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Today is the 6th day of the 11th week, the 16th day of the 3rd month, the 75th day of 2018, and:
- Black Press Day
- Campfire Girls Day
- Curlew Day
- Everything You Do is Right Day
- Freedom of Information Day
- Goddard Day
- Lips Appreciation Day
- National Artichoke Heart Day
- National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
- National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day
- No Selfies Day
- Panda Day
- St Urho's Day – the Finnish Saint of the Grasshopper
- Transit Driver Appreciation Day
- World Sleep Day
On this day in ...
1521 – Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month.
1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, was the first Native American to visit the settlers of Plymouth Colony, greeting them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1850 - "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published.
1870 – The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
1926 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.
1968 - during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States troops under the command of Lt William L Calley Jr.
1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
1983 – Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.
There were three things that happened while I was on vacation that made me think about politics even without paying attention to the news:
The delay in reopening the Hall of the Presidents in the Magic Kingdom is a lot more understandable now. They totally redid the movie, moved the presidents around, upgraded some of the animatronics, then added #45. I especially liked having the first president stand and introduce the latest; I thought that was a nice touch. But I was astounded by the necessity of having security guards flanking the stage for each show.
Passed a man in line for one of the attractions whose shirt simply said: 2024 Mike Pence. Did a double take, then groaned at that assumption
A friend posted a picture of the president on his timeline with the wording: “Cry all you want. He’s doing exactly what I hired him for….”
Now those of you who read here regularly or who know me know that I didn’t like HRC, not one little bit and I am not sure that I would personally be better off if she had been elected. What worries me the most about those three talking points above is the depth of the divide, the prevalence of partisan politics, the lack of common ground. Thing is? We ARE divided in the way that we see the world. Here is a picture of the 2012 election results – although the Democrats swept the electoral college, they actually didn’t do that well across the country, because most of their support is on the coasts and in big urban areas.
And it has been that way since 2000 when Bush ran against Gore [no I am not going to talk about hanging chads]:.
Before that there seemed to be more common ground across the country both in 1996 and 1992. So what happened after Clinton beat Dole and Perot for a second term in 1996 to polarize the country? I don’t remember anything offhand. Sure there was Monica, but that can’t be it or Stormy would’ve brought DJT crashing down, neh?
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