Month: July 2008
Which biblical figures "got their game" at this Jerusalem locale?
The Tsar's Last Armada, by Constantine Pleshakov, tells the story of the transit of the Russian Baltic Fleet to the Straits of Tsushima, where it was destroyed by Admiral Togo.
William McKinley, calling for a day of thanksgiving and prayer, 6 July 1898:With the nation’s thanks let there be mingled the nation’s prayers that our gallant sons may be shielded.
Hmm, bases loaded, none out, one run down, maybe Rivera will finally blow one, and...oh, Gawd, Crisp is up. One should take the hint and just turn the game off..
Indeed:One fascinating thing about the death of Jesse Helms is the conservative reaction...But instead conservatives are taking a line that I might have regarded as an unfair smear just a.
Gerald Ford, toasting Indonesian President Suharto during his visit to the US, 5 July 1975:I recognize, as all of us do here from the United States, that you have achieved.
...or at least that's as far as Roger Simon got. TBogg notes his comparison of John McCain with Alec Guiness' Colonel Nicholson in Bridge on the River Kwai:But what is.
Via Steve, this classic from John J. Miller:He "opposed civil rights"? Uh, no. He opposed a particular vision of them.Yes, if your "vision" of "civil rights" includes white supremacy, segregation,.