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[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari was among hundreds of people arrested during the Tehran government's crackdown on nationwide protests over Iran's disputed presidential election. (Bahari was released nearly four months later.)


Five years ago: An armed South Korean soldier fled after killing five of his comrades and wounding seven at an outpost near the North Korean border. (The soldier, identified only as Sgt. Yim, was captured two days later.) Gerry Conlon, 60, who was unjustly imprisoned for an Irish Republican Army killing and inspired the Oscar-nominated film "In the Name of the Father," died in Belfast.


One year ago: First lady Melania Trump visited with migrant children during a brief stop at a Texas facility housing some children separated from their parents at the border; she caused a stir when she left Washington wearing a green, hooded military jacket with lettering that said, "I really don't care, do u?" Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist and pundit Charles Krauthammer died at 68; he had said a year earlier that he was being treated for a tumor in his abdomen.

[South Carolina Redfish]

I’m telling you the Premium Cigar Industry is in trouble!   They sure don’t want lowlife ”Consumers” fuk’n up their herf vacations.

Cigar News: Leaked Information on IPCPR Renaming and Rebranding Sets Off Industry Firestorm

https://cigar-coop.com/2019/06/cigar-news-leaked-information-on-ipcpr-renaming-and-rebranding-sets-off-industry-firestorm.html

[Travellin Dave]

Today's Birthdays:

Composer Lalo Schifrin is 87.
Actor Bernie Kopell is 86.
Actor Monte Markham is 84.
Songwriter Don Black is 81.
ctress Mariette Hartley is 79.
Comedian Joe Flaherty is 78.
Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is 75.
Actress Meredith Baxter is 72.
Actor Michael Gross is 72.
Rock musician Joe Molland (Badfinger) is 72.
Rock musician Don Airey (Deep Purple) is 71.
Rock musician Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) is 69.
Rock musician Nils Lofgren is 68.
Actress Robyn Douglass is 67.
Actor Leigh McCloskey is 64.
Cartoonist Berke Breathed is 62.
Actor Josh Pais is 61.
Country singer Kathy Mattea is 60.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is 59.
Actor Marc Copage is 57.
Actress Sammi Davis is 55.
Actor Doug Savant is 55.
Country musician Porter Howell is 55.
Actor Michael Dolan is 54.
Writer-director Lana Wachowski is 54.
Actress Carrie Preston is 52.
Actress Paula Irvine is 51.
Rapper/producer Pete Rock is 49.
Country singer Allison Moorer is 47.
Actress Juliette Lewis is 46.
Actress Maggie Siff is 45.
Musician Justin Cary is 44.
Rock musician Mike Einziger (Incubus) is 43.
Actor Chris Pratt is 40.
Rock singer Brandon Flowers is 38.
Britain's Prince William is 37.
Actor Jussie Smollett is 37.
Actor Benjamin Walker is 37.
Actor Michael Malarkey is 36.
Pop singer Kris Allen (TV: "American Idol") is 34.
Pop/rock singer Lana Del Rey is 34.
Actor Jascha Washington is 30.
Country musician Chandler Baldwin (LANCO) is 27.
Pop singer Rebecca Black is 22.

[Travellin Dave]

hought for Today: "In America, to look a couple of years younger than you actually are is not only an achievement for which you are to be congratulated, it is patriotic." — Cynthia Propper Seton, American writer (1926-1982).

[Travellin Dave]

Morning SCDave and NoRainTodayTony.

[LuvTooGolf]

Another amazing lightning strike photo at the beach yesterday:

Impressive!  Fish fry Friday.

I'm starving already. This dieting thing blows.

Calories don't count on Fridays, go for it.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Morning SCDave and NoRainTodayTony.

Bullshit. It's pouring.

[A Friend of Charlie]

hought for Today: "In America, to look a couple of years younger than you actually are is not only an achievement for which you are to be congratulated, it is patriotic." — Cynthia Propper Seton, American writer (1926-1982).

I hink I've seen this one before.

[LuvTooGolf]

hought for Today: "In America, to look a couple of years younger than you actually are is not only an achievement for which you are to be congratulated, it is patriotic." — Cynthia Propper Seton, American writer (1926-1982).

I hink I've seen this one before.

Using the handy banter search feature, doesn't look like that's the case. Unless this is what you had tattooed on the small of your back.

[FloridaDean]

good morning three Daves, a Tony, and no Rick.

[FloridaDean]

On Friday, 21 June 2019, at 3:54 p.m. UTC (Universal Time) it's “solstice” and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

Astronomically speaking, it's the beginning of summer, and at the north pole, the sun will not set. 

Solstice is a global event. Its specific time 11:54 a.m. EDT in North America.

taking the redhead to the Solstice Drum Circle at Ft Island Beach in celebration of the longest day.

[A Friend of Charlie]

hought for Today: "In America, to look a couple of years younger than you actually are is not only an achievement for which you are to be congratulated, it is patriotic." — Cynthia Propper Seton, American writer (1926-1982).

I hink I've seen this one before.

Using the handy banter search feature, doesn't look like that's the case. Unless this is what you had tattooed on the small of your back.

I never said that I read it on the banter. But you make a valid point... If it didn't happen here, it may not have happened at all.

[A Friend of Charlie]

good morning three Daves, a Tony, and no Rick.

Good morning, Dean. My condolences to the redhead.

[LuvTooGolf]

On Friday, 21 June 2019, at 3:54 p.m. UTC (Universal Time) it's “solstice” and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

Astronomically speaking, it's the beginning of summer, and at the north pole, the sun will not set. 

Solstice is a global event. Its specific time 11:54 a.m. EDT in North America.

taking the redhead to the Solstice Drum Circle at Ft Island Beach in celebration of the longest day.

Ok, you're not allowed to call anyone a commie or snowflake until summer is over.

[FloridaDean]

good morning three Daves, a Tony, and no Rick.

Good morning, Dean. My condolences to the redhead.

thank you.