Happy (Thursday, Veer-waar, Panjshanbeh, yawm-al-khamis, Istijlal, dydd Ian, Pungenday). You may or may not feel like drinking today. If you do, I recommend a mojito. Doesn't that sound nice? For those of you inclined towards non-alcoholic beverages, I recommend Puma Kola, it's from Wiscosin and Allie is all about it at the moment. So, the big news at the moment is the economy which is completely tanking. In my opinion we're probably headed towards a severe crash. My solution: do away with NAFTA and bring the manufacturing jobs back to the USofA so that people can work so that they can buy the stuff they're making and afford to live. It seems so simple. But I am no economist and wouldn't even pretend to know what I'm talking about.
In 180 12 inhabitants of Scillium, which is in modern day Tunisia, which is in N.Africa, were executed just for being Christians. This was a crime at one point. In 1203 during the 4th Crusade, the Crusaders conquered Constantinople. They were supposed to be helping the Byzantines but instead pillaged their capital. If you ever study the Crusades you will realize that even though the supposed motives were religiously based, the actual motives were often driven by financial gains of those leading the Crusade. There should be no comparisons drawn between the Crusades and the Iraq war. In 1791 the French National Guard opened fire on a crowd of Jacobins (French revolutionaries) killing 50. In 1856 a train in Ft. Washington, PA crashed killing over 60 people. In 1936 the Spanish Civil War started. In 1944 two ships carrying ammunition exploded in Port Chicago, CA killing 320. That same day the first use of napalm occurred when some US fighters bombed a target in France. In 1981 a walkway at the Hyatt Regency here in KC collapsed killing 114. In 1989 the first B-2 bomber took off which happened to be named the Spirit of Missouri. In 1996 a TWA flight crashed off of Long Island killing 230. And last year a Brazilian flight crashed killing 199.
In South Korea today is Constitution Day. You have the right to eat cats in S. Korea. In Kyoto, Japan today is Gion Matsuri, one of the most famous festivals in Japan. It began as a purification ritual to appease the gods who cause fires and earthquakes. Now it's basically a big parade.
And finally it's the World Day for International Justice. This does not apply to POW's.
Happy Birthday: Phyllis Diller; David "the Hoffenator" Hasselhoff; and Angela Merkel.
Peace out.
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