin Murietta, famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.

1861 - American Civil War: The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution is passed by the U.S. Congress stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery. I bet they don't teach that in school

1866 - The U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general") Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.

1868 - Wyoming becomes a United States territory.

1897 - Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.

1898 - The United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with U.S. troops landing at harbor of Guánica, Puerto Rico (the land invasion, proper, began that day; nevertheless, sea-based bombardment and shelling of the capital city of San Juan had occurred since May of 1898.

1917 - Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).

1920 - Telecommunications: first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast.

1934 - Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.

1939 - George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe first sat in Parliament. Did he stand the rest of the time?

1940 - General Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and make surrender illegal. I thought it was gonna say that he orderd a swiss army knife. That would be much more interesting.

1946 - Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll. We've all seen the video. Good Lord In Heaven!!!!

1946 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

1953 - Merrie Melodies releases the cartoon Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, perhaps the most famous of the cartoons starring Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig, and Marvin The Martian.

1956 - 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.

1961 - John F. Kennedy speech emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. You tell 'em Jack. I mean John. Why do people call you Jack if you're name is John? Or Dick for Richard? Or Bob for Robert?

1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks

1965 - The electric Dylan controversy starts at the Newport Folk Festival.

1966 Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love"

1969 - Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.

1973 George Harrison pays œ1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert & album

1980 - Australian hard rock band AC/DC release the album Back in Black. This album goes on to be the 2nd best selling album in history.

1990 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padre game. Who thought that was a good idea?

2000 - Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground.


Happy Birthday:
1750 - Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806) ....as in Fort Knox

1967 - Matt LeBlanc, American actor. So where's he been lately?


Deaths on this Day:
1995 - Charlie Rich, American rock/soul/country musician (b. 1932)