July 17, 2008
At 10:40 A. M., Patrolman John Morrissey of Traffic C, directing traffic at Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, noticed a swirling white scarf floating down from the upper floors of the Empire State. A moment later he heard a crash that sounded like an explosion. He saw a crowd converge in Thirty-third Street. Two hundred [...]
July 14, 2008
Olive Riley, the world’s oldest blogger, has died. (via Neatorama) Mohammed Al Shehri from Saudi Arabia writes this: Our Australian colleague Olive Riley, the world’s oldest blogger, had died at the age of 108. She had lived through the first and second world wars, their revolutions and industries, their civility and destruction, their dictators and [...]
July 9, 2008
From the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Independent Weekly. My favorite line is from Hodding Carter III: “He was an extraordinary success, and his success represents the failure of the American political system. His authentic positions represented the worst side of America’s past.”
July 5, 2008
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. Clarence Darrow. (via Sadly, No! via Relevant History) buffalo void bill in exile Lavender Lounge boy culture Eitel Thoughts
The nation’s most respected evangelist has added his name to the list of those praising the accomplishments of former Republican Senator, Jesse Helms, who passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Calling him “my friend and long-time senator from my home state of North Carolina,” Billy Graham described Jesse Helms yesterday as “a man [...]
July 4, 2008
With Love. Conservapedia has this remembrance: Mr. Helms, throughout his tenure as United States Senator was known for his conservative viewpoints, support for a strong defense, individual rights, the oppressed, and support for freedom. Like most conservative politicians who escew [sic] political correctness, Helms was frequently the target of mainstream media bias, despite his former [...]
“Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade-school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING and MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior.” (1996) “The University of Negroes and Communists” (1950; referring to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) “Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.” “All I know is that [...]
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I never shall forget the indulgence with which he treated Hodge, his cat: for whom he himself used to go out and buy oysters, lest the servants having that trouble should take a dislike to the poor creature. . . . I recollect [Hodge] one day scrambling up Dr. Johnson's breast, apparently with much satisfaction, while my friend smiling and half-whistling, rubbed down his back, and pulled him by the tail; and when I observed he was a fine cat, saying 'why yes, Sir, but I have had cats whom I liked better than this;' and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance, adding, 'but he is a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed.'