Weirdness: February 2017

John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html

Happy National Cherry Pie Day!

Yum!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cherry-pie-recipe

Happy Presidents' Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Birthday

Happy Daisy Gatson Bates Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/daisy-gatson-bates-day
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=591

Grand Old Pigs

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/the-downfall-of-kellyanne-conway.html

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/world/europe/last-night-in-sweden-trumps-remark-baffles-a-nation.html?_r=0&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/19/utah-republican-argues-against-equal-pay-for-women-its-bad-for-families-and-society/?utm_term=.2f7673fe96b6

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/leak-rex-tillerson-director-bahamas-based-us-russian-oil-company

RIP David Axelrod

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/arts/music/david-axelrod-dead-music-producer-composer.html?_r=0

(Thanks for the link, Perry!)

Happy Birthday to The Sounds of Silence

On this date in 1964 Simon & Garfunkel completed the original acoustic version of "Sounds of Silence."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence

Happy Birthday to the Tintype!

The tintype camera was patented by Professor Hamilton L. Smith on this date in 1856.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintype

Happy Birthday Lee Marvin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511/

Happy Birthday Tony Iommi!

http://www.iommi.com/

Happy Birthday to the phonograph!

Pateneted by Edison on this date in 1878.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph

Today is the beginning of month of Ventose in French revolutionary calendar,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vent%C3%B4se

Happy Birthday Copernicus!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

Radio Before Radio

http://www.strangehistory.net/2017/02/18/radio-before-radio/

Fascinating. I'd never heard of this before now.

The "new fad" in drinking....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/wine/ct-hygge-is-so-2016-seven-wines-to-try-story.html

Resources

https://www.goiam.org/

http://www.afscme.org/

https://www.cwa-union.org/

https://uaw.org/

https://www.splcenter.org/

http://www.pfaw.org/

http://www.nclrights.org/

http://www.pacifica.org/

http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/

https://libcom.org/tags/anarchosyndicalism

https://www.akpress.org/

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/

http://www.socialanarchism.org/

https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchist-studies

http://www.ainfos.ca/org/

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html

http://www.rosalux-nyc.org/about-us/

https://www.jacobinmag.com/

http://www.charleshkerr.com/page/history

http://www.newdemocracyworld.org/

Did someone just graft a spine onto McCain?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/17/john-mccain-just-systematically-dismantled-donald-trumps-entire-worldview/

He's accepted bullying for so long, I was wondering if he secretly agreed with that attacks on him - accusing him of being weak and a loser.

Can you hear me now?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39012572

(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

;)

Great album covers

https://www.pinterest.com/charlene92108/record-albums-with-absurd-titles/

(Thanks for the link, Perry!)

Russian Cheeto

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tiny-trumps-tiny-president_us_58a74c40e4b045cd34c16ec5?section=weird-news&

(Thanks for the link, Nancy!)

Happy Birthday to the world's most successful parasite!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono

Happy Birthday to hell- My Name Is Blotto!

A great satire EP. Released on this date in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotto_(band)

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyce_and_Hart

Happy Birthday Gahan Wilson!

http://gahanwilson.net/

Happy Birthday Sonia Rustein!

https://www.soniadisappearfear.com/

Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/

Happy Drink Wine Day!

https://www.virginiawine.org/

A nice article about Phil Ochs

https://folks.pillpack.com/3382/late-president-protest/

You can now get sloshed with your cat

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/business/smallbusiness/wine-products-for-cats-and-dogs.html?ref=business&_r=0&referer=

(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

Free Rocky & Bullwinkle!

http://la.curbed.com/2017/2/10/14542114/where-is-rocky-bullwinkle-statue-sunset-strip

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/donald-trump-versus-the-world

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_elites_wont_save_us_20170212

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/donald-trump-april-ryan-congressional-black-caucus/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/flynn-in-fbi-interview-denied-discussing-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador/2017/02/16/e3e1e16a-f3d5-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_term=.1e1b92e608f0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/02/17/scott-pruitt-long-time-adversary-of-epa-confirmed-to-lead-the-agency/?utm_term=.b6df97199705

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/what-a-failed-trump-administration-looks-like.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0

Shaggs Reunion!

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/terrible-1960s-band-the-shaggs-to-reunite-for-wilcos-solid-sound-festival/

Happy Birthday John Sullivan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sullivan_(general)

A Patriot.

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-random-acts-of-kindness-day-february-17/

Grand Old Pigs

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319926-trump-dismisses-aides-alleged-contacts-with-russia-as-fake-news

http://wonkette.com/612845/intelligence-community-will-see-donald-trump-in-hell

Creepy Museum Displays

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/museums-creepiest-items_us_58a48ca2e4b03df370dc79c8?section=weird-news

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Hairspray!

Premiered on this date in 1988.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095270/

Anniversary of U.S. troops landing on Corregidor in the Philippines in 1945

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor_(1945)

Happy Birthday Lisa Loring!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521006/

Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono

Happy Birthday LeVar Burton!

http://www.levarburton.com/

Happy Birthday Christopher Gadsden!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gadsden

Happy National Almond Day!

Yum!

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=20

Grand Old Pigs

http://www.scarymommy.com/betsy-devos-asked-twitter-a-question-and-it-backfired-spectacularly/?utm_source=FB

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/spicer-evolving-eroding-trust-flynn-trump-caused-resignation/story?id=45488253

http://www.gopocalypse.org/video-proves-republican-lawmaker-lied-about-being-assaulted-by-liberal-protesters/

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/he-will-die-in-jail-intelligence-community-ready-to-go-nuclear-on-trump-senior-source-says/#.WKSHwgEPBIk.facebook

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-wiles-flynn-forced-out-by-devil-worshiping-luciferian-demon-possessed-maniacs-behind-global-child-molestation-ring/

http://harvardpolitics.com/culture/the-alabamafication-of-america/

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html?emc=edit_th_20170215&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=13038199

Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466327/

Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Groening

Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php

Happy Burger Lovers Day!

http://www.fiveguys.com/

The Last LP - The way of death for record collectors....

http://thevinylfactory.com/news/documentary-and-vinyly-ashes-vinyl/

(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Grand Old Pigs

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/flynn-russia-trump-resignation.html?emc=edit_na_20170214&nl=breaking-news&nlid=13038199&ref=cta&_r=0
https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-is-selling-access-to-the-winter-white-house-for-200000/

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/14/ten-reasons-why-elliott-abrams-would-make-a-dreadful-deputy-secretary-of-state/

Too True...

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-starting-to-wonder-if-his-puppets-are-smart-enough-to-pull-this-off

Illinois is ready for zombies!

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HR/10000HR0030.htm

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Flynn pushed out

I'm curious what would have been the take from the fascist media if a Democratic President had a national security advisor who was a Russian agent? And, as a former General in charge of the DIA, I'd be curious what his paymasters in Moscow learned from him. And if that will be investigated by the current regime, (I already know the answer to that question...)