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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2014, 02:14:15 AM »

1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2014, 02:14:33 AM »

In 1965, France launched its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule into orbit.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2014, 02:15:02 AM »

In 1973, President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2014, 02:15:25 AM »


In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Senator John Tower to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2014, 02:15:48 AM »

In 1989, "America's Funniest Home Videos" debuted as a special on ABC-TV; it later became a successful regular series.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2014, 02:16:20 AM »


In 1992, the British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2014, 02:16:49 AM »

Ten years ago: Leading Iraqi politicians called for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30, 2005, election because of spiraling violence; President George W. Bush said, "The Iraqi Election Commission has scheduled elections in January, and I would hope they'd go forward in January." (The vote took place as scheduled.) French movie director Philippe de Broca ("King of Hearts") died at age 71.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2014, 02:17:21 AM »

Five years ago: An investigation ordered by Ireland's government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and that most fellow clerics had turned a blind eye. John Jones, a 26-year-old medical student stuck upside-down in a cave in Utah for more than a day, died despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers to extract him.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2014, 02:17:42 AM »

One year ago: The U.S. flew two B-52 bombers over the East China Sea, defying Beijing's move to assert greater military control over the area's disputed islands. Pope Francis denounced the global financial system that excluded the poor as he issued the mission statement for his papacy. Actress-singer Jane Kean, 90, best known for playing Trixie in a musicalized revival of "The Honeymooners" on "The Jackie Gleason Show," died in Burbank, California. Actor Tony Musante, 77, who'd starred in the ABC series "Toma" in the 1970s, died in New York.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #24 on: November 26, 2014, 02:18:11 AM »

Today's Birthdays: Actress Ellen Albertini Dow is 101. Impressionist Rich Little is 76. Singer Tina Turner is 75. Singer Jean Terrell is 70. Pop musician John McVie is 69. Actress Marianne Muellerleile is 66. Actor Scott Jacoby is 58. Actress Jamie Rose is 55. Country singer Linda Davis is 52. Actor Scott Adsit is 49. Blues singer-musician Bernard Allison is 49. Country singer-musician Steve Grisaffe is 49. Actress Kristin Bauer is 41. Actor Peter Facinelli is 41. Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge is 40. Actress Maia (MY'-ah) Campbell is 38. Country singer Joe Nichols is 38. Contemporary Christian musicians Anthony and Randy Armstrong (Red) are 36. Actress Jessica Bowman is 34. Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is 33. Country singer-musician Mike Gossin (Gloriana Rock) is 30. Ben Wysocki (The Fray) is 30. Singer Lil Fizz is 29. Singer Aubrey Collins is 27.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #25 on: November 26, 2014, 02:18:48 AM »

Thought for Today: "Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense." — Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (1889-1951).
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #26 on: November 26, 2014, 02:20:08 AM »

The Whole Truth
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At school, a boy is told by a classmate that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, and that this makes it very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I know the whole truth" even when you don't know anything.

The boy decides to go home and try it out. As he is greeted by his mother at the front door he says, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father."

Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and says, "Please don't say a word to your mother."

Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day, when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole truth."

The mailman drops the mail, opens his arms and says, "Then come give your FATHER a big hug!"
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #27 on: November 26, 2014, 02:46:27 AM »

Time to hit the road guys, enjoy your day.
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #28 on: November 26, 2014, 04:38:56 AM »

Time for a sheesh. 
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Re: 11/26/2014
« Reply #29 on: November 26, 2014, 05:22:25 AM »

Morning LSU. 
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