TODAY IN ROTTEN HISTORY
Green Mtn
location: Observing the Progressive madness with considerably less amusement.
listening to: Grandchildren, the best reason for saving the future.
registered: 2004.04.03
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we live in a slightly mad worldDec 25 272First official public celebration of Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, a pagan
Roman holiday that was later co-opted by Christians to celebrate
the birth of their favorite Jew. Turning the holiday into "Christmas"
(in 336 AD) was part of a pattern of the church stealing various
pagan festivals and feast days.Dec 25 1926Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan.Dec 25 1946W.C. Fields dead at 67, due to the cumulative effects of his
drinking and lifestyle.Dec 25 1989An eager firing squad executes Romanian dictator Nikolai
Ceaucescu and his wife Elena on live television. Ceaucescu had run
Romania as his private communist fiefdom, garnering the
animosity of nearly the entire population. The new government
abolishes capital punishment shortly thereafter.Dec 25 1995Rat pack member Dean Martin dead at 78, a martini glass in his
hand.
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“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.” Wm O. Douglas
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.” Wm O. Douglas
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we live in a slightly mad worldDec 25 272First official public celebration of Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, a pagan
Roman holiday that was later co-opted by Christians to celebrate
the birth of their favorite Jew. Turning the holiday into "Christmas"
(in 336 AD) was part of a pattern of the church stealing various
pagan festivals and feast days.Dec 25 1926Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan.Dec 25 1946W.C. Fields dead at 67, due to the cumulative effects of his
drinking and lifestyle.Dec 25 1989An eager firing squad executes Romanian dictator Nikolai
Ceaucescu and his wife Elena on live television. Ceaucescu had run
Romania as his private communist fiefdom, garnering the
animosity of nearly the entire population. The new government
abolishes capital punishment shortly thereafter.Dec 25 1995Rat pack member Dean Martin dead at 78, a martini glass in his
hand.
–--
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.” Wm O. Douglas
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.” Wm O. Douglas
