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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2014, 02:35:16 AM »


In 1964, NASA launched Mariner 3, which was supposed to fly by Mars, but the spacecraft failed to reach its destination.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2014, 02:35:45 AM »

In 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent candidate George C. Wallace.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2014, 02:36:28 AM »

n 1974, Democrat Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2014, 02:36:55 AM »

In 1989, death claimed pianist Vladimir Horowitz in New York at age 86 and singer-songwriter Barry Sadler in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at age 49.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2014, 02:37:12 AM »

1990, Rabbi Meir Kahane (meh-EER' kah-HAH'-nuh), the Brooklyn-born Israeli extremist, was shot to death at a New York hotel. (Egyptian native El Sayyed Nosair (el sah-EED' no-sah-EER') was convicted of the slaying in federal court.)
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2014, 02:37:43 AM »

In 1994, former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2014, 02:38:18 AM »

Ten years ago: The Kremlin announced that Russia had given final approval to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. In a surprise reversal, the Chilean army for the first time assumed institutional responsibility for widespread human rights violations during the
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2014, 02:39:04 AM »

Five years ago: A shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead; Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2014, 02:39:23 AM »

One year ago: Republican Gov. Chris Christie won a resounding re-election victory in Democratic-leaning New Jersey, while Democrat Terry McAuliffe prevailed in Virginia's gubernatorial contest. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged for the first time that he had smoked crack "probably a year ago" when he was in a "drunken stupor," but he refused to resign despite immense pressure to step aside as leader of Canada's largest city. India launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars; the Martian Orbiter Mission, or MOM, reached the red planet in Sept. 2014.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2014, 02:39:52 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Actor Chris Robinson is 76. Actress Elke Sommer is 74. Singer Art Garfunkel is 73. Actor-playwright Sam Shepard is 71. Singer Peter Noone is 67. TV personality Kris Jenner is 59. Actor Nestor Serrano is 59. Actress-comedian Mo Gaffney is 56. Actor Robert Patrick is 56. Singer Bryan Adams is 55. Actress Tilda Swinton is 54. Actor Michael Gaston is 52. Actress Tatum O'Neal is 51. Actress Andrea McArdle is 51. Rock singer Angelo Moore (Fishbone) is 49. Actress Judy Reyes is 47. Actor Seth Gilliam (TV: "Teen Wolf") is 46. Rock musician Mark Hunter (James) is 46. Actor Sam Rockwell is 46. Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley (The Kinleys) are 44. Actor Corin Nemec is 43. Rock musician Jonny (cq) Greenwood (Radiohead) is 43. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 40. Actor Sam Page is 38. Actor Jeremy Lelliott is 32. Actress Annet Mahendru (MAH'-hehn-droo) (TV: "The Americans") is 29. Rock musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 27. Actor Landon Gimenez (TV: "Resurrection") is 11.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2014, 02:40:17 AM »

Thought for Today: "The line of least resistance was always the most difficult line in the long run." — Peter Cheyney, English author (1896-1951).
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2014, 02:41:06 AM »

Sun Don't Shine
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On a hot, dusty day a cowboy rode into a small frontier town. After
dismounting, he walked behind his horse, lifted it's tail and kissed it where
the sun don't shine.  An old man rocking by the general store witnessed the
whole thing.

"Whudd'ya do that fer?" he asked.

"Got chapped lips," the cowboy replied.

The old man asked, "Does that help?"

The cowboy said, "Nope, but it keeps me from lickin' 'em."
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2014, 02:49:22 AM »

U. S. Representative -- 6th Congressional District
233 of 233 precincts reporting - 100%
Robert Lamar "Bob" Bell (REP) 1363. 1%
"Dan" Claitor (REP) 18176. 15%
Norman "Norm" Clark (REP) 454. 0%
Rufus Holt Craig, Jr. (LBT) 16611. %
Paul Dietzel II (REP) 1407412%


Edwin Edwards (DEM) 38815.  33%


Garret Graves (REP) 2918425%
Richard Lieberman (DEM) 36333%
Craig McCulloch (REP) 30803%
"Trey" Thomas (REP) 7021%
Lenar Whitney (REP) 51564%
Peter Williams (DEM) 18902%
 Total: 118188
Unofficial Turnout: 54.6%

Only in La could an ex Governor who has not been out of Federal prison for long, run and get the largest vote count. Sheesh on these people down here.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2014, 03:02:59 AM »

Time to hit the road for work guys, enjoy your day.
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Re: 11/5/2014
« Reply #29 on: November 05, 2014, 03:29:39 AM »

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