TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
Historybook: Five American colonists shot by British troops in Boston Massacre (1770); Josef Stalin dies (1953); Singer Patsy Cline dies (1963); Actress Eva Mendes born (1974); Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies (2013).
"If you can't do it with feeling—don't."
- Patsy Cline
SUBTERFUGE
ON this date in 1842 - A Mexican force of over 500 men under Rafael Vasquez invaded Texas for the first time since the revolution.
They briefly occupied San Antonio, but soon headed back to the Rio Grande.
Actually, the Boyz had ordered 500 kilos of Acapulco Gold from Vasquez, and the raid was the elaborate plot to avoid detection by US Customs.
Don't laugh, it worked!!
In his fiery speech to the legislative body, Bun said "Isn't it enough that we get brow-beaten by our wives on a daily basis?
Shouldn't we get some relief?
So, I say instead of tax relief, the whipping relief will do just fine."
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GUESS WHAT?
WE MOVED TO TAX RELIEF TOO
ON this date in 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
Virginians Bun Man and Mr. Purple helped form this legislation which was aimed at lessening the days' burdens on the upper class.
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Bun Man expanded "Why yes, little buddy, once upon a time, there was a national government who actually understood the importance of regulations to hold free-market forces in check."
Mr. Purple retorted "Is this a fable?"
Bun Man closed saying "Apparently so, little buddy, apparently so..."
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REMEMBERING FDR
ON this date in 1933 - U.S. President FDR ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being drawn from banks.
Seeing this, Bun Man related "Yes, I remember this, as odd as it sounds, this was a time when American government actually worked to help Americans."
Mr. Purple countered "What?"
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I gotta tell, it might be your month...
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
But you all know, women inspire me daily, sometimes hourly.
CUTENESS...It CAN be Functional
Ken-Dogger: Hey Max
Max: Hey Dude
KD: We got a big day today
M: Ummm, why's that, thought I was just hangin' out
KD: Max, we got sled training today...Never too early to start
M: Dude, LOOK AT ME...Look at all this cuteness, you actually think someone is gonna put me on a sled team?
KD: Well, I'm a purist and you need to be functional
M: My brother, cuteness IS functional.
GIRDING FOR CAMPAIGNING
Ken-Dogger: Morning Nanook, you singing?
Nanook: Keep on rockin’ in the free world
KD: Into Mr. Young this morning I see
N: Yep, learning campaign songs, but sometimes they’re tricky
KD: You mean getting the words down?
N: No, I mean the message…Rockin’ in the free world over all this squalor?
KD: Some peeps get verses, some just get the refrain
N: They miss the point, but they reinforce theirs don’t they?
KD: It’s a campaign, it’s what they do…
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT COMMUNITY
Ken-Dogger: Hey Porgi, what’s up?
Porgi: Just coming over, you look like you need someone to pet.
KD: How did you know that?
P: Dog-tuition Bro…we sense stuff.
KD: Bowser yesterday, now you today, it’s a conspiracy…
P: Yep, it’s a dog-love community conspiracy, the best kind.
KD: So you think your Pack Love will do the trick?
P: You ever see dogs in Dog Town Parks, we do community like no other.
KD: Ready to learn Porgi, ready to learn.
Morning Posse,
@sazemisery @Mandypar @Jennifelroy @Sheree @SatuUnelmia
Just letting you know I'm leaving for Las Vegas later today and then will be East of the Mississippi (how many of you are still stuck on the ISSs) in FLA for a wedding and a visit with DJ and Angie and some GOLF for a few days.
Don't panic, I'm still just a phone call away...
Reach out, I'll be there...
Historybook: RIP Mary Louise Booth, first editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar (1889); Hula-Hoop patented by Arthur Melin (1958); HBD Chinese author Mo Yan and winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature (1955); US Voyager 1 spacecraft flies by Jupiter (1979): HBD American actress Eva Mendes (1974); HBD Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1999).
"When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal."
- Mo Yan
It’s a feat that Dan Hurley’s bunch would love to replicate in just over a month’s time, and this time around, it would be even more satisfying because the Huskies would become the first team since the 2006-07 Florida Gators to win back-to-back National Titles.
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S: MSN
That 1998-99 Huskies squad, led by Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, and Hall of Fame head coach Jim Calhoun, hit the college basketball triple crown — winning the Big East regular season title, the Big East Conference Tournament, and the NCAA Championship in the span of a month and a half.
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Strange but true: in the last 25 years, the Connecticut Huskies men’s basketball team has won more National Championships (5) than outright Big East regular season titles (2). And before today, UConn only had one in that stretch, and in order to re-visit it you’d need to go all the way back to the 20th century.
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HEY TEXAS...
The USA will let you secede, you just have to take Trump with ya.
that's the terms, take it or leave it.
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017