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[CigarBanter]

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[razgueado]

Thanks for the congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Thanks for the congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

Glad to see my BotL moving up in the world. LTG, Fish, and now you.

[Travellin Dave]

I would say good morning to Mr. Mayor and VPRaz, but I'm sure you've vacated....did leave the lights on however.

[Travellin Dave]

Jam today in Raz's honor!

[Travellin Dave]

Some pricy Neya's at the Sis.  What are Neya's?

[Travellin Dave]

Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 129th day of 2018.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 9, 1958, “Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock’s eerie thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premiered in San Francisco, the movie’s setting.
On this date:
In 1754, a political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.”
In 1814, the Jane Austen novel “Mansfield Park” was first published in London.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
In 1918, CBS newsman Mike Wallace was born Myron Leon Wallace in Brookline, Massachusetts.
In 1926, Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett supposedly became the first men to fly over the North Pole. (However, U.S. scholars announced in 1996 that their examination of Byrd’s flight diary suggested he had turned back 150 miles short of his goal.)
In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia.
In 1945, with World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation. U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately.
In 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland.”
In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who had been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome.
In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.
In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first black president.
In 2012, President Barack Obama declared his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage in a historic announcement that came three days after Vice President Joe Biden spoke in favor of such unions on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

[LuvTooGolf]

I would say good morning to Mr. Mayor and VPRaz, but I'm sure you've vacated....did leave the lights on however.

Yeah, but Tony ate the last of the doughnuts. Morning, Dave.

[Travellin Dave]

Ten years ago: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama picked up the backing of nine superdelegates, all but erasing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead. Jury selection began in the Chicago trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly, accused of videotaping himself having sex with a girl as young as 13. (Kelly was later acquitted on all counts.) Journalist-feminist Nuala O’Faolain, who gained international fame with her outspoken memoir “Are You Somebody?” in 1966, died in Dublin, Ireland, at age 68.

Five years ago: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH’-mihd KAHR’-zeye), who had irked Washington with his frequent criticism of U.S. military operations in his country, said his government was ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after the withdrawal of most foreign forces in 2014. A 72-foot-long, high-tech catamaran sailboat capsized in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the America’s Cup races, killing English Olympic gold medalist Andrew “Bart” Simpson. Malcolm Shabazz, 28, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City of blunt trauma injuries sustained in a bar dispute.

One year ago: President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, ousting the nation’s top law enforcement official in the midst of an FBI investigation into whether Trump’s campaign had ties to Russia’s meddling in the election that sent him to the White House. The Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, 57-42. Moon Jae-in declared victory in South Korea’s presidential election after his two main rivals conceded. Actor Michael Parks (“Then Came Bronson”) died in Los Angeles at age 77.

[Travellin Dave]

I would say good morning to Mr. Mayor and VPRaz, but I'm sure you've vacated....did leave the lights on however.

Yeah, but Tony ate the last of the doughnuts. Morning, Dave.

Usually the case.  Morning Dave

[Travellin Dave]

Birthdays

1980
Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ

Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996
1979
Rosario Dawson, American Actress
1976
Faye Johnstone, Auckland New Zealand, archer 1996 Olympics
1974
Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996

Shin Yahata, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998

Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche
1972
Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ

Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores

Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1970
Doug Christie, NBA guard and forward for the Toronto Raptors
1969
Carla Overbeck, born in Pasadena, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics

Renn Crichlow, Ottawa, Ontario, canoeist, Olympics-8-92, 96
1968
Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders

David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets

Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics

Vince Workman, NFL running back, Packers, Panthers, Colts
1966
Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals
1965
Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance

Marc Logan, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins

Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward, Team Canada, Detroit
1964
Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold
1962
Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist, Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me

John Corbett, actor/singer, Chris-Northern Exposure

Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There
1961
Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics
1960
Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder, Zimbabwe, Test vs. Pak 1995

Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs

Tony Gwynn, born in Los Angeles, California, outfielder for the San Diego Padres
1959
Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop

Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler
1958
Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman, 1980 Olympics gold
1957
Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph

John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
1955
Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science
1954
Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
1953
Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer, Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84

Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light

Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006

Scott McInnis, born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Representative-R-Colorado 1993 - 2005
1952
Patrick Ryecart, actor, Silas Mariner
1951
Alley Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Norma Arnold-Wonder Years
1950
James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver

Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host, Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers

Tom Petersson, Rockford, Illinois, rock bassist, Cheap Trick
1949
Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist, Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge

Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-10
1948
John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1978 PGA Champ
1947
Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone
1946
Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress, Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown
1945
Steve Katz, New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blood, Sweat and Tears
1944
Don Dannemann, rocker, Cyrkle

Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist, Buffalo Springfield, Poco
1943
Bruce Milner, rocker, Every Mother's Son

Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's
1942
Tommy Roe, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1960's bubblegum artist, toured with Roy Orbison

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant
1941
Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics

Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains

Pete Birrell, rock bassist, Freddie and The Dreamers
1940
Dick Morrissey, saxophonist

James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic

James L. Brooks, Producer
1939
Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions

Herbert Hippauf, baseball player

Jim Dent, Augusta, Georgia, PGA golfer, 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior

Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph

Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68
1938
Geoffrey Holland, civil servant

Nokie Edwards, rocker, Ventures

Charles Simic, American Poet
1937
Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave

Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist, Crickets
1936
Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano

Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's

Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love

Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ, 1961-62

Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman, CBS

[Travellin Dave]

Off to the airport.
Have a good one Dave.

[LuvTooGolf]

Off to the airport.
Have a good one Dave.

Safe travels.

[FloridaDean]

Thanks for the congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

Glad to see my BotL moving up in the world. LTG, Fish, and now you.

+1

[FloridaDean]

good morning guys. today is my 34th year without an adult beverage.